'Well I must say I am very pleased. Now I can finally pursue the fiery vixen.' Draco smirked; he always knew that his best friend had a thing for the female Weasley.
The evening was going really well. Blaise and Ginny were sat in the corner of the room talking quietly. Harry was surprisingly fine with this new bit of information; in fact Hermione thought that he was secretly happy. Hermione asked him why they had broken up; and she found out that they felt they had rushed into the relationship; they should have taken it slowly; and unfortunately they lost their spark; their passion. Hermione was determined to help Harry get over this and got Draco to introduce him to Daphne Greengrass; who was a very nice girl and appeared to be smitten with Harry. The two of them sat in a corner talking to each other; they looked good together. From what Hermione knew Daphne was one of the nicer Slytherins and they just looked so good together. Draco was playing cupid tonight and had managed to persuade Pansy into talking to the Weasle. Hermione walked over to where Draco was sat; very pleased with his work tonight. She walked over and sat down on his lap; and kissed him chastely on the lips.
'You did a good job tonight Drake; I'm very proud of you. Look at all of our friends; happy.' Draco snaked his arms around her waist and pulled her closer and kissed her neck and smirked when he heard her moan. Things were beginning to get heated when a guard came to tell the group that they had to come out and join the main event. There was a collective groan, but the new couples went and joined the adults.
Draco walked out with Hermione hand in hand. The music started and he pulled Hermione to the dance floor; she followed him. They got to the centre of the dance floor and he pulled her closer; his hand at the small of her back the other hand clutching her petit hand. They swayed to the music. Hermione rested her head on his shoulder; it felt perfect. Draco with all his imperfection and Hermione with hers; together they were perfect. Draco and Hermione were by far one the best looking couples at the ball; followed shortly by Narcissa and Lucius. The rest of the evening went by smoothly. Hermione was very happy; she liked it when Draco touched her; it made her feel safe and happy. She liked feeling like this; all fuzzy and warm on the inside.
Draco was dancing with Hermione; he felt content. He looked over to the bar and saw some men leering at Hermione. His Hermione; he couldn't stand it; the way they were looking at her; as if they couldn't see the fact that she was dancing with him. As if they didn't know that she was his. Draco pulled Hermione in closer and lifted her chin with his hand and kissed her with so much passion; Draco thought that if he died; he would die a happy man. The men suddenly looked away; Draco smirked at them. The rest of the ball went smoothly; Draco still kept Hermione close to him; he maintained some form of physical closeness with her, whether it was holding her hand, his hand around her waist; or simple kissing her. He felt like the luckiest man on earth.
Lucius, Narcissa, Draco and Hermione were walking out of the ball and stepped outside where carriages were waiting for them. Lucius it appeared had gone all out for the evening. The walked down the stairs and it had begun to rain; heavily. Draco knew that girls were into all the sappy romantic stuff, so instead of carrying on and walking, he swooped down, and captured Hermione's lips. Hermione was on cloud nine; she was being kissed in the rain; she put her arms around his neck and pulled him in deeper, moving her head slightly giving him better access. Draco nipped at her bottom lip, and without hesitating she opened up for him. It was brilliant; their tongues fighting for dominance; Draco holding Hermione possessively; clutching her as if she was the source of his life. Narcissa and Lucius were sat in their carriage and looked to see if her son and Hermione had gotten in their carriage; but the couple smiled when they saw the two.
'Aww that's so romantic, isn't it Lucius. I remember when you were like that.' Narcissa smiled. Lucius pulled his wife into his laps. And kissed her deeply.
'I love you Cissa, so very much. Now let's tell those two that they need to get out of the rain otherwise they're going to get sick.'
'I love you too Lucius.' She kissed her husband again. Lucius was just about to shout out of the carriage when his son finally stopped kissing the beautiful young girl. She was blushing when she saw the Narcissa and Lucius had seen them. Draco however smirked, pulled Hermione into their carriage and the couples set off towards Malfoy Manor.
