Hey yall! I just wanna say thanks to all my readers. It's awesome to have a good story. Now I've got a ton of votes for last chapter. Here they are:

Cho: 29 votes
Luna: 18 votes
Cari: 14 votes
Terra: 10 votes
Jamie: 8 votes
Kaitlyn: 3 votes
Mandy: 3 votes
Trish: 2 votes

Wow, I've had a TON of votes! Thank you! Anyway... I'm thinking of having your votes decide how the Bachelor goes... Because like in drama (I'm in a drama thing), you audience counts 50 % of your performance. So your votes will decide! You can email me by going to my profile and clicking on the email thing and then vote some more. I don't care.

All right. Now before I go on to my next chapter, I just want to put down some fan-fics that are pretty good in my opinion in case you get bored.

Harry Potter and the Medallion of Power- Auntarctic
Enemies Forever- Vanima Failiss
Follow Your Heart (This is for all Cho-lovers)- Sheen Rox
Diaries- Drusilla W. L. Tonks-Snape
Hogwarts Idol- Jaina 12
If Things Were Different- Slytherin Girl Gryffindor Girl
Not Another One- Fairyofmagic
The Not-So-Secret-Life of Lily Evans- Bob-chan
Way Back When- Alexis Roberts
Welcome to Camp Magick- I like black stuff
Write to a HP character- SaKuRa ThE mEsSeD uP kId

OKAY, ONWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER!

Harry's next date was going to be in the ballroom where he would be dancing with all the girls (group date). He wasn't sure if he was looking forward to it though... he would have to dance quite a lot...

Anyway, he planned to spend time on this date with all the girls he hadn't had a date with: Trish and Katie, so everyone would have an equal shot. He also just wanted to know more about them, so every rose ceremony wouldn't be so confusing.

For the evening he chose his bottle green dress robes, very much like the ones he wore at the Yule Ball. He hoped that this ball would be much better than the one at Hogwarts when he was 14.

At 6, he headed down into the ballroom, and was amazed by how vast it was. The ceiling was bewitched, to look like a sunset, and the room was decorated with little candles. Sculptures lingered the walls and Harry swore that one resembled him. In the front of the room, there was a huge stage, with velvet curtains. Harry took all this in, with out even realizing that Hagrid had entered the room.

"Harry, um... hello!" yelled Hagrid from behind.

Harry was startled, and he turned around. "Oh, it's just you. You scared me."

"Well, you have four visitors," said Hagrid mysteriously, and he moved out of the way, so that Harry could see who was behind him.

"RON! HERMIONE!" shouted Harry, as Ron and Hermione walked up. He ran to them both and gave them a big hug. He hadn't seen them for a while, partly due to the Bachelor. "What are you doing here?"

Hermione's hair had finally been straightened so it was no longer bushy. She didn't wear too much make-up, though she was still extremely pretty. She wore a white dress, and was clutching a small handbag.

Ron was very tall, maybe... 6' 5". His bright red hair was the same as ever, though his freckles didn't show up anymore. He and Hermione both worked at the ministry. Hermione worked in the muggle office, and Ron was head of the Magical Games and Sports office.

"We're here for the ball, since it wouldn't be right to have one guy with 9 women at a ball of course!" laughed Ron. Hermione nudged him. "OUCH... and um... to see you of course, mate."

"So, who's your favorite?" asked Hermione eagerly.

"What..."

"Who's your favorite girl?" asked Ron. "There is an article in the Prophet every day on your dates, and they're also um... its some muggle thing..."

"They're recording your dates too. For people who can do the TV spell," said Hermione. "So who is your favorite girl?"

"I dunno, I like them all."

"Oh, come on. Bloody hell, you must have a favorite. Mine is Trish... she sounds sexy," said Ron, who had been watching the show on TV, and reading about it. Hermione hit him hard.

"All she has is a pretty face, nothing underneath!" argued Hermione. "I'd say Terra would be a good choice... Terra and Jamie, they seem to have the most depth."

"Nah, what about Kaitlyn and Cari... they'd be fun!" Ron argued.

"Harry's for romance, not friends!"

"What about Cho and Luna, we actually know them..."

"ENOUGH, ENOUGH! OKAY?" shouted Harry. This was getting rather annoying. He liked to have Ron and Hermione's opinions, but this was way too much arguing.

"Sorry, Harry," said Ron and Hermione in unison. They were used to Harry's outbursts.

"It's okay..." Harry stopped. Hagrid, Orlando, and all the girls were standing in front of him. What if they heard him yelling? What would they think of him now?

"I hope we're not bothering anything," started Orlando. Yeah, they heard him, thought Harry. Harry shook his head and Orlando smiled. "Well, that's good. Anyway, let's get this thing started!" He took out his wand and muttered something. Immediately music started coming from no where. He muttered something else, and a small bar appeared at the corner of the room.

"Enjoy," said Hagrid. Hagrid then started dancing with Luna lively. Hermione got with Ron, and Kaitlyn grabbed Orlando. The rest of the girls went out onto the floor solo. Katie headed towards Harry, but Trish grabbed him first.

"Hello, Harry," she said in a soothing voice. She pulled him closer. "Let's dance."

Harry took her hand, and they started twirling around like a tornado. She was undoubtedly a very good dancer. As they danced they talked.

"Why haven't you invited me on a private date yet?" asked Trish.

"I... um... because I wanted to... that's not a very easy question," stuttered Harry. Trish for some reason scared him slightly.

"It's okay, as long as you keep me here," laughed Trish. To the rest of the girls' disgust, she leaned in, and kissed Harry.

Harry held back. "I don't like kissing in front of everyone..."

"Well then let's go outside," said Trish, as she started leading Harry towards the other room, but Harry pulled her back.

"No, it's just weird, let's talk."

"Sure," said Trish, very disappointedly. "But, I don't get it. You're successful, sexy, and rich. I'm successful, sexy, and rich, we go together like spaghetti and meatballs."

"Please don't compare us to food, because that scares me," said Harry and he left Trish. Katie came up to him and asked hopefully:

"Do you want to dance?"

"Sure," he led her out onto the floor, just as a fast dance started. She was an average dancer, so she worked perfectly with Harry.

"So..." Harry tried to think back on Katie... what did she do again? Blimey, Harry, think. AHA! She was an Auror! "So... how is it being an Auror?"

"I'm not actually an Auror, I'm still trying to pass tests to become an Auror. I've failed them at least 10 times, because I get nervous," Katie smiled.

"Oh. I wanted to be an Auror a long time ago. Though I had the choice between quidditch and being an Auror, and well, you know what I picked..."

"Yeah, I was a beater, though... I never thought I was that good," shrugged Katie. "I would always hit the bludger towards my team-mates."

"That wouldn't be good," said Harry politely. "Where are you from?"

"Too many places! I used to live in New York, and then I moved to Sidney, and then I moved too London, and now I'm currently living in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which is in Canada.

"Blimey, I've only lived in London. But of course, I've been to a lot of those places. Which is your favorite?"

"Well... I loved Winnipeg, I have no idea why though. Though I miss having the beach near me, and it's rather fustarating when it's so cold."

"Yeah, I guess it would be," said Harry. "Excuse, me, but may I dance with some other people. I have to be polite." Katie nodded, and Harry headed towards the other girls.

He danced with every girl in the room. It was quite fun, next to how bad the Yule Ball went. Though, the ball didn't go perfect. There was one slight problem.

Luna got drunk.

Now like Luna said on her date, alcohol and Luna do not go well. Accidently though, Luna had a little bit of beer that night, and a little bit turned into a lot. She started acting crazy.

She started dancing on the table-tops, knocking everything down, and scaring everyone. She also started following Harry around, who in turn, hid under one of the tables. Hermione found him.

"What the hell are you doing down here?"

"Hiding from Luna," said Harry as he peaked to make sure Luna wasn't anywhere close.

"Oh... um... did Ron tell you about the...um." Hermione stuttered, and she looked nervous.

"What are you talking about?" questioned Harry, and then his jaw dropped. He looked at Hermione's finger, and saw a diamond ring on it. HERMIONE AND RON WERE GETTING MARRIED??? "BLOODY HELL! YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED!?!"

Hermione's face turned bright red at this, hoping no one had heard. "Yes, he proposed last night," she whispered. "It was the happiest moment of my life. And it was so perfect! We were out on this beautiful night, and... and, well Ron had rented this boat, and so we were on the boat, and he just... he proposed!"

Harry was stunned. HERMIONE AND RON WERE GETTING MARRIED!!! He was so happy for them.

Luna peaked under the table. "Peek-a-boo!" she said softly.

Harry screamed and ran to find cover.

Okay, vote NOW!!! Because next chapter is the dreaded rose ceremony! The girls will go down from 9... to 6!