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All of them walked into the Great Hall. It was 10 o'clock and everyone from fifth year and lower was going back to their common rooms and lights out was at 11 o'clock. The swarm of sweaty students jumbled out of the large doors. Sirius pulled Hermione close to him so that she wouldn't be trampled. The ball was still in full blast when they finally got into the hall. Most were dancing and having a good time, but a few were in the corner scowling at those on the dance floor.
The hall was decorated all in white and a huge Christmas tree was set right behind the staff table. It was a picture of what Christmas should look like. She smiled as a stray snowflake landed on her face. She pulled Sirius over to the dance floor and started to dance with him. It was a fast song, so she let the beat take her away. Normally, she would be self conscious but when she was with Sirius, nothing else mattered but him. Sirius placed his hands on her hips and pulled her into him quite close. Hermione giggled and threw her arms around his neck. They looked into each others eyes and everything else seemed to disappear around them.
Lily and James looked at their friends lost in their own world. Lily smiled lightly as James hugged her waist from behind. He rested his head on her shoulder and kissed her neck softly. They stood there, just watching and holding each other.
Remus and Sarah were a bit more occupied with each other than the others. They were kissing each other passionately and dancing at the same time. They looked like they were super glued to each other by their lips. Suddenly Sarah was tapped on the shoulder. She pulled away from Remus to see Professor McGonagall standing behind them with a smirk on her face.
"Mr. Lupin and Miss Way, I would have expected more from both of you, but seeing as this is a dance, I will be lenient and let it slide this time but if I catch both of you again, I will be forced to take off house points," she smiled gently at the couple. They knew she wasn't serious but didn't want to push their luck and get caught by another professor.
The song ended and Sirius led Hermione to the table where James and Lily currently resided. Hermione looked over to the far right corner and laughed. Remus and Sarah were talking to Professor McGonagall, while Remus and Sarah were blushing like mad people. She tapped Sirius on the bum and his head whipped around. Shaking her head, she pointed to Remus and Sarah and started to laugh. James and Lily looked over too soon they both were laughing as Remus and Sarah walked over to them.
"Hey Moony, McGonagall got your tongue?" James teased.
"Nope, I have it," Sarah said proudly and kissed Remus again. The group let out a collective gasp. Remus aka Mr. I-am-so-shy-that-if-anything-remotely-embarrassing-happens-I-will-blush was kissing Sarah passionately in front of them all. Well, Sarah kissed him first but he could have pulled away but he was really into it.
"Remus, wow I never saw the wild side of you," Sirius smirked.
"Well you learn something everyday don't you?" Hermione said as Remus and Sarah were currently unavailable. The ball went on for another three hours. Suddenly Dumbledore's voice came over the ball.
"Students, the ball will be ending soon and to promote inter house relations, you must dance with someone that is not in your house for the final dance. Before the ball is over, we will have a teacher student dance, which will be the next song," the students groaned and the teachers smirked. Professor Slughorn walked over to the group and asked for Hermione, reluctantly she agreed.
"Miss Granger would you like to be in the Slug Club? We could use a brilliant mind like yours," he said as a waltz blasted through the hall.
"No Professor, I would not and you can't change my mind about it so don't even try," she added before he could interject. Meanwhile, Professor McGonagall was dancing with Sirius and cackling evilly in her mind. But by far the most entertaining sight was Professor Dumbledore waltzing with Lucius Malfoy.
All the students including the Slytherins were cracking up. Lucius glared at them all but it had no effect on any of them, it was just too funny. Severus was calmly looking at everyone from his corner and his eyes landed on Lily Evens, golden girl of Gryffindor and the girl that he had a huge crush on. He had no idea why he did, but he did anyway, but he hid his love for her like he hid all of his other emotions.
The song went quickly but not quickly enough for Lucius. Dumbledore finally broke his grip on him and let him go find a partner for the last song of the evening. He had his eyes on one girl, the mysterious Hermione Granger. Yes, he would get the information he needed and he would do it any way he could.