A third drabble dare from tasha27, "Dancing circles around each other." I was trying to think of a way to do that, literally or not, and this was what I came up with. Please review!!!
When the dance began, he looked over at her longingly as he twirled on the dance floor with a girl he didn't care about during the Yule Ball.
The girl he did care about was quite near him, but, the problem was, he wasn't dancing with her. That was what he wanted.
He couldn't even remember the name of the girl he was dancing with. She glared at him, but he didn't notice, because he wasn't looking at her.
"...Lily?" The name broke through his thoughts. He glanced down at his date.
"Hmm?" he asked absently.
"Why don't you just go dance with Lily?" she repeated.
He glanced over at Lily again. He was dancing quite close to her, but she didn't even look at him.
He sighed. "She doesn't want to dance with me."
His date frowned, then yelled, "Hey, Lily!" over the music.
Lily whipped her head over. "What?"
"Potter wants to dance with you!"
James blinked. "What are you doing?" he hissed at his date.
She didn't answer. "He hasn't looked at me for the entire dance," she said to Lily as they twirled past her.
Lily glanced at her date, who shrugged, then she yelled, "Fine, I'll switch you!"
The next time they danced past each other, they smoothly switched.
When James met up with Lily, she scowled.
"This wasn't for you, I hope you know. It was for your poor date."
James shrugged. "At least I get to dance with you, not just around you."
Lily's scowl deepened, but James could just make out a light blush on her cheeks as the dance ended.
I have a bit of school work to catch up on, so if I don't post anything for a day or two, please forgive me!! REVIEW!