Pulchritudinous Chapter 10

It was the day of the ball and the whole school was buzzing with nervousness and excitement which was exactly how Harry felt. He couldn't wait! Time seemed to be going very slowly and Harry ran of to find Draco wondering what he'd say. Luckily Harry didn't have to look long and found the boy sitting near the lake reading a book. Harry walked over to the blonde boy and sat down next to him.

"What you reading?" Harry asked curiously.

"It's a muggle book. It's called twilight." Draco said.

"Oh I've heard of that one. Hermione read it and went on about how "ridiculous" it was. So is it any good?" Harry asked.

"Well it's alright. Edward is alright I spose. It's a little odd that the vampires sparkle." Harry burst out laughing when he heard that they sparkle.

"I though he was some teenage girl heartthrob for muggles?"

"Oh he is. That's why I'm reading it. It really just goes to show how odd muggles are." Draco replied.

"Well then, when do you want to get read for the ball?"

"Say about six. The ball starts at 7 and we need a good hour for both of us." Draco said truthfully.

"Alright then, I'm going to go find Ron and Ginny, I'll see you at 6. Bye Dray." With that Harry checked no one was looking before giving Draco a quick kiss and walked off towards the common room. Harry's legs were killing him by the time he got up to the 7th floor. 'Why do they have to put our common room on the 7th floor, Do they expect us to just fly up these stairs?' Harry mumbled. By the time Harry got up he soon spotted Ginny but Ron was nowhere to be found. 'Probably off snogging Theo somewhere' Harry thought.

Harry smiled as he made his way over to Ginny and almost collapsed when he got there. Harry sat down rubbing his sore legs, smiling at Ginny.

"What you smiling about lover boy?" She greeted him.

"Why Ginevra… Don't you know there's a ball tonight sweet lady." Harry said.

"You alright?" Ginny asked laughing.

"I'm absolutely smashing." Harry grinned at her. "So my Ginny, Gin, Gin, Gin… go t a date for the ball?" Harry asked.

"Yup, I'm going with Neville." Ginny replied.

"Great. Who asked, you or him?"

"Believe it or not… him!" This surprised Harry. Neville had always been very shy around girls and everyone knew Ginny was the outgoing one. The two chatted away for a while and then went down to the Great Hall for some lunch. Dumbledore simply wished everyone a good time at the ball later that night. Harry caught Draco's eye and winked. Harry and Ginny quickly finished their lunch before heading up to the common room again.

The two talked to each other for ages not even realizing that Draco was there.

"It's six Har… we need to go. We'll see you later Ginny." Draco smiled and waved goodbye. Harry blew her a kiss which she caught and pretended to die. Harry giggled and turned back towards Draco. The two boys took their time with their dress robes, making sure everything was fine. Harry tried to tame his hair but couldn't quite manage it. Draco assured Harry that he loves his messy hair so it didn't matter if he tamed it or not. Both boys looked at the other scoping them out, then turning to look at themselves.

Theo and Ron had been open with their relationship and it had definitely shocked people at first but no one had any serious problems with the relationship. The two boys lay on Theo's bed making out as they would usually. The two boys had not gone further but both boys were planning on taking it a little further that night.

Hermione was also getting herself ready for the ball, however her and her date couldn't get ready together due to school rules about males and females in each others rooms or vice versa. Hermione had on a long, flowing blue dress which Blaise had told her that she looked amazing in. Hermione's eyes had sparkled when he first told her and Hermione looked back on the memory fondly.

When everyone had finished getting ready they headed down to the Great Hall only without Harry and Draco. The great Hall had the tables removed and in its place were a few smaller tables and a large dance floor. Some people seemed to notice the missing Harry and Draco but it didn't seem to occur to people they might just be going with each other.

Draco and Harry were the last ones to go and as soon as they got outside the Great Hall, Draco grabbed Harry's hand and squeezed it tightly giving him a reassuring smile. Harry felt like melting every time Draco smiled at him. The two boys took a deep breath and walked in. Heads turned to see who it was and suddenly everyone was staring at the two boys standing there holding hands.

This probably wouldn't have been such a big thing had this not been the Hero of the Wizarding World and the son of a very well known Death Eater, not only that but Harry's school rival, a boy he had hated for years. People will talk about this for a while. It was big news after all. Even the teachers seemed to be staring at them in shock. The only one who didn't look at all surprised was Dumbledore, but that came as no shock after all that man seemed to know just about everything that went on in Hogwarts and Pigfarts. Him and Rumbleroar had become quite good friends. Dumblefore never quite thought he's be friends with a talking lion who lived on Mars.

The one person who was most surprised was Hermione. 'So this is what Ron meant then.' She thought. Hermione was supposed to be the smart one, the observant one, it was a wonder on earth (or Mars) she had missed this. Hermione grinned at the sight of the two. Who would have ever thought? Harry and Draco… a couple! It seemed absurd. Hermione's boyfriend was stunned at the sight of the two. Blaise had never imagined in all his life that Draco was gay. He knew he despised Pansy but he figured they could end up married. Speaking of Pansy, she looked absolutely red in the face. She looked like she wanted to punch the poor boy she was dancing with. Blaise had absolutely no problem with the two boys; it simply took him by surprise.

Hermione pulled him over to the two and grinning grabbed hold of Harry and hugged him tight. Harry was a little surprised by her outburst but then noticed the dark boy standing next to her. Harry immediately recognized him as Blaise Zambini. Draco then seemed to notice what Harry was staring at.

"Blaise?" Draco said incredulously.

"Hey Draco" Blaise gave the boy a small smile.

"Whoever though that you and me would end up dating Gryffindors eh? Not only that but the Gryffindor Trio themselves!" Draco said smiling.

"Who knows. You look happy though." Blaise pointed out.

"I am happy. The heart wants what it wants and mine wanted Harry. Lucky for me he wanted me too." Draco said.

"Hey Blaise, Draco, do you mind if Harry and I go dance together for a minute?" Hermione asked.

"Not at all. Go ahead." Blaise simply nodded his head in conformation. Hermione quickly led Harry out on to the dance floor. This really confused people… why was he dancing with Hermione but holding hands with Draco? Harry and Hermione simply ignored the confused stares and just continued to dance. The two continued to dance together having fun. They were joined by Theo and Ron and they winked at Harry which suddenly all three boys were lifting Hermione into the air.

Hermione put up a big fuss, screaming and thrashing about yelling for them to put her down. The boys simply laughed and after a little while put her down. Then a slow song started playing and Harry found himself in the arms of Draco who was smiling softly at him. Hermione was grabbed by Blaise and the three couples started dancing. It was very romantic until the mood was broken when Harry suddenly burst out laughing.

The others turned around to see what was so funny and soon spotted Fred and George Weasley, the infamous Weasley twins, waltzing together in dress robes that looked suspiciously like the ones Ron wore in fourth year. Ron looked over and saw the two and he almost died of shock and embarrassment.

Ginny found her way through the crowd until she got to Harry. The two smiled at each other and Harry nodded to a very scared looking Neville.

"Those two have no shame… I didn't think they would actually do it!"

"They told you about this?" Harry asked.

"Yeah, told me exactly what they were going to do. It's to embarrass Ron of course. They also told me of their plans for you, so I would watch out if I were you."

"Thanks Gin… we definitely will. I think their plan worked though. Ron is as red as his hair. What was it they say about red heads? Ginger's don't have souls or something along those lines." Harry said remembering a muggle video he had watched.

"Oy! Ginger's do have souls!" Ron said.

"It's a muggle thing Ron, don't take offence. It's just a silly joke." Harry said.

The rest of the night went by peacefully, some people still staring at the two. As Harry leaned towards Draco and gave him a kiss, there was an evident intake of breath from many people in the room. The two simply ignored the stares at enjoyed their evening. Harry and Draco headed for the Gryffindor common room and Ron and Theo headed for the Slytherin common room. The two smiled at each other before both leading their boyfriend into the different rooms.

Thankyou to all of you who have been kind enough to review. I have found a new, and faster way of getting these chapters up. Thankyou to all of you who read this and leave nice comments or favourite or whatever else.

Some of you may get the "A Very Potter Musical" reference. If you haven't seen it I strongly suggest you find it on youtube and watch it! It is by Starkid Potter and please go watch it, it's long but definitely woth it. Also I did say I'd put Ginger's do have souls in there somewhere.

I'm sorry to all you twilight fans who read this. I mean no offence, just thought it might be funny to have a reference in here since I've got so many already. =)

Peace xx Izzy