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A/N- Hey everyone. I hope I didn't take too long to update this. This chapter will definitely have the dance in it, or at least part of the dance. Yes, definitely part of it. *mysterious smile*
~Recap
She beamed, and then looked at her watch. "Merlin's beard! Class begins in 5 minutes! We have to go!" she said, grabbing her bag, and motioning us to hurry up. We grabbed our stuff as quickly as possible, and ran to class.
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"Mmm, pumpkin pasties, my favorite!" Ron said, stuffing one into his mouth.
"You're such a pig Ronald Weasley! Don't eat all of them, you'll lose your appetite for tonight," Ginny said to her older brother.
"Yeah, Ron. It's only lunch time, you still have the feast tonight, before the dance," Harry told him.
"I know, but I can't helwp it," he said spitting portions of his pumpkin pasties at everyone. "Oops, sowwy evewyone," he said, chewing quickly, and swallowing.
"Ugh, Ron. That's disgusting," I said, wiping up bits of pumpkin pasties off the table.
"I told you I was sorry, Hermione," his mouth empty this time.
"It's all right, Ron. Don't do it again, or else I might throw up. And we don't want that, do we? I might have to miss the dance," I said, with a false pained look on my face.
Ron just rolled his eyes, and said "Hermione, we've swapped spit before, this is nothing."
"Ron," I said warningly, and glanced at Draco. He didn't look to happy about that comment. "That was last year, and you have Padma to swap spit with now. Remember?"
"Course I know that. Hopefully we'll swap some tonight," he said, raising his eyebrows up and down, and grinning.
"Enough with the details, Ron!" Ginny exclaimed. "The thought of you swapping spit with someone is just gross."
"What about you and Harry? Huh? From what I hear, you two swap slobber often," he said, emphasizing slobber.
Ginny blushed a deep crimson, and looked at Harry, and started giggling. "I won't deny it!" Harry said.
"I think we've all heard enough about who's kissing who now, haven't we?" Draco asked, talking for the first time this lunch.
"Yes, definitely," I said, while everyone nodded their heads in agreement. "What's everyone going to do after Care of Magical Creatures today?" I asked. We had the rest of the afternoon off after a shortened COMC class. Dumbledore decided to give us all time to get ready.
"Getting ready, of course!" Ginny said. "Except I have a shortened Potions," she said, smirking.
"Um, chess?" Harry said, looking at Ron.
"Yes, chess. Who needs a few hours to get ready? We just have to put on our dress robes, and run a comb through our hair. Right guys?" Ron asked Draco, and Harry.
"Right," Harry and Draco said at the same time.
"I know I'm going to get ready. I have a lot to do," I said, eyeing Ginny. She smiled at me, and I smiled back.
When everyone was finished with their lunch, we all started to make our way outside, except for Ginny who was on her way to the dungeons. It was very quiet, and no one was talking. Ron had a dreamy, far-off look on his face. 'Thinking about Padma, I reckon.' Harry was just looking straight ahead, as though doing some hard thinking. Then he looked at me, as though sizing me up. I watched him, and then he looked at my face, and turned away, blushing a tiny bit. Draco just stared straight ahead, a scared expression on his face. Was it a frightened look? I couldn't really tell. He didn't look himself though, and he wasn't acting himself. He barely talked all lunch, and that was unusual for him. He generally does all the talking.
"Draco? Are you OK?" I asked tensely.
He jumped at the sound of his name, and looked at me, as though afraid. Fearfulness quickly disappeared, and turned into a solemn expression. "Yes, fine," he said.
"Are you sure? You haven't, er, been yourself today. You've been really quiet. Did something happen in Defense Against The Dark Arts? Or in the Slytherin common room?" I asked, while he took a sharp breath when I said Slytherin.
He exhaled, and said "No, nothing. Everything's fine." It sounded as though he was trying to say it in a reassuring voice, but it came out ragged, and raspy.
I just looked at him, pity in my eyes. "I don't believe you," I said, taking his hand in mine. He jumped when he felt my hand in his, but quickly recovered and relaxed. He forced a weak smile, as though it was paining him to smile. I planted a small kiss on his cheek, and he turned sharply to look at me. Like he was scared or something. Then he looked around, as if checking to make sure no one had seen that. "It's OK, no one saw that," I said, with scorn in my voice. I quickly let go of his hand, and walked in front of him, trying not to let the tears fall. One escaped my eye, and I wiped it off abruptly. I turned to look at him, and saw he was staring at me with an expression of disbelief. "I don't believe it," I muttered.
"Mione? Mione, are you OK?" Harry asked, following my angry glare. "What did you do to her?" Harry asked Draco, speaking in a threatening voice.
He just stared ahead, at me. "Listen to me, Malfoy!" Harry said. "Why is she so upset?" Harry asked, looking back at me, as to make sure I was still there, unhurt.
"Sorry," Draco finally murmured. "I'm feeling a little under the weather. I don't feel myself either," he said, looking from Harry to me.
I stared at him, trying to see whether or not he was lying. I finally decided that I would let it pass. 'He's probably just nervous about tonight,' I said chuckling. "It's OK, maybe you should go to Madam Pomfrey," I told him.
"No!" he replied a little too soon, and seeing my questioning expression, he added "I don't want her to tell me I can't go tonight. You don't want that either, do you Hermione?"
"You're right. She'll probably overreact and tell you that you can't go. I agree with you. I guess you'll just have to bear with it," I said to him.
"Guess so," he said, glumly.
"All righ' Harry?" we heard Hagrid's voice boom.
"Yeah, sorry we're late Hagrid," Harry answered.
"It's all right, just take a seat. Terday we'll be working with..." Hagrid said, but I wasn't listening. I was off in space, and I wasn't the only one. Draco was acting as though he was in a trance. Sometimes, his eyes would even roll around in their sockets.
"'Ermione! I'm surprised at you!" Hagrid said.
"What, what?" I asked. What had I missed?
"I asked an easy question, and you didn't even have yer hand up. It was about what we're working with terday. Do you even know what it is?" Hagrid asked calmly.
"Er...no, sorry Hagrid. I wasn't paying attention. If you just ask me now though, I'm sure I'll know the answer," I said, with an innocent smile on my face.
"We'll be working with imps terday, and can you tell me how to recognize one?" Hagrid asked me.
"Well, they differ from pixies in several ways. Imps can't fly, and aren't as brilliantly colored as the pixy. They both are the same height though, as do they both have a sense of humor," I answered, imitating Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them.
"Correct. Take 5 points to Gryffindor. We will be feeding them today, and observing them by the lake. Follow me," Hagrid said, and starting leading our class to the lake.
The walk to the lake was loud, due to Lavender and Parvati giggling, and telling each other the latest gossip. "Do you think they could get any louder?" Draco asked, apparently annoyed.
"Hi, Draco," Pansy's sickeningly sweet voice purred in his ear.
"What do you want Pansy?" Draco asked her while watching me out of the corner of his eye.
"Just to tell you how much I'm looking forward tonight. You promised me a dance, don't forget," she said, and smirked when my jaw dropped.
"Are you kidding?" I asked Draco in an outrage, but still remembering to keep my voice down.
"All righ'! Here we are," Hagrid said to the class.
"I'll talk to you later," Draco whispered in my ear, as he made his way to the river bank, without so much as a backwards glance to my gawking face.
"I don't believe it, " I said in disgust, during which I was watching Pansy stare at Draco. "That's right, warm up to him. I know he can see right through you. He's has enough experience with you to know your no good, and bad news," I said to myself, as if talking to Pansy. I couldn't believe it! Pansy was back to her old self, the one who was obsessed with Draco. And he promised her a dance! He's just leading her on. She'll think he's interested in her, and pursue him. What did he get himself into? "I'm going to have a long talk with him," I thought out loud.
"Oh no, come over here Miss Brown, yer not that wet. Just change when you get up ter yer dorm," Hagrid said, trying to calm her down, but it wasn't working.
"When I get up to my dorm?" she shrieked. "I have to wait another 25 minutes before I can be dry again? I'll go crazy!!!" Lavender screeched, her hair sopping wet, and make-up running down her front. She evidently had been chatting with Pansy, Seamus, and Dean next to the lake, and didn't notice the imp, which preceded to push her in, and clearly succeeded.
"You mean she hasn't yet gone crazy yet?" Ron said, looking at Lavender in disbelief.
"Shut it you," Parvati snapped. "She's wearing her vintage muggle shirt under her robes. All that gross lake water is on it now. It'll reek for days."
"Oh my God, I didn't even consider that. Now what ever will we do?" Ron said, imitating a high, girly voice. Parvati just glared at him, and said something about Padma, and being insane. Ron rolled his eyes, and Harry and I burst out laughing.
"OK everyone, lets head back ter my cabin, and you can collect all yer books, and you'll be dismissed. Good job today," Hagrid told everyone.
"Interesting lesson, don't you think?" Harry asked, while Lavender and Parvati rushed passed him, very keen to get changed into dry clothes.
"Yeah," I said, looking around for Draco, whom I found talking absentmindedly to Crabbe. I screwed up my face because I was very confused. I thought he was way past them. I walked up to them, and cleared my throat.
"Hermione! Aah, I got to go Crabbe, but I'll see you tonight, OK?" he said to Crabbe. Crabbe nodded, and bustled off to go find Goyle.
"What was that about?" I asked him.
"What do you mean? Can't I talk to people?" he asked.
"I thought you weren't friends with Crabbe and Goyle anymore," I told him.
"Well, I can at least be polite, can't I? He asked me a question, and I answered it. Are you going to sue me for that?" Draco answered, looking straight ahead.
"Draco Malfoy!" I yelled, and he flinched because he knew I was mad when I used his last name. "What the hell is your problem today? You've done nothing but insult me, and ignore me! What have I done? Tell me! I haven't done anything, and you know it. Does this have anything to do with Pansy?" I asked, breathing very heavily.
"Er...um...kind of," he stammered.
"What? What was that?" I asked, as though I hadn't understood him.
"It has a little bit to do with Pansy," he said, and I raised my eyebrows.
"How little?" I asked.
"Oh Mione, I can't tell you. I'm sorry. Just forget about her. I can deal with it. Go get ready, and be beautiful. I'll be waiting for you at the prefect bathroom. We'll have a great time, and don't let Pansy ruin it for you with a couple of empty threats. Please," he added by reason of my face which was murderous.
"OK, I'll be by the prefect bathroom at 7:00. You better be there," I said, comforting my face a bit.
"I will be. You can trust me. We'll have an unbelievable time, and it'll a very memorable night. I promise," he finished. I looked him straight in the eyes, and saw compassion and tenderness in them. I sighed, nodded to him, and turned on my heel and went up to my dorm to get ready.
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"Of all days!" I raged to Ginny. "He had to choose today be an jerk! The day of the dance we've been looking forward to for ages. Sometimes I just can't understand him. Ugh!" I fumed.
"Calm down, Hermione. You said he told you it was OK, and he could handle it, Right?" Ginny said, trying to calm me down.
"Right," I said, still uneasy about everything.
"I would trust him, Hermione! You love him, don't you?" she asked.
'Love?' I thought. We had never really told each other we were in love. I assumed we were. I hope he feel the same way about me, as I do about him. "I do! I do love him, Ginny! And I'm scared out of my mind because of it. I know I want to be with him, and that I love him, but I don't know if he loves me back."
"Are you blind? The way he looks at you, Hermione. Of course he loves you! Of course he wants to spend the rest of his life with you. It's obvious by the way you two act around each other. I don't know how you can't see it in his eyes," she said.
"I can't see it in his eyes, just like how you can't see it in Harry's eyes. He loves you. And you love him. Just tell him," I said, trying to change the subject.
Ginny saw right through that. "Don't try to change the subject, Mione."
I sighed, and told her, "I know he cares about me. But sometimes, I think he still has that evil, Slytherin side in him. Like today. And sometimes he'll yell, and overreact. It scares me. I can see the first, second, third, and fourth year Malfoy in him."
"He'll always have that side. It's how he was brought up. He only knew the ways of the world through his fathers eyes. All he knew was 'gain power' and there is no good and evil, there is only power. He can't help it. It's hard to go against everything you were brought up to believe. It's even harder for him because he's going against family, and family heritage. His father's always threatening him, and subjecting him to the Cruciatus Curse. My father told me. His scars aren't visible, but they're the ones that are impossible to get rid of," she said, very wisely.
"You know Gin, you're a very smart girl. I guess I see what you mean. Oh, heck. I'm just going to forget about everything today, and look forward to an fabulous night."
"That's the spirit, Mione!" Ginny said, while getting her dress out of the closet. "Go get your dress, and we'll change. Tonight's going to be a blast!"
"OK," I said, and went to retrieve my dress.
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I came back, 10 minutes later, hands full. I had not only brought my dress, but every cosmetic I owned (which wasn't very many considering how much Ginny had) and my whole collection of hair products. (I had quite a few of those).
"Good God, Hermione! Why don't you bring the entire hair salon?" Ginny said, as I dumped out my bag onto her bed.
"Sorry, Ginny. Believe it or not, I have tried to make my hair behave these past few years. It just hasn't worked very well. Sleekeazy's works the best, but it takes too long to use every day. You know?' I asked her.
"Yeah, sure Hermione. Whatever," Ginny said, sifting through my hair stuff.
"I'm going to go change in the closet, OK? You can change out here," I told her, in my bossy voice.
"OK," she said, apparently oblivious to what I had just said.
10 minutes later, our dresses were on, and I was performing a simple repelling spell on them. It was just to make sure no make-up or Sleekeazy's got on them. The dresses would repel them, and the make-up would just disappear. It was a useful spell I learned to do in fourth year for the Yule Ball.
"Shoot! I needed that," Ginny said, as she dropped a bunch of eyeshadow on her dress, and it popped in thin air, and vanished.
"At least your dress isn't ruined!" I said brightly.
"Good point," she said.
When our make-up was finished, (it took 25 minutes to perfect everything), I got out Sleekeazy's. "What are you doing with your hair, Gin?" I asked hair, squirting some Sleekeazy's into my hand.
"Just putting it up. Can I use some of that shiny stuff? And that thing called Mousse?" she asked.
"Yeah, go ahead, but do you even know what they do?" I asked her.
"Volumize your hair! Fuller, bouncier, and thicker hair," she read off the can of mousse.
"Yeah, and the shiny stuff just makes your hair shine."
"Nice! Who knew muggles had such cool hair products?" she said, awed by her thick, bouncy hair. "I think I'm going to curl it too!" she said, eyeing my curling iron.
"Go ahead, it'll look cute," I told her.
"I don't want to look cute," she said. "I want to look, womanly."
She looked at me, and we both burst out laughing. "Womanly?" I managed to choke out. "Harry won't mind!" I said, between laughs.
"I don't doubt that!" she replied, twirling her hair around the curling iron.
After one hour of hostile hair-fixing, we were ready to go. "It's only 6:00! I have an hour before I meet Draco!" I said.
"Well, just do some touch-ups or something. Oh wait! You need to perform that spell that won't let our make-up run, or our hair get messed up," she said.
"Your right! Um, let me think of it," I said, concentrating hard. "Got it! Ulponderitas!" I said, pointing my wand at Ginny. Her hair froze up, and then became relaxed again.
"Cool!" she said, patting her hair.
I performed the charm on myself, and then grabbed my purse. "Let's go down to the common room," I said. When we got there, we saw Seamus and Lavender snogging on the couch. "Save that for later, you two," I said, giggling as they pulled away from each other, both a bright red.
"Yea, no public display's of affection, please!" Ginny said, but then ate her words when Harry came up from behind her, and kissed her below her ear. "Harry!" she hissed. "Where's Ron? Did he see that?" she asked.
"No, he's still in the dorm, admiring his new dress robes," Harry said.
"OK, good," she said, and gave him short kiss on the lips.
"Hey, no PDA's, Ginny!" Lavender said.
Ginny blushed pink, while Harry flushed pinkish. "Sorry Lav," Ginny said.
"I'll forgive you if you forgive me," Seamus said.
"Done," Harry said, and everybody laughed.
"So, is everybody looking forward to tonight?" Dean asked, having just come down the stairs, arm in arm with Parvati.
"Of course! Who wouldn't be?" Ginny said, and everybody agreed.
"I'm a little a little nervous," I muttered to her.
"It'll be fine," she told me with a sharp stare. We were attracting attention from the other people in the common room.
"What?" I snapped.
"What are you nervous about, Hermione?" Lavender asked. She was always trying to find out any bit of information she could.
"Er...nothing, it's nothing," I said and by the looks on everyone's faces, I could tell they didn't believe a word I had just said. "Ginny's the only person who knows, and the only person who's going to know," I said, and Ginny nodded her head as everybody looked at her.
"Oh come on, Hermione. Don't be such a poo," Ron said.
"My lips are sealed," I said, with a motion of zipping my lips up like a zipper.
Harry rolled his eyes, and mouthed, "Malfoy,' to Ron.
I just glared at him. "Harry," I hissed. "Shut up!"
"So it does have to do with Draco!" Parvati said.
"Great, now everybody knows. Yes, it has to do with Draco. Are you all happy now?" I said, crossing my arms and staring straight ahead at nothing in particular.
"Yes, we're happy Hermione. But," Lavender started, but stopped with one look at my piercing scowl.
"Let's just go, shall we?" Ron said, hastily changing the subject.
"Great idea," I said, and got up and swept out of the portrait hole.
"Hermione! Mione, wait up!" Ron said, as he came up to my side, panting.
"Eew, don't run. You'll be all sweaty for Padma," I told him.
"Good point,' he said, wiping the sleeve of his robe on his face, and smelling his armpits. "All clear," he said, with a big grin on his face.
I rolled my eyes, and kept walking fast. It was five of 7:00, and Draco was probably already there. "Where are you meeting Padma?" I asked Ron.
"Entrance Hall," he said simply.
"When?"
"7:15," he said.
"Great. That works out well. You can come with me to go get Draco, and we'll go meet Padma down in the Entrance Hall," I said, and he nodded in approval.
"Hermione! You look beautiful," Draco said when I got to the bathroom.
"Thanks," I muttered, somewhat coldly. "You look...er...nice too," I told him.
"Thank you," he said, blushing. He seemed somewhat back to his regular self. He was sharp, and attentive.
"You two lovebirds have all night to admire each other, but I have to go meet my date right now. You coming?" he asked.
"Yeah," I said, staring into Draco's eyes.
"Let's get a move on then!" he said, dragging me by my arm.
When we got to the Entrance Hall, we saw Padma waiting for Ron by the doors. "You look wonderful," he told her and he blushed pink.
"And you look very good, yourself, Ron Weasley. I like your new dress robes," she said, taking the hem of his dress robes in her hand.
Ron's cheeks were the same color as his hair now, and he said, "Shall we?" holding his arm out to Padma.
"We shall," she said, taking his arm. Ron turned around and winked at me, raising his eyebrows up and down.
I laughed, and Draco took my hand. "I guess we should go too. We don't want to be left out here alone, do we?"
"Do we?" I asked, smacking my lips.
"We do later," he said, leading me into the Great Hall.
The Great Hall looked magnificent. There were stars all across the bewitched ceilings, and shooting stars were falling here and there onto certain designated spots. It was decorated with baby blue banners, and the floors, and walls shone very brightly. We sat ourselves down at a table with Harry, Ron, and the rest of the 6th year Gryffindors.
Halfway through dinner, we were interrupted by Pansy. "Hey Draco, baby. I hope your dancing hasn't changed since two years ago. I'm looking forward to our dance," she whispered in his ear, and sauntered back over to her table.
"Hermione! Let go of your fork!" Dean said. I had been clenching it so tightly, my knuckles were white.
"If she sets one foot near you Draco, I swear, I'll kill her. With my bare hands, I will," I told him.
"Don't worry about it," he said. "I'll deal with her when the time comes."
"So no dances with her?" I asked.
"There's only one girl here tonight that I want to dance with," he said. "And I'm looking right at her."
I smiled, and kissed him on the cheek. "PDA!" shrieked Lavender. "PDA!" she said again.
"Sorry," I said, barley blushing.
After the feast was over (excellent, as usual), Dumbledore stood up. "I would like to thank the Head Boy and Girl for helping to put this all together," he said, and a quiet applause was issued. "After the dance, everyone is to go straight their dormitories, and stay there the rest of the night," he said, with what I could've swore was a quick glance at our table. "Now, let the evening begin!" he said, and the band starting playing.
"Let's dance!" I said to Draco, grabbing his hand and pulling him onto the dance floor.
"Malfoy's don't dance," he said, with a smirk on his face. "Just kidding!" he said, seeing the look on my face, and moved along to the beat.
After an hour of dancing, Draco and I were getting worn out. "Let's sit," I told him, out of breath. "I'll get something for us to drink," I said, and went to get the drinks.
"Two pumpkin juices, please," I said to the goblets which filled up to the rim. "Thanks," I said to the inanimate objects.
"Aah, pumpkin juice. My favorite," Draco said, taking a big gulp of pumpkin juice.
"The house-elves must have really worked hard to get all this prepared!" I said. "We'll have to go thank Dobby later," I said.
Draco nearly choked on his drink. "Dob-Dobby's here? Dobby the house-elf?" he asked.
"Yeah, you didn't know that? He's been here since fourth year," I told him.
"Why didn't he come say hi to me?" Draco wondered.
"Well, according to Harry, he...er...didn't like you or your family at all," I told him.
"I don't blame him!" Draco said. "Father would always practice curses and hexes on him."
"No wonder he was so happy to be free! Mind you, we knew why he was happy to be free. It was the Malfoy family after all," I said with flourish.
"Hey!" he said. "I know what you mean. That was two years ago though, tell Dob's to come see me sometime."
"Dob's?" I asked. "You had a pet name for him?"
"He was my favorite elf! He always made my bed just right," Draco said, and I laughed.
"Look at Ron and Padma!" I shrieked in surprise.
"They're snogging!" Draco said. "Right where any teacher can see them!"
"You sound like me! And do you think they could actually care what a teacher thought?" I said, laughing.
"Probably not. They look busy to me," he said, and he was right. They were caught up in each other. Harry and Ginny were dancing together, and Ginny saw me looking at her. She waved, and then went back to Harry.
The band struck up a new tune, and I asked Draco if he was ready to dance. He said yes, and we went onto the dance floor.
We danced, and danced, and danced. Harry and I danced one song, while Ginny danced with Draco. We were having a blast. I never wanted the night to end. That's why I was upset when Ginny told me, "Hermione, there's only an hour left to the dance."
"Well, then lets make the best of it!" I said, and took Draco back. The band finished it's song and everyone applauded. It started a slower song, and I looked up at Draco. "Let's dance," I said. He wrapped his arms around me, and I put mine around his neck. This song wasn't a waltz, or a salsa. It was a slow moving, dance close, type of song. And that's exactly what we were doing. I looked up at him, and he looked down at me. We gazed into each others eyes for a few seconds, before kissing.
We stopped moving, and just kissed, so caught up in the moment. It was like the world stopped turning, and nothing could break us apart at that moment. Then Draco pulled away.
"Draco, what's wrong?" I asked, breathless.
"Hermione, I have something to tell you," he said.
"Go on," I said, looking at him peculiarly.
"I love you," he whispered into my ear, causing me to smile.
"Really?" I asked.
"Of course," he said.
"I love you, too," I said, and kissed him. I was so happy he loved me, I couldn't hear anything that was going on around me, I just knew me and Draco standing there, expressing our passion, and feelings for each other through a romantic kiss. I felt as though I never wanted anything else in life, just to stand there with Draco.
*Harry's POV*
I looked at Hermione and Draco on the dance floor, snogging their minds out. But it was much more than that. Oh yeah, much more. Just by looking at them you could tell they were in love. Hermione was caught up in him, and he was caught up in her. Nothing could break the bond they were creating right now. Nothing except, "Aaaaaaahhhhh!" I screamed. My scar had all of a sudden exploded with pain. I wasn't expecting that to happen at all, and the shock caused me to fall onto the floor, right into blackness.
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A/N- I'm so evil! I know you'll all like that cliffie! Just for the record, It was Hermione's POV for the whole chapter, except the very last paragraph. That was Harry. If you want to know what happens, your just going to have to wait till next chapter. (Which will be up soon! Promise). And ya'll got your dance in this chapter. It's longer than all the others too.
My thanks go to...
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A/N- Hey everyone. I hope I didn't take too long to update this. This chapter will definitely have the dance in it, or at least part of the dance. Yes, definitely part of it. *mysterious smile*
~Recap
She beamed, and then looked at her watch. "Merlin's beard! Class begins in 5 minutes! We have to go!" she said, grabbing her bag, and motioning us to hurry up. We grabbed our stuff as quickly as possible, and ran to class.
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"Mmm, pumpkin pasties, my favorite!" Ron said, stuffing one into his mouth.
"You're such a pig Ronald Weasley! Don't eat all of them, you'll lose your appetite for tonight," Ginny said to her older brother.
"Yeah, Ron. It's only lunch time, you still have the feast tonight, before the dance," Harry told him.
"I know, but I can't helwp it," he said spitting portions of his pumpkin pasties at everyone. "Oops, sowwy evewyone," he said, chewing quickly, and swallowing.
"Ugh, Ron. That's disgusting," I said, wiping up bits of pumpkin pasties off the table.
"I told you I was sorry, Hermione," his mouth empty this time.
"It's all right, Ron. Don't do it again, or else I might throw up. And we don't want that, do we? I might have to miss the dance," I said, with a false pained look on my face.
Ron just rolled his eyes, and said "Hermione, we've swapped spit before, this is nothing."
"Ron," I said warningly, and glanced at Draco. He didn't look to happy about that comment. "That was last year, and you have Padma to swap spit with now. Remember?"
"Course I know that. Hopefully we'll swap some tonight," he said, raising his eyebrows up and down, and grinning.
"Enough with the details, Ron!" Ginny exclaimed. "The thought of you swapping spit with someone is just gross."
"What about you and Harry? Huh? From what I hear, you two swap slobber often," he said, emphasizing slobber.
Ginny blushed a deep crimson, and looked at Harry, and started giggling. "I won't deny it!" Harry said.
"I think we've all heard enough about who's kissing who now, haven't we?" Draco asked, talking for the first time this lunch.
"Yes, definitely," I said, while everyone nodded their heads in agreement. "What's everyone going to do after Care of Magical Creatures today?" I asked. We had the rest of the afternoon off after a shortened COMC class. Dumbledore decided to give us all time to get ready.
"Getting ready, of course!" Ginny said. "Except I have a shortened Potions," she said, smirking.
"Um, chess?" Harry said, looking at Ron.
"Yes, chess. Who needs a few hours to get ready? We just have to put on our dress robes, and run a comb through our hair. Right guys?" Ron asked Draco, and Harry.
"Right," Harry and Draco said at the same time.
"I know I'm going to get ready. I have a lot to do," I said, eyeing Ginny. She smiled at me, and I smiled back.
When everyone was finished with their lunch, we all started to make our way outside, except for Ginny who was on her way to the dungeons. It was very quiet, and no one was talking. Ron had a dreamy, far-off look on his face. 'Thinking about Padma, I reckon.' Harry was just looking straight ahead, as though doing some hard thinking. Then he looked at me, as though sizing me up. I watched him, and then he looked at my face, and turned away, blushing a tiny bit. Draco just stared straight ahead, a scared expression on his face. Was it a frightened look? I couldn't really tell. He didn't look himself though, and he wasn't acting himself. He barely talked all lunch, and that was unusual for him. He generally does all the talking.
"Draco? Are you OK?" I asked tensely.
He jumped at the sound of his name, and looked at me, as though afraid. Fearfulness quickly disappeared, and turned into a solemn expression. "Yes, fine," he said.
"Are you sure? You haven't, er, been yourself today. You've been really quiet. Did something happen in Defense Against The Dark Arts? Or in the Slytherin common room?" I asked, while he took a sharp breath when I said Slytherin.
He exhaled, and said "No, nothing. Everything's fine." It sounded as though he was trying to say it in a reassuring voice, but it came out ragged, and raspy.
I just looked at him, pity in my eyes. "I don't believe you," I said, taking his hand in mine. He jumped when he felt my hand in his, but quickly recovered and relaxed. He forced a weak smile, as though it was paining him to smile. I planted a small kiss on his cheek, and he turned sharply to look at me. Like he was scared or something. Then he looked around, as if checking to make sure no one had seen that. "It's OK, no one saw that," I said, with scorn in my voice. I quickly let go of his hand, and walked in front of him, trying not to let the tears fall. One escaped my eye, and I wiped it off abruptly. I turned to look at him, and saw he was staring at me with an expression of disbelief. "I don't believe it," I muttered.
"Mione? Mione, are you OK?" Harry asked, following my angry glare. "What did you do to her?" Harry asked Draco, speaking in a threatening voice.
He just stared ahead, at me. "Listen to me, Malfoy!" Harry said. "Why is she so upset?" Harry asked, looking back at me, as to make sure I was still there, unhurt.
"Sorry," Draco finally murmured. "I'm feeling a little under the weather. I don't feel myself either," he said, looking from Harry to me.
I stared at him, trying to see whether or not he was lying. I finally decided that I would let it pass. 'He's probably just nervous about tonight,' I said chuckling. "It's OK, maybe you should go to Madam Pomfrey," I told him.
"No!" he replied a little too soon, and seeing my questioning expression, he added "I don't want her to tell me I can't go tonight. You don't want that either, do you Hermione?"
"You're right. She'll probably overreact and tell you that you can't go. I agree with you. I guess you'll just have to bear with it," I said to him.
"Guess so," he said, glumly.
"All righ' Harry?" we heard Hagrid's voice boom.
"Yeah, sorry we're late Hagrid," Harry answered.
"It's all right, just take a seat. Terday we'll be working with..." Hagrid said, but I wasn't listening. I was off in space, and I wasn't the only one. Draco was acting as though he was in a trance. Sometimes, his eyes would even roll around in their sockets.
"'Ermione! I'm surprised at you!" Hagrid said.
"What, what?" I asked. What had I missed?
"I asked an easy question, and you didn't even have yer hand up. It was about what we're working with terday. Do you even know what it is?" Hagrid asked calmly.
"Er...no, sorry Hagrid. I wasn't paying attention. If you just ask me now though, I'm sure I'll know the answer," I said, with an innocent smile on my face.
"We'll be working with imps terday, and can you tell me how to recognize one?" Hagrid asked me.
"Well, they differ from pixies in several ways. Imps can't fly, and aren't as brilliantly colored as the pixy. They both are the same height though, as do they both have a sense of humor," I answered, imitating Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them.
"Correct. Take 5 points to Gryffindor. We will be feeding them today, and observing them by the lake. Follow me," Hagrid said, and starting leading our class to the lake.
The walk to the lake was loud, due to Lavender and Parvati giggling, and telling each other the latest gossip. "Do you think they could get any louder?" Draco asked, apparently annoyed.
"Hi, Draco," Pansy's sickeningly sweet voice purred in his ear.
"What do you want Pansy?" Draco asked her while watching me out of the corner of his eye.
"Just to tell you how much I'm looking forward tonight. You promised me a dance, don't forget," she said, and smirked when my jaw dropped.
"Are you kidding?" I asked Draco in an outrage, but still remembering to keep my voice down.
"All righ'! Here we are," Hagrid said to the class.
"I'll talk to you later," Draco whispered in my ear, as he made his way to the river bank, without so much as a backwards glance to my gawking face.
"I don't believe it, " I said in disgust, during which I was watching Pansy stare at Draco. "That's right, warm up to him. I know he can see right through you. He's has enough experience with you to know your no good, and bad news," I said to myself, as if talking to Pansy. I couldn't believe it! Pansy was back to her old self, the one who was obsessed with Draco. And he promised her a dance! He's just leading her on. She'll think he's interested in her, and pursue him. What did he get himself into? "I'm going to have a long talk with him," I thought out loud.
"Oh no, come over here Miss Brown, yer not that wet. Just change when you get up ter yer dorm," Hagrid said, trying to calm her down, but it wasn't working.
"When I get up to my dorm?" she shrieked. "I have to wait another 25 minutes before I can be dry again? I'll go crazy!!!" Lavender screeched, her hair sopping wet, and make-up running down her front. She evidently had been chatting with Pansy, Seamus, and Dean next to the lake, and didn't notice the imp, which preceded to push her in, and clearly succeeded.
"You mean she hasn't yet gone crazy yet?" Ron said, looking at Lavender in disbelief.
"Shut it you," Parvati snapped. "She's wearing her vintage muggle shirt under her robes. All that gross lake water is on it now. It'll reek for days."
"Oh my God, I didn't even consider that. Now what ever will we do?" Ron said, imitating a high, girly voice. Parvati just glared at him, and said something about Padma, and being insane. Ron rolled his eyes, and Harry and I burst out laughing.
"OK everyone, lets head back ter my cabin, and you can collect all yer books, and you'll be dismissed. Good job today," Hagrid told everyone.
"Interesting lesson, don't you think?" Harry asked, while Lavender and Parvati rushed passed him, very keen to get changed into dry clothes.
"Yeah," I said, looking around for Draco, whom I found talking absentmindedly to Crabbe. I screwed up my face because I was very confused. I thought he was way past them. I walked up to them, and cleared my throat.
"Hermione! Aah, I got to go Crabbe, but I'll see you tonight, OK?" he said to Crabbe. Crabbe nodded, and bustled off to go find Goyle.
"What was that about?" I asked him.
"What do you mean? Can't I talk to people?" he asked.
"I thought you weren't friends with Crabbe and Goyle anymore," I told him.
"Well, I can at least be polite, can't I? He asked me a question, and I answered it. Are you going to sue me for that?" Draco answered, looking straight ahead.
"Draco Malfoy!" I yelled, and he flinched because he knew I was mad when I used his last name. "What the hell is your problem today? You've done nothing but insult me, and ignore me! What have I done? Tell me! I haven't done anything, and you know it. Does this have anything to do with Pansy?" I asked, breathing very heavily.
"Er...um...kind of," he stammered.
"What? What was that?" I asked, as though I hadn't understood him.
"It has a little bit to do with Pansy," he said, and I raised my eyebrows.
"How little?" I asked.
"Oh Mione, I can't tell you. I'm sorry. Just forget about her. I can deal with it. Go get ready, and be beautiful. I'll be waiting for you at the prefect bathroom. We'll have a great time, and don't let Pansy ruin it for you with a couple of empty threats. Please," he added by reason of my face which was murderous.
"OK, I'll be by the prefect bathroom at 7:00. You better be there," I said, comforting my face a bit.
"I will be. You can trust me. We'll have an unbelievable time, and it'll a very memorable night. I promise," he finished. I looked him straight in the eyes, and saw compassion and tenderness in them. I sighed, nodded to him, and turned on my heel and went up to my dorm to get ready.
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"Of all days!" I raged to Ginny. "He had to choose today be an jerk! The day of the dance we've been looking forward to for ages. Sometimes I just can't understand him. Ugh!" I fumed.
"Calm down, Hermione. You said he told you it was OK, and he could handle it, Right?" Ginny said, trying to calm me down.
"Right," I said, still uneasy about everything.
"I would trust him, Hermione! You love him, don't you?" she asked.
'Love?' I thought. We had never really told each other we were in love. I assumed we were. I hope he feel the same way about me, as I do about him. "I do! I do love him, Ginny! And I'm scared out of my mind because of it. I know I want to be with him, and that I love him, but I don't know if he loves me back."
"Are you blind? The way he looks at you, Hermione. Of course he loves you! Of course he wants to spend the rest of his life with you. It's obvious by the way you two act around each other. I don't know how you can't see it in his eyes," she said.
"I can't see it in his eyes, just like how you can't see it in Harry's eyes. He loves you. And you love him. Just tell him," I said, trying to change the subject.
Ginny saw right through that. "Don't try to change the subject, Mione."
I sighed, and told her, "I know he cares about me. But sometimes, I think he still has that evil, Slytherin side in him. Like today. And sometimes he'll yell, and overreact. It scares me. I can see the first, second, third, and fourth year Malfoy in him."
"He'll always have that side. It's how he was brought up. He only knew the ways of the world through his fathers eyes. All he knew was 'gain power' and there is no good and evil, there is only power. He can't help it. It's hard to go against everything you were brought up to believe. It's even harder for him because he's going against family, and family heritage. His father's always threatening him, and subjecting him to the Cruciatus Curse. My father told me. His scars aren't visible, but they're the ones that are impossible to get rid of," she said, very wisely.
"You know Gin, you're a very smart girl. I guess I see what you mean. Oh, heck. I'm just going to forget about everything today, and look forward to an fabulous night."
"That's the spirit, Mione!" Ginny said, while getting her dress out of the closet. "Go get your dress, and we'll change. Tonight's going to be a blast!"
"OK," I said, and went to retrieve my dress.
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I came back, 10 minutes later, hands full. I had not only brought my dress, but every cosmetic I owned (which wasn't very many considering how much Ginny had) and my whole collection of hair products. (I had quite a few of those).
"Good God, Hermione! Why don't you bring the entire hair salon?" Ginny said, as I dumped out my bag onto her bed.
"Sorry, Ginny. Believe it or not, I have tried to make my hair behave these past few years. It just hasn't worked very well. Sleekeazy's works the best, but it takes too long to use every day. You know?' I asked her.
"Yeah, sure Hermione. Whatever," Ginny said, sifting through my hair stuff.
"I'm going to go change in the closet, OK? You can change out here," I told her, in my bossy voice.
"OK," she said, apparently oblivious to what I had just said.
10 minutes later, our dresses were on, and I was performing a simple repelling spell on them. It was just to make sure no make-up or Sleekeazy's got on them. The dresses would repel them, and the make-up would just disappear. It was a useful spell I learned to do in fourth year for the Yule Ball.
"Shoot! I needed that," Ginny said, as she dropped a bunch of eyeshadow on her dress, and it popped in thin air, and vanished.
"At least your dress isn't ruined!" I said brightly.
"Good point," she said.
When our make-up was finished, (it took 25 minutes to perfect everything), I got out Sleekeazy's. "What are you doing with your hair, Gin?" I asked hair, squirting some Sleekeazy's into my hand.
"Just putting it up. Can I use some of that shiny stuff? And that thing called Mousse?" she asked.
"Yeah, go ahead, but do you even know what they do?" I asked her.
"Volumize your hair! Fuller, bouncier, and thicker hair," she read off the can of mousse.
"Yeah, and the shiny stuff just makes your hair shine."
"Nice! Who knew muggles had such cool hair products?" she said, awed by her thick, bouncy hair. "I think I'm going to curl it too!" she said, eyeing my curling iron.
"Go ahead, it'll look cute," I told her.
"I don't want to look cute," she said. "I want to look, womanly."
She looked at me, and we both burst out laughing. "Womanly?" I managed to choke out. "Harry won't mind!" I said, between laughs.
"I don't doubt that!" she replied, twirling her hair around the curling iron.
After one hour of hostile hair-fixing, we were ready to go. "It's only 6:00! I have an hour before I meet Draco!" I said.
"Well, just do some touch-ups or something. Oh wait! You need to perform that spell that won't let our make-up run, or our hair get messed up," she said.
"Your right! Um, let me think of it," I said, concentrating hard. "Got it! Ulponderitas!" I said, pointing my wand at Ginny. Her hair froze up, and then became relaxed again.
"Cool!" she said, patting her hair.
I performed the charm on myself, and then grabbed my purse. "Let's go down to the common room," I said. When we got there, we saw Seamus and Lavender snogging on the couch. "Save that for later, you two," I said, giggling as they pulled away from each other, both a bright red.
"Yea, no public display's of affection, please!" Ginny said, but then ate her words when Harry came up from behind her, and kissed her below her ear. "Harry!" she hissed. "Where's Ron? Did he see that?" she asked.
"No, he's still in the dorm, admiring his new dress robes," Harry said.
"OK, good," she said, and gave him short kiss on the lips.
"Hey, no PDA's, Ginny!" Lavender said.
Ginny blushed pink, while Harry flushed pinkish. "Sorry Lav," Ginny said.
"I'll forgive you if you forgive me," Seamus said.
"Done," Harry said, and everybody laughed.
"So, is everybody looking forward to tonight?" Dean asked, having just come down the stairs, arm in arm with Parvati.
"Of course! Who wouldn't be?" Ginny said, and everybody agreed.
"I'm a little a little nervous," I muttered to her.
"It'll be fine," she told me with a sharp stare. We were attracting attention from the other people in the common room.
"What?" I snapped.
"What are you nervous about, Hermione?" Lavender asked. She was always trying to find out any bit of information she could.
"Er...nothing, it's nothing," I said and by the looks on everyone's faces, I could tell they didn't believe a word I had just said. "Ginny's the only person who knows, and the only person who's going to know," I said, and Ginny nodded her head as everybody looked at her.
"Oh come on, Hermione. Don't be such a poo," Ron said.
"My lips are sealed," I said, with a motion of zipping my lips up like a zipper.
Harry rolled his eyes, and mouthed, "Malfoy,' to Ron.
I just glared at him. "Harry," I hissed. "Shut up!"
"So it does have to do with Draco!" Parvati said.
"Great, now everybody knows. Yes, it has to do with Draco. Are you all happy now?" I said, crossing my arms and staring straight ahead at nothing in particular.
"Yes, we're happy Hermione. But," Lavender started, but stopped with one look at my piercing scowl.
"Let's just go, shall we?" Ron said, hastily changing the subject.
"Great idea," I said, and got up and swept out of the portrait hole.
"Hermione! Mione, wait up!" Ron said, as he came up to my side, panting.
"Eew, don't run. You'll be all sweaty for Padma," I told him.
"Good point,' he said, wiping the sleeve of his robe on his face, and smelling his armpits. "All clear," he said, with a big grin on his face.
I rolled my eyes, and kept walking fast. It was five of 7:00, and Draco was probably already there. "Where are you meeting Padma?" I asked Ron.
"Entrance Hall," he said simply.
"When?"
"7:15," he said.
"Great. That works out well. You can come with me to go get Draco, and we'll go meet Padma down in the Entrance Hall," I said, and he nodded in approval.
"Hermione! You look beautiful," Draco said when I got to the bathroom.
"Thanks," I muttered, somewhat coldly. "You look...er...nice too," I told him.
"Thank you," he said, blushing. He seemed somewhat back to his regular self. He was sharp, and attentive.
"You two lovebirds have all night to admire each other, but I have to go meet my date right now. You coming?" he asked.
"Yeah," I said, staring into Draco's eyes.
"Let's get a move on then!" he said, dragging me by my arm.
When we got to the Entrance Hall, we saw Padma waiting for Ron by the doors. "You look wonderful," he told her and he blushed pink.
"And you look very good, yourself, Ron Weasley. I like your new dress robes," she said, taking the hem of his dress robes in her hand.
Ron's cheeks were the same color as his hair now, and he said, "Shall we?" holding his arm out to Padma.
"We shall," she said, taking his arm. Ron turned around and winked at me, raising his eyebrows up and down.
I laughed, and Draco took my hand. "I guess we should go too. We don't want to be left out here alone, do we?"
"Do we?" I asked, smacking my lips.
"We do later," he said, leading me into the Great Hall.
The Great Hall looked magnificent. There were stars all across the bewitched ceilings, and shooting stars were falling here and there onto certain designated spots. It was decorated with baby blue banners, and the floors, and walls shone very brightly. We sat ourselves down at a table with Harry, Ron, and the rest of the 6th year Gryffindors.
Halfway through dinner, we were interrupted by Pansy. "Hey Draco, baby. I hope your dancing hasn't changed since two years ago. I'm looking forward to our dance," she whispered in his ear, and sauntered back over to her table.
"Hermione! Let go of your fork!" Dean said. I had been clenching it so tightly, my knuckles were white.
"If she sets one foot near you Draco, I swear, I'll kill her. With my bare hands, I will," I told him.
"Don't worry about it," he said. "I'll deal with her when the time comes."
"So no dances with her?" I asked.
"There's only one girl here tonight that I want to dance with," he said. "And I'm looking right at her."
I smiled, and kissed him on the cheek. "PDA!" shrieked Lavender. "PDA!" she said again.
"Sorry," I said, barley blushing.
After the feast was over (excellent, as usual), Dumbledore stood up. "I would like to thank the Head Boy and Girl for helping to put this all together," he said, and a quiet applause was issued. "After the dance, everyone is to go straight their dormitories, and stay there the rest of the night," he said, with what I could've swore was a quick glance at our table. "Now, let the evening begin!" he said, and the band starting playing.
"Let's dance!" I said to Draco, grabbing his hand and pulling him onto the dance floor.
"Malfoy's don't dance," he said, with a smirk on his face. "Just kidding!" he said, seeing the look on my face, and moved along to the beat.
After an hour of dancing, Draco and I were getting worn out. "Let's sit," I told him, out of breath. "I'll get something for us to drink," I said, and went to get the drinks.
"Two pumpkin juices, please," I said to the goblets which filled up to the rim. "Thanks," I said to the inanimate objects.
"Aah, pumpkin juice. My favorite," Draco said, taking a big gulp of pumpkin juice.
"The house-elves must have really worked hard to get all this prepared!" I said. "We'll have to go thank Dobby later," I said.
Draco nearly choked on his drink. "Dob-Dobby's here? Dobby the house-elf?" he asked.
"Yeah, you didn't know that? He's been here since fourth year," I told him.
"Why didn't he come say hi to me?" Draco wondered.
"Well, according to Harry, he...er...didn't like you or your family at all," I told him.
"I don't blame him!" Draco said. "Father would always practice curses and hexes on him."
"No wonder he was so happy to be free! Mind you, we knew why he was happy to be free. It was the Malfoy family after all," I said with flourish.
"Hey!" he said. "I know what you mean. That was two years ago though, tell Dob's to come see me sometime."
"Dob's?" I asked. "You had a pet name for him?"
"He was my favorite elf! He always made my bed just right," Draco said, and I laughed.
"Look at Ron and Padma!" I shrieked in surprise.
"They're snogging!" Draco said. "Right where any teacher can see them!"
"You sound like me! And do you think they could actually care what a teacher thought?" I said, laughing.
"Probably not. They look busy to me," he said, and he was right. They were caught up in each other. Harry and Ginny were dancing together, and Ginny saw me looking at her. She waved, and then went back to Harry.
The band struck up a new tune, and I asked Draco if he was ready to dance. He said yes, and we went onto the dance floor.
We danced, and danced, and danced. Harry and I danced one song, while Ginny danced with Draco. We were having a blast. I never wanted the night to end. That's why I was upset when Ginny told me, "Hermione, there's only an hour left to the dance."
"Well, then lets make the best of it!" I said, and took Draco back. The band finished it's song and everyone applauded. It started a slower song, and I looked up at Draco. "Let's dance," I said. He wrapped his arms around me, and I put mine around his neck. This song wasn't a waltz, or a salsa. It was a slow moving, dance close, type of song. And that's exactly what we were doing. I looked up at him, and he looked down at me. We gazed into each others eyes for a few seconds, before kissing.
We stopped moving, and just kissed, so caught up in the moment. It was like the world stopped turning, and nothing could break us apart at that moment. Then Draco pulled away.
"Draco, what's wrong?" I asked, breathless.
"Hermione, I have something to tell you," he said.
"Go on," I said, looking at him peculiarly.
"I love you," he whispered into my ear, causing me to smile.
"Really?" I asked.
"Of course," he said.
"I love you, too," I said, and kissed him. I was so happy he loved me, I couldn't hear anything that was going on around me, I just knew me and Draco standing there, expressing our passion, and feelings for each other through a romantic kiss. I felt as though I never wanted anything else in life, just to stand there with Draco.
*Harry's POV*
I looked at Hermione and Draco on the dance floor, snogging their minds out. But it was much more than that. Oh yeah, much more. Just by looking at them you could tell they were in love. Hermione was caught up in him, and he was caught up in her. Nothing could break the bond they were creating right now. Nothing except, "Aaaaaaahhhhh!" I screamed. My scar had all of a sudden exploded with pain. I wasn't expecting that to happen at all, and the shock caused me to fall onto the floor, right into blackness.
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A/N- I'm so evil! I know you'll all like that cliffie! Just for the record, It was Hermione's POV for the whole chapter, except the very last paragraph. That was Harry. If you want to know what happens, your just going to have to wait till next chapter. (Which will be up soon! Promise). And ya'll got your dance in this chapter. It's longer than all the others too.
My thanks go to...
LuvinTomFeltonGirl- Thank you so much! I hope you got to read the other chapters. I just have one question- what's your pen name? Because you were anonymous when you reviewed. Any way- I'm glad you liked the story (so far!)
Lynn- I'm so honored that you'd fight with your dad to read my story! I do that all the time, and I end up getting in trouble though. Like right now. He's telling me I gotta stop writing my story, and go to bed. He lost. I hope you're happy with this part of the ball! The rest will be next chapter, so don't worry. The ball was in this chapter thanks to your subtle way of telling me to get that ball in or else my arse would get kicked! I also even got a longer chapter in! Longer for me, anyway. Thanks for all your compliments! Reviews mean so much to me!
Smiley-Girl- It's OK that you haven't been reviewing or talking. I haven't either! And I've seen your thing. You have so many stories to keep up with, whereas, I have one, and it still took me a month to get one chapter in. Oops, my mistake. Thanks for all the good stuff you said, and KUTGW on your stories, too!
Krista Leigh- Thanks Kelizo! I got 'the plan' from a magazine actually, Some guy did it for his girlfriend, so I edited it and made it Draco's plan! Lol don't tell though. My little secret. JK, I don't care who knows I'm not that creative. BTW- you can be a bridesmaid at my wedding with Tom! OK Kelly- why do you have to be so gosh darned observant? I can't believe I didn't catch that thing about eckelecticity (I meant to spell that wrong!) You are completely right you little booger butt. I've read that book 10 times, and I still did that! What's wrong with me? Aah! And don't worry, you'll get your reviews. I have an idea though, I think I'll e-mail it to you. *Light bulb*
Cyropi- All right! You reviewed! I was so happy when I saw your review! I will definitely have you in the story! Just keep reading my story (Haha evil plan to get you to read it), and review. You'll get in there sometime. I'll see what I can do about Pansy's toes... You'll see why Draco and Hermione were in the crystal ball next chapter, and everyone will figure out Trelawny. Yep, next chapter's the quencher. The whole kit-n-caboodle. Yes, you need to update. I have two hippogriffs tied up in my back yard. They're not very...er...happy about being tied up...I think they'd like to be impelled in somebody named Cyropi's belly button. You better watch out...
Please, please, please push that button at the bottom of the screen! You know, the purple one, with black writing that says "Click Here to Submit Review" That's all I ask! Just write one word, anything! Please with sugar and cherries, and sprinkles, and hot fudge, and whipped cream, and anything else you like on your ice cream!