Hey there! Okay, this week was sooo hectic! I switced schools without telling anyone, and now they're all attacking my on MSN about why I switched. I'm happy though, cause I'm Knight and not a Thunderbird. Okay, blue is cool and all, but purple and gold are the colors of ROYALTY. So, in other words, way cooler. (For schools, anyways.) Anywho...
Thanks to:
spychick989: Hermione's face is the same, just her eye color and hair changed. I had a hard time at first because I changed the face, bu then I decided to keep her face the same cause it was easier.
Lemonpeppachikn: Yes, it was creepy, but you'll understand in later chapters.
dracos-girl-4evr: For sure, I've always been fascinated by Arabian Nights themes. I even looked into taking bellydancing lessons (secret guilty pleasure of mine, I totally love my tummy, even though it's not toned lol). Pansy to me is the reincarnation of a girl I used to know, one who wasn't very pretty and very attached to one guy who at most times only wanted her for "explicit activies". I just couldn't stand her, so I like to make fun of her in my own private recesses of my mind. Plus, I just like making witty comments when someone can hear them.
Alrighty! After this chapter the plot keeps going, and though I wrote it, I have a confession. I really think this is a bad plot. I mean, the beginning rocks, for sure, but after that it sucks. Just so you know, if I get flames for how this story ends, I will most likely agree with you. Unless you call me a big dunderhead who should never write again. Then, I will laugh.
Hermione and Draco woke up together again that morning; Hermione was still stunned to turn over and see Draco's face, content in holding his love. She slid out of bed and dressed before he woke up, wanting to surprise him. She'd put on a pair of extremely low rise jeans, a dark pink top that wrapped in an 'X' over her torso and ended with a long trail of fabric hanging down her back, and a pair of black stiletto boots. She walked over to the mirror and did her hair in loose, wavy curls so it hung messily down her back. Smiling to herself after she put on make-up, she sauntered over to the bed and kissed Draco full on the lips to wake him up.
"Come on, we have to go see McGonagall today. And, we're going to Hogsmeade today to get our costumes first. We've got to have the best ones!" He looked up at her groggily for a moment before his eyes opened in shock.
"You- Mya- Beautiful." He finished breathlessly. She giggled and began to feel the hot blush creep upon her cheeks.
"Thank you. Now please, hurry up, I'm so excited to get a costume!" She kissed him on the cheek and pulled the covers off him. Draco let out a groan of frustration before turning on his stomach and shutting his eyes once more.
"Fine, you've made me do it." She muttered, along with a few other words, and in a flash there was a huge bucket of ice water pouring over Draco's entire body.
"Mya!" He roared, and she gave a little yelp and ran for the common room where Narcissa was sitting on the couch.
"Hermione, have you pout ice water on him again?" She gave her a would-be stern look before breaking out in giggles.
"I always had to do that! He's such a stubborn boy when it comes to getting up. Be careful, though, he'll get you back. Oh, the number of times I found my bed crawling with spiders..." She mused before giggling again.
Minutes later Draco strode out of the room dressed in jeans and a dark green top that fitted across his muscled torso like a glove. For a moment, Hermione felt sure she was drooling at the sight of him, but when he raised his wand she snapped out of it.
"You're not going to be too lucky today, Hermione!" He swished his wand and a load of spiders rained down from the ceiling on top of Hermione's head.
"Get them off! Get them off!" She shrieked in fear. 'He'll never guess.'
"Oh my god, Mya, I'm so sorry!" He muttered a spell and rushed over to her, but halfway there he was hit with a jinx that made his clothing too small for him.
"Hermione, you little rat!" He screamed in annoyance. She said the counter jinx and fell to the floor laughing so hard there were tears in her eyes.
"Sorry, sorry, but I had to do it! Now let's call a truce, McGonagall is expecting us!" She managed to get out between loud bursts of laughter.
"Fine, fine. Come on, let's go." Narcissa was laughing along with Hermione when Draco looked at her for support. "You women, always against me."
"We aren't, we just like to annoy you." Narcissa replied sarcastically. "I'll see you two at lunch, alright? Do you mind if I eat with you at the Slytherin table?"
"I don't mind at all, mum, 'Mione, do you?" Draco answered quickly.
"Nope, I'd love to share some stories about Draco over lunch!" She quipped and ran out the door with a short "Bye!"
"See you them, mum." Draco called as he chased his girlfriend. When he finally caught her he kissed her full on the lips, just before they ran into McGonagall.
"Have you two gotten a theme for the end of year dance?" The professor asked in her usual tone.
"Yes, Professor. Draco came up with it." Hermione replied.
"We think Arabian Nights would be fun, with the girls dressed as belly dancers and the boys as sultans. We're going to Hogsmeade the weekend before, so everyone should get their costumes then." Draco told her. McGonagall raised her eyebrows in surprise but soon a smile crept upon her lips.
"I remember having Arabian Nights as a dance when I went here. Do you have a sketch of what the Great Hall will look like?" She asked.
"Yes, we do. Here. I think we should turn it into a desert and have palm trees surrounding the dance floor." Hermione answered sweetly.
"Exactly what we did. Very nice, I'll let Dumbledore know. Have fun at Hogsmeade, you two." She gave Hermione a wink, one that very few students ever received, and walked off with the sketch in hand.
"Wow, she winked at you. I think, Mya, she's got a crush on you." Draco said seriously. Hermione hit him on the arm with a glint in her eye.
"Yeah right, she knows we're getting costumes. You're sick, you know that?" She walked ahead of him towards the passage to Honeydukes.
"Yeah, but you love me anyways." He replied in a sing song voice.
They walked along until the end of the tunnel, where they reached the basement of the candy shop.
They walked up the steps and out into the store, seemingly unnoticed; when they reached the street they walked to nearly the other end of the road to get to Charisma's Costumes, the newest shop in Hogsmeade.
The couple approached the shop, whose windows were hung with various costumes and other dress up supplies. Opening the door slowly, they heard a bell chime in the store and a young, vibrant woman came bustling out from the back.
"Hello, there! I'm Charisma, what kind of costume are you two looking for?" She gave them a smile that was so big you could get lost in it. Hermione pondered for a moment whether or not to make Draco leave, but she decided that the need for costumes was more important.
"We're looking for a costume for an upcoming dance at school. I need a belly dancer's costume, and Draco needs a sultan's costume." Charisma's eyes lit up in excitement and she ushered the couple to the back of the store.
"I have the perfect things. I think, by looking at you two, that you're in Slytherin?" She asked as though she already knew the answer. Hermione was about to correct her when Draco answered first.
"Yes, we are. Why?" He asked with a look to Hermione.
"Because I think these colors would suit you best." She pulled back a crimson curtain to reveal a sultan costume and a belly dancer costume. They matched perfectly; Hermione let out a small gasp and Draco merely stared at them with a happy shine in his eyes.
"Oh, it's perfect! We'll take it!" Hermione stood there, gushing at the sight of the perfect costumes. No one could beat the Heads Costumes this time! Well, not that they had last time.
"I'll go ring up your purchase. There are some pieces of jewelry out front that would suit those costumes, if you'd like." She walked out and left the couple in the back room. Hermione grabbed Draco's hand and pulled him out to where the racks of jewelry were kept.
"Oh, look! Aren't they perfect?" Hermione pulled up a pair of silver and emerald earrings to her ears; they dangled down and offset her emerald eyes, which glittered with silver specks in joy.
"Yes, they are. Come on, let's pay and get out of here. It's nearly dinner!" Draco answered. It was true; from walking all the way to Hogsmeade and trying on the costumes, it had taken them a whole day to get everything perfect.
"Actually, Mya, let's just get the costumes today. We'll go to a real jewelry store to get you earrings, okay?" Draco wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close.
"Okay, but we have to do it soon, alright?" She gave him the puppy dog eyes and he melted.
"We'll go next weekend to London." They paid for their costumes and walked back to Honeydukes, where they snuck back to school and reappeared at dinner as though they'd been at Hogwarts all day.