After that little incident the rest of the week went by smoothly and before we knew it, Friday morning was upon us. I sighed and got up and left to go to the girl's dormitories waiting for Acacia and Adelia to get up. It was decided that should I get up early, I was to head to their room and wait for them to wake up. It was better than being bored in the common room. I say that only because I can prank the cow in her sleep and she never suspects a thing because Adelia and Acacia wakes up way before her and we could leave before she even notices us. I sighed and leaned against the wall, thinking about nothing in particular. I hate waking up earlier than them, it left me with nothing to do. I heard someone move and saw Adelia getting up.
"Good morning Mindi," she yawned as I smiled a bit.
"Hey sleepy head," I said as she smiled.
"Ready for tonight?" she asked getting up and fixing her bed with a wave of her wand.
"No, not really, but I guess I'll have to deal with it won't I?" I asked as she sighed and sat down on her bed.
"Yeah, I guess so," she said as I shook my head.
"Anyways, who are you going with to ball?" I asked as she went to get changed in the bathroom.
"Oh, I'm going with Nott," she said as I looked in her general direction. Adelia, going with Nott? Yeah, this night isn't going to end well for any of us...mostly Acacia. I wonder if Acacia knows yet?
"Why are you going with Nott?" I asked as she came out and sat by me.
"He asked me and I couldn't bring myself to say no," she said as Acacia woke up.
"What's going on? Who couldn't you bring yourself to say no to Adelia?" Acacia stretched, getting up and being dressed with a wave of her wand and fixed her bed in the same wave.
"Nott asked me to go to ball with him," Adelia said as Acacia dropped the vase which she had been planning to move.
"You did what now? Out of all the guys here, you agreed to going with Nott?" Acacia exclaimed as Adelia winced.
"But, Acacia, he'll be a perfect gentleman," she said as Acacia laughed.
"Yeah, he'll totally be a perfect gentleman...the day Potter dies maybe!" Acacia said as I sighed.
"No worries, I'll keep an eye on them," I suggested as Acacia looked at me.
"If you're occupied with that, how are you keeping Malfoy in line then?" she said as I looked down. She raised a good point, I can't do both and still have a good time, but Adelia is my friend and I don't want to see her hurt.
"No matter, it's time we should head down to the Great Hall for breakfast," Acacia said as Adelia and I got up and left the girl's dormitory together with Acacia. We took our usual seats and ate our breakfast as Zabini joined us later with Malfoy and his usual lackeys by him. I thought for sure that after Malfoy joined our group, his cronies wouldn't follow him anymore...but I guessed wrong I suppose. I ignored him and went back to reading about what was going to be covered in Defense Against the Dark Arts today.
"Well, there goes our princess again," Acacia said as I rolled my eyes. Just because I was reading didn't change the fact that I could hear them.
"She better not embarrass me during the ball tonight by reading like that Mudblood Granger," Malfoy said as Adelia threw a bread roll at him.
"She won't, but you better not pull any crazy stunts on her either," Adelia said, glaring at him.
"If you do, my tongue might just slip and say the Cruciatus Curse," Acacia said as I finished reading the chapter and got up to head to my first class. I was actually surprised that I had beaten Granger here. Usually she'd already be here, but oh well. I pulled out my Ancient Runes textbook and started reading until I felt someone sit next to me. Knowing it was Malfoy, I continued on reading until he took the book away from me. I sighed and glared at him.
"What do you want Malfoy?" I asked as he put the book down.
"It's rude to read when someone wants to talk to you," he replied as I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah well I'm sure a git is an exception to that rule," I snapped back as he glared at me.
"Well it sucks for me as much as it does to you, I mean I'm talking to the moodiest freak of nature in this school," he spat as I clenched my fists.
"So glad you've noticed! I'd like to applaud you on your recent accomplishment but I'm sure you had help. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll sit somewhere else before you catch it," I said, getting my book and sitting somewhere else. I was saved by the rest of class coming in and class starting. I just hope that he wouldn't act like a total prick tonight at the Slytherin ball or I'll just gladly tell the entire Slytherin house about what he was reading lately. I started to doze off in class and didn't come back to reality until class had ended. I quickly packed up my stuff after writing the assignment down and headed out, only to bump into someone...that someone being Malfoy. When will he ever leave me alone?
"Frey, just the person I needed to talk to," he said as I pushed him away from me.
"Bugger off Malfoy, I have classes I'd like to attend today," I said as he sighed and waved his wand as a white begonia appeared in his hand and gently put it in my hair.
"I'm sorry about earlier during breakfast," he said as I glared at him.
"Oh are you now? Well, prove it to me," I said as we started heading down to class.
"How can I prove it to you?" he asked as I smiled evilly.
"Today, during break, most of the Slytherins will be in the common room. If you are truly sorry, you'll ask me out and apologize for all the times you humiliated me throughout the four years we had this feud," I said as he stopped walking for a bit. Surprised? Yeah, that's what I thought. Let's see if you really are willing to do that to your own reputation. I finally reached my next class as he caught up with me.
"Fine, I will," he said as I smiled and walked in.
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The rest of classes went by pretty fast and it was finally lunch time. I finished my lunch as Acacia and Adelia came and sat next to me.
"Hey, what's this all of a sudden...you managed to owl every single Slytherin to be in the common room for break what's the deal?" Acacia asked as I smiled evilly.
"Oh you'll see, just be there," I said as Acacia smiled and patted my back.
"Ah, it's one of your evil master plans huh?" she said as I nodded and got up.
"Well, I'm going to be in the common room and finish up my homework," I said as I ran down to the Slytherin common room. I sat down and got to work on my Defense Against the Dark Arts essay and finish up my Potions work. As soon as I was done, I realized that it was already break time and all the Slytherins were slowly piling in the common room as Acacia and Adelia sat next to me. Malfoy came in and walked up to face me.
"What is it Draco?" I asked kindly as Acacia and Adelia gave me weird looks. Don't worry guys, you'll see where I'm going with this.
"I have something to say to you. I want to tell you I'm sorry for everything I've ever done to you and your friends for the past four years," he said as Acacia and Adelia looked shocked. Well, they have a right to be surprised. Malfoy apologizing in public was a pretty shocking thing to see. It's never been done before.
"Oh my, why it's quite okay. But I'm sure that's not what else you wanted to tell me, is it?" I asked trying my best not to laugh at his reaction.
"You're right, I also wanted to ask you if you would find it in your busy schedule to be my date to the Slytherin ball this evening. I would be honored if you would let me escort you," he said as Adelia and Acacia fainted from shock. I sighed and cast the Aguamenti spell on them as they woke up. The rest of the Slytherins broke out in whispers as I pretended to think about it.
"Hm, well my schedule is empty, you're in luck, I'll be your partner," I said as I heard screams from his fan club and a couple thuds as they fainted. I got up and walked up to the girl's dormitories and started laughing. I heard footsteps and looked up to see Acacia and Adelia stare at me wide-eyed.
"How did you get him to do that?" Adelia asked as I smiled.
"You just have to play your cards right," I said as Acacia laughed and stuck her hand out.
"High five princess!" she said as I smiled and gave her a high five. Adelia shook her head and smiled as well. The bell rang, signaling the start of my last class for the day. I headed down straight to class and decided to not pay attention to what the teacher was saying. Eh, it didn't matter anyways, it was just a continuation of yesterday's lesson. I sighed and started writing randomly on a piece of parchment as class went on. An hour passed and the bell rang again, signifying the end of class. I quickly ran out of the classroom and headed straight back into the Slytherin common room. As soon as I got there I found all the Slytherin 5th-7th years rushing up their dormitories to get ready for ball. I sighed and went into the shared room with Malfoy and got my dress out. There was no way I was staying in here and changing in front of him. I'm going to be getting ready in the Room of Requirement with Acacia and Adelia and just conceal ourselves from the rest of the students on our way back. I left the room and found Acacia and Adelia waiting for me outside.
"Thank goodness we found that Room of Requirement last year huh? The girl's dormitories are too crowded to get anything done!" Adelia said as we started heading down to the Room of Requirement.
"Man, girls nowadays are so anxious and hassled...This ball really changes a girl's personality for the entire day," Acacia said as I shrugged.
"Well they all want to impress their dates and keep their reputation in society. The way they are seen publicly affects that," I said.
"Then why aren't you like them?" Adelia asked as I shrugged.
"I guess I just don't give a damn about my reputation in society. It's just a waste of energy anyways, considering the fact that my parents and Malfoy's parents are close friends, our reputation is pretty impressive. And you know I was never one to give a damn about what other people think of me," I said.
"Well that and it's assumed that you and that idiotic ferret will marry each other in the future," Acacia said as I shivered in disgust. Don't remind me of that very possibility. Knowing my parents, they already promised me off to them on the day of my birth.
"Yeah," I said as we reached the Room of Requirements and thought about the kind of room that we needed. The door opened and revealed the most beautiful dressing room ever known to exist complete with everything that is needed. We went to the separate rooms available and got changed. I put the gown on, fixed my hair and make-up and looked at myself in the mirror. Satisfied with the results, I walked out of the room and sat down on a loveseat available to wait for Acacia and Adelia to finish. A few minutes later and Acacia came out and looked at me.
"What? Did I do the make-up wrong or something?" I asked as she shook her head.
"No, where's the tiara? You can't go to the ball without it or those idiotic bimbos might think that your giving up your role of being Slytherin princess...hold on, I'll go get it," she said as I sighed. I don't want to wear the blasted thing.
"Acacia, it's just the Slytherin ball...personally I don't really want to be the Slytherin princess anymore anyways..." I said as she flicked my forehead.
"You idiot, it's not that easy to get rid of the title. You can't just decide that one day you don't want to be the princess...but it doesn't mean you can also stop wearing the tiara. What would your mother say?" she asked me as she came back and put the tiara carefully on my head.
"You look beautiful Mindi," Adelia said as she walked out and smiled.
"That goes the same to you and Acacia," I said as Acacia patted my head gently.
"Come now I'm sure the idiots are wondering where we are now," Acacia said as I got up and cast the spell to make us invisible until we get back to the Slytherin common room. I actually just wanted to get away right now rather than face the hell of going to this ball with Malfoy...but it's too late to do anything. After a few minutes of silence we managed to get back to the Slytherin common room and saw that it was transformed into a ballroom. The spell fell as everything stopped with everyone's eyes on us. I ignored the stares and walked off to the side, away from everyone as Adelia and Acacia caught up with their dates. Great, I get stood up by the idiot...this is fantastic...I mean sure, I hate being here let alone being his partner, but it didn't mean that I wanted to be stood up. I heard someone clear their throat as I looked up and saw none other than the git himself.
"My lady, you look beautiful tonight," he said, bowing down in front of me as he reached for my hand and kissed it. I stared at him incredulously after what just happened. Obviously some natural disaster happened in the world or something.
"Thank you, you don't look bad yourself," I said as he smiled and lead me to the dance floor.
"May I have this dance?" he asked as I nodded and started dancing with him. I guess it did sort of feel nice to be dancing with him. It's been so long since we danced together without fighting every five seconds. I sighed as he looked at me, concern evident in his eyes.
"Am I doing something wrong?" he asked as I shook my head.
"No, you did nothing wrong I was just thinking," I said as he nodded and continued dancing with me. I smiled a bit but then remembered that his kindness would only last until the end of ball. I mentally slapped myself at the thought of that. Since when did I give a damn? I shouldn't care if he's nice or not, I wasn't planning on having a repeat of second year ever again. He stopped dancing which got me out of my thoughts and looked at him.
"What's wrong?" I asked as he shook his head and put something in my hair.
"I knew there was something missing, now you look perfect," he said as I stared at him in disbelief.
"Ma- I mean Draco, are you okay? Did you bump your head? Did someone hex you or something? Let me find that idiot that hex you," I said as he laughed a bit.
"Mindiella, you're being silly! I love you," he said as he hugged me. I pushed him away and looked at him in disbelief. This isn't true...this isn't real!
A/N: to see their dresses and Mindiella's tiara check out my profile. =)