He was sulking. And he was cute at it too. The older girl had "convinced" him to escort her to the ball. She had refused to be dateless, even to the point of going with someone four years younger than her. However, Travis was determined he would not had fun. He would sulk the entire night.

Hey, he was only twelve. Of course he was going to act childish! Plus, he was a boy! They did after all, mature later than girls.

Travis waited in the common room, slouched on the sofa in a nice pair of dress robes. His mother had sent them. Travis had not had any intention of attending the function so he had not gotten anything from Twillfit and Tattings when they came. Hence, he was stuck with what his mother sent him.

However, if Thai made one utterance of how cute or adorable he looked he would stomp up to his dormitory and refuse to come out. He had already heard enough of that from the older girls hanging around the common room, waiting to leave.

The only good thing out this mess was that with the robes his mother had sent another pair of glasses. These frames were not overly large on him. Instead, they fit him perfectly, they were not round but thin and rectangular in form. The thinness of the frames seemed to complement the young boy's face.

Thai:

Thai wasn't expecting a big turn out from this dance, but she got all dolled up nonetheless. She also didn't expect Travis to be waiting down in the commonroom for her, but he was. Even more so, Thai didn't expect anyone to notice her slow straiway entrance, but she did it anyways. It was just a cliche you saw in the movies, but it was worth a shot. She'd likely regret it if she didn't.

As Thai reached the end of the stairs she looked over to Travis, who was sitting on one of the couches. As expected, as soon as Thai got a date, the other girls saw him. There were two sitting opposite him on the other couch, giggling and whispering, obviously about him. Theyhad dates too! Well, Thai knew exactly what to do. It would put those girls in thier places, and hopefully cheer Travis up. She knew from the time she convinced him to go, he wouldn't be too excited about it.

"Eye's off. He's mine tonight." thai smiled at the other girls. she then bent down and took Travis' hand. "Shall we?" She said, and waited for him to stand, though tugging ever so slightly. She was rather anxious.

Travis:

By the time that Thai had arrived in the Common Room, Travis had a permanent glare upon his face, directed at the girls across from him. Why did girls have to giggle and twitter so. They looked so stupid when they did that. Travis didn't even notice Thai's entrance into the common room, so caught up he was with his own pitiful world and glaring at the two girls.

"Fine," Travis muttered, when Thai tugged on his hand to go. He pulled himself off the couch. Travis didn't know exactly what the sixth year would do if he resisted. He didn't think she'd hit or curse him or something. That was something his siblings would more likely do. She wouldn't do that to the kid she was trying to convince to come with her, would she?

Either way, Travis didn't want to find out. So instead, he planned to subject her to a miserable, sulky date. With any luck, maybe she'll leave him during the ball or something for one of her friends or some guy she missed. Hey, Travis could hope.

Thai:

Thai rushed out the common room door, and into the ball area. It was nearly empty. Of course, they had gotten here fairly early. She was a bit excited. "See now. This isn't so bad. There's hardly anyone here." She said to Travis. "They're all still in thier common rooms!" Thai added, to spark his attantion if nothing else.

The band wasn't one Thai knew. Of course she also didn't listen to wizarding bands. They weren't really her style most of the time. Ocassionally one woulld breifly catch her eye, but that was rare. It was good music to dance to though. And Thai knew it.

Travis looked gloomy as ever. Thai was prepared for it of course, but it almost got her depressed. She smiled. "Surely you'll dance? you are at a ball after all." She knew if nothing else, this would get Tavis on his toes, which was better than sitting all alone in a corner chair sulking. It looked as if that's what was going to happen.

Travis:

If anything, her comment made him sulk more. Why remind the boy of people being the place he'd rather be? It probably wasn't very wise. He put his hands into his robe pockets, his eyes observing the ball area. He did concede that it did look nice.

Travis gave a start, "D-dance?" he questioned, eyes wide. "N-no!" He shook his head vehemently at Thai. If she wanted to dance she could drag some other person up with her. It wasn't happening. Not with him. No way! End of story. The end.

He actually took a few steps away from Thai, looking at her as if she was crazy or just one step away from Bedlam. Couldn't the girl just be happy that he had accompanied her to this shin-dig? Could he leave now? He had a feeling the answers to those questions would both be no. There was no pleasing girls. He learned that much from Rebeckah. They may claim they're pleased but they really aren't!

Thai:

Just as she expected. Thai smiled. She knew he wasn't going to move, once he found a place to stay. She just wanted to mess with him. "I didn't expect so." She pulled two chairs near each other, and sat backwards in the first, leaving the second for Travis. "I'm not big on dancing either."

Funny story infact. It wasn't one Thai cared to recall. Though it did involve a fun trip to the nurse. Her partner managed to be okay. Though she did miss the days when she freely did as she wished, she ws now enjoying this day, sitting with Travis, not being involved in the hustle and bustle. Mabey he had the right idea afterall.

The ball was just an excuse to get everyone out and make babies. Not what Thai had in mind for another 10 years. atleast. No, it was watching everyone else enjoying themselves, wihtout a care in the world, forgetting all the troubles that lay beside them, waiting to be remembered. It was only a matter of time before the ball was over, and everyone got back to thier daily lives. They were still at school, many of the students were far from home. Especially Thai. Korea and England weren't exactly neighbors.

"I think you had the right idea. This is way over rated." Thai glanced over at all the couples, dancing and living freely. "As if all thier troubles from the rest of the world just blew away for the night. Funny the way people over react.

Travis:

Travis took a seat on the other seat. Although he appeared to be listening to wait Thai was saying, he wasn't. His eyes had not glazed over, giving him the appearance that he had been listening to what she had been saying for the first part.

When Thai stopped talking, Travis's eyes wandered around the area as more people began to trickle in and around the area. Great. More people. He was bored. Ohhhh yes he was. However, he was sucking it up, however he still sulked. He hadn't given up on the resolution just yet. He would sulk and hate his time here. He was determined to do so, so of course it was going to happen. Twelve year olds could be so selfish at times.

Travis's attention went back to Thai when she spoke again, about his having the right idea of not attending. "So can I leave?" he asked a little hopefully but ready if the answer was no. He was pretty sure it was going to be a no, but hey the boy could hope right? One could not take that away from him.

Continued in the Limbo thread.