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Two dares done
The first three couples made their way into the great hall, without realizing that they were two people short. They quickly found a table and seated themselves down. A gentle chatter washed over the group, well, some of the group.
'So.this is a nice ball.' Seamus said, to nobody in particular.
'Hmmm.' Lavender replied, looking at her date, then to the rest of her friends. Ron was staring at Hermione with his mouth slightly open, and his eyes had a glassy look to them. Hermione looked like she was daydreaming, and Harry and Ginny were looking goo goo eyes at each other.
'Lovely.' Seamus said sarcastically, looking his date. 'Just lovely.'
'You can say that again.' Lavender grumbled. 'So.'
'So you chose a pink dress.' Seamus said, sounding interested. 'I thought Ron wanted you to get a red one.'
'Yes.' Lavender said. 'But red really doesn't suit me, and I loved this material.'
'Yea, its nice.' Seamus said. 'You look nice.'
'Thanks.' Lavender said shyly, looking Seamus straight in the eyes.
'Erm, just a minute.' Ginny said, snapping back to reality. 'Where are Parvati and Dean?'
'Oh.' Harry said, looking worried, but then he realized. 'Oh! I wouldn't worry about them. Their probably just.busy.'
Lavender gave Harry a funny look, but Seamus grinned. Ron was still staring into space, so Harry gave him a poke.
'Yes I agree, great ball.' Ron said, rubbing his eyes. 'The foods here?'
'No, not yet Ron.' Hermione said sternly, getting out of her daydream. 'Do you only think about your stomach?'
'No.' Ron said, rubbing his stomach. 'I only think about it when I'm hungry.'.
'So you do only think about your stomach.' Ginny concluded.
Ron's stomach made a grumbling sound, and everybody laughed except Hermione, who kept her lips pursed.
'See, I can't help it!' Ron exclaimed.
Just that moment, Dean and Parvati strolled into the hall, hand in hand. They shyly made their way to the table, and took seats next to Hermione and Seamus.
'Nice ball isn't it?' Dean announced.
'Yea, it's great.'
'The decorations are so pretty.'
'I like the music.'
'Everything looks great.'
'So now they speak.' Seamus grumbled, in an undertone. Lavender giggled.
Seamus kicked Lavender from under the table, with a cheeky grin on his face. Lavender kicked him back. Seamus then tried to kick Lavender again, but missed and kicked Ron instead. Ron sat up extra straight, and gave a funny look to Hermione. Seamus and Lavender burst into silent giggles.
'So did you boys get the message yesterday, about having a pajama party after the ball?' Ginny asked.
'Yea.' Dean answered. 'And we invited a few others along. Hope you don't mind.'
'Not at all.' Hermione said. 'The more the merrier.'
Just then, the hall went silent, and a figure at the front stood up.
'Good evening everybody.' Said the grand voice of Albus Dumbledore. 'I'm glad you could all make it. I wont make a speech right now, as I'm sure you are all very hungry. I'd just like to say that I hope this evening will be very enjoyable, and that you all make use of this time to be sociable. Now eat!'
Food magically appeared on the plates in front of them.
'Yes! Grub!' Ron shouted, as he piled his plate with food, but he didn't do it as eagerly as he usually would have.
Hermione noticed this, but didn't bother herself with asking why. Infact, nobody asked, or said anything. They were to busy piling their plates, and thinking.
'I'm going out with Dean! I'm going out with Dean!' Parvati thought to herself. 'I just can't wait till I tell everyone that we're in love! And someday we'll get married, and have lots of kids.'
'Yes!' Dean grinned to himself. 'I, Dean Thomas, was snogging Parvati Patil, the most beautiful girl in the school, in the Gryffindor common room, in Gryffindor Tower, In the hall way, in the entrance hall.'
'Why is Dean looking so happy?' Hermione grumbled in her head. 'No one should be happy. I have, what, Three hours to kiss Ron. What am I going to do? I mustn't panic.arrrrgh!'
'Wow.Hermione is just.wow.' Ron thought, while picking at his food. 'She looks like an angel. I've got to stop thinking about her, and start eating. I wish I was at the ball with Hermione.'
'I wish I wasn't at the ball with Hermione.' Seamus said to himself, while pouring himself a drink. 'She hasn't even spoken to me once! If it wasn't for that stupid dare game, I'd be here with Lavender, I can talk to her. She's so smart.'
'God, I look great.' Lavender said in her head. 'No one here looks are good as me.but I'd better check. Over there.nope.over there.oh my god, fashion disaster for Pansy.down there.that's the floor.Up there, oh my god! The ceiling looks like the nights sky! I never knew that!'
'Tonight is great! I'm finally at the ball with Harry!' Ginny sung in her mind. 'La da da, da da, la di da.'
'Is somebody singing?' Harry thought. 'I need to get out more.'
Just then dinner disappeared from their plates, and was replaced with desert. Harry headed for the chocolate cake.
'Chocolate cake looks nice.' Ginny smiled.
'Do you want me to pass you a slice?' Harry asked, gentlemanly.
'No thanks.' Came the reply from Ginny. 'I'm sweet enough.'
'You can say that again.' Harry muttered.
Seamus picked up a large ice cream with two spoons.
'Do you want to share this with me Hermione.' Seamus asked.
'I'm not hungry.' Hermione mumbled.
'You should eat something.' Ron said, as he got himself a slice of strawberry cheese cake. 'You hardly ate anything at dinner.'
'I wasn't hungry.' Hermione repeated.
'You can't just stop eating, Hermione.' Ron argued. 'You'll make yourself sick.'
'What I eat, Ron Weasley, is none of your business.' Hermione said, sternly.
'I was just looking out for you.' Ron said, raising his voice.
'Well don't.' Hermione said, even louder. There was silence for a moment, before Ron spoke again.
'Why aren't you eating?' Ron asked.
'That's none of your business.' Hermione answered, getting more wound up by the minute.
'Tell me why you're not eating.' Ron demanded.
'Maybe it's because I have other things on my mind.' Hermione said, before leaving the table, and the great hall. Each girl at the table had a guilty feeling at the bottom of their stomach.
'What does she have on her mind?' Dean whispered to Parvati.
'Her dare.' Parvati explained. 'It's to kiss Ron.'
'But Ron's dare was to be nice to Lavender.' Dean said.
'Well Lavender seems to preoccupied to be bothered with Ron right now.' Parvati whispered.
Seamus and Lavender were sharing the large ice cream, and giggling about some private joke.
'Lavender's dare is to tell Seamus that she loves him.' Parvati told Dean. 'I don't think she'll have a problem with that.'
'She might.' Dean said, disagreeing. 'Seamus's dare is to flirt with Hermione.'
'Do you think we aught to tell her?' Parvati asked.
'Nah!' They both chorused.
Ron picked at his cheesecake, before making his mind up, and leaving the Great hall to look for Hermione.
The deserts then all disappeared, and music started playing.
'Do you want to dance?' Dean asked Parvati.
'Do I get a choice?' She grinned, as Dean dragged her up to dance.
Harry stood up, and held out his hand.
'Would you like to dance?' He asked nervously, looking rather red in the face.
'Sure.' Ginny smiled, and put her hand is Harry's, and was led out onto the dance floor.
'Looks like it's just the two of us again.' Seamus smiled, taking Lavender's hand in his, over the table.
'Does, doesn't it.' Lavender said shyly.
'I prefer it when it's just, the two of us.' Seamus said. 'Just you and me.'
'You and me.' Lavender repeated. 'Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?'
Seamus just stared into her clear blue eyes.
'I guess now's a good time for me to.talk to you.' Lavender said, looking down at her empty plate. Seamus squeezed her hand, almost to comfort her.
'The thing is.' Lavender explained. 'I know you like Hermione, and I'm not as smart as her. I'm just a bimbo, but-'
'No.' Seamus cut in. ' You're not a bimbo, and I don't like Hermione, that's just a long story.'
'Oh.' Lavender said, looking slightly puzzled for a moment. 'Well, that makes it a bit easier. The thing is I.I love you, a lot. I don't really know what else to say.'
Seamus lifted Lavender's chin with his hand, and they looked straight into each others eyes.
'Say you'll be my girlfriend.' Seamus said, seriously.
Lavender smiled. 'I thought you'd never ask.'
Yaaaay! Only two chapters left! Woo hoo! But I won't finish it unless you review! Mwa ha ha!
Two dares done
The first three couples made their way into the great hall, without realizing that they were two people short. They quickly found a table and seated themselves down. A gentle chatter washed over the group, well, some of the group.
'So.this is a nice ball.' Seamus said, to nobody in particular.
'Hmmm.' Lavender replied, looking at her date, then to the rest of her friends. Ron was staring at Hermione with his mouth slightly open, and his eyes had a glassy look to them. Hermione looked like she was daydreaming, and Harry and Ginny were looking goo goo eyes at each other.
'Lovely.' Seamus said sarcastically, looking his date. 'Just lovely.'
'You can say that again.' Lavender grumbled. 'So.'
'So you chose a pink dress.' Seamus said, sounding interested. 'I thought Ron wanted you to get a red one.'
'Yes.' Lavender said. 'But red really doesn't suit me, and I loved this material.'
'Yea, its nice.' Seamus said. 'You look nice.'
'Thanks.' Lavender said shyly, looking Seamus straight in the eyes.
'Erm, just a minute.' Ginny said, snapping back to reality. 'Where are Parvati and Dean?'
'Oh.' Harry said, looking worried, but then he realized. 'Oh! I wouldn't worry about them. Their probably just.busy.'
Lavender gave Harry a funny look, but Seamus grinned. Ron was still staring into space, so Harry gave him a poke.
'Yes I agree, great ball.' Ron said, rubbing his eyes. 'The foods here?'
'No, not yet Ron.' Hermione said sternly, getting out of her daydream. 'Do you only think about your stomach?'
'No.' Ron said, rubbing his stomach. 'I only think about it when I'm hungry.'.
'So you do only think about your stomach.' Ginny concluded.
Ron's stomach made a grumbling sound, and everybody laughed except Hermione, who kept her lips pursed.
'See, I can't help it!' Ron exclaimed.
Just that moment, Dean and Parvati strolled into the hall, hand in hand. They shyly made their way to the table, and took seats next to Hermione and Seamus.
'Nice ball isn't it?' Dean announced.
'Yea, it's great.'
'The decorations are so pretty.'
'I like the music.'
'Everything looks great.'
'So now they speak.' Seamus grumbled, in an undertone. Lavender giggled.
Seamus kicked Lavender from under the table, with a cheeky grin on his face. Lavender kicked him back. Seamus then tried to kick Lavender again, but missed and kicked Ron instead. Ron sat up extra straight, and gave a funny look to Hermione. Seamus and Lavender burst into silent giggles.
'So did you boys get the message yesterday, about having a pajama party after the ball?' Ginny asked.
'Yea.' Dean answered. 'And we invited a few others along. Hope you don't mind.'
'Not at all.' Hermione said. 'The more the merrier.'
Just then, the hall went silent, and a figure at the front stood up.
'Good evening everybody.' Said the grand voice of Albus Dumbledore. 'I'm glad you could all make it. I wont make a speech right now, as I'm sure you are all very hungry. I'd just like to say that I hope this evening will be very enjoyable, and that you all make use of this time to be sociable. Now eat!'
Food magically appeared on the plates in front of them.
'Yes! Grub!' Ron shouted, as he piled his plate with food, but he didn't do it as eagerly as he usually would have.
Hermione noticed this, but didn't bother herself with asking why. Infact, nobody asked, or said anything. They were to busy piling their plates, and thinking.
'I'm going out with Dean! I'm going out with Dean!' Parvati thought to herself. 'I just can't wait till I tell everyone that we're in love! And someday we'll get married, and have lots of kids.'
'Yes!' Dean grinned to himself. 'I, Dean Thomas, was snogging Parvati Patil, the most beautiful girl in the school, in the Gryffindor common room, in Gryffindor Tower, In the hall way, in the entrance hall.'
'Why is Dean looking so happy?' Hermione grumbled in her head. 'No one should be happy. I have, what, Three hours to kiss Ron. What am I going to do? I mustn't panic.arrrrgh!'
'Wow.Hermione is just.wow.' Ron thought, while picking at his food. 'She looks like an angel. I've got to stop thinking about her, and start eating. I wish I was at the ball with Hermione.'
'I wish I wasn't at the ball with Hermione.' Seamus said to himself, while pouring himself a drink. 'She hasn't even spoken to me once! If it wasn't for that stupid dare game, I'd be here with Lavender, I can talk to her. She's so smart.'
'God, I look great.' Lavender said in her head. 'No one here looks are good as me.but I'd better check. Over there.nope.over there.oh my god, fashion disaster for Pansy.down there.that's the floor.Up there, oh my god! The ceiling looks like the nights sky! I never knew that!'
'Tonight is great! I'm finally at the ball with Harry!' Ginny sung in her mind. 'La da da, da da, la di da.'
'Is somebody singing?' Harry thought. 'I need to get out more.'
Just then dinner disappeared from their plates, and was replaced with desert. Harry headed for the chocolate cake.
'Chocolate cake looks nice.' Ginny smiled.
'Do you want me to pass you a slice?' Harry asked, gentlemanly.
'No thanks.' Came the reply from Ginny. 'I'm sweet enough.'
'You can say that again.' Harry muttered.
Seamus picked up a large ice cream with two spoons.
'Do you want to share this with me Hermione.' Seamus asked.
'I'm not hungry.' Hermione mumbled.
'You should eat something.' Ron said, as he got himself a slice of strawberry cheese cake. 'You hardly ate anything at dinner.'
'I wasn't hungry.' Hermione repeated.
'You can't just stop eating, Hermione.' Ron argued. 'You'll make yourself sick.'
'What I eat, Ron Weasley, is none of your business.' Hermione said, sternly.
'I was just looking out for you.' Ron said, raising his voice.
'Well don't.' Hermione said, even louder. There was silence for a moment, before Ron spoke again.
'Why aren't you eating?' Ron asked.
'That's none of your business.' Hermione answered, getting more wound up by the minute.
'Tell me why you're not eating.' Ron demanded.
'Maybe it's because I have other things on my mind.' Hermione said, before leaving the table, and the great hall. Each girl at the table had a guilty feeling at the bottom of their stomach.
'What does she have on her mind?' Dean whispered to Parvati.
'Her dare.' Parvati explained. 'It's to kiss Ron.'
'But Ron's dare was to be nice to Lavender.' Dean said.
'Well Lavender seems to preoccupied to be bothered with Ron right now.' Parvati whispered.
Seamus and Lavender were sharing the large ice cream, and giggling about some private joke.
'Lavender's dare is to tell Seamus that she loves him.' Parvati told Dean. 'I don't think she'll have a problem with that.'
'She might.' Dean said, disagreeing. 'Seamus's dare is to flirt with Hermione.'
'Do you think we aught to tell her?' Parvati asked.
'Nah!' They both chorused.
Ron picked at his cheesecake, before making his mind up, and leaving the Great hall to look for Hermione.
The deserts then all disappeared, and music started playing.
'Do you want to dance?' Dean asked Parvati.
'Do I get a choice?' She grinned, as Dean dragged her up to dance.
Harry stood up, and held out his hand.
'Would you like to dance?' He asked nervously, looking rather red in the face.
'Sure.' Ginny smiled, and put her hand is Harry's, and was led out onto the dance floor.
'Looks like it's just the two of us again.' Seamus smiled, taking Lavender's hand in his, over the table.
'Does, doesn't it.' Lavender said shyly.
'I prefer it when it's just, the two of us.' Seamus said. 'Just you and me.'
'You and me.' Lavender repeated. 'Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?'
Seamus just stared into her clear blue eyes.
'I guess now's a good time for me to.talk to you.' Lavender said, looking down at her empty plate. Seamus squeezed her hand, almost to comfort her.
'The thing is.' Lavender explained. 'I know you like Hermione, and I'm not as smart as her. I'm just a bimbo, but-'
'No.' Seamus cut in. ' You're not a bimbo, and I don't like Hermione, that's just a long story.'
'Oh.' Lavender said, looking slightly puzzled for a moment. 'Well, that makes it a bit easier. The thing is I.I love you, a lot. I don't really know what else to say.'
Seamus lifted Lavender's chin with his hand, and they looked straight into each others eyes.
'Say you'll be my girlfriend.' Seamus said, seriously.
Lavender smiled. 'I thought you'd never ask.'
Yaaaay! Only two chapters left! Woo hoo! But I won't finish it unless you review! Mwa ha ha!