Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. And none of the characters are mine expect Gwen and her family. Yeah and in the book I think James Potter was an only child or they just never really talked about his side. Please r-r I took a lot of time out of my classes *evil grin* please just take a minute and honestly tell me what you think. Thanks. P.S. this chapter is pretty long sorry. I go into description a lot! REVIEW!!! PLEASE!

Chapter 8

Before The Ball

Ron, Hermione, Harry and Gwen were walking out of potions with both Harry and Ron lecturing her once again about Draco. While Hermione tried to stop them. "Gwen you almost kissed that Ferret!" Ron stated in a tone of pure disgust.

"He's not a Ferret, he's handsome! Harry give him another chance, all he wants is another chance!" Gwen said tugging at her raven-haired cousin's arm.

"Gwen's right he isn't that bad looking." Hermione said with a smooth smile. Gwen looked at her and she winked back.

"We'll talk later Gwen." Harry replied emotionlessly.

"EW! Hermione! That's gross! You think The Ferret is cute."

"Ron in reality ferrets are cute little creatures. I once had a pet ferret."

"That's not the point! He's part of the weasel family."

"Aren't you too Ron? Aren't you a Weasel?" Gwen said with a little smirk reminding Ron of his nickname. "You might be related to him."

"Don't even joke about that! Draco Malfoy is scum and a bitch! He's worse then YOU in the morning!"

"HEY! No ones worse then me in the morning! At least he smells better then you in the morning with your horrid morning breath!" Gwen replied hitting Ron on his arm.

"Ron why don't you just shut up. Every time you speak she snaps a great come back at you. You are sticking your foot further and further into your mouth!" Hermione piped up. Gwen held out her hand to be slapped and Hermione did so with a little smirk playing across her face.

"Gwen we're only looking out for you. You don't know if Malfoy is just feeding these lines to get you into his bed. Or he could want to humiliate you in front of the whole school. You know this school hasn't been taking to you as easily as we hoped."

"Those people who don't like Goths can blow my dildo! And do you really think he only wants to sleep with me? Thanks Harry great self esteem rocket!"

"I didn't mean it like that. Draco is known to be a little womanizer, I don't know he could be a Slut as well!"

"He probably has a bloody big trick up his sleeve. He has excess to potion ingredients. Or he could be doing this to get to Harry," Ron stated.

"And he's very good at Potions."

"So what? You think the only way some kid will go out with me is either to fuck me on a one-night stand or just to get to my cousin! Mister fucking Popular himself! No offense Harry." Gwen added when she noticed how deeply she just cut her raven-haired cousin with her words.

"No I didn't mean it like that," Ron quickly tried to save him self before a storm was unleashed.

"Ron! Didn't I just tell you to shut your mouth before your foot goes any further in!" Hermione said clapping a hand over her soon to be dead friends mouth.

"He likes me ok? I know he isn't lying just trust me on this one. I know it's a fact!" As they were walking down the hallway she felt eyes upon her back. She turned around to meet Draco's eyes, which had a bit of hurt in them. Gwen could tell he had heard their conversation. It wasn't quite a self-esteem booster, all but Hermione's little bit about his looks. She thought he might have liked that part. Gwen smiled softly and mouthed the words "I'm trying" and turned the corner with her friends right before seeing Hermione almost crush Ron's hand trying to get him to shut up.

To Gwen the rest of the day passed very quickly and it was now about two hours before the ball. Hermione started getting all girly over Gwen and cornered her into making her let Hermione do her hair and make up. This really annoyed Gwen but she just brushed it off and let Hermione do this. Gwen reminded her self she was the only girl in the group before she came along.

Hermione wanted to put baby blue eye shadow and bright pink lipstick on her but Gwen threatened to curse her if she did. So Hermione got Gwen's make up and applied it. Her eyes were brought out profoundly with a silver eye shadow and eyeliner. The eye shadow reached to her eyebrows to give a depth look. Her lips were painted with a black lipstick. Only her nose ring was in but that was enough to give her a real great look altogether. Hermione put Gwen's hair into two high ponytails on each side of her head. She just re-dyed her hair so it was black with neon green streaks and her purple bangs. The purple bangs hung lose on the front of her face.

Gwen's dress was a beautiful dark green medieval gown that hugged her large chest quite nicely and her slender hips perfectly. The dress landed onto the ground only a little bit but had a slit up the side to reveal her slender milky white legs and the sleeves of the dress were of a pixie style. There were the long slender sleeves that at the end got larger into a triangle but there were also torn pieces of fabric on the shoulder in different shades of green see-through. Hermione was in aw over this dress. Gwen told her how Harry bought it for her when they were in Diagon Alley before school started. The bust showed most of her chest and because of the corset she was wearing lifted them up to a noticeable height. Gwen draped the black cape Harry had bought her in Diagon Alley over her body. It wasn't too special just black velvet with green trimming. Hermione looked down to notice that Gwen was wearing fishnet stockings. She laughed a bit because no matter what Gwen had on she had to put her little touch in there.

"You look beautiful Gwen! If Draco wasn't trying to get you into his bed I bet he'll want to now!" Gwen only laughed looking at her self a bit more in the mirror not recognizing that girl staring back. Gwen soon asked who's Harry's date, because that day at lunch a very shaken Ron asked Hermione to the ball tonight. It really was an amusing lunch. He almost poured hot soup on her before going that bright Weasley red. But Hermione said yes and they were both pretty happy with this.

"He's not going he said." Hermione answered trying to choose her dress.

"The crimson red one 'Mione." And with that she rushed out of the room and ran towards Harry's dorm. When she got there he was sitting on the windowsill reading one of Gwen's muggle vampire books.

"Hi Gwen. Oh wow. You...you look great!" Harry's eye widened as he got off the sill and moved towards her. "You look just like Venus her self."

"Venus was the goddess of love and beauty it self! I don't think I'm anywhere close to her."

"You really know a lot about the muggle world huh?"

"Alison made sure of that and I met some half bloods at that other school of mind they got me hooked onto Jack off Jill. Why aren't you going to the ball?" (A.N. Jack off Jill is a gothic band)

"Gwen don't worry I would rather read."

"Harry James Potter! Don't tell me that lie! You don't have a date do you?"

Harry just looked down and mumbled a barely audible no. "People asked me but no one I liked."

"Who do you like? There's still time I bet I can make her change her mind" Gwen said jokingly reaching for the door.

"Oh no you don't!" Harry leaped at her and caught her in a hug.

"Well who is it!"

"I don't like anyone here ok?"

"You still lying."

"I hate you. Couldn't you turn that off for once?" Harry had been talking about the prickling feeling in her back when someone lies to her.

"Nope sorry can't. Come on just tell me!"

"Can't I'm sorry," he replied pushing her over to the bed and sitting down next to her.

"Oh yes! I have a idea!"

"No! NO! I know your ideas! Last one got us detention for 2 weeks!" Harry said remembering the after hours Quidditch game on the field which resulted in breaking a window and two school brooms.

"Oh shush! If Ron and Hermione weren't eyeing each other, we would have gotten away with it! But this is different. You won't get into trouble! Why don't you come with me and Draco?"

"Hell no! We'll kill each other!"

"No you won't! This will give you a chance to get to know each other!"

"Do you really like him?"

"Yes I really do."

"Fine then for you." Gwen leaped on Harry and hugged him with all of her might.

"Thank you! Thank you!" They both laughed until Ron burst into the room in a hurry.

"It's 5:30! We've only got a hour to get ready!" Ron said hurrying into the bathroom not noticing Gwen.

"Want to help us get ready? It'll go by in ten minutes if you do." Harry stated smiling at Gwen. Gwen laughed a bit and nodded yes. Ron came out of the bathroom brushing his hair when he almost dropped the brush.

"Gwen?" Ron asked not knowing if this beautiful creature on Harry's bed was his friend.

"Yes Ron?"

"You look so beautiful."

Gwen blushed and thanked Ron. It really did only take the boys 10 minutes to get changed. Gwen went back to her room with the to boys lagging behind. There was still 50 minutes left. Hermione had put her own make up on and her own hair up. Gwen took out her CD player and popped in her Jack off Jill CD. "Gwen what's that?" Ron asked very interested

"Ron this is a muggle machine designed to player music, listen." Gwen put on the song Nazi Halo and began to sing along. Hermione and Ron dance a bit while Harry and dance with Gwen singing the lyrics in a silky smooth voice.

Take a souvenir and stop your staring

Just cause I'm screaming

Don't mean I'm sharing

Can't keep my mouth shut

if you keep that dress on

You can't negotiate

Not with me this time
You go so low

your faggot rainbow

your Nazi Halo

won't save you this time
Bring your IQ and try to understand

Just cause I'm listening

don't mean we're still friends

can't fix my problem

you crossed a thin line

you can't just work it out

not with me this time
You go so low

your faggot rainbow

your junkie ego

won't save you this time
You go so low

your tragic disco

your Nazi Halo

won't save you this time
You're so predictable no shadow of doubt

when you are suffering know who sold you out

Fuck your opinions

Fuck your lack of spine

When you are miserable

Know that I'm just fine
You go solo

your faggot rainbow

your junkie ego

won't save you this time
You go solo

your tragic disco

your Nazi Halo

won't save you this time
Soon it was almost 6:30 and they started down to the courtyard outback where the ball was being held. Ron was holding Hermione's hand very shyly. His palm must have been sweaty because it slipped from Hermione's a few times. Harry was walking very slowly with a sulking step. Gwen put her hand around his wrist and dragged him along. Gwen now and then smiled at him brightly, which made him feel guilty to say the least. Gwen looked so happy.

Soon they neared the stairs and Ron and Hermione, as his date, broke away to be alone for a little bit. Harry and Gwen stood at the stairs waiting for Draco. But 6:30 soon came and passed. Draco was nowhere to be found. With every passing minute Gwen's smile surely started to fade. And every time Harry said, "he's not coming" Gwen's "He'll be here, I know he will," sounded less and less convincing.

The clock struck 9, Harry had swayed Gwen to sit down but it wasn't far from the stairs. She barely let her eyes stray from that stairwell. But Harry's eyes did stray and he caught sight of Pansy and her friends laughing madly over something, pointing and staring at Gwen. He also noticed a beaker of something in her hands. He moved closer to Gwen to protect her incase they were thinking of doing something. Ron and Hermione came over and asked the obvious about Draco's whereabouts. Gwen just got up and stated plainly "He stood me up." There was no emotion in her voice but Harry knew better. He looked into her eyes and they were aflame with pain.

Harry's heart broke as he looked into them. He didn't know what to do. His hand grabbed hers gently as his green eyes met her black orbs filled with pain. "Gwen forget about him! Lets dance!" Her only response was a depressed nod.

All eyes turned to them and most whispered. Harry put his arm around his raven-haired cousins waist and she followed by putting her arms around his neck. She gently rested her head on his shoulder. They slowly danced to the sad love song. All of a sudden Gwen burst into tears. The whole courtyard probably heard her. Harry just held her tightly protecting her the best he could, eye down anyone that dare look their way. Whispering that he was there and he would always be there, into her ear. They had stopped moving and Gwen was latched on tightly to Harry's neck. He swore that Draco Malfoy would pay for what he did.