It had been at least half an hour since Norman had sung his little heart out, and Vi was still doing her best to avoid him at all costs. She’d given in to peer pressure for a moment and had one quick dance with him for the sake of appearances and to please him, but outside of that she’d made sure to be on the opposite side of the room from him at all times.
Scanning the room once she’d successfully countered the male to a decent vantage point, Vi took note of everyone nearby. Susan from the cheer team, Chris from her chemistry class sophomore year, that one senior whose name she could never remember who always looked at her for a second too long, Jamie…
Jamie who was, for the moment, sans Edwina. Making it the perfect time for her to draw him into a much needed discussion.
She had more or less been avoiding him since their shared night in the woods, but her need to tell him about what she had discovered at Alberione far outweighed the fact that she wanted infinite time and space to figure out why she had unconsciously allowed herself to snuggle up with the number one agent of chaos in her life.
Since Edwina was still nowhere to be found after probably a little bit too long of an observation period, Vi decided not to hesitate any longer. A plan came to mind as soon as the first chords of a song she knew was slow came blasting through the rented speakers, and she was determined to put it into motion.
“May I have this dance?” she asked, approaching Jamie with her formal offer with all the false confidence she could muster. It wasn’t going to be weird unless either of them made it weird, right? “And before you say no, you probably shouldn’t say no.”
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