it's you and me, forget the masks --* ALBUS !!

[THERESA JAY KELSEY]

theresa bit her lower lip as she stared at herself in the mirror, running a nervous hand over her blue dress, smoothing out a ruffle in it and straightening the bow sewed onto it. she'd been unsure on what to wear for hours, though finally the bright blue dress which fell to mid-thigh had taken her more than the others. she hadn't really been tempted by a long dress, knowing that graceful or not it would have simply gotten in her way, and besides, she'd worn a long dress for the first time her and albus had danced and thought fitting to the ball, she'd wanted to wear a shorter dress. it was times like this that she was thankful for her long slender tanned legs.

she slipped her feet into a pair of heels and adjusted to the height difference - she was average in height anyway, but she was used to wearing heels and it made little difference to her. she'd left her hair curling, and her make-up minimal. for once she wanted albus to see her without any mask, almost completely bare - in a metaphorical sense of course, her and albus where yet to really...go in that direction in their relationship. slow was nice for a change, far too often theia leapt ahead because she thought she needed to, thought that it was the only thing guys really wanted. albus had already changed her a lot, he'd brung out a side of her she might have been if her parents had been different or if she'd been put in a different house. still, she loved being a slytherin.

she slipped on a snake bracelet that her parents had given to her many years ago - a sign of their expectations of her to be in slytherin and be proud of it - along with a necklace someone had once given to her many years ago, someone she didn't like to think of because the hurt and guilt it caused her. a long time ago, before she'd really become like this - bitter and sarcastic - there'd been a guy. a very sweet guy.. a gryffindor. and he'd been so undeniably sweet to her she hadn't helped but fallen in love with him... then she'd messed it up. he'd begged to meet her parents, despite how she'd told him they wouldn't like him. he'd not listened, he'd turned up at her house...arguments had ensured and she'd hurt him, told him she didn't love him anymore....

the next day he'd died. he'd been flying with his siblings at his home... and he'd fallen and landed wrong...and he hadn't been able to be saved. she'd never told anyone....not a soul about it. she'd locked everything up and told herself she'd never hurt anyone like that again. so she pushed people away. she touched the necklace and sighed, pushing it out of mind. albus...thoughts were filled with albus. he'd brought out the good in her again... she only prayed that she didn't hurt him...

with one last check of her hair and make-up, she left the dorm room and headed out into the common room, glancing over the small groups of people gathered below to see if he was waiting for her. he didn't seem to be there yet but she didn't mind, she descended into the room and stood a little way off, in clear sight so he could see her, but out the way and she tried to ignore a couple of looks her way as she waited for albus....


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[ALBUS SEVERUS POTTER]

Over a month ago Albus had no idea whom he’d be going to the Yule Ball with. He hadn’t really thought of it then. Really he hadn’t thought of it until the day he had kissed Theia when they were both still masked. But now here he was, getting ready for one of the main events that year and of course going with the girl of his dreams.

Was Albus nervous about taking Theia to the ball? Of course he wasn’t, he had been waiting for the day that he could take her even though he hadn’t realized it until about a month ago. He was looking at himself in the mirror, adjusting his black tie as he tightened it up some. The only thing that got him a bit nervous was that the champions would have to dance first and he was going to the ball with a champion. He just hoped that he didn’t screw up and cause the both of them some embarrassment.

With his tie fixed he took to his hair, trying to flatten it out some, but it seemed it would be helpless just like it had always been for his father. And he wasn’t about to put any sort of grease or gel in his hair, he preferred to not deal with such things. Deciding that this battle wasn’t his to win, he left his hair be and headed on out of the boys dorm room only to see that Theia had made it out there first. And boy did she look beautiful, sure she always did, but today was more than usual. “Hey, you just look simply amazing,

[/color]” he said with a warm smile on his face as he linked his arm into hers. “Sorry for having you wait for me, I was losing a battle with my hair…[/color]” he joked lightly, he knew that both Scorp and Theia knew that his hair was always a battle for him if he were to ever try to actually do something with it.
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[THERESA JAY KELSEY]

she was surprised really, with this whole thing. if someone had told theia a few month's ago that her and albus would be together and very much..well ... at least on the way to being in love she would have called them crazy. she didn't think she could love a guy again, not after last time, but albus had really cemented himself in her heart. she didn't want to say it yet, didn't think she could with it being so early in their relationship, no matter how close they already were. but she didn't want to ruin it. she'd warned him she might not be able to be the woman he wanted in life, but she could try. he would just have to stay patient with her, and so far it was so good.

as she waited for him she wondered about albus' dancing skills. after all, as a champion she would have to dance first with the others, therefore albus better hope his skills were up to it, or learn pretty darned fast. she glanced briefly around her but otherwise she paid no attention to anyone else. just because her and albus were together, it didn't mean she was any more polite to other people, any less bitter and sarcastic - after all there was a reason she was a slytherin. she was never going to be a people person really and she was glad in honesty.

she glanced up as she caught movement from the corner of her eye and smiled when she saw who it was. albus. “Hey, you just look simply amazing,” she grinned softly and a faint blush touched her cheeks. only albus made her blush, it was odd for her - usually she had good control over blushing when she used to flirt a lot, but albus always had the ability it seemed... "thank you, you look pretty good yourself." she said in return, her grin lightly as she looked him over and felt her heart squeeze slightly, linking arms with him lightly. "Sorry for having you wait for me, I was losing a battle with my hair…” she shook her head slightly, "it's okay, looks like you kinda won in the end?" she teased gently and reached up to touch his hair gently, trailing her fingertips to run over his cheek gently and she smiled.

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[ALBUS SEVERUS POTTER]

“thank you, you look pretty good yourself.” Albus smirked lightly at the compliment. Though he had heard it many times from many different people there was just something different about the way Theia said it. It warmed him up inside glad to know that the girl he fell for thought he looked pretty good that night. “it's okay, looks like you kinda won in the end?” he let out a small laugh just as she reached up to his hair and then trailed her fingers down her cheek. He gazed into her eyes for a moment. Those lovely eyes that could capture him so easily before he leaned in and gave her a small kiss upon her cheek.

“Shall we head to the dance floor? Can’t let the Slytherin Champion be late after all,[/color]” he winked at her lightly before he linked his arm into hers and begun to escort her out of the Slytherin Common room and up to the Great Hall. Honestly, he felt like he was in some sort of a fairy tale, walking along with Theia to the Yule Ball. It was like a dream come true. He had even been working on his dancing skills the past couple of days knowing that Theia and him as well as the other champions and their dates would have to start off the dance with the champion dance. He may not have been the world’s greatest dancer, but at least he wasn’t the world’s worst dancer and he could at least dance decently without causing one to trip, right?

[THERESA JAY KELSEY]

she saw him smirk and she grinned slightly in response. no harm in boosting his ego a little was there? albus was hardly one of the most egotistical guy's around, especially not considering the amount of people in slytherin who's ego's barely fit through the wall's of hogwarts - in fact she didn't know how half of them could walk under the weight of their heads. sure she was hardly one to talk but genuinely she didn't think that much of herself, it was all to mask her insecurities. still, it wasn't just an ego-booster, it was also the truth. she didn't half like albus in a tux, he looked rather dapper, much better than all the other guys in the room, and her eyes were only for him.

she couldn't help but tease him slightly about his hair, after all she wouldn't be theia if she didn't tease a little, and her fingers lingered on his cheek. surprising that ever since she'd finally allowed herself to admit she liked him, she found solace only when she was close to him, found that whenever they were together she wanted to be in his arms or holding his hands or feeling the touch of his lips. perhaps it was part of what love was all about, she couldn't truly explain it, but she could only hope albus didn't mind it. she couldn't help but catch his gaze as he looked at her for a moment, a small smile upon her face as his lip touched her cheek.

“Shall we head to the dance floor? Can’t let the Slytherin Champion be late after all,” she laughed lightly, especially when he winked. it seemed almost unnatural to see him wink, she was still a little un-used to seeing the romantic and flirty side of albus and he surprised her sometimes, but she liked it. like how good a kisser he was, before she wouldn't have thought about it but now..well. she linked arms with him and fell into step beside him. "oh as if i could ever be late. everyone else is simply early." she teased lightly, keeping up with him easily as they headed toward the ball. she was actually quite used to formal balls, her parent's had housed a few in their time and so theia had grown up knowing how to act at them, how to be polite and gracious and 'proper', even if sometimes she wished she could change into her tigress form, growl at everyone so they backed off, and steak away to her room. but tonight she had albus, and that was more than enough to let her really enjoy the night.

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[ALBUS SEVERUS POTTER]

[atrb=border, 0, true][atrb=style, border-left: #3A4748 8px solid; border-right: #839175 2px dashed; background: #d8d8d8; padding-top: 16px; padding-right: 16px; padding-left: 16px; padding-bottom: 12px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; width: 368px;] Girl I’ve been all over the world, Looking for you, I'm known for taking what I think I deserve, And you're overdue, And if you listen you can hear me through the radio, In that bright white noise, What I been missing in my life, What I been dreaming of, You'll be that girl - - - - - - - - - - “oh as if i could ever be late. everyone else is simply early.” Al smirked again, of course Theia always thought she was never late, and it was cute the way she said it as well. “Of course you’re never late,

[/color]” he teased right on back as they entered the great hall and were immediately greeted by the sound of chatting students all excited about the Yule ball, searching for their date or talking amongst their friends. The Yule Ball had always been considered a huge event and he had been actually waiting until he could take a girl to it. (after all last time it happened he was only a third year and who thought about girls then? Not him!)

Carefully Al continued to escort Theia into the Great Ball and towards where he noticed that the rest of the Champions were gathering, and apparently a bit of a surprise waiting for him. It seemed that his cousin Rose Weasley was at the Ball with Scorp, well that was definitely something he didn’t expect, perhaps he would ask him about it later. “Well you ready?[/color]” he asked lightly as he heard the band get ready to start off the first song and all the other students begun sitting down and it was slowly growing quiet as everyone waited to watch the champions and their dates start off the dance.[/div]

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