Elsa and Calypso enjoyed the ride over to the Youth Center Beneficial Ball in a limousine that Elsa had hired. She supposed that it was ironic or hypocritical that the owner of the Youth Center was showing up in fancy clothing and a limo with her girlfriend, but then again, she was going to donate as much money as she'd spent on her own personal enjoyment for the night.

Being nearly seventeen, Elsa would be the youngest person there. Calypso was about, perhaps, a year older than Elsa. Neither of them were completely sure of Calypso's exact physical age. However, they suspected that she might have been physically sixteen at the oldest, when she left the island. Calypso decided that she would say that she was fifteen when she left, and currently seventeen, going on eighteen. However, their ages weren't very important. They weren't too far apart, and they were in love, and that was all that mattered.

Once they arrived at the ball, the two put their masks on, and carefully exited the vehicle, one after the other. They linked arms before continuing on inside together. Strangely, Calypso was the one dressed in dark colors this time. Aphrodite had chosen a strapless ball gown with a black underlay, showing out from under purple covered with black tulle. There was a lot of black sequins on the bodice. The dress perfectly matched Calypso's mask; black and purple with sparkles. The mask was Venetian, and elegant. There was even a little black butterfly just above the temple. There was also a little black tiara, a black tattoo choker with a little clear crystal, black lace and sequins heels, and a pair of crystal earrings. Piper had carefully pulled Calypso's hair from her face, curling it into ringlets.

Elsa had been given an ensemble that made her look like Cinderella. The gown had a snug periwinkle bodice, and the rest was tulle of the same color with a bit of lavender thrown into the mix, including the top part. There were little butterflies on the top tulle. She'd even been given a pair of heels that were clear and had little clear crystals. The shoes had been made to look like glass slippers, but the floral carvings etched into them were beautiful. Elsa's mask was silver, and had three roses on one side with a bit of lace behind them. The mask didn't cover her face as much as Calypso's did. In her intricate up do with a braid over the top of her head, and what looked like one giant curl over one shoulder, Elsa had a delicate little rhinestone floral tiara. Her earrings were tiny little butterflies on chains coming from posts. Like her girlfriend, she also wore a choker, but hers was a little crystal on a chain. Unlike Calypso, Elsa had fingerless lace gloves.

The two were truly a vision together as they entered the ball after entering the building and taking the elevator up. Elsa had already sent up her items for the silent auction, and with one brief lift of her mask at the entrance, she and Calypso were allowed into the party.

Elsa immediately led Calypso to the dance floor, where they had to wait until the current song was over. The band was actually an orchestra that had been asked to play for free. Once they knew what the event was for, they had agreed. The event was being held in the Rainbow Room. Elsa had been the one to provide the money to book it for the night, though the Youth Center had been able to persuade the manager to cut the price down a lot, as it was a charity event.

Calypso was led to the center of the dance floor, right under the chandelier, and the two began to waltz, eyes only on each other. They danced as equals. Their hands were either clasped with the other's, or placed on the other's shoulder. The lovers traded off on leading. Their smiles were enough to light up the night sky, and their eyes shone like stars. At the end of their first dance, they kissed, despite their masks, and despite the people around them. The girls just didn't care about the other people. After all, Elsa was the reason that they were even having the event in the first place.

After many dances, the two decided to go to the bar to get a non-alcoholic drink, as they were slightly tired, and definitely thirsty. They ordered sparkling cider, but treated it as if it were champagne, with all of the fanciness around them.

Elsa was asked to dance by some male sponsors who recognized her, but she politely declined, saying that she could only dance with one person that night, and that was her girlfriend. Frankly, the young queen did not want to deal with old men dancing with her. She wasn't even seventeen, for goodness' sake.

At a certain point, the music was stopped, and people were directed to tables for their dinner, and the silent auction results would be announced. However, what Elsa was not expecting was for her to be called to say a few words. She was unprepared for this; however, that didn't mean that she had no idea what to say. Elsa just spoke about how important it was to provide shelter to homeless youth, and talked about how terrifying it was to be in a dangerous home. She gave a call to action; to offer a safe place for homeless youth, and to offer jobs to people with few skills, or just getting their first job.

Once the dinner was over (she and Calypso had gotten their own table, but with many people coming over to say hello, so she'd had to politely wave them away because she was having dinner with her girlfriend), Elsa was approached by the same people again, and the two of them talked to people for a while. The young queen had decided to move by a barrel that the goal was to fill as many as possible with money for the youth center. She figured that it was a smart move. If people wanted to talk to her, she could encourage them to put some money in, and if they didn't, they'd just look like terrible people, even if they'd already put some in. The most important thing about the event was to raise money for the shelter, because they wanted to purchase another old hotel and turn it into another Youth Center.

Calypso stuck by Elsa's side all night. The two got asked multiple times if they were together, to which the answer was yes. After all, Elsa's lesbianism was not something that she kept very hidden. It was a key part of her fake backstory.

Elsa was disrespected by only a couple of old men. They didn't mean it intentionally, she hoped; they were just sexist, old, and slightly homophobic. The young queen'd needed to just grin and bear it. Seeing this, Calypso had taken her hand. This was a supportive gesture that made everything easier.

The last few dances, Elsa decided to bring Calypso out onto the dance floor again. After all, she'd come to a ball to dance with Calypso. She wouldn't have invited Calypso, if all she was going to do was stand there, look pretty, and help to convince people to donate money; talking about the cause and such.

It was in the bliss of slowly dancing with her lover, arms around the caramel haired girl, beautifully slow and romantic music playing in the background, and just the sight of Calypso in front of Elsa, that she uttered the words she had always been longing to tell the girl in front of her. The girl that she had felt so much heartbreak and pain over. The only girl that she could love.

"Calypso, I love you."

The relief Elsa felt from saying those four words was so great that she teared up, and actually began crying. She wasn't sad at all; quite the opposite actually. Elsa was so happy that she wanted to live in this moment forever. This was the moment she'd been waiting so long. The words she had waited so long to say…

Calypso let out a soft gasp, gazing into her lover's eyes.

"Oh, Elsa." She murmured, stopping them midstep to press her lips against Elsa's. "I love you too." She whispered into the young queen's ear. Elsa kissed Calypso passionately, crying from happiness and relief. The two stood there, holding each other, and kissing until the song ended. Then they remembered themselves, and began dancing again.

After the last song, it was late, so the girls left for home. Instead of the limo, Elsa had Jules-Albert drive them home. The girls held hands in the backseat, resting their heads against the headrests, gazing at each other with adoring smiles. In between them, they held hands; their fingers laced.

It took a long time for them to go to bed in their respective bedrooms. For Elsa, it took longer for her to fall asleep because she was so excited from everything that had happened. However, when she finally did fall asleep, Elsa dreamed that she and Calypso were dancing together in the sky, on top of clouds, wearing fancy white gowns, to a beautiful love song that was in the background.