A/N…well here's the chapter you have all been waiting for…and to let you all know…the rating is going to go up in the next few chapters…hope you like this one…it will be very fluffy! And theres a little surprise for you all in here!
Disclaimer…Harry Potter and all the characters and such belong to JK Rowling…I am not JK Rowling…get over it!…the songs are *in order* DJ Sammy's Heaven, Miriah Carey's Forever, and Kelly Clarkson's A Moment Like This
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Hermione and Draco sat at their table and watched the couples come in in twos and sit at the tables. Harry came in with Ginny and Ron was with a Ravenclaw 6th year named Lindsay. The two boys smiled at Hermione and walked toward a four person table to sit down.
The Head Girl squirmed a little in her chair as she watched people's gazes travel up to herself and Draco's table. But, she really did get a little satisfaction when she saw Pansy's jaw drop as she looked at Draco. Hermione looked at the blonde sitting next to her just to see that he was smirking at Pansy, she knew he got satisfaction out of it as well.
The dinner went smoothly after Dumbledore's speech. He had just wished everyone a Happy Halloween, but no one had really listened to what he said because they were looking at his costume. Hermione suppressed an all out laughing fit as she saw that Dumbledore was dressed as what looked like a muggle "rapper." He had baggy clothing on with long silver chains hanging down over a very baggy jersey with 07 on the front. He seemed pleased with himself at the laughter and laughed himself. Hermione looked over at a normal looking Snape and saw him mumble what unmistakably looked like "Nutters…" (A/N…sorry, I just get a kick out of turning Dumbledore into a rapper…lol)
When dinner was over and the tables had been swept to the side and a stage set up the band she had hired set up their things. Dumbledore stood and cleared his throat.
"Now the ball shall begin, but the first dance will be led by our Head Persons, please clear the floor." He winked at the two and nodded for them to take the floor.
Hermione had known this was coming but her heart was thumping in her chest. Draco offered her his arm and led her out onto the floor. He had too known this was coming and was ready for it, but he still realized his heart seemed to skip a beat when she put her arms around his neck and he placed his hands on her particularly thin waistline. The song was a slow one.
Baby, you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
Oh, thinking about all our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now nothing can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now
You keep me coming back for more
Baby, you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven…
Hermione had stopped listening to the song by the second refrain and instead had laid her head against Draco's chest. She had also tuned out the whisperings from the students and instead listened to the rapid breathing of Draco's heart. The song ended with a final line.
We're in heaven.
They broke apart reluctantly and looked at each other. Golden eyes staring into icy blue ones. The applause cut into their minds and the walked back to their table, the students eyes following them. Ron's jaw had dropped when he saw how close they were dancing.
"Well, would you like to dance or go for a walk?" Draco asked her once they had sat down and everyone had started dancing again.
Hermione's head was still spinning, "A walk sounds nice, fresh air." She forced a laugh.
Draco nodded and took her by the arm again, leading her instead out of the room and ignoring the stares. Instead of leading her outside he turned and went down the hall leading her to a picture of a little girl and boy in a garden, the boy was pushing the girl on the swing and she was laughing.
"Burnett." Draco said in a cool voice. Hermione realized the password as the last name of the author of the muggle book, The Secret Garden.
The portrait swung open and Draco put his hands over her eyes. "No peaking," He said almost seductively.
Hermione nodded and stepped forward onto the stone steps into the unknown place that her 'captor' was taking her. Once she had made it down the steps and stopped Draco let go of her eyes. She had to gasp, it was spectacular.
"Oh Merlin, Draco." She breathed.
It was a garden, the flowers were bursting with color, and the ceiling was charmed to look like a bright sunny spring day. The smell of flowers wafted up her nose and her ears heard the unmistakable noise of a waterfall.
"I also have a thing for Herbology," he laughed, putting an arm around her waist.
She began walking around the cobblestone pathways through the plants. Some of them were tropical, some were not. It was amazing.
She turned to go down another pathway but Draco stopped her and covered her eyes again. "I want this to be a surprise too."
She walked down the path closer and closer to the waterfall sound, Draco stopped moving behind her and so she stopped as well. He let her eyes go and she gasped again. It was the exact same waterfall from her dream, it even had the bench sitting in front of it.
"Draco." She whispered.
He led her to the bench and she sat down next to him. Oh Merlin, this is too good to be true.
"We probably shouldn't stay long, it might be suspicious, but I just had to show this to you. No one else knows about it. Just me and Dumbledore, he told me about it a few years ago for some unknown reason." He smiled and put his arm around her.
"Merlin Draco, it's amazing." She sighed.
"So are you." He let his thoughts slip from his lips and she turned to look at him smiling. He moved closer and closer to her until their noses were touching, holding her eye. "You really could be bad for my record." He laughed before his lips claimed hers in a passionate kiss.
Pulling away Hermione smiled again. "We really should get back."
Draco nodded and they left the secret garden behind, their secret garden, and went back to the Great Hall as a song ended. The next song began slow and before she knew it Ron was running up to his fellow Gryffindor and asking her to dance. She looked at Draco and gave a half hearted yes and followed him onto the floor. He held her tightly as the song went on.
Those days of love are gone
Our time is through
Still I burn on and on
All of my life
Only for you
From now
Until forever
And ever, my darling
Forever
You will always be the only one
You will always be the only one…
Draco stood in the corner by the punch bowl, completely ignoring a persistent Pansy who kept asking him to dance, his eyes were glued on Ron (who was dressed as a pirate) and the lovely Hermione.
He's holding her too close, I can't stand it anymore. He almost walked over and separated them until his mind got the best over his heart and he stopped.
When the song stopped Ron kissed Hermione softly and she kissed him back though not for much longer than a moment. She pulled away from him and thanked him for dancing with her and walked back to her table. Draco saw this and started toward the table as well.
"What was that all about?" He asked in an angry tone.
"Ron likes me, he doesn't know about us Draco. Just leave him alone, please." She pleaded.
"Very well, but next slow song we are dancing together, I don't want you that close to him again."
Hermione smothered a grin, Draco was jealous over her. Who knew?
The next few songs were faster and Hermione danced with Ron and Harry during those but as the ball came to an end they played a slow song. Draco came up to her and swept her onto the floor, her bell skirt swaying this way and that. He pulled her close to him and wrapped his hands around her waist. She held her arms around his neck and rocked back and forth in motion to the music.
What if I told you it was all meant to be
Would you believe me?
Would you agree?
It's almost that feeling we've met before
So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy
When I tell you that love has come here
And a... a moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Some people search forever for that one special Kiss
Oh I can't believe that it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
"Hermione," He whispered. The word was like a kiss.
"Hermione," The word became a kiss.
The students that were watching the Head Person's dancing on the floor gasped. Hermione heard it and pulled away, running out of the Great Hall. Ron's jaw, along with Harry's had hit the floor.
Draco stood there, not knowing whether he should run after her or not. He chose to run after her and pushed the onlookers out of the way before bursting into the cold Autumn air where he knew she had ran. He found her sitting on a bench crying and approached her cautiously.
"Hermione, we need to go back in there, we have to close up the ball." He whispered soothingly.
She wiped her eyes and nodded, walking back to the Great Hall. The rest of the night passed without incident and Hermione went to her room and locked the door after the ball was over. Draco on the other hand went to the garden to think.
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A/N…hope everyone likes it! And I would like to thank everyone who has reviewed my little story…*Beams* my reviews are past 100! I love you all!
Love and Fluff,
Natalie
Disclaimer…Harry Potter and all the characters and such belong to JK Rowling…I am not JK Rowling…get over it!…the songs are *in order* DJ Sammy's Heaven, Miriah Carey's Forever, and Kelly Clarkson's A Moment Like This
*****
Hermione and Draco sat at their table and watched the couples come in in twos and sit at the tables. Harry came in with Ginny and Ron was with a Ravenclaw 6th year named Lindsay. The two boys smiled at Hermione and walked toward a four person table to sit down.
The Head Girl squirmed a little in her chair as she watched people's gazes travel up to herself and Draco's table. But, she really did get a little satisfaction when she saw Pansy's jaw drop as she looked at Draco. Hermione looked at the blonde sitting next to her just to see that he was smirking at Pansy, she knew he got satisfaction out of it as well.
The dinner went smoothly after Dumbledore's speech. He had just wished everyone a Happy Halloween, but no one had really listened to what he said because they were looking at his costume. Hermione suppressed an all out laughing fit as she saw that Dumbledore was dressed as what looked like a muggle "rapper." He had baggy clothing on with long silver chains hanging down over a very baggy jersey with 07 on the front. He seemed pleased with himself at the laughter and laughed himself. Hermione looked over at a normal looking Snape and saw him mumble what unmistakably looked like "Nutters…" (A/N…sorry, I just get a kick out of turning Dumbledore into a rapper…lol)
When dinner was over and the tables had been swept to the side and a stage set up the band she had hired set up their things. Dumbledore stood and cleared his throat.
"Now the ball shall begin, but the first dance will be led by our Head Persons, please clear the floor." He winked at the two and nodded for them to take the floor.
Hermione had known this was coming but her heart was thumping in her chest. Draco offered her his arm and led her out onto the floor. He had too known this was coming and was ready for it, but he still realized his heart seemed to skip a beat when she put her arms around his neck and he placed his hands on her particularly thin waistline. The song was a slow one.
Baby, you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
Oh, thinking about all our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now nothing can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now
You keep me coming back for more
Baby, you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven…
Hermione had stopped listening to the song by the second refrain and instead had laid her head against Draco's chest. She had also tuned out the whisperings from the students and instead listened to the rapid breathing of Draco's heart. The song ended with a final line.
We're in heaven.
They broke apart reluctantly and looked at each other. Golden eyes staring into icy blue ones. The applause cut into their minds and the walked back to their table, the students eyes following them. Ron's jaw had dropped when he saw how close they were dancing.
"Well, would you like to dance or go for a walk?" Draco asked her once they had sat down and everyone had started dancing again.
Hermione's head was still spinning, "A walk sounds nice, fresh air." She forced a laugh.
Draco nodded and took her by the arm again, leading her instead out of the room and ignoring the stares. Instead of leading her outside he turned and went down the hall leading her to a picture of a little girl and boy in a garden, the boy was pushing the girl on the swing and she was laughing.
"Burnett." Draco said in a cool voice. Hermione realized the password as the last name of the author of the muggle book, The Secret Garden.
The portrait swung open and Draco put his hands over her eyes. "No peaking," He said almost seductively.
Hermione nodded and stepped forward onto the stone steps into the unknown place that her 'captor' was taking her. Once she had made it down the steps and stopped Draco let go of her eyes. She had to gasp, it was spectacular.
"Oh Merlin, Draco." She breathed.
It was a garden, the flowers were bursting with color, and the ceiling was charmed to look like a bright sunny spring day. The smell of flowers wafted up her nose and her ears heard the unmistakable noise of a waterfall.
"I also have a thing for Herbology," he laughed, putting an arm around her waist.
She began walking around the cobblestone pathways through the plants. Some of them were tropical, some were not. It was amazing.
She turned to go down another pathway but Draco stopped her and covered her eyes again. "I want this to be a surprise too."
She walked down the path closer and closer to the waterfall sound, Draco stopped moving behind her and so she stopped as well. He let her eyes go and she gasped again. It was the exact same waterfall from her dream, it even had the bench sitting in front of it.
"Draco." She whispered.
He led her to the bench and she sat down next to him. Oh Merlin, this is too good to be true.
"We probably shouldn't stay long, it might be suspicious, but I just had to show this to you. No one else knows about it. Just me and Dumbledore, he told me about it a few years ago for some unknown reason." He smiled and put his arm around her.
"Merlin Draco, it's amazing." She sighed.
"So are you." He let his thoughts slip from his lips and she turned to look at him smiling. He moved closer and closer to her until their noses were touching, holding her eye. "You really could be bad for my record." He laughed before his lips claimed hers in a passionate kiss.
Pulling away Hermione smiled again. "We really should get back."
Draco nodded and they left the secret garden behind, their secret garden, and went back to the Great Hall as a song ended. The next song began slow and before she knew it Ron was running up to his fellow Gryffindor and asking her to dance. She looked at Draco and gave a half hearted yes and followed him onto the floor. He held her tightly as the song went on.
Those days of love are gone
Our time is through
Still I burn on and on
All of my life
Only for you
From now
Until forever
And ever, my darling
Forever
You will always be the only one
You will always be the only one…
Draco stood in the corner by the punch bowl, completely ignoring a persistent Pansy who kept asking him to dance, his eyes were glued on Ron (who was dressed as a pirate) and the lovely Hermione.
He's holding her too close, I can't stand it anymore. He almost walked over and separated them until his mind got the best over his heart and he stopped.
When the song stopped Ron kissed Hermione softly and she kissed him back though not for much longer than a moment. She pulled away from him and thanked him for dancing with her and walked back to her table. Draco saw this and started toward the table as well.
"What was that all about?" He asked in an angry tone.
"Ron likes me, he doesn't know about us Draco. Just leave him alone, please." She pleaded.
"Very well, but next slow song we are dancing together, I don't want you that close to him again."
Hermione smothered a grin, Draco was jealous over her. Who knew?
The next few songs were faster and Hermione danced with Ron and Harry during those but as the ball came to an end they played a slow song. Draco came up to her and swept her onto the floor, her bell skirt swaying this way and that. He pulled her close to him and wrapped his hands around her waist. She held her arms around his neck and rocked back and forth in motion to the music.
What if I told you it was all meant to be
Would you believe me?
Would you agree?
It's almost that feeling we've met before
So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy
When I tell you that love has come here
And a... a moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Some people search forever for that one special Kiss
Oh I can't believe that it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
"Hermione," He whispered. The word was like a kiss.
"Hermione," The word became a kiss.
The students that were watching the Head Person's dancing on the floor gasped. Hermione heard it and pulled away, running out of the Great Hall. Ron's jaw, along with Harry's had hit the floor.
Draco stood there, not knowing whether he should run after her or not. He chose to run after her and pushed the onlookers out of the way before bursting into the cold Autumn air where he knew she had ran. He found her sitting on a bench crying and approached her cautiously.
"Hermione, we need to go back in there, we have to close up the ball." He whispered soothingly.
She wiped her eyes and nodded, walking back to the Great Hall. The rest of the night passed without incident and Hermione went to her room and locked the door after the ball was over. Draco on the other hand went to the garden to think.
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A/N…hope everyone likes it! And I would like to thank everyone who has reviewed my little story…*Beams* my reviews are past 100! I love you all!
Love and Fluff,
Natalie