From: howemuchtrouble	Date: April 14th, 2011 01:28 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

"Well, yea, it's nice," Keegan did agree with a small shrug of his shoulders as they casually made their way over towards the drinks. "I'm just more used to when they go a little nuts, I think."

He did flash her a joking smile as they reached the table. "Oh, I'm sure there's decorations out there somewhere. Our faculty probably doesn't care too much to scour Google."

	From: cabotine	Date: April 17th, 2011 10:39 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

"Yeah, me too. I think that maybe this means that they're going to be doing it up nice for the proms that are coming up. Why waste the time and money on the Sadie Hawkins dance when there's a couple of really big, exciting dances on the horizon, right? Maybe." They reached the refreshment tables and Rowan took a glance at the selection.

"I'm sure there are too. I wonder what they would be. Maybe I'll look that up when I go back to my dorm." Her curiosity twinkled in her eyes as she spoke, though it was a light curiosity. She wasn't dying to find out, but thought that it might be fun to know.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: April 18th, 2011 08:29 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

Keegan nodded. "Right. Proms. All whopping three of them." It was a concept he was fairly familiar with, though it wasn't the standard from what he heard from his Muggle friends. Then, be blinked. "Hey... we actually get to go to one this year. Aside from being brought by an upperclassman, anyway. Junior prom."

He fought the cringe when he also remembered that proms were rather formal events. He doubted Rowan would let him get away with wearing converse and no tie to that particular event.

	From: cabotine	Date: April 27th, 2011 10:32 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

At his statement that they would be able to go to a prom this year, Rowan's face couldn't hide her shock. After all the dances and all the parties, she hadn't even given a single thought over to prom. The biggest dance of the year. She had never really expected to go at points before meeting Keegan, so it wasn't that much of a surprise that she hadn't thought of it.

"Oh. Oh... gods, that's right. We have... there's a prom this year. A junior one. And we're juniors so ...that means we can go. To it. The junior prom." She wasn't quite sure why that thought rocked her so much. Maybe it was because it was a true formal event, and a huge deal to a lot of the people. "Um. Yeah."

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: April 27th, 2011 11:46 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

The shock on her face surprised him. For a girl that had the tendency to plan and think things out well ahead of time, he expected her to have thought of prom before that point. Apparently he was wrong.

For a moment, it almost sounded like she wasn't entirely fond of the idea. Keegan quirked an eyebrow at her, looking down at her with a curious look. "... Unless you don't want to go?"

	From: cabotine	Date: April 28th, 2011 12:07 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

As she thought it over quickly, she realized that at least one faced of her surprise was in her assumption that he wouldn't have wanted to go to so formal an event. She knew that he would much rather be in converse and a t-shirt than a tux or anything with a tie.

Mostly though, it was that she had sort of blocked it out of her mind when the year before she had just about sworn off all dances. It just hadn't even occurred to her.

"Oh, no, no. I just... forgot about it, I guess? And I would love to go... if you wanted to, that is." She wanted to see Keegan in some kind of formal wear again. True formal attire, not his usual version of it. Not that he ever failed to look less than amazing in what he wore, but there was something about his looks that made her want to see him all dressed up for something again, like he had been for the snow ball. Not that she would ever make him (or try to). But he looked amazing that night...

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: April 28th, 2011 12:17 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

"Well, I was planning on going, yes. And I would much prefer to go with you instead of stopping in by myself." If she didn't want to go, he wouldn't have taken anyone else. Simply went long enough to check things out and talk with people before doing something else. Probably with her.

As she did want to go, though, he was more than willing. He survived the formal attire he wore for the winter dance and he could probably survive once more. Especially if he got the chance to see her decked out again. That was a pretty good trade-off and certainly helped to keep his mind off his own discomfort.

	From: cabotine	Date: April 28th, 2011 12:22 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

"Well then... it looks like I'm going to be finding myself a suitably formal dress to wear." She smiled over at him, a hint of a blush forming in her cheeks.

Instead of trying to cover it some other way, like having her hair fall forward to cover her face, she turned to the table and looked to see what they had in the way of drinks. "You want anything?"

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: April 28th, 2011 12:25 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

Keegan found himself looking at her with a smile growing over his face while he watched her look away. "And it looks like you'll have to tell me what color that dress is so I don't completely ruin it."

His own eyes went to the things before them on the table, and the first thing he did was grab two cups and gestured. It wasn't right to let a lady get her own drink. "I'm probably just going for the punch. I figure if anyone has spiked anything with alcohol, it'll be that. What will you have?"

	From: cabotine	Date: April 28th, 2011 12:40 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

"Then I will be sure and do that. Once I've found it." She said it with a smile on her voice and that blush still on her face. Rowan hated wearing dresses, but from the reactions that she had gotten from wearing them in the past, she could foresee herself wearing many many more dresses in the future.

When he grabbed the cups, she bit back a protest. It wasn't a real protest anyway, and she had started to get very used to the kind of chivalry that Keegan offered her. Instead, she smiled and turned to look at him. "Well with logic like that, who could say no to punch?"

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: April 28th, 2011 12:50 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

Once she made her decision, he set what would be his cup down for a moment in order to get hers. He only filled his after she was in possession of hers, passed off with a smile from him.

"I find that sometimes my logic isn't quite sound... or healthy," Keegan paused to take a sip. There was a small frown afterwards that marked there was nothing in it. It was probably too early in the night anyway. "But it's fun, at least."

	From: cabotine	Date: April 28th, 2011 12:58 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

She took the punch with a smile and took a sip, watching him as he filled his own cup. There was nothing in these, she could tell, but still. Punch was pretty good.

"I find that my life was tremendously boring without your logic... or lack thereof." Turning to look at the decorated hall, Rowan smiled into her glass this time. "And I'm beginning to enjoy your brand of 'fun'."

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: April 28th, 2011 01:13 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

Keegan turned his own attention out to the floor and he shifted his cup so that his free hand could find a place around Rowan's waist. "Of course you are. You're a smart girl."

His eyes only remained on the hall and the other students within for a moment before they turned back to her, looking at the profile of her face for a moment. Keegan leaned down and gently kissed neat her temple, leaving his head there for a moment so she could hear the statement that was really only meant for her. "As well as exceptionally beautiful tonight.

	From: cabotine	Date: April 28th, 2011 01:33 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

It never failed. As his arm went around her waist, she felt the lightest of chills up her spine, and found herself leaning in to him ever so slightly. She smiled at the kiss, her eyes moving to look in his direction as she prepared to turn and look at him when he moved back, only... he didn't.

The words he spoke gave her that wobbly feeling in her stomach, and a slow warmth spreading over her skin, mostly on her cheeks. If Keegan could have a superpower, it would be to make her blush at a moment's notice. Well, one of them. She found herself smiling with the redness that came into her face, and biting her lower lip as she did so.

It was a moment before she replied softly. "I.. t-thank you. Y-you look rather good yourself, you know." For all the stuttering and the trying to not seem as touched and off balance as his words made her, the words were very much heartfelt.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: April 28th, 2011 01:48 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

After the words were spoken, he only hovered there for a moment before he stood straight again. His eyes stayed on her with a small smile, watching as she bit her lip. He suspected that she was blushing too, but it was more difficult to tell in the dim lighting.

"You're welcome, and thank you in turn, I guess." He chuckled a bit and a moment later, he finished off the small cup of punch. Keegan easily located the nearest waste bin and tossed the cup into it. "Once you're done with yours," he said and turned his smile back to her, "You'll have to grace me with a dance."

	From: cabotine	Date: April 28th, 2011 01:52 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Keegan/Rowan

As she willed the fire in her cheeks to fade, she sipped on some more punch. When he turned back to her, there were only small round spots of color high on her cheeks, and even those were fading fairly quickly. She finished the rest of her punch without rushing, but fairly quickly since she felt a little warm now.

"I think that there's no time like the present for that." The music was enthusiastic, and there were more people coming in by the minute. The dance would probably be in full swing in a relatively short time. All Rowan could really think about, though, was the smiling blonde before her. Tonight was going to be a very good night.