From: mightbeclever	Date: December 10th, 2010 03:14 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Leon/Adelaide

Leon arrived with his date, Adelaide, on his arm dressed to the nines. He had, of course, claimed that it was just something his mother had sent him for the ball, after all, why would he have willingly shopped for new clothing? Truth was, he had, actively found the top hat and cuff links on his own. Not to mention the shoes.

"Would you like to dance," he asked, turning to smile softly at Addy. Gingerly he reached up to brush a flake of snow off her check. "You look nice, you know."

From: legaux	Date: December 10th, 2010 11:30 am (UTC)		(Link)
Leon/Adelaide

Addy smiled back, pleased with the compliment but not so far from her usual self that she didn't add, "You sound kind of surprised." Nevertheless, she leaned into his gentle touch and swung her arms around his neck. He looked extremely handsome all dressed up, and with her in flat shoes and him in a tall hat, they were a bit better matched in height.

"You hate dancing," she reminded him with the barest hint of a smirk.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: December 11th, 2010 03:45 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Leon/Adelaide

"Maybe I am?" He winked at her though, as if to say he was only teasing her before pulling her a little closer. "And I do, but you don't." He was, in some way, trying to be a good boyfriend.

"I'll give you one dance now, then another in an hour. That way I don't look like a complete scrooge, yeah?" It wasn't the worst deal, for the most part. Besides, he'd been feeling more upbeat this past week. And had been relatively sober through most of it.

From: legaux	Date: December 11th, 2010 03:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Leon/Adelaide

She beamed, and touched her nose to his lightly. "That's awfully sweet of you. Are you angling for brownie points?" They moved onto the edge of the dancefloor, not too far away from seats and drinks.

"Yeah, acting like a gentleman, dressed like a babe, dancing? You're up to something," she teased. "It's a good thing you didn't bring flowers or I'd think you did something awful."

	From: mightbeclever	Date: December 12th, 2010 04:18 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Leon/Adelaide

"I am always angling for brownie points," he said quite plainly, before sliding his hands around her waist. "And if I were up to something? Would you really deny me after I offered to dance with you?"

He grinned though, leaning in to steal a quick kiss from her lips before taking her hand and twirling her around. "And, maybe it is because I have something I want to ask you."

From: legaux	Date: December 12th, 2010 01:12 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Leon/Adelaide

"Oh, here it comes," she said wryly, fully expecting the next words out of his mouth to be 'let's have sex'.

"All right, hit me. Let's see what creative reasoning you've got this time," she said with a smirk, though the rest of her expression was not unkind. He was indeed making an effort for her, after all.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: December 12th, 2010 02:26 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Leon/Adelaide

He pulled her close as they moved onto the dance floor, smiling at her a little bemusedly. "You should try to have a little faith in me sometime." He commented dryly, before kissing her shoulder lightly.

"I wanted you...to come to a ball with me." He paused, then, to let the first part sink in a little. "In France."

From: legaux	Date: December 12th, 2010 03:50 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Leon/Adelaide

"I-- what?" Now, she was thoroughly confused. That made absolutely no sense at all to her, partly because she was so certain a proposition was coming that mentioning something not that seemed like a complete non-sequitur, and also... it just wasn't very Leon.

"A ball," she repeated. "In France. Did you go get high without me?" It was a reasonable question.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: December 13th, 2010 07:16 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Leon/Adelaide

"I haven't been high in a week, so...no." He sighed as they stopped dancing, looking at her with all the seriousness he could muster for the moment.

"My Meme and Pepe have this ball every year, on Christmas Eve. My family goes, we dance, we have yuppy food, we listen to all the gossip of the purebloods, then we come home." He paused then, knowing that it wasn't always straight to Maine they went. From time to time there was a detour to England.

"You could come with me...." he said after a brief pause. "I could take you to Paris."

From: legaux	Date: December 13th, 2010 11:22 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Leon/Adelaide

"You want to take me to Paris?" She laughed a little in disbelief. "Oh Leon, this is the best one yet!"

The look on his face was unamused. "Holy shit, you're serious?" She was, perhaps for the first time ever, stunned into complete and utter silence. She could only stare at him.

After a few awkward moments, she finally spoke up. "... you want me to meet your family?"

	From: mightbeclever	Date: December 15th, 2010 07:22 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Leon/Adelaide

"No, I don't want you to meet them, I'm only asking you to a foreign country to get laid." He muttered, annoyed that she'd all but mocked his question before staring at him like he'd grown an extra head.

"Why do you have to think everything is about sex?"

From: legaux	Date: December 15th, 2010 08:17 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Leon/Adelaide

"Because I'm a teenager, Leon, everything is about sex." What had started out as a genuine question on his behalf (preceded by gentlemanly behaviour, for once) had once again descended into a snapping match.

"Excuse me for thinking you were kidding; I get so many invitations to distant parties after all, I should have known you weren't fucking around."

	From: mightbeclever	Date: December 16th, 2010 05:06 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Leon/Adelaide

"You were the one that wanted me to take it slow, so I did." He pulled away from her enough to pull his top hat off and scrub his hair. "Look, just...do you want to go...or not?"

It was simple, right? If she didn't want to go, she'd just have to say no, and then Gael would be happy at least.

From: legaux	Date: December 16th, 2010 05:47 am (UTC)		(Link)
Leon/Adelaide

Adelaide squirmed. It wasn't as simple as yes or no, even if he thought it was.

"Do you actually want me to come, or are you only asking because you think I'll be offended if you don't ask?" If he really wanted her to come, she would go even if she didn't want to because he asked nicely and it was a girlfriendy thing to do. And she had always wanted to see Paris... "I don't want you to feel like you have to drag me along or I'll be a bitch about it."

	From: mightbeclever	Date: December 16th, 2010 05:55 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Leon/Adelaide

"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want you to. We go every year, you weren't offended last year." Of course, come to think of it...He wasn't sure he'd mentioned it at all last year. Maybe a passing 'going to France for the Hols' thing, but nothing more in depth.

Oh well. Moot point now.

From: legaux	Date: December 16th, 2010 06:45 am (UTC)		(Link)
Leon/Adelaide

She couldn't help the excited grin that crept up on her. "Really? Really!"

It didn't matter that they were surrounded by people, and many of them teachers with no sense of fun. She grabbed him tight and kissed him hard.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: December 16th, 2010 07:26 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Leon/Adelaide

He would have answered her, but he was caught off guard by the sudden kiss pressed against his lips as he blinked. When she pulled away he snerked, and laughed lightly.

"So that is a yes, I take it." He said, smirking. "You'll have to get a new dress."

From: legaux	Date: December 16th, 2010 07:47 am (UTC)		(Link)
Leon/Adelaide

"Aw, man..." She hadn't thought about that part. And she hated shopping. "That was an evil, evil trap, Leon. You're going to have to help me." Hey, she wasn't going to suffer a shopping trip alone. Besides, she had no idea what kind of dress was expected of her.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: December 16th, 2010 07:52 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Leon/Adelaide

"Don't make that face, I'll send Gael with you." Which would be an utter disaster, but she didn't need to know that. For now he could get away with some free teasing, and there was no reason not to indulge.

From: legaux	Date: December 16th, 2010 07:58 am (UTC)		(Link)
Leon/Adelaide

"Yeah, 'cause I'm his favourite person ever." She rolled her eyes. "He'll be like 'yeah, we totally always wear big fluffy bunny suits to these things, you'll fit right in, I swear'."

	From: mightbeclever	Date: December 16th, 2010 08:13 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Leon/Adelaide

"No he won't. I'll beat him up if he does," Leon promised, pulling her close to snuggle as he grinned. "Besides, he promised to be nicer, so that would be breaking his word."

From: legaux	Date: December 16th, 2010 01:56 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Leon/Adelaide

Her lips curled into a little grin. "You made him promise to be nicer to me?" She nuzzled into him happily. "You're the best."

And of course, by 'the best' she meant 'definitely up to something evil'.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: December 16th, 2010 08:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Leon/Adelaide

Honestly it was more so Leon wouldn't have to listen to it anymore, but if she wanted to think it was for her? He certainly wouldn't stop her.

"Alright, alright...you're making a scene now."