Hey everyone! Sorry for the long wait the in the last chapter I was just winging it without my "guidelines" I made up to chapter 9 (so far) but now I have it so yay!
Oh, and were going back to Harry and Hermione in this chapter! Well be seeing a lot more of them lately but probably not in the next chapter.
Enjoy!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Just so you guys know, the dates during the H/Hr POV and Lexi's POV will not be aligned. Example: for Hermione it night be October first but in the other part of the chapter it's the middle of October for Lexi. Got it? I would try to align it but it would just confuse the hell out of me.
Again, Enjoy!
Skyler met up with Alannah again and made up a lie that he wasn't feeling very well and that he needed to go back to the castle. She reluctantly agreed and kissed him goodbye.
He sighed as he made the slow walk to the carriages. As he hopped in he began to think about Lexi again. What was is problem? Why couldn't he handle his best friend kissing a guy? There didn't seem to be any problem with it. Or was there?
The carriage was about to leave when another boy hopped in with him. He looked up to see Ben Thomas, who was in fact, Skyler's older brother. He was also a fifth year Ravenclaw like Joel.
Ben was not a brunette like Skyler, but a blonde. He had the somewhat shaggy surfer type hair only it didn't work so well because they were, in reality, in Scotland. He had deep brown eyes and a slim stature. He and Skyler were close, but didn't share feelings with each other a lot.
"What's wrong, Sky? I saw Alannah and she said u weren't feeling well. You alright? You're messing up my date with Christy." Skyler raised an eyebrow. Ben was being awfully nice and it really wasn't normal.
"No, I'm fine. I just wanted to go back." Ben leaned back.
"No, you are not fine. If you don't tell me what's wrong, you're going to be in big trouble." That was it. If Ben was going to be nice about it, fine.
So, he told Ben everything. He told him about how Alannah hates books, how boring she was, that he saw Lexi kissing Joel, and how he felt about that.
Ben looked surprised. He hadn't expected Skyler to come out with his feelings that easily.
"Well, I think you need to think about your feelings for Lexi." Skyler shook his head no immediately.
"What feelings? She's only my friend, and that's all shell ever be." Skyler replied defiantly.
"That may be so, but you still need to think about it." Skyler rolled his eyes and leaned back.
Ben went to get out of the carriage to go back to Christy but she was heading towards him.
"Christy, I was just heading back to you." Ben smiled and hopped down.
"Don't worry about it, go back if you want. I'll just hang out with Jewel and Tami."
Jewel, Tami, and Christy were all fourth year Gryffindors. Christy had very long auburn hair with hazel eyes while Jewel and Tami had dark skin and dark brown eyes.
Ben nodded silently.
"Alright, if you want. I'll see you at dinner." And he shut the door.
It about 4 pm and Lexi and Joel made their way back to the carriages. They rode in silence back to the castle just staring at each other, trying not to laugh. Staring contests rocked.
They said their goodbyes and Joel kissed Lexi on the cheek.
"I'll see you in an hour or so at dinner." Joel nodded and walked off towards the Ravenclaw tower.
As he walked back he thought of Lexi. Her eyes, her hair, her smile. It was all so wonderful…until he got into the common room.
There, standing in front of him, was Ben Thomas.
"Hey Ben, how was your day?" Joel asked with as smile as he walked up the stairs.
"What the hell do you think you're playing at, Cooney?" Joel turned around and walked back down the stairs with a smirk.
"Well, I asked how your day was. I'm sorry I asked." He laughed and turned back around.
"I'm not done yet. Do you know what you did to my brother?" Ben snarled. Joel walked off the stairs and right up to Ben.
"What in Merlin's name are you talking about?"
"Forget it, I might break into your happy bubble that keeps you from thinking about any one but yourself." Ben decided and marched out of the common room. Skyler didn't want to make a big deal about it and he would respect that.
Ginny squealed in delight at Hermione's dress. Hermione spun around in front of the mirror a couple of times and smiled.
"This is going to be such an amazing night, Gin. I can tell." Hermione sighed, coming down from the low pedestal in front of the mirror. Ginny grinned.
"Is it? Oh! Hermione!" She giggled. Hermione blushed and lightly smacked her friend on the arm. Before she could reply, Ginny cut her off again.
"Now, get your shoes on! Harry will be here any minute!" Ginny nudged her friend down the stairs and slid down the banister.
Suddenly they both heard a whooshing sound and Harry popped out of the fireplace. Hermione stopped at the bottom of the stairs and Ginny stood behind her grinning madly.
Harry looked up and his eyes widened. He took in Hermione's deep red strapless dress with a red shawl and gloves. It had a sheer layer over the top with black designs made into roses. Her hair was up in a French twist with the excess curls up top and small curls framing her face.
"You look…absolutely beautiful." He sputtered. He walked forward and kissed her softly on the lips.
Ginny sneaked around them and left silently through the fireplace.
Hermione pulled back and smiled.
"Ready to go?" He asked quietly. She nodded and followed him to the fireplace.
"Did the invitation say where this banquet was?" Hermione asked. Harry shook his head no.
"They don't include that in the invitation. We have sources so that spies cant find it easily." Hermione again nodded and Harry stepped into the fireplace.
"1730 Belmont, London!" He called. Hermione stepped in after him and called the same.
The couple arrived smoothly and began to walk to their table. Many people in fabulous dresses and suits walked around mingling.
"There's the president of Puddlemere industries, Mr. Cartney." Harry whispered and walked arm in arm over to the man.
'Good evening, Mr. Cartney. I hope you are well." Harry started up the conversation. Mr. Cartney had small dimples in his cheeks and grey hair. He seemed to be in his early seventies and still as limber as a racehorse. His blue eyes twinkled just like Dumbledore's
"Harry!" The man cried cheekily. "So good to see you! And who might this be?" He gestured to Hermione. Harry smiled.
"This is Hermione Granger, my girlfriend" Harry replied as Hermione shakily extended her hand to the man. He took her gloved hand in both of his and shook it with a smile.
"Wonderful to meet you! I hope you have been keeping Harry in line." She chuckled. Hermione blushed.
"I do hope so, sir." She said. Mr. Cartney began to talk to Harry while Hermione looked around. She saw a blonde man with a black haired woman-who in fact was amazingly gorgeous- walking over to the group.
Mr. Cartney looked over and grinned.
"Jacob! Kathryn! How wonderful to see you again!" He boomed. Harry sighed.
"Jacob, I had a feeling I'd see you here. How was your trip to Egypt?" Harry asked.
"Oh just wonderful. You know, Kathryn and I got engaged!" Jacob exclaimed.
Mr. Cartney turned to Hermione. "This is my assistant, Jacob Welling, and his fiancée Kathryn Nelson." The president told Hermione, immediately recognizing their engagement.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Hermione Granger." Hermione introduced herself. She shook hands with the two of them.
"Are you two engaged?" Kathryn asked. Harry's eyes widened.
"No! We're just dating." Harry replied drastically before Hermione could get a word in. She turned to give him a weird look and turned back to Jacob and Kathryn.
"Oh, sorry, just assumed." Kathryn responded, slightly taken aback by Harry's quick reply.
"Don't worry, no matter. May I see your ring?" Hermione asked Kathryn as she saw a flash from her finger. Kathryn held up the hand and wiggled her finger with a grin. Hermione was practically blinded as she took a light hold of the woman's hand and inspected it.
"It's absolutely gorgeous!" Hermione exclaimed in awe.
"You'll just die when you hear how he proposed!" Kathryn gushed as she dragged Hermione away.
By now Mr. Cartney had gone off to talk to others and left Harry and Jacob by themselves.
"So, how long have you two been dating?" He asked, nodding his head over to Hermione.
"Only a month or so, but we used to date when we were in Hogwarts. We have a daughter, also. Lexi is her name." Harry replied, finally not caring what people thought.
Jacob nodded. "You're a lucky man. She's beautiful. Have you known her long?" He asked.
"Well, lets see, we knew each other for seven years, then we didn't see each other for about 12, but it you count that time, and now…almost twenty years! Ok…didn't realize that before…" Harry said, amazed.
Jacob seemed taken aback. "Twenty!? Propose, man! Merlin, you've taken long enough!" He laughed. Harry's stomach churned at the thought. Propose? Him and Hermione, married? That was a load put onto his back.
"Not anytime soon, I don't think were ready for that yet." He finished just as Hermione and Kathryn came over gushing about how sweet Jacob was.
"He asked you, right there? That's positively marvelous!" Hermione exclaimed, again latching onto Harry's arm. He smiled down at her and immediately he visualized her in a white wedding gown, with a large engagement ring on her finger, and people freaking out about how he proposed.
He could have passed out right then and there.
Lexi sunk back into her chair as transfiguration, the last class of the cay, came to a close. It was October 8 and everyone was anxious for their weekend to start.
"Before I dismiss you, I would like to make an announcement. The Halloween ball this year is coming quickly. It will be held on Sunday, October 31st. You will be able to go to Hogsmeade the weekend of the 16th and get your outfits. The faculty and I ask that you have a partner to go with if possible." McGonagall proclaimed.
"This will be a costume ball so you and your partner should come in theme costumes. There will be awards for best costume, most original, and most creative. Thank you. You are dismissed."
Lexi dragged herself out of the classroom and made her way to the Gryffindor dorms.
Sadie ran up to Lexi in a fit of excitement.
"Isn't this wonderful? The balls are only for 3rd year and up, except for the Yule ball, and this is the first time I've gotten to go! Who are you planning on going with?" Sadie exclaimed. Lexi sighed and answered.
"I don't know. It depends on who asks me, if anyone asks me." Lexi replied turning with Sadie into a larger corridor.
"Bollocks! What about Joel? He will definitely ask you!" Sadie raved.
"Well just have to see."
Yip Yip, hooray! How was it? I really forced myself to do this, and I'm not sure if there was enough description at the banquet. Oh well, just PLEEEEEESSSEEE review!!!!!
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Oh, and were going back to Harry and Hermione in this chapter! Well be seeing a lot more of them lately but probably not in the next chapter.
Enjoy!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Just so you guys know, the dates during the H/Hr POV and Lexi's POV will not be aligned. Example: for Hermione it night be October first but in the other part of the chapter it's the middle of October for Lexi. Got it? I would try to align it but it would just confuse the hell out of me.
Again, Enjoy!
Skyler met up with Alannah again and made up a lie that he wasn't feeling very well and that he needed to go back to the castle. She reluctantly agreed and kissed him goodbye.
He sighed as he made the slow walk to the carriages. As he hopped in he began to think about Lexi again. What was is problem? Why couldn't he handle his best friend kissing a guy? There didn't seem to be any problem with it. Or was there?
The carriage was about to leave when another boy hopped in with him. He looked up to see Ben Thomas, who was in fact, Skyler's older brother. He was also a fifth year Ravenclaw like Joel.
Ben was not a brunette like Skyler, but a blonde. He had the somewhat shaggy surfer type hair only it didn't work so well because they were, in reality, in Scotland. He had deep brown eyes and a slim stature. He and Skyler were close, but didn't share feelings with each other a lot.
"What's wrong, Sky? I saw Alannah and she said u weren't feeling well. You alright? You're messing up my date with Christy." Skyler raised an eyebrow. Ben was being awfully nice and it really wasn't normal.
"No, I'm fine. I just wanted to go back." Ben leaned back.
"No, you are not fine. If you don't tell me what's wrong, you're going to be in big trouble." That was it. If Ben was going to be nice about it, fine.
So, he told Ben everything. He told him about how Alannah hates books, how boring she was, that he saw Lexi kissing Joel, and how he felt about that.
Ben looked surprised. He hadn't expected Skyler to come out with his feelings that easily.
"Well, I think you need to think about your feelings for Lexi." Skyler shook his head no immediately.
"What feelings? She's only my friend, and that's all shell ever be." Skyler replied defiantly.
"That may be so, but you still need to think about it." Skyler rolled his eyes and leaned back.
Ben went to get out of the carriage to go back to Christy but she was heading towards him.
"Christy, I was just heading back to you." Ben smiled and hopped down.
"Don't worry about it, go back if you want. I'll just hang out with Jewel and Tami."
Jewel, Tami, and Christy were all fourth year Gryffindors. Christy had very long auburn hair with hazel eyes while Jewel and Tami had dark skin and dark brown eyes.
Ben nodded silently.
"Alright, if you want. I'll see you at dinner." And he shut the door.
It about 4 pm and Lexi and Joel made their way back to the carriages. They rode in silence back to the castle just staring at each other, trying not to laugh. Staring contests rocked.
They said their goodbyes and Joel kissed Lexi on the cheek.
"I'll see you in an hour or so at dinner." Joel nodded and walked off towards the Ravenclaw tower.
As he walked back he thought of Lexi. Her eyes, her hair, her smile. It was all so wonderful…until he got into the common room.
There, standing in front of him, was Ben Thomas.
"Hey Ben, how was your day?" Joel asked with as smile as he walked up the stairs.
"What the hell do you think you're playing at, Cooney?" Joel turned around and walked back down the stairs with a smirk.
"Well, I asked how your day was. I'm sorry I asked." He laughed and turned back around.
"I'm not done yet. Do you know what you did to my brother?" Ben snarled. Joel walked off the stairs and right up to Ben.
"What in Merlin's name are you talking about?"
"Forget it, I might break into your happy bubble that keeps you from thinking about any one but yourself." Ben decided and marched out of the common room. Skyler didn't want to make a big deal about it and he would respect that.
Ginny squealed in delight at Hermione's dress. Hermione spun around in front of the mirror a couple of times and smiled.
"This is going to be such an amazing night, Gin. I can tell." Hermione sighed, coming down from the low pedestal in front of the mirror. Ginny grinned.
"Is it? Oh! Hermione!" She giggled. Hermione blushed and lightly smacked her friend on the arm. Before she could reply, Ginny cut her off again.
"Now, get your shoes on! Harry will be here any minute!" Ginny nudged her friend down the stairs and slid down the banister.
Suddenly they both heard a whooshing sound and Harry popped out of the fireplace. Hermione stopped at the bottom of the stairs and Ginny stood behind her grinning madly.
Harry looked up and his eyes widened. He took in Hermione's deep red strapless dress with a red shawl and gloves. It had a sheer layer over the top with black designs made into roses. Her hair was up in a French twist with the excess curls up top and small curls framing her face.
"You look…absolutely beautiful." He sputtered. He walked forward and kissed her softly on the lips.
Ginny sneaked around them and left silently through the fireplace.
Hermione pulled back and smiled.
"Ready to go?" He asked quietly. She nodded and followed him to the fireplace.
"Did the invitation say where this banquet was?" Hermione asked. Harry shook his head no.
"They don't include that in the invitation. We have sources so that spies cant find it easily." Hermione again nodded and Harry stepped into the fireplace.
"1730 Belmont, London!" He called. Hermione stepped in after him and called the same.
The couple arrived smoothly and began to walk to their table. Many people in fabulous dresses and suits walked around mingling.
"There's the president of Puddlemere industries, Mr. Cartney." Harry whispered and walked arm in arm over to the man.
'Good evening, Mr. Cartney. I hope you are well." Harry started up the conversation. Mr. Cartney had small dimples in his cheeks and grey hair. He seemed to be in his early seventies and still as limber as a racehorse. His blue eyes twinkled just like Dumbledore's
"Harry!" The man cried cheekily. "So good to see you! And who might this be?" He gestured to Hermione. Harry smiled.
"This is Hermione Granger, my girlfriend" Harry replied as Hermione shakily extended her hand to the man. He took her gloved hand in both of his and shook it with a smile.
"Wonderful to meet you! I hope you have been keeping Harry in line." She chuckled. Hermione blushed.
"I do hope so, sir." She said. Mr. Cartney began to talk to Harry while Hermione looked around. She saw a blonde man with a black haired woman-who in fact was amazingly gorgeous- walking over to the group.
Mr. Cartney looked over and grinned.
"Jacob! Kathryn! How wonderful to see you again!" He boomed. Harry sighed.
"Jacob, I had a feeling I'd see you here. How was your trip to Egypt?" Harry asked.
"Oh just wonderful. You know, Kathryn and I got engaged!" Jacob exclaimed.
Mr. Cartney turned to Hermione. "This is my assistant, Jacob Welling, and his fiancée Kathryn Nelson." The president told Hermione, immediately recognizing their engagement.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Hermione Granger." Hermione introduced herself. She shook hands with the two of them.
"Are you two engaged?" Kathryn asked. Harry's eyes widened.
"No! We're just dating." Harry replied drastically before Hermione could get a word in. She turned to give him a weird look and turned back to Jacob and Kathryn.
"Oh, sorry, just assumed." Kathryn responded, slightly taken aback by Harry's quick reply.
"Don't worry, no matter. May I see your ring?" Hermione asked Kathryn as she saw a flash from her finger. Kathryn held up the hand and wiggled her finger with a grin. Hermione was practically blinded as she took a light hold of the woman's hand and inspected it.
"It's absolutely gorgeous!" Hermione exclaimed in awe.
"You'll just die when you hear how he proposed!" Kathryn gushed as she dragged Hermione away.
By now Mr. Cartney had gone off to talk to others and left Harry and Jacob by themselves.
"So, how long have you two been dating?" He asked, nodding his head over to Hermione.
"Only a month or so, but we used to date when we were in Hogwarts. We have a daughter, also. Lexi is her name." Harry replied, finally not caring what people thought.
Jacob nodded. "You're a lucky man. She's beautiful. Have you known her long?" He asked.
"Well, lets see, we knew each other for seven years, then we didn't see each other for about 12, but it you count that time, and now…almost twenty years! Ok…didn't realize that before…" Harry said, amazed.
Jacob seemed taken aback. "Twenty!? Propose, man! Merlin, you've taken long enough!" He laughed. Harry's stomach churned at the thought. Propose? Him and Hermione, married? That was a load put onto his back.
"Not anytime soon, I don't think were ready for that yet." He finished just as Hermione and Kathryn came over gushing about how sweet Jacob was.
"He asked you, right there? That's positively marvelous!" Hermione exclaimed, again latching onto Harry's arm. He smiled down at her and immediately he visualized her in a white wedding gown, with a large engagement ring on her finger, and people freaking out about how he proposed.
He could have passed out right then and there.
Lexi sunk back into her chair as transfiguration, the last class of the cay, came to a close. It was October 8 and everyone was anxious for their weekend to start.
"Before I dismiss you, I would like to make an announcement. The Halloween ball this year is coming quickly. It will be held on Sunday, October 31st. You will be able to go to Hogsmeade the weekend of the 16th and get your outfits. The faculty and I ask that you have a partner to go with if possible." McGonagall proclaimed.
"This will be a costume ball so you and your partner should come in theme costumes. There will be awards for best costume, most original, and most creative. Thank you. You are dismissed."
Lexi dragged herself out of the classroom and made her way to the Gryffindor dorms.
Sadie ran up to Lexi in a fit of excitement.
"Isn't this wonderful? The balls are only for 3rd year and up, except for the Yule ball, and this is the first time I've gotten to go! Who are you planning on going with?" Sadie exclaimed. Lexi sighed and answered.
"I don't know. It depends on who asks me, if anyone asks me." Lexi replied turning with Sadie into a larger corridor.
"Bollocks! What about Joel? He will definitely ask you!" Sadie raved.
"Well just have to see."
Yip Yip, hooray! How was it? I really forced myself to do this, and I'm not sure if there was enough description at the banquet. Oh well, just PLEEEEEESSSEEE review!!!!!
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