Just a quick reminder, all of the songs that are in this story, with the exception of I could have been with you, are not mine in any way. I could have been with you, is solely mine, and I do not copy off of anyone's song, not even the title. So thanks!

Juliette4

Chapter Twenty-Six

Ron's head popped around the corner and watched the girls' retreating backs.

He beckoned with his hand and Draco came up beside him. Quietly, watching the girls, they sneaked into the Transfiguration classroom.

Ron looked at Draco. "How long were they in here?"

Draco looked at his watch.

"Two hours, since 8:00."

"Sheesh." Ron inspected the floor. "What were they doing in here?"

"I have no idea. But they're all in on it. We saw them all leave."

"Yeah, I know. Hey, what's this?" Ron bent down and picked something up off the floor. "It's a guitar pick. It's a guitar pick? Who had a guitar pick?"

Draco took it from him and looked at it. "No idea. Doesn't have any initials on it or anything though."

Ron frowned. "One of those girls in here had a guitar pick and I intend to find out who it was." His eyes widened. "What if they had a guitar with them?"

"Yeah, but how would we find out? We can't go into the girls' dormitories."

"Why not?"

"Because, brainless, we'd get in trouble," said Draco rolling his eyes.

Ron looked hurt. "Well, we have to think of something."

Draco looked at his watch. "No time. We're gonna be late, let's go!"

The two boys ran out the door, Ron dropping the guitar pick in his pocket on his way out.

Later that evening, around midnight, Ron, Harry, Joshua, and Patrick all slouched into the common room, yawning.

They were all headed for their dormitory when Elorra, Hermione, Lizzy, and Missy popped up from in front of the couch.

"Where have you been?" They chorused all at once.

The boys jumped and looked at each other guiltily.

"Nowhere!" Ron said quickly.

Missy put her hands on her hips.

"What?" Ron asked defensively.

Elorra looked at Patrick. "Well?"

"Well what, Elorra?"

"Where were you? We came back and you were gone!"

"You came back?" Said Ron pouncing at once. "Where were you?"

Elorra, Hermione, Lizzy and Missy looked at each other, cornered.

"Yeah," said Joshua, "we were looking for you earlier."

"Plus," said Harry, "Lately you've been doing weird stuff like reading music."

"That's because we're learning new stuff in muggle studies class," said Missy, naming a class that none of the boys took.

"You aren't all in that class," said Ron suspiciously, "only Mandy is."

"Mandy and me," Lizzy corrected. "And we're teaching Missy, Elorra, and Hermione, right guys?"

They nodded.

The boys still didn't look entirely convinced.

"Where were you today then?" Ron asked.

"Hey, can't we girls have some fun if we want to?" Missy asked. She went up to Ron, and grabbing his arm, dragged him away.

Ron looked over his shoulder and shrugged at his friends. Missy pulled him over to a corner and looked at him. "Ron, are we still going to the ball together?"

"Hmm." Ron said absently, looking over at the guys. He shook his head and mouthed something.

Missy looked over at them too, then she shook Ron. "Ron are you listening to me?"

Ron looked at her. "Huh? Hey, what's wrong?"

"Are we going to the ball together?"

Ron stared at her. "Yes! Of course we are. Why wouldn't we be going?"

Missy sighed. "Well you've been off doing your own thing lately, and we haven't hung out as much, so I thought maybe you'd be too busy."

Ron stared at her. "Yeah, right." He kissed her quickly on the lips. "Hey, don't worry, we're definitely going. I gotta go to bed. Night!" He kissed her again and ran up the stairs to the boys' dormitory.

Missy stared after him.

Meanwhile, Lizzy was talking to Harry.

"Are we still on for tomorrow night?" She asked him.

Harry looked confused. "Tomorrow night? What's tomorrow night?"

Lizzy punched him in the arm. "The ball, you egghead!"

Harry;s expression cleared. "Oh yeah, yeah we're still on. Hey I gotta go to bed, you know early morning and everything. Love ya." He kissed her on the cheek and sprinted up the stairs after Ron.

Patrick, Joshua, Hermione, and Elorra had been standing near Harry and Lizzy when they were talking and heard what they said.

Hermione and Elorra looked at Patrick and Joshua. Patrick and Joshua looked at each other, panic on their faces. "What he said!" They said together.

Then they each kissed their girls goodbye and like Harry and Ron, ran up the stairs to the boys' dormitory.

Missy walked over to Lizzy, Elorra, and Hermione.

"Something strange is going on here," she said, and she told them what Ron had said and done. The girls looked over towards the boys' dormitory.

"Weird," said Lizzy. The others thought that pretty well covered it.

Draco let himself into the common room and leaned against the portrait hole with a sigh. He sat down on a couch, rubbing his eyes. He took out some papers, and flipping them over every once in a while lookd at them.

Ralee turned in her bed. She couldn't sleep. The ball was Friday night, or tomorrow night, and she still hadn't patched things up with Draco yet. She sat up and swung her legs over the side of the bed. She slipped on her slippers and grabbing her robe, made her way down to the common room. She saw Draco and ran over to him.

"Draco!"

He looked up quickly and smiled. "Hey, baby."

There was an awkward silence; Draco was looking at his papers, and Ralee was watching him.

"So what have you been up to lately?" She asked him.

"Oh, not much, just been hanging out with-Har-with friends." He corrected himself quickly.

Ralee frowned. "Were you going to say something about Harry Potter, Draco?"

"Hmm? Oh, yeah, Potter." He flipped the page over.

Ralee looked down at the papers he was looking at.

"What are you looking at? Let me see."

She reached for the papers.

"No!" Draco yelped. He raised the papers high above his head.

"Why not? What are you keeping from me, Draco?"

"No!" Draco repeated.

"Please?"

"No, no, no, no."

"Please?"

"No!" He grabbed her wrists and looked into her eyes. "No. Not yet. You'll find out soon enough." He pulled her close and kissed her deeply. "I'll see you tomorrow at the ball, ok?"

He got up and headed for his dormitory.

Ralee looked over the back of the couch. "Wait!"

When he turned around, she swallowed. "So we're going together than?"

Draco gave a small smile. "Yeah, if you want to."

Ralee leapt up, and running to him, threw her arms around his neck. "I'm sorry, Draco."

Draco held her for a moment then let go. "Don't worry about it baby. Night." Then he was gone.

Ralee stood for a moment in the half-lit room and smiled. "That Draco," she said out loud.