Stolen Love
Chapter ten
The next few days were spent sitting by the fire cuddling next to your loved one, and in the girls' case gossiping about the ball.
"I heard Maggie from Hufflepuff is going as a magpie, ewww!"
"I don't know why Davies is going with her, she's fatter than Bulstrode!"
"She's so thin you can see all her ribs, gross."
"Aren't they the cutest couple…NOT!?"
Shrieks and giggles could be heard echoing off the stone walls and into ears all over the castle; Hermione and Ginny were no exception.
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Christmas Eve day dawned sunny and bright, snow glistened on the grounds like white frosting over a large cake. Ginny decided to spend the night in the head dorms with Hermione so that they could get ready. The two teenagers woke up at one in the afternoon, after spending the night laughing and gossiping. They quickly made their way to the head kitchens and ordered some pizza and soda. Draco soon made his presence known by a swift kiss on the cheek to Hermione, a quick wave to Ginny, and then he stuffed a piece of Pizza in his mouth.
The two girls looked on with disgust as they took their first piece of pizza watching as he finished his first. He smiled wolfishly before pulling Hermione into his lap and grabbing his second slice in a much more dignified manner. The curly haired witch sighed with a small grin as she ate her pizza and talked with her friend still sitting in her boyfriends lap. The group laughed at nothing, and everything. Especially the odd couple's playful banter:
"Bloody hell woman you're getting heavy" Draco started with a playful grin, as he shifted from her weight.
"Just because I have a massive arse doesn't mean you have to mention it all the time," Hermione stated with a roll of her eyes, knowing he was only kidding.
"But I love your huge, massive, colossal, humongous, big arse" the boy replied with a smirk, pinching her side so she jumped in his lap, it was her tickle spot.
"Hey, I called it massive, I said nothing about big," the girl said turning in his lap to face him and giving him a fake stern glare.
Ginny watched on in amusement.
"Hunny, you can't deny the truth," he said with and exasperated look and a slight pull of his lips
"Well fine, if that's the way you feel" Hermione said as she stood straight up and flounced from the kitchen, her laughter could be heard from the common room.
Draco smiled as he ran to the room crashing to his knees in front of her giggling form, "please forgive me O lovely one, for stating the obvious truth," he declared with a flourish.
"Oh fine you bloody git!" she pulled him up by the collar and kissed him deeply before pulling away to go to her room, Ginny following laughter bubbling from her lips as Draco stood struck by the kiss.
Draco left shortly to go find some of his friends; he knew the girls would take all afternoon to get ready. Hermione clutched her necklace that never left her throat as she felt his presence leave the shared quarters. She relaxed and the aching that always came when he was gone subsided slightly.
First Ginny and Hermione turned on the Ipod and then each took long relaxing baths; next they painted their toes and nails, Ginny's a sparkling clear and Hermione's a shiny clear. After that came the facials, during which the girls looked like green monsters and their laughing cracked the strange mask. Next they did each others make up to match their respective dresses.
When Hermione was finished with Ginny, her eyes were lined with soft brown and a light green shadow lay on her lid, red-lipstick caused a dramatic difference, along with a light dusting of white and green sparkles all along Ginny's chest, throat, and arms.
When Ginny got finished with Hermione she was sporting black eyeliner and eye shadow for a dramatic effect, her lips were a nude pink, and her cheeks lightly accentuated. White and silver sparkles were clearly visible on Hermione's neck, chest, shoulders, and lightly on her cheek bones.
By then it was six and the girls began to do their hair. Ginny finally fixed hers so that it fell in waves down her back, a few small white petals were thrown in to give her a more garden nymph look.
Hermione bundled her golden-brown curls in a series of intricate twists and tresses on top of her head leaving a few tendrils to spiral around her face and curl around the nape of her neck.
Seven was approaching fast and Ginny slipped into her beautiful dress along with Hermione, they both put on their shoes and masks. Ginny left first so she could go find Harry and Hermione waited a beat before going down to the common room to meet Draco.
Draco was stunning in a black suit and a silver tie, his hair was falling elegantly into his face covering his eyes was a plain black mask. Yet to look on his face was shock, he had never seen anything so beautiful.
Hermione was wearing a white dress, it was fitted until the hips when it flowed over and fell gracefully to the floor. Then sleeves were short and slightly puffed and the neckline low and scooping. The bodice was inlaid with small clear crystals that sparkled as she walked and were in the pattern of flowers. Silver stitching around the crystals enhanced the shine, the design stopped at the pelvis bone and then it was just flowing fabric that clung in the right places and hung gracefully in others. Her shoes were flat and white, embracing her shorter stature. The mask covered her eyes and was white with the same stitching and inlaid jewels as the bodice. She looked like an angel, she finally reached Draco and for the first time in his life he was speechless.
"Uh...Uh...He...Her…Hermione, you look stunning, beautiful, gorgeous" Draco stuttered.
"You don't look so bad yourself," Hermione said with a smile. She took his arm and he led her to the great hall, stares and whispers passed by the beautiful couple, but they only had eyes for each other. Finally they made it to the great hall, and Hermione tore her eyes away from Draco to gasp at the beauty.
I've been dancing on the tops of buildings. I'm falling more in love.
At the top of my lungs I'm singing you a song.
Don't you leave me alone.
My bones were shattered.
My pride lays shattered.
Well I'll trample my pride and tell the whole world.
To dance with me.
With every single word I withhold.
I'm falling more in love.
With every single word you say.
I'm falling head-over-heels for you again.
-My Beautiful Rescue by This Providence