James & Fiona - post auction concert/dancing 8:30
James had surprisingly good time at the formal event. A lot of the ones he ended up attending for one reason or another were boring, but he really should have known better where Pansy Nott was concerned, having attended her events before. She always had good attractions, a well scheduled plan, and interesting things happening. Heck, he knew half of his generation was here for this after-dinner concert which started out featuring her daughter and Wes Carlisle.
He had seen Fiona during different parts of the gala and had dropped by her table early on to say hello. She looked lovely. He was in the middle of trying to decide if he was going to duck out after the auction and before the concert, as honestly part of the auction had made him want to crawl under one of the Weasley tables and hide. Oh, it wasn't as bad as it could have been, it was true, but there was definitely something about having one's parents auctioned off that made a kid squirm and want to disappear.
But then he caught sight of Fiona again and smiled, shifting his feet to take him in her direction again. He cleaned up pretty well all things considered.
"Are you staying for the concert and festivities?" he asked.