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Chapter 19 - The Yule Ball
Harry entered December feeling both nervous and excited. The new year promised the addition of magical defence to his schedule with Professor Moony. This was exciting, and Harry knew he needed it, but it also meant that the battle was fast approaching, at Dumbledore's last estimate, war would come in April. Harry was more concerned with immanent events the fast approaching Yule Ball. It was set for Christmas Eve and the school was alive with gossip about dates and clothes, and about what the ball would be like. Christmas decorations went up on the 13th of December, the gigantic Christmas trees in the entrance hall, fairy lights everywhere and singing suits of armour. The sky in the great hall had been bewitched to it was snowy constantly.
The day of the ball arrived with much apprehension. The girls went off early, having much to do. Buffy, Dawn, Hermione, Cordelia, Kennedy, Willow, Faith and Fred had decided to all get ready together in the Scooby quarters. They rushed around like mad, doing hair and make-up, and trying to be ready in time. But eventually they were. Faith was first to be ready. She was going with Angel, just as friends since Robin was still in America and Faith didn't want tot go with anyone else. Faith wore her hair down, and naturally wavy, with her normal makeup. She wore deep red , velvety dress robes, that were very form fitting, in her usual style. She took Angel's arm and they left for the great Hall. The rest of the men waited anxiously outside the oak door that led to the Scooby quarters. Fred was next, simply dressed in navy blue dress robes, with understated hair and makeup. She left with Gunn and was followed by Willow and Kennedy who left together for the hall. Still, the men waited. After a long time, Cordelia came out, looking beautiful in slightly loose chocolate brown robes that complemented her olive skin and disguised the fact that she was very skinny after being in a coma for so long. Xander looked almost blown away by her, and she took his slightly shaking arm. Harry, Ron and Sirius still waited. Next to come were Hermione and Dawn, looking nervous but fantastic. Hermione had once again tamed her hair, and it was tied up into a simple chignon, with tiny silver clips in it. She wore apricot coloured robes and Ron went so red that all his freckles blended in.
Dawn looked even more beautiful, harry thought. She wore her hair up as well, but the ends were spiky, and she wore soft blue robes, that fitted her tall, slender figure. They waved goodbye at Sirius as he remained, still waiting for Buffy.
And finally she emerged, looking nervous but pleased to see Sirius. He thought she was the most beautiful one of them all. She wore robes of a very pale pink, that were well fitting enough to show off her tiny frame. Her hair was loose for the most part, with some of it caught up in a matching pink clip. She wore little make-up, but was still stunning.
"You look incredible," Sirius said, taking her arm, "Can't keep my eyes off of you." They walked carefully to the Great hall.
When they arrived. The party was in full swing. They were many couples dancing, including Ron and Hermione, and Dawn and Harry. Buffy waved at her sister, who grinned back as Harry swung her round. Buffy and Sirius crossed the hall to stand with Angel and Faith.
"You look stunning," said Angel, kissing her cheek. Faith hugged her, also complimenting her, which Buffy returned.
"So how about a dance?" Sirius offered, "I'm a bit rusty, but you don't need your toes really." He and Buffy headed for the dance floor. He had lied, he was a very good dancer, and Buffy enjoyed dancing with him. She had the best evening, of all her evenings at Hogwarts in fact, spending time dancing with Sirius, and then Harry, Ron, Angel, Xander, Giles and even Professor Dumbledore. She was pleased to see Xander and Cordelia getting on well, she thought she might have even seen them kissing. She had always hoped they would get back together.
Harry also had a good night, much better than the first Yule Ball, as he didn't have to open the dancing and was with someone he really wanted to be with. In fact he quite enjoyed dancing once he got the hang of it. At midnight the ball ended and he walked Dawn back to her room. He stood outside her room, feeling somewhat awkward.
"Well…goodnight then," she said, with a hint of reluctance.
"Erm….yeah goodnight," Harry said uncomfortably. Then he just did it, he leant forward and kissed her.
And she kissed him back, then squealed and ran into her room.
He didn't really remember how he got back to the common room. But when he got there, he saw Ron sitting on the sofa looking shell shocked.
"I kissed her," he said hoarsely, "We kissed, me and Hermione. Oh god." Then he lapsed into silence, and continued his staring into space.
Buffy and Sirius passed Harry on their way into the Scooby quarters. He appeared not to even notice them, even when Sirius wished him goodnight.
"Look like someone got a good night kiss," Buffy giggled.
"What can I say, like god father, like god son," Sirius shrugged nonchalantly.
"Well here we are," Buffy said, slightly higher pitched than normal.
"Right," said Sirius. He cleared his throat, "Well, night then." He leant down and kissed her cheek, then turned to go to his own room.
"What are we like?" Buffy said quickly, and took his hand and led him into her room.