Closed Open to all! Dancing In The Dreadful Rain

"Emily! So good to see you!" he smiled widely. It was seeming as though they were often running into one another in various parts of the castle and he loved that - it showed he liked to be everywhere and spend time with others as did she and maybe, just maybe, they could build up a strong friendship. "My dance instructor would thank you personally for the comment of the nice moves if she could personally. Not formal dance instruction, mind you, but my Aunt Maggie has worked on teaching me various dances since I was probably about the age of four," and he thought to all those times in the reading room where the two would begin. He wasn't sure it was because Aunt Maggie enjoyed dancing (which she seemed to) or she just wanted something that the two could share since her nephew, Simon, couldn't get out in the sunshine like the other kids. So often while growing up, his friends would go off to swim outside or take on a quick game of football/soccer which he would need to decline as they would begin in the harsh noon-day sun. That's probably why Aunt Maggie fostered a love of music for him as well and he knew how to play chess, and a large assortment of other indoor activities.

"I mean, I'm not going to pressure you, Em, but I know a drying spell," as might others, "and the radio is still on and the music is still playing. If your wish is to dance...then we shall dance." He was offering up a dancing partner so she didn't need to be out in the falling rain of the Courtyard by herself if the others were finished.

"Shall we? We can take this impromptu little gathering and make it a party!" and he smiled to the others still there. "Courtyard dance party!"