Hermione's Flashback:
I was rushing around my dormitory to get ready for my first ever ball at Hogwarts… as I guessed no one asked me, well a few guys did, but I turned them down because I wanted to go alone. I wanted to enjoy this night without any drama possible. I asked my roommates to curl my hair so it looked perfect and asked them to help me match jewelry with my coral pink ball gown. Of course we decided on a simple sterling silver chain choker with a heart on it and a couple of bangles. The toughest decision was on earrings, we all decided on these pretty dangling ones that had diamonds in them. I was the last one to finally get dress seeing as everyone was helping each other.
I walked down the stairs into the Gryffindor common room to see that it was completely isolated, except for a crackling, dying fire. I rushed to the portrait of the Fat Lady and slipped out the entrance. All the pictures commented on how pretty I looked and that I'll catch all the men's eyes. I got the most comments from the pictures with ladies in them, saying that they could never be as beautiful as me. I thanked each picture that commented and rushed down the stairs to the Great Hall. I knew I was fashionably late, but what was wrong with that?
I glided into the Great Hall as graceful as I could without falling on my butt in these heels. I took a deep breath to calm my nerves and that's when all the gasping started. I could feel my cheeks getting pink as I looked around the room to find my best friends Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. I spotted them and made my way across the Great Hall. I thanked those who complemented me and walked up to Harry and Ron, who were accompanied by their dates the Patil twins. I greeted them and smiled. I was having the best night ever!
I left my friends to go to the girls' lavatory and when I was walking back I ran into Draco Malfoy. I stared at him waiting for him to insult me as usual. He blamed me for running into him when I saw him looking down and running into anyone that was in his way. I took the blow and walked away feeling hurt. I was about to run back to the lavatory to cry when I sucked it up and walked on to the entrance of the ball. There were a lot of people I knew standing around the entrance talking so they could hear each other away from the loud music. I joined in on one of the conversations that seemed interesting and stayed for a little bit.
I decided I wanted to go back into the ball when I ran into Malfoy again. He looked immediately down at the ground, shifting his weight from one foot to the other and was twiddling his fingers. I thought this very odd for Malfoy seeing as he always thought he was superior. But here he was acting like a coward. He then proceeded to apologize to me, although he stuttered and mumbled it, he apologized. I would have never thought that from Malfoy! I took this chance to get back at him by just a little. I added sarcasm to my voice and tried to mimic his little smirk that he always has.
"Oh the Great Draco is apologizing to me," I said while pointing to myself, with the sarcasm in my voice, "I would have never thought I would live to see the day!" I faked a gasp and stumbled back then started to speak again after my little show. "Why would you be apologizing to me now? You're always mean to me. Remember? We're enemies." I air quoted the word enemies and stared at him waiting for a response then stalked off when he didn't respond.