Ch. 7 Pre-Yule Ball

Helena sat on the leather couches and sobbed quietly, praying to god no one came in. "Where did he get the idea that he could just kiss me and it would make everything better? Where?" she whispered

"I have no clue." A guy behind her said

Helena looked behind her, wiping off tears and noticed that it was Brody Conoway-Nevuz, a guy she hardly knew.

"You were..erm listening?" Helena whispered

"Well, sobbing girl, whispers...kinda hard to miss." Brody winked

Helena laughed

"What's a matter? Peeve's steal your dress robes?" Brody asked

"No," Helena smiled "It's much different than that."

"Ah, boyfriend trouble then?" Brody questioned, once more.

"Yes. That prat." Helena frowned

"So, this means you have no date to the Yule Ball then?" Brody asked

"Not at the moment, no." Helena said quietly

"Well, go figure, neither do I. How about we go together?" Brody asked hopefully

"I dunno, I was thinking I wasn't going to go..." Helena started

"Aww come on, you can't break my heart like this" Brody said and grinned

"Okay then. I'll go with you." Helena smiled and thought "Payback time."

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Clarissa sat in her dormitories, watching Katie Bell, Alicia Spinnet and Angelina Johnson compare dress robes, Katie had gauzy lavender robes, Alicia had dark blue silk robes, and Angelina was modeling her light pink robes. Clarissa got up and opened up her trunk, looking at her light blue silk robes she had bought in France. "They're quite pretty" Clarissa thought and took them out to examine them. They had little bead work around the sleeves and hem, that shone in the sun. Clarissa had tried them on earlier, and they fit exactly right. Clarissa was pleased, and sighed, lying down on her four poster bed and looked at an old discarded Quidditch Weekly that Angelina had thrown on the floor. She skimmed through it a couple of times and decided to leave for the library;

"I'm heading to the library—"Clarissa said to no one in particular and left.

Clarissa walked down the corridor, nonchalantly, and finally reached the library. She gave a small wave to Madame Pince and sat down at one of the tables, getting out her newly assigned Astronomy chart, she got out her book and put in a few marks here and there. After a while, this got quite boring, and Clarissa looked around the library, hoping someone familiar was there to talk to. Clarissa still hadn't seen Lydia anywhere. She looked around, Fred and George Weasley were hunched over a piece of paper, Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil were in a corner, gossiping, Hermione Granger was sitting alone at a table near her, and Viktor Krum was sitting at a table far away, being closely watched by his fan club. Clarissa sighed disappointedly. "Tonight's the Yule Ball, I haven't spoken with Lydia in a while, and to make it even better, I have no clue where my date is. Well this is just perfection." Clarissa sighed and continued working on her chart.

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Necia and Corin walked about Hogsmeade, searching for late Christmas gifts. They had already stopped at two stores, finding nothing suitable for Helena.

"What about Candy?" Corin questioned as they walked past Honeydukes. "I remember her fancying Chocolate frogs a while ago, she had an immense collection of cards..."

"Corin," Necia said, cutting her off "She was 7 and pudgy."

"Oh right..." Corin remembered "Um..what about a book?"

"I guess so, what are her interests??" Necia asked

"Erm..quidditch, gossip, she fancied Professor Lupin last year.." Corin said, clasping her hand over her mouth

"What???? She liked who??" Necia said, flabbergasted

"Um..that guy, Lucifer Lupin...you know, plays for um..Ireland I believe.." Corin started, but she was a terrible liar.

"Oh bullocks Corin," Necia sputtered "You couldn't lie to a Billywig if you wanted to....so, Remus Lupin??"

"Yes, I swore I wouldn't tell you though...you can't tell anyone Necia, not anyone." Corin gasped

"I'm just surprised she had a thing for Remus Lupin. This is just too good." Necia smiled

"Necia Carmilla Clauson, if you dare tell anyone, I will tell Helena about your rapid growing obsession with Gildoroy Lockhart in fourth year." Corin grinned

"You wouldn't!" Necia sputtered

"Oh believe me, I would." Corin grinned "Ah the joys of blackmail."

"Sometimes it surprises me that under that sweet disposition that you can be a bitch." Necia grinned

"Ah, yes I do have my secrets," Corin grinned "What about a cashmere sweater?? Green to bring out her eyes, it'd be lovely. Wow only 10 galleons." Corin stuck her hand in her pocket to check for money and grinned;

"Daddy sent me Christmas money last night."

"Oh really, lucky you." Necia said sarcastically.

Corin's father was a big shot at the Ministry of Magic and brought in 1000 Galleons a year. The Danver's lived in a castle on the countryside of Surrey. Necia's mum and dad knew Mr. Danver's from work, and after meeting at a little party Corin's parents had planned, Necia and Corin were instant friends. And had been ever since. Necia sometimes snarled at the sight of the endless money Corin had, and the endless designer clothes, but, Necia had learnt to live with it. Even though Necia's parents brought in just as much, they weren't as lenient with their money as the Danver's were.

Corin and Necia walked into the clothing store and took one of the sweaters, in green of course, and Corin took out her money bag and delt out ten galleons, but after seeing a light blue one, Corin couldn't help herself and got it too, dealing out 10 more, then after asking Necia if she wanted one, she delt out another 10 for a Black one. They left soon afterwards.

"There, I bought your Christmas present just there." Corin grinned

"Aww, come on Corin, I really wanted that toy broom that hovered over the ground." Necia joked

"Poor baby," Corin laughed and tapped Necia's head.

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Adam admired himself in the mirror, he had adorned his dress robes already, which were black with blue lining, his mother had bought them for him when she was in London. She had said that the color had brought out his eyes, which were a dark blue color, the color of the sea; his mother had told him before he left for Durmstrang that term. They fit him well, except the sleeves were a bit too short. He quickly did a lengthening spell, and they fit just right. He examined himself once more, making sure his dark brown hair was perfect. He was finally satisfied, and walked out of his room, passing Viktor Krum on the way. Adam thought to himself, they were the perfect robes, who couldn't resist him?

Oh right, the one who he loved the most could easily resist him, he was just wondering how he could get her back. It was a huge mistake breaking up with Helena, and Adam knew that. He cursed himself every day for it.

Adam had planned on marrying Helena, she was perfect. He loved her, she loved him, well used to at least, and they were seemingly meant to be. Whatever that meant. But according to Helena Comiastra, they were very over. And Adam was having a very hard time confronting that.

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Matt sat in the Hufflepuff common room, waiting for Julia. Matt had gotten green dress robes with black lining, they were very nice looking, his mother had sewn them for the occasion. Matt's mother had sewn everything Matt wore until Hogwarts, and jumped at the opportunity to sew his dress robes. They looked like they were designer; they were even sewed with gold thread. Matt's mother had prided herself on them, and Matt couldn't see why not, they were absolutely perfect.

Alex came done shortly after Matt did, his robes were plain black, but, very suiting for Alex. He sat next to him and grinned.

"I'm going with a veela from Beauxbatons!" he grinned once again.

"Really? Lucky you. I'm stuck with Julia." Matt said boredly.

"Aww, she's pretty Matt! Don't worry, it'll be perfect." Alex said hopefully and continued, "Well I should go, Odette'll be waiting! See you there, Matt!" Alex stood and rushed out of the Commons. Obviously excited at the chance to dance with an actual veela.

Finally, after five minutes of waiting, Julia came down. She was wearing light yellow dress robes that were quite pretty, and had plaited her normally wavy hair in clips. Matt grinned, she looked prettier than he was thinking. Not as plain and dull as she looked in her school clothes.

"You look great Julia." Matt grinned

"Thanks, you look good too, nice robes." Julia said boredly.

"I take that back." Matt thought, tonight is going to be dull.

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Clarissa sat on her bed, delaying getting reading. Philip was probably waiting patiently, and she decided to make him wait just a bit longer. Clarissa stared in the mirror across from her bed, as if a monster was about to come out of it. Clarissa finally stood up, and grabbed her robes, put them on, dabbed some lib balm and left. Clarissa treated the occasion like another day at Hogwarts, which it was, in a way. She supposed she should've gotten more dolled up, but what was the use? She walked down the Dormitory steps and looked in the common room, where Harry Potter and Ron Weasley were still dwelling, otherwise, it was empty. She strode past them, smiled, and left for the great hall, where the ball was being held.

She finally arrived at the hall, and saw Philip.

"You look great Clarissa!" Philip said

"Thankyou," She said noticing Philip's dark blue robes that looked very nice on him. "You don't look too bad yourself." She said grinning.

"Would you like a drink?" Philip asked

"Sure, I'd love that." Clarissa smiled as Philip walked away.

This should be interesting.