A/N: Thanks for the reviews! I got some people offering to make banners! So far, one person has already sent me two! THANKS! I'll post the link on my profile soon! Now, for this chapter, it's more of a romantic chapter rather than humor. ENJOY!
"Whoa... Look at Granger!" Blaise Zambini exclaimed, pointing toward the door. Heads swivled in the direction of Viktor Krum and Hermione Granger. What happened? Since when did she get pretty?
"She's beautiful!" Blaise exclaimed.
Beside him, Draco shook his head. "She looks the same as always, Blaise. You've had too much punch."
"Draco, mate, she looks like a freakin' super model. Look at her!" He exclaimed, as him, and every other student attending Hogwarts, turned to stare at the brown eyed beauty.
"She looks the same to me." Draco said.
"You're in denial!" Blaise exclaimed. "Everyone, even us Slytherins, can see it!"
"No, Blaise, I'm being serious. She looks like she always has." Draco muttered, standing up and walking away.
And that was the truth. Draco really did believe she looked the same.
He danced with Pansy, but she soon ran off crying after Draco 'slipped' that he thought she looked like a pug. He walked out of the Yule Ball, his jacket slung over his shoulder, and walked right into a certain beauty sitting on the staircase. She looked up, tear-filled eyes, and said, "Oh! Malfoy... um." She began before a new set of tears falled freely from her face.
"Granger... are you okay?" Draco asked.
Hermione looked up, her eyes wide and watery. "Malfoy... what do you think of me? My looks, I mean, tonight." She asked so quietly, Draco wasn't quite suer if he had heard her correctly.
"I think you look the same as you always do." Draco said, dropping down beside her, leaning against the step behind them.
Hermione burst into tears. "I thought- I thought Ronald thought- I m-mea-"
Draco rolled his eyes. "Granger." He interrupted. "I said you look the same as you always do. What's so bad about that?"
"Well, I'm ugly." Hermione said as if it were the simpilest thing in the world.
"Granger... I said you look that same as you always do because you look the same as you always do. You don't look ugly. You look beautiful. Always. With your bushy hair... and skinny arms. You're beautiful. I don't need to see you at the Yule Ball, in a pretty dress, and make-up on to know that. I always knew that." Draco said. "As for Weasley. He couldn't see true beauty if it was dangling in front of his face."
"So... when I'm in my school robes, my hair is bushy, my face is pale and disgusting, you think I'm beautiful." Hermione asked.
"Yes." Draco said, smiling a bit.
So, what did out dear beauty do then? She did what any girl would do if Draco Malfoy called them beautiful... she kissed him.
Why?
Because for once in her life, someone made her feel better than beautiful. They made her feel loved.