A/N: sorry about the typo in the chapter 6! This is how the line should've read " "The only person who can hear it, is not whom the player's heart wants, but whom the player's heart needs," Snape explained" I tried to correct it, but I'm not sure the correction was ever loaded. Anyway, the moment you've all been waiting for……..The Yule Ball! Enjoy!
Although all years 4-7 didn't have classes today, because of the Yule Ball, upon seeing him in the corridors, it was quite obvious that Professor Snape was more than a little upset. He was even yelling at the Slytherins. This upset two people most of all, Draco Malfoy, and Hermione Granger. Draco was upset simply because he couldn't get away with his usual antics. Of course, Hermione was more upset, because she knew why Snape was upset- The Yule Ball. It would've been fine with him if she had went alone, but he seemed almost jealous of the fact that she was going with Ron. 'But if he heard me playing the piano, then surely he would know that I'd rather go with him, that Ron and I are just friends,' Hermione forced herself to believe. Hermione was now in her dormitory bathroom, getting ready for the Yule Ball, less than two hours away.
"Hey, Hermione, you know that detention you had with Professor Snape a little while ago?" Lavender asked.
"Uh….ya, what about it?" Hermione asked nervously then it hit her 'How did she know that Snape had offered to take my detention?' she thought.
"Oh, I just never asked you how it went, Parviti and I were just curious, because we know how detention with Snape can be, right, Parviti?" Lavender said.
"Oh yes, of course, he just seemed a little nicer that day, we wondering if he went any easier on you," Parviti said, faking a concerned voice.
"Well, a little bit," Hermione stated, her voice shaking. "B-But how did you know that Snape had offered to take my detention?" She asked.
'Damn,' Lavender thought, she was nervous, 'How are we going to get ourselves out of this?'
"Oh, we were heading up to the common room right as you were heading up to Professor Flitwick's office, we overheard there," Parviti lied. Lavender let out a sigh of relief.
"Oh," Hermione said, not sounding convinced. The spent the next hour almost in silence, getting ready. Then Ginny walked in.
"Ready?" Ginny asked.
"Uh-huh," Hermione said. Ginny and Hermione went downstairs. They couldn't help but laugh at the site of Ron and Harry in their new dress robes.
"What's so funny?" Ron asked, getting angry
"Oh, nothing," Hermione said, trying to suppress her laughter.
"Let's go," Harry said, offering Ginny his arm, she took it, and they began to walk down. It was obvious wasn't sure what to do. So, after hesitating for a moment, he copied Harry's movement and offered Hermione his arm. She took it and she found herself wishing it was Severus.
'Shut up! You're not going to be thinking of Severus all night! You promised Ron you'd go with him to the Yule Ball, so enjoy the time you're spending with him!' Hermione told herself.
They walked into the Great Hall, and they located Harry and Ginny sitting down, drinking butterbeer. Harry wasn't paying attention to his butterbeer, he was just looking at Ginny's eyes. As he moved his hand over to Ginny's, he knocked his bottle down.
Ginny laughed, she pointed her wand at the broken bottle and muttered "Reparo," but it was no use, the spell required her full attention, but her attention was focused on Harry.
Hermione and Ron walked over to their table. Ron was watching Harry and Ginny, wishing he had with Hermione what they had with each other. He tried looking into her eyes, as Harry was doing to Ginny, but it was no use, Hermione was watching something else, something past the dance floor, onto the staff table. Then he realized the it probably wasn't a something, it was more than likely a someone.
"What are you looking at?" Ron blurted out.
"Oh, nothing, really," Hermione lied, trying to turn away from Professor Snape. She could've sworn he was looking right back at her. 'Stop it! You're here with Ron, at least pretend you're enjoying yourself,' she told herself.
"Oh…" Ron said, frowning slightly. Then he realized she must have been looking at the dance floor, admiring all the couples on it. "Would you like to dance?" he asked, he could feel his face turning red.
"Oh, um…sure!" Hermione answered somewhat reluctantly. She still wished she was there with Severus. 'That's quite enough, you will not think about Severus, for the rest of the evening!' she ordered herself.
Ron grabbed her hand and brought her to the center of the dance floor.
"You haven't asked me to dance!" Ginny complained.
"Oh, I'm enjoying myself enough without dancing," Harry said still holding her hand and not taking his eyes away from hers.
Ginny couldn't help but laugh. "Nonetheless, it would be nice," she persisted, "You know, several other people asked me to the Yule Ball, and I turned them down, just so I could go with you," she told him.
"Oh really?" he asked sarcastically. "You know, I could've had my pick of pretty much anyone, but I picked you too, and I'd pick you again," he said smiling at Ginny. She was about to respond, but he had already pulled her into a kiss. "Would you like to dance?" Harry asked when the kiss was over.
"Well, I don't know, I think I'm enjoying myself enough without dancing," Ginny said, smirking.
"Oh please?" Harry whined.
"Well, I guess a little while couldn't hurt," Ginny said.
"Wonderful!" Harry exclaimed. Luckily, when the got out, a slow song was playing, and Harry pulled Ginny close and their dance commenced.
"What's in you pocket? Something keeps poking me," Ginny asked.
"Oh, it's nothing in my pocket," Harry explained. Ginny just smirked and let out a small chuckle, realizing what it was.
At the other end of the dance floor, Ron and Hermione were dancing. Ron had just stepped on Hermione's foot for the 7th time.
"OUCH!" Hermione said, pulling away from Ron slightly.
"Sorry!" Ron said, looking nervous. The song was just ending, and Ron said "Excuse me for a moment,"
"Where are you going?" Hermione asked, looking confused.
"Bathroom," he stated simply, and ran out the door. He mentally kicked himself, as he heard another slow song beginning. 'Damn it!' he thought to himself.
Back in the Great Hall, Hermione was standing alone on the dance floor, waiting for Ron to come back, when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Then a deep, cold voice saying "Care to dance?"
Hermione turned around, to find Snape. He was smirking down at her. 'Say no, Hermione, what if Ron walks in to see you dancing with Severus, he'll be crushed!' she thought to herself, but the only words she could muster were "I'd love to…."
"Wonderful," Snape said, pulling her close and they began their dance.
It was about halfway through the song, and Ron walked in, he immediately began searching the room for Hermione. He found her, only not the way he expected to. She was wrapped in the arms of his least favorite teacher, Professor Snape. He just stood their, feeling a mixture of both anger and sadness. He didn't know what to do. The song ended, and right away, Hermione saw Ron staring at her and Severus. Snape walked away, after kissing Hermione lightly on the cheek. Hermione walked over to Ron.
"Er…Hey," she said hesitantly.
"Hi," Ron said. Hermione couldn't tell if was angry or sad. She concluded that it was both. Then he spoke again, "How about another dance?"
"Sure," Hermione said, happy that he was still willing to dance with her.
'What am I doing? Why aren't I yelling? Crying? Showing any emotion at all? I should be doing something other than dancing. She said she'd go with me, I was gone for five minutes, and she goes and dances with someone else. Not just anyone else either, but Snape. But I can't stay mad at her, she doesn't know it but I still love her. I don't want to ruin this, this night could be perfect from here on out. I'll just not mention it. Why do I feel so sick?' Ron asked, as his stomach started hurting him. "Ugh, sorry Hermione, I'm not feeling well, I'll be back in just a minute," Ron said, and he ran out of the Great Hall again.
Hermione just watched and again, she heard the same, deep, cold voice asking "Care to dance?" she turned around, and not to her surprise, she saw Severus again.
'SAY NO! Ron didn't say it, but he was crushed, you can't do it again! You mustn't!' she ordered herself. "I'd love to…." was all that came out of her mouth.
"Wonderful!" Snape said. Once again, they began dancing. Hermione was beginning to enjoy herself, then Ron walked in again. The song ended and Snape walked away, after kissing Hermione lightly on the opposite cheek.
"Hermione, what's going on?" Ron asked trying to suppress his anger.
"Nothing, Ron, I was just dancing with Severus before you came back," Hermione said.
"Oh, ok," Ron said, wishing for a better explanation. They began dancing again. Soon, the dance was over and everyone was returning to their common room.
"I had a lot of fun tonight, Ron," Hermione told him.
"Me too," Ron agreed, kissing Hermione on the cheek, and running back to the bathroom, as I felt sick again.
Snape came up and asked, "Have fun this evening?"
"Severus! We could've gotten caught! I can't believe what we just did in there! I'm sure the whole school knows now!" Hermione yelled.
"I doubt many of them were paying attention anyway, and besides, you could've easily said 'no'," Snape point out, smirking. He hugged Hermione.
"I couldn't say no to you, Severus," Hermione said, laughing a little. He leaned in and kissed her, longer than ever before.
"Well, Well, Well, I thought my eyes we deceiving me inside the Great Hall, but now that I've seen it for myself, I know for a fact that Professor Severus Snape is dating the mud blood, Hermione Granger, I'm sure Father will be rather fascinated by this piece of information," a cold voice sneered. Hermione recognized it immediately as Draco Malfoy's.
"Mind your business, Malfoy!" Hermione yelled.
"No can do, if Snape is going to choose this path, I'm afraid Father must know, so that he can alert the Dark Lord. Didn't you know Granger? Snape is still a death eater, even if he doesn't show it much anymore," Draco said laughing.
"STUPEFY!" Snape yelled, the spell it Draco right in the chest and knocked him off his feet. He was unconscious. "He won't stay this way for long, get back upstairs, quick!" Snape ordered. Hermione ran away quickly, Snape ran off downstairs.
As soon as both were out of site, Draco woke up. "Fuck!" he said out loud. 'Well, I can't prove it right now, but I will, Snape must be taught a lesson, and soon his mudblood girlfriend will learn too, not to mess with a pureblood!" Draco stormed off downstairs.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Oh and we have a winner! Congrats to OnEaglesWings for guessing how Lavender and Parviti knew about Snape and Hermione. Thanks to all my reviewers! Any ideas as to what Draco will do next? What about Ron? Keep the reviews coming, they're very much appreciated!
Although all years 4-7 didn't have classes today, because of the Yule Ball, upon seeing him in the corridors, it was quite obvious that Professor Snape was more than a little upset. He was even yelling at the Slytherins. This upset two people most of all, Draco Malfoy, and Hermione Granger. Draco was upset simply because he couldn't get away with his usual antics. Of course, Hermione was more upset, because she knew why Snape was upset- The Yule Ball. It would've been fine with him if she had went alone, but he seemed almost jealous of the fact that she was going with Ron. 'But if he heard me playing the piano, then surely he would know that I'd rather go with him, that Ron and I are just friends,' Hermione forced herself to believe. Hermione was now in her dormitory bathroom, getting ready for the Yule Ball, less than two hours away.
"Hey, Hermione, you know that detention you had with Professor Snape a little while ago?" Lavender asked.
"Uh….ya, what about it?" Hermione asked nervously then it hit her 'How did she know that Snape had offered to take my detention?' she thought.
"Oh, I just never asked you how it went, Parviti and I were just curious, because we know how detention with Snape can be, right, Parviti?" Lavender said.
"Oh yes, of course, he just seemed a little nicer that day, we wondering if he went any easier on you," Parviti said, faking a concerned voice.
"Well, a little bit," Hermione stated, her voice shaking. "B-But how did you know that Snape had offered to take my detention?" She asked.
'Damn,' Lavender thought, she was nervous, 'How are we going to get ourselves out of this?'
"Oh, we were heading up to the common room right as you were heading up to Professor Flitwick's office, we overheard there," Parviti lied. Lavender let out a sigh of relief.
"Oh," Hermione said, not sounding convinced. The spent the next hour almost in silence, getting ready. Then Ginny walked in.
"Ready?" Ginny asked.
"Uh-huh," Hermione said. Ginny and Hermione went downstairs. They couldn't help but laugh at the site of Ron and Harry in their new dress robes.
"What's so funny?" Ron asked, getting angry
"Oh, nothing," Hermione said, trying to suppress her laughter.
"Let's go," Harry said, offering Ginny his arm, she took it, and they began to walk down. It was obvious wasn't sure what to do. So, after hesitating for a moment, he copied Harry's movement and offered Hermione his arm. She took it and she found herself wishing it was Severus.
'Shut up! You're not going to be thinking of Severus all night! You promised Ron you'd go with him to the Yule Ball, so enjoy the time you're spending with him!' Hermione told herself.
They walked into the Great Hall, and they located Harry and Ginny sitting down, drinking butterbeer. Harry wasn't paying attention to his butterbeer, he was just looking at Ginny's eyes. As he moved his hand over to Ginny's, he knocked his bottle down.
Ginny laughed, she pointed her wand at the broken bottle and muttered "Reparo," but it was no use, the spell required her full attention, but her attention was focused on Harry.
Hermione and Ron walked over to their table. Ron was watching Harry and Ginny, wishing he had with Hermione what they had with each other. He tried looking into her eyes, as Harry was doing to Ginny, but it was no use, Hermione was watching something else, something past the dance floor, onto the staff table. Then he realized the it probably wasn't a something, it was more than likely a someone.
"What are you looking at?" Ron blurted out.
"Oh, nothing, really," Hermione lied, trying to turn away from Professor Snape. She could've sworn he was looking right back at her. 'Stop it! You're here with Ron, at least pretend you're enjoying yourself,' she told herself.
"Oh…" Ron said, frowning slightly. Then he realized she must have been looking at the dance floor, admiring all the couples on it. "Would you like to dance?" he asked, he could feel his face turning red.
"Oh, um…sure!" Hermione answered somewhat reluctantly. She still wished she was there with Severus. 'That's quite enough, you will not think about Severus, for the rest of the evening!' she ordered herself.
Ron grabbed her hand and brought her to the center of the dance floor.
"You haven't asked me to dance!" Ginny complained.
"Oh, I'm enjoying myself enough without dancing," Harry said still holding her hand and not taking his eyes away from hers.
Ginny couldn't help but laugh. "Nonetheless, it would be nice," she persisted, "You know, several other people asked me to the Yule Ball, and I turned them down, just so I could go with you," she told him.
"Oh really?" he asked sarcastically. "You know, I could've had my pick of pretty much anyone, but I picked you too, and I'd pick you again," he said smiling at Ginny. She was about to respond, but he had already pulled her into a kiss. "Would you like to dance?" Harry asked when the kiss was over.
"Well, I don't know, I think I'm enjoying myself enough without dancing," Ginny said, smirking.
"Oh please?" Harry whined.
"Well, I guess a little while couldn't hurt," Ginny said.
"Wonderful!" Harry exclaimed. Luckily, when the got out, a slow song was playing, and Harry pulled Ginny close and their dance commenced.
"What's in you pocket? Something keeps poking me," Ginny asked.
"Oh, it's nothing in my pocket," Harry explained. Ginny just smirked and let out a small chuckle, realizing what it was.
At the other end of the dance floor, Ron and Hermione were dancing. Ron had just stepped on Hermione's foot for the 7th time.
"OUCH!" Hermione said, pulling away from Ron slightly.
"Sorry!" Ron said, looking nervous. The song was just ending, and Ron said "Excuse me for a moment,"
"Where are you going?" Hermione asked, looking confused.
"Bathroom," he stated simply, and ran out the door. He mentally kicked himself, as he heard another slow song beginning. 'Damn it!' he thought to himself.
Back in the Great Hall, Hermione was standing alone on the dance floor, waiting for Ron to come back, when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Then a deep, cold voice saying "Care to dance?"
Hermione turned around, to find Snape. He was smirking down at her. 'Say no, Hermione, what if Ron walks in to see you dancing with Severus, he'll be crushed!' she thought to herself, but the only words she could muster were "I'd love to…."
"Wonderful," Snape said, pulling her close and they began their dance.
It was about halfway through the song, and Ron walked in, he immediately began searching the room for Hermione. He found her, only not the way he expected to. She was wrapped in the arms of his least favorite teacher, Professor Snape. He just stood their, feeling a mixture of both anger and sadness. He didn't know what to do. The song ended, and right away, Hermione saw Ron staring at her and Severus. Snape walked away, after kissing Hermione lightly on the cheek. Hermione walked over to Ron.
"Er…Hey," she said hesitantly.
"Hi," Ron said. Hermione couldn't tell if was angry or sad. She concluded that it was both. Then he spoke again, "How about another dance?"
"Sure," Hermione said, happy that he was still willing to dance with her.
'What am I doing? Why aren't I yelling? Crying? Showing any emotion at all? I should be doing something other than dancing. She said she'd go with me, I was gone for five minutes, and she goes and dances with someone else. Not just anyone else either, but Snape. But I can't stay mad at her, she doesn't know it but I still love her. I don't want to ruin this, this night could be perfect from here on out. I'll just not mention it. Why do I feel so sick?' Ron asked, as his stomach started hurting him. "Ugh, sorry Hermione, I'm not feeling well, I'll be back in just a minute," Ron said, and he ran out of the Great Hall again.
Hermione just watched and again, she heard the same, deep, cold voice asking "Care to dance?" she turned around, and not to her surprise, she saw Severus again.
'SAY NO! Ron didn't say it, but he was crushed, you can't do it again! You mustn't!' she ordered herself. "I'd love to…." was all that came out of her mouth.
"Wonderful!" Snape said. Once again, they began dancing. Hermione was beginning to enjoy herself, then Ron walked in again. The song ended and Snape walked away, after kissing Hermione lightly on the opposite cheek.
"Hermione, what's going on?" Ron asked trying to suppress his anger.
"Nothing, Ron, I was just dancing with Severus before you came back," Hermione said.
"Oh, ok," Ron said, wishing for a better explanation. They began dancing again. Soon, the dance was over and everyone was returning to their common room.
"I had a lot of fun tonight, Ron," Hermione told him.
"Me too," Ron agreed, kissing Hermione on the cheek, and running back to the bathroom, as I felt sick again.
Snape came up and asked, "Have fun this evening?"
"Severus! We could've gotten caught! I can't believe what we just did in there! I'm sure the whole school knows now!" Hermione yelled.
"I doubt many of them were paying attention anyway, and besides, you could've easily said 'no'," Snape point out, smirking. He hugged Hermione.
"I couldn't say no to you, Severus," Hermione said, laughing a little. He leaned in and kissed her, longer than ever before.
"Well, Well, Well, I thought my eyes we deceiving me inside the Great Hall, but now that I've seen it for myself, I know for a fact that Professor Severus Snape is dating the mud blood, Hermione Granger, I'm sure Father will be rather fascinated by this piece of information," a cold voice sneered. Hermione recognized it immediately as Draco Malfoy's.
"Mind your business, Malfoy!" Hermione yelled.
"No can do, if Snape is going to choose this path, I'm afraid Father must know, so that he can alert the Dark Lord. Didn't you know Granger? Snape is still a death eater, even if he doesn't show it much anymore," Draco said laughing.
"STUPEFY!" Snape yelled, the spell it Draco right in the chest and knocked him off his feet. He was unconscious. "He won't stay this way for long, get back upstairs, quick!" Snape ordered. Hermione ran away quickly, Snape ran off downstairs.
As soon as both were out of site, Draco woke up. "Fuck!" he said out loud. 'Well, I can't prove it right now, but I will, Snape must be taught a lesson, and soon his mudblood girlfriend will learn too, not to mess with a pureblood!" Draco stormed off downstairs.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Oh and we have a winner! Congrats to OnEaglesWings for guessing how Lavender and Parviti knew about Snape and Hermione. Thanks to all my reviewers! Any ideas as to what Draco will do next? What about Ron? Keep the reviews coming, they're very much appreciated!