America Chapter 6: Swimming and Dinner, a harry potter fanfic

Disclaimer: as you can see I am not JK Rowling and I do not own any of the characters that are recognizable, those that aren't recognizable are completely mine. By the way the characters in here may be a little AU I have warned you

……I am so SORRY that I haven't updated in like forever but you know how the deal is I was caught up with school work and stuff, especially having two ISU's due on the same day truthfully it sucked along with the extra hours at work because of the Christmas season…… Happy Christmas to all as well as Happy Holidays to others, Make sure you all have a safe and good New Years as well :cough: don't get plastered :cough: …… I tried to make it longer as to make up for the time difference please bear with me and review tell me how you like it……

Anyways here is Chapter 6….

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Chapter 6: Swimming and Dinner

The six of us walked down to the pool on the 1st floor. Dustin and Violet were basically glued to each other so Gin and I decided to push the both of them in and apparently Draco and Blaise thought so too because they pushed Dustin in at the same time that we had pushed Violet in. She screamed very Pansy-like "Guys! Girls! That was not funny!!!" Gin and I giggled, while Draco and Blaise just smiled "I could have ruined my nails and hair"

"Then why, did you, come swimming?" Ginny asked like she was talking to a two-year old, it was one of her pet peeves.

"Gin, be nice" I said "Though she is right, if you didn't want to your hair and nails then why did you come?"

"Cuz, you shouldn't be rude to my girlfriend"

"Dustin…" Blaise started but was pushed in by Draco. We laughed and while Ginny was laughing at Blaise, I knocked her in and laughed so hard that I had to clutch my stomach to keep me up. Then it was just Draco and I.

"Oh don't you dare Drake, don't you dare" he smirked and took a step closer.

"Draco, I wouldn't…" Blaise started

"Yeah Drake, Mia is umm… different" Ginny said he just scoffed and took a step closer but I had caught him off guard and threw him in unfortunately, for me anyway, he had grabbed on to my wrist and pulled me down with him. Since we weren't in the shallow end because we weren't stupid enough to throw people in the shallow end that we were in the deep end and since I didn't really get enough air when I was pulled in I went down and down but I had just enough to pull a quick prank on my dear cousin and enemy. I smirked underwater and swam up to them making sure none of them could see me though I was caught and Ginny caught me so I quickly put my finger to my mouth to say shhh ... she caught it and played along "Guys, she didn't surface" Ginny said a little worried, even though she wasn't in the slightest.

"I didn't mean to honest, I was trying to keep myself up, I seriously didn't mean to, I hope she isn't hurt, or, or, stuck or something" Draco had started to babble after that.

"Draco its fine, she takes lessons she is a really good swimmer" Dustin said, I smirked and with one sweep I grabbed both legs and pulled him under, then I swam over to Draco and pulled him under and resurfaced for air.

"Mia there, you are Malfoy thought he had drowned you or something" Gin said, Draco and Dustin were still under water but Blaise heard her say Malfoy, he cocked his head to the side but didn't say anything he just swam over to one of the floating chairs and got on.

"God Mia thanks for the warning" Dustin said I smirked a Malfoy-kind-of smirk.

"Hey that is mine"

"What are you talking about Drake?" I asked innocently even though I knew exactly what he was talking about and that was his trademark smirk.

"Nothing" he said and we began to splash each other, we did that for a little bit until Uncle Morty had come and interrupted us.

"Kids, there will be a formal welcoming party in 3 hours, I expect you all to be in formal wear"

"Yes Uncle Morty" I said innocently with a cute smile

"Yes Mort" Draco, Blaise, Violet and Ginny said together

"Yes Father" Dustin said

"Dustin, you shall escort Miss Echindal (Violet)" Dustin nodded smiling at his girlfriend, Uncle Morty was so oblivious to the fact that they were dating "Draco, if you will, please escort Mia" Draco nodded "and Blaise, please escort Miss Uhh… Virginia here" Blaise nodded

"Of course" they all said together like good little gentlemen they were

"Good" he said and he swept out of the room only to sweep back in "Mia, Gin, Vi, if you like Rach has some dresses you can wear"

"Thank-you sir" we three said together

"Please it's Morty" he corrected "And you're welcome"

"Thank you Morty" we corrected ourselves at the same time

"I guess you hop to it then, not literally of course" he said and left again.

"Well I guess that is our cue to leave" I said "its been a pleasure boys" we left slowly hearing only one thing "Why does it take girls 3 hours to get ready for a party?" and that was from Draco himself.

Getting Ready

We walked up to Rachel's room well Rachel's floor. We knocked on her door and received no answer, we walked in to see her immersed in piles of clothes searching for the right dress for her. "Rach?"

"Oh Mia, Gin, Vi, did dad send you here?" we nodded "Okay then" she said and walked to the other side of her room to her other closet. "This is my formal wear closet" she said simply and opened the double doors to the inside. Basically the one "closet" was a rainbow of colours; it was full of dresses of every kind that were of course arranged in the colours of a rainbow. She looked us both over and decided our colours for us "Okay Mia you need a green one" she said and pointed to one section of her closet "Vi you need a Lavender one" she said and pointed to another section of her closet "And you Miss Ginny need a blue one" she said pointing to the blue section beside me.

After about twenty minutes I had seen one that I really liked it wasn't green though so I quickly used a spell to change the colour of it. It was simple but effective. The dress itself was now bright emerald green that had tight spaghetti straps that went to the waist then flowed downwards. I walked over to the shoes that were displayed underneath each dress the ones that matched perfectly and picked out a perfect pair for my dress. Once done that I looked at Ginny's decision of a dress, it was beautiful, and it was a sapphire, strapless, satin-beaded dress. She also grabbed some silver-strapped sandals. We carried our dresses to her vanity room where hair things and make-up were everywhere as well as all the walls in the room were covered with mirrors hence the word Vanity. "Lavender and Parvati would totally love this room" Ginny said

"Here" Rachel said showing her hand out to all the stuff strewn about "use whatever you need" she added and then sat down on one of her vanity tables to do her hair and make-up Violet as well copied Rachel and took a seat next to her. "Mia…" Rachel whined "Can you do it? You do it so much better"

"Fine" I said and walked over to her, I quickly said a spell and put it up in an elegant up-do, also I put a few red pearls in it to match her dress. Afterwards I started on Ginny's hair because I had already told her I would do it, I put it half up and then curled the rest of it so it looked almost royal.

"Mia we look …we look… great, thank-you" Ginny said

"Thanks Cuz"

"No problem" I put on some brown eye shadow and eyeliner, I had decided to leave my hair exactly the way it was so I was almost done. All I needed to do was change and put on my shoes. Gin, Vi, and I all helped Rachel get in her dress, because it was very intricate and had a large amount of clips that held the thing together, plus, stupid her, chose a dress that had a corset so we had to help her get in that. Afterwards, we got into our own dresses, with Rachel not being thankful for our help and standing impatiently by the door rudely tapping her foot.

Announcements

"Girls are you ready?" Aunt Shaw said outside the door "There are a lot of people downstairs"

"We're Coming Mom" Rach said and opened the door "How do we look?" she said only meaning herself (she was very vain that way).

"Very good Rach" she said then turned to us "You girls will fit in nicely" we walked to the top of the main stairs but stayed out of sight then Shaw turned back to Rachel "You first Miss Rachel"

"… Miss Rachel Granger escorted by Mr. Ryan Ingersol…" the announcer guy said (he doesn't really have a name) and Rachel and her boyfriend Ryan descended the stairs together arm linked to arm. (A/N: Think in the movies when there is a huge ball and the people are announced for their entrance like Cinderella or What a Girl Wants) "…Miss Violet Echindal escorted by Mr Dustin Granger…" he said and Violet and Dustin descended the stairs together. "…Miss Aryaa (pronounced Are-Rye-Uh) Matthews escorted by Mr. Dylan Granger…" he said and Dylan and his girlfriend descended the stairs. "… Madam Marcia Granger accompanied by Master Mortimer Granger…" he said and they together descended the stairs with much applause, for respect mind you, at the end they stopped together.

"Now ladies and gentlemen, this is a special treat tonight for I have my brother and his family here with us. So now please welcome my brother's family as you welcome me" he said and joined the crowd so the announcer guy could continue.

"…Madam Annabelle Granger accompanied by Master William Granger…" he said and there was a respectful applause just like Morty had asked. "Mrs. Amelita Granger accompanied by Mr. Jayson Granger…" he said and of course they descended the stairs with another respectful applause. "…Miss Virginia escorted by Mr. Blaise Zabini…"they descended the stairs with a respectful applause, they looked so good together, almost, as if they belonged, together but, as well I had noticed they didn't put in Weasley as her last name, weird, though I guess its because Morty never really knew that she was a Weasley.

"Now Ladies and gentlemen for my most favourite and most honoured guest my god-daughter" Morty stepped in once again but the announcer dude continued afterwards.

"…Miss Amelia Granger escorted by Mr. Draco Malfoy…" he said and we descended the stairs slowly as we were told, it felt weird to be walking with Malfoy but being with him today made him like a different person, yes it felt weird but it also felt right, like I belonged to go and walk with Malfoy. It was almost as if, the top of the stairs where we joined was where out paths of life meet, and the decent is us, going through life… I don't know maybe I am just hungry anyways. Since Malfoy and I were the last "couple" to be announced the announcer dude took off.

We danced together, every song since Uncle Morty had started up the music, we had said few words to each other for I felt that we were both content on staying quiet through this whole ordeal. "Draco, look" I said pointing to the French doors that led to the patio, in which our best friends just walked out of together. "Blaise and Gin went outside"

"Probably to talk or something" he said simply

"Should I be worried for my friend?" I asked him

"No of course not, Blaise is cool, he won't do anything bad"

"Okay" I said and we went back to out silent dancing.

Ginny's POV

When they had called my name I noticed they didn't say my last name but I just shrugged it off, Blaise and I slowly descended the stairs and then of course watch Hermione and Draco descend the stairs, to me and many other people in there—because I had heard whispers—said that they belong together and they looked so cute together. Anyways Blaise and I had talked about everything while we danced, but because the room was so hot we decided to take a walk outside, and like a gentlemen he opened the door for me and lead me outside.

"Did I tell you, how beautiful you look tonight?"

"No you didn't but thank-you Blaise"

"No problem Ginny" he said, I looked at him strangely he doesn't call me Ginny, only Hermione does.

"What?"

"Well what did you want me to call you? Weasley? Weaselette? Like normal?"

"Gin is fine, but how did you figure it out, I mean I look nothing like I do in Hogwarts, Mia took care of that"

"Well, for one, the way you talk, two, the fact that you have red hair, three, the way you knew Draco's last name without anyone ever mentioning it, four, the fact that we are at Granger Mansion and Hermione Granger is in there with Draco, and there was no way she was leaving the country without taking one of her best friends with her"

"Wow Blaise you really are smart, but wouldn't you, not want to be seen with a blood traitor like me?"

"I don't care about that Ginny"

"Really you don't?"

"Really, and neither does Draco, it is all an act at school because of the influential parentals at Hogwarts"

"Okay then" I said, I really had nothing else to say.

"I swear to you Ginny, even when we get back to Hogwarts, I won't do anything to hurt or upset you" he said sincerely I just smiled

"Blaise, can I ask you something?"

"Of course, what is it?"

"It's sort of blunt but why are you being so nice to me?"

"Like I said I don't care about blood so I have grown to like you every time Draco "picks" well bullies you guys I grow more and more into liking you if that makes sense or not. And I swear if your brothers weren't protecting you like Crabbe and Goyle protect their food then I would, to put it bluntly, be all over you."

"Really?"

"Yes really. I like you Gi…" he didn't get to finish because at that I "launched" at him with a full blown kiss, when I pulled apart from him I giggled because he couldn't say anything.

"Cat got your tongue Blaise?"

"Uh… um… uh" he still couldn't say anything; I just giggled and pulled him back inside.

"Let's dance" I said it was a slow song so many couples were dancing close including our two best friends Draco and Hermione. "Blaise look" I said pointing to them. "They are finally close to each other"

"Yeah, let's play matchmaker, shall we?"

"Of course except I don't think we need to, I mean she already does like him, and he likes her so if we just do more things together it will just fall into place, and when I say together I mean without the snotty bitch Violet and Hermione's stupid cousin Rachel"

"Ok then, umm is there something wrong with those two girls?"

"Blaise c'mon look how they are hanging off their boyfriends I mean c'mon have some freaking class, this is not a club"

"Jealous, much?"

"Blaise, I am not jealous I am in a calm spiteful rage"

"That, m'dear, does not make any sense at all"

"I know but I hate them with every fibre of my being"

"And that is because of…"

"Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil. Look at Violet and Rachel; they are exactly Lavender and Parvati"

"I didn't see that but they are sort of like them in a way, I mean I am not a Gryffindor so I don't know how they act around their boyfriends and stuff but from what I have seen in class and the Great Hall and things I can agree with you" he said and I just smiled.

When the song ended the announcer person came back and announced that dinner was ready and asked for everyone to venture in to the dining hall for supper. At the head of the table were, of course, Mortimer and Marcia. Beside Morty on the right side going down the table was William and Annabelle, beside Marcia on the left going down the table was Jay and Amelia. Draco and Hermione were beside Annabelle, and Blaise and I sat beside Amelia, then beside us were Rachel and Ryan and beside Hermione were Violet and Dustin and then Dylan and his girlfriend Aryaa and then of course all of the other guests that were invited all the way down and around the table. In my opinion there was at least 80 guests (50 adults and 30 teenagers/young adults), there was no children so Serena had to stay upstairs in her room, apparently a maid was watching her for the night.

All through dinner we talked about various things, school, animals mainly horses, family, friends, weather, future ambitions and of course you can't forget sports like Quidditch. "Hey Mi" I said to her after I had finished a bite "I think I will do that thing when we get back to school"

"Really, that would be awesome, you do know you would be my second for sure, because there is no way in hell that I would pick the other two, and you know for sure you would be made a High Prefect"

"Well I did get just as many OWL's as you did"

"That's great Ginny" Blaise said

"Thank-you Blaise" I said and looked at Hermione, she was eyeing me happily, almost like she knew what was going on. When dinner was adjourned the people, adults mainly, went into the sitting room, the teenagers went into the "play room" and spent much time together, it was almost midnight when we were all told to leave and go to bed and by that time I had made many friends and got many emails.

Now since Rachel and Violet were the same age and unfortunately were best friends, Violet had gotten permission to "sleep" over. Once we heard that news the two of them squealed and then the rest of us trudged up into our respected room after saying goodnight to each other as well as the parents. After Hermione and I shut the door from saying goodnight we both got into our night clothes.

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So how do you like it? Is it worth updating? Please review and tell me. You know it's that bluish purple button down in the corner there. I have decided that because I have been getting a lot of hits that I would update. But please I would like to know how I am doing and I would love to here your opinions about how I should get them all together I mean I have a plot line planned out I just need a few more suggestions to make them fall in love together