A/N: Hi again. Chapter six is here! Ok If you read my new series (yes I am making it a series!) "Rainy Day Man" I decided I was going to finish this chapter then work on the next chapter for RDM. Ok? Deal? All right into the story!
Chapter 6
By: Acorn Dreamer
The room that Hermione was staying in with Ginny was beautiful. Much like a presidential suite at a high-class hotel. It had two bedrooms, a rather large bathroom (with a Jacuzzi), a living room, and a balcony. They had asked Professor Hopkins if they were allowed to bring their friends up here. She said yes. Then Hermione asked if a friend from a different house could come in. The room was right next to the portrait, so Professor Hopkins said yes to that too.
Not only did Hermione not see Draco at breakfast, she did not see him all day. She even asked Natasha and Pansy where he was. That didn't work very well.
"Um, Natasha? Pansy?" She said trying to be as polite as possible.
"What now SMB?" Natasha replied. Using her sharp wits Hermione had she figured out that SMB stood for 'Slutty Mudblood.'
"Well SMB," Pansy started. "If you must know, and obviously you must, Draco wouldn't get out of bed to go to breakfast, and he hasn't left the dorm."
To resolve this question Hermione decided to send him a letter, asking if he was all right and such. When he wrote back, it was a really short.
Cloud,
Yes, I am fine. Don't worry. You
Are so caring. I cannot tell you
The reason why you have not seen me
Today. It isn't because I don't trust
You, because I do, but I can't tell
You. I will be in breakfast tomorrow
So I will see you then.
~Dragon~
Hermione tried not to worry but she did. 'It is what friends do,' she thought. 'I mean I always worry about Harry and Ron.' But for some reason she thought that that was different. I mean she only worried about Ron and Harry for little reasons. She wasn't saying Voldermort was a little reason but he wasn't exactly all that and a bag of potato chips. Hermione trusted him though, 'ok I'll see you at breakfast Draco.' She said to herself.
She was down in the Great Hall of Grawshots eating dinner. She was happily talking to Harry, Ron, Darien, Cleo, Jason, and the bunch of Gryffindors and Growlyns.
Hermione noticed the chart of the tournament had changed.
Gryffindor Slycerin Growlyn Slytherin
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The only game Hermione didn't go to was the one with Slycerin playing Ravenclaw. Ron, Harry, and Zac had gone though. Harry had gone to go see Cho Chang play. Ron went just because he liked Quidditch. Zac had gone because Harry and Ron wanted to show him Cho. When they came back Harry was furious that Cho hadn't caught the snitch. Ron was annoyed.
They had all gone to the Growlyn playing Hufflepuff game. Of coarse as they had all suspected, Growlyn won. Without Cedric Diggory, the Hufflepuff team seemed worse than ever.
Hermione and Zac had gone alone to the Huperlooff playing Slytherin game. Hermione had gone to cheer Huperlooff, but also cheer on Draco. Draco had won the game for the Slytherins. A year ago, if someone had told her she would be cheering for Slytherin, let alone Draco, she would have slapped them across the head. But she was.
Hermione was sitting alone in the library reading the last chapter of the book she and Cleo were reading together. She was so into it she didn't notice Zac come in and sit down right next to her.
"Thought I'd find you here," He said, making Hermione jump.
"Sorry Zac, you scared me. I was so into the book I didn't see you."
"That's Ok. I have a question,"
"And I have an answer," Hermione always said that when somebody told her they had a question.
"It's about the dance. Um, I was, er, wondering if you would go with me. I mean if you weren't going with anyone else?" He was looking down at his shoes his face was slightly blushing.
Hermione was slightly shocked. No one had EVER asked her to a dance. Well, except Krum, but that didn't count because she knew that wouldn't last. And Phoenix had always danced with her when they went to parties during the summer. Maybe this could last.
"Zac," She said. He looked up.
"I would love to go to the dance with you," He smiled. Hermione had the strongest feeling he was jumping for joy inside. But outside, he simply smiled.
She told him where she was now staying, and told him to meet her outside the door the night of the dance.
Hermione rushed into the Growlyn common room, practically running over Fred and George, who were flirting with some seventh year Growlyns. She looked around. She didn't see Cleo, Nyomi, or Theresa anywhere. She ran up the stairs to the girl's dorms. As she expected (and hoped), the three were sitting there. Harry was in there too, but wasn't listening to the girls. He was reading one of Cleo's 'Quidditch Tactics' book.
When she walked in the room everyone looked up except Harry, too absorbed in his book.
"Qué Pasa tù amiga?" Theresa said.
"Uh, Theresa, not everyone can speak Spanish,"
"Lo Sie- I mean, I'm sorry Nyomi. I said what's up with you girl?"
"I'll tell you what's up. Come on!" Hermione gestured towards the door. They ran out.
"What the hell was that all about?" Harry said to himself finally looking up.
Ginny, Nyomi, Cleo and Theresa were sitting in Hermione and Ginny's special room listening to Hermione. She told them the whole story.
"Oh yeah!!! He finally did it!" Cleo screamed.
"What do you mean," Hermione said starting to get annoyed, "He finally did it?"
"Well, Zac and JJ are kinda good friends, and he came up to us while me and JJ were 'studying'" she said using those Dr. Evil 'Quotation Fingers.' "In the back of the library and…"
"You mean making out," Nyomi corrected.
"Whatever just let me finish!" She said while Nyomi rolled her eyes, Theresa doing the same. "Anyway, he came up to us and asked if he could talk to JJ and…"
"Will you just dam get to the point?!?!" Ginny said.
"Oh fine, I see you people don't appreciate my story telling!"
"Nope not really," Theresa said, earning a whack in the face with a couch pillow.
"He asked JJ if he thought you would say yes, JJ didn't know so he asked me, and I said you would most likely say yes." Cleo finished taking a deep breath.
The day of the dance was already here, everyone paired up. The only person who wouldn't tell who their date was was Harry. Hermione had thought he was doing this just because of what Hermione did with Viktor Krum. But when she asked him he just shook his head and smiled.
As he had told her, Draco was fine. But he still refused to tell her anything happened. She put that out of her mind, just for today.
Jason and Cleo were sitting in the armchair in the Growlyn common room. Actually, Jason was, Cleo was sitting on his lap. On the couch was Darien and Ginny, who to Ron's degust, had hooked up. **A/N: Sorry if you don't like my coupling, but I felt like it ok?** Nyomi and Bobby were in the other armchair. Theresa was on the floor with Ron, (Yes they hooked up too,) and Luis with Lavender Brown. Hermione and Harry were also sitting on the couch, but they didn't have their dates with them.
That had been the only clue Harry had given them all, she wasn't in Growlyn or Gryffindor.
It was three fifteen.
"Alright ladies!" Ginny said jumping off the couch, "To the room!"
"What are you guys, sorry girls, going to do?" Luis asked, although he probably already knew the answer.
"We have to go and get ready for the dance silly," Lavender replied.
Ron was dumbfounded. "The dance isn't until seven thirty! Why the hell are you starting now?"
Well," Theresa explained, "We aren't guys, we don't throw on the first nice looking pants and shirt we come across, gel down our hair, which by the way Harry, you need, use some of Luis's, and are ready. We need time, make up, a good dress, and hair perfect ok?"
The boys nodded.
Hours had passed it was now 7:20. All the boys, (except Harry,) yes Zac was there too, were waiting outside Ginny and Hermione's 'house'. The door opened and all the girls came out. All of their mouths dropped. Each of the girls walked over to their dates.
Hermione was wearing a long, silver-purple dress. It had slits on either side going as far as her upper thigh. Her haired had been, once again, been straightened out. Her bangs were up in a bun, the rest of her hair down her bear back. Her back was opened because it was a halter to dress.
Theresa had a black dress with silver roses. It was Chinese style, and it had one slit up the left side. Her hair was in a braided bun, with chopsticks in them.
Ginny had a silky, sky-blue, mini skirt dress (Yes Ron was extremely pissed, giving her a look that clearly read 'what would mum think?') Ginny had left her hair down, being only down to her chin. But she had put a glittering spell on her hair. She had insisted on doing something.
Cleo and Nyomi had done almost the same thing. Cleo's dress forest-green, and Nyomi's scarlet. Their hair pulled up into two buns on the top of their head.
Zac held out a hand towards Hermione. She took it. The others did the same as they all walked down to the great hall.
It looked magnificent. The hall was decorated in all of the houses colors. And I mean all the houses colors. Purple and Gold for Growlyn, Scarlet and Gold for Gryffindor, Orange and Blue for Ripperwing, Blue and Bronze for Ravenclaw, Navy and White for Huperlooff, Yellow and Black for Hufflepuff, and Green and Silver for both Slycerin and Slytherin.
They were the first ones in the room. Carla came up to them.
"How are we this evening?" She asked sweetly.
"We're good Carla, thanks." She nodded and walked away.
The music hadn't started yet so they could hear footsteps coming. Their eyes were on the door. They saw Harry's head lean in, wave to them and told them to hold on a second. They heard him say "stay right here"
"Sooooo Harry," Theresa said, "Where is your date? Hmmm?"
"Guys, and girls, this is my date Eva Jenkins,"
The Grawshot's student's mouths dropped. "The Ripperwing seeker?!?" Zac said. (A/N: I'm getting a deja vu, are you?)
"Yes, I am," Eva, said. "And you are the Growlyn Seeker am I right?" She said eyeing Jason.
People started coming in to the great hall at a rapid speed. They saw Draco being dragged in by Natasha and Pansy, mouthing to them, "Help me, help me now!" Hermione and Zac smiled as he was continued to be dragged on.
The dance continued for hours. Hermione had danced mostly with Zac, but she had also danced with Jason, Bobby, Darien, Ron, Luis, and Harry. It was 11:45 and Hermione was exhausted. She said good night to everyone. Zac had said he'd walk with her up to her 'house'.
"Do you want to come in?" Hermione asked.
"But this is…" Zac started
"Connected to Growlyn, I know don't worry about Professor Hopkins said it was ok." She opened the door and Zac followed her in and up the stairs. They were standing out on the balcony talking, Hermione was exhausted, but she was interested in staying up and talking to him. But to Hermione and Zac's enjoyment, talking turned into a kiss.
On the grass below the balcony, Dumbledore and Carla stood smiling.