Harry, Hermione and Ron sat at the Gryffindor table together during the end- of-year celebration. They were in their seventh year at Hogwarts, and it was their last day there. Harry and Hermione talked, while Ron was talking to Neville, Seamus, and Dean. Ron watched the happily chatting Hermione and Harry for a moment; a strange look (jealousy, perhaps?) on his face. Seamus shook his head and nudged Dean, who also shook his head at the two former best friends. Professor McGonagall tapped her fork against her goblet. "May I have your attention, please?"
Professor Dumbledore stood up to make his end-of-year speech. "Well, this has been a most exciting and eventful year. But that is passed, and we have now arrived at the end of the year. To the seventh- years who are making their way into the world, I wish you the best of luck. But now let us eat, and then we will have our annual dance in honour of Cedric Diggory," Dumbledore smiled, and looked at Harry. After Cedric had died in Harry's fourth year, Dumbledore had announced that they would have a celebration at the end of the year to honour Cedric's acts of bravery and friendship. And so, every year, he booked the Weird Sisters and the school had a dance in the Great Hall.
Later, after dinner, all the seventh years dressed up for what would be their last dance together at Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, Neville, Seamus and Dean had on simple black dress robes, while Hermione, Parvati, and Lavender wore more colorful dress robes. Hermione's was a beautiful green, Parvati's was blue, and Lavender's was pink. "You look beautiful," each of the girls were told by the guy that was taking them to the dance. Hermione was going with Harry, Parvati was going with Neville (to her surprise, Neville didn't look that bad in his dress robes!), and Lavender was going with Ron. They walked into the Great Hall together, but Ron and Harry didn't talk to each other at all. They would not even look at eachother. The others exchanged glances; they had to patch things up between Ron and Harry before the end of their last night at Hogwarts!
As they walked into the Great Hall, they saw that decorations had been put up. Streamers and balloons were floating above them and decorated the walls. The ceiling had been bewitched to look like a summer night. There was a beautiful moon and stars, and now and then shooting stars would fly across the ceiling. A faster song was playing, and everyone hit the dance floor right away.
I can't get out of bed today or get you off my mind
I just can't seem to find a way to leave the love behind
I ain't trippin', I'm just missing
You know what I'm saying, you know what I mean
You kept me hangin on a string why you make me cry
I tried to give you everything but you just gave lies
Harry and Hermione danced together, near Neville and Parvati. Parvati didn't look as though she was enjoying herself. She winced every time Neville stepped on her toes. Hermione laughed, and turned to Harry. "Thank God you don't dance like that," she joked. "Oh yeah?" Harry replied playfully. "Yeah. I don't think that I would be able to stand it. I'd go insane." Hermione grinned, then they kept dancing. She glanced over at Ron and Lavender. Ron seemed happy, but she knew that he would rather be dancing with her.
Every now and then when I'm all alone
I'll be wishing you would call me on the telephone
Say you want me back but you never do
I feel like such a fool
There's nothin I can do
I'm such a fool for you
I can't take it
"'Mione? What's the matter?" Harry asked, seeing Hermione gazing off into space. Hermione shook her head. "Sorry. I was just thinking."
What am I waiting for
My heart still breakin
I miss you even more
And I can't fake it
The way I could before
I hate you, but I love you
I can't stop thinkin' of you
It's true
I'm stuck on you
When the song was over, everyone clapped. "How are you all doing tonight?" the Weird Sisters called out. Everyone cheered. "Well, let's not waste any time then!" Then they started the next song.
