Renee Helmer's Little Black Book
(Otherwise Known as a Diary)


31 October

5:48 am

 Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!

I'm so excited, I'm up at 5:48! And happy about it! Crazy!

It's the day! It's the day!

I've already checked my costume to make sure everything's still there and ready. Wouldn't want anything going wrong at the last second, after all.

I can't stop bouncing around like a crazy person!

Okay, so maybe I am a crazy person, but who can blame me? TODAY'S THE DAY!

Gotta get to Quidditch practice now (practice on Halloween, an early one no less... these people are insane!). At least it will give me a chance to give Malfoy his costume for tonight, eh heh. The sexy red dress is all ready for him. I'm sure he will be the Belle of the Ball!

7:49 am

 Quidditch practice ended a bit early, which made me happy. Gave me some socialization time.

Oh, Malfoy does love his dress. He loves it so much that he just couldn't think of words to express his gratitude when he received the beautiful gift.

Then he started saying things that sounded strangely like he wanted to back out of our deal. But I reminded him how I am the Head Girl of Slytherin and all the many ways I could make his life miserable. He didn't complain anymore. I'm sure he'll make the best of it.

9:30 am

 That was strange and scary. The more I'm around Snape the more he frightens me. He let all of us out of class rather early and asked me to stay. Then he asked me what I was doing for the party and I told him that I was going with Terry. He sort of got this shadow of an actual expression on his face somewhere between confusion and... disappointment, maybe? I guess he knows Ter's little secret... not that Ter tries to hide it or anything. That boy doesn't even think straight....

Then Snape was all like, That's nice. Here, have some tea, and pushed a teacup across his desk towards me. It was rather strange and random and I just stood there blinking at it for a moment.

Um, thanks, I said, taking it uncertainly and sniffing it. As I explained last time he gave me tea, one never knows what a Potions Master can come up with. But I guessed that since the last cup of tea was safe, this one would be too.

Was I ever wrong.

I knew from the first sip that this wasn't your average cup of tea, yet I wanted more which rather freaked me out. So I quickly put the cup back down, a little too quickly.

Don't you like your tea, Miss Helmer? Snape asked in an especially seductive voice, running his index finger along the side of his own cup in a come-hither manner. It was even worse when I looked at him, because... oh, I can't bring myself to write it...

I wanted him so badly.

But I was a good girl, and fortunately my sharp Slytherin mind works better under the influence of drugged tea. I just remembered that I need to finish something up for my next class! I lied. But thank you for the tea, Professor. It really was... delicious...

Okay, so maybe I had a on the last word...

So now I'm a walking fog of hormones. Splendid.

12 noon

 At lunch. It's really quite boring. Terry's nowhere to be found, but he'll be here later. He said he'd meet me outside of Slytherin Tower at seven tonight.

Ollie's not around either. I do hope he's still planning on going even if Laura isn't exactly fond of him.

Speak of the devil...

12:09 pm

 It takes so much effort not to kill her.

I don't know why I hate her so much, especially since she was just coming to apologize in her Laura-ish way for everything. Apparently she and Crys had a long conversation about Oliver and my feelings concerning that particular subject.

So I'm temporarily hating both of them, but hatred towards Laura is permanent. I am hating people a lot more than I usually allow myself to hate people. Why?!

It's the bloody tea, I tell you...

I'm going to go back to my room and pout for the next hour...

12:29 pm

 What am I going to do?! What can I possibly do?!?!

Obviously we'll start with skinning Venom alive, then we'll cut off his tail, and then we'll finish him off by beheading him.

No, I'm not overreacting because of the tea, SHUT UP!

He's eaten my costume.

Not all of it, but the pretty sparkly thing, the thing that makes it the Sparkling Diamond costume!!

I... I just... I wish... I'm gonna.... I-I-I-I......

I need a hug.

12:53 pm

 Or I guess I just need more friends like Crys and Laura.

Fairy Tale moment!

I was sitting on the floor crying my eyes out, holding the remains of my costume in my hands when Crys came in with Laura. Crys immediately began comforting me and such. She didn't even scream at me for forgetting Venom's medicine this morning when he launched himself at her head. She just threw her Arithmancy book at him, that'll scare the little bastard off for a while...

So anyway. While Crys was cuddling me, Laura stood quietly off to the side. Then she said, Is that all he destroyed?

I... of course... overreacted... because of the tea. It's making me horrible today. Anyway, I shouted something to the effect of, What do you mean Is that all?!' That was the most important part! That was everything!

She just gave me that emotionless Laura expression accompanied by the signature apathetic Laura shrug. I was just thinking that I've got plenty of that material left. If I skipped the rest of my classes, I could easily make another one for you by tonight. But whatever.

A Ravenclaw that skips. I knew there was something I liked about that kid.

So we're all happy and made-up now, even if she is going with Oliver to the party. She's working busily now, Crys and I are in class, and Venom is unconscious.

6:47 pm

 It's almost time, and I have a complete costume!!

I can't believe Laura actually finished it in time! It looks even better than the first. Quite sexy really.

I can't stop staring at myself in the mirror and striking sexy poses. I'm so vain. What can I say?

I can hardly contain my excitement!

AAAAAAAH!

There. That's a little better.

What's wrong with me? Why am I so crazy?

It's got to be the tea.

8:27 pm

 So this was supposed to be such a wonderful excitement-filled evening that I wouldn't have time to write in my Black Book.

And here we are.

Terry's gone off to figure out where Daniel is. Apparently Daniel and some other kids signed up to walk around with trays and serve refreshments. They have the cutest little uniforms on, too!

But the cuteness is costing me my date. Oh well. It's not like I didn't expect it.

The evening has been a bit of a success thus far, I must admit. Malfoy looks sufficiently put-out in his red dress. He justified his wearing a dress by getting his girlfriend Pansy to dress in a tux, which she seems all too happy to be doing. As much as I typically can't stand that girl, she does look rather adorable. I'm just sad now because I'm not the only girl in a top hat.

So what else is going on?

Crys is off with what's-his-face her date. Laura came in with Ollie. They talked to me a while earlier. Ollie was rather amused by Malfoy's costume. Then he went off on how amazing of a Seeker I was until he suddenly seemed to recall Laura's discomfort of the Quidditch subject and they went off.

I haven't seen them dance or kiss or hold hands or anything!

Life's great!

8:35 pm

 That was most disturbing.

Snape just came up and asked me in his exceptionally seductive voice if I would like to dance. And I found it most difficult to say no.

Damn tea...

I decided the best course of action would be to laugh at him as if he were joking while keeping myself from pouncing on him.

Good thing I only took a sip. The whole thing might have killed us both in the long run.

He also seemed very fond of my costume, which is quite revealing. That's... kind of scary as well.

Oh! There's Terry! He's coming this way! Maybe he's actually decided to give me the time of day...

9:02 pm

 I HATE TERRY!!!!!!

He sits down, looks at me really sweetly, and asks me to dance.

I'm thinking that it's oh about time of course.

So we're dancing and he's looking around and sort of... steering us about the room, if you will... Of course I made some sort of snide remark because I was feeling remarkably used. Then Terry looks straight at me, as if noticing my presence for the first time. This of course proceeds to piss me off further, so I push him away and start to walk away, but then he grabs me, twirls me around, and pulls me very incredibly amazingly close and I just about lose all self-control. And that's ignoring the incredibly sexy expression on his face. Then he has to start talking in this amazingly seductive voice... and saying the things he said... his breath brushing against my ear, sending chills through me:

Oh, Renee, you now I've always loved you. You are certainly the only woman who could ever make me feel this way...

Etcetera, etcetera.

And all this while we've been dancing, and I've been melting against him and following his every step. Then he suddenly twirls me out and lets go...

The bastard.

Next thing I know I look back and he's dancing with a very baffled Daniel. It would have been cute if I didn't want to kill Terry so badly.

Ugh! I can't believe I fell for that!

It's that bloody tea!!!

The band just started doing this thing where people can go up and sing any song of their choice... well, within reason, of course.

So I'm having this idea...

No, I couldn't. I really couldn't.

Well, I do know all the words. And I'm dressed appropriately. And I can pull off some really sexy moves with it. And my voice apparently sounds sexy when I sing it.

And I can launch an all-out attack on Ollie.

Oh, why the hell not.

11:52 pm

The French were bred to diiiie for love.
They delight in fighting duels.
But I prefer a man who lives,
And gives expensive jewels.

A kiss on the hand may be quite continental,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
A kiss may be grand, but it won't pay the rental
On your humble flat, or help you feed your (Mm!) pussycat...
Men grow cold as girls grow old,
And we all lose our charms in the end.
But square-cut or pear-shaped,
These rocks don't lose their shape.
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

Tiffany's!
Cartier!

Cause we are living in a material world,
And I am a material girl...

Come an' get me boys!
YOW!

Blackstar... Rosco...
Talk to me, Harry Zidler, tell me all about it!

There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
There may come a time when a hard-boiled employer
Thinks you're awful nice,
But get that ice or else no dice.
He's your guy when stocks are high,
But beware when they start to descend.
Diamonds are a girl's best-
Diamonds are a girl's best-
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

Cuz that's when those louses go back to their spouses,
Diamooooooooonds, are aaaaaaaa, giiiiiiiiiiiirl's, beeeeeeeeest, friend!

Only two words to describe this evening:
Spectacular! Spectacular!

The whole school was cheering, it was absolutely wonderful!

But of course the best part was when I ended up on Ollie's lap, and he found me so incredibly irresistible that he...

...I'm getting all giddy again just thinking about it....

HE KISSED ME!

And then! And then! And then!

We went outside for a walk, and he told me that (if I were still willing) he'd like to give a relationship between us a go.

Then we found a nice spot under a tree...

I'm so incredibly happy!

What happened when we came back an hour later was even better... well, maybe not better, but still rather good. Ollie was all worried about talking to Laura, especially since she and I are such good friends and all.

Well, we walk in, and the first thing we see is Laura making out in the corner with the pierced-faced leader of tonight's band.

Yeah right, she doesn't like celebrities.

I'll bet they were just having fun with eachother's tongue rings.

Oh, I don't even want to think about that.

Anyway, he looked slightly upset, but I kissed him and he soon forgot all about it.

Everyone was leaving at that point. Reluctantly I said good night to Ollie and gave him a generous good-bye kiss. He said he'd come see me tomorrow in the Quidditch game, teehee. I wonder what side he'll actually be rooting for...

Then I was walking towards Slytherin Tower when I saw none other than Terry Thrasher wandering around with this dazed (but overly happy) expression on his face, and his hand on his neck like he was rubbing a sore spot. His clothes were also rather disheveled. Danny was nowhere to be found.

I smirked and said, You converted him, didn't you.

He smiled and laughed. Oh yes. Yes. Yes, I did. He looked and sounded incredibly tired... and his face was rather pale.

What did you two do?

He grinned even more. I thought you didn't like to hear the gory details.

Alright, never mind, we'll consider that question answered. Why are you holding your neck like that?

I didn't know he could grin anymore than he already was. A gory detail. But oh-so kinky.

Oh, come on!

Alright, you asked for it...

He removed his hand, revealing a smear of blood which seeped from two tiny punctures on his neck.

I thought I was going to hurl. I'm such a wimp.

He... he's a vampire... I said, restating the obvious as usual.

Oh yes.

Are you two... together' then?

He nodded, smiling stupidly. It was pathetically adorable.

But I shooed him away to the Hospital Wing because I didn't want him bleeding all over the pretty rugs.

And that was my wonderful evening. I have a boyfriend, and not just any boyfriend, but Oliver Wood! I never though it would actually happen....

I can't wait to see him tomorrow.

Brilliant evening.

It must have been that wonderful tea.

((Two pics to direct you to:
The Game of Love, very cute pic of Ollie, Renee, Terry, and Danny:
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/fanq/c/a/carolg2/gameoflove.jpg.html

Draco In Drag, a little self-explanatory, Draco in the dress with Pansy in the tux:
http://bluejackal.youlanda.com/art/2002/dracodrag.jpg

Thanks for the pictures, Carol! ))

((One small entry left to go to set up the sequel, but there was the big night! I hope you enjoyed it! Believe me, I've been stressing over this one quite a bit... I'm anxious to hear what you thought of it! Please please please review! And thanks to all of you, you're wonderful!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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