Chapter 13 – You should have lied –
It was the middle of October and people were getting nervous because the Halloween Ball was coming soon. Draco was waking up from a terrifying nightmare. He looked at the clock and saw that it time to get up or he will be late for classes. After he took a shower he got dressed and went down stairs too se if Emma was there. She wasn't. He searched for her in the great hall but Ashley told him that she already had breakfast and that she left 10 minutes ago. He started looking for her outside because it was a beautiful autumn day and she would probably be out. He found her with a guitar in her hands.
"Since when do you play the guitar?" Draco asked her
"Hey, didn't see you there. Well since I was 6, but I never told anyone. I got this on my birthday last year." She said and smiled
"Care to play something for me?" he said sitting besides her and kissing her.
"Sure" she said gladly and started to play.
After 5 minutes they realised they had to go to classes. They went to their first class and after that to the next one and on and on. They were having dinner when everyone was saying that it's official, there is going to be a Halloween masked ball.
"What are you going as?" Emma asked Draco.
"I don't know honey, I didn't really think about it. What about you?" he asked
"Well I'll wear a pink dress and a mask. I'm not going as a character or something."
"I see." He said. They were inseparable. Were Emma was, Draco was and vice versa. Their parents stoped writing to them but they didn't care, they were happy because they were together. A few days before the ball the students were allowed to go to Hogsmeade to buy what they needed for the ball. Emma was really excited about this ball mainly because this time she was going with who she really wanted. But that didn't mean other boys didn't try their luck too see if she was still available.
"Hey Emma you got a second?" a fellow Ravenclaw asked her while she was looking for a dress.
"What do you want … what's your name?" she asked
"I'm Emmet, Emmet Wordsworth. You looked at me yesterday at dinner. I thought you would like to go at the ball with me" Emma looked at the boy with amusement. She really tried not to laugh her lungs out.
"Where were you the last months? Did you get here just yesterday?" she asked and laughed
"No, why?" he asked confused
"I have a boyfriend darling, a real one and here's the shocking part, I'm going with him! Oh my, there, I said it" she said and laughed again.
"Oh I thought he was just a friend you were close to. I didn't know you dated Malfoy. Sorry for asking"
"Anyways, no problem, just please don't do this again" she said and left. She started to look in another place for a dress and she spotted it. It was perfect, exactly how she wanted. She tried it and it fit perfectly. She went to pay for it and left. She already had the mask. It was a simple mask and she wouldn't be surprised if anybody else had the same one.
On her way back to the castle she ran into Hermione.
"Oh hi Hermione. Did you found your costume?" she asked her
"Well yeah but it's not a costume, it's a ball dress and I'm going to wear a simple mask." Emma looked funny at her
"What colour is the dress?" she asked another question
"Pink, why?" Hermione said
"Well then we are going to be going as twins" she said and laughed
"What do you mean?"
"Well I picked the same thing, maybe not exactly the same dress but we're going to be confused a lot that night" she said and smiled. It's odd she wasn't mad or demanded her to change the dress.
"Well that's not such a bad thing. I suppose you are going with Draco right?"
"Of course and you with Weasley?" she asked
"Yes, and Harry with Ginny." She said
"Well, I'll see you guys at school. Nice running into you" she said and left.
After a few days the big day was here. Again like last year's Valentine's Day ball the girls were running, crying and getting ready for tonight. Emma was doing her hair. After that she did her make up and when everything was done she dressed up and the last thing, her mask. She knew Hermione had the same mask and almost the same dress because she saw them yesterday but she didn't care. She really liked her and she can't get mad at something like that. Not anymore anyways.
"Oh my God Emma you look gorgeous. That dress is so beautiful and I'm dressed like a dork." Mia said
"Thank you Mia. You are not dressed like a dork. It's a costume party after all."
The girls went down stairs to see if their dates are there. Of course they were already there.
"Emma you are gorgeous!" Draco said as she descended the stairs. He looked at her like she was the most precious thing ever. He kissed her gently not wanting to ruin her perfection. They all went to the great hall where everything was decorated to look scary. People wearing costumes were everywhere.
"Emma? Why is that girl wearing the same thing as you?" Draco asked Emma without knowing that the girl was Hermione.
"That's Hermione and I know she has almost the same dress and that the masks are identical but I don't care. It's a costume party and we should be expecting that somebody else will be dressed the same."
The party was a blast. Everyone was having fun and even though the students were not allowed to have alcohol they found a way to bring firewhiskey to the party. Some of them were really wasted and they tried to avoid contact with any professor. Draco, Emma, Mia, Blaise, Ron and Hermione were a part of those "some" Hermione being the worst. It was the first time she was drunk and she wasn't doing good.
Draco was sitting outside on the ground feeling as drunk as you can be. He wondered where Emma was so he went to look for her. She saw the pink dress sitting on the stairs. It was a little dark and his vision was blurry but he found his way to her. He took a seat next to her and started kissing her. After a while he decided to speak
"Want to go up Emma? You look really drunk and I'm not well either" he asked and the girl look shocked at him
"I'm not Emma and who are you?" the girl asked and Draco's mouth dropped open. He removed the girl's mask and was shocked to se that indeed it wasn't Emma, it was Hermione. He started to panic and got on his feet. In a second all the alcohol disappeared from his brain and he was feeling sober.
"What? I thought you were Emma. Why did you kiss me?" he asked
"I didn't saw who you were. It's a dim light here and you didn't even look at me, just kissed me." She excused herself.
"What am I going to do now? Emma is going to kill me for this"
"What do you mean? You can't tell her. She'll kill us both." The girl started to get scared
"I can't lie to her. It's not fair for her. I have to tell her and besides, I can't live with this guilt" he said and started to run towards the Slytherin Common Room, maybe she was there.
"Emma are you here?" he shouted in the common room for her to hear.
"I'm here." She said from the couch. She was laying there without her mask on. Of course. How could he be so stupid? She took of her mask 2 hours ago.
"Emma I need to talk to you" he said serious.
"Ok, let's go for a walk cause I need some fresh air" she said and got up dragging her dress. When they were out he decided to speak.
"Look this is going to sound very stupid and idiotic but I swear I didn't mean it and I didn't know" he started
"What are you talking about Draco? You're scaring me." She said and stopped walking
"I kissed Hermione" he said and she stoped blinking. She didn't say anything for a few minutes
"Please Emma say something" he pleaded
"You did what? You kissed who?"
"I'm so sorry but I thought she was you" he said and started to cry
"What? That is the most pathetic excuse ever" she said crying
"You know very well that you were dressed the same Emma. Don't be so mean. And besides it was dark and you can easily mistake someone for another person and I was drunk and wasn't feeling well. Please forgive me" he pleaded again
"So what if she was dressed the same? Don't blame the girl. It's your fault you didn't ask her if she's me."
"So you're taking her side and not mine? What's the matter with you?"
"What's the matter with me? What about you? How could you do this?"
"I'm sorry Emma! I really am. I swear it didn't mean anything. I swear."
"I don't believe you. Why did you came to tell me?" she asked and started to walk away
"What was I supposed to do? I couldn't live with the guilt." He said and stopped her
"You should have lied" she said and walked away. Tears were running down her face and she thought the world was going to end. She collapsed on the floor in the middle of the castle ignoring everyone who passed her. Someone came and kneeled down and got her up.
"What's the matter Emma? Who did this to you?" Blaise asked her
"Dra …. Draco" was all she said
"I'm going to kill that bastard" he said while carrying her to the common room and the dorm. He put her on her bed and went to find Draco. He was still outside crying his eyes out.
"What the fuck did you do to Emma?" Blaise asked furiously
"It's none of you're business" he answered
"You cheated didn't you?"
"It's not like that, ok?"
"Look, I'm not going to fight with you but I am going to tell you this. If she doesn't forgive you it means she is a smart girl. If it really wasn't like that you should clear things out but not tonight cause she is barely talking" he said
Draco remained there all night not wanting to face her. He decided that in the afternoon he was going to look for her and try to explain everything.