thanx to Fiery-chan! your my 50th reveiwer! ooo thank you!

__________________


"Ginny!" Hermione screamed through the portrait hole.


"What-y!" She screamed back, trying to be cute with her words.


"Can you come here for a second?" She said slightly quieter.


"Sure! Be right there!"


Hermione walked into the Gryffindor common room and plopped herself down on a couch. Ginny appeared infront of her moments later.


"So, how do you feel about going to the ball with me brother?" She asked happily.


"I feel great. Do you think that you can help me with my dress, hair, and all that stuff?" Hermine asked gently. Ginny's face lit up like a lightbulb and she sqealed.


"Ok! Let me go get my stuff for the ball so i can get ready while I help you. Hold on" She said as she rushed up the stairs to her dorm. A minuet later she was at the portrait to the Head common room with a big bag.


Both girls walked into the common room to find Draco sitting on the couch still in his school robes. He didnt notice the girls come in so they tiptoed to Hermione's dorm and shut the door.


"Ginny, you never told me who you were going with" Hermione interjected, trying to pry in on her personal life. "Your going with Harry right?" She asked.


"Right" Ginny answered, pulling all of her things out of the bag, and putting them on the bed. "Oh, yea, and I told Harry to pick me up and the portrait to the Head common room, is that ok?"


"Yea thats fine"


Ginny pulled out a orange dress from her bag. It had rhinestones on the edges and had a square-neckline. She had bought it when Hermione bought hers.


"Lets put out dresses on first, ok?"


"Ok"


Both girls changed into their dresses and Ginny had to help Hermione tye her dress.


"Ginny, I have to say it one more time, that dress looks beautiful on you!" Hermione exclaimed. "Oh, hold on" Hermione grabbed a huge blanket out of the closet and wrapped it around her. She walked out of the door and shut it.


Draco was still stitting on the couch, staring into the fire.


"Draco?" Hermione said, comming up behind him. He jumped, and turned around.


"Hey Mione, how come you have that blanket around you?" he asked, smiling at her.


"I dont want you to see my dress"


"Oh"


"I came down because I wanted to know who youre going to the ball with"


"Oh...ummm...your going to laugh at me" He said, rubbing his eyes.


"No im not" She laughed.


"Ok, well, im going with......Lavender" He said through gritted teeth. It seemed it almost hurt for him to say it. "So" he replied evilly "Who are YOU going with?" He asked. But before she could answere him, Ginny opened the dor and called after Hermione.


"Hey, Mione, do you think you could do a spell on my hair to make it curly?" She asked. Hermione smiled at Draco, ands flicked her wand in the air.


"You'll find out" She said sweetly, and hurried back up the stairs. Draco heared a ping-ing noise behind him, and turned around, to see the spot where Hermione flicked her wand. There in red and gold letters, hanging in mid air, was the word "Ron".


All of a sudden, he started to feel jealous of the Weasley boy. He dismissed the feeling and walked up to the door the Hermione's room. He conjured up a peice of paper, an envelope, and a quill. He quickly wrote the following:

Mione,
Save me a dance, ok? I hope Weasel knows hes lucky.
-Draco

He folded up the paper, stuck it in the envelope, And knocked on the door. He quickly slid the envelope under the door, and ran into his dorm, so if the Weasel girl opened the door, she wouldnt see him.

+++

Both girls heard the knock and Hermione walked over to the door. She saw the envelope, picked it up, and opened it. She read the contents and laughed.


"What is it?" Ginny called from the bathroom, as she tapped her nails with her wand.


"Oh! nothing!" Hermione quealed, sticking the envelope in her underwear drawer.


((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))((((((((((((((


Ginny and Hermione sat on the bed, putting on their shoes. Ginny had orange, high-heel shoes, that strapped on the ankle. Hermione had high-heels that covered the front of her foot, the back of her heel, and had a strap around the ankle.


Ginny had curly hair (magicked) and Hermione straitened her hair and had it in a french twist, with ringlets hanging down, framing her face.


Ginny peeked out the bedroom door to check if Malfoy was there, which he wasnt. They tiptoed out of the door and walked down the stairs. As soon as they reached the bottom they heard a knock at the portrait to the Gryffindor common room. ginny sqealedand ran to the portait, but slowed down at the last minuet, right in front of the portrait. Hermione came up right behind her.


"Secrets" Hermione said the password to open the portait. It swung open, the there was Harry and Ron, standing there in tuxedoes.


You could have sworn Ron and Harry had just become fish. They were standing ther, gaping at the girls, looking rediculous.


"What a bunch of fish" Ginny wispered to Hermione. Both the girls giggled. Apparently the boys heard her comment were not emmensly blushing.


"Lets go" Harry said to Ginny, as she walked up beside him.


"Yea" Ron said to Hermione. He held out his arm to her, she took it, and the for students walked to the Great hall.

~*~*~

As the four walked through the gigantic doors Fred, George, Angelina, and Katie ran up to them.


"Hey guys, can I talk to you for a second Harry?" George asked.


"Yea sure, come on Ginny" The couple walked away.


As Hermione and Ron walked over to Seamus and Dean, she realized what song was playing. It was into the song already, so it was about half way through.:

I know that you still dream of what money can't buy for you
And in my dreams I'll make your wish come true

For the girl who has everything
I bring you love (I bring you love)
I bring you love
Cause the girl who has everything can't get enough (enough of...)
Of my love

If you just let me try - my baby listen
I'll help you find what you've been missing
You gotta listen to your heart and not your mind
Ohh.. baby yeah...


Hermione then had a sudden urge to run to Draco and be in his arms. To be safe, warn, comfortable. Then a voice shattered her thoughts.


"Do you want to dance 'Moine?" Ron asked, blushing slightly.


"Yea...sure" She replied, taking his arm and walking onto the dance floor. Ron put his arms around her waist and she put her arms around his neck. She looked into his eyes. Oh how she wished they were the the steely gray eyes that blonged to Draco. All of a sudden she saw Draco in her arms, not Ron. The red hair turned blonde, the brown eyes turned grey, and the stature became skinnier.


"Hermione?" Ron/Draco asked. Then the blonde became brown, the grey became brown, and the stature changed. He became Ron again. Hermione's eyes became sad as she answered him.


"Yea?"


"Oh, nothing, you just seemed to be in a daze."


"Oh, im sorry Ron, I didnt mean to" She said, trying sound sorry.


"Its ok"


"Ok good, do you want to get someything to drink?"


"Sure"


They stopped dancing, and wlaked over the the refreshment table. Hermione grabbed a cup and poured herself some pumpkin juice.


"Damn this juice, they seem to think we cant live without it" Ron said, taking a sip. Hermione laughed at his comment, and poured herself another glass.


"Right now, it dont really care, im just so thirsty" She replied.


"Well, it also tastes funny to me, so i think one glass is enough."


"Mmmm" She said as she took the last sip of her 4th glass and poured herself a fifth one.


************

Across the room Draco stood with Lavender as she talked with Parvati and Padma. He was staring across the hall at Hermione. She seemed to be on her seventh glass of pumpkin juice. He heard some stifled laughter in the corner and turned to look. The Weasel George was looking like he was about to die, and the other one was trying not to crack up. He followed Georges and ended up at Hermione.


Why did he look like he was killing her. He watched as the weasel and Hermione walked back onto the dance floor. He decided to stop staring at her and ask Lavender to dance, even though her desperately did not want to.


30 min later:


Lavender and Draco were dancing together when he heard a burst of laughter frpom about 6 feet away. He looked and saw Hermione laughing at Ron, although he was doing nothing, except looking very confused. The laughing stopped, so Malfoy decided that he just said something stupid, as always

5 min later:

Draco's head snapped around as he heard a bunch of gasps. Right before his eyes he saw Hermione claps to the floor.


He let go of Lavender and raced over to the brown haired girl. Ron, Harry, and Ginny were on her left side, on their knees trying to wake her up.


He go on his knees and leaned over her.


"Sod off Malfoy, we dont need your help" Ginny retorted. He let the remark fly over his head as he checked her pulse.


"Go get me a glass of that juice, Weasel." He comanded Ron.


"This is no time to be th-"


"Now!" He yelled.


Ron slowly got up and got a glass of pumpkin juice. He handed it to Draco and he took a sip of it.


"Just as i thought, liquor. Someone must have spiked it. But who?" He asked, looking around the hall. Almost everyone was gathered around them. He had a certain pair of twins in his mind, but he had no time for accusing now.


"You, Zabini, go to the hospital wing and tell Pomfrey im bringing He- Granger" He ordered. He caught himself just in time, befor ehe gave it away.


"ok"


Draco stood up and reached down to pick up Hermione. When he got her in his arms he turned towards the door.


"You put her down right now Malfoy!" Harry yelled, running after him. Draco ignored him and walked towards the hospital wing.

*************
there! 2 chapters in 1 weekend1 thats an improvement. If its short to you, im sorry, but i wanted to get another chapter out.
im not off punishment yet, so hang in there!


next up: the announcement!

Reveiw!!
l
l
l
V