Ch. 4 The Back to School Ball
As the Back to School Ball was coming closer, the students started talking about it more and more and everyone was asking people they fancied to go with them.
Ron had been following Kiara for a week, but never got the courage to ask her to the ball. She finally got so fed up with it, she said "Are you going to ask me to the ball or not!" Ron was so taken aback, that he tripped down the stairs and had to be taken to the hospital wing with a bloody nose.
Patrick had asked Ron to ask Harry to ask Ruby to ask Bethany to ask Hermione to go to the ball with him. Hermione told Bethany to tell Ruby to tell Harry to tell Ron to tell Patrick that Hermione said "yes." They all seemed to think it would have been a lot easier just for Patrick to come and ask her himself.
Even Arnold had a date to the ball! He was going with Millicent Bulstrode, though she was almost 2 feet taller than him. They were an awkward couple but they seemed to enjoy each other's company very much. Bethany was beginning to worry that she wouldn't have a date to the ball.
Bethany and Ruby were sitting up in their dorms faking their way through their divination homework when an owl started pecking gently on the window by Bethany's bed.
She went over to it and recognized it to be Hedwig, Harry's owl. Tied to its leg was a note on a small piece of parchment. Bethany untied it as Ruby watched and Hedwig gave her an affectionate nip on the hand.
She unrolled the parchment and read the scrawled writing. It said "Bethany, would you come to the ball with me? – Harry." Bethany was so happy she almost started crying. She dipped her quill in her ink bottle and wrote, "Yes, I'd love to. – Bethany." and she tied this to Hedwig's leg and the bird flew back out the window.
About 4 minutes later, Bethany and Ruby heard a shriek of "YES!" from the boys dormitory and they burst out laughing.
"Ruby, who are you going to the ball with?" Bethany asked her.
"I don't have anyone yet. I'm still looking." She said with a slight frown.
"Can I set you up then?" asked Bethany.
"Um... I guess so..." she said "just as long as it's not Neville." She added quickly.
"Alright. I promise I won't ask Neville for you."
Bethany started asking all of the Gryffindor 3rd years if they would go to the ball with Ruby but all of them had dates already.
One night in the Gryffindor common room, Bethany was playing a game of exploding snap with Ron when she heard Seamus saying "I really need a date for the ball!" to Dean Thomas.
Bethany's eyes opened wide and she ran over to him, nearly knocking their table over and telling him that Ruby needed a date. He agreed and she ran up to the dorm to tell Ruby. Ruby wasn't nearly as pleased as Seamus, but she agreed reluctantly after some convincing by Bethany.
They all had dates. There was nothing to worry about. Bethany couldn't finish any more of her homework. She couldn't concentrate. She went out of the portrait of the fat lady and walked down the hall, not knowing where she was going.
Suddenly, she screamed and was pulled into an empty classroom.
"Psstt! It's us!" someone that Bethany couldn't see said.
As the Back to School Ball was coming closer, the students started talking about it more and more and everyone was asking people they fancied to go with them.
Ron had been following Kiara for a week, but never got the courage to ask her to the ball. She finally got so fed up with it, she said "Are you going to ask me to the ball or not!" Ron was so taken aback, that he tripped down the stairs and had to be taken to the hospital wing with a bloody nose.
Patrick had asked Ron to ask Harry to ask Ruby to ask Bethany to ask Hermione to go to the ball with him. Hermione told Bethany to tell Ruby to tell Harry to tell Ron to tell Patrick that Hermione said "yes." They all seemed to think it would have been a lot easier just for Patrick to come and ask her himself.
Even Arnold had a date to the ball! He was going with Millicent Bulstrode, though she was almost 2 feet taller than him. They were an awkward couple but they seemed to enjoy each other's company very much. Bethany was beginning to worry that she wouldn't have a date to the ball.
Bethany and Ruby were sitting up in their dorms faking their way through their divination homework when an owl started pecking gently on the window by Bethany's bed.
She went over to it and recognized it to be Hedwig, Harry's owl. Tied to its leg was a note on a small piece of parchment. Bethany untied it as Ruby watched and Hedwig gave her an affectionate nip on the hand.
She unrolled the parchment and read the scrawled writing. It said "Bethany, would you come to the ball with me? – Harry." Bethany was so happy she almost started crying. She dipped her quill in her ink bottle and wrote, "Yes, I'd love to. – Bethany." and she tied this to Hedwig's leg and the bird flew back out the window.
About 4 minutes later, Bethany and Ruby heard a shriek of "YES!" from the boys dormitory and they burst out laughing.
"Ruby, who are you going to the ball with?" Bethany asked her.
"I don't have anyone yet. I'm still looking." She said with a slight frown.
"Can I set you up then?" asked Bethany.
"Um... I guess so..." she said "just as long as it's not Neville." She added quickly.
"Alright. I promise I won't ask Neville for you."
Bethany started asking all of the Gryffindor 3rd years if they would go to the ball with Ruby but all of them had dates already.
One night in the Gryffindor common room, Bethany was playing a game of exploding snap with Ron when she heard Seamus saying "I really need a date for the ball!" to Dean Thomas.
Bethany's eyes opened wide and she ran over to him, nearly knocking their table over and telling him that Ruby needed a date. He agreed and she ran up to the dorm to tell Ruby. Ruby wasn't nearly as pleased as Seamus, but she agreed reluctantly after some convincing by Bethany.
They all had dates. There was nothing to worry about. Bethany couldn't finish any more of her homework. She couldn't concentrate. She went out of the portrait of the fat lady and walked down the hall, not knowing where she was going.
Suddenly, she screamed and was pulled into an empty classroom.
"Psstt! It's us!" someone that Bethany couldn't see said.