"Alright, girls, let's figure out our outfits. Thanks to Alice we only have an hour before the ball." I stared accusingly at my best friend but continued talking.
"Everyone, get out all the accessories and shoes you own! Let's make tonight perfect!"
So Alice, Ashley and I rummaged through our drawers and suitcases to find all the things we owned.
Alice came back with a purple bow hair accesory, some jewelry and a tiny little top hat. Ashley had lace fingerless gloves, leggings, and a bracelet.
I, of course, brought out my entire collection of lace-up boots and some jewelry also.
"Let's work on Ashley's first?" I suggested, and took the dress out of the bag.
It was slim fitting and dark violet, and fit perfectly with her dark blue hair. We matched a pair or boots and the top hat to match.
After we figured out my and Ashleys dresses we turned to Alice. Her dress fit her, but the ends were extremely long and her hair, up in a ponytail, didn't fit at all. "Time to get down to business." I grinned madly.
DRACO POV
I adjusted my uncomfortable tie nervously. It was five minutes to 12, the time the Champions entered the dance first. Nervous was an understatement.
Me, Seamus Finnigan, And some guy named Grayson were waiting outside the Ball with the other champions. Surely Alice would come soon? How long does it take to put on a bloody dress?
She better not have taken the matching shoes comment seriously.
Finally I heard shoes tapping on the floor, and we turned our heads to see the three girls, ends of their dresses lifted up, and running toward us.
When they got closer I felt my cheeks heat up alot. Alice truly look phenomenal. Her dress was dark green, my favorite color, and black. On her hands were laced gloves and her hair was down as usual. Makeup was on her eyes and she looked really self conscious.
"Y-You look fantastic." I muttered and she grinned. "Are the champions ready? Alright then, everybody form a line and enter the hall!" Mrs Mcgonagal ordered and we did so.
That Ashley girl and Greyson first, then Diggory and Cho Chang, then Harry and some dark-skinned girl I think is from Ravenclaw, and Krum and-is that Hermione Granger! Last of all was me and Alice, arms linked, at the back of the line. I felt alot of people staring and whispering things like "They're dating?"
The five couples then started doing the waltz, which I knew by heart thanks to my mother, who knew about the Ball last summer.
We moved across the floor fast, I could tell Alice was paying extra attention to her footing, and I ignored it when she stepped on my toe a few times.
"They're all staring!" She whispered nervously.
"Just pretend they arent there." I repeated what my mother had told me last summer.
"It's just you, me, and the dance floor. Don't concentrate on other people, we are here to have fun and dance. Got it?" I whispered back, and she nodded her head, concentrating.
Soon enough the rest of the couples joined us, and it was all one big group of dancing people. Alice stopped paying attention to being a perfect dancer and look into my eyes happily.
"This is actually fun, you know that?" she smiled at me.
"What, you didn't think dancing with me would be fun?" I teased her meanly.
"I didn't think you'd be this good, you're the best one here!" She giggled and then stepped on my toe accidentally. I glanced down and saw a worn-out, dark green converse shoe peeking out from under her dress.
"Your kidding, right?" I held back immense laughter and she blushed.
"Shut up, I couldn't find any other shoes!" We quickly swayed across the dance floor to hide the mistake.
"They're perfect." I smiled and she grinned.
We spent a couple more minutes just dancing quickly along with the other couples, until she said she was tired and was going to go get drinks. I was truthfully relieved, my feet hurt but I wasn't about to admit to that.
I sat down a little ways away from the crowd of dancing people and plopped down into a chair.
"How's the dance so far?" A voice beside me I knew all too well asked.
Sitting beside me was Potter, Harry Potter that is, along with Weaselbee and two girls who looked utterly bored out of their minds. Weaselbee was wearing some sort of ugly dress.
"What do you care, Potter?" I sneered and rolled my eyes.
"You're dancing with my twin sister, I think I have the right to know how things are going." Potter scoffed back.
"They're fantastic, thank you very much!" I shot at him and then looked in front of myself to see Alice and that Terence Higgs guy.
"Hey, Draco, you don't mind, just one dance?" Alice motioned towards Higgs and her, and then after I stuttered a confused "What?" Higgs took her hand and led her onto the floor.
"Nice going, Malfoy. Lost your date, did you?" Potter laughed and I looked away furiously.
ALICE POV
A fast song came on and Terence took my hand and waist, starting the dance. I was actually quite tired, and sick of dancing frankly. He stared at me while we danced and I plastered a fake grin on my face.
"Having a good time?" He asked gentlemanly.
"Oh, yeah, absolutley.." I looked around for Draco, and found him talking to my brother. That couldn't be good.
"Are you alright? You seem a bit distracted." He spoke to me quietly and I half-ignored what he was saying.
"Listen, Alice, I really like you, and I was wondering if, if you and Malfoy aren't a thing...if you wanted to be my girlfriend?" I only caught part of what he was saying and then stopped dead in my tracks. Suddenly i felt bad for ignoring him and leading him on like this.
"Look, Terence, I really like you too, but, I just...it's so soon, I don't think I'm ready for this..." I stuttered, trying to hide the fact that I probably would never be "ready" to date Terence.
" What has Malfoy got that I don't? " He asked, roughly pulling my waist towards him and dragging me into another dance.
"We used to be so close.." Terence, to my horror, leaned in and almost met my lips when i pushed myself out of his firm grasp.
"No , Terence, we never were, I don't like you like that...Stop it!" I yelled loudly when his hands started sliding further down my back, further than I would have liked.
Everyone at the dance stopped to see what was happening.
"Nothing happening here, Get back to your dancing." Draco muttered and took my hand, pulling me out into the halls.
Once we were in the dark, cold corridor I thanked him sincerely.
"That guy creeps me out." I shuddered and took Draco's hand in mine.
"Me too." He muttered. We could barely see anything, except for a dim yellow candly floated a little ways away.
I stared up at his bright hair and sorrowful eyes. Taking his hands in the dark we stood facing each other silently until he broke the silence.
"Alice?" He barely whispered.
"Yes?"
After some hesitation, he slowly asked;
"Can I kiss you?" I felt his breath near the top of my head and I smiled in the dark. It was just like Draco to ask before doing.
"Yes..." I felt him take my chin in his hand and lift it up. His and my lips touched lightly for a second or two, and then we just stood there, holding hands in the dark corridor outside the Great Hall.
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