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Chapter 16
Hermione's knees went weak. "Master Malfoy?"
Blaise had a shocked expression on her face. "Hermione," she said.
"No,Blaise,its fine." Her eyes went watery.
"Apparently, this was reserved for a Miss Hermione Granger. But Master Malfoy just called in, and told me that this dress will just be reserved for a Miss Blaise." The lady explained.
"Here you go, Miss Blaise. Please sign here," she said as she showed Blaise a contract like paper. She signed it, took the box, and went out of the store. Hermione went with her.
"I'm sorry, Hermione. I didn't know," Blaise said, trying to explain.
"Nah, Its okay. It's a wonderful dress Blaise, and I'm sure it will look wonderful on you." She said with a smile.
"Are you sure-" Blaise asked.
"Yeah." She answered. "Listen, I'm going to buy my robe, and you better go."
"Why? Are you mad?" she asked cautiously.
"No." she said with a laugh. "Its just that, Draco is waiting for you there."
Blaise looked to where Hermione was looking. Draco was there, holding a couple of paper bags and a box.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Harry and Ron'll be coming to pick me up later." She said.
"Bye then," Blaise said, and went over where Draco was.
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"Hey Blaise!" Draco greeted. "You liked the dress?"
"Draco, I saw Hermione in there." She said. "She knew about the dress, everything."
Draco gulped. "Well, its now for you." He said. He took her hand and said, "Let's go, I have lots to tell you. You know, I saw Potter and -"
Blaise didn't move. "Draco," she said. "Why are you doing this?" she asked.
Draco's smiling face turned into a serious one. "Almost two weeks have passed, Blaise. Father was right." He said.
"She still loves you, Draco. She truly does. Your willing to let that all go? Please Draco, as a friend. Don't do this!" Blaise whispered, dropped the box and ran outside. She took the conventional carriage back to Hogwarts.
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"Hey guys," Hermione greeted Ron and Harry.
"Why the glum face?" Harry asked.
"Nothing, Nothing."She said.
"Hermione, there's something you're not telling." Ron said.
"Or do you want us to let you drink another truth potion again?" Harry asked.
"I met Blaise on the robe store." She said.
"So?" Harry and Ron said in Unison.
"Draco reserved a dress for her, originally for me. Then he just changed it." Hermione said.
"Gee, that guy sure knows how to forget!"Ron commented. Harry nudged him.
"It cost forty-five thousand galleons in all."
"What?" Harry said. Ron gasped.
"If he's willing to spend that much on you, that it must mean. . ." Ron explained but Harry butt in.
"Nothing. That amount means nothing to the Malfoys. Let's go, before we run out of carriges." Harry said.
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Draco spotted Blaise on the Slytherin Common room couch, just sitting there.
"Hey," he greeted. He then sat beside her.
"You're back." She said.
Silence.
"Listen," they both said in unison.
"You first," Draco said.
"I'm sorry Draco, its just that, I'm your friend, and friends need to look out for each other. Look where this situation almost got you to. You almost got yourself killed!" she explained.
"Look, its time to let go. Father is right. I am not willing to take a chance on others just to let my mother suffer the consequences." He said, rather angry. "Maybe I was wrong then, Blaise."
"You may be wrong now in taking this choice. Aren't you sad?" she asked.
"My father taught me once, never to feel any emotions." He said, as he walked towards the window. Then he turned to face Blaise. "The relationship I had, most unusually with her, it was a mistake."
"A mistake you didn't regret," she added.
"Let's not get too emotional. Look, this is simple. I loved her, and now I'm letting her go. Okay?" he explained. "I bought something for you, to go with your dress. Its in the paper bag. I need to rest." He said as he went into his room and shut the door.
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Hermione tried to be happy. That night was the farewell ball, and after that, one week more of school and then it's over. She wore a simple pale pink robe, a silver necklace and lipgloss. She really wasn't in the mood for fixing herself up, like she always wasn't, and what's the big deal anyway? It's just a ball. Plus, she heard from somewhere that make-up irritates your skin. She didn't have a date. Ron went with Lavender despite him accusing her of poisoning the butterbeer, And Harry went with a Hufflepuff girl. Ginny went with Colin, and Draco probably went with Blaise. She walked down the gryffindor staircase alone. No one to wait for her.
When she walked in the Great Hall,she barely recognized it. Above were holographic images of stars, and silver like glitter falling all over. The floor was marble black, and the platform which used to be the teachers eating place became a stage for the night's band, the most popular band in the wizarding world, Wizard Wheenes. Some students were dancing, some were seated. She spotted Harry getting food from the buffet table, Ron brushing off the silver things off his hair, Ginny and Colin taking secret pictures of Harry, and then she spotted Draco and other slytherins stacking galleons.
"Hermione!" someone called, and she turned around. She saw that it was Lavender, inviting her to sit with them in their table.
"Hey! You should've called us to fix you up. You look like a wreck!" Pavarati (I really don't know the spelling of her name) commented.
"I heard you just broke-" Padma was about to say, when Lavender stomped on her foot. "Aw!" she shouted. Lavender just shot her an icy glare. Hermione just smiled.
The next few hours weren't much fun. Padma and the other two girls kept on talking about that new wizard movie, Kill me if you Can, starring their favorite actor, Jardo de Wrapo. Once or twice, she's been asked to dance, by Harry, but she declined. Then, the band started playing a sentimental ballad. One by one, all the three girls were asked to dance. She was left alone. She decided to go out into the balcony, just to go there and avoid things.
As she went out, she tried to stop the tears from her eyes. She remembered certain memories, now that she wished hadn't existed. Just when she thought no one will notice that she'd gone, Someone did. And that someone followed her.
She leaned on to the columns of the balcony, staring at the stars and just letting the tears flow out of her eyes.
"Why am I even feeling this way?" she said to herself. (Yep, she was really talking.) "I am so stupid." She continued. "Great. I'm talking to myself and probably, I'm starting to go-" she said, but a voice butted in.
"Insane?" the voice asked.
Hermione turned around, praying that the voice is not whom she thought it would be. She gasped at the sight.
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Chapter 16
Hermione's knees went weak. "Master Malfoy?"
Blaise had a shocked expression on her face. "Hermione," she said.
"No,Blaise,its fine." Her eyes went watery.
"Apparently, this was reserved for a Miss Hermione Granger. But Master Malfoy just called in, and told me that this dress will just be reserved for a Miss Blaise." The lady explained.
"Here you go, Miss Blaise. Please sign here," she said as she showed Blaise a contract like paper. She signed it, took the box, and went out of the store. Hermione went with her.
"I'm sorry, Hermione. I didn't know," Blaise said, trying to explain.
"Nah, Its okay. It's a wonderful dress Blaise, and I'm sure it will look wonderful on you." She said with a smile.
"Are you sure-" Blaise asked.
"Yeah." She answered. "Listen, I'm going to buy my robe, and you better go."
"Why? Are you mad?" she asked cautiously.
"No." she said with a laugh. "Its just that, Draco is waiting for you there."
Blaise looked to where Hermione was looking. Draco was there, holding a couple of paper bags and a box.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Harry and Ron'll be coming to pick me up later." She said.
"Bye then," Blaise said, and went over where Draco was.
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"Hey Blaise!" Draco greeted. "You liked the dress?"
"Draco, I saw Hermione in there." She said. "She knew about the dress, everything."
Draco gulped. "Well, its now for you." He said. He took her hand and said, "Let's go, I have lots to tell you. You know, I saw Potter and -"
Blaise didn't move. "Draco," she said. "Why are you doing this?" she asked.
Draco's smiling face turned into a serious one. "Almost two weeks have passed, Blaise. Father was right." He said.
"She still loves you, Draco. She truly does. Your willing to let that all go? Please Draco, as a friend. Don't do this!" Blaise whispered, dropped the box and ran outside. She took the conventional carriage back to Hogwarts.
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"Hey guys," Hermione greeted Ron and Harry.
"Why the glum face?" Harry asked.
"Nothing, Nothing."She said.
"Hermione, there's something you're not telling." Ron said.
"Or do you want us to let you drink another truth potion again?" Harry asked.
"I met Blaise on the robe store." She said.
"So?" Harry and Ron said in Unison.
"Draco reserved a dress for her, originally for me. Then he just changed it." Hermione said.
"Gee, that guy sure knows how to forget!"Ron commented. Harry nudged him.
"It cost forty-five thousand galleons in all."
"What?" Harry said. Ron gasped.
"If he's willing to spend that much on you, that it must mean. . ." Ron explained but Harry butt in.
"Nothing. That amount means nothing to the Malfoys. Let's go, before we run out of carriges." Harry said.
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Draco spotted Blaise on the Slytherin Common room couch, just sitting there.
"Hey," he greeted. He then sat beside her.
"You're back." She said.
Silence.
"Listen," they both said in unison.
"You first," Draco said.
"I'm sorry Draco, its just that, I'm your friend, and friends need to look out for each other. Look where this situation almost got you to. You almost got yourself killed!" she explained.
"Look, its time to let go. Father is right. I am not willing to take a chance on others just to let my mother suffer the consequences." He said, rather angry. "Maybe I was wrong then, Blaise."
"You may be wrong now in taking this choice. Aren't you sad?" she asked.
"My father taught me once, never to feel any emotions." He said, as he walked towards the window. Then he turned to face Blaise. "The relationship I had, most unusually with her, it was a mistake."
"A mistake you didn't regret," she added.
"Let's not get too emotional. Look, this is simple. I loved her, and now I'm letting her go. Okay?" he explained. "I bought something for you, to go with your dress. Its in the paper bag. I need to rest." He said as he went into his room and shut the door.
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Hermione tried to be happy. That night was the farewell ball, and after that, one week more of school and then it's over. She wore a simple pale pink robe, a silver necklace and lipgloss. She really wasn't in the mood for fixing herself up, like she always wasn't, and what's the big deal anyway? It's just a ball. Plus, she heard from somewhere that make-up irritates your skin. She didn't have a date. Ron went with Lavender despite him accusing her of poisoning the butterbeer, And Harry went with a Hufflepuff girl. Ginny went with Colin, and Draco probably went with Blaise. She walked down the gryffindor staircase alone. No one to wait for her.
When she walked in the Great Hall,she barely recognized it. Above were holographic images of stars, and silver like glitter falling all over. The floor was marble black, and the platform which used to be the teachers eating place became a stage for the night's band, the most popular band in the wizarding world, Wizard Wheenes. Some students were dancing, some were seated. She spotted Harry getting food from the buffet table, Ron brushing off the silver things off his hair, Ginny and Colin taking secret pictures of Harry, and then she spotted Draco and other slytherins stacking galleons.
"Hermione!" someone called, and she turned around. She saw that it was Lavender, inviting her to sit with them in their table.
"Hey! You should've called us to fix you up. You look like a wreck!" Pavarati (I really don't know the spelling of her name) commented.
"I heard you just broke-" Padma was about to say, when Lavender stomped on her foot. "Aw!" she shouted. Lavender just shot her an icy glare. Hermione just smiled.
The next few hours weren't much fun. Padma and the other two girls kept on talking about that new wizard movie, Kill me if you Can, starring their favorite actor, Jardo de Wrapo. Once or twice, she's been asked to dance, by Harry, but she declined. Then, the band started playing a sentimental ballad. One by one, all the three girls were asked to dance. She was left alone. She decided to go out into the balcony, just to go there and avoid things.
As she went out, she tried to stop the tears from her eyes. She remembered certain memories, now that she wished hadn't existed. Just when she thought no one will notice that she'd gone, Someone did. And that someone followed her.
She leaned on to the columns of the balcony, staring at the stars and just letting the tears flow out of her eyes.
"Why am I even feeling this way?" she said to herself. (Yep, she was really talking.) "I am so stupid." She continued. "Great. I'm talking to myself and probably, I'm starting to go-" she said, but a voice butted in.
"Insane?" the voice asked.
Hermione turned around, praying that the voice is not whom she thought it would be. She gasped at the sight.
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Finished! There, thanks to those who reviewed and please do if you haven't! Luv Ya'll!
