it all ends with us: ruins

027

Chapter Twenty-Seven:

"A love like ours only ever happens once."

It was now two hours before the ball and the girls were all cooped up in Pansy's bedroom. Both Millicent and Rory had arrived earlier that day and were able to have lunch with everyone. The manor got hectic soon after as the house elves ran around trying to get the mansion looking it's best. Atlas had yet to meet Pansy's parents and was curious on why they weren't here the day of their own ball.

Out of all of the girls Atlas was the only one who hadn't changed into a dress yet. She sat at the dressing table in front of the mirror curling her hair into softer curls. Ren had already done her makeup and all of the girls had painted their nails last night. Atlas was nervous. Mainly because she had never been to an event like this and the fact that Kiera and Pansy had hidden all her sneakers which meant she had to walk on heels the rest of the day.

"Who's seen the red lipstick?" Milly calls out.

"It's over here!" Atlas shouts while floating it in the air for Milly to see.

The time flies by and eventually Ren forces Atlas into her dress. All the girls rush around the room trying to make sure that they all looked perfect. They topped up their lip glosses, made sure their eyeliner hadn't smudged and made sure their dresses weren't creased. Atlas tucked her wand into a secret pocket into her dress and then finished getting ready by adding a bracelet onto her wrist that Apollo had gotten her for their birthday.

A large cracking sound was heard and all the girls turned to look at the centre of the room. A house elf had apparated into the room and was now staring at Pansy.

"The party has started. Misses and friends need to go down." He announces before apparating out.

"Well that's our cue I guess; you guys ready?" Pansy asks.

"Let's go." Ren says excitedly.

Pansy and Rory link arms and were the first to walk out of the room. The boys had decided last night to wait at the bottom of the staircase instead of coming up to the room. Milly walked behind them, she had agreed to go as Apollo's date since neither of them had any. Kiera and Ren walk followed by Atlas behind them. They all carefully walk down the stairs. To everyone else it seemed very elegant.

Pansy and Ren walk away first into the ballroom. Milly reaches the end of the stairs shortly after. She gives Apollo a small hug before they hold hands and he leads them into the room. Kiera and Ren are next and split away from each other to go stand next to their respective dates. Draco's and Lorenzo's dates had arrived with her parents and were already dressed so they hadn't needed to be with the girls getting ready. Atlas assumed they were already in the ballroom.

Atlas was the last to make it down. She steps slowly closer to where Theo was standing. He looked magnificent. His messy brown hair had been gelled back and he was in a black tuxedo with an emerald green tie. He wore his normal cheeky grin and stared up at the young Lennon. He reaches his hand out and she gracefully takes it. Although she was in heels, she was still nowhere near his height.

"You look absolutely stunning." Theo breathes out.

"Thank you, you clean up well." She compliments him back.

"Shall we?" He asks.

"We shall." She says nervously.

The ballroom was huge. It looked like it was straight out of the movies. The ballroom was quite large, and had ceilings higher than any other room. There was a large amount of space for dancing and a couple of tables were scattered round the sides of the room. There were waiters walking around with trays full of flutes of wine and some with small party foods. The room was slightly dark lit up with candles and fairy lights and the whole place seemed magical.