Chapter 9
Getting Ready
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters only the storyline and any of the story that I borrowed I will give them credit in that chapter at the end or the disclaimers in the following chapters. Enjoy and be as honest as possible in reviews without being downright mean
~*~*~*~Draco's POV~*~*~*~
(Back at school)
"Come on Hermione, let me see you dress" Draco pleaded with her for the millionth time since they had met at the Three Broomsticks the previous afternoon.
"I told you, no! That's final. You can wait until tonight to see. Now hurry up and move, we were supposed to be at their common room like 10minutes ago" she told him.
"They cant start without us anyway, we have everything" Hhe said poking his head out of the bathroom. He had his toothbrush sticking out of his mouth.
"Draco , COME ON! I want to get it finished so that its over with!"
"I'm coming woman!" he told her with a smirk as he stepped out of the bathroom.
"I would kill you but A)I don't have time, B) that would leave me with all the Head duties, C) it would leave me dateless tonight and D) I wouldn't get my birthday present" she said smirking back at him.
"And I'm sure that none of it has to do with my looks" he informed her sarcastically.
"You think to much of yourself. Oh well I'll just have to deflate that big head of yours one day. Now MOVE!"
They left the common room and headed for the Prefects. They had to decorate the Great Hall by 3 and they had a lot to do. The ball didn't start until 6 but the girls needed time to get ready. Also Dumbledore wanted to give the house elves time to set out all the food. Draco couldn't wait until that night.
"Everlasting life in death" he said to the portrait.
"Hey what took so long? You said you'd be here in like 10minutes, 20minutes ago" Padma told them.
"I know, but someone took 8minutes to brush their teeth" Hermione told them.
"Hey! Perfect teeth come with a price you know!" Draco told them defensively.
"O well, lets go get started" Blaise interjected before it turned into a big argument between the two.
They all left and headed to the Great Hall.
~*~*~4hours later~*~*~
"Come on lets leave or I'll be sick of this place before the ball!" Draco informed everyone.
"Uh-huh" Hermione got out in the middle of a yawn.
"WE have to get our stuff from our rooms, so we'll meet you guys in your common room in like 15minutes ok" Justin said.
"M'k, you know the password" Draco said as he and Hermione turned down the corridor to their common room.
"I'm sooo tired Draco" Hermione said leaning into him.
"Me too. You can always take a nap before the ball, you still have three hours."
"Do you seriously think that Ginny and Padma would let me sleep. They have insisted on making me over for tonight and they don't care if they have to body-bind me to do so" she informed him. "I so don't want make-up, I don't need it and its ssoo not me!" she groaned.
"Come on. Its only once, I think you'll live" Draco told her.
"NO I wont! You don't understand, I haven't worn makeup and a dress since like, I cant even remember! It's my thing! I will DIE!!"
"You mean you don't even want to dress up for me?" he asked smirking. "I mean, if I were a girl, I would want to dress up for a prince."
"Well, I'm not so sure if your not a girl. You sure have the attitude of one" she informed him sticking out her tongue.
"Mia, that's not nice!" Draco whined.
"And whoever said I'm nice? Serpents Lioness" she said to the portrait.
" No one and if they did I have no clue where they got the idea. I mean you're a total ice queen, sweetie" he told her sarcastically.
"Thanks, your such a great friend, drama queen!" she retorted rolling her eyes.
"You so did not just call me a queen?"
"Yes, you know I believe I did call you a queen."
"I'm gonna kill you."
"Hey, wait until after the ball will you, Draco. I would like to see her live until that at least" Justin said as they came in.
"Besides, don't you want to see her all pretty?" Padma asked him.
"She's fine the way she is, thanks" came tumbling out before he could stop it.
"Ummm, thanks Draco, I think" Hermione told him slightly confused.
"Yeah.Well shouldn't you girls get to work? You only have 3 and a half hours left" Blaise said noticing how uncomfortable his friends looked.
"But it WILL NOT take that long, will it?" Hermione asked turning to her friends with wide eyes.
"Hate to break it to you, but yes it will. We have make-up, hair, dress and finishing touches and there being three of us and two of us are doing you, it will take longer than usual" Ginny informed her.
"Oh Man! That's not fair! I never agreed to get made over! You guys threatened me!" Hermione whined.
"Yes we did. And Mia, we're holding to that PROMISE! We will body bind you if we have to!"
"Fine!" she grumbled as she started up to her room, with Ginny and Padma trailing.
"I feel so sorry for Mia," Blaise said, "I would kill someone if they ever tried anything like that to me!"
"I totally agree, but it doesn't look like she's getting out of it any time soon. Look we have like 2 and a half hours before we have to get ready, you want to play exploding snap?"
After the others agreed, they all went up the stairs to play in his room. It was going to be a very long 2 hours.
~*~*~*~Hermione's POV~*~*~*~
"This isn't fair!" Hermione complained to the two girls in front of her.
"Life isn't fair, Mia. Now shut up and close your eyes" Padma told her.
Hermione closed her eyes as Padma out the finishing touches on her eye shadow. She had been stuck here for almost 3 grueling hours with these girly girls making her look 'pretty' as they had put it. In her opinion they were making her look worse, even if they hadn't let her see yet.
She finally was allowed to put on her dress. She looked in the mirror when she was totally done and gasped. She didn't look ugly but quite pretty actually. Ginny and Padma had put a charm on her black streaks so that they appeared a shimmery silver and had put a light layer of matching silver eye shadow. They had charmed her brown eyes to look like a blue-silver in certain lights, while they were their natural color in others. They had put tight ringlets throughout the top layer of her hair and left the rest just slightly wavy. All that and a little clear lip gloss and she was totally ready.
"I don't think you guys could've done better" she told them still in total shock.
"I don't think we could've either, besides you have to look pretty the day before you turn eighteen and don't forget you want to look perfect for Draco tonight" Padma said while getting Ginny to zip her dress up.
Hermione blushed. "Hey Mia, you don't LIKE him, do you? Like as more than a friend" Ginny asked seeing the blush on her friends face.
"Ummm.can I not answer?" Hermione asked, blushing even deeper.
"OMG! You do! You like him don't you?" Padma said her eyes wide.
"Oh, look at the time guys, we should really get down there as we're supposed to be there a bit early for the opening dance" Hermione said, totally avoiding the question.
"Okay, we'll let it slide for now Mia. But be warned, we will interrogate this farther, understand?" Ginny informed her.
"Yeah, yeah" Hermione grumbled, starting to slip back into her evilish moods again. "Come on, the guys are probably already waiting for us" she told them heading out of her room, with Ginny and Padma trailing" ~*~*~*~Nobody's/Everybody's POV~*~*~*~ (make sense)
The girls descended the stairs together. The guys couldn't take their eyes off their dates.
'Oh my god! Is she ever beautiful' went through each of their minds as they met the girls at the bottom of the stairs.
Draco went up to Hermione and took her hand in his and placed a small kiss on her knuckles. "You look dazzling Mia" he told her, leading her towards the portrait hole.
"Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself"
"Yes, I know. I always look fabulous" he said in his aristocratic tone.
"Get your nose out of the clouds Malfoy. You DO NOT always look good okay? Got it?"
"You're just trying to ruin my fun" he said, while playful glaring. "Anyway, what are the chances of you looking like this more often?"
"Like nothing! Come on, I like big, baggy and black. This is none of the above. And if you ever, I repeat ever, tell anyone that I complimented you tonight, beyond the other 4 that is, you better dig a grave!" Hermione threatened as the group arrived at the Great Hall. The doors opened to show many people already there, but none turned to see who was there until Dumbledore announced that the Prefects and Heads had arrived for the first dance.
What each person saw, however, they never expected.
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Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters only the storyline and any of the story that I borrowed I will give them credit in that chapter at the end or the disclaimers in the following chapters. Enjoy and be as honest as possible in reviews without being downright mean
~*~*~*~Draco's POV~*~*~*~
(Back at school)
"Come on Hermione, let me see you dress" Draco pleaded with her for the millionth time since they had met at the Three Broomsticks the previous afternoon.
"I told you, no! That's final. You can wait until tonight to see. Now hurry up and move, we were supposed to be at their common room like 10minutes ago" she told him.
"They cant start without us anyway, we have everything" Hhe said poking his head out of the bathroom. He had his toothbrush sticking out of his mouth.
"Draco , COME ON! I want to get it finished so that its over with!"
"I'm coming woman!" he told her with a smirk as he stepped out of the bathroom.
"I would kill you but A)I don't have time, B) that would leave me with all the Head duties, C) it would leave me dateless tonight and D) I wouldn't get my birthday present" she said smirking back at him.
"And I'm sure that none of it has to do with my looks" he informed her sarcastically.
"You think to much of yourself. Oh well I'll just have to deflate that big head of yours one day. Now MOVE!"
They left the common room and headed for the Prefects. They had to decorate the Great Hall by 3 and they had a lot to do. The ball didn't start until 6 but the girls needed time to get ready. Also Dumbledore wanted to give the house elves time to set out all the food. Draco couldn't wait until that night.
"Everlasting life in death" he said to the portrait.
"Hey what took so long? You said you'd be here in like 10minutes, 20minutes ago" Padma told them.
"I know, but someone took 8minutes to brush their teeth" Hermione told them.
"Hey! Perfect teeth come with a price you know!" Draco told them defensively.
"O well, lets go get started" Blaise interjected before it turned into a big argument between the two.
They all left and headed to the Great Hall.
~*~*~4hours later~*~*~
"Come on lets leave or I'll be sick of this place before the ball!" Draco informed everyone.
"Uh-huh" Hermione got out in the middle of a yawn.
"WE have to get our stuff from our rooms, so we'll meet you guys in your common room in like 15minutes ok" Justin said.
"M'k, you know the password" Draco said as he and Hermione turned down the corridor to their common room.
"I'm sooo tired Draco" Hermione said leaning into him.
"Me too. You can always take a nap before the ball, you still have three hours."
"Do you seriously think that Ginny and Padma would let me sleep. They have insisted on making me over for tonight and they don't care if they have to body-bind me to do so" she informed him. "I so don't want make-up, I don't need it and its ssoo not me!" she groaned.
"Come on. Its only once, I think you'll live" Draco told her.
"NO I wont! You don't understand, I haven't worn makeup and a dress since like, I cant even remember! It's my thing! I will DIE!!"
"You mean you don't even want to dress up for me?" he asked smirking. "I mean, if I were a girl, I would want to dress up for a prince."
"Well, I'm not so sure if your not a girl. You sure have the attitude of one" she informed him sticking out her tongue.
"Mia, that's not nice!" Draco whined.
"And whoever said I'm nice? Serpents Lioness" she said to the portrait.
" No one and if they did I have no clue where they got the idea. I mean you're a total ice queen, sweetie" he told her sarcastically.
"Thanks, your such a great friend, drama queen!" she retorted rolling her eyes.
"You so did not just call me a queen?"
"Yes, you know I believe I did call you a queen."
"I'm gonna kill you."
"Hey, wait until after the ball will you, Draco. I would like to see her live until that at least" Justin said as they came in.
"Besides, don't you want to see her all pretty?" Padma asked him.
"She's fine the way she is, thanks" came tumbling out before he could stop it.
"Ummm, thanks Draco, I think" Hermione told him slightly confused.
"Yeah.Well shouldn't you girls get to work? You only have 3 and a half hours left" Blaise said noticing how uncomfortable his friends looked.
"But it WILL NOT take that long, will it?" Hermione asked turning to her friends with wide eyes.
"Hate to break it to you, but yes it will. We have make-up, hair, dress and finishing touches and there being three of us and two of us are doing you, it will take longer than usual" Ginny informed her.
"Oh Man! That's not fair! I never agreed to get made over! You guys threatened me!" Hermione whined.
"Yes we did. And Mia, we're holding to that PROMISE! We will body bind you if we have to!"
"Fine!" she grumbled as she started up to her room, with Ginny and Padma trailing.
"I feel so sorry for Mia," Blaise said, "I would kill someone if they ever tried anything like that to me!"
"I totally agree, but it doesn't look like she's getting out of it any time soon. Look we have like 2 and a half hours before we have to get ready, you want to play exploding snap?"
After the others agreed, they all went up the stairs to play in his room. It was going to be a very long 2 hours.
~*~*~*~Hermione's POV~*~*~*~
"This isn't fair!" Hermione complained to the two girls in front of her.
"Life isn't fair, Mia. Now shut up and close your eyes" Padma told her.
Hermione closed her eyes as Padma out the finishing touches on her eye shadow. She had been stuck here for almost 3 grueling hours with these girly girls making her look 'pretty' as they had put it. In her opinion they were making her look worse, even if they hadn't let her see yet.
She finally was allowed to put on her dress. She looked in the mirror when she was totally done and gasped. She didn't look ugly but quite pretty actually. Ginny and Padma had put a charm on her black streaks so that they appeared a shimmery silver and had put a light layer of matching silver eye shadow. They had charmed her brown eyes to look like a blue-silver in certain lights, while they were their natural color in others. They had put tight ringlets throughout the top layer of her hair and left the rest just slightly wavy. All that and a little clear lip gloss and she was totally ready.
"I don't think you guys could've done better" she told them still in total shock.
"I don't think we could've either, besides you have to look pretty the day before you turn eighteen and don't forget you want to look perfect for Draco tonight" Padma said while getting Ginny to zip her dress up.
Hermione blushed. "Hey Mia, you don't LIKE him, do you? Like as more than a friend" Ginny asked seeing the blush on her friends face.
"Ummm.can I not answer?" Hermione asked, blushing even deeper.
"OMG! You do! You like him don't you?" Padma said her eyes wide.
"Oh, look at the time guys, we should really get down there as we're supposed to be there a bit early for the opening dance" Hermione said, totally avoiding the question.
"Okay, we'll let it slide for now Mia. But be warned, we will interrogate this farther, understand?" Ginny informed her.
"Yeah, yeah" Hermione grumbled, starting to slip back into her evilish moods again. "Come on, the guys are probably already waiting for us" she told them heading out of her room, with Ginny and Padma trailing" ~*~*~*~Nobody's/Everybody's POV~*~*~*~ (make sense)
The girls descended the stairs together. The guys couldn't take their eyes off their dates.
'Oh my god! Is she ever beautiful' went through each of their minds as they met the girls at the bottom of the stairs.
Draco went up to Hermione and took her hand in his and placed a small kiss on her knuckles. "You look dazzling Mia" he told her, leading her towards the portrait hole.
"Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself"
"Yes, I know. I always look fabulous" he said in his aristocratic tone.
"Get your nose out of the clouds Malfoy. You DO NOT always look good okay? Got it?"
"You're just trying to ruin my fun" he said, while playful glaring. "Anyway, what are the chances of you looking like this more often?"
"Like nothing! Come on, I like big, baggy and black. This is none of the above. And if you ever, I repeat ever, tell anyone that I complimented you tonight, beyond the other 4 that is, you better dig a grave!" Hermione threatened as the group arrived at the Great Hall. The doors opened to show many people already there, but none turned to see who was there until Dumbledore announced that the Prefects and Heads had arrived for the first dance.
What each person saw, however, they never expected.
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