CHAPTER 8: The Ball
One day we'll know why Sanson loved Deliala One day we'll know why the sky is blue One day we'll know if I was the one for you One day we'll know why Sanson loved deliala One day I'll go dancin' on the moon One day I'll know if I really loved you Did the captain of the Titanic... cry? Tonight
A/N: Ohhh... the long waited ball! What will happen? Hell! I don't even know yet!
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It was twenty minutes from the ball and the two chosen prefects started off the ball. This happened to be Hermione and Malfoy.
Ron, of course, didn't know this yet. He stood in the common room with Harry waiting for Ginny and Hermione.
Finally, ten minutes later, Ginny came down.
Ginny had her long, straight red hair in tight spirals and her blue eyes shone with anticipation. She wore blood red dress robes that Fred and George had bought her. She had gold bracelets glimmering at her wrists and a long gold chain hanging from her neck. She took Harry's arm.
Harry had his black hair just as messy as always but his eyes seemed glazed over behind his round glasses. He had jungle green robes, baggy robes and a silver chain around his neck. It had once been his father's. He grinned at Ron and walked out to the Great Hall with Ginny.
Ron stood there in his dark blue and black robes. His red hair was spiked carelessly and his eyes seemed bored, waiting for his 'Mione. Fred and George had kept their promise to Harry and bought Ron the dress robes. He had a locket and a ring in his pocket and a silver chain dangling from his neck. His jaw dropped as Hermione walked in.
Her bushy hair was now in tight spiral curls like Ginny's had been. Her chocolate eyes smiled at Ron as she walked over to him. She wore blue robes that were a floaty material, like fourth year. She had two golden bracelets at her wrists and one silver chain about her neck. She intwined her arm in Ron's and they stepped off into the Great Hall.
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The Great Hall looked great with gold and red, green and silver, yellow and black and silver and blue banners hanging from the wall. Silver and gold glitter was on the floor and it fell from the ceiling. Hermione smiled at Ron and let go of his arm, walking towards Dumbledore.
"Professor?"
"It is time for the first dance, Hermione. You and Draco will start it off." Dumbledore said with a slight smile.
Hermione shuddered but agreed all the same.
Draco took Hermione's waist and she took his shoulders as the Weird Sister's started the music.
Hermione gritted her teeth and danced with Malfoy until other people began dancing, hoping to take Hermione out of her misery.
Hermione attempted to get away from Malfoy but he just dragged her closer.
"MALFOY! STOP!" She whispered loudly, attempting to get away.
"Ha... I don't think so."
Hermione elbowed him and he doubled over, clutching his stomach. She ran in the other direction towards Ron, shaking.
Ron stared at her. "M-Malfoy..."
"I know... the Weasley temper... but it was chosen. We had to!"
"Oh--right..."He said, the tips of his ears turning red. "Come with me." He took her hand and led her out to the lake.
"'Mione... will you dance with me?"
Hermione grinned. "I thought you said you didn't know how?"
"Ginny gave me lessons..." He said, turning redder.
He took her waist and she took his shoulders. They danced, unlike her and Malfoy.
when the song inside was over they broke apart and they both sat by the lake.
"Here, Mione." Ron handed her the locket in his pocket.
She took it and gasped. "This must be solid gold. How did you--" She opened it and read the inscrpition inside.
"Love is patient and kind It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or coincided It does not take offense It is never rude or selfish It is not resentful"
"Ron... that's beautiful...." Hermione said, putting it around her neck.
"That's not all" Ron said patiently. "Do you love me?"
Hermione looked at him and nodded. "Mm hmm..."
"will you do me a favor then?" He asked
"Anything" She answered.
"Will you marry me?" He said, taking out a small, velvet box and opening it.
It made 'Mione gasp, inside was a silver band with a emerald stone on it, surrounded by diamonds.
Hermione nodded, not trusting her voice to answer. He slid the ring on her finger and she started to cry.
She hugged him tight, not daring to let go.
Ron grinned and hugged her back.
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Hermione and Ron entered the Great Hall again and Dumbledore ran up to her.
"It's time for the play, Hermione."
"Oh yes!" Hermione said, running up to the stage and being surrounded by Prefects.
Dumbledore came on stage and everyone shut up. "Okay, the prefects of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry would like to put on a play for you called 'Blokes and Dolls'"
He walked off stage and the prefects waved their wands. On the stage was a place that looked like a club. Filled with table and chairs. Susan Bones was the bartender and stood there behind the bar.
Ginny stood there in a short red dress and brown strappie sandals. Her hair was straight again. Harry walked over to her and stood next to her.
Harry stood there in a tux and a top hat in his hand, his hair slicked back.
Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson and Blaise Zabini sat at different table at the bar and Cho ran in late and sat next to Blaise.
The play started and they all started speaking in New York accents.
"Pour my a drink, Susan." Harry said calmly.
"You promised me, Tommy." Ginny said angrily, her hands on her hips. "You promised me we would go away together. We would go to France. I'm sick of your no good niche schemes."
"I can't sit on my keester and watch all the fat cats in this town get rich off my ideas." Harry said, taking a sip of his drink.
"That's it! We are through! Go ahead and drink your booze, you big dope!" Ginny said, hitting his shoulder. "I hope you drown in it."
She walked away and nearly ran into a black hooded and cloak figure.
"You must the new girl he's hired." Ginny said, grinning evilly. "The singer? Lemme give you some free advice about this one." She eyed Harry up and down. "Stay far away. He's nothing but trouble and cheap spats." Ginny walked off.
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"Look, I ain't blaming you. It's all my fault. My trouble." Harry said, looking over as the hooded figure took off the cloak and threw it over a chair.
It was Hermione. She was wearing a backless, long, sweeping blue dress, blue highheels and her hair was lightly curled. She had on light blue eye makeup, dark black eyeliner and mascara and light pink lip gloss on.
Harry sat down. "When you walked out of the rain and into my club. That wasn't just coincidence, was it?"
"Nothing is coincidence." Hermione said lightly, sitting next to him.
The club was now empty, even the bartender, Susan, was gone.
"Your face. You look so familar." Harry said with a smile. "I saw you once only it wasn't real. It was a dream." Harry said, shaking his head.
"Tell me about this dream girl." Hermione said, watching him intently.
Harry forgot his lines and stumbled. "I... don't remember. All I know... is your beautiful."
Hermione stared at him. Obviously that wasn't his lines.
"This dream girl." Harry said abruptively. "Help me remember. Will you sing for me?"
A piano started up and Hermione sang:
"There's a song that's inside of my soul It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again I awake in the infinite cold But you sing to me over and over and over again
So I lay my head back down" She stood up and walked around, to the bar.
"And I lift my hands and pray. To be only yours I pray to be only yours I know now your my only hope...
"Sing to me the song of the stars Open galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again When it feels my dreams are so far Sing to me all the plans that you have for me over again
"So I lay my head back down" She stood up again and lifted her hands, as if to pray.
"And I lift my hands and pray To be only yours I pray to be only yours"She stood behind Harry
"I know now your my only hope
"I give you my destiny I give you all of me I want your symphony Singing in all that I am At the top of my lungs I'm giving it back
"I lay my head back down and I lift my hands and pray To be only yours I pray to be only yours I pray to be only yours I know now your my onnnly hopeee..."
She sat back down next to Harrya dn looked at him. "Mmmm hmmm.... Oooohhhhh...."
Harry leaned in and kissed her right on the lips, Hermione kissed back, not knowing what they were doing.
This, of course, was not part of the play.
Ginny and Ron, stared, open mouthed. The curtain closed in front of Hermione and Harry but the two of them took no notice and stared at each other.
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A/N: OHHHH! What will happen? Will Ron and Ginny get mad? Are Hermione and Harry now single? What is with the kiss? GEEZ! THE SUSPENSE IS EVIL! Muahaha! ~Prongs(P.S.! REVIEW PLEEEASEEE?!)
One day we'll know why Sanson loved Deliala One day we'll know why the sky is blue One day we'll know if I was the one for you One day we'll know why Sanson loved deliala One day I'll go dancin' on the moon One day I'll know if I really loved you Did the captain of the Titanic... cry? Tonight
A/N: Ohhh... the long waited ball! What will happen? Hell! I don't even know yet!
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It was twenty minutes from the ball and the two chosen prefects started off the ball. This happened to be Hermione and Malfoy.
Ron, of course, didn't know this yet. He stood in the common room with Harry waiting for Ginny and Hermione.
Finally, ten minutes later, Ginny came down.
Ginny had her long, straight red hair in tight spirals and her blue eyes shone with anticipation. She wore blood red dress robes that Fred and George had bought her. She had gold bracelets glimmering at her wrists and a long gold chain hanging from her neck. She took Harry's arm.
Harry had his black hair just as messy as always but his eyes seemed glazed over behind his round glasses. He had jungle green robes, baggy robes and a silver chain around his neck. It had once been his father's. He grinned at Ron and walked out to the Great Hall with Ginny.
Ron stood there in his dark blue and black robes. His red hair was spiked carelessly and his eyes seemed bored, waiting for his 'Mione. Fred and George had kept their promise to Harry and bought Ron the dress robes. He had a locket and a ring in his pocket and a silver chain dangling from his neck. His jaw dropped as Hermione walked in.
Her bushy hair was now in tight spiral curls like Ginny's had been. Her chocolate eyes smiled at Ron as she walked over to him. She wore blue robes that were a floaty material, like fourth year. She had two golden bracelets at her wrists and one silver chain about her neck. She intwined her arm in Ron's and they stepped off into the Great Hall.
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The Great Hall looked great with gold and red, green and silver, yellow and black and silver and blue banners hanging from the wall. Silver and gold glitter was on the floor and it fell from the ceiling. Hermione smiled at Ron and let go of his arm, walking towards Dumbledore.
"Professor?"
"It is time for the first dance, Hermione. You and Draco will start it off." Dumbledore said with a slight smile.
Hermione shuddered but agreed all the same.
Draco took Hermione's waist and she took his shoulders as the Weird Sister's started the music.
Hermione gritted her teeth and danced with Malfoy until other people began dancing, hoping to take Hermione out of her misery.
Hermione attempted to get away from Malfoy but he just dragged her closer.
"MALFOY! STOP!" She whispered loudly, attempting to get away.
"Ha... I don't think so."
Hermione elbowed him and he doubled over, clutching his stomach. She ran in the other direction towards Ron, shaking.
Ron stared at her. "M-Malfoy..."
"I know... the Weasley temper... but it was chosen. We had to!"
"Oh--right..."He said, the tips of his ears turning red. "Come with me." He took her hand and led her out to the lake.
"'Mione... will you dance with me?"
Hermione grinned. "I thought you said you didn't know how?"
"Ginny gave me lessons..." He said, turning redder.
He took her waist and she took his shoulders. They danced, unlike her and Malfoy.
when the song inside was over they broke apart and they both sat by the lake.
"Here, Mione." Ron handed her the locket in his pocket.
She took it and gasped. "This must be solid gold. How did you--" She opened it and read the inscrpition inside.
"Love is patient and kind It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or coincided It does not take offense It is never rude or selfish It is not resentful"
"Ron... that's beautiful...." Hermione said, putting it around her neck.
"That's not all" Ron said patiently. "Do you love me?"
Hermione looked at him and nodded. "Mm hmm..."
"will you do me a favor then?" He asked
"Anything" She answered.
"Will you marry me?" He said, taking out a small, velvet box and opening it.
It made 'Mione gasp, inside was a silver band with a emerald stone on it, surrounded by diamonds.
Hermione nodded, not trusting her voice to answer. He slid the ring on her finger and she started to cry.
She hugged him tight, not daring to let go.
Ron grinned and hugged her back.
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Hermione and Ron entered the Great Hall again and Dumbledore ran up to her.
"It's time for the play, Hermione."
"Oh yes!" Hermione said, running up to the stage and being surrounded by Prefects.
Dumbledore came on stage and everyone shut up. "Okay, the prefects of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry would like to put on a play for you called 'Blokes and Dolls'"
He walked off stage and the prefects waved their wands. On the stage was a place that looked like a club. Filled with table and chairs. Susan Bones was the bartender and stood there behind the bar.
Ginny stood there in a short red dress and brown strappie sandals. Her hair was straight again. Harry walked over to her and stood next to her.
Harry stood there in a tux and a top hat in his hand, his hair slicked back.
Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson and Blaise Zabini sat at different table at the bar and Cho ran in late and sat next to Blaise.
The play started and they all started speaking in New York accents.
"Pour my a drink, Susan." Harry said calmly.
"You promised me, Tommy." Ginny said angrily, her hands on her hips. "You promised me we would go away together. We would go to France. I'm sick of your no good niche schemes."
"I can't sit on my keester and watch all the fat cats in this town get rich off my ideas." Harry said, taking a sip of his drink.
"That's it! We are through! Go ahead and drink your booze, you big dope!" Ginny said, hitting his shoulder. "I hope you drown in it."
She walked away and nearly ran into a black hooded and cloak figure.
"You must the new girl he's hired." Ginny said, grinning evilly. "The singer? Lemme give you some free advice about this one." She eyed Harry up and down. "Stay far away. He's nothing but trouble and cheap spats." Ginny walked off.
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"Look, I ain't blaming you. It's all my fault. My trouble." Harry said, looking over as the hooded figure took off the cloak and threw it over a chair.
It was Hermione. She was wearing a backless, long, sweeping blue dress, blue highheels and her hair was lightly curled. She had on light blue eye makeup, dark black eyeliner and mascara and light pink lip gloss on.
Harry sat down. "When you walked out of the rain and into my club. That wasn't just coincidence, was it?"
"Nothing is coincidence." Hermione said lightly, sitting next to him.
The club was now empty, even the bartender, Susan, was gone.
"Your face. You look so familar." Harry said with a smile. "I saw you once only it wasn't real. It was a dream." Harry said, shaking his head.
"Tell me about this dream girl." Hermione said, watching him intently.
Harry forgot his lines and stumbled. "I... don't remember. All I know... is your beautiful."
Hermione stared at him. Obviously that wasn't his lines.
"This dream girl." Harry said abruptively. "Help me remember. Will you sing for me?"
A piano started up and Hermione sang:
"There's a song that's inside of my soul It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again I awake in the infinite cold But you sing to me over and over and over again
So I lay my head back down" She stood up and walked around, to the bar.
"And I lift my hands and pray. To be only yours I pray to be only yours I know now your my only hope...
"Sing to me the song of the stars Open galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again When it feels my dreams are so far Sing to me all the plans that you have for me over again
"So I lay my head back down" She stood up again and lifted her hands, as if to pray.
"And I lift my hands and pray To be only yours I pray to be only yours"She stood behind Harry
"I know now your my only hope
"I give you my destiny I give you all of me I want your symphony Singing in all that I am At the top of my lungs I'm giving it back
"I lay my head back down and I lift my hands and pray To be only yours I pray to be only yours I pray to be only yours I know now your my onnnly hopeee..."
She sat back down next to Harrya dn looked at him. "Mmmm hmmm.... Oooohhhhh...."
Harry leaned in and kissed her right on the lips, Hermione kissed back, not knowing what they were doing.
This, of course, was not part of the play.
Ginny and Ron, stared, open mouthed. The curtain closed in front of Hermione and Harry but the two of them took no notice and stared at each other.
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A/N: OHHHH! What will happen? Will Ron and Ginny get mad? Are Hermione and Harry now single? What is with the kiss? GEEZ! THE SUSPENSE IS EVIL! Muahaha! ~Prongs(P.S.! REVIEW PLEEEASEEE?!)