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𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐀 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝, and it was now time for the Yule Ball. Estelle had spent the week going to various stores with Hannah, Celeste, and Fleur, all four girls looking for dresses. Hannah was going with Tommy, Celeste was going with some Gryffindor boy that Estelle couldn't remember the name of, and Fleur was going with some bot named Roger Davies. Fleur's dress was grey, with lace at the top. Hannah's was a lavender color, and Celeste's was baby pink.
Estelle was the pickiest about her dress out of the four girls, after all, she had an extremely hot boy to make jealous. She had decided on a pale blue dress with a crowl neckline, it was long and had a slit that went almost all the way up her thigh.
(like this but long and with the slit)
Estelle paired it with gold jewelry and looked in the mirror and smiled, proud of how she looked. She spun around and faced her sister, Fleur going into a fit of clapping.
"You look beautiful," Fleur said, a large grin on her face.
"Thank you," Estelle replied shyly.
"I'm going to head down, are you ready?" Fleur asked, standing up from the bed she was sitting on ever so delicately on.
"I need a couple more minutes. Go on ahead," Estelle answered.
Fleur nodded and walked out of the door, shutting it softly behind her and leaving Estelle alone in the room.
Estelle looked at herself in the mirror once more and sighed, desperately wishing she would be meeting Cedric, not Harry. No offense to Harry, of course, but it just wasn't the same thing. Gathering her thoughts, Estelle walked out of her dorm room and towards the Hogwarts castle.
Estelle now stood at the top of the stairs, looking down at the crowd below. Her eyes immediately found Cedric's honey-brown hair, making her heart feel heavy. She next spotted Harry. With her dainty silver heels, Estelle stepped out from behind the column and into everyone's line of sight. She could almost swear that she could feel people's eyes on her.
"She looks beautiful," Estelle heard Cho say, making her heart flutter.
Estelle also hadn't told anyone other than Fleur who she was going with, so when she walked up to Harry and kissed him on the cheek, she heard many gasps, most likely out of surprise.
"Hello Harry," Estelle said to the boy, who was shorter than she was, especially in heels.
"H-hello," he stuttered, making Estelle smile.
Just then a teacher, one Estelle recognized to be from Hogwarts walked up to the two of them.
"There you are Potter, are you and Miss Delacour ready?" she asked.
"Ready Professor?" Harry asked, obviously confused.
"To dance," Estelle leaned down and whispered in Harry's ear.
"It's traditional that the three champions, well in this case four, are the first to dance," the teacher said.
"Surely I told you that?"
Estelle snickered at that, Harry looked absolutely clueless.
"No," Harry said, making Estelle laugh even more.
"Oh. Well now you know," the older lady said, and then looked over at Iron, "Oh, as for you Mister Weasley, you may proceed into the Great Hall with Miss Patil."
The group of eight were then ushered into lines outside of the doors to the Great Hall. Out of nowhere, orchestra music started to play, and the doors opened. Fleur ad Roger walked in first, followed by Hermione and Viktor Krum, then Cho and Cedric, and Estelle and Harry were last.
"It'll be alright Harry, just follow my lead," Estelle whispered to the obviously nervous boy.
He just nodded and smiled tight lipped at her before looking back ahead. As they walked past, students were clapping, causing Estelle to smile. For once she didn't mind the attention.
Just as the music for the first dance was about to start, Estelle noticed Harry standing rigide his hands at his sides, as if he didn't know what to do with them.
"Harry, take my waist," Estelle whispered.
"What?" Harry asked.
"Just trust me."
Harry was still just standing there, so she gently took his hands and placed them on her waist for him, then whisking the boy into a dance.
Harry was a terrible dancer, and Estelle couldn't help but giggle at his awkwardness. He lifted her with ease when the time came, and Estelle couldn't help but wish it was Cedric's hands on her body.
The first song had finished, and other people were joining the original eight on the dance floor. Harry was seemingly more comfortable now, chatting with Estelle and dancing a bit more smoothly.
As she danced with Harry, Estelle caught herself glancing over at Cedric multiple times. Over the course of the past week he had tried to talk to her, but Estelle wasn't having it. He had obviously led her on, and Estelle wasn't too happy about it.
Throughout the night Estelle felt eyes on her and after a while she had finally caught the person in the act, it was Cedric. He had been staring at her, well kind of. It actually seemed more like he was staring at her hips, more specifically Harry's hands on them. His eyebrows were furrowed, and obvious sign that he was in some kind of distress. Just as Estelle locked eyes with cedric, he looked away.
"Did you see that?" Estelle asked Harry as the two danced/
"See what?"
"Cedric. He was looking at me."
"Maybe you should go talk to him," Harry suggested.
Estelle snorted, "Yeah right."
"You really should," he urged, letting go of Estelle's waist and nudging her in the direction of the Hufflepuff boy.
"Alright," Estelle sighed, taking her hands off of Harry's shoulders.
Estelle turned and started to walk towards Cedric, who had somehow made his way across the room. Luckily, he was standing alone, so Estelle didn't have to face Cho as well.
Estelle got close enough to Cedric so that he was within earshot, cupped her hands to her face and said, "Oi! Cedric!"
He turned and faced her, smiling slightly. Just then Cho returned, walking up to Cedric and placing a hand on his chest, leaning up, and kissing him. She kissed him. Estelle felt as though her heart had dropped into her stomach. She automatically turned on her heel and rushed out of the Great Hall, the music fading as she went.
Estelle was acutely aware of the sounds of someone following her, but she paid to mind. All she wanted to do was get the hell out of there.
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AN~
yay new chapter! this was okay to write but im more excited for the next one lol
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