Chapter 233 - 231: Year-end Ball IV (2/2)
"Is that sarcasm I hear?" she asked
Charlton's eyes mooned "Of course not You look like you just stepped out of the fairytale books I usually read"
"You read those?"
"I did in h It's a secret"
Serena wanted to laugh and keep their conversation going, but the song ca Since the polka was a very upbeat and fast paced dance with lots of movements, they had no more time to talk
However, they did enjoy the polka dance for it was the first ti ended, careful of watching eyes, Charlton just led Serena back to the side where her friends were already waiting He did not say any other word, nor did she Their eyes can do all the talking And so he left
Thankfully, they acted the way they did For they did not notice that Geoffrey atching theh of relief when he did not see anything abnorh he did note that they were friendlier than before He chunked it of to the fact that they have been working together for some time now
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Geoffrey danced with Serena for the two-step which was the dance before the interet refreshain took the dance floor for their second dance which was a Polka The others again stood at the sidelines to an to play
This tih it's still the same ladies in white on the dancefloor, save for one or two, the gents were a new set Ae, Gizels' brother, and Joseph The polka dance has a shorter music, but the movements were more fast paced and complicated than that of the waltz It was truly a marvel how all of them did the dance in a synchronized manner (For reference see Stanford Viennese Ball 2018- opening coht continued with dancing Serena had 4 more dances after the intermission, the first was the quadrille with Kylo, and with theroup was Geoffrey and Via Then, it was followed by a Gallop illy Then, another dance with Leonard for the lancers and finally, another waltz with Geoffrey
The night has been beautiful, and everyone just enjoyed it When the ball caht
For Serena, this ball has been the h note, that even when it was Geoffrey who escorted her, she still enjoyed it Besides, he did keep propriety and acted like they were only friends except for having to dance with her thrice
He sent her back to the dormitory with her friends As he did not know if he should wish her luck or congratulate her for tomorrow's event, he just did both Anyway, he did not keep her for long He just told her to go inside and have a good night's rest
Serena sht She went inside without turning back
Geoffrey did not think much of it and just walked towards the men's dormitory
And so, with this, the school year has officially ended
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END OF VOLUME 1
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