Author's Note: Okay so this is my second update this week because I said I was thinking about doing two. I did two for two reasons. One I am excited about my baby shower this weekend and I wanna share my happiness. However also I am saddened because a friend of mine died of a Heroin Overdose this week. I figured posting, writing, and making my readers happy will keep my mind occupied. Please enjoy! Thanks to my reviewers;
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Chapter 6"You like?" Hermione placed her hands on her hips with a smirk.
"The outfit? Yes!" He practically drooled and then narrowed his eyes, "You? No."
"What did I do?" Hermione pouted making Blaise groan.
"You made me promise to be good. If I knew you'd be wearing that I wouldn't have made it."
Hermione didn't say anything as she walked up to him placing her hands softly on his chest causing him to look at her in surprise. Hermione honestly didn't know what she was planning on doing tonight but she knew that she was going to enjoy herself. She was however firmly sticking to the no sex rule; she wasn't ready to lose her virginity just yet. "How about we just see how the night progresses?"
"What?" His mouth open in shock.
"Come on! We have to get going!" Hermione smiled and tugged on his hand, he was still in shock from her comment.
The two made their way down to the Great Hall and received a large amount of stares. Hermione wondered what was causing the most shock; her out fit or the fact that she was on the arm of Blaise Zabini. She couldn't help think that it was evenly split. First, this was probably the most of Hermione anyone would have seen and second, the two Head students kept their date a secret on purpose so they could shake things up. As they reached the Great Hall the double doors were already opened leading into a very dark Great Hall. Upon entering the room you walked through a thick black arch that had spider webs hanging down to the ground. It was obvious there was a spell on the cobwebs to make sure they didn't stick to those who walked through them.
The larger room was decorated just like the Heads and Prefects planned. There was a thick fog rolling around people's ankles; bats were flying around the ceiling. There was a charm to not allow the winged creatures to fly below a certain point and a charm that instantly magicked away any mess they might make. Once you walked through the archway to the left was the table area with long tables against the walls covered with desserts, snacks, candies, and drinks. Each round table held twelve students and decorated around the table area was tombstones. Scattered along the floor were older leaves that crunched under foot. To the right of the archway was the dance floor. There were floating candles surrounding the dance floor flickering different colors. Off to the side of the dance floor there was a stage that held enchanted speakers and Dobby, who volunteered to take any requests.
"Wow Hermione." Blaise smiled, "This looks better then I thought."
"Well we have good taste"" Hermione joked but was caught off guard when he turned to her, placed his hands on her hips, and pulled her tightly against him.
"I wont argue that point." He muttered as he placed extremely light kisses on her neck. Hermione felt her blood rush to her face as she pulled away from Blaise. Yes she wanted to let go and have fun but she wasn't a big person on public affection. Blaise placed his hands up in the air with a small smile, "A little too much?"
"Um...maybe?" Hermione felt silly but out of the corner of her eye she spotted Ava walking in on the arm of Seamus and Ginny on the arm of Harry. The Head Girl waved them over as Blaise sighed. Hermione nudged him and a forced smile spread over his face.
When the four Gryffindor's reached the Head Boy and Girl compliments were exchanged. Ava wore her black hair down for the first time in public since it reached the back of her knees, she had never cut it only the needed trimming of the dead ends. Her blue eyes were eye lined, heavily in black. She wore black mascara, black eye shadow, and black lipstick. On top of her head was a black pointed hat. Her black witch dress fell to her knees with bell-bottom long sleeves. She topped the muggle version of a witch costume off with black fishnet stockings and black-heeled ankle boots. Ava's date, Seamus, wore the costume of a skeleton. The body suit was black with white painted bones along it; the suit came with a matching skullcap. He wore simple black sneakers. Ginny was decked out as a nurse. She wore white stiletto heels and white stockings that led up to her outfit. It was the traditional white and red dress except that the skirt came just as short as Hermione's and the top was cut in a low 'V'. Her red hair was pulled up into a simple ponytail so she could wear the matching nurses cap. Harry stood with his arms wrapped around Ginny's waist, starring at Blaise. Hermione was disappointed to see that Harry had just worn his Quidditch Uniform, a typical Harry move.
"Hermione, do you want to sit together?" Ginny asked smiling.
"Of course!" The Gryffindor Head Girl hooking her arm with her two best girlfriends, ignoring the shocked looks of Harry and Seamus, obviously stunned by her outfit, or lack thereof.
Hermione held her head in her hands momentarily before looking back up. It was ten-fifteen and McGonagall had asked everyone to take a seat. The Professor had ordered the House Elves to make a cake for the occasion so now everyone was waiting for the cake to be cut and served. Every table was filled with students and every table was chatty, however no other table had the tension her table had. When Ginny had asked Hermione and Blaise to sit with them the brunette didn't even think of the consequences when she agreed. Now as Hermione listened to her table carried on conversation she looked around at each person. On one side of the table sat five Gryffindor's; Harry, Ginny, Seamus, Ava, and Hermione. Next to Hermione sat the five Slytherin's starting with Blaise and then Pansy Parkinson, Draco Malfoy, Theodore Nott, and Daphne Greengrass. The last two spots were filled up by two first year Hufflepuff's who looked absolutely terrified.
"Well this is going good." Blaise said smiling while Hermione frowned.
"Oh yes this table is so freaking loving." She commented on how divided the table was; the Gryffindor's talked amongst themselves and the Slytherin's kept to their own as well.
"Hey! You couldn't expect me to happily sit with a table full of just Gryffindors!"
"A girl can dream…"
Blaise chuckled, "So can I."
Hermione shoved him playfully while he laced his fingers with hers. He had held true to his word about keeping things PG and she was grateful. After explaining to Harry that Blaise was a good guy (minus being friends with Malfoy) she was able to let loose and enjoy herself with her date. They had spent the night on the dance floor minus drink and bathroom breaks. This was the first time they had actually gotten a chance to sit down. As the house elves began delivering pieces of the cake shaped like Hogwarts Hermione leaned over and placed a kiss on Blaise's lips. As she pulled away she felt someone kick her roughly in the shin from under the table. She clamped her mouth shut and glanced at Malfoy who looked at her, practically begging her to belittle herself and retaliate, however her date captured her attention again by resuming their kiss.
Once the cake had been served and finished it was mere minutes until eleven and McGonagall was rounding up anyone under fifth year with the help of Snape. Once the Professor's walked out those double doors Hermione and Blaise would be in charge. This was a big deal to Hermione, this was a chance to prove herself to all the Professor's and Dumbledore. As the students filed out with immense amount of complaints Hermione and Blaise caught the stern look McGonagall sent them before she closed the door behind her. It was obvious she did not agree with Dumbledore's idea of leaving the older students alone. It was silent as the remaining students looked around at each other, surprised by the lack of supervision. Next to her Blaise stood up and pointed his wand at his throat.
"Okay people! Let's get this party started!" Hermione gave him a questioning look as everyone shouted enthusiastically. The music started blasting with the muggle song 'Boom Boom Pow'. The students rushed out of their seats and Hermione spotted them heading towards a corner of the Great Hall. Standing on her tiptoes she spotted the bar that had not been there before, her eyes widened and she turned on her heel back to Blaise completely furious.
"What the fuck is that?" Hermione demanded.
"A bar, what does it look like?" His confusion was sincere.
"Like breaking the rules! No alcoholic beverages on school grounds Blaise, or did you forget that? How about the fact that there are underage kids here as well? Did you forget that? Or how about that we were put in charge of everyone and are responsible for them?" Her chest was heaving with her anger.
"Hermione, relax! Listen, I have everything covered. House elves are standing near by to escort students who drink to their destinations. I've spelled the front doors to not open until five a.m when the teacher wake up so no one can sneak off and accidentally drown in the lake or get trampled by a centaur." He ran his hand through his locks, "Plus it's a Saturday, no classes tomorrow and honestly what's safer then Hogwarts. Relax and" he snapped his fingers and a house elf appeared with two shots. Taking them he passed one to her, "have fun."
With that Blaise leaned in and kissed her roughly but passionately on the lips. She sighed into the kiss and allowed their tongues to tangle. Hermione placed her free hand on his chest mentally cursing herself. How can she allow this to happen? Not just the snogging but the liquor as well? This was against school rules and Hermione always followed the rules. Blaise pulled away as Ava called him over to the bar. He excused himself and Hermione decided that she wanted to let loose and stop being a know-it-all, and tonight she would do just that. She took the shot feeling the liquor burn the back of her throat on the way down.
"Holy fuck, hell must have frozen over." Hermione turned to see Malfoy still sitting in his seat at the table.
"Oh god!" Hermione whined not wanting to deal with him, "Don't you have to go get Parkinson drunk so you can have a lay tonight?"
"Aw real witty Granger. Did you forget I'm the Slytherin Sex God?" He opened his arms proudly, "Girls flock to me."
"So where is your date then?" Hermione smirked. He stood up and made his way over to her.
"None of your fucking business. I'm not here for small talk Granger, I believe I told you to stay away from Blaise."
"And I believe that I, in so many words, told you to shove off."
"I'm not that easy to get rid of Granger." He was circling her now. Hermione tapped her foot impatiently, glad that it was dark in the Great Hall so the two weren't noticeable. The last thing she needed was Harry storming over and causing a scene.
"And I'm not that easy to intimidate Malfoy." She had her hands on her hips and was turning her head slightly to follow him.
"If you wish to continue to ignore my warnings you'll have to deal with the consequences."
"Oh, I'm scared...really."
"Did you forget Mudblood? I'm Blaise's best friend. If you continue to fraternize with him then trust me, I will be around. A lot more then you would like."
Hermione huffed, "Nice threat Malfoy but don't forget my best friend, Harry."
"Oh trust me. I planned on you relying on Potter, I'm prepared."
"Hey Drake man!" Blaise had returned with three beers. He handed one to Malfoy, one to Hermione, and one for himself, "If you don't mind I'm going to steal my date. Head Dorm for the after party."
"The what?" Hermione asked as Blaise led her onto the dance floor.
* Okay you know the deal read…review…the whole shabang! I hope this chapter is up to par. Now that I am writing further along (like Chapters 10-12) I feel like these are a little less –Wow- but I am also just being a normal writer and wondering if I am keeping my readers happy. Anyway…have a great night everyone! *