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Chapter 6: Before the Ball

The night of the ball arrived. Ron had received some dress robes from his brothers carried by Errol who looked as though he really would die after carrying them. They must have taken Harry's advice and used some of the money he gave them to get Ron a present. They were proper this time, not like the ugly ones he had last year. This ball would be much different than last year's. He had better dress robes and he was going with Hermione. He couldn't wait!

Hermione had been considerably warmer towards him after finding out he was her true love. He was enjoying this. Harry, for once, was not in the spotlight, it was he. Even though Malfoy spit on his shoes every time they passed each other in the hall, he was going with Hermione. Nothing could take away his glory.

Harry had found a date. Well, of course he had, who would turn him down? And with Cedric gone, Cho had to say yes. Harry knew he would enjoy himself at the ball. He was going with the girl he had had a crush on for the past two years and his two best friends in the world were happily together. What could possibly go wrong?

The day progressed nicely, ending with Double Potions and Malfoy being the chosen test case to be poisoned. Snape had become colder towards his once favorite student after his little crush. And, naturally, Malfoy had been too busy with his Hermione plan to brew up his antidote. So, instead of going to the ball with Pansy, Malfoy was going to spend the evening in the hospital wing.

Later that night, they were on the grounds having a snowball fight. They had vowed to make this their ritual before each ball they had. This year, who Hermione was going with was no surprise as her and Ron kept smiling at each other and giggling and kissing. They looked cute but you wanted to vomit at the same time as go, "awwwwwwwww..." Hermione went upstairs with four hours until the ball this time. She wanted to look her absolute best for Ron. She knew this would be a magical night.

A/N: aren't they just sooooooooo cute? ya just wanna puke! Review, review! They won't be too cute for long! Hehehehehe..... (