"Thinking about it makes me feel kinda weird. But... you should still do it because it makes you happy."

Lean. "You're good. I - don't want you upset, but - "

She struggles for words a bit, and: "I think - I don't know what my brain's. Doing. But Fay said that if there's - something silly my brain keeps screaming even though I tell it to shut up, then probably I haven't noticed something important, and - "

"I'm. Really. I - it'd be bad if. If I couldn't - have fun or - do fun stuff with other people because - I - you get to have people who really like you and it's okay as long as you like me too but - I - "

Her face scrunches up a bit.

"I don't - know. I love you and I'm excited but it's like there's this - thing in the back of my head that's. The bad kind of scary. And I'm not - sure what I'm scared of."

Hug.

"Maybe we can just enjoy this now and figure out the rest later."

"Yeah, that - might be good."

"Let's just - dance, for tonight, and if anyone else wants a turn see how we feel at the moment?"

"Okay."

Grin and hug. 

And back to the dance floor? 

Hand in hand.

Anathema beams at her as they dance - she's got her energy back, so she'll go until Ellie tires or someone interrupts. 

They can go for pretty long before Ellie wants to break for food again.

Anathema pulls her back outside with their plates and cups, so they can lean against each other on one of the benches (and Anathema's ears can recover a bit).

"This is fun," she says, grinning at Ellie.

"Yeah, it is," she says and grins back. "I'm glad you're here."

Kiss. "I'm glad, too."

"You know, we didn't really exactly plan it like that... But our outfits match, don't they?"

"I guess they do."

Heee.

"We should see if Fay can take us to a fancy restaurant or something sometime... It'd be a shame to only wear these once."

"Maybe just drop us off at a fancy restaurant..."

Grin. "A date for just you and me, then."

"Yeah. We can go on those now. Dates." She giggles.

Kiss!!!

"I can't wait."

"Me neither."

"It's - really good this worked out." Grin. "Dumb ideas and all."

"We're fortunate my dumb ideas are less dumb than yours."

"It worked, so," kiss.

A persuasive argument. Kiss.

She laughs, kissing Ellie more.

This - is really really easily a way to spend the rest of the night, all the way until the dances end at midnight, and there's no curfew after so they can keep hanging out on their own - 

- Though Anathema does kinda want to thank Elodie again (and let her know the plan worked), but... If Ellie wants this night for them, she can track her down later.

Maybe later is best.

(Ellie needs to stake her claim more firmly right now.)