Home is not a place, Home is a feeling (Flower Husbands)

The Dance

Scott's POV:

"...It's time for The Dance!" When mother said that, the butlers moved the tables out of the way and the music started to play. Shubble, Katherine, and I started to laugh to ourselves at the faces everyone was making at the transition. We went to a snack table that was newly placed and started to talk about our empires. "You two should visit the Undergrove, we have the best mushroom stew from our mooshrooms, and we have cute little bees," Shubble says, looking up to the sky with eyes that were lit with passion. Guess she must really love her empire. "You should also come to the Overgrown! We have giant flowers, little cute houses for our citizens, and we have a floating castle!" Katherine exclaims, doing the same thing that Shelby was doing. "Well you two have already visited Rivendell, so there's not much that I can-" "Excuse me, Prince Scott?" Said the person who interrupted me. I turned around and saw that it was Joey, the prince of the Lost Empire. "Yes, what is it that you need?" I ask, thinking that he probably wants to have a dance with me. "I was wanting to know if you wanted to have a dance with me?" He asks his face still and with no emotion. "Sure," I respond, going with him to the dance floor.

 He puts his arms around my waist as I put mine on his shoulders. We start slow, dancing in circles, but then he takes a handoff of my waist and I immediately understand what he wants to do. I take a hand off his shoulders and grab his, bringing it into the air, and start to do a waltz. We swing around the ballroom, seeing others stare at us dancing. He twirls me around as I follow his moves. Soon we both are twirling around, and I become slightly dizzy. It soon all ends though, because shortly after I became dizzy Joey dipped me down and whispered in my ear, "This was fun! I hope to see you again another time and do this." With that, he brings me up, and leaves me, he leaves me with everyone who is clapping and saying that we were perfect for each other. I just watched as he walked away like nothing just happened. The blush that was on my face from the dance soon disappears, and instead of feeling a nice flushed feeling, I feel anger. 

I leave the dance floor and go back to Shubble and Katherine. When I get back to them though, I see Shelby talking to Katherine, and whatever she was saying made Katherine blush a deep red blush. The red was so deep that it looked like the poppies that she told us about. I just laughed at Katherine's blushing and walked past them, gently whispering words that made them both blush. "Have fun you two! But not too much fun~"

I went to the other snack bar on the other side of the ballroom and grab a chilly Rivendell punch that was freshly made for this occasion. As I pour myself a cup I hear someone crying gently, which was odd since there was music playing so loud that I could barely hear the punch pouring into my cup. Yet, I could hear the silent sobs and decided to see who was crying. I finished filling my cup and gazed around the snack bar, trying to find out who was crying. Then I see him, the cod boy, the cod boy who kept looking at me during dinner, the cod boy who was looking sad when eating, and the cod boy whose sister is like 1000 years old. 

I slowly amble towards him and hug him, feeling him hug me back. "What's wrong?" I ask, hearing his sobs die down. "It's just that... Every prince and princess of every empire has a family, while my sister and I, both don't have parents to go to. All we have are our empires to call home and that's it. No parents, just each other." Cod boy says, calming down and stopping his tears. "At least you have your sister, right? I bet she loves you as much as your parents did. Plus, she's not your only family," I say, seeing him look up to meet my eyes. "What do you mean she's not my only family?" He asks with tears no longer falling, "Well you have friends right?" I ask, seeing him nod his head, "Well your friends are your family! The people that are close to your heart are your family! Family isn't about blood, it's about love! So if you have friends and you love them then they are your family!" I explain to him, seeing him cry once again. "Wait, why are you crying again?" I ask, hearing his response which was muffled since his face was in my shirt. "No one has ever said something like that to me, not even my sister. Thank you for that Scott, I really appreciate it. If you ever need anything from me or my empire just ask me. I would gladly help you with anything!" Jimmy says, while his tears once again stop falling and him smiling. 

"Well, there is something you could do for me..." I say, looking at him with a smirk, "Umm, what is it?" He says, blushing hard, "You could come dance with me!" I tell him smiling, "Oh... Sure, I'll go dance with you," He replies, his blush slowly fading. Then we go to the dance floor, me smiling with glee, and cod boy slightly blushing but also smiling.

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