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A/N: Okay the second chapter is up thanks for reviewing Angel Alexander, I truly appreciate it. Everyone please review if you read this.
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Draco began to look up and down the Slytherin table looking for the lucky girl he was going to ask to the Christmas Ball when he was so rudely interrupted.
"PANSY GET OFF OF ME! I am most certainly NOT going to the ball with you."
"But draccccooooo…I realllly want to go wiiiithhh yoooouuuuu." replied Pansy in her highly annoying whiney voice.
"Well I don't want to go with you." Said Draco while stalking off. He didn't really want to go with any Slytherin but someone from another house that happened to be in his year. The only problem was that he knew that what he wanted between them would never happen.
Draco feel the need to go to his common room, and he didn't even want to risk another incident like earlier today which had caused a bloody nose. So he decided on heading out early to Hogsmeade.
'Hmm….I need some new robes, or maybe a new tux, but where to go, where to go…' thought Draco while wandering the streets of Hogsmeade, unsure of exactly where he was heading to. 'I think I will go to Madame Malkin's.'
Draco had been going there for almost his whole life. His mum had impeccable taste in clothing and that was wear she shopped so naturally it would be where he shopped.
As soon as Draco walked into Madame Malkin's he was greeted with Madame Malkin herself.
"Hello Mr. Malfoy how can help you on this wonderful Day?"
"Hello, I am looking for some new dress robes for the Christmas Ball; show me your new ones please."
"Yes Mr. Malfoy, just this way." Madame Malkin led Draco to the back of the room where the truly divine dress robes were located. Draco began to browse while Madame Malkin was helping out another customer. He didn't know who it was but did know it had to be a girl and someone from his school. Giving up on trying to discover who this girl was, he chose a classic black on black tux and went to try it on.
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After breakfast Ginny and Hermione walked out of the Great Hall and out into Hogsmeade. After much persuading from Ginny side they both entered Madame Malkin's for some dress robes.
"Hello girls how may I help you today?" inquired the shop owner "I presume you are here for dress robes for the Christmas ball?"
The girls girls both nodded, confirming the owners assumptions.
"Great, please feel free to look around and call on me if you need any assistance at all." With that Ginny departed from Hermione and looked like a mad woman searching for her "right" dress.
"Ummm…Madame Malkin do you think you can assist me in finding a proper dress for the ball?" Asked Hermione not very sure of what she would say.
"Of course my dear, I would be glad to help you." replied Madame Malkin and then the search began. Hermione was trying on a cornucopia of dresses and lost count after the 20th. But finally after what seemed like forever she found it. Hermione walked out to show Madame Malkin and received a great gasp.
"Hermione you look absolutely gorgeous in that dress." Said Ginny after just purchasing her dress that was in the "For Sale" area, therefore she received a great discount. Ginny's dress was a chocolate brown strapless dress that was long and flowing. All around the edges it was ruffled and it looked absolutely wonderful for her. (Asterisk)
"She is absolutely right; you look absolutely beautiful in that gown." said the owner of the shop, "Now please change so you can purchase that wonderful gown." Hermione did so but not without looking one last time in the mirror. She had a turquoise halter dress on that had a sort of pleated look to it on the bottom. It was longer in the middle and slightly rose up on the sides so it made her look absolutely exquisite. (Asterisk)
"Madame Malkin, I realized that there wasn't a tag on this dress. How much does it cost?" Hermione questioned. She was absolutely horrified at the thought that it might be too expensive and if so what was she going to do.
"Well let go see shall we." Madame Malkin went up to the counter and calculated the cost. The total comes out to be 23 galleons and 2 sickles." Hermione immediately turned pale. She didn't have that kind of money and only brought with her 16 galleons thinking that would be overly enough.
"Madame I don't think I will be able to buy the…" Hermione was immediately interrupted by Malfoy who had been watching this whole scene of dress shopping from a dark corner.
"Please charge her and my robes to the Malfoy account Madame Malkin." Said Malfoy
"Very well sir." Madame Malkin did as told and handed them each their robes.
"Thank you Malfoy." Hermione muttered to Malfoy. She was absolutely giddy that she didn't have to go through a whole scene and end up shopping at "Discount Robes" but was not going to embarrass herself in front of Malfoy by showing these feelings.
"You are welcome Granger." replied Malfoy while walking out of the store.
"What was all that about?" Said Ginny who was shocked not only at the price of the dress robes but also for who paid for it.
"I don't know, I really don't know."