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When they arrived at the doors, the security guards did indeed do a pat down and checked all of Brody’s fake knives and arrows Mina considered asking Jared to ht
Nan and Mina entered the gyasped in surprise at the visual wonderland the student council had created, cohts and full-sized set pieces Rapunzel’s tower had been set up next to the giant gingerbread house and wishing well Even the bench where Mina and Brody had shared their first kiss now looked as roates and an archway sectioned off the areas for pictures, food, and dancing
Fogaotten into the enchanted thee patchwork clothes
Dancing on the floor was a visual e of fairy tale, storybook andto pour punch for a Unicorn A faas dancing with a goose girl ons, usuallyabout in clusters off the dance floor Those that weren’t aniht Frank and Steve could be seen pretending to joust, using stick horses and the school’s flags
DJ Ogre, his requested ht, pulled out soan to empty as couples filed on
"Do you want to dance?" Brody asked
"I’ht red
"It’ll be fine, if you let me lead" Brody took Mina’s hands and led her onto the floor He was right, as long as Mina let Brody lead, she didn’t have any proble away froraceful she’d felt all her life Of course the dress didn’t hurt
"See, you’re doing great" Brody said, encouraging Mina and holding her closer "You know, I should have thought twice about bringing you here"
Mina was startled by his words Was he now realizing that he was ashaht that she was doing just fine "What do youyou to the dance, but I’htened around her waist and he leaned in to whisper in her ear "Every Steve, Frank and Larry can’t take their eyes off of you" Brody nodded with his chin toward a crowd of boys, and Mina snuck a quick peek over her shoulder before turning bright pink with e at them
"Maybe it’s you You do usually have a lot of people staring at you," she tried
"That’s kind, but I doubt that many boys at our school find lared at the boys, and a few actually turned away in e on their phones, while others refused to budge their gaze
"I’ to eize; this is not your fault You can’t help looking so gorgeous"
Mina’s cheeks turned pink When the song began to die down, Brody had finally had enough "Will you be safe next to Nan? I really want to go talk to those guys" Brody walked Mina over to Nan, as talking anilasses
Once Brody walked away, Nan leaned over and whispered to her "Can you believe the attention you’re getting? I’ve never seen anything like it" She nudged Mina and pointed to another group of guys wearing various animal masks