Early Morning Wake-up

[Drew Thornton]

In the absence of magical bands, he had been glad to find Rob Thomas in Ash's collection and in his opinion, 'Ever the Same' was a perfect dancing song.

"Hit number three," Drew asked Ash as he stood and held his hand out for Ari to take. It was true they had disregarded that contract from long ago, but Drew had never forgotten it. This was one of those cases where Ari got the first dance and he wanted to make sure he gave it to her.

[wei]

She smiled again and reached over to press the number 'three' on the boombox. It seemed that there was going to be more dancing this morning than there had been at the Halloween Ball all night. Although, then again, Ash wouldn't know, she had left the Ball for the Astronomy Towers early that evening.

She watched them, waiting for something to happen. The music had begun to play.

[arianna]

Still unable to believe what was happening, Arianna set Juni down upon the couch and slowly stood up. As she took Drew's hand, a small smile appeared on her lips. Silly as it was, she had grown to believe that dancing with Drew was forbidden. For her, anyway. The logical part of her brain knew it wasn't, but it had been so long since their last dance, she'd given up.

"I might fall asleep on you," she warned the boy quietly as she pushed Juni away with her toes. The silly kitty wanted to dance with Drew, too.

[Drew Thornton]

"Eh... I don't mind," Drew answered wiat a small shrug as he led her around the table before twirling her uner his arm once and pulling her into the traditional dancing hold. He was a pretty decent dancer and yeah... he knew it.

[wei]

Ash hissed at Juni as the cat was set down by Arianna. She wanted it nowhere near her darling rat-- but she wasn't too fond of Pocko at the moment especially because he was the cause of her body enlargements. She watched dazily as he twirled her and continued on. Ash was a terrible dancer, she was as stiff as it came-- she could only dance if no one was watching (or, in this case, if she was half asleep)

[arianna]

Despite being tired, Arianna was, amazingly, able to keep up with Drew. She had expected the twirl and eased herself into it, her footwork not really perfect but able to keep her upright at least.

"Good choice," she gestured toward the boombox, the lyrics coming from within reminding her faintly of their friendship. Had Ash not been there, it could've been a tender moment

[Drew Thornton]

He had picked the song because it had a nice melody and was mellow enough for the wee hours of the morning but had a strong beat that was easy to follow. But Ari's words made him actually listen to the lyrics. There had been more than a few times where they had needed the other like that.

"Yeah... I guess it is..." Drew said, smiling a little as his footwork got a little fancy through the refrain. Feet that would trip him up on a regular basis seemed to have no problem tonight, avoiding Ari's toes as they glided through the common room.

"Call on me
I'll be there for you and you'll be there for me
Forever it's you
Forever in me
Ever the same

You may need me there
To carry all your weight
But you're no burden I assure"

He sang the bridge as the song came to an end and gave her a final twirl before stepping back and giving her a short bow and a crooked grin. "Thanks."

[arianna]

"No, thank you," Arianna shook her head, if only to keep the stupid tears from being seen. They were happy tears, it was clear by her smile, but she didn't want to explain them. Not only had the song pulled a heart string or two, but Arianna still couldn't believe she'd gotten a dance tonight. Maybe it wasn't so bad to get woken up in the early hours.

"And thank you, too," she turned her smile to Ash. It was the younger girl's fault she'd gotten to dance with Drew tonight and Arianna thought she should say something.

[Drew Thornton]

Drew pulled her in one last time to kiss the top of her head before dropping her hand and turning to grin at Ash.

"NEXT!" he boomed out, offering a hand out for the younger girl to take. The moment with Ari hadn't been totally lost on him but it had been more about having fun dancing than anything else.

[wei]

Ash gasped as Drew kissed Ari on the head and turned to her with that stupid smile. Didn't Drew have a girlfriend?! Yes, her name was Alhana, she remembered Talia mentioning her once. Did he usually strutt around getting any girl he wanted!? That little--... huh? She stared at his hand, wondering what to do.

Do I take it? No, no... that would be too weird... but I know I shouldn't just stare at it. But then again I would just make a fool out of myself... terrible- terrible dancer.

Ash took it, anyway, but after about a second she withdrew her hand.

She flushed, "No- go on with Arianna, I can't dance..." She was starting to get her senses back, getting more self conscience was a sign- it was either that or she was never asked to dance before and was unsure of what to do.

[Drew Thornton]

{Any girl I wanted? Yup... good thing there's only one I want, right? }

Drew grinned as she agreed but then dropped his smile as she did her hand. His stayed up, hoping she'd reconsider. "Come on, this was you're idea, right?" he asked, teasing slightly, but mostly trying to convince her. "You were dancing fine just a minute ago. You're really going to leave me hanging?"

[wei]

Ash nodded at the mention that it was her idea to dance. maybe it wasn't such a good idea-- she could hardly believe she was dancing and singing to Britney Spears-- and on top of it all, right in front of Drew and Arianna! Ash took his hand reluctantly and stood up. She couldn't believe herself... Ash was the most stiffest dancer anyone could find. " I'm really bad- sorry." she said and glanced at the Boombox. " umm, actually, could we switch the song?" she smiled this time.

[Drew Thornton]

"Of course. You have one in mind?" Drew asked, grinning again as she retook his hand. If she didn't, he did... but if she did have a song she wanted to play... Well, Drew was a little worried she would try to trip him up with some random song he couldn't dance to.

"I think I'll be okay as long as it's not Britney Spears," he told her confidently.

[arianna]

"Come on, Ash. You can do it," Arianna encouraged the girl with a smile (fortunately those stupid tears had already dried up) before picking Juni up from the floor. If he wasn't careful, someone might step on him. "Drew's a good leader, so just follow him and you'll do fine."

Now to switch the songs....Except Arianna wasn't sure how this boombox worked. It'd been too long since she'd used one.

[wei]

She smiled slightlyand watched her hands make strange movement as she spoke, " Well then, I always loved that song, "Do You Only Want To Dance", by Mya," she said happily. That had always been one of her favorite songs, "... umm, but it should be in my Dirty Dancing Sound track, " she said.

Ash watched Arianna curiously, "Erm, do you need help?" she offered. Ash glanced back to Drew... this was so weird... dancing? She only did that in her room when no one was in the house. Before Hogwarts, she had never attended the school dances, this was the first time that she actually danced with someone else other than her stuffed animals!

What if Drew and Arianna start to laugh? What if they don't like me because I'm such a bad dancer? ...Even worse-- what if I hurt someone?... Ash swallowed, nervously at the thoughts.