"Sage, Olive fell in a hole." Harper entered into the common room, walking straight over to Sage, who was on the couch. "She what?" Sage frowned. "She fell in a hole. Come look." He grinned. "You didn't help her?"
"No. I wanted you to see first." Harper rolled his eyes, as if it were the obvious answer. "Come look, it's a really deep one." He chuckled, and she followed him out of the common room. "How exactly did she fall in a hole?" Sage hurried after him, and he led her out of the castle.
"She tripped, obviously." Harper scoffed, and they made their way to the forbidden forest. "You left Olive in a hole, in the forbidden forest, after dark.." Sage gaped at him. "You're worse than I thought."
"Thank you." He grabbed her hand as they entered the forest, leading her into a large clearing. "Where is she?" Sage frowned, in the distance she could see a small box, with a radio sitting on top.
"Right over.. Here." Harper hurried over to the box, pressing a button on the radio as music began to play. "Voila." He grinned, leading her by the hand to the centre of the clearing. "What is happening right now?" Sage laughed. "Olive didn't fall in a hole?"
"No, Olive's in the library." Harper chuckled, positioning Sage's hands around his neck, and placing his own on her waist. "We're dancing?" She smiled, and Harper nodded. "Olive's okay?" She went on, and Harper nodded again. "Okay.." She eyed him suspiciously.
Sage had not quite comprehended what was happening, it was very out of character for Harper to set up something so romantic. And yet, it was perfect. The sky had not completely blackened, it was still a dark blue. The moonlight shone through the trees, and the only sound other than the music, was the the sound of cicadas and their own breathing.
"This is nice." She whispered, admiring the set up. "You like it?" He smiled. "It's lovely." She rested her head on his chest as they who danced. "Good." He mumbled.
They danced silently, but it was a comfortable silence, which Sage used to her advantage. As they danced, she decided that this must be when he'd ask her to the ball, again. She had time to prepare her answer.
Sage thought hard about it, and she had decided she'd accept his request. After all, Cedric was almost certain to ask Cho Chang, and she had to get a date before him. It had hurt her, seeing him with her so much, as of recently.
Cedric seemed to spend every moment that he wasn't with Sage, with Cho. Laughing and joking, as if Cho had never tried to ruin their friendship. Sage could not find it within herself to excuse Cho's behaviour.
And here Harper was, in all of his glory. He had been there for her, he had set up a nice little romantic moment for her. He had put in the effort, and not run off with other girls. He was the obvious choice.
"Sage?" Harper spoke after a long while. "Yes." She pulled away from his chest. "Do you want to be my date to the Yule Ball." He grinned.
"I'd love to."
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"He didn't!" Jill gasped. "He did!" Sage grinned as Olive and Jill leapt over their beds, squealing and jumping around the room. "Sage, that's so romantic, i'm so jealous. Rowan just asked me in the library, it was super casual." Olive frowned. "At least you have a date." Jill sighed.
"What are you going to do about Cedric?" Asked Olive. "I have no idea." She groaned. "He's probably going to go with Cho. So, I was thinking.. I don't tell him until after he asks Cho, and then he can't get mad at me, because he's going with her." She nodded.
"Foolproof." Olive agreed. "What if Cedric ends out asking you first, and not Cho?" Jill gasped. "He won't." Sage shook her head. "Did you see him and Cho in the library, researching for that stupid egg. She was all 'Oh, Cedric, you're so funny'." Olive scoffed. "She was all over him, and he didn't say a single thing about it, he probably enjoyed it." Jill added.
