A/n: Yay. Thanks for the reviews again guys. I expected more but beggars can't be choosers! Also, this is important, I had to change all the names of the prefects because I remembered that 5th years were prefects, NOT 7th years. Sorry about that. Well I decided to update early today. I planned to update once a week or something but I was so busy and all…ugh…school and all that. Well, let's get on with the story!

Disclaimer: Honestly, do I still have to write I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER so many times?

Chapter eight

The next few days were nerve wrecking for everyone. Boys were nervously asking girls to go to the upcoming ball with them. Girls were patiently waiting and hoping for the boys the liked to ask them. Some girls, however, were courageous enough to ask the men instead. One of those girls was Hermione.

Hermione, Ron, Ginny and Harry were sitting in the Gryffindor common room. Suddenly, Harry brought up the subject of the Christmas ball.

"How did you come up with the idea, Herm?" Harry inquired. "You did come up with it right? I doubt Malfoy would think of anything for the students."
Hermione laughed. "Yes I did. He was skeptical about it - " but I kissed him to convince him, she thought sneakily. "And he eventually agreed. Besides, the prefects were keen on it."

"D'you have a date yet?" Ginny asked. She gave Ron a quick wink and Ron blushed furiously.

Hermione shook her head. "I reckon you're going with Harry?" Ginny nodded shyly. Hermione turned to Ron and said, "Alright then. Ron, do you wanna go with me? Or are you going with som - "

"No it's perfect." Harry interrupted. He grinned at Ron.

"Uh…y-yes. Sure I'd love to, I mean, why not?" Ron stammered. He was bright red.

"Good." Hermione smiled. I don't wanna end up by myself while Draco's dancing with that bitch, Pansy. "Well, I think I oughta go now. See you guys tomorrow." She stood up and walked away. Then, she turned around and looked back. "Oh and Ron, your fly is flying pretty damn low."

As Hermione went away, Ron was busily zipping up his pants while Harry and Ginny were roaring with laughter.

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When Hermione reached the Head common room, Sam and Draco were chatting. "Go to sleep. We have a long day tomorrow you two." Hermione scolded.

"Well I'm a head too, you know." Draco snapped. Sam and I'll sleep later. You obviously need your beauty rest. You'll need a lot of it, considering what you look like."

Hermione's mouth hung open and she rushed to her room. She heard Sam and Malfoy snickering but she ignored them. She took off her robe and revealed a tight, black T-shirt and loose cargo pants. She found her pajamas with broomstick designs on them from her closet. Then, she took her shirt off. Suddenly, the door opened.

"Woohoo! I guess I came at the perfect time." A voice teased.

Hermione turned around and frowned. "You should stop using the 'Alohamora' charm to open my door. What you said to me in front of Sam was extremely rude! I think you went too far."

Malfoy closed the door and locked it. He walked to Hermione and put his hands on her waist. "Sorry, babe. I had to put on a show. Don't worry, everyone's sleeping…" He gently nibbled on her ear. Then, he started kissing her neck all the way down her shoulders.

"Draco, not now. I'm tired." Hermione said as she tried to push him away.

"Why? I'm not tired." Malfoy insisted. His arms were going up and down her back. He kissed her neck again and then her lips. Their lips opened and they explored each other's mouths. Then, they lay on Hermione's bed with Draco on top of Hermione.

"Draco, please. That's enough for today." Hermione argued as she pulled away from Malfoy.

Draco looked annoyed but he stood up and got off Hermione. "Fine, you win this time."

Hermione smiled. "Thanks. Don't worry, we're patrolling tomorrow. You know what that means." Draco laughed and gave her a quick kiss.

"Who are you going to the ball with?" Draco asked. He sat beside Hermione on the bed and hugged her.

"Ron." Hermione told him. "I knew he wanted to ask me but he's too shy so I asked him myself. Are you going with that whore, Pansy?"

"Yeah." Draco nodded. "She may be a whore but she's pretty hot. She has a nice body."

"Nicer than mine?" Hermione scoffed. She stood up and put her hands on her waist. She had a nice, curvy figure and was wearing a red bra.

Draco licked his lips. "She's not even close." Hermione laughed and kissed Draco on the forehead.

"I better go." Malfoy said. "Someone might look for me in my room."

"Alright. See you tomorrow." Hermione reluctantly agreed. Draco gave her one last kiss on the forehead and left. Hermione quickly changed into her pajamas and lay on her bed, dreaming of Draco and dancing at the ball.

A/n: Hi guys! Sorry for the short chap! I didn't wanna put the Ball in this chapter because I wanted to have a whole chapter all about it. Don't worry I'll try my best to update it tomorrow or the day after that. Please review! Thanks to:

Arynnl – Hey! I hope you like this chapter! I updated just for you hehehe and all my other readers of course…

Kelpiemonkey – Yes, foolish heart is an extremely old song…well older than me…I think…but I still think it's pretty sweet!

RonsInnerVoice – I feel sorry for Ron too! I'll try to update ASAP! Thanks for reading!