Finally! Another chapter! Why haven't I posted? 'Cause I'm lazy dat's why. Well here ya'll go!

Missy

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

In the Slytherin common room, where the fire was blazing, and warmth coated the room, Ralee Stapp, and Draco Malfoy sat by the hearth, talking. Draco reached over and played with Ralee's hair. "You're beautiful, you know that?" Ralee just smiled. Draco pulled his arm away, and reached into his robe pocket. "I have an early Christmas present for you." He handed her a black velvet box.

Ralee smiled. "For me?" She opened the box. In the light of the fire, shimmered a silver bangle bracelet, with diamond studs. Ralee gasped and covered her mouth. "Oh my gosh Draco! It's beautiful!" Draco smiled. The firelight flickered across his face, highlighting some of his more handsome features. Ralee's eyes misted over. "Draco." She reached up and gave him a sweet kiss. He returned it, just as sweetly. They pulled away, and looked into each other's eyes. Draco kissed her on the nose. "I love you, Ralee."

The next morning, on the way to the Great hall, Ralee and Draco ran into Mandy, Lizzy, Ron, Harry, Elorra, Missy, Oliver, Patrick, Hermione, and Joshua. But Ralee was so busy admiring her new bracelet, that she and Draco didn't even notice them. They all watched them walk down the hallway. Lizzy dropped her mouth open in pretend amazement. "Are they sick or something?"

Harry shrugged. "I don't know." He laughed. "Obviously they're too caught up in something."

Ron laughed. "Yeah, themselves."

Mandy nudged him. "Shut up Ron" She said and walked away.

Ron ran after her. "What did I say??"

Missy watched for a second. "Hey!! Wait for me!!" She said and took off after them.

Harry grabbed Lizzy's hand. "Wanna walk with me?" He asked, sort of pouting.

Lizzy grinned. "Of course."

When they got to the Great Hall, they all sat down at the Gryffindor table. Lizzy saw a poster for the Talent show. She read it and her eyes got big. She put it down and thought, a smile spreading across her face.

Patrick sat down besides Elorra. "Hey!"

Elorra smiled. "Hi."

Patrick cleared his throat. "I was thinking, would you like to go for a walk or something after classes?"

Elorra grinned. "I'd love to!"

Patrick grinned back. "Great! I'll meet you outside then by the lake, right after class. OK?"

Elorra nodded quickly. "OK. I'll be there."

Patrick smiled, and got up to go sit with the boys at the other end of the table.

Elorra looked at everyone and tried to play it cool. She couldn't hold it anymore. "I can't believe he asked me!!!! This is like a date!!!!! YES!!!!" She squealed.

Everyone laughed at Elorra for a while, and then Lizzy spoke up. "You guys, I was looking at this poster for the talent show. And I was thinking."

Mandy laughed. "You actually think?"

"Shut up. As I was saying, I was thinking that maybe we ought to enter in the talent show, all of us girls, as a group."

Missy frowned. "Yeah, but what would be our talent?"

Lizzy sighed. "That's what I was working on."

Elorra however was thinking differently. "What are the rules? What do you mean as a group?"

Lizzy swallowed her bite of bagel. "Well, it says here, that there are two categories; Singles, which is just one person, and Groups, which is a two or more people. You can do anything, magical, or muggle, it doesn't matter. Which means you can show of you're dueling, or you can have a fashion show. Whatever you want. The categories are broken down into smaller categories. The Singles have a magical category, a muggle category, and a mixed category which is where you can show off some talent that is either muggle or magical. You can even have a collection. Like a collection of bottle caps or something I don't know. The Groups have the same smaller categories. You have to have an original idea, and you can't cheat. There's a list of things that qualify as cheating which I suppose was made up by Filch. So what do you guys think?"

Ralee, who had been passing by, with a plate of potatoes, and stopped to listen spoke up. "Well if you guys don't mind I have idea that might help you." They all looked at her, even Missy, who had realized that there was some Slytherins out there that weren't evil, like Draco Malfoy.

Mandy scooted over to make room for Ralee. "Here sit down and tell us what you have in mind Ralee."

Ralee smiled and sat the plate of potatoes down. "Well, first I was wondering if any of you could play instruments."

Lizzy grinned. "I can play the drums."

Ralee raised her eyebrows. "Really? That's great! Anybody else?"

Missy bit her lip. "Well I play the acoustic guitar."

"I can play the bass guitar," Elorra spoke up.

"And I've played the electric." Mandy said.

Ralee was delighted. "Really? That's champion! What about you Hermione?"

Hermione shook her head. 'Nope sorry, I don't play anything."

Ralee grinned. "That's all right. If you guys like my idea, I'm sure they could find something for you to do."

"Well what is your bloody idea all ready!?" Lizzy exclaimed impatiently.

Ralee laughed. "You all could be like a muggle singing group. Dress up for it, use a few muggle songs, make up a name for your band, and then you guys could play a couple of songs."

The girls were all silent for a moment before they burst out in excited chatter.

"I know some songs we could play!" Hermione exclaimed.

"But who'll sing?' Lizzy asked.

"What will our costumes look like?" Elorra wondered.

Mandy held up her hands to shush them all. "I think we're missing someone." She turned to Ralee. "You of course will join us won't you Ralee?"

Ralee smiled. "Thanks, but I'm glad to just give you the idea. What would everyone think if a bunch of Gryffindor girls hung out with a Slytherin girl?"

"Who cares?' Missy said.

"What do the rules say about it Lizzy?" Elorra asked.

Lizzy glanced at the poster. "Absolutely nothing about mixed house acts. Nothing whatsoever."

"Come on Ralee, please?' Hermione begged.

"Yes please?" Mandy put in.

Ralee sighed. Then she smiled. "Oh why not! All right fine."

All of the girls cheered.

Ralee grinned.

"I vote we put Ralee in charge of our act!" Mandy said. She raised her hands and looked around at the other girls. They all put their hands up. Lizzy even put two hands up.

Ralee almost blushed. Almost. "Well, we had better start planning right away. I want you guys to all pick out your favorite outfits and lay them out on your beds. Tonight I'll come up to your dormitories and look the over. Hermione," She turned to look at Hermione. "How about you doing the job of the DJ? It's not a hard job and I'll teach you all you need to know. What do you say to that? It'll be a really wild addition to our group."

Hermione raised her eyebrows. "What do you think? I'm not going to mess you all up now!"

The bell rang for the first classes, and Ralee stood up. "It's settled then. I'll be up at your dormitories later tonight. See you then!"

They all waved goodbye and started off for their classes.