Mathilda and I let him take a few pictures before his daughter gave him another hug and we finally returned to the car to go pick up Kori. On the way over I pin the corsage on Matty and she cuddles me a little bit on the way over. She's in happy girl mode the whole trip over and decides to wait in the car while I head up to get Kori, I bring the corsage this time and almost knock as the door opens and Mrs. Patrick answers.
"Guy you are right on time, she just got done with her makeup and wasn't waiting long," Kori's Mom tells me as I step inside.
I shake hands with Carl, Kori's stepfather and Mrs. Patrick's husband, and the three of us idly chat when we hear the door to the bathroom open and I'm quiet as all hell as Kori greets me from the top of the stairs. Matty wore a ball gown but Kori went in an evening dress. Her hair is down a bit with some braids and a little jewelry but the dress is killer, black strapless with sequins and a purple sash around her waist. It doesn't come close to the ground and I can see Kori is wearing heels just to match my height and probably Matty's too.
"Oh my god you look amazing sweetie," Mrs. Patrick tells her daughter as she makes her way down to me.
I take Kori's hand and immediately kiss the back of it as she smiles. I let her mom and Carl take about a million pictures of us doing the little things like pinning on the corsage and a couple photos before she grabs her overnight bag and we're back in the car and down the road towards the school. I'm actually excited, I didn't think I'd be excited for the dance but I kind of am considering something I've been working on with Kyle for the past couple weeks. It's a packed house and people are arriving in all sorts of vehicles but I see we're pulling into a spot at the front and I'm out of the limo first taking Kori's hand to help her out then Mathilda's before I get a kiss on the cheek from the two of them and we enter the dance.
The whole theme was done as a winter wonderland but it's very not Christmas more like snow and ice with blues and whites being the colors. As soon as I'm in the door there are students greeting us, not like 'hey man' but more of 'President, you showed up' or 'you ladies look wonderful'. I was having a bit of an ego boost and so was Kori but Matty, shy, tall and Amazon-like Matty is beaming with joy as we wander through and find our seats. Our table isn't one of the round tables like everyone else gets. No, I get the long table facing everything with the DJ not twenty feet away from the end of the table. I shake DJ 151's hand, it's his name I guess, and thank him for simply making the night a little better. I don't even get back to my chair when I'm called over by Kyle and find that the girls and I are up to get our pictures taken by the photographer. First one of myself and Kori, then one of myself and Matty, then one of Matty and Kori. That got an interesting look from the photographer but the final one was the three of us and once he figured out the positioning it was perfect and we were told we'd get the photos back in two weeks like everyone else.
Finally we get to the table and watch as some students are dancing, some are dining, some are just mingling. My table is full with Devin and Masha, Kyle and Elizabeth, me and my girls, and the only two couples that reserved the main table. One is Tracy and her new boyfriend, my Samoan loudmouth named Lou. The other is Hideo and Vicki, by the looks of it Hideo broke the bank but I smile and nod from me and he smiles back letting me know he'll be cool.
Dinner is wonderful, we eat and while the girls go with fish I take the lobster tail dinner. We get to the end and I'm watching as my friends all take their ladies to the dance floor and I look at my girls and watch as Kori smiles and Matty stands up. We get out on the floor and even though I have to look up to her, my Amazon is a very happy woman during a slow song. We dance a few numbers and when the beat picks up Matty steps out and Kori motions me over to her on the side but I'm not moving and I bring her over to me with a finger. She starts moving and to her surprise I'm moving with her, and well too. Kori is surprised as I'm moving with her but she's really surprised two songs later when we're dancing close and I not only am I not stepping on her feet but I'm dancing with her, really dancing. She's always just let me keep my space and done most of the movement but now we're moving and she's giddy as we step off the dance floor.
"Where the hell did that come from? Two months ago you couldn't dance for the life of you and now here you are holding your own with me," Kori asks as we rejoin Matty.
"That would be me," Kyle says, stepping up to us," He's been practicing with me on his foot work almost since we got back."
"And I can honestly say I'm still not sure about using my toes the whole time but I needed help," I state and Kori laughs enough that we are all smiling.
The tables get cleared out for the most part and it's mostly informal seating and a beverage table left save for the DJ booth and the stage where the table I ate at was. About an hour and change ticks by when Tania, who is heading the event in a ruffled white dress, steps on stage with a microphone and two members of the student leadership.
"My fellow students this is the first dance of the year and we have a King and Queen to crown so without any further waiting let's do the drawing," I watch as a piece of paper is handed to Tania and she reads the name," Well I present your Queen of the Dance, Korinna Patrick."
To say we're stunned is an understatement but Kori is petrified because she knows I can't win. I give her a quick kiss on the cheek. I watch as she heads up and is crowned, Matty and I are beaming as she smiles at us and Tania is handed her second piece of paper.
"And the King of the Dance is," Tania states before doing a double take while reading," Robert Wallace."
I'm at a pause for thought, who the fuck is Robert Wallace. Matty is confused and I start looking at everyone around me as Lou finally comes up to me.
"Dude he's on probation for drinking and transferred in because he can't drive to his old school anymore," my Samoan mouthpiece.
I watch as a guy about my height and a tux that has been worn out a little bit comes staggering up and makes his way to the stage. He's got brown hair and is Caucasian like me but the big thing is that everyone can tell he's been drinking as he snatches the crown and pops it on his head.
"May I present your King and Queen of the Dance," Tania says trying to show enthusiasm and I start to get people to clap and cheer a little, it's my girl up there," Now the King and Queen will have their dance."