The next day was the day the cast both anticipated and dreaded - the first day of rehearsals.
Professor McGonagall was waiting for them all in the Great Hall at 3 p.m. sharp. They all came, of course - the main cast AND the extras.
The first thing they did was go through all the songs - the extra parts were assigned, and a couple of dance moves were learned.
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That night at dinner...
"Ced, I was never cut out for show business," Diana said through a mouthful of pumpkin pasty.
"You see what I meant when I said I was thinking about dropping out?"
"Having to sing 'All I Care About' isn't that bad. My problem is dancing to 'Hot Honey Rag'. There's no way I'll ever memorize all those steps. I mean, I thought they were using the original version of it, not the movie version. The movie version's way complicated."
"So they want to show off the fact that they can pull off special effects better then the Muggle companies. You'll get them down, don't worry. If you can memorize 'Moulin Rouge' and 'The Phantom of the Opera', you can memorize the steps to... Diana, are you okay?"
Diana had zoned out, staring at her fingernails. "Yeah... I just had a really weird dream last night. I dreamt I was snogging a giant waffle. With blueberries AND chocolate chips."
Cedric laughed a rather fake-sounding laugh, deciding not to say anything about the diamonds dream.
Diana started laughing, too. "Cedric, you sounded like Michael Douglas in 'War of the Roses' just now, I must say."
"That was a genuine laugh, thank you very much."
"Ch-yeah right. It takes a very special kind of guy to laugh when his fiancee says she dreamed about snogging a waffle."
Neither of them said anything for a moment, then all of the sudden, the lights went out. People started shouting obscenities and yelling 'Lumos'.
Cedric laughed, "What the hell?"
Diana shrugged. "Same question."
Just then, a figure in the darkness walked up to the two of them and said, "'El Tango de Roxanne'. Here, now. You guys can have Ewan's part. You up for it?"
They both realized it was Harry. "Alright, we're in."
"Alright, right before the part comes up, go to the open space between the Hufflepuff and Slytherin tables."
The music started out of nowhere. Harry rushed to the center of the open space between the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw tables, where Ginny was waiting. A single spotlight lit up.
They danced slowly, but expertly... Diana wasn't sure if it counted as tango, but it seemed close to it...
Harry's voice echoed across the hall as he sang,
"Roxanne, you don't have to put on that red light,
Walk the streets for money, you don't care if it's wrong or if it's right...
Roxanne, you don't have to wear that dress tonight,
Roxanne, you don't have to sell your body to the night..."
Cedric and Diana rushed to the open space between the two tables, trying not to laugh too loudly. The spotlight flashed to them.
They both sang softly at first, then gaining volume,
"His eyes upon your face,
His hand upon your hand,
His lips caress your skin,
It's more then I can stand!"
Diana could barely feel her feet move as she and Cedric danced - it felt more like spinning faster and faster, gliding, defying all forces of gravity. And all things considered, she couldn't complain. "Feels like dancing with Edward Cullen," she thought.
"Why does my heart cry
Feelings I can't fight?
You're free to leave me,
But just don't deceive me and please,
Believe me when I say,"
She was finally brought out of spinning by the death drop - she was two inches from the floor, the only thing stopping her from cracking her head on the stone floor being Cedric's arm around her waist.
"'I love you'..."