Chapter 11
The Could Have Been Kiss
The next day; Tuesday at Breakfast
AN: Don't worry my faithful readers, not every chapter will begin with breakfast or the next day. I just thought I'd let you know that so you wont get worried. Hee hee.
"Hello Malfoy," Serena says as she quietly comes up behind him.
Draco turns away from his eggs to see who had spoken to him. He groans when he sees that it was Serena. "What do you want?" he mumbles looking at his eggs instead of her. He doesn't like Serena because of her giddy and happy go lucky personality and tries to stay away from her as much as possible.
"I just wanted to ask you a little question, it's nothing really, it's just about yesterday morning," she replies taking an empty seat next to him.
He stops what he is doing and looks at her to see if she is telling the truth. "What do mean, about yesterday morning?" he asks glowering at her.
"Well, was it my imagination or did you and Pansy seem a bit cozy over here?" she asks picking up a piece of toast and buttering it innocently.
"You saw that?" he asks before quickly changing his phrase to, "I can explain."
"I was hoping you would say that, I wouldn't want to have to tell Raye about it," she says turning to him looking concerned. "Raye is my best friend Malfoy and I don't want to see her hurt. Now, I don't like you but she does, and I don't want her jumping to conclusions about something that may not have happened and then end up breaking up with you." "Now spill it," she commands giving him all ears.
He sighs inwardly, collecting his thoughts. Naturally, this confrontation was unexpected. "Well, you see Serena, this is how it happened," he then explains everything. (AN: I'm not going to go through the whole thing again, if you've read Ch. 10 then you know what REALLY happened between Pansy and Draco). It took him a whole 5 minutes to tell the story while surprisingly Serena never interrupted him once and just nodded and hmm'd when necessary to indicate she was listening to him (and for once, SHE WAS LISTENING dramatic gasp lol).
As soon as he says his last word and sighs again (AN: Draco does a lot of sighing, doesn't he? LoL). There is silence between the two of them before Serena decides to go ahead and go. Before she is able to take another step Draco gently grabs her arm. She stops and turns to see what is the hold up when he asks, "You wont tell Raye, will you Serena? I'm afraid if anyone tells her that she might get the wrong idea."
She pats his arm assuringly before walking away without another word said between the two.
Hufflepuff Table; Lita and Polly (AN: You didn't think I'd forget about them did you. LOL)
"Oh My God Lita," Polly screeches, loud enough for the entire Great Hall to hear, as she goggles at the piece of jewelry Lita had shown her. "It's gorgeous, you are so lucky."
Lita had just finished showing Polly the gold heart-shaped locket Ron had bought her for their one-month anniversary. "Louder Polly Louder, I don't think Pluto heard you," she laughs putting the necklace back around her neck.
(AN: Also for the record each person got something for their one-month anniversary. I'm just not going to name them all during each chapter. So, here is what they each got from their boyfriend or girlfriend. Girls: Lita- gold heart-shaped locket (you already know), Hermione- gold cross necklace with a simple diamond in the middle (simple is Hermione's middle name, not really, but you know what I mean. Hee hee), Hotaru- a rose brooch (how lovely), and Raye- a gold charm bracelet. Serena and Darien's anniversary isn't till the summer and it's going to be more than just one month. Boys: Ron- a dragon skin wallet, Oliver- the newest quidditch book in stores (hee hee, how lucky is he? LOL), Harry- an imitation snitch with his name engraved in it in gold (oooh ahhh, lol), and Draco- a giant book on horoscopes and signs (I don't see how Draco is going to use this but he loved it anyway. How do I know? Because I said so. Muahahahahahaha).
"Are you sure the weasel didn't steal it from his mother's jewelry box," a voice sneers from behind the two girls.
They turn their heads to see whom the voice belonged to, to find none other than Draco Malfoy smirking back at them. "What do you want Malfoy?" Polly asks keenly.
Lita only sighs silently while rolling her eyes.
"I just wanted to see what you two were "oh so happy" about," he replies mocking Polly's screech from earlier and dancing from one foot to the other and waving his hands about (AN: LOL).
"It's none of your business. Now go away and play with your little friends," Polly says shooing him away.
"Well Polly, I think we should be leaving now. I am quite bored and classes will be beginning in about ten minutes," Lita says breaking in on the conversation.
"Yes Lita, I do believe you are right," Polly replies looking at her watch then glaring back at Draco once more.
"Good bye Draco," Lita calls as they head down the aisle between Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff tables. "Tell Raye I said hey, will ya?" she asks (AN: As you all can probably tell, Lita and Draco get along quite nicely. It's just Polly and Draco we have a problem with. Whispers to readers only: Lita only gets along with him because "OMG, he looks like my old boyfriend Ken (or is it Freddy, I don't remember anymore)" LOL. Just thought I'd give you that little tip before going on with the story.)
"Good bye Lita and yes I will tell her you said hey."
Skip to the Saturday of the Halloween Ball
AN: I'm skipping to the day of the Halloween Ball. I just don't feel like going through all the details of their costumes and plus I want you all to be a little surprised when you find out what they are planning on wearing to the Ball, Hee Hee evil me. LMAO. Ok, on with the story.
Normally the girls would have agreed to get ready for the ball together, but since the senshi have a little surprise for their dates (excluding Serena of course) and the rest of the school (no their not going to reveal that they are the Sailor Scouts, hee hee) they agreed to get ready individually but at the same time. Everyone (including the guys) agreed that they all would meet downstairs at 5:30 pm after getting their costumes on.
Great Hall; Halloween Dance
Naturally, Raye is the first person to arrive at their meeting spot besides a few small groups of 3rd and 4th years. She is dressed in her Mars Princess form. She waited for Harry and Ron, but they were taking too long and she was getting impatient so she told them she was going to go ahead and head down. She arrived fifteen minutes early.
"You're early."
Raye looks around to see whom the voice belonged to but saw no one and thought it was her imagination.
"You look beautiful today, my princess," a voice whispers seductively in her ear which causes her to shiver.
"Wh-who are you?" she whispers, eyes closed, still shivering.
"Why don't you turn around and find out," the voice chortles airily.
She twists around slowly and sees………(should I tell you? Fine, I will. I'm not THAT evil. LOL) Draco. "Draco Malfoy, how could you be so cruel, that was not funny," she laughs as she playfully whacks him on the shoulder. He was dressed as Prince Charming from Cinderella, tights and all (LOL).
"I thought it was funny," he smirks wrapping his arms around her waist bringing her towards him slightly. "But, I meant it when I said you look beautiful," he adds sincerely while looking into her violet eyes. "Has anyone ever told you that your eyes look like sparkling amethysts?" he asks still looking into her eyes bringing his lips closer to hers.
"No, they haven't," Raye whispers slowly also bringing her lips to his. Before their lips touch they are interrupted.
"Uh hmmm, if you two lovebirds are finished then we can all start heading into the Great Hall."
The two turn to see the rest of the gang smirking at them as if they had just been caught doing something very evil. "Uh, hi guys," Raye says quickly pulling away from Draco to his dismay. "When did you guys get here?"
"Oh, I don't know, about three minutes ago," Lita replies still smirking with her arms folded. She too was dressed in her princess form with Ron dressed as Peter Pan. Hermione was dressed as Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty with Oliver dressed as Prince Philip (AN: Cute, huh? LOL). Hotaru was also dressed in her princess form with Harry dressed as Aladdin. And Serena was dressed in her princess form with Darien dressed in his Prince form (AN: yum, sexy. LOL).
"Ok, well, lets go in," Raye says taking Draco by the hand and leading him and the others into the Great Hall. Once inside she notices how very different the hall is compared to its usual décor. "Oh my."
"It's lovely, huh?" Draco asks.
All she could do was nod and gape.
It seemed like she was standing there forever but it was only a minute when all of a sudden music started playing and more couples started piling in. The song being played was "When you say nothing at all" by Allison Kraus. "Would you like to dance?" Draco asks lending her his hand.
She gladly takes it while replying, "Of course," with a wink and a smile.
The song began to play as they swayed with the music.
It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart.
Without saying a word you can light up the dark.
Try as I may I could never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing.
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me.
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me.
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall.
You say it best
When you say nothing at all
All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near
You drown out the crowd
Try as I may they can never define
What's being said between your heart and mine
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me.
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall.
You say it best when you say nothing at all.
Ohhh, the smile on your face lets me know that you need me.
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me.
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall.
You say it best when you say nothing at all.
You say it best when you say nothing at all.
As the song ends they slowly pull away from each other finally realizing that people were watching them then finally realizing how they were dancing. Raye's head was resting comfortably on Draco's shoulder with her eyes closed while his head was resting on her head also with his eyes closed. When they open their eyes and notice people staring Raye starts blushing and Draco starts smirking at everyone.
Unknown to them, however, another person was staring at them. Someone with harsh blue eyes and an Egyptian princess wig over her elegantly curled blonde hair. This person was dressed as Cleopatra. "Oh, don't worry dear princess, soon you wont be able to open those pretty eyes of yours for a long time," she says smirking while twirling the vile of sleeping potion in her hand. She pays close attention as to where the couple goes to sit down. She notices that they were seated two or three tables away from hers. "Perfect," she thinks.
"You two looked great out there together," Hotaru says as the couple approaches the table they were all sharing.
"Thanks Hota," Raye replies blushingly. "Why don't you and Harry go up there and dance a bit?"
"Oh, no we couldn't. Harry doesn't dance and you know I'm not into dancing myself," Hotaru replies shyly.
"Oh come on, it'll be fun," Lita says pulling Ron up by the hand and dragging him onto the dance floor. "Come on everyone, lets dance together," she yells from the dance floor.
"Ok, fine," they all reply reluctantly getting up and going over to where Lita and Ron were dancing to "Pretty Fly for a White guy."
Raye sighs a bit before getting up and pulling Draco to his feet, "Come on, we might as well. Otherwise the others aren't going to let us live this down."
"Don't I know it," Draco chortles while rolling his eyes.
As soon as everyone is away from the table the person dressed as Cleopatra, namely Pansy (an: lol) casually walks over to the table and when nobody is looking she quickly dumps the contents of the vile into the drink sitting in Raye's place. It fizzes a purplish color at first then settles back to its normal red color. As soon as she is sure nobody saw her (AN: don't worry, nobody saw her) she heads back over to her own table and begins striking up a conversation with her boyfriend Blaize Zabini as if nothing had happened.
AN: What do you think will happen next? Please read and review my faithful readers. LOL.
P.S. I promise to have chapter 12 done and up as soon as I can.
