Grey Gaze

Chapter 2

by Ashley (Hype)



Lavender was, much to her dismay, awoken by Parvati at 10 a.m...

Parvati jumped on my bed, scaring me half to death. I was in such a wonderful dream. I had been awarded most beautiful witch in Witch Weekly. I sighed, realizing it was just a dream...

"LAVENDER, WAKE UP!" Parvati screeched. At this, I pulled the covers over my head. They were flung off of me a second later. Parvati was determined to wake me up. She always was. It annoyed her to a great extent that I was not a morning person and she was.

"Leave me alone," I grumbled, not wishing to meet the morning sun.

She laughed, "If I did that, who else would I talk to? Come on, Lav! GET UP!" She decided to go for the kill and grabbed my ankles, pulling me off my four-poster bed.

Rather reluctantly, I stood up from the floor and dusted myself off. I would have been perfectly content just sleeping on the floor. But I knew better; she would have screamed in my ears to wake me up no matter where I was. "What do you want?" I spat at her, though she took no notice.

"Lav, are you having a brain relapse? Today we`re supposed to go to Hogsmeade and get our dresses for the ball!" That woke me up. I had completely forgotten about the ball! Then memories washed over me from the night before. I was going with Draco.

That sent me in a frantic mess around the room, desperately searching for some robes to wear. I spotted my favorite red robes on the far corner of the room. Unfortunately, it seemed like a land mine was covering the trail that would lead me to it. There were broken bottles of nail polish, eyelash curlers, lipsticks, clothes and bottles of perfumes strewn across the floor. Carefully, I proceeded towards the robes, cautious not to step on any shards of glass. I leaned over and quickly grabbed it and began to make my way back.

I did it successfully and started to get ready. After a quick ten minutes, Parvati and I raced down the stairs to the common room busy with people waiting to go to Hogsmeade. We made our entrance, turning a few heads of the Gryffindor boys as we always did. We were often referred to as the "beauty queens." It made no matter if people made it as an insult or not. We were proud of our title, knowing we would always have dates.

Seamus approached me as we made our was through the crowd towards the portrait hole. "Lav, can I speak to you for a moment?" he asked somewhat nervously, and glancing at Parvati he added. "Alone?" I nodded and followed him to a corner.

"W-would y-y-you like t-to go to t-the b-ball with me?" he stuttered horribly, much like I did when I had mistaken Draco for the librarian.

I instantly took pity on the sweet Irish boy before me. "I`m really sorry, Seamus, but I already have a date." I could see the disappointment wash over his handsome face.

"You do?" he asked miserably, blushing at his own faulty.

"I`m sorry..." And I truly was. Seamus was one of the sweetest boys I had ever met.

"Who is it?" he asked, more curious than crushed now. "Is it Dean?"

"Nope." I said simply, remembering Draco`s solid grey gaze that had left me nearly paralyzed when I saw it. I walked away quickly before I gave my mystery date away. I don`t think Gryffindor is ready for the news. I could see it now : The Gryffindor Beauty Queen and the Slytherin King are going to the Hearts Ball... I smirked at my odd position. It would be all over school if I told Parvati. Even if she was my absolute best friend, she couldn`t pass up a piece of gossip like that.

I had already missed breakfast, so there was no point in going to the Great Hall. I would just have a butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks when we got to Hogsmeade. The whistle sounded and students filed out onto the Hogwarts grounds to be taken to the beloved wizard village.

Parvati and I sat next to each other, of course, and we talked happily about the ball and what kind of dresses we were looking for. Halfway there, Draco stopped by and grinned at me, making my heart stop. He casually continued to walk, leaving both Parvati and I silent for a change. However, the silence didn`t last for long...

"What was that about?!" she squealed excitedly. "Draco Malfoy smiled at you! Is there something you`re not telling me, Miss Lavender Brown? Are you and Draco going to the ball?!" she teased.

"Shhh! Not so loud!" escaped from my mouth and I realized my mistake.

"So you are! How did you manage to hook a hottie like that?!"

I sighed ; my secret was out. Soon the entire school would know about it... I figured that I might as well talk. "I didn`t. He asked me!"

"NO WAY!"

"WAY! Remember how I was a train wreck at dinner? It was because of this note!" I reached deep into my beloved leather purse and pulled out the note that had caused me so much trouble and showed it to her. Parvati eagerly read it and looked at me expectantly, waiting for more details. "So, I was a bundle of nerves the whole day because it was only signed "D". That meant it could be from Dean or Draco. So I went through the day absently thinking about who it was from."

"That explains Divination!"

"Right. And the pumpkin juice," I added. "So I met him there and it was Draco. He asked me to the ball!" I finished triumphantly just as Cho Chang walked by. Cho`s eyes grew wide and she rushed off to her Ravenclaw friends. Great, I thought, now it will really be all over the school...

It was. I hadn`t even returned to Hogwarts yet and Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs congratulated me while the Gryffindors and Slytherins sent scowls in my direction. It was nice to be the center of attention in other houses, even if some of it wa negative. Parvati was the only person from Gryffindor that was still on my side- which I was very thankful for.

We searched every witch clothing store to find the perfect dress for each of us. It took nearly three full hours to find our dresses plus and extra hour and a half to find the matching shoes to go with them. Both of us where extremely happy with our choices. My dress was a deep red (to go with the Valentine`s theme) with two slits that came up dangerously high to my hips and was of a velvet material. Parvati chose a very deep purple dress with a low-cut neck because she thought it went well with Harry`s green dress robes.

The next stop was the jewelry store. One of our mottos was to always wear accessaries. We decided to stick to it. We both chose little fake diamond tiaras to put in our hair to fully bring out our beauty queen selves. I also chose a fake diamond braclet and necklace to go with it. Parvati decided to just stay with the tiara to emphasize her queen-like apperance.

We were ready for the Hearts Ball. Though it was five days away, we still had to make plans. And I needed to have a little talk with Draco Malfoy....



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