Chapter 14
At the Ball
As the couple's began to file out of the common room, Fred, Lee, and Harry also left. "So, you taking anyone Potter?" asked Fred.
"Yeah, this Slytherin girl who's friends with Kathy. Her name's Noor," replied Harry. "How 'bout you?"
"Nope. Me and my amigos are flying solo. Lee and I are gonna meet up with these two Hufflepuff guys, Frankie and Jack."
"Oh," said Harry as he rounded the corner on his way to the Slytherin dungeons as Fred and Lee continued to the Hufflepuff tower.
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As he anxiously waited for his date to come outside, he began to think of Ron and how his date was going. Suddenly, the door opened and out walked Noor wearing a light blue halter dress. "Hey," she said.
"Hey," said Harry staring at her. For once he was happy with listening to someone else's advice. The walked down the corridor to the Great Hall, talking the whole time.
As they rounded the corner they ran into Draco who was pacing outside the Gryffindor tower. "Waiting for Jennifer huh?" asked Noor.
"Yeah, why. . ." he asked.
"No reason. God, now you hafta have a reason?" said Noor as she and Harry suddenly looked up to the sound of a door closing. Draco also looked up just in time to see Jennifer walk down with a beautiful baby pink halter dress.
"Wow" he said, "You look great babe."
She smiled and replied, "Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself." Then they both laughed and, to Draco's misfortune, walked to the Ball with Harry and Noor.
Once they arrived they couldn't help but notice the group that was on stage. Their music was great and they had never heard of them before. Jennifer, Draco, Harry, and Noor walked closer to the stage where the group was performing.
"I can almost swear I know the lead singer" said Jennifer puzzled.
"Yeah, me too" agreed Harry. As he turned to where they were standing they saw why. It was Fred! He, Lee, Jack, and Frankie were performing for the ball!
Jennifer cheered and said, "Great job Fred!" He walked over to her, kissed her hand, and continued singing. Draco wasn't too happy. He pulled her away from the stage and they went over to some Slytherin guys standing in a corner.
"Hey guys!" he said, "Meet my sexy date, Jennifer."
All the guys checked her out as one guy walked up to her and said, "Hey there mami, why don't you and me hook up after this thing is over," then he smacker her ass and walked back to his friends who were all laughing, including Draco.
Jennifer was pissed. She walked away and went over to some of her friends who were in Gryffindor. Draco ran after her yelling, "Come on baby! It was just a joke! Come on!" Jennifer ignored him and continued walking to her friends.
"Hey," she said to them.
"Hey," replied Lavender, Parvati, and a girl that Jennifer didn't recognize.
"Umm, are you new?" she asked the girl as she turned around. Then Jennifer recognized her. "Angelina! You look great! I love your dress!"
"Thanks" she replied grinning from ear to ear.
Jennifer told them what had happened and they all agreed Draco was a jerk for letting his friend do that to his date. They continued talking for a while until the band's performance ended and another band went up. Jennifer looked back to the corner where Draco and his friends were and caught him talking to a Slytherin girl in sixth year and some of her friends. "Oh my God!" She screamed. "How dare he!" She pointed him out to her friends and suddenly came up with a plan. "I got an idea" she said.
"What?" they asked.
"You'll see," she said with a grin as Fred and the rest of his group walked over to them.
"Hey," he said checking Jennifer out, "You look great."
"Thanks. But I haven't really danced a lot tonight. Wanna do me the favor?" she asked flirtatiously.
"Sure," replied Fred extremely happily.
They walked onto the dance floor to a spot where Jennifer knew Draco would see her, but also in a spot that wasn't too obvious that she wanted him to see her. They started dancing and surely enough, within not time they were grinding. They were both so into it that neither of them noticed Draco's jaw drop when he saw them. Fred turned Jennifer around and said, "You're a great dancer."
Jennifer smiled and said, "Thanks, you too." He put his arms on her waist and they continued dancing. Once the song ended Fred brought her closer to him.
"Now you have to do *ME* a favor."
"Ok, what?" asked Jennifer.
"Give me a kiss."
Jennifer laughed. She really didn't want to, but then she thought of all that Draco had done to her that night and said, "Alright, but just this once." She leaned in and gave him what was supposed to be a quick peck, except for the fact that Fred thought otherwise and they ended up making out.
That was obviously the last straw for Draco. Once they parted, Fred walked back over to his group because they were going to go back on and Jennifer walked back to her friends. Luckily Fred got on the stage just in time because if he had hesitated any longer Draco's fist would have actually made contact with him. The band started to perform and Draco decided to go over to Jennifer. She saw him coming and pretended not to notice him. "Jennifer! We need to talk! NOW!" he screamed angrily.
"I'm sorry girls, is it just me, or is there a pesky little fly buzzing around?" she replied calmly. The girls just nodded and stepped aside for them to talk.
"What the FUCK is your problem?!?" he screamed.
"Nothing," replied Jennifer calmly, "Do *YOU* have a problem?"
Draco growled under his breath and then said, "I look over and you're fucking grinding with Weasel over there!"
"Oh I'm sorry if he doesn't use me as a trophy to show off to his friends!" replied Jennifer, now losing her cool. By now half of the people in the Great Hall were watching their little quarrel.
"IT WAS A FUCKING JOKE!" replied Draco, his face burning with anger.
"I DON'T CARE WHAT IT WAS!!! YOU DON'T DO THAT TO YOUR DATE!!!" she screamed as she began to storm away.
"Oh no you don't!" he said as he grabbed her arm and held her in his arms. "I'm sorry," he whispered to her.
She tried not to smile, tried not to let his apology touch her heart, but couldn't help it. She smiled and kissed him. Suddenly the crowd watching broke into applause and cheers. They laughed and stayed together the rest of the night.
At the Ball
As the couple's began to file out of the common room, Fred, Lee, and Harry also left. "So, you taking anyone Potter?" asked Fred.
"Yeah, this Slytherin girl who's friends with Kathy. Her name's Noor," replied Harry. "How 'bout you?"
"Nope. Me and my amigos are flying solo. Lee and I are gonna meet up with these two Hufflepuff guys, Frankie and Jack."
"Oh," said Harry as he rounded the corner on his way to the Slytherin dungeons as Fred and Lee continued to the Hufflepuff tower.
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As he anxiously waited for his date to come outside, he began to think of Ron and how his date was going. Suddenly, the door opened and out walked Noor wearing a light blue halter dress. "Hey," she said.
"Hey," said Harry staring at her. For once he was happy with listening to someone else's advice. The walked down the corridor to the Great Hall, talking the whole time.
As they rounded the corner they ran into Draco who was pacing outside the Gryffindor tower. "Waiting for Jennifer huh?" asked Noor.
"Yeah, why. . ." he asked.
"No reason. God, now you hafta have a reason?" said Noor as she and Harry suddenly looked up to the sound of a door closing. Draco also looked up just in time to see Jennifer walk down with a beautiful baby pink halter dress.
"Wow" he said, "You look great babe."
She smiled and replied, "Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself." Then they both laughed and, to Draco's misfortune, walked to the Ball with Harry and Noor.
Once they arrived they couldn't help but notice the group that was on stage. Their music was great and they had never heard of them before. Jennifer, Draco, Harry, and Noor walked closer to the stage where the group was performing.
"I can almost swear I know the lead singer" said Jennifer puzzled.
"Yeah, me too" agreed Harry. As he turned to where they were standing they saw why. It was Fred! He, Lee, Jack, and Frankie were performing for the ball!
Jennifer cheered and said, "Great job Fred!" He walked over to her, kissed her hand, and continued singing. Draco wasn't too happy. He pulled her away from the stage and they went over to some Slytherin guys standing in a corner.
"Hey guys!" he said, "Meet my sexy date, Jennifer."
All the guys checked her out as one guy walked up to her and said, "Hey there mami, why don't you and me hook up after this thing is over," then he smacker her ass and walked back to his friends who were all laughing, including Draco.
Jennifer was pissed. She walked away and went over to some of her friends who were in Gryffindor. Draco ran after her yelling, "Come on baby! It was just a joke! Come on!" Jennifer ignored him and continued walking to her friends.
"Hey," she said to them.
"Hey," replied Lavender, Parvati, and a girl that Jennifer didn't recognize.
"Umm, are you new?" she asked the girl as she turned around. Then Jennifer recognized her. "Angelina! You look great! I love your dress!"
"Thanks" she replied grinning from ear to ear.
Jennifer told them what had happened and they all agreed Draco was a jerk for letting his friend do that to his date. They continued talking for a while until the band's performance ended and another band went up. Jennifer looked back to the corner where Draco and his friends were and caught him talking to a Slytherin girl in sixth year and some of her friends. "Oh my God!" She screamed. "How dare he!" She pointed him out to her friends and suddenly came up with a plan. "I got an idea" she said.
"What?" they asked.
"You'll see," she said with a grin as Fred and the rest of his group walked over to them.
"Hey," he said checking Jennifer out, "You look great."
"Thanks. But I haven't really danced a lot tonight. Wanna do me the favor?" she asked flirtatiously.
"Sure," replied Fred extremely happily.
They walked onto the dance floor to a spot where Jennifer knew Draco would see her, but also in a spot that wasn't too obvious that she wanted him to see her. They started dancing and surely enough, within not time they were grinding. They were both so into it that neither of them noticed Draco's jaw drop when he saw them. Fred turned Jennifer around and said, "You're a great dancer."
Jennifer smiled and said, "Thanks, you too." He put his arms on her waist and they continued dancing. Once the song ended Fred brought her closer to him.
"Now you have to do *ME* a favor."
"Ok, what?" asked Jennifer.
"Give me a kiss."
Jennifer laughed. She really didn't want to, but then she thought of all that Draco had done to her that night and said, "Alright, but just this once." She leaned in and gave him what was supposed to be a quick peck, except for the fact that Fred thought otherwise and they ended up making out.
That was obviously the last straw for Draco. Once they parted, Fred walked back over to his group because they were going to go back on and Jennifer walked back to her friends. Luckily Fred got on the stage just in time because if he had hesitated any longer Draco's fist would have actually made contact with him. The band started to perform and Draco decided to go over to Jennifer. She saw him coming and pretended not to notice him. "Jennifer! We need to talk! NOW!" he screamed angrily.
"I'm sorry girls, is it just me, or is there a pesky little fly buzzing around?" she replied calmly. The girls just nodded and stepped aside for them to talk.
"What the FUCK is your problem?!?" he screamed.
"Nothing," replied Jennifer calmly, "Do *YOU* have a problem?"
Draco growled under his breath and then said, "I look over and you're fucking grinding with Weasel over there!"
"Oh I'm sorry if he doesn't use me as a trophy to show off to his friends!" replied Jennifer, now losing her cool. By now half of the people in the Great Hall were watching their little quarrel.
"IT WAS A FUCKING JOKE!" replied Draco, his face burning with anger.
"I DON'T CARE WHAT IT WAS!!! YOU DON'T DO THAT TO YOUR DATE!!!" she screamed as she began to storm away.
"Oh no you don't!" he said as he grabbed her arm and held her in his arms. "I'm sorry," he whispered to her.
She tried not to smile, tried not to let his apology touch her heart, but couldn't help it. She smiled and kissed him. Suddenly the crowd watching broke into applause and cheers. They laughed and stayed together the rest of the night.