It was late afternoon on Christmas, she was waiting for the band to arrive in the Great Hall. This wasn't part of her job but she wanted to see Kirley and surprise him.

"Chelly?"

She turned to see Kirley grinning at her. His brown hair had gotten longer since the last time she had seen him. Though, she hasn't seen him since they broke up the summer of 1989.

"I wasn't expecting to see you here, Chelly."

She shrugged. "There's nothing else better to do right now. I need to get ready for the Ball in an hour though."

"Oh, you're staying?"

She nodded. "I work at the Ministry now as Ludo Bagman's assistant."

"I never thought you'd be working at the Ministry."

She shrugged again. "It was the only job available when I decided to move back home."

Before Kirley could respond, Myron Wagtail, the lead singer walked in the Great Hall.

"Oh, it's nice to see you again, Michelle," he greeted his bandmate's ex-girlfriend turned good friend.

"You too, Myron."

The rest of the band members walked in. Other than Kirley and Myron, there was Donaghan Tremlett who was the bassist, Heathcote Barbary was the Rhythm guitarist, Herman Wintringham who was the lutist, Gideon Crumb who played the bagpipes and second to last was Orsino Thruston who played the drums.

"We're just missing Merton," Myron said tapping his watch.

"Did you say Merton?" Michelle asked.

"Yes, he's the newest addition to our band. He plays the cello."

Michelle smirked to herself. Marissa has played the viola for the past ten years so that's probably how they met.

A few minutes later a boy with brown hair jogged in. "Sorry, I'm late."

"It's alright."

"I was sending a letter to my girlfriend, Marissa," he explained with a blush.

The group nodded.

"Merton, this is my good friend Michelle Turner," Kirley introduced.

He asked. "Are you Marissa's sister? I know Turner is a common name in the muggle world."

Michelle smiled. "Yes, I am."

Merton nodded.

"I guess you two have a thing for musicians," Kirley teased Michelle, elbowing her.

"Our dad said the same thing."

"You two dated?" Heathcote asked.

Kirley nodded. "For two years."

Michelle checked her watch. "I think it's time for me to go get ready."

"Okay, bye Chelly," Kirley said, hugging her.

She broke out of the hug a few seconds later and left.

"I've never seen you that affectionate, Kirley," Gideon teased him.

He stuck his tongue out at the younger boy.

Meanwhile, Michelle was on her way back to her room. She reached 'The Three Broomsticks'. She walked up to her room and began changing into her dress robes. She wished her robes were more colorful but they weren't. So, to add some color she pinned a blue dragon broach to her robes. She fluffed up her hair. Ludo came to escort her to the ball. Ludo was only seven years older than her so they were like brother and sister besides boss and assistant.

The courtyard looked beautiful as they were walking up she saw a piece of lawn right in front of the castle had been transformed into a sort of grotto full of fairy lights — meaning hundreds of actual living fairies were sitting in the rose bushes that had been conjured there, and fluttering over the statues of what seemed to be Father Christmas and his reindeer. They walked to the Great Hall.

The champions walked in. She noticed Harry was with an Indian girl while her house champion was with a Chinese girl. The blonde girl was with a hopeless looking boy. Viktor Krum was with a girl in a periwinkle dress. Ludo danced with McGonagall.

"Would you like to dance?"

Michelle turned to see a nervous looking Beauxbatons boy smiling hopefully at her.

"Oui," she replied in French.

His brown eyes widened in surprise. "You speak French?"

"I do but only a little."

He held out his hand and led her to the dance floor. They began to dance.

"I'm Eric by the way."

"Michelle."

They finished dancing and went their separate ways. She saw Neville with a redheaded girl.

"Hey Neville, are you having fun?" she asked, walking over to her brother.

"I am. This is Ginny."

"It's nice to meet you, I'm Michelle."

"You're the girl who got in a fight with Rita Skeeter's assistant?"

Michelle chuckled nervously. "I am but she deserved it."

"You like dragons?" Ginny asked, noticing the broach of a Swedish Short-Snout.

She nodded.

About 20 minutes later, the first part of 'The Weird Sisters' set was over so Kirley and her decided to walk around the castle.

"So, you seemed to have an admirer in that Beauxbatons student," Kirley teased.

"He's a baby, he's so much younger than me."

He chuckled.

"Look who's talking , Mr. Lead Guitarist of a very successful band. I'm sure you have your own brand of fan girls," she teased poking him.

"You don't know the half of it, Chelly," he laughed putting his arm around her.

She leaned into him.

"So, how long have you been working at the Ministry?"

"Three years now. I started in September 1991."

Kirley nodded. "Do you remember when we went to the Celestial Ball in our sixth year?"

"I do. It was our first real date."

"It was," he smiled.

December 1986

Michelle was getting ready for her first real date with her Kirley. It was convenient that their first date would be a dance. Her best friend Mary was styling her chestnut hair into a plait.

"I still don't see what you see in Kirley, he's weird," their other dormmate Christy said.

"You're just saying that because he's a Slytherin and a Pureblood. He doesn't believe in that blood purity bullshit!" Michelle swore passionately.

Mary finished Michelle's hair. She walked down with Mary to the Common Room. The two girls crawled out of the common room and met up with their respective boyfriends Kirley and Andrew.

"Hey Chelly," Kirley greeted.

"Hey Kirley."

They walked to the Great Hall. The decorations were beautiful. Kirley and Michelle danced all night.

"I had a great time tonight," Kirley said as they walked back to the Hufflepuff Common Room.

"I did too."

Kirley shuffled nervously. "Do you think I could kiss you?"

"Go ahead."

Kirley leaned down to kiss her and they shared their first kiss.

"Can I admit something?" Kirley asked.

"Sure."

"That was my first kiss," he admitted.

"It was?"

He nodded in confirmation. "I know there's rumors that I'm more experienced."

"That doesn't matter, I don't listen to rumors."

Kirley smiled. He kissed her cheek before she crawled into the Hufflepuff common room.

"We sure were a lot more experienced by the time we broke up," Michelle giggled.

Kirley chuckled. "Certainly, especially since we took each other's virginities within a year."

Michelle nodded. After a few more minutes, it was time for their second set to start so Kirley had to go back.

The dance ended at midnight. Michelle was exhausted so she began making her way back to her room.

"Chelly!"

She turned to see Kirley jogging towards her.

"What's up?"

"I still owe you some lunch, how about tomorrow?"

"I'd like that."

Kirley smiled. "So, around 12. Even though I know you'll probably wake up late."

"I will."

"See you then."

She said goodbye to him and walked back to her room with a Lumos lighting the way. She trudged to her room, quickly undressed, got into bed and immediately fell asleep.