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I had some snacks and took a deep breath. I wanted to look for Harlowe and Danny but I couldn’t look too much. We had a reserved table for them near the orphans but we never saw them sit down. Maybe they were too nervous to be near all the elites.
It couldn’t have been twenty minutes but Charlotte was calling Aaron and I to the dance floor. I took another deep breath. Aaron grinned really big at me which really did calm me.
He held my hands as if we were really about to ballroom dance.
“Aaron, what are you doing?” I whispered.
“It’s a ballroom dance, baby,” he said. “Remember the one we did?”
“From months ago? The one we sucked at? We haven’t practiced this at all!”
I was still smiling and talking through my teeth.
Aaron just chuckled. “Don’t worry, it’ll be great,” he
