~! Sorry for the chapter's being so short but I swear they'll get longer in later chapters.!~



Chapter 2: Important Day Announced

When Hermione and Chloe walked into the common room they walked over to Aaron and Harry to watch them finish their chess game. Harry looked at the both of them but didn't know what to say. Harry's POV: 'Wait. That can't be.Hermione. Can it? What did she do to herself? This cannot be the Hermione I'm in love with! Out of Harry's POV: "Hey guys, can we watch?" Hermione asked anxiously. "Sure, why not," Harry blurted out quite quickly. The rest of their game took quite a while to finish because of the fact that Harry kept glancing over at Hermione with a look of curiosity on his face and in his mind. Chloe and Aaron had to keep reminding him to pay attention and make his move. Aaron had won that game because of Harry's not paying much attention. When they finished their game they went up to their dormitories to sleep. Hermione and Chloe woke up early the next morning to magic Hermione's hair straight and put on her make up so she looked similar to how she did yesterday. "I wonder what Harry will say today. I mean he kept looking at me yesterday like, well, I don't know exactly what he was thinking but I'm willing to bet that he's beginning to think differently." "I'd have to ask Aaron about this to make sure I'm right but I think I remember him telling me that Harry likes you for more than a friend." "Ooh, you have to ask him again. I so want to know." "Okay. I promise you that I will ask him when I see him at breakfast or before then in the common room." "Thanks a bunch Chloe. You're the best." "I know I'm the best." They both share a moment of laughter before heading down to the common room to wait to go down to the Great Hall for breakfast. While they were waiting in the common room they sat on the sofa chatting about what they think Harry is going to say. Every time they'd hear someone coming down the stairs they would shut up and wait to see who it was. The first person to come down from the boy's dormitory was Ron. "Hey Ron." "Hey Hermione. Hey Chloe. How long have you guys been up?" "Oh, a while." "More like a couple of hours." "Do either you know if Lavender is up yet?" "Nope. When we came down here she was still upstairs in the dormitory sleeping. You're the first person who's come down this morning." Chloe just had to ask, "Are Harry or Aaron up yet? We need to talk to them." "No. Not that I know of. I was the first person up out of our dormitory." "Oh, okay, thanks." The three of them sat and talked for another 20 minutes before Harry, Aaron, and Lavender finally came down the stairs. The six of them headed down to breakfast together. Professor McGonagall clanked her spoon against her glass, "Attention, can I have your attention please? Professor Dumbledor has an announcement to make." The Great Hall suddenly became quiet. "Thank you. Now, there is to be a ball on the 31st of October. It will be a ball where you must wear a costume. Kind of like a Halloween Ball. I expect all of the students to attend. It will be held at 7:30 precisely. There will be an early dinner, at 5:30 so students will have time to get ready for the ball, and classes will end by 5:20 in order for students to have time to put their books and bags in their dormitories before dinner. The ball, like all other balls, will end at midnight. Whether it continues in the dormitories after everyone is there, is up to you. That is all." "Oh my god Chloe! That ball will be like the perfect time to steal his heart if I don't already have it." They both laugh a minute. "Yeah it will be. We've got to work on our costumes together to make them 'to die for'." Both of them laugh for like two minutes and then continue eating their breakfast. "Hey Aaron, I need to ask you something on our way to Hagrid's class, okay?" Chloe passionately asked her boyfriend. "Of course Chloe. We can walk there together, like always, and you can ask me then." "Okay, just I don't want Harry to hear so we have to make sure he walks with Hermione, Ron, and Lavender." "Okay."