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Kevin reached the door first and opened it. There were six chairs around Professor Dumbledore's desk in a semi-circle. Cho and Kevin took the chairs at the head of the circle. Hermione sat in between Kevin and Draco, while Ernie sat between Cho and Padma.
"I'm sure you are all wondering why I have asked you to form these committees." Dumbledore said as he took a seat. Everyone nodded. "I was thinking that I would like Hogwarts to be more enjoyable for everyone. So I decided to form a committee, consisting of students, to help me decide how to make Hogwarts… more fun."
"What did you have in mind for us to do?" asked Hermione.
"Well, I was thinking more dances, balls, trips to Hogsmaede, fun stuff." Dumbledore replied.
"You want us to plan all of that?" Cho said looking worried.
"I'm sure you can do it Ms. Chang." He reassured her.
"Well, when can we start?" Hermione said.
"Why not now?"
"Now?"
"Yes, now." Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eyes.
"You mean, like, plan a something for tonight?" Padma asked.
"Why not?" Dumbledore said laughing.
"But there's not enough time!" Cho said.
"Oh, but we have all the time in the world." Dumbledore said.
"How?" Draco said.
"I have put a charm on this room that allows us to talk while the world outside of this room is frozen in time. We could take what seems like hours to plan this, and no one would even notice." Dumbledore replied.
"Oh, wow, ok. What should we do?" Cho said looking at everyone.
"A beginning of the school year dance?" Hermione asked.
"Sure, why not?" Cho said.
"What about dinner?" Ernie asked. His stomach growled loudly not a minute later.
"What about if we have the feast, but not as much, and then have the dance after that?" Kevin said.
"What a great idea!" Hermione said with a grin. Kevin flashed her a smile and she felt herself blush. Draco noticed this and brushed his hand against her knee and kept it there for a second. Kevin's smile quickly faded as he saw Draco's face, and he turned to listen to what Cho was saying. Hermione looked at Draco and he flashed her an innocent smile.
"…and then we can all go to bed after the fireworks effects in the ceiling." Hermione caught the last of what Cho was saying. Not wanting to look like she hadn't been listening, she nodded her head in agreement.
"Then it's settled. I can decorate it as soon as we get in there." Dumbledore said. Everyone got up and headed towards the door. "And, one last thing. The effects of this charm will last for a minute or so. Just a forewarning."
Everyone walked to the door. They walked out the door and gasped. At the entrance they saw Peeves with a watering can floating above the entrance and pouring a red colored liquid on the ground. They could see the drops of liquid floating in mid-air. Draco and Kevin walked up to the drops. Draco opened his mouth and closed it around a drop.
"It's fire whisky." Draco said after a minute.
"How would you know…? Kevin asked. Draco shot him a look.
"Well, c'mon guys." Hermione said.
They all walked into the Great Hall. With a flick of his wand there were decorations and candles everywhere. Everyone looked around with approving eyes.
"Headmaster, who are those extra chairs for?" Hermione asked. Everyone turned around and noticed the addition to the Head table.
"Why, those are for you of course." Dumbledore said. "You should all go and take your seats."
They all looked around at each other and sat down. They ended up sitting in the same spots as during the meeting. The teachers walked in and sat down as kids started walking in. Hermione saw Harry, Ron, and Neville walk in, followed by Ginny and Dean holding hands. They looked up and waved to her, and she waved back.
'Ginny and Dean are so cute together. I wonder if Ron knows.' Hermione thought to herself.
Everyone sat down and talked until they saw McGonagall walk in with the sorting hat and 1st years. McGonagall sat the hat down on the stool and it started to sing it's song. The students were sorted and the feast began. Hermione and Kevin were talking about NEWTS while Draco sat there and ate.
"Yeah, I think I'm going to do really well. Over the summer I went to this thing that was about NEWTS and learned what the tests will be about." Hermione was saying to Kevin. Draco was listening with a bored expression on his face. He was still trying to decide if he liked her.
'She is nice. The smartest witch in our year even. And damn is she hot. She really changed over the summer. But I don't trust that Kevin kid. He is to all over her. And she is all over him too. Doesn't she even think about what happened on the train?' Draco thought. He remembered her touch. Her skin was as smooth as silk. 'I wonder what she uses.' He had this strange urge to go into her dorm and find out.
The transition between dinner and dessert went smoothly, and the people at the committee doubted anyone knew the time went by so quickly. They figured that everyone must be used to time flying by. No one seemed to give it a second thought until Dumbledore stood up. Everyone got silent.
"I hope you all had a great feast." He started. "What I doubt you realize though, is how short the feast has been. It usually goes on for about three hours, and tonight it has only lasted an hour and a half."
At this people looked around and gasped. Ron especially looked unhappy.
"I would like to direct your attention to the people sitting at this table over here." At this students looked at their classmates. "This is the committee that will plan dances and such to make Hogwarts feel more like home. Tonight we have and impromptu dance." A few gasps and smiles now. "And, unless you would like to not have this dance, we can just go back to our houses." Dumbledore said as he looked at them all.
"Yes!", "woo hoo!", and "sweet" were a few of the things they said to each other.
"In that case, let's get the party started. I will need for you to all stand up though. And, please, try to stay still." Dumbledore said. Everyone stood up and was still. With a wave of his wand the whole room changed.
The decorations were of green, gold, blue, and yellow. Everyone was dressed in muggle clothes like jeans, shirts, skirts and dresses. The house tables were replaced with about twenty little ones that had enough room for about six. The head table had turned into the snack and punch area. There was now a big open place at the end of a magical stage that appeared directly across from the head table. All of the students looked around and cheered. The music started (the weird sister's ft. dark faith) and everyone started dancing.
"Wow" Hermione said to Draco. "Dumbledore really knows how to out do himself."
"Yeah, right." Draco said. He looked at Hermione and was amazed. She had on jeans that were tight, but not so that made her look like a slut. Her shirt hung off her shoulders and stopped just above her belly button, where he saw a barbell ring with a heart hanging off of it. Her hair was down and wavy. To say she looked cute was a definite understatement.
"Like what you see Draco?" Hermione said with a smirk. His head snapped up from her stomach to look her in the eyes. Her smirk got bigger and turned around when Kevin said her name.
"Wanna dance?" He asked.
"Sure." She said. She looked back at Draco and gave him one of his signature smirks as Kevin took her hand. They walked to the dance floor and started dancing.
'What was that all about?' Draco thought to himself. He hadn't really been staring. Why'd she have to go and say that in front of that prep Kevin? Kevin totally wanted Hermione. 'Maybe she wants him too.' He thought to himself. 'No, of course not. Who would pass up the chance to be with Me, the Slytherin Prince?' He noticed he was the only one standing there and didn't want to look suspicious so he went to the dance floor.
"Oh, Drakey-Poo!" He heard Pansy shriek. He turned around and she was standing there in a halter dress that was knee-length. "Want to dance?" She asked as she beamed up at him.
"Sure." He said. It was better than standing there watching Hermione and Kevin have a good time. 'No one has a good time with out Draco Malfoy.' He thought to himself as Pansy started to dance.
"You're a really good dancer!" Hermione shouted over the music at Kevin.
"Thanks, so are you." He said as he pulled her a little bit closer to him.
Everyone was having a good time. The dance had been going on for an hour or so and would last for a couple more hours. Hermione had already danced with Kevin for almost half an hour.
"I'm gonna go sit down." Hermione shouted to Kevin.
"OK. I'll come with you." He shouted. He started to take her hand to lead her to a table but she stopped him.
"No, that's all right. I wanna go talk to my friends." Hermione said as she pointed to Harry, Ron, and Ginny.
"Are you sure?" Kevin asked. Before Hermione could say anything Cho came and took his hand and started dancing with him. When Kevin looked over to Hermione she was gone and walking towards her friends.
Hermione walked up to the table where her best friends were sitting (Ginny on top of the table while the boys were sitting down in their chairs) and talking with excited, yet anxious faces.
"I can't believe she would do that!"
"And with him!"
"Maybe it was just a mistake."
"Hey guys!" Hermione said. Everyone jumped and looked at her with worried looks on their faces. "What was a mistake?" she asked.
"Oh! Hermione!" Ginny said as she tried to put a smile on. "We were, umm, talking about that weird sister whose dating, umm, that dark faith guy when she was totally going with his brother, blind faith."
"Not to mention Ron has a huge crush on her." Harry said.
"What? No I don…" Ron started saying. Ginny kicked him in the shin and gave him a look. "I mean, I DO like her. Yeah. She's all over my room in fact. You know, her posters. 'Cause man, is she hot!" Ron said as he started laughing. Ginny rolled her eyes.
"So what's up Hermione? Tired of dancing with the total hottie Kevin yet?" Ginny said.
"No, I just wanted a break, that's all. And who are you calling hottie? You'd better hope I don't tell Dean!" Hermione said with a smile.
"What? What does that have to do with Dean?" Ron asked as he stood up and looked around the dance floor for Dean.
"Oh my gosh Ginny! I am so sorry. I thought he noticed when he walked into the great hall!" Hermione said with a really sorry look on her face.
"No, actually he was looking at someone else." Harry said.
"Who?" Hermione asked.
Ron froze and shot Harry a death glance. Hermione looked between the two of them and looked confused.
"Oh, umm, no one." Harry said really fast.
"Anyway, how long have you been seeing Dean?" Ron said as he pointed at Ginny.
"Almost a year now Ron." She said proudly. Ron's mouth dropped and he looked upset.
"What about Michael?" Ron asked.
"Well, Michael and I weren't really good together. So we broke up and he agreed to pretend we were together while I dated Dean. He was the one who set us up, actually." Ginny said.
"But…how…what…?" Ron stuttered. "I can't believe you two knew and didn't tell me!" Ron said as he turned between Hermione and Harry.
"We didn't want you to freak out like you're doing now!" Hermione said anxiously.
"Whatever." Ron said.
"Yeah, whatever is right. Let's go dance!" Ginny said excitedly.
The four of them set off for the dance floor just as the muggle song 'La La' by Ashlee Simpson came on.
"I love this song!" Ginny said.
"Yeah, me to." Harry said. "She's pretty hot." The girls gave him an exasperated look. He thought everyone was hot.
They all danced and were having a good time. Dean came up and danced with Ginny. Ron was throwing him death glances, but when Lavender came up and started dancing with him he stopped and focused on her. Parvati came up and danced with Harry. The song was coming to the last note and Hermione was glad. The song 'Only one' by Yellowcard came on.
"Oh my gosh Harry! Wasn't that concert awesome?" Hermione yelled to Harry.
"Yeah, it was!" Harry said. Hermione and Harry had seen each other at their concert and hung out. Hermione looked around and saw that everyone had someone to dance with. She was about to sit down when a voice came from next to her ear.
"You're my only." Hermione turned around and looked happy when she saw Draco standing there smiling. He was sweating and looked super hot. Hermione slid her hands around his neck and said "And your mine… Not!"
Hermione walked away as fast as she could. Draco stood there and called her name. She kept walking. She opened the doors to the Great Halls and stepped outside. Draco caught the door and looked at her confused.
"What was that about?" Draco asked kind of mad.
"Yeah, what WAS that all about?" Hermione asked equally mad.
"I thought you liked me." Draco said, and wishing he hadn't.
"What would give you that idea?"
"Today on the train!"
"That didn't mean anything!"
"Then why'd you do it?"
"God! Don't you every do thing on impulse? You know, just to do it?"
"Like this?" Draco said as he pulled her to him and gave her a kiss. Hermione deepened it and then pulled away.
"Yes, exactly like that. Draco, don't you see that it would be wrong to do this? I mean, we could never be together!" She nearly screamed at him.
"But you're a pure-blood! It's different now!" Draco said as he tried to pull her close again.
"And you want me to somehow forget what a dick you were up until last year?" Hermione said as she pulled away from him and turned her back. "I'm sorry Draco, I just can't do that."
"Why not?" Draco asked with a hurt look in his eyes.
"Because you TORMENTED ME! TORMENTED!" Hermione screamed at him. "I can't just say 'oh, well it was only because he thought I was a muggle born back then'. Ha! Fat chance! It'll take a lot before I can really forgive you."
"What about if I say 'I'm sorry'? I'm sorry. I'm so sorry Hermione. I never meant to call you those names."
"Then why did you?"
"My fucking father made me." Draco said as he looked away. "I was always watched and couldn't say anything nice about you or I would get beat… punished severely when I got home."
"You tried saying nice things about me?"
"Yes! I've liked you since, what, 2nd year? Yeah, I think that's it. I always tried telling Crabbe and Goyle, but I'd get this little shock whenever I said your name. Then, during Christmas of second year, I got a horrible beating when we got to the mansion. I hated it."
"Oh my gosh, Draco, I'm so sorry!" Hermione said as she went over and gave him a hug. A tear slid down his cheek and she kissed it away.
"I could write it though. I wrote Crabbe and Goyle and told them. The only problem is, well they can't really read. So I started writing songs about you."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Believe it or not that song 'Only one' that Yellowcard sings was written by me."
"Are you serious? I love that song!"
"But then my dad found out I was giving songs to singers, let alone muggle singers. I lied and said they were about Pansy but he said 'You're a Malfoy. We don't love sluts.'. Then he beat me. Worse than I've ever been beaten in my life."
"Draco, I am so sorry I assumed this was you."
"It's ok." Draco said as he smiled at her. "I'll never forget the day he died. I walked around saying your name and ran to my mom and told her about you. That's when I found out you were pureblood. It was truly the happiest day of my life."
"That's so sweet Draco!" Hermione said just as Snape stuck his head out of the door.
"I would hate for you two to have detention the first week of school. I suggest you get in here right now." Snape said.
"Ok." Hermione said as she took Draco's hand and led him into the Great Hall. They walked in and went to the dance floor. While they danced Draco noticed a pair of light brown eyes glaring at them. Draco smirked and pulled Hermione closer and they started to grind. Hermione smiled and grinded harder. Draco looked up and the pair of eyes got bigger and he saw the person whom they belonged to.
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