Chapter 12 – The Returning Ball
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. None of the characters or places are mine. Anything you recognize belongs to J.K. Rowling.
A/N: I know, I know. I haven't updated in a while like I said I would, but I'll try to update every Friday. Sound good?
The next morning, Draco awoke to find no one beside him. He looked quizzically at the bed and saw a note on the pillow.
Draco – Went to decorate the Great Hall for the ball tonight. The prefects are with me and everyone else is in Hogsmeade getting clothes for tonight. Come down when you wake up. Love you. -Hermione
He sighed and got out of bed. The clock read 1:27, so he showered and put on a black shirt, jeans, socks, and sneakers before doing his hear and heading down to the Great Hall. When he got there, he saw Ginny and Blaise setting up tables on one side of the room while Justin and Parvati set them up on the other side of the hall. Hermione was in the middle, clearing off the dance floor and setting up the Head table. Draco walked up to her and kissed her on the cheek.
"What do you want me to do?" he asked, holding her in his arms.
"Put up decorations on the walls and put table cloths on the tables when the others are done setting them up. Ginny!" she told him, calling for Ginny and heading over to her. He sighed and started to work.
An hour later, the tables were done, the decorations were put up, and the Great Hall was ready for that night. Hermione, Draco, Ginny, Blaise, Justin, and Parvati all headed to Hogsmeade to pick out dresses and suits. Hermione, Ginny and Parvati all headed to the girl's section of Madame Malkin's and started looking at dresses. Hermione stepped out of the dressing room to show Parvati and Ginny her dress. When the door opened, she stood before them and they gasped. She blushed and twirled around in the gown.
"How does it look?" she asked, smiling at their faces.
"It's perfect," breathed Parvati, looking at the gown in awe, "You have to get it."
"Yeah, Mione, it looks great," agreed Ginny, stepping into the dressing room to try on her own gown. Hermione returned to her dressing room and took off the gown, placing it on the hanger and taking it to the front of the store to pay. She then went back to the girls to see Ginny's dress. After about another half an hour, Ginny and Parvati had found dresses, so the three of them headed to the Three Broomsticks to meet up with the guys.
"How did it go, girls?" Draco asked, kissing Hermione lightly as she slid into the booth next to him.
"It was great," Hermione replied as the girls nodded in agreement, "Did you find a suit?"
"Yes I did. We all did," Draco answered for the others.
"Oh my god!" exclaimed Parvati, looking at her watch, "It's 3:30. The ball's at 7. We have to get ready."
Hermione and Ginny quickly got out of the booth, pulling Draco and Blaise with them, and headed to the train station to catch the train back to Hogwarts. They got there a half an hour later and the girls ran to the Prefect's bathroom to get ready. One at a time, they took a shower, dried off, and wrapped themselves in robes.
"Mione, we're gunna work on you first," announced Ginny, taking out her makeup supplies and adding them to Parvati's. Together they worked on Hermione's makeup and hair for twenty-five minutes. Then Hermione and Ginny worked on Parvati, and Parvati and Hermione worked on Ginny. Once they finished, all three girls got dressed and looked at themselves in the mirror.
"Oh my god, Mione," breathed Ginny, looking at her friend in awe. Parvati had the same look on her face, so Hermione looked in the mirror. She did look pretty good. Her ice blue gown hugged her in all the right places. It was spaghetti strapped and went down to the floor. Her shoes matched it perfectly and were about two inches tall. Her hair was up in a tight bun with two tendrils hanging down, framing her face. Her makeup was done well, and made her look natural, yet sophisticated.
Hermione gasped and turned to her friends. Ginny's hair contrasted well with the emerald green dress that she wore. It also went down to the floor and her shoes gave her a good two and a half inches. Her hair was curled and looked good with her makeup done so naturally, yet beautifully nonetheless. Parvati looked pretty and older in her light purple dress and matching shoes. Her makeup probably looked the best and her hair was half up and half down. They smiled at each other and realized that it was time to meet the guys before the ball.
Ginny descended the stairs to the prefect's common room first, followed by Parvati. Hermione stood back for a second, gathering herself. Blaise and Justin's jaws dropped when they saw their girlfriends, but Draco just smiled politely. All the guys looked great in their suits and ties. Draco, by far, looked the best, as usual. A minute later, Hermione descended the stairs and Draco thought he saw an angel. She looked gorgeous. He smiled and kissed her cheek lightly before offering her arm. She took it and the three couples headed down to the ball.
As the three couples entered the hall, everyone got quiet. Hermione smiled and headed to the Head's table with Draco and the prefects. They sat down and observed their work. Each little table had four seats and a rose on each plate. The roses were the dominant color of each house. One person per house, per table, as Parvati had suggested. Next to the tables sat a little bag filled with all different candies from Honeyduke's. The bags were enchanted so they couldn't be opened until the owner returned to their common room. The decorations around the hall represented all the different houses of the school. They hall and everything in it was made to represent the houses. That had been the general theme.
"Attention everyone. The ball will now begin. Miss Granger, Mister Malfoy, if you'll come to the center of the dance floor to open the dance," announced Dumbledore.
Hermione and Draco rose from their seats and went to the center of the dance floor. Hermione's arms wrapped around Draco's neck, and Draco wrapped his arms around her waist as the music began to play. As the song began to play, Hermione recognized the music and smiled. She whispered, "This is the first song we danced to together." Draco smiled and kissed her as the lyrics began playing.
Yeah....
Oh yes
Ohhh..yeah..
Can this be true?
Tell me, can this be real?
How can I put into words what I feel?
My life was complete
I thought I was whole
Why do I feel like I'm losing control?
I never thought that love could feel like this
and you've changed my world with just one kiss.
How can it be that right here with me
there's an angel?
It's a miracle...
Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I could never keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must of spent...
A little more time
On you...
(A little more time, yes he did baby)
In all of creation
All things great and small
You are the one that surpasses them all
More precious than
Any diamond or pearl
They broke the mold
When you came in this world
And I'm trying hard to figure out
Just how I ever did without
The warmth of your smile
The heart of a child
That's deep inside
Leaves me purified
Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep (and deep)
Your soul is like a secret
That I could never keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must of spent...
A little more time
On you...
(on you, on you, on you, you....on you, on you, on you, you..) ohhh...
(on you, on you, on you, you....on you, on you, on you, you..) yeah...
Never thought that love could feel like this
and you changed my world with just one kiss.
How can it be that right here with me
There's an angel?
It's a miracle...
Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep (peaceful and deep)
Your soul is like a secret
That I could never keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must of spent...
A little more time
On you...
(on you, on you, on you, you..)
God must of spent...
A little more time
on you
(on you, on you..you....you..oooh..yeah)
A little more time
on you...ohhh When the song ended, Draco and Hermione continued dancing. Students poured onto the dance floor in couples, dancing as well. Dumbledore saw Hermione and Draco kiss again and smiled to himself. He turned to McGonagall and Snape, the smile still on his face. McGonagall smiled faintly back, but Snape just sneered. He still wasn't used to the fact that Hermione was going to become Mrs. Draco Malfoy.
A little while later, Hermione and Draco stepped off of the dance floor with the prefects and sat down to eat. Dumbledore announced the pause in the dance for dinner, and everyone sat down. The hall was abuzz with conversation, even though the Slytherins weren't joining in much of it.
After eating, everyone went back out onto the dance floor and danced for hours. Instead of dancing again, Hermione and Draco headed out to the gardens to relax. They sat down on a stone bench and Hermione leaned her head onto Draco's chest and sighed.
"What's wrong, love?" he asked, looking down at her.
"Nothing, sweetie. I'm fine," she said, looking out at the lake. He frowned, but didn't question her anymore. After about twenty minutes of sitting in peace and serenity, Hermione and Draco headed back into the ball and danced together for the rest of the night.
The next morning, Hermione groaned as she rolled over in bed and looked at the clock. It read 9:47. It's too early, she thought to herself, laying back down in the bed and shoving her head into the pillow.
Slowly and stealthily Draco entered the room, under his invisibility cloak, with a pitcher of water in one hand. He smirked to himself, walked over to the bed, and dumped the ice cold water on Hermione. She shrieked and he smirked, trying not to laugh at her. When she didn't see anyone around her, she frowned and grabbed the air, unfortunately for Draco, she got the invisibility cloak as well.
"DRACO MALFOY I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, lunging at him.
He laughed and picked her up and over his shoulder. He carried her to the showers, with her pounding on his back with her fists the entire time. He dropped her in the shower, turned it on, and watched her get soaking wet. At first she was shocked, but then she got an evil grin on her face and pulled Draco in the shower with her. They sat there, in their pajamas, with the shower pouring down on them.
A/N: How did you like the chapter? Review!!!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. None of the characters or places are mine. Anything you recognize belongs to J.K. Rowling.
A/N: I know, I know. I haven't updated in a while like I said I would, but I'll try to update every Friday. Sound good?
The next morning, Draco awoke to find no one beside him. He looked quizzically at the bed and saw a note on the pillow.
Draco – Went to decorate the Great Hall for the ball tonight. The prefects are with me and everyone else is in Hogsmeade getting clothes for tonight. Come down when you wake up. Love you. -Hermione
He sighed and got out of bed. The clock read 1:27, so he showered and put on a black shirt, jeans, socks, and sneakers before doing his hear and heading down to the Great Hall. When he got there, he saw Ginny and Blaise setting up tables on one side of the room while Justin and Parvati set them up on the other side of the hall. Hermione was in the middle, clearing off the dance floor and setting up the Head table. Draco walked up to her and kissed her on the cheek.
"What do you want me to do?" he asked, holding her in his arms.
"Put up decorations on the walls and put table cloths on the tables when the others are done setting them up. Ginny!" she told him, calling for Ginny and heading over to her. He sighed and started to work.
An hour later, the tables were done, the decorations were put up, and the Great Hall was ready for that night. Hermione, Draco, Ginny, Blaise, Justin, and Parvati all headed to Hogsmeade to pick out dresses and suits. Hermione, Ginny and Parvati all headed to the girl's section of Madame Malkin's and started looking at dresses. Hermione stepped out of the dressing room to show Parvati and Ginny her dress. When the door opened, she stood before them and they gasped. She blushed and twirled around in the gown.
"How does it look?" she asked, smiling at their faces.
"It's perfect," breathed Parvati, looking at the gown in awe, "You have to get it."
"Yeah, Mione, it looks great," agreed Ginny, stepping into the dressing room to try on her own gown. Hermione returned to her dressing room and took off the gown, placing it on the hanger and taking it to the front of the store to pay. She then went back to the girls to see Ginny's dress. After about another half an hour, Ginny and Parvati had found dresses, so the three of them headed to the Three Broomsticks to meet up with the guys.
"How did it go, girls?" Draco asked, kissing Hermione lightly as she slid into the booth next to him.
"It was great," Hermione replied as the girls nodded in agreement, "Did you find a suit?"
"Yes I did. We all did," Draco answered for the others.
"Oh my god!" exclaimed Parvati, looking at her watch, "It's 3:30. The ball's at 7. We have to get ready."
Hermione and Ginny quickly got out of the booth, pulling Draco and Blaise with them, and headed to the train station to catch the train back to Hogwarts. They got there a half an hour later and the girls ran to the Prefect's bathroom to get ready. One at a time, they took a shower, dried off, and wrapped themselves in robes.
"Mione, we're gunna work on you first," announced Ginny, taking out her makeup supplies and adding them to Parvati's. Together they worked on Hermione's makeup and hair for twenty-five minutes. Then Hermione and Ginny worked on Parvati, and Parvati and Hermione worked on Ginny. Once they finished, all three girls got dressed and looked at themselves in the mirror.
"Oh my god, Mione," breathed Ginny, looking at her friend in awe. Parvati had the same look on her face, so Hermione looked in the mirror. She did look pretty good. Her ice blue gown hugged her in all the right places. It was spaghetti strapped and went down to the floor. Her shoes matched it perfectly and were about two inches tall. Her hair was up in a tight bun with two tendrils hanging down, framing her face. Her makeup was done well, and made her look natural, yet sophisticated.
Hermione gasped and turned to her friends. Ginny's hair contrasted well with the emerald green dress that she wore. It also went down to the floor and her shoes gave her a good two and a half inches. Her hair was curled and looked good with her makeup done so naturally, yet beautifully nonetheless. Parvati looked pretty and older in her light purple dress and matching shoes. Her makeup probably looked the best and her hair was half up and half down. They smiled at each other and realized that it was time to meet the guys before the ball.
Ginny descended the stairs to the prefect's common room first, followed by Parvati. Hermione stood back for a second, gathering herself. Blaise and Justin's jaws dropped when they saw their girlfriends, but Draco just smiled politely. All the guys looked great in their suits and ties. Draco, by far, looked the best, as usual. A minute later, Hermione descended the stairs and Draco thought he saw an angel. She looked gorgeous. He smiled and kissed her cheek lightly before offering her arm. She took it and the three couples headed down to the ball.
As the three couples entered the hall, everyone got quiet. Hermione smiled and headed to the Head's table with Draco and the prefects. They sat down and observed their work. Each little table had four seats and a rose on each plate. The roses were the dominant color of each house. One person per house, per table, as Parvati had suggested. Next to the tables sat a little bag filled with all different candies from Honeyduke's. The bags were enchanted so they couldn't be opened until the owner returned to their common room. The decorations around the hall represented all the different houses of the school. They hall and everything in it was made to represent the houses. That had been the general theme.
"Attention everyone. The ball will now begin. Miss Granger, Mister Malfoy, if you'll come to the center of the dance floor to open the dance," announced Dumbledore.
Hermione and Draco rose from their seats and went to the center of the dance floor. Hermione's arms wrapped around Draco's neck, and Draco wrapped his arms around her waist as the music began to play. As the song began to play, Hermione recognized the music and smiled. She whispered, "This is the first song we danced to together." Draco smiled and kissed her as the lyrics began playing.
Yeah....
Oh yes
Ohhh..yeah..
Can this be true?
Tell me, can this be real?
How can I put into words what I feel?
My life was complete
I thought I was whole
Why do I feel like I'm losing control?
I never thought that love could feel like this
and you've changed my world with just one kiss.
How can it be that right here with me
there's an angel?
It's a miracle...
Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I could never keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must of spent...
A little more time
On you...
(A little more time, yes he did baby)
In all of creation
All things great and small
You are the one that surpasses them all
More precious than
Any diamond or pearl
They broke the mold
When you came in this world
And I'm trying hard to figure out
Just how I ever did without
The warmth of your smile
The heart of a child
That's deep inside
Leaves me purified
Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep (and deep)
Your soul is like a secret
That I could never keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must of spent...
A little more time
On you...
(on you, on you, on you, you....on you, on you, on you, you..) ohhh...
(on you, on you, on you, you....on you, on you, on you, you..) yeah...
Never thought that love could feel like this
and you changed my world with just one kiss.
How can it be that right here with me
There's an angel?
It's a miracle...
Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep (peaceful and deep)
Your soul is like a secret
That I could never keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must of spent...
A little more time
On you...
(on you, on you, on you, you..)
God must of spent...
A little more time
on you
(on you, on you..you....you..oooh..yeah)
A little more time
on you...ohhh When the song ended, Draco and Hermione continued dancing. Students poured onto the dance floor in couples, dancing as well. Dumbledore saw Hermione and Draco kiss again and smiled to himself. He turned to McGonagall and Snape, the smile still on his face. McGonagall smiled faintly back, but Snape just sneered. He still wasn't used to the fact that Hermione was going to become Mrs. Draco Malfoy.
A little while later, Hermione and Draco stepped off of the dance floor with the prefects and sat down to eat. Dumbledore announced the pause in the dance for dinner, and everyone sat down. The hall was abuzz with conversation, even though the Slytherins weren't joining in much of it.
After eating, everyone went back out onto the dance floor and danced for hours. Instead of dancing again, Hermione and Draco headed out to the gardens to relax. They sat down on a stone bench and Hermione leaned her head onto Draco's chest and sighed.
"What's wrong, love?" he asked, looking down at her.
"Nothing, sweetie. I'm fine," she said, looking out at the lake. He frowned, but didn't question her anymore. After about twenty minutes of sitting in peace and serenity, Hermione and Draco headed back into the ball and danced together for the rest of the night.
The next morning, Hermione groaned as she rolled over in bed and looked at the clock. It read 9:47. It's too early, she thought to herself, laying back down in the bed and shoving her head into the pillow.
Slowly and stealthily Draco entered the room, under his invisibility cloak, with a pitcher of water in one hand. He smirked to himself, walked over to the bed, and dumped the ice cold water on Hermione. She shrieked and he smirked, trying not to laugh at her. When she didn't see anyone around her, she frowned and grabbed the air, unfortunately for Draco, she got the invisibility cloak as well.
"DRACO MALFOY I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, lunging at him.
He laughed and picked her up and over his shoulder. He carried her to the showers, with her pounding on his back with her fists the entire time. He dropped her in the shower, turned it on, and watched her get soaking wet. At first she was shocked, but then she got an evil grin on her face and pulled Draco in the shower with her. They sat there, in their pajamas, with the shower pouring down on them.
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