The Ministerial Ball

jessica sat in the chair now bored she really had a pull she wnted to leave , no announcment was wotrh being sat alone while she watched every one dancing when she kne she could not , she had been feling uncomfortable all day and now just wanted to go home to rest her back ached and she felt like she was carrying two bowling balls , her pelvis hurt too from the added weight and her feet were swollen even in the flat shoes.

She gave a sighed hoping the announcment would not be long comming as the back ache throbbed again. Taking a deep breath she shook it off giving up on Jack who was off taking to some one like she wasn't even there, the more she thought about it the angrier she became about it, she didn't know why she felt this way but she was , she stood up and walked around watching every one dancing yet she could not shake the feeling she wanted to go , to leave the ball and just go any where but where she was . Again her back pulsed with pain but it past and she sat back down now agitated that it was not over with.

Belle caught site of Jessica alone and went over with two cups of punch and smiled softly down at her. "Hello Jess, I thought you could use some punch and some company." She sat down after handing Jess the punch and saw the strained look about her eyes. "How are you feeling tonight?" She asked.

Julia lifted her glass to her lips again and took another sip of the sweet punch, it was delicious. It tasted as if someone dropped a pound of sugar in it, but that's a good thing in Julia's book. Julia had always been a big junk food eater, especially for Bertie Botts Every Flavored Beans, her favorite bean, of course, had always been chocolate, she loved chocolate like most girls. She set her now empty glass on the table behind her and used the ladle to pour more of the sweet red liquid into her cup.

"Hello, Adam" Julia smiled. "Not exactly" She admitted, referring to his question and giggled. "Dances aren't really my 'thing'" She used air quotes around "thing". They really weren't, but she still went. And most guys didn't like dances. However, most girls at the school loved dances, but not Julia, she absolutely loathed them. She couldn't dance, she had no one to dance with, and they weren't really fun. Julia would much rather roam the halls or just sit in a quiet room alone. She used to always want to hang out with Scorpius, her old crush, but lately, she's been beginning to get over him. She could plainly tell that he had no interest in her, he probably liked more 'feminine' girls- and feminine meaning, blonde sluts who hang over him like a dead goose. "Are you having a good time?" Julia asked Adam curiously.

Frank entered the new Ministry of magic, not really showing a sign of amazement as he'd never been in it before. Although he did show that he was fascinated by the state it was in now. He smiled very brightly and looked around. Not many people were here yet, around maybe a hunderd or so. He had expected there to be at least two hundred or three. He walked into the Ministry now, and looked at those dancing on the dance floor. He walked over to were the glasses were and picked one up, he moved over to the punch swiftly. He smelled it to make sure it was okay, and poured some into his glass. He took a sip and continued to look around, he couldn't spot anyone.

He spotted someone he knew as Julia, she was a Slythering but she seemed pretty nice. He walked over to where she was, smiled and waved to her. "Hello Julia!" he said brightly hoping she would be nice. "How are you tonight?" he asked her still smiling. She seemed to be smling too, that was a good sign...he thought. He took another drink of his punch, smacked his lips, and said "aaaah" in a relaxing way.

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Godric Delk Malfoy wrote:Godric smiled impishly. Good I'm glad you approve, Because I had Tripp take the liberty of getting you a set of Muggle cloths just in case you wanted to go out in London sometime. If you have any particular taste just call him. He'll come if you're near me and if you not, just send a message to this Floo adress and he'll get it right away. He is at your becon call, unless of course I have need of him. Godric wrote down his Floo address to the Castle, and put it in Zack's jacket pocket.

Godric took out his trusty black flask and took a large gulp, then replaced it. Are you thirsty? Or would you care for a dance? Godric asked with pure honesty to the preferances of the other boy.

"Dancing sounds nice." he said still finding it semi amusing that there was milk in the flask. He noticed mor people had shown up this was going to be a big event he could tell already.

Godric smiled sweetly. Dancing was one of his secret passions. He could Tango, Waltz, Mamba, you name it. Luckily the Waltz was just begining and Godric led Zack onto the Dancefloor. Godric had perfect form, his back straight, his left hand on Zack's hip, and his right hand, lightly holding the other boy's. He was about to take the lead when he thought that that might be a little to presumptious.

Would you care to lead or follow? I can do either. His eyes were gleaming in the dim light, and his smile almost, almost innocent.

"Oh its been so long since i danced you lead ill quickly learn" he said in pure hufflepuff fashion he waited for the dance to bein. It had truley been a long time since he had danced. The last time he did it was with a beutifull blond girl. Unfortunutly what he didnt know is that she was just going out with him to make her ex boyfriend jelous.

Belle caught site of Jessica alone and went over with two cups of punch and smiled softly down at her. "Hello Jess, I thought you could use some punch and some company." She sat down after handing Jess the punch and saw the strained look about her eyes. "How are you feeling tonight?" She asked.

jessica looked at belle with a deep sigh "restless" she said softly" I just don't feel right "she looked around at all the people now in the dance hall , every one dancing or drinking or laughing all ecept her because of her size "Im sorry belle i just feel very uncomfortable today, started an hour ago" she said her hand moving to her back as the pain from her back came again "I wish this pain would go away " she said softly and sighed "can't dance because of my size my feet are swollen and my back aches, you asked" she said "apart from all that i'm fine" she managed to smile.

Jack moved back to jessica seing how uncomfortable she was looking , he wrapped his arm around her as he sat down with her "sorry thought i saw some body i knew, turned out i was wrong" he grinned he let his hand brush over her tummy and fround it was tight he was not use to feeling it so tight "you ok ?" he asked seeing her hand on her back "well stay till the announcment then go ok" he said smiling seeing her smile he had to admit she looked radiant tonight almost glowing "when we get back you have a long soak in a warm bubble bath and i'll give you a massage that normally helps" he felt her lean on him and gently caressed her cheek

Vincent entered the room, wearing his best golden and black robes for the ocassion. Vincent didn't care about balls at all of course, but yet, he was here. He had recieved word that it was important for all ministry members to be there. Though he didn't understand why, he had decided to come anyways. Quickly, he went over and took a seat near the bar, looking around at the various people. He recognized some of them of course, he knew most ministry workers, and some students were there as well.