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Chapter 14: A Reward.
"Where the bloody hell are they? Being fashionably late is one thing, not getting there at all is another!" I heard Ron say hotly from the Common Room. I giggled slightly.
"Do be patient Ronald." I said in my best imitation of Mum's voice.
I looked over the banister of the stairs leading up to our dorms and saw Ron stiffen slightly then when he realised that it was only me he grinned.
"You look great! It's about time!" he said opening his arms to me as I met him by the fireplace.
"You can't rush perfection." I said touching my hair slightly. Ron assured me that it looked great. Hermione had completed her own wand wave on my hair resulting in it being piled on top of my head with a few strands hanging down to frame my face.
"You are a witch. It shouldn't take you that long. Anyone would think that you're a muggle! We have magic to help us do things faster!"
"That is not the reason we have magic Ron!" Hermione scolded him from the bottom of the stairs. He hadn't even seen her come down.
"Wow.uh.you look.wow."
"Oh real suave Ron." I said rolling my eyes. Hermione giggled and twirled around on the spot.
"You like it then?" she asked indicating to her dress.
"Yeah, the dress right. Lovely. You however, are exquisite." He said smiling at her and taking her by the hand.
"What muggle romance novel did you pull that out of?" I asked him grinning.
"Ok Miss I-hate-romance, you don't have to rain on everyone else's parade." He said frowning.
"Ok! Point taken. I'll just be going now." I said, lifting my robes slightly off the ground and making for the portrait hole.
"Oh no you don't. You're coming with us."
"Oh I am am I?" I said turning back to look at them.
"Yes, that's what I wanted Ron to do. To escort you and me into the ball. Isn't it genius?" Hermione said, linking arms with my brother.
"Wonderful but I don't need a pity date from anyone, much less my brother." I said wrinkling my nose.
"Oh I'm not your date, I just have to walk you in, then you're on your own. I'm 'Mione's for the rest of the evening." He said. Real compassionate too.
"Fine. Let's go." I said, continuing on my way out the Common Room.
We arrived at the Great Hall to find most people already there.
"Ready to wow them?" Ron said looking to me then to Hermione.
"But of course!" I said laughing. Hermione echoed me and we each grabbed hold of Ron's hands and walked into the hall.
At first not many people noticed us but the few that did pointed us out to their friends. I felt like royalty. I kept a straight face and as I saw the look on Sarah's face, I couldn't help but laugh. She looked incredibly jealous. She was sneering at me, as if to say, "Look, I have Harry and you don't." so I looked to her left and saw Harry standing there, his hands in his pockets. Obviously they had made up and decided to go together after all. I was determined not to let this get me down.
I waved around at my friends who were all clapping and laughing at Ron, Hermione and me. I had a sudden jolt in my stomach. Normally this would have been Harry, Ron and Hermione, not me. I looked back to Harry and couldn't tell what he was feeling. He was good at that. He could hide his emotions from anyone if he tried hard enough. I looked away again and up at the makeshift stage that had been set up for the event. Dumbledore smiled down at me and spoke into a magical microphone.
"Everyone, Miss Weasley, Miss Granger, and of course Mr Weasley." A lot of people laughed and I curtseyed, earning more laughter.
Soon after our arrival everyone went back to dancing or sitting at their tables. I chose to sit down. I had made my entrance; I didn't want to take up anymore of Ron and Hermione's time together.
"Go! Dance." I said to them as they stood hovering around the table that I was sitting at. They walked off smiling but not before Ron had bent close to me and whispered-
"I will never complain about Mum giving us dancing lessons again!"
I laughed and watched them for a while. I took a sip of my butterbeer and closed my eyes, revelling in the warmth that it spread though me. When I opened my eyes I was faced with Neville.
"Hello Neville." I said cheerfully. "Have a seat."
"Thanks Ginny. Are you having a good time?" he asked smiling at me.
"So far so good. Are you here with anyone?" I asked him placing my Butterbeer back on the table.
"Yeah.Hannah Abbot." He said blushing slightly.
"That's great Neville! I bet she was happy when you asked her."
"Actually.she asked me." he said blushing harder.
"Oh. Well that must have been a pleasant surprise!" I said.
"Yeah, it was great. She's off dancing with some of her friends so I thought that maybe you would like to dance?"
"Of course. I said I'd save you a dance. By the looks of it you can have every dance with me." I said laughing as we walked onto the dance floor.
A slow song started to play and Neville relaxed.
"Good, a slow one. I can actually dance to slow songs now." He said proudly.
"Let's see then." I said as I placed my arms around his neck. We danced for a while in silence and it was obvious what a great dancer Neville was.
The song seemed to go on forever, I didn't mind, I was enjoying looking around at all the mismatched couples. I was surprised when I saw Zacharias Smith with Parvati Patil. I didn't think that he liked Gryffindors. Oh well. There were lots of interesting couples dancing around Neville and I. Ron and Hermione danced past a couple of times, looking extremely happy. I laughed as Ron dipped Hermione without warning her. I expected her to come up again annoyed but when she did she just whacked Ron on the arm and whispered something to him. It made me wish that I were as happy as them.
"Ginny.I have to get back to Hannah now." Neville said to me quietly.
"Oh sure. Tell her that I said she is a very lucky person so have such a wonderful dancer as her partner." I said to him and winked. He smiled at me and walked back over to Hannah who was sitting with some of her friends at a round table.
I made it back to my table and sat down but was pulled up again almost instantly by someone that I would rather not have been.
"Shut up and dance with me." he said as he pulled me roughly around the hall. As much as I didn't like to admit it, he was a very good dancer.
"You know, I might have actually agreed if you had asked me nicely." I said to him. He smirked at me and spoke.
"Doubt it."
"Yeah. You're right." I said as he slipped his hand into mine and placed his hand on my waist. I expected his hands to be cold, just like he was but they weren't, they were actually quite warm. I won't go as far as to say that my skin tingled under their touch but it was a nice feeling all the same. I almost shuddered thinking about whom I was actually with.
"So Malfoy," I began "Why are you being decent to me?" I asked him.
"Because you didn't tell anyone. I thought that you deserved a reward."
"A reward? You don't mean.you?" I asked looking at him sceptically.
"Yep." He said proudly.
"Oh get over yourself!" I said laughing.
"What can I say, I'm the most eligible bachelor at Hogwarts, besides Potter of course." He added scathingly. When I didn't say anything he looked at me closely.
"Of course.Potter. What happened to you two going out?" I nearly told him the truth; I felt that I could trust him. Merlin knows why, Malfoy is the last person on earth that I should be trusting.
"We broke up." I said simply. He laughed.
"Of course you broke up. I'm not that stupid."
"You were when you wouldn't listen to me when I said that we were a couple."
"Yes well you know why I did that, for your admirer. I didn't actually want to take you to the Ball Ginny."
"I feel so loved!" I said wiping a pretend tear away from my eye.
"Sarcasm isn't becoming on most people but on you.it just fits."
"It's a gift." I said shrugging.
"That it certainly is."
"I never pictured you as the type to actually do anything for someone." I said as we twirled around the other couples in the Hall.
"I didn't want him to ruin our reputation." He said smugly.
"Of course. I knew you didn't actually have a heart." I said smacking myself in the forehead in a duh-how-stupid kind of way.
"Hey, I'm hurt. Do you think that you could dance with him? Then he'll leave you alone. All he wants is to talk to you."
"Come on Draco, no, if I do that then I'll never hear the end of it."
"Please." Draco said looking at me and sticking out his bottom lip.
"Oh god not that. The last person that did that got their face squished together."
"Well I'd rather that than having massive lengths of bogey's flying out of my nose in front of you and a room full of owls."
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A/N: Tee hee.lol. I'm not feeling very wordy at the moment. So.
My reviewers.
Winky55 Yay! A cookie for me? A cyber cookie. Tastes good though. Thanks! Lol. I really want to answer those questions, but I can't! lol. I'm getting weaker though, I so want to answer them lol.
Genie FF03 Now you know what she did. Lol. 'Mione is just so kind! And Ron is such a cool brother. I want him for a brother! Lol.
Dragon21 You've just given me an idea! Thanks. I'll say what it was in the comments after my last chapter. =D.
I really have to get into my new story. I've written a chapter and a half and didn't like the half so I have to write it again and get into it. Hmm.I keep going to bed really late and not getting up until 11 and the day just flies by and I still haven't done any of my story! I was hoping to get the first chapter up after I finished this one. Doesn't look like it is going to happen. Tsk tsk to me.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chappie.
Nesserz.
Chapter 14: A Reward.
"Where the bloody hell are they? Being fashionably late is one thing, not getting there at all is another!" I heard Ron say hotly from the Common Room. I giggled slightly.
"Do be patient Ronald." I said in my best imitation of Mum's voice.
I looked over the banister of the stairs leading up to our dorms and saw Ron stiffen slightly then when he realised that it was only me he grinned.
"You look great! It's about time!" he said opening his arms to me as I met him by the fireplace.
"You can't rush perfection." I said touching my hair slightly. Ron assured me that it looked great. Hermione had completed her own wand wave on my hair resulting in it being piled on top of my head with a few strands hanging down to frame my face.
"You are a witch. It shouldn't take you that long. Anyone would think that you're a muggle! We have magic to help us do things faster!"
"That is not the reason we have magic Ron!" Hermione scolded him from the bottom of the stairs. He hadn't even seen her come down.
"Wow.uh.you look.wow."
"Oh real suave Ron." I said rolling my eyes. Hermione giggled and twirled around on the spot.
"You like it then?" she asked indicating to her dress.
"Yeah, the dress right. Lovely. You however, are exquisite." He said smiling at her and taking her by the hand.
"What muggle romance novel did you pull that out of?" I asked him grinning.
"Ok Miss I-hate-romance, you don't have to rain on everyone else's parade." He said frowning.
"Ok! Point taken. I'll just be going now." I said, lifting my robes slightly off the ground and making for the portrait hole.
"Oh no you don't. You're coming with us."
"Oh I am am I?" I said turning back to look at them.
"Yes, that's what I wanted Ron to do. To escort you and me into the ball. Isn't it genius?" Hermione said, linking arms with my brother.
"Wonderful but I don't need a pity date from anyone, much less my brother." I said wrinkling my nose.
"Oh I'm not your date, I just have to walk you in, then you're on your own. I'm 'Mione's for the rest of the evening." He said. Real compassionate too.
"Fine. Let's go." I said, continuing on my way out the Common Room.
We arrived at the Great Hall to find most people already there.
"Ready to wow them?" Ron said looking to me then to Hermione.
"But of course!" I said laughing. Hermione echoed me and we each grabbed hold of Ron's hands and walked into the hall.
At first not many people noticed us but the few that did pointed us out to their friends. I felt like royalty. I kept a straight face and as I saw the look on Sarah's face, I couldn't help but laugh. She looked incredibly jealous. She was sneering at me, as if to say, "Look, I have Harry and you don't." so I looked to her left and saw Harry standing there, his hands in his pockets. Obviously they had made up and decided to go together after all. I was determined not to let this get me down.
I waved around at my friends who were all clapping and laughing at Ron, Hermione and me. I had a sudden jolt in my stomach. Normally this would have been Harry, Ron and Hermione, not me. I looked back to Harry and couldn't tell what he was feeling. He was good at that. He could hide his emotions from anyone if he tried hard enough. I looked away again and up at the makeshift stage that had been set up for the event. Dumbledore smiled down at me and spoke into a magical microphone.
"Everyone, Miss Weasley, Miss Granger, and of course Mr Weasley." A lot of people laughed and I curtseyed, earning more laughter.
Soon after our arrival everyone went back to dancing or sitting at their tables. I chose to sit down. I had made my entrance; I didn't want to take up anymore of Ron and Hermione's time together.
"Go! Dance." I said to them as they stood hovering around the table that I was sitting at. They walked off smiling but not before Ron had bent close to me and whispered-
"I will never complain about Mum giving us dancing lessons again!"
I laughed and watched them for a while. I took a sip of my butterbeer and closed my eyes, revelling in the warmth that it spread though me. When I opened my eyes I was faced with Neville.
"Hello Neville." I said cheerfully. "Have a seat."
"Thanks Ginny. Are you having a good time?" he asked smiling at me.
"So far so good. Are you here with anyone?" I asked him placing my Butterbeer back on the table.
"Yeah.Hannah Abbot." He said blushing slightly.
"That's great Neville! I bet she was happy when you asked her."
"Actually.she asked me." he said blushing harder.
"Oh. Well that must have been a pleasant surprise!" I said.
"Yeah, it was great. She's off dancing with some of her friends so I thought that maybe you would like to dance?"
"Of course. I said I'd save you a dance. By the looks of it you can have every dance with me." I said laughing as we walked onto the dance floor.
A slow song started to play and Neville relaxed.
"Good, a slow one. I can actually dance to slow songs now." He said proudly.
"Let's see then." I said as I placed my arms around his neck. We danced for a while in silence and it was obvious what a great dancer Neville was.
The song seemed to go on forever, I didn't mind, I was enjoying looking around at all the mismatched couples. I was surprised when I saw Zacharias Smith with Parvati Patil. I didn't think that he liked Gryffindors. Oh well. There were lots of interesting couples dancing around Neville and I. Ron and Hermione danced past a couple of times, looking extremely happy. I laughed as Ron dipped Hermione without warning her. I expected her to come up again annoyed but when she did she just whacked Ron on the arm and whispered something to him. It made me wish that I were as happy as them.
"Ginny.I have to get back to Hannah now." Neville said to me quietly.
"Oh sure. Tell her that I said she is a very lucky person so have such a wonderful dancer as her partner." I said to him and winked. He smiled at me and walked back over to Hannah who was sitting with some of her friends at a round table.
I made it back to my table and sat down but was pulled up again almost instantly by someone that I would rather not have been.
"Shut up and dance with me." he said as he pulled me roughly around the hall. As much as I didn't like to admit it, he was a very good dancer.
"You know, I might have actually agreed if you had asked me nicely." I said to him. He smirked at me and spoke.
"Doubt it."
"Yeah. You're right." I said as he slipped his hand into mine and placed his hand on my waist. I expected his hands to be cold, just like he was but they weren't, they were actually quite warm. I won't go as far as to say that my skin tingled under their touch but it was a nice feeling all the same. I almost shuddered thinking about whom I was actually with.
"So Malfoy," I began "Why are you being decent to me?" I asked him.
"Because you didn't tell anyone. I thought that you deserved a reward."
"A reward? You don't mean.you?" I asked looking at him sceptically.
"Yep." He said proudly.
"Oh get over yourself!" I said laughing.
"What can I say, I'm the most eligible bachelor at Hogwarts, besides Potter of course." He added scathingly. When I didn't say anything he looked at me closely.
"Of course.Potter. What happened to you two going out?" I nearly told him the truth; I felt that I could trust him. Merlin knows why, Malfoy is the last person on earth that I should be trusting.
"We broke up." I said simply. He laughed.
"Of course you broke up. I'm not that stupid."
"You were when you wouldn't listen to me when I said that we were a couple."
"Yes well you know why I did that, for your admirer. I didn't actually want to take you to the Ball Ginny."
"I feel so loved!" I said wiping a pretend tear away from my eye.
"Sarcasm isn't becoming on most people but on you.it just fits."
"It's a gift." I said shrugging.
"That it certainly is."
"I never pictured you as the type to actually do anything for someone." I said as we twirled around the other couples in the Hall.
"I didn't want him to ruin our reputation." He said smugly.
"Of course. I knew you didn't actually have a heart." I said smacking myself in the forehead in a duh-how-stupid kind of way.
"Hey, I'm hurt. Do you think that you could dance with him? Then he'll leave you alone. All he wants is to talk to you."
"Come on Draco, no, if I do that then I'll never hear the end of it."
"Please." Draco said looking at me and sticking out his bottom lip.
"Oh god not that. The last person that did that got their face squished together."
"Well I'd rather that than having massive lengths of bogey's flying out of my nose in front of you and a room full of owls."
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A/N: Tee hee.lol. I'm not feeling very wordy at the moment. So.
My reviewers.
Winky55 Yay! A cookie for me? A cyber cookie. Tastes good though. Thanks! Lol. I really want to answer those questions, but I can't! lol. I'm getting weaker though, I so want to answer them lol.
Genie FF03 Now you know what she did. Lol. 'Mione is just so kind! And Ron is such a cool brother. I want him for a brother! Lol.
Dragon21 You've just given me an idea! Thanks. I'll say what it was in the comments after my last chapter. =D.
I really have to get into my new story. I've written a chapter and a half and didn't like the half so I have to write it again and get into it. Hmm.I keep going to bed really late and not getting up until 11 and the day just flies by and I still haven't done any of my story! I was hoping to get the first chapter up after I finished this one. Doesn't look like it is going to happen. Tsk tsk to me.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chappie.
Nesserz.