Chapter 382 - Yule Ball Ⅱ (2/2)

Rowan rolls her eyes and says, ”I haven't changed genders that I can recall.”

”I know, but you look good!” Sirius sputtered in disbelief unable to accept the utterly alien concept.

Ignoring Sirius, Rowan asks, ”So who did the both of you ask to the Yule Ball?”

”They're both Hufflepuffs,” James explained as Sirius still sputtered in the background. ”What about you?”

”Oh, I didn't ask anyone, I was asked,” Rowan frankly replied.

”Someone asked YOU!” Sirius shrieked in incredulity.

James and Rowan both ignore Sirius as James asks, ”Really? Who was it?”

”That would be, Potter,” answered, the clear voice of Barrett Boone could be heard.

Both boys whirl around at seeing Barrett Boone in dark gray charcoal robes that nicely matched and contrasted with Rowan's light silver robes. Sirius's mouth flops open as his brain seems to explode. He just couldn't believe that the Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain had asked, Rowan out! James reacted a lot better as he only stared in honest awe.

”Did you wait for me for long?” Barrett said in such an intimate tone that had the tip of Rowan's ears beginning to turn pink.

Firmly reminding herself that he didn't like girls, Rowan says, ”Not very long.”

”Good,” Barrett said as he took out a silver flower hair clip. ”May I?” Rowan nods her head in answer and flushes in public for the first time as her cheeks turn a rosy pink. Barrett gently pins the hair clip in her hair as Sirius looks like he is about to faint, while James is fascinated by the never before seen sight.

”Lovely,” Barrett purred causing Rowan to forcefully chant to herself over and over again, ”He likes boys. He likes boys!”

”May I?” Barrett asked again as this time he offered Rowan the crook of his arm.

”Champions over here, please!” Professor McGonagall cried out from where she stood, with her date, a certain older man with a widow's peak, Elphinstone Urquart. It would appear that his courtship was finally being successful, then again, the stubborn wizard stuck it out until the end and eventually won the prickly heart of the Transfiguration Professor.

”I believe that is us!” Barrett said as he gently led the blushing Rowan away.

Sirius and James are just left behind in disbelief as Sirius says, ”Can you believe that?!”

”Yeah, she looks nice,” James admitted before the two of them turned away and greeted their own dates. Not that the two girls weren't pretty, but they didn't match up to Rowan's surprising standards nor were they Lily.