The Dance
Title: The Dance
Word Count: 100
House: Gryffindor
Characters/Pairings: Hagrid, Lavender Brown, reference to Madame Maxime
Rating: PG
Challenge: Circle of Life
Author's Notes: Written for dolorous_ett as part of mctabby's Cat's Birthday HP Drabblethon III. The prompt was: Hagrid teaches Lavender Brown the rudiments of ballroom dancing
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As Lavender hurried past the Great Hall, a noise erupted from the darkened room, stopping her in her tracks. Wand out, she stepped inside.
There sat Hagrid, face buried in an enormous handkerchief.
"Loved to dance, Olympe did . . . fine dancer . . . fine woman," he sobbed, as if Lavender would understand. And of course she did. Everyone had lost someone.
Without meaning to, she said the first thing that came to mind. "I can't dance."
Hagrid looked incredulous. "Can't dance? 'Course yeh can."
And Lavender let him lead, counting one-two-three, one-two-three, and wishing everything could be so simple.
Word Count: 100
House: Gryffindor
Characters/Pairings: Hagrid, Lavender Brown, reference to Madame Maxime
Rating: PG
Challenge: Circle of Life
Author's Notes: Written for dolorous_ett as part of mctabby's Cat's Birthday HP Drabblethon III. The prompt was: Hagrid teaches Lavender Brown the rudiments of ballroom dancing
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As Lavender hurried past the Great Hall, a noise erupted from the darkened room, stopping her in her tracks. Wand out, she stepped inside.
There sat Hagrid, face buried in an enormous handkerchief.
"Loved to dance, Olympe did . . . fine dancer . . . fine woman," he sobbed, as if Lavender would understand. And of course she did. Everyone had lost someone.
Without meaning to, she said the first thing that came to mind. "I can't dance."
Hagrid looked incredulous. "Can't dance? 'Course yeh can."
And Lavender let him lead, counting one-two-three, one-two-three, and wishing everything could be so simple.