This one is a bit short but I promise that the next one will be very long.
Monie you are just going to love this chapter and Annie you should also be
pleased.
Chapter 8
Hermione stood in front of the mirror wearing her black backless dress with a slash neck with Diyan had persuaded her into wearing. She had straightened her hair and she put on her long sliver earring on as she took one last look in the mirror a walked down the stairs. As she entered the common room she laughed seeing all the boys in their suits and seeing how smitten Lee was with Sharlene in her v neck sky blue dress that had been enchanted to shimmer and shine like the night sky. Ron however was running out of compliments and was forced to just say "Are you sure you want to come with me you're just so beautiful in that dress." Diyan laughed and kisses him going bright red in contrast to her white and sliver strapless dress. However everything stopped when Hermione came hopping down the stairs slipping on her black sandals. A very awkward Seamus looked flabbergasted while Ron said, "Wow you just look wow!" Sharlene and Diyan smiled at her and helped her to the chair so she could put on her shoes. Lee, Ron and Seamus checked their hair as the girls checked their make up before Sharlene set up the camera. As everyone got into their positions Sharlene thought about how surreal the past couple of weeks had been with everything that had happened, the camera began ticking and she ran to the others holding hands with Lee feeling on top of the world. After the camera took the photo they all laughed as everyone claimed that they had blinked or had been caught with a stupid face. Ron listened to them all and laughed and got everyone laughing as the all set off towards the new hall.
Harry and Cho came to join the as soon as they walked into the main hall decorated with spider pumpkins, webs and other cliché Halloween items. However what she didn't expect was apparitions coming out of hidden coffins jumping out on unsuspecting passers by and other tricks like hands coming out of the floor. She laughed as a she noticed the ghosts had been provided their own table in exchange for their services in the form of gliding around the room. Peeves was on his best behaviour for once with the Barren present but it didn't stop him trying to spill punch over pupils and trying to ruin their clothes. After been jumped out upon twice by the apparitions from the coffin and wadding through the hands on the floor they reached a small table by another door. As they sat down Hermione smiled as Clare noticed Seamus with Hermione and made a point of smiling at Seamus a little longer than she usually would have done. It was only five minutes in before the Slytherins began to cause trouble Hannah and some of the older Slytherins were going round making fun out of people. Hermione just sat and waited as Hannah got closer turning to her after reducing Colin Creevy to tears. "The stupid Mudblood has put her dress on backwards or is it just a trick to cover up the fact she couldn't afford a back to her dress." Ron stood up defensively only to draw Hannah's attention to him "Well if it isn't one of the Weasley tribe, I would have thought they would have made it a crime for your parents to make any more of you but it looks like their planning a invasion in the form of a load of Red haired freaks." The Slytherin pupils were creasing up laughing as Hermione stood up and walked towards Hannah uttering something under her breath. Hannah tried to back up but ended up crashing into one of the hidden coffins. An apparition past right through her and she screaming making everyone laugh. She blushed and looked at Hermione promising pay back, Hermione just smiled and returned to the table and her cheering friends.
As Clare and Seamus got closer and the music started up Hermione was finally left alone after convincing her friends she wouldn't be crushed by the fact she didn't have a date. Hermione looked around the hall and looked at her friends and smiled. Harry was at the ball with his dream date and he hadn't stopped smiling all night. Sharlene and Lee didn't stop laughing and to them it seemed like there was only them in the room with each other. After an hour in Seamus and Clare officially got together and spent the next half an hour thanking Hermione for getting them together. Finally Ron and Diyan turned out to be the perfect couple and the King and Queen of the ball. As Hermione looked at her friends Diyan looked at Hermione on her own at the table while they danced wishing the person Hermione wanted at the ball would come through the main doors but instead she watched as Hermione who was feeling more alone than ever and sick of being asked if she was okay, slipped out of the hall not wanting to be a burden for her friends. Diyan's heart jumped as she tried to wade through a packed dance floor towards Hermione to stop her sneaking out but she was to late, Hermione had gone.
Hermione ran aimlessly down the corridors not looking where she was going just wanting to be far enough away so her friends couldn't fuss over her and tip-toe around the fact that she was on her own. It was nice that they care but she needed her space and she didn't need to have their pity as it made her feel worse. She lent against the wall, breathing heavily as she tried to ignore the distant sound of her friends calling for her and talking about how sorry they were for her. Her heart jumped as she heard the sound of Sharlene's voice getting closer, so she began to walk quickly towards the door at the end of the hall. She quickly stepped inside the door and tried not to make a sound as she heard Sharlene and Harry at the other end of the corridor. They both looked down the hall when Harry turned and said "She's not down her unless anyone told her about Draco have they?" Sharlene shook her head and they went back in the direction of the hall. She breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at her stupidity and extreme lengths to stop everyone fussing. "Why aren't you at the ball?"
Hermione turned and looked into the dark room lit only by the moonlight. Her stomach churned as she realise where she was and who was in there with her. "You know they beat me up because I was friends with you and they said they'd do the same to you and …." Hermione shook her head as she tried to back out of the room searching for the door handle saying, "I don't want to hear it Draco I was so stupid to even try and be friends with you, I should have seen it coming." Draco tried to get up shaking his head desperately wanting to explain and for her not to leave the room. "Don't go I'm sorry I'm really sorry it wasn't a prank I really wanted to be your friend I'm sorry" At that Draco tried to stand up next to the bed with every part of his body aching. As Hermione turned the handle she turned back to look at Draco lit by the moonlight, she looked down the corridor and then turned to Draco. She quickly grabbed his arm before he fell and helped him back to the bed. "Now we're even, you helped me and I helped you." She said as she helped Draco into his bed. He turned his head to look at her and she suddenly realised how close their faces were together, she could see the tiny flecks of green in his deep blues eyes. She blushed and gently moved him on to the bed "I'm sorry please don't say that we're even, not like that." Hermione tried to keep a hard face but just as she felt she was going to break Madam Pomfey herded her out of the room and into the corridor with Draco not taking his eyes off her.
Her heart was racing and questions about Draco were racing through her head. As she stood in the corridor she felt a hand on her shoulder and she turned to see Harry and Ron. "You had us scared you can't just wonder off like that with all the things that had happened recently." Ron said smiling at her smiled back as Harry and Ron hugged her. She laughed as they both blushed at their burst of emotion but then she remembered what Harry had said in the corridor. She turned to Harry saying, "Harry what going on with us and Draco? I heard someone mention it and I want to know what's going on." Harry shifted awkwardly on the spot looking for help from a sheepish looking Ron and then awkwardly and gently told her about how Draco wants to find the man and how they have got their first suspect, Mercuious. She smiled at her two best friends who had just proved why they were friends by thinking about how she felt about Draco. So she took a deep breath as they listened for her to break down but she just smiled and told them she didn't mind. As they walked towards the common room they joked and talked like old times which hadn't happened since last year because of the chaos at the beginning of the term and she smiled as she felt safe and at home at last.
Chapter 8
Hermione stood in front of the mirror wearing her black backless dress with a slash neck with Diyan had persuaded her into wearing. She had straightened her hair and she put on her long sliver earring on as she took one last look in the mirror a walked down the stairs. As she entered the common room she laughed seeing all the boys in their suits and seeing how smitten Lee was with Sharlene in her v neck sky blue dress that had been enchanted to shimmer and shine like the night sky. Ron however was running out of compliments and was forced to just say "Are you sure you want to come with me you're just so beautiful in that dress." Diyan laughed and kisses him going bright red in contrast to her white and sliver strapless dress. However everything stopped when Hermione came hopping down the stairs slipping on her black sandals. A very awkward Seamus looked flabbergasted while Ron said, "Wow you just look wow!" Sharlene and Diyan smiled at her and helped her to the chair so she could put on her shoes. Lee, Ron and Seamus checked their hair as the girls checked their make up before Sharlene set up the camera. As everyone got into their positions Sharlene thought about how surreal the past couple of weeks had been with everything that had happened, the camera began ticking and she ran to the others holding hands with Lee feeling on top of the world. After the camera took the photo they all laughed as everyone claimed that they had blinked or had been caught with a stupid face. Ron listened to them all and laughed and got everyone laughing as the all set off towards the new hall.
Harry and Cho came to join the as soon as they walked into the main hall decorated with spider pumpkins, webs and other cliché Halloween items. However what she didn't expect was apparitions coming out of hidden coffins jumping out on unsuspecting passers by and other tricks like hands coming out of the floor. She laughed as a she noticed the ghosts had been provided their own table in exchange for their services in the form of gliding around the room. Peeves was on his best behaviour for once with the Barren present but it didn't stop him trying to spill punch over pupils and trying to ruin their clothes. After been jumped out upon twice by the apparitions from the coffin and wadding through the hands on the floor they reached a small table by another door. As they sat down Hermione smiled as Clare noticed Seamus with Hermione and made a point of smiling at Seamus a little longer than she usually would have done. It was only five minutes in before the Slytherins began to cause trouble Hannah and some of the older Slytherins were going round making fun out of people. Hermione just sat and waited as Hannah got closer turning to her after reducing Colin Creevy to tears. "The stupid Mudblood has put her dress on backwards or is it just a trick to cover up the fact she couldn't afford a back to her dress." Ron stood up defensively only to draw Hannah's attention to him "Well if it isn't one of the Weasley tribe, I would have thought they would have made it a crime for your parents to make any more of you but it looks like their planning a invasion in the form of a load of Red haired freaks." The Slytherin pupils were creasing up laughing as Hermione stood up and walked towards Hannah uttering something under her breath. Hannah tried to back up but ended up crashing into one of the hidden coffins. An apparition past right through her and she screaming making everyone laugh. She blushed and looked at Hermione promising pay back, Hermione just smiled and returned to the table and her cheering friends.
As Clare and Seamus got closer and the music started up Hermione was finally left alone after convincing her friends she wouldn't be crushed by the fact she didn't have a date. Hermione looked around the hall and looked at her friends and smiled. Harry was at the ball with his dream date and he hadn't stopped smiling all night. Sharlene and Lee didn't stop laughing and to them it seemed like there was only them in the room with each other. After an hour in Seamus and Clare officially got together and spent the next half an hour thanking Hermione for getting them together. Finally Ron and Diyan turned out to be the perfect couple and the King and Queen of the ball. As Hermione looked at her friends Diyan looked at Hermione on her own at the table while they danced wishing the person Hermione wanted at the ball would come through the main doors but instead she watched as Hermione who was feeling more alone than ever and sick of being asked if she was okay, slipped out of the hall not wanting to be a burden for her friends. Diyan's heart jumped as she tried to wade through a packed dance floor towards Hermione to stop her sneaking out but she was to late, Hermione had gone.
Hermione ran aimlessly down the corridors not looking where she was going just wanting to be far enough away so her friends couldn't fuss over her and tip-toe around the fact that she was on her own. It was nice that they care but she needed her space and she didn't need to have their pity as it made her feel worse. She lent against the wall, breathing heavily as she tried to ignore the distant sound of her friends calling for her and talking about how sorry they were for her. Her heart jumped as she heard the sound of Sharlene's voice getting closer, so she began to walk quickly towards the door at the end of the hall. She quickly stepped inside the door and tried not to make a sound as she heard Sharlene and Harry at the other end of the corridor. They both looked down the hall when Harry turned and said "She's not down her unless anyone told her about Draco have they?" Sharlene shook her head and they went back in the direction of the hall. She breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at her stupidity and extreme lengths to stop everyone fussing. "Why aren't you at the ball?"
Hermione turned and looked into the dark room lit only by the moonlight. Her stomach churned as she realise where she was and who was in there with her. "You know they beat me up because I was friends with you and they said they'd do the same to you and …." Hermione shook her head as she tried to back out of the room searching for the door handle saying, "I don't want to hear it Draco I was so stupid to even try and be friends with you, I should have seen it coming." Draco tried to get up shaking his head desperately wanting to explain and for her not to leave the room. "Don't go I'm sorry I'm really sorry it wasn't a prank I really wanted to be your friend I'm sorry" At that Draco tried to stand up next to the bed with every part of his body aching. As Hermione turned the handle she turned back to look at Draco lit by the moonlight, she looked down the corridor and then turned to Draco. She quickly grabbed his arm before he fell and helped him back to the bed. "Now we're even, you helped me and I helped you." She said as she helped Draco into his bed. He turned his head to look at her and she suddenly realised how close their faces were together, she could see the tiny flecks of green in his deep blues eyes. She blushed and gently moved him on to the bed "I'm sorry please don't say that we're even, not like that." Hermione tried to keep a hard face but just as she felt she was going to break Madam Pomfey herded her out of the room and into the corridor with Draco not taking his eyes off her.
Her heart was racing and questions about Draco were racing through her head. As she stood in the corridor she felt a hand on her shoulder and she turned to see Harry and Ron. "You had us scared you can't just wonder off like that with all the things that had happened recently." Ron said smiling at her smiled back as Harry and Ron hugged her. She laughed as they both blushed at their burst of emotion but then she remembered what Harry had said in the corridor. She turned to Harry saying, "Harry what going on with us and Draco? I heard someone mention it and I want to know what's going on." Harry shifted awkwardly on the spot looking for help from a sheepish looking Ron and then awkwardly and gently told her about how Draco wants to find the man and how they have got their first suspect, Mercuious. She smiled at her two best friends who had just proved why they were friends by thinking about how she felt about Draco. So she took a deep breath as they listened for her to break down but she just smiled and told them she didn't mind. As they walked towards the common room they joked and talked like old times which hadn't happened since last year because of the chaos at the beginning of the term and she smiled as she felt safe and at home at last.
