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A/N: Hey, I'm here again and giving you the next chappie! It's 12 am here and I'm not sure if I want to watch a movie or play Sims 2 or what so I told my self I better do another chapter if I have time to do the other two things.

Anyways, I hope you guys aren't disappointed by my other chapters! And Ms. Snowfire81, haha, writing a hundred chapters is not really easy but I'm flattered that you would want to read that many of my work so here's a chapter just for you!

Chapter 21 – Saying the Real Thing

It was the day before the Ball and also the last Hogsmeade weekend before Christmas Holidays and the Squad could be found divided into a boy and girl group that day, inside different rooms as Snape prohibited them to go in Hogsmeade that day for 'punishment'.

"How are we going to find the perfect dress to wear tomorrow night if we aren't going to Hogsmeade today?" said Daphne, pouting and skulking by the Gryffindor Common Room.

Ginny was also bummed about it. She had looked forward to buying a dress to impress. But as it is, she could only hope to impress her boyfriend Draco with her school robes or her tank-jean ensemble.

"Oh, you girls!" Ivanne smiled affectionately. "Are you not Witches? Don't you know anything about Magic Sewing?"

All looked at Ivanne, interested. "Magic Sewing? I heard of those." Said Hermione thoughtfully. "Isn't that one of the Housechores Spells, like conjuring food?"

Ivanne nodded. "Yes. And it's going to be better than purchasing a dress, because it's going to be very fun to wear a dress you designed and made yourself."

Ginny grinned. "Oh, I know that! My mother does them everytime especially when she makes us all scarves and sweaters."

"Oh, you mean the famous sweaters you receive every Christmas?" asked Daphne. "Well, let's do it!" she said.

"But, shouldn't that require some cloths? Some fabrics and other things to put in a dress?" asked Luna. "Where can we get that?"

"Oh, don't worry." Said Ivanne. "One of my past times is to sew and make dresses and clothes." She looked down on her olive green shirt. "See this? I made this one myself." She grinned. "I know where to get them."

A collected murmur of awe sounded off from the girls and Ginny smiled proudly at her best friend. "You are a blessing Ivanne. An absolute angel."

Ivanne smiled. She told them to get their wands and march outside. They walked towards the stairs and continued until they stopped at a wall. Ivanne walked to and fro three times and a door opened, much to the amusement of Luna, Celine and Daphne. As for Ginny and Hermione, they knew it was the Room.

"Wow! So this is the famous Room of Requirement?" Luna asked in awe.

Ivanne nodded. "Let's go inside and pick out a few textiles." She nodded happily towards the door and all of them rushed inside to find an array of shelves, holding different colors of textiles. From plains, to printed cloths, shoes, sequins, beads, laces, leather, etc. etc. it was all there and the girls happily dived in to the welcome pile.

"This is so cool!" said Daphne in a gushing tone. "Oh I don't know where to start." As soon as she said the words, a mirror popped from the wall. "What's that?" she said as every girl rushed to it.

"It's the Moda Espeja." Said Ivanne.

"How does that work?" asked Ginny.

"Oh, you just stop and stare at your reflection and it shows you a variety of dresses and clothes that suits you and your figure the best." Said Ivanne. "Like for example, me." She said stepping in front of the Espeja and immediately the mirror flashed. Suddenly a very glamorous looking Ivanne staring at them could be seen. The image was wearing a Royal Blue gown, cut asymmetrically on the shoulders so it hung on one shoulder only. It was a long gown, simple with a few beadworks on the lower part of the gown. Ginny saw it complimented Ivanne's complexion and showed not too much skin, which she knew Ivanne wanted.

"It's beautiful." Said Celine, for the first time. "It even does you hair!"

They looked at the mirror again and sure enough Ivanne's hair was swept up in a regal bun. A simple diamond necklace was also on her neck and her earrings were simple drop earrings of diamonds.

"But if the Room of Requirement can supply us the materials, then why not just supply us the dress itself?" asked Ginny.

The other girls nodded their agreement to the question. "Well, if you let the Room do all the things you need to do, then you won't be able to get the dresses. It'll just stay here and you can't wear them again." Said Ivanne. "Only if you make them does the room notice your hardwork and rewards you with the dress made from the cloths inside it."

The others expressed that they indeed wanted to keep their dresses and eagerly waited for their turn to stand in front of the mirror.

It was Daphne next and they saw that hers was a gold two-piece one. It had a gold-yellow striped haltered top and had a cute yellow belt around the hips. It was an A-line dress, with the skirt plainly gold. Her shoulder-length brown hair was pulled back in a half-ponytail and was curled. Pearls were found on her neck and ears and wrist.

Hermione's image was wearing was a lavender one. It was a soft, silky dress and had spaghetti straps and a swirling hem. Beads were designed from the top, forming little glittery inverted triangles. Her hair was cascading from a high ponytail and a pink rose was tucked on her hair, highlighting her brown hair. Her only accessory was an opal pendant on a golden chain.

Luna stepped in front of the mirror and showed a girl wearing a red haltered gown with a big balloon skirt. The gown's top was designed and covered with glittering sequins of red. It looked as if Luna's top was turning red, then magenta, then fuchsia. Her blonde hair was curled and then gathered in a bun. Soft curly loose hair framed her face. A red choker was on her neck with a pink jewel on one side. Her ears were holding red chandelier earrings.

It was Ginny's turn and she gasped as she saw herself in a sea green gown. It was a tube top and had a slightly ballooned-out skirt, though Luna's skirt billowed out bigger. The beadwork on the top was intricate and her skirt was sprinkled with little diamonds. Ginny's hair was tied loosely by a red ribbon on one side and nestled by her right shoulder. A silver necklace with a pendant of green jewels was resting on her neck and simple green earrings were on her ears.

Celine was hesitant at first and shyly looked at the others before shyly stepping at the front of the mirror. Her reaction was to gasp and widen her eyes in awe as she and the others saw herself dress in a pink gown, off-shouldered and had an A-line skirt. It was an empire-cut dress and the belt that was tied around her hips just below her breasts was red in color. The top had scattered beads on it. Her short blonde hair was curled and a pink ribbon served as a hair band. Her only accessory was a necklace made of silver and gold chains with some small pink jewels clinging on some parts of the chains.

"Now you just have to find the right cloths for it and the other things you need to put in the dress." Ivanne explained. "That's the hardest part and that's what the Room wants to see before giving the dress to you. Making the dress is a breeze, really."

The others nodded and for a whole hour, they didn't talk and just went all around the place finding the stuff they need.

Inside the Head Boy's Room, Ron was mumbling about not having decent clothes to wear in the Squad's very own Ball.

"I can't just dance with Hermione in these clothes!" he said in his usual cracking voice.

"Oh come now Ron, Hermione's seen you in a much worse state!" Harry said. "What's wrong with dressing like this and going to the ball?"

"Harry, I know you've been used to being bullied into wearing your cousin's big clothes, but have you ever heard of dressing for the occasion?" Draco dryly said.

"Of course you dungbomb!" Harry glared at the boy. "But unlike you, we don't have tuxedoes tucked inside our poor, meager dressers here."

"We can buy, you idiot!" Draco said, irritated. "What do you think house elves are for?"

"Food delivery?" Colin tried.

Draco stared dryly at the blonde boy. Seriously, he has to teach this idiot a thing or two. "Yes, Colin we all know that. I'm sure Potter knows that."

"Fine. You asked." Colin reminded him.

"What he means is that we can tell the house elves to buy the clothes for us." Blaise said from his spot by the window. He had been sulking since the day in the dungeons, refusing to speak with Draco and the others, but still going along wherever the others are.

Draco clapped his hands at his direction. "Good, Zabini!" he said. "Glad to have you back."

"Shut up Draco." Blaise snapped.

"But isn't it that when you give a house elf clothes, you are setting them free?" asked Trey.

"Not if you give it to a free house elf." Said Draco, grinning.

"Dobby's a free house elf." Harry said. He smiled wider. "I bet he'll be thrilled to be of service. DOBBY!"

POP!

The tiny, wrinkled house elf stood before his master and immediately bowed. "Yes, Meester Potter? Dobby is sooo glad to help him and the Master's friends."

"Dobby, I need you to buy us six suits for tomorrow night." Harry answered the little creature.

"No, I have a much better idea." Said Draco, jumping with a sudden inspiration. Dobby, realizing that his former master's son was inside the room, squealed and popped out of sight.

"Good Malfoy." Said Harry dryly. "You just couldn't keep it all in, can't you?"

Draco's eyebrow rose. "So sorry, Master Potter." He bowed. "I forgot that little dolt was afraid of me."

"Hey did you just bowed at Harry?" Colin excitedly said and recieved throw pillow from Draco straight to the face.

"What was your great idea anyway?" Ron asked curiously.

"Zabini's ex-girlfriend has a boutique, right Zabini?" Draco asked the once-more-silent guy. "Renee?"

"Oh, right." Blaise nodded, staring at a spot outside the distant horizon below him.

"Seriously Blaise, are you thinking of your ex-girlfriend, or Carter?" said Draco. He expertly caught the replica of a Snitch that Blaise had thrown him automatically. "Hey, careful! This costs a lot."

"As if you'd care."

"You're right, I don't. But anyway, we can send Renee a letter and give her directions to give us suits for tomorrow night's ball." Draco grinned. "I'm sure she'd love to hear from you once again."

Blaise waved his hand nonchalantly. "If I must." He said. "Accio Quill, Accio Parchment."

The girls grinned at the garments before them. They had just finished magically sewing their gowns and two hours later, they were modeling them to each other.

After they have praised Ivanne and her brilliant idea, and each other for being great magic sewers, because the dresses turned out to be perfect considering it was the girls', except Ivanne's, first time to do magic sewing.

"So, how do you think the boys are faring?" said Daphne, sitting at one of the loveseats beside Hermione. The loveseats had sprung immediately after they have sewn the dresses. They appeared just as the rows of shelves holding the massive number of cloths had disappeared right before their eyes. Along with the loveseats were coffee tables with teacups and tea in a little kettle. Shortcakes and cupcakes also appeared before them.

"The boys?" Hermione thought for a moment. "I think Ron would be hysterical right now. You remember him last year's Yule Ball, Ginny?"

Ginny laughed. "Yes. He was actually ranting about it when we got home from Hogwarts that summer. Mum shouted at him to shut up saying it was Uncle Rufus' party suit and very dear to the family."

"Oh, you mean that hideous pink, ruffly number he went in the Yule with?" Daphne laughed.

"Yes." Hermione said. "But don't tell him anything about it. It'll really piss him off."

"I thought it was cute." Celine said amiably.

Everyone turned to the girl, sipping tea shyly. Hermione wondered which aspect in Ron's suit was cute, and decided that the girl was either too nice, or just didn't know what cute means. Ron was cute though, that night when he got jealous of Viktor, Hermione thought. Daphne wondered why Hufflepuff's were inclined to be positive at something so negative like an uncle's old, ancient and stinky suit. Luna thought about the ruffles that ran on Ron's suit's front and thought of how cute it was, and was about to say so but she was already imagining Harry's suit and was comparing how hot is much better than cute. Ivanne thought of how she could have turned Ron's suit into a pink, modern one if only he could have shown it to her earlier that night. And Ginny thought it was time to ask the girl who else she thought was cute. And so she did.

Celine gaped at Ginny and blushed when she heard the question. The other girls gathered around them, leaning forward and straining to catch what the shy girl would say.

"Come on, Celine." Urged Ginny. "Who else do you think is cute, besides Ron's suit."

"If I remember correctly, Blaise was looking rather dashing that night." Daphne said dreamily, then secretly winking at the others before she continued. "He looked so hot in that black suit he had on. I wished he could have danced with me."

"Daphne, Blaise was in-love with Ginny that time, how could he possibly dance with you that night?" Hermione reminded the other girl.

Luna was staring at Celine all that time and noted her downcast expression when Hermione had told that last sentence about Ginny and Blaise. "What's wrong Celine?" asked Luna. The others immediately turned towards the girls.

"Oh, it's nothing." Celine tried smiling but failed to do so.

"Come now, Celine." Said Ivanne. "You don't have to hide anything from us. We're your friends, aren't we not?"

The other girls nodded in response and Ginny went over to the girl's side to take the girl's hand and said, "Is it about Blaise?"

The girl nodded.

"Did the two of you really kiss?"

The girl nodded again.

"What exactly happened then?" Hemione, also diving for facts, asked.

Celine hesitated at first, staring at the girls around her and their concerned expression. "I was at the library, singing the song you wanted me to sing, Ivanne." Ivanne nodded. "Everyone was doing other things that day and there wasn't a meeting so I told myself to practice the song. He saw me in there and decided to go and sit with me."

Or, Blaise really looked for her that day. Ginny thought.

"Then he asked me to sing the song and we sang it together. When I finished, I told him we could go and I stood up. But he called my name and before I knew it, he was kissing me." Said the girl, bursting into tears and blushing furiously.

"Oh, don't cry, Celine." Ivanne hugged the girl, mother instincts kicking in.

"I'm just very confused." Sniffled the girl.

"What did he say after that?" asked Ginny.

The girl shrugged. "He said he needed time to think."

"That stupid prat!" said Ginny standing up and marching towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Hermione called after her.

"I'm dealing with that dolt!"

The boys were contentedly sipping tea in the Head Boy Room, talking about Quidditch and other petty stuff when Ginny burst into the room, red in the face with anger and the other girls behind her.

"Blaise!" she hollered.

The others looked up at them in surprise then confusion. Draco took one look at his girlfriend and immediately felt something was going to happen. And it wasn't going to be a nice something because anything that made Ginny rush in there looking livid was far from nice.

"What?" asked Blaise, looking up at Ginny and wondering. His eye caught Celine's figure and his eyes turned into slits when he saw her puffy red ones. "Did you just cry, Carter?"

Ginny looked first at Celine then back at Blaise. "She has a name you idiot." She said fists clenching.

"I know." Blaise answered, sipping his tea and appearing to be nonchalant. Draco then knew what was going on. He wondered whether he should start stopping Ginny or letting her work her stuff.

"Then don't call her Carter, you dolt you!" Ginny shouted.

"What is your problem, Weasley." Blaise said, frowning at the girl. "What is it with you if I call her Carter?"

"What is my problem?" Ginny said, walking angrily over the boy. Draco decided not to do anything. He exactly didn't know who he would defend. Ginny surely doesn't need it, and Blaise surely doesn't want it. "You are my problem!"

"What did I to you?' asked Blaise angrily.

"Why did you kiss Celine then tell her you need time to think then ignore her as if nothing happened?" Ginny asked him hotly. "Don't you care for her feelings? She's really confused right now!"

Everyone stared at the girl then to Celine. Blaise's surprised face turned to the girl in question and said, "Celine?"

"Finally!" Ginny threw up her hands and took Blaise's. She dragged him towards Celine and said. "Why don't you tell her how you feel, Celine?"

Celine looked up at the red head who was now walking over her boyfriend and getting a victory kiss from the blonde boy. Clearly, the girl had given her the reins and was not going to help her anymore.

"Do you guys need to be alone?" Draco sneered. "The bath's empty right now."

"Shut up, Draco." Snapped Blaise. "Do you have something to say to me?" he said, voice softening a little when he turned to the girl.

"I'm…"

"You don't have to answer anything right now. Whatever I said inside the dungeons was true, but I'm not asking you to say you love me too." Said Blaise, turning back into his guarded mode.

"I…"

"I don't want any forced answers from you Carter." Said Blaise. "You don't have to-"

Everyone gasped as Celine stepped forward and leaned towards the boy, whose ranting was stopped when her lips pressed into his.

A/N: Sorry to make you wait for so long. I was really wondering whether it was a good idea to do the chapter this way, but I still wrote…err typed I mean…this way. I'll just wait for you guys to react and see if it was indeed a good idea. I'll be back with the Squad's version of the Yule Ball and I hope to see more reviews the next time I log in! Love Lots! Toodles!