Hermoine was in the library reading the third book that day, thinking about the Yule ball.
"I doubt anyone would ever want to ask me" she thought silently. She looked around the library Viktor Krum was there; again, he was really starting to creep Hermione out. Malfoy was there too, she silently hoped he wouldn't spot her; she was not in the mood to be made fun of. She looked back to see if he was still there, dang it! He was looking right at her, then see looked at Viktor, he was looking at her too. This made Hermione feel quite uncomfortable. Then, they both started walking towards her. She was about to get up and leave but then Malfoy caught up to her.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"Umm...well, I know I have been extremely rude to you, and I wanted to say I'm really sorry"
This statement was quite a surprise to Hermione.
"I also wanted to ask you if you wanted to go to the Yule ball with me"
Hermione almost fainted she was surprised by all this.
"How do I know this isn't some type of trick you made up to embarrass me?"
"It's not; I actually do like you a lot"
She saw Viktor standing not too far behind Malfoy. He looked really pissed, was he trying to ask her to the ball to?
"I'll think about it, I'll tell you tomorrow"
"Ok, I have to get to class now, so talk to you tomorrow" he yelled as he ran out of the library. Then Viktor stomped off.
Hermione spotted Malfoy in the library, she had thought about it all night. She realized Malfoy was really handsome, and maybe once she got to know him he would be nice.
"Malfoy!"
"Could you call me Draco?"
"Yeah, sorry, I decided that I will go with you to the ball"
"Are you serious?" he asked, he was clearly shocked.
"Yes I'm serious, but please don't tell Harry and Ron, they will be so mad"
"Don't worry about that, even if I tried talking to them they would walk off somewhere else so they wouldn't hear me talk"
Hermione smiled.
"Ok, I'll talk to you on Friday"
Hermione sat by herself at the ball, Draco wasn't there yet, it must of been a trick after all, now she didn't have a date at all. Harry walked up to her.
"Hermione I thought you said you had a date"
"I do, he's just not here yet"
Harry left to go talk to Ron. Then Draco came.
"Hermione I'm so sorry I'm late, something happened"
"It's fine"
"You do know Potter and Weasley will find out about this"
"I guess so, but I don't really care anymore" she replied.
"Do you want to dance?"
"Definitely"
While Draco and Hermione were dancing, she looked back to she how Harry and Ron had replied. They looked extremely surprised.
"Draco I'll be right back, I'm going to talk to Harry and Ron for a few seconds"
"Ok, I'll go get drinks"
"Hey Harry, told you I had a date"
"Why are you dancing with Malfoy?!"
"Because that's what you do with your date at a ball"
"Why did you go with him?! He hates us" Ron asked.
"He doesn't anymore, I hope you two except that, I have" Hermione walked away to go find Draco.
"Hermione they ran out of drinks, so that's why I don't have any with me"
"Of course" Hermione said sarcastically.
Later that night when the Yule ball was over, Draco took her back to the Gryffindor common room.
"See you later" Hermione said.
Before she went in, Draco kissed her. Hermione had not been expecting this at all. When he finished he quietly said good night and left. Leaving Hermione all by herself. She walked into the common room. She had enjoyed that kiss a lot. That night she fell asleep thinking about Draco.