(A/N: Hello. Yes, I did have a fun weekend riding my horse. He's sooo cute.
Well anyways, thanks to everyone that read up to chapter 6, that's Brianna,
Lea, SolaStar, and whoever left the other reviews! You guys deserve big
hugs. Now who do you want to hug you? Harry, Ron, Draco, Lee? Maybe even
Snape. Wait, eeew!! Gross. Well, anyways, here's the next chapter, and this
is set a while after chapter 6.)
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Hazel, Lavender, Parvati and Hermione walked down the hallway on the second floor. They were on their way to Charms class, which Professor Flitwick had decorated with Christmas fairies and lights and such. It was December 12th, and holidays were in two weeks. The current gossip topic was the Christmas Ball, which was set for the 21st. Most people were either waiting around to be asked, or working up the nerve to ask someone. Hazel had mixed feelings about this. She wouldn't mind going with Harry if he asked her, which he probably wouldn't. And she was still very mad at Draco about the Quidditch game, although that didn't stop her having a crush on him. Since last game, Gryffindor had beaten Hufflepuff, and was scheduled to play Ravenclaw after Christmas. But Hazel wasn't as concerned about Quidditch as she was about the Ball. The guy she really wanted to ask her was the twin's friend, Lee Jordan. She knew he liked her, and he was a nice guy, but it looked like he was afraid to ask her.
"I can't believe that Neville asked you to the ball," Parvati told Lavender, shaking her head.
"Well, it seems that the other guys were saying I had nobody to go with, so Neville decided to ask me," said Lavender. "I said no anyway, so it doesn't matter.
"Who are you going with, Hermione?" asked Parvati.
Hermione blushed and told her, "Ron asked me, so I decided to go with him."
"That's nice," murmured Parvati. "I'm hoping my sister's friend Ryan will ask me. He's in Ravenclaw, but Padma said he liked me."
"Good luck," said Hazel. "He's the one with the really dark hair and blue eyes, isn't he?"
"That's the one. So who's taking you, Hazel?" Parvati inquired. "I heard quite a few guys like you. Here's some advice: Don't go with Harry, because he can't dance, and he'll just ignore you anyway."
"Hmm. I'll see," said Hazel as they got to the Charms classroom.
They spent the next hour learning how to make Christmas Crackers that sang carols. Most could only sing "Jingle Bells" but Hermione's managed to belt out a cheery verse of "Deck the Halls".
Next was lunchtime, and the Gryffindors headed back to their common room to drop off their books.
From the boys' dormitory, Harry, Ron, Dean, Seamus and Neville were also discussing the Ball as they went down to lunch.
"So, Harry," asked Ron, "You going to ask Cho this time?"
"I'll think about it," Harry responded, rather annoyed at his friend for bringing up this tender topic.
"Well," said Dean to Seamus, "I was going to try asking Lavender, but then there was the whole fight thing with you, her and Parvati, and I just don't know anymore."
"Aw, go ahead, Dean," Seamus encouraged. "She'll probably go. How about you, Neville?"
"Well, um, seeing as, uh, Lavender wouldn't go, I was, uh, thinking of asking Ginny again," he stuttered.
Harry felt strangely jealous at this, and wondered why. He decided to think about it later. Right now, they had reached the Great Hall, and quickly dropped the topic in case the girls heard them.
Harry and Ron sat next to Fred and George, who immediately brought up the topic of the Ball again.
"You going with anyone yet, little bro?" asked George.
"Maybe," Ron responded, turning slightly red.
"Touchy, touchy!" Fred exclaimed. "How about you, Harry?"
"I don't know either, although I heard you were taking Angelina."
"I am," said Fred proudly, and grinned at her across the table, as she had been listening in on the conversation. She smiled back, and then returned to her chat with Andy Winters, the Gryffindor keeper.
"She seems to be talking an awful lot with Andy recently," hinted George, with an evil smile.
"For goodness sakes, George, he's three years younger than her!" scolded Ginny, who had come over with Colin Creevey.
This made Harry feel even more uncomfortable. He decided lunchtime was over, and dragged Ron away to the library.
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It was after dinner, and many people were wandering the halls, admiring the holiday decorations and talking to the fairies that hovered around. Hazel was off to the library, in search of Hermione, when she almost ran into Lee Jordan.
"Oh, hello!" she said.
"Hey. Where you off to?" He asked her.
"The library. You?"
"Greenhouses. Fred and George said they had a surprise to show me." He shuddered in pretend fear.
Hazel laughed and said, "So, you planning on attending the Ball?"
"Yes, actually, I was just going to ask you that. You see, there's this girl that I really want to ask, her name's Rilla Hopkins, she's in Hufflepuff. She has a boyfriend, but they've been fighting a lot lately, and she told me she might break up with him. So if she does, I'm going with her, but if not, I was wondering if you'd come with me. Unless of course you're going with someone by then."
"Sure I'll go with you if I don't get asked by anyone I really want to go with," said Hazel. "I hope you get to go with Rilla. She's the short, blonde girl, right?"
"Yep," replied Lee. "Well, must be going. Whatever Fred and George have, it sounds like it's the kind of thing that can run away on you."
"See ya," Hazel said. Now I at least have a back-up plan, she thought, and continued on to the library.
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Written by
flutterby
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(A/N: Well, there it is. Sorry its short. It'll get more exiting next chapter, don't you worry. And when you leave reviews, tell me any suggestions about who you want to go to the Ball with who. Ok thanks. REVIEW!!! Luv, flutterby)
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Hazel, Lavender, Parvati and Hermione walked down the hallway on the second floor. They were on their way to Charms class, which Professor Flitwick had decorated with Christmas fairies and lights and such. It was December 12th, and holidays were in two weeks. The current gossip topic was the Christmas Ball, which was set for the 21st. Most people were either waiting around to be asked, or working up the nerve to ask someone. Hazel had mixed feelings about this. She wouldn't mind going with Harry if he asked her, which he probably wouldn't. And she was still very mad at Draco about the Quidditch game, although that didn't stop her having a crush on him. Since last game, Gryffindor had beaten Hufflepuff, and was scheduled to play Ravenclaw after Christmas. But Hazel wasn't as concerned about Quidditch as she was about the Ball. The guy she really wanted to ask her was the twin's friend, Lee Jordan. She knew he liked her, and he was a nice guy, but it looked like he was afraid to ask her.
"I can't believe that Neville asked you to the ball," Parvati told Lavender, shaking her head.
"Well, it seems that the other guys were saying I had nobody to go with, so Neville decided to ask me," said Lavender. "I said no anyway, so it doesn't matter.
"Who are you going with, Hermione?" asked Parvati.
Hermione blushed and told her, "Ron asked me, so I decided to go with him."
"That's nice," murmured Parvati. "I'm hoping my sister's friend Ryan will ask me. He's in Ravenclaw, but Padma said he liked me."
"Good luck," said Hazel. "He's the one with the really dark hair and blue eyes, isn't he?"
"That's the one. So who's taking you, Hazel?" Parvati inquired. "I heard quite a few guys like you. Here's some advice: Don't go with Harry, because he can't dance, and he'll just ignore you anyway."
"Hmm. I'll see," said Hazel as they got to the Charms classroom.
They spent the next hour learning how to make Christmas Crackers that sang carols. Most could only sing "Jingle Bells" but Hermione's managed to belt out a cheery verse of "Deck the Halls".
Next was lunchtime, and the Gryffindors headed back to their common room to drop off their books.
From the boys' dormitory, Harry, Ron, Dean, Seamus and Neville were also discussing the Ball as they went down to lunch.
"So, Harry," asked Ron, "You going to ask Cho this time?"
"I'll think about it," Harry responded, rather annoyed at his friend for bringing up this tender topic.
"Well," said Dean to Seamus, "I was going to try asking Lavender, but then there was the whole fight thing with you, her and Parvati, and I just don't know anymore."
"Aw, go ahead, Dean," Seamus encouraged. "She'll probably go. How about you, Neville?"
"Well, um, seeing as, uh, Lavender wouldn't go, I was, uh, thinking of asking Ginny again," he stuttered.
Harry felt strangely jealous at this, and wondered why. He decided to think about it later. Right now, they had reached the Great Hall, and quickly dropped the topic in case the girls heard them.
Harry and Ron sat next to Fred and George, who immediately brought up the topic of the Ball again.
"You going with anyone yet, little bro?" asked George.
"Maybe," Ron responded, turning slightly red.
"Touchy, touchy!" Fred exclaimed. "How about you, Harry?"
"I don't know either, although I heard you were taking Angelina."
"I am," said Fred proudly, and grinned at her across the table, as she had been listening in on the conversation. She smiled back, and then returned to her chat with Andy Winters, the Gryffindor keeper.
"She seems to be talking an awful lot with Andy recently," hinted George, with an evil smile.
"For goodness sakes, George, he's three years younger than her!" scolded Ginny, who had come over with Colin Creevey.
This made Harry feel even more uncomfortable. He decided lunchtime was over, and dragged Ron away to the library.
***
It was after dinner, and many people were wandering the halls, admiring the holiday decorations and talking to the fairies that hovered around. Hazel was off to the library, in search of Hermione, when she almost ran into Lee Jordan.
"Oh, hello!" she said.
"Hey. Where you off to?" He asked her.
"The library. You?"
"Greenhouses. Fred and George said they had a surprise to show me." He shuddered in pretend fear.
Hazel laughed and said, "So, you planning on attending the Ball?"
"Yes, actually, I was just going to ask you that. You see, there's this girl that I really want to ask, her name's Rilla Hopkins, she's in Hufflepuff. She has a boyfriend, but they've been fighting a lot lately, and she told me she might break up with him. So if she does, I'm going with her, but if not, I was wondering if you'd come with me. Unless of course you're going with someone by then."
"Sure I'll go with you if I don't get asked by anyone I really want to go with," said Hazel. "I hope you get to go with Rilla. She's the short, blonde girl, right?"
"Yep," replied Lee. "Well, must be going. Whatever Fred and George have, it sounds like it's the kind of thing that can run away on you."
"See ya," Hazel said. Now I at least have a back-up plan, she thought, and continued on to the library.
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Written by
flutterby
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(A/N: Well, there it is. Sorry its short. It'll get more exiting next chapter, don't you worry. And when you leave reviews, tell me any suggestions about who you want to go to the Ball with who. Ok thanks. REVIEW!!! Luv, flutterby)