Chapter 3
AN : Heya Everyone Sorry I havent updated in a while you know school and homework, I have bin quite busy with upcoming exams aswell .
I hope you enjoy this chapter , i have been planning this chapter for a while but havent gotten around to actually writing it .
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Morning before the ball was a very busy day for Hermione and Draco ,even though it was a Friday , they both had to prepare the Great hall and completely transform it to accommodate its theme of midnight fright , of course they had everything planned out beforehand but had been completely preoccupied .
Hermione awoke to somebody shaking her shoulder gently,it was Draco sitting on the side of her bed ,
"Good morning "
" awwwhhhhh , Morning Draco ",
" M'ione , Professor Dumbledore is down stairs , Remember the ball , we have to decorate the Great hall ?".
"Oh ... I forgot all about it , wait ill be down now ",
Hermione jumped out of the comfort of her warm bed ran into the washroom and took a quick shower and began to dress , she was wearing a black knee length skirt with a pink top which was slightly torn in places , but complimented her figure well ,and knee length boots with a slight heel .
A few minutes later Hermione ran down the stairs to see Professor Dumbledore and Draco deep in conversation about the plans for the Ball, Dumbledore looked up when he noticed Hermiones presence .
" Ah ...Mrs Granger so good to see you. Mr Malfoy here was just telling me all about your plans for the Ball and may I say I am astounded you found any time to arrange all of this. "
Hermione looked over at Draco and the Professor and smiled , awkwardly .
" I'm so sorry Professor I ...well had a rough night last night and didn't get much sleep ."
" It is quite fine Ms Granger it is expected that you be slightly tired with all the Hard work you have both been doing , and you will be pleased to know that classes will be ending early today on account for the Halloween ball , an..."
" What " Hermione interrupted Professor Dumbledore looking confused " There was no notice saying we were to finish classes early today !",Hermione turned to Professor Dumbledore," Oh , Sorry Professor ,"
" As I was saying , before Ms Granger interrupted ", Dumbledore looked towards Hermione with a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye that was very prominent by the fire side , "classes will be ending around 2 to give everyone plenty of time to be ready for the ball ",
Draco Had not spoken since Hermione had come downstairs , Which was very unusual for him ," Are you ok , Draco ? " Hermione and Dumbledore turned to Draco .
" What ...huh ... oh yes Sorry Hermione , Sorry Professor , I have allot on ,my mind right now , So are we going to the Great Hall to Decorate it now or later ?"
" Ah... Very good question Mr Malfoy but no we will not be starting now , I will give the announcement at breakfast today then straight after you can get to work while everyone else attends class as usual , Any questions ...No .
For our second piece of business I would like you both to tell me how you will be decorating the great Hall , as I can see here the jobs will be divided between you both ?."
"Yes Professor , we have decided that i will be in charge of the main decorations and draco will be in charge of refreshments ,
The Great Hall will be a midnight blue with silver running through it the ceiling will be enchanted black as velvet with specks of glitter
shinning in the backround ,there will be bats flying around the great hall with candles and pumpkins illuminating the dark dancefloor
,there will also be some very realistic sculptures placed around the Great Hall which will be charmed to scare anyone who walks
within a foot of the sculptures."
"Ah Miss Granger I see you and Mr Malfoy have done an excelent job planning this year and have put alot of thought and effort into this ball, now if we are finished here I will leave you two to organize everything for you clases later this morning ."
"Professor before you go,who will be tending to the decorating of the Great Hall apart from Draco and Myself ?."
" No-one Miss Granger there will not be any other students acompanying you and Mr Malfoy but I will be helping you with your task ...well if there is nothing else good day to you both ! ."
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It was time to decorate the Hall , Dumbledore had just made the announcement and everyone else was making there way slowly to class .
After Hermione , Draco , and Dumbledore had finished decorating the Hall for the Ball later that evening , Dumbledore had giver Hermione and Draco permission to take the rest of their classes off as it was 1 o'clock and classes would be finishing at two anyway .
As the Head Boy and Girl made there way back to their shared common room ,discussing the details of the evenings events Hermione turned to Draco rather sharply .
" Draco how can we go to the ball together ?, Ron is sure to ask me and you know Pansy will never give up on you ".
"We can tell them both that it is Dumbledore's wishes that the Head Boy and Girl accompany each other to the ball to promote House Unity ,
they will never suspect anything . You have to talk to Ron, Hermione and you need to tell him that Dumbledore wants us to go together,And I will tell Pansy ."
" Well ok but im not sure Ron will believe me . What if he can tell that I am lying to him ?, What if he finds out about you and me dating ?.
Oh Draco what are we going to do ?."
Draco moved closer to Hermione pulling her body closer to his while wraping his arms around her slender waist , Draco then kissed her on her delicate lips and whispered in her ear .
" Don't worry love , everything will work out you just need to calm down ."
They stayed in that position for a while with Draco's arms wrapped thightly around her waist as if he would never let her go . They were both enjoying this time together in the peace and quiet as they held eachother close , until...
There was a knock on there common room door it was Ron , And he couldn't have picked a better time to interupt.
" I will be there in a moment Ronald., Draco what will I do ?, he's here we were supposed to meet Harry at the Quiditch pitch before lunch, what will I say to him ?."
" Calm down will you , just go outside to him and tell him what we agreed on ,ok. "
"ok ...I'll talk to you in a while Draco , will you be here when I come back ?."
"yes i should be ...and Hermione ,",
" Yes Draco "
" Don't let weaselbee feel you up ok ,I dont want him touching up My Girlfriend." Draco enfacised( I think thats how its spelled) these last words.
" Don't worry Malfoy I wasn't planning on letting him feel me up and are you getting jealous ?".
Hermione was now looking up at Draco with a smug smile on her face as she seen the shocked look on his face from her last comment about him being jealous of Ron ,as if that would ever happen .
" What !! Me Draco Malfoy jealous of Weaselbee ,Never ".
Hermione looked at their common room door as Ron called Her one more time , she kissed Draco goodbye and unwillingly left to go with Ron .
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" Hey Hermione , what took you so long ?."
" Oh, I was just finishing off some extra credit homework, ...so what did you want to talk to me about ."
Ron was staring vacantly at Hermione for the last few moments wondering why someone would do extra homework when it wasnt expected of them, when he was suddneny brought back to his sences by Her question .
He turned to Hermione his palms sweating slightly while he strugled with himself to talk to her . When he pulled her into a secret room behind one of the tapestries not to far from
the heads common room and he put a hand over Hermiones mouth before she could get a word in .
He slowly moved his hand away from her mouth with an apolagetic look on his face .
" Hermione I know we havn't really been seeing each other very much but would you go to the ball with me ?"
Hermione knew what he was about to say but cudn't help feel ashamed of herself because she was about to decline her boyfriend's offer to go to the ball and go with his enemy ,
Draco Malfoy none the less who she had been seeing behind Ron's back.
" Ron ...I'v wanted to talk to you about that you see Professor Dumbledore had called a meeting with the head's of house's yesterday and he is persistantly reminding us of Inter - House Unity and he has asked Malfoy and I to go together as she said this she stepped back towards the wall seeing Ron's reaction to this last comment.
" What ...he...he wouldn't ... you go with Malfoy ...but your My Girlfriend Hermione "
" Yes I know Ronald I am your girlfriend and as such you should trust me enough that im not going to do anything with Dr...Malfoy and it is not as if I asked to go with him it was Dumbledore's doing not mine !!."
" Well ok Hermione but if he put's one hand near you I will personally make sure he Never does it again."
Ron walked with Hermione in silence down to the Quiditch pitch where they sat watching Harry fly around on his broom waiting for him to finish practise so they could go to lunch together.
After a few minutes in silence training was over and Harry made his way over to Ron and Hermione who were looking in every direction but at each other.
"Is there something wrong you guys are really quiet and its not like you ?." Harry was looking at Ron who looked beyond upset he was on the point of rage when hermione spoke .
" Yes Harry were fine were just a little distracted latley . How was training , are you ready so we can go ?."
" Yes Im coming and It was ...ok I guess ."
"Well enough chit chat lets go for lunch . Im starving I could eat a Hippogriff ."
" Ok Ronald we get it your hungry , just stop ! ."
Ron ,Harry and Hermione walked back to the castle in silence as they all wanted to get back to the castle as quick as possible so they did not miss lunch.
When they entered the Great Hall for lunch Harry walked over toward the Griffindor table to sit with Ginny and Hermione and Ron sat opposite them .
Ron moved closer to Hermione during lunch and she was beginning to feel very uncomfortable beside him . He began whispering in Hermione's ear trying to flirt with her
but he was failing miserably .Hermione began slowly moving away from Ron but he persistantly moved closer but before he could say anyting more to Hermione they were interupted.
It was Malfoy sporting his usual lackies in the form or Crabb and Goyle.
" Potthead , Weaselbee , Weaselette, Granger ."
" What do you want Malfoy ."
" Nothing I just wanted to make sure I got my daily ridicule in ."
" Piss off Malfoy,why dont you just jump off a cliff and make everybody's lives alot happier."
" I'm hurt Weaselbee , ...I think you should take that back . What do you think boys ?."
Draco looked back at his 'Friends' who gave a grunt to show their support with what he was saying .
Ron tried his hardest to ignore Malfoy in the hope he would just go away (like a bad cold) .
" I am talking to you Weaslelbee and you will answer me !."
" Well forgive us if we don't wish to talk to scum like YOU."
Ron and Harry looked like they were about to jump on Malfoy but knew better , because the teachers had a very good view of what was happening at this very moment and they werent about to push their luck .
Draco on the other hand was completely cool about everything that was happening and was not bothered by the threat of the teachers .
" Well in that case " Draco removed his wand from his robes and silently placed a spell over the soup dish placed infront of Ron which splashed up and hit him square in the face .
The whole Hall erupted in laughter ( Mainly from the slitherin house ) But one person remained un faised , it was Hermione .
If anything she looked angry but thankfull . (kind of a confusing mixtue ).
Draco was about to leave the Griffindor's when he turned back toward's Hermione and said " Looking good this year Granger ! ."
At this last comment Ron was now boiling with anger . He stood from his seat and pointed his want threateningly at Malfoy and was about to shoot a spell at him .
" Malfoy will pay for that Stup..."
"STOP " A hand reached up and pulled the wand from Ron's clutches before he finished the spell.
AN : Heya everyone
well here's my third chappie I hope you like it and I am not placing the forth chappie up untilI I get atleast 20 reviews.
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