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"Oh this is hopeless!" Sadie cried, tapping her head with her wand.
"You know, maybe you should try doing it the muggle way, if spells aren't working." Linwe suggested, pushing on her red boots. She and her date were going as Wonder Woman and Superman.
"I don't know how to do my hair the muggle way! The ball starts at 7, which is in two hours, and I don't even have my dress on yet!" Sadie held up her red hair off her neck and examined her hair up.
"Here, ill help. I'm used to doing my hair the muggle way. Spells never work for me either." Ari hurried over to Sadie and conjured up some hairpins and elastics.
Lexi pushed her hair behind her ears and carefully pulled her dress out of the makeshift garment bag.
"Lexi, you're going to the ball tonight with Joel Cooney, that fifth year Ravenclaw, right?" Ari asked ask she brushed back a piece of Sadie's hair. Lexi nodded as she laid her dress out on the bed.
"Hasn't he asked you to be his girlfriend yet?" Linwe wondered. Lexi's eyes shot up to Linwe in surprise.
"Wh-what?"
All four girls looked expectantly at the black haired girl.
"Well, has he?" Sadie blurted out. Lexi let her surprise seep out of her and she stood up straight and firm.
"No, he has not, and he wont any time soon." Lexi stalked over to the mirror.
"He has no reason to ask me to be his girlfriend." She whispered as she looked at herself in the mirror.
"I don't know what boy you're talking about but I bet any boy would ask you out honey!" The mirror complimented Lexi.
"The mirror's right, Lex! If he hasn't yet I'm sure he will ask you tonight!" Lanna gushed, falling back on her bed with a sigh.
"Lanna, you're such a drama queen!" Sadie retorted. Lexi laughed as Lanna and Sadie began to bicker. She took out her wand and put her hair up half and half with curls.
"You know, that's saying something coming from someone who almost passed out because her boyfriend asked her to the Halloween Ball!" Lanna cried.
"Ladies! Ladies! Calm yourselves! Now, can I come in or are you guys not decent?" Someone called from outside of the door.
"Skyler! Hold on one second!" Sadie called, throwing a robe to Lexi who was walking around in her dressing gown. She quickly threw it on as Lanna opened the door.
"Sorry to barge in, just wanted to see how everyone was doing." Skyler replied, coming into the girl's dorms with his hair still dripping wet from his shower.
"Hey, Skyler. What time are you picking up Alannah?" Lexi asked as she pulled down her eyelid to put on her eyeliner.
"Ill pick her up at 7. You don't want to be there early. There's nothing to do until 7:30 anyway." Skyler walked over to Lexi's bed and stared blankly down at her dress.
"Lexi, is this yours?" Skyler pointed down at the dress and looked at her.
She set down her eyeliner pencil and walked over to him and the dress.
"Yes, it is. Try not to drip your hair on it please?" She kidded, talking about his still soaking wet hair. He laughed and put his hand on the dress to feel the material.
"It's gorgeous, but I bet it looks even better on you." He smiled at her. Lexi rolled her eyes and swatted at his arm.
"Oh please. Stop lying" She laughed. Lexi and Skyler were so caught up in their conversation that they didn't notice all the other girls in the room staring at them in amusement.
Suddenly Lanna broke out in a loud cough that sounded strangely like "flirt".
Skyler raised an eyebrow at her before heading towards the door.
"See you guys later. Oh, Lexi, remember what I asked you in Hogsmeade?" Skyler turned around n the doorway. Lexi grinned.
"How could I forget?" Linwe shut the door behind the retreating Skyler and went in the bathroom to change.
"I guess I better get my costume on, huh?" Ari asked as she put one of the final pins in Sadie's hair.
"You know, this is the perfect hair-do for Satine! It's just like the elephant scene!" Sadie squealed.
"You want to talk about elephants? Look at me!" Linwe came out of the bathroom looking like a very depressed Wonder Woman.
"I can't wait to see everyone else's costumes." Ari laughed.
Lexi sighed as she walked arm in arm towards the Great Hall with a very happy Joel.
She grinned as they walked through the large, wooden French doors.
The Hall was decorated with floating candles and pumpkins and there were food tables on the side filled with pumpkin juice and piles of candy. There were Chocolate Frogs, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Pumpkin Pastries, Canary Creams, Lemon Drops, and many other candies.
"You must be proud of yourself." Joel leaned over and whispered in her ear. Lexi gave him a strange look.
"And why would I be proud of myself?" She and Joel walked over to one of the circular tables and joined Sadie and John.
"Because almost every guy in this room has looked at you in amazement and every girl in has looked at you in jealousy." Sadie nodded.
"He's right you know."
Before Joel could put in another word, there was a loud voice clearing its throat up on stage. Everyone looked over to see a smiling headmaster.
"Welcome, all of you, to the annual Halloween Ball. I hope you all enjoy yourselves and have a lovely evening. Also, I would like to introduce tonight's band, the Rouge Bludgers!" Lexi almost fell out of her seat in shock.
"Are you alright?" John asked her while Joel raised her an eyebrow.
"Yes, I'm fine, but I know that band! They played at my birthday party!" She squealed.
"Our opening song for the evening will be "You Put a Spell on Me". Hope you like it." The lead singer said into the microphone.
"Lexi, would you like to dance?"
"Id love to"
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Lexi laughed as she looked over and saw Jamie and Kara fighting with each other.
She and Joel had been dancing for a while amongst many other students on the dance floor.
"Do you want some pumpkin juice?" Joel asked her as she spun around.
"Sure, ill go talk to Linwe and Brandon." She began to make her way off the dance floor but someone grabber her hand. She turned around to see a smiling Skyler.
"Skyler! Are you having fun?" She asked as she stepped off the dance floor.
"Yeah, its alright. Do you want to dance?" He held out his hand to her. She looked around for Joel to see him chatting it up with Skyler's date, Alannah.
"Sure!" She put her hand in his and walked out onto the floor just ask a slow song came on.
"This is a song that we did not write. It's a muggle song, and I hope we do the original justice."
"Watching every motion, in my foolish lover's game"
Lexi wrapped her arms around Skyler's neck and smiled.
"You know, this is one of my favorite songs." She sighed.
"On this endless ocean, finally lovers know no shame"
"Can I ask you a question?" Skyler whispered, his eyes clouding over. Lexi looked at him with concern and nodded.
"Turning and returning to some secret place inside. Watching in slow motion as you turn around and say, My love"
"What do you think of Alannah?" Skyler asked as she put her head on his shoulder. Lexi sighed and fused her eyebrows together.
"I don't know. I think she's not as…what's the word? In-depth as you are…maybe that's it."
"Take my breath away"
"I know, that's what I've been thinking about. She hates books, she hates…she hates a lot of things I could never hate."
"Take my breath away"
"I think I might break up with her." Skyler tightened his left arm around her waist.
"Well, why think any longer? Just do it!" Someone screamed behind Skyler. Both he and Lexi jumped and turned towards the voice.
There was Alannah and Joel, both fuming with anger.
(A/N: ok, this scene might get a little confusing flipping back and forth between girls and boys but you'll get it. Also, if you cant handle curse words, such as the "f-word", skip this scene.)
"Who do you think you are, Granger?" Alannah stepped right up to Lexi and shoved her.
Lexi gasped and straightened up tall. What she didn't know was that Alannah was just distracting her…
"So, Thomas, why are you moving in on my girl?" Joel glared daggers down at Skyler. If looks could kill, both boys would be dead.
People began to back up and form a circle around the blossoming fight.
"First of all, she is NOT your girl! Second, I am NOT moving in on her! We're FRIENDS!" Skyler yelled.
"You know what? I'm not going to fight. This is stupid, and I don't need to deal with this." Lexi threw her hands up in the air and turned around to walk off.
She didn't get very far though.
Next thing she knew, she was on the ground, under Alannah, who was yanking on her hair.
"You stupid bitch! No one walks away from me!" She screamed.
"Get off of me!" Lexi screamed as she elbowed Alannah in the stomach.
By now the band had stopped playing, and the teachers were all standing nervously around them trying to think of something to do without hurting anyone.
"Friends or not, you were making a pass at her!" Joel growled.
"I was not! We were just slow dancing! You don't even deserve Lexi if you are going to act like this!" Skyler yelled. Joel's eyes flashed and he stepped forward. In a second Skyler was down on the ground suffering from the blow of Joel's fist.
"How dare you!" Skyler jumped up and punched Joel in the ribs.
"You whore, get the fuck up!" Alannah kicked Lexi after shoving her to the ground. Lexi stumbled back up to her feet and dabbed at her nose, wiping away the blood.
"I don't know about you, but I am no whore!" Lexi screamed and jumped on Alannah, tackling her to the ground.
"Fermenzio!" A man yelled above the screaming. All of a sudden, the four students were frozen in mid air, and then planted firmly on the ground all in a line, facing the headmaster.
"How dare you interrupt the Ball like this? This behavior has been unacceptable!" Lexi's eyes began to well up with tears. Not just because her arm was in extreme pain, but also because Joel had hurt Skyler, just because she was dancing with him.
"I'm sorry headmaster." Lexi whispered. Not many people heard her, but Dumbledore did.
"You are forgiven Miss Granger. The rest of you also need to apologize. Not just to me, but to all the students here, the band, and your other teachers! Now, you four, go back to your dorms. I will see you all in the morning."
Lexi let one tear drop fall to the floor as she walked through the doors with Skyler, Alannah, and Joel.
"Lexi, can I talk to you?" Joel asked quietly as they walked down the silent corridor. Lexi let out a loud sigh and stopped walking.
"Fine, you go ahead back to the dorm." She told Skyler as he went to stay back with her. He lingered hesitantly but walked on.
Lexi turned to Joel when they were out of ear shot and glared at him.
"How dare you do that to me? All I was doing was dancing with my best friend." Lexi whispered. There really was no reason to whisper, but she did all the same, for fear she would scream.
"I'm sorry, I really am. I just got jealous. I never meant to hurt you. Please forgive me?" Lexi turned her head from him.
"Please? You mean so much to me, and I never wanted to mess things up." She turned her head back to see him kneeling on the hard stone, looking up at her with pleading eyes.
"Ok, just don't do it again." She whispered to him. A smile exploded over his face and he got up and hugged her tight.
"All I ask is that you don't speak to Skyler again." He whispered in her ear.
Lexi's eyes immediately shot open and she shoved him away from her.
"What's wrong?" Joel asked innocently. Lexi let out a short laugh.
"What's wrong? What's wrong!? You just asked me to stop speaking to my best friend!" Hot tears began to prick at the edge of her eyes. Joel walked forward and started to wrap his arms around her.
"Lexi, hon, it's not too much to a-" but he was cut short by Lexi shoving him into the wall.
"Don't even try to touch me, you jackass!" She screamed at him, tears now freely flowing. Joel pushed himself off the wall and glared at her.
"How dare you push me." He whispered with malice. His eyes flashed with anger as he stalked over to the sobbing girl.
"You bitch." Joel growled, raising his hand to hit Lexi. He came down with all his strength but was stopped mid air.
Lexi opened her wet eyes to see Skyler, standing behind Joel, grasping his hand and pulling him backward.
"Didn't your mother every teach you not to hit a woman?" Skyler retorted, right before he punched Joel square in the face, knocking him out.
As the blonde crashed to the ground, Lexi collapsed too. Skyler was immediately at her side.
"Are you alright? Did he hit you before?" Skyler moved her hair out of her eyes. She shook her head no.
"Can you walk?" Skyler took her hand in his. Lexi showed signs of trying to move her body, but she couldn't.
"Ok, hang on." Skyler told her as he scooped her up in his arms.
"You'll be fine, I've got you."
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