CHAPTER XVIII ASKING THE GIRLS TO THE BALL
After the hard fought game, it was time to celebrate their victory, after Agatha and Euan had introduced Harry to each of their parents; Agatha had invited all of the Gryffindors to the Great Hall to rejoice, Harry would have love to come with her but he wanted to be with Ron when his parents congratulate him and Ginny instead.
Mrs. Weasley had given them all life squeezing hugs; she gave them all kisses as well which Ron and Ginny didn't approve of much.
"A nice game Harry," said Bill
"Spectacular catch! And Ron, your goal keeping was really amazing back there," said Charlie excitedly
"Ehem," said Ginny faking on clearing her throat, Bill elbowed Charlie
"Oh! And my baby sister!" said Charlie
"Who are you calling a baby? I still have a year left here Charlie, so if you wouldn't mind, don't make my statute here on danger," snapped Ginny
"Err... So great! Really great! You make me proud to be you brother," said Charlie, Ginny gave a proud look on her face
"Oh Arthur, I'm so proud to be the mother of these children, it seems so yesterday that I was changing Bill's diapers," said Mrs. Weasley appearing to be on the verge of crying
Bill gave a shocked look "MOTHER!" he shouted, Tonks sniggered behind him
"Mum, don't do that here," said Fred who leaned over to Mrs. Weasley
"Hey wait, we don't go here anymore Fred," said George
Fred turned to George and smiled mischievously "Hey that's right, do go ahead Mum," said Fred
"Fire away," said George
"Enough of that you two," said Mr. Weasley
"Harry! Come here! My parents has something to say to you!" called Neville, Harry sprinted to them and engaged with a conversation with Neville's parents
"Oh Arthur, they look so grown up now (Sniff)," said Mrs. Weasley
"There, there dear, don't cry," said Mr. Weasley who hugged his wife
"Give it a rest Tonks," said Bill still irritated at her
"But Bill, it's a rare occasion I can have something to laugh about you," said Tonks still sniggering
"Cheers Bill! I think you've found yourself a match," said George
"Yeah, she's right you know, things like this are not often to get by," said Fred
Bill gave them a look of 'I have a wand in my pocket and I'm not against on using it to make you puke out frogs from your mouths' to the twins, which they stopped automatically when they realized it.
"Why are you still here Tonks? Don't you have someone to stalk and disturb right now? Maybe Remus could use a friend at this moment," said Bill
"Hey are you jealous?" asked Tonks grinning at him, Fred and George teased Bill by some silent hoorahs, which they stopped immediately when Bill absentmindedly placed his left hand on his pocket; the twins thought that he had reached for his wand so they decided to run for their lives (AN Good thinking you two)
"Where's Harry?" Ron asked Hermione
"Oh, he's over there with Neville," said Hermione
"Tell him I'm going to put the trophy at the common room if he looks for it," said Ron before leaving with the Quiddtch Cup on hand
"Oh Hermione, I forgot to tell you how thankful I am for that Dentistry set you gave me last Christmas, I really love it," said Mr. Weasley
"You're welcome Mr. Weasley," said Hermione
Mrs. Weasley suddenly became fixated on Harry.
"Harry gave me a picture of you, Ron and him at your first year in Hogwarts, (sigh) such a sweet boy, you're very lucky for having him as your boyfriend dear," said Mrs. Weasley to Hermione
Hermione's cheeks turned slightly red, she had suddenly found herself looking at Harry, she was thinking about what Mrs. Weasley has said, that she was lucky she have Harry as her boyfriend, now she was wondering about how would it be like to be Harry's girlfriend for real, she liked the way the public had responded to them... well except from the girls that were sending her howlers every morning, not to mention those hate mails, she then shook her head realizing on what she was doing.
"Hermione snap out of it! What on earth are you doing thinking about that! That's just crazy! He's your best friend for Merlin's sake," her mind spoke to her
"Hermione dear, are you alright? You look red, is it something you ate?" asked Mrs. Weasley
Hermione almost jumped in surprise "What! Oh, it's nothing Mrs. Weasley, I was just thinking about something," said Hermione
"Well if you say so," said Mrs. Weasley looking unconvinced "Were going back Home now, Charlie and Bill are going off to work,"
"Oh, let me and Harry go with you," said Hermione
"It's alright dear, let Harry celebrate their win, you can join him if you want," said Mrs. Weasley
"Well, I'll be with him later," said Hermione, she walked Mr. and Mrs. Weasley to the gates of the school and there she bid them goodbye before they could disapparate
The day has passed, next morning, Harry and the others were now realizing that the Lunar Ball was just a day away; they were inside their dorm room having a talk about the Ball.
"What! You lot haven't asked someone to the Ball yet?" yelled Seamus
"That's right Finnigan, rub it on our faces," said Draco
"We were all busy practicing for the game you in case you didn't notice! No offense Draco," said Ron
"One more word of it Weasley, and I promise that you're going to go to the Ball with a third leg on your forehead," said Draco
"How about you Harry, you've asked Hermione, right?" asked Neville
"I haven't," said Harry miserably
"You can just waltz to her and ask," said Dean
"You're her Boyfriend for god's sake, how difficult can it be?" asked Seamus, Ron and Draco sniggered while Harry found Neville trying to hide his smile
"It's complicated," said Harry
"How about you Draco, have you asked Luna yet?" asked Dean
Draco stopped sniggering and the expression on his face changed "Damn!" he shouted, then he quickly dashed off their Dorm room
"That was weird," said Ron
"For Draco, it's very normal," said Harry
"How about you Ron," asked Dean
"Hey I know who's he going to ask," said Seamus "Parvati,"
"Noooo," said a surprised Dean flabbergasted
"Well?" Neville asked Ron
"I'm a loser," said Ron
"We all are," said Harry while patting his best friends back
"Well what are you lot still doing here? Go out here and ask the girl of your dreams," said Seamus pointing towards the door
Harry and Ron looked each other; they stood up and went out to do on what Seamus had said.
"Neville, I know you haven't asked Ginny out too so get your butt out of here," said Dean, Neville stood up and did the same as Harry and Ron
"Where will those people end up without us?" said Dean
"In very sticky situations Dean, very sticky situations," said Seamus
Harry and Ron were walking at the corridor towards the Great Hall; they were talking about how were they to ask the girls to the Ball without fainting.
"So Harry, how are you going to ask Hermione out?" asked Ron
"If I knew then I'd tell you," said Harry
"At least you can ask her in private without being rejected, she has to go with you, you two still have that secrecy thing" said Ron
"That reminds me, you're going to ask Padma right?" asked Harry
"Yeah, but I don't know if someone's already asked her out," said Ron
"Don't worry, she's still available, Seamus told me," said Harry
"Really? Then there's still a chance," said Ron
"Calm down Ron, stop jumping," said Harry
"Right, I forgot, sorry about that," said Ron
"What are you two doing here?" came Draco's voice
"The same thing why you're here for," said Ron
"You two are going to ask Luna to the Ball! I'll kill you first," said Draco with his fist up
"No you moron, were going to ask Hermione and Padma to the Ball," said Ron
"Oh," said Draco "Call me a moron again and you'll be asking your date with tentacles coming out of your ass," he added
"C'mon you two," said Harry
The three went inside the Great Hall and found their... err ... targets at the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw table eating breakfast.
"Target sighted," said Draco
Harry, Ron and Draco approached the girls, Hermione was done with her Breakfast and was already reading a book (AN a thick one), Parvati was having a conversation with Lavender, when she turned around, she saw the three heading their way, she immediately knew what they were there for, and that was to ask them out to the Ball, Luna on the other hand was talking with Ginny at the Ravenclaw table where Parvati's twin Padma looked like she was having an argument with Anthony Goldstein.
Draco reached Luna's table and saw some Ravenclaw Seventh years that was looking smug and arrogant.
"Luna," the Ravenclaw boy said "Would you- Hey!" suddenly he was rudely pushed aside by someone, he looked up and saw Draco looking at him with those dangerous looking gray eyes
"What do you think you're doing?" yelled the Ravenclaw boy
"You want to stay alive little man, you better get out of my sight," said Draco dangerously at him, the Ravenclaw Seventh year scampered to his feet and ran for dear life
"Draco?" said Luna
"Uh- ehem-ah-well," said Draco having a difficult time to say what he was suppose to "I was just wondering if someone has asked you the Ball yet?" asked Draco
"Yeah, someone already asked me out," said Luna smiling at Draco
"What! I'm going to kill him! Give me his name," said Draco
"Why? What's the matter?" asked a clueless Luna
"Why! Because he asked you out and now you're going with some freak instead of me that's why! I'm going break every bone in his body, starting with his legs so he can't run away," said Draco
Luna's smile widened at him then she started chuckling, enough reason for Draco to stop and gaze at the spectacular sight.
"Draco, I said someone did ask me out, but I didn't say that I said yes," said Luna
"Oh," said a dumfounded Draco "I knew that, ha ha ha, just playing a little trick on you there, ha ha ha, so would-would you- oh to hell with it, Luna my love would you do me the honor of going to Ball with me as my date?" asked Draco quickly while turning red
"Sure, I'd love to," said Luna
"Yeah!" shouted Draco punching the air "Who's the man!"
Harry reached Hermione and he sat down beside her, he leaned towards her ear and whispered...
"So, want to come with me to the Ball?" whispered Harry
Hermione smiled at him "It was very nice of you to ask Harry, but I thought it's understood that we're going to the Ball together, well, you know, because of my uncle," whispered Hermione
Harry leaned away from her with embarrassment on his ace "Oh, sorry, I just thought that we should be formal," said Harry with a smile
Hermione chuckled "Well, I thought you'd never ask me anyway," said Hermione
"Why would you say that?" asked Harry
"Let's just say you have a thing with girls," said Hermione
"What thing about girls?" asked Harry
"Well you never seem to be yourself whenever asking someone out, remember Cho?" asked Hermione
"Oh yeah, well you can say that this would be an improvement," said Harry
"I might," said Hermione laughing
Meanwhile, Parvati was combing her hair with her hands with a look of excitement on her face, he's coming, Ron was walking towards her to ask her out, she was making sure he'd would be in awe before he could ask her, she looked at him and waited for him to arrive, she smiled at him as he approached her, she closed her eyes and waited, then she heard him say...
"Do you have a date for the Ball yet? Cause I'm wondering if you want to go with me," said Ron
Parvati opened her eyes and was stunned by what she saw, Ron was at the other table asking another girl out, the worst of it was she realized that it was her twin sister Ron was talking to.
Padma looked surprised with Ron, so did Anthony who was sitting next to her, Padma looked at Anthony and saw jealousy on his face, she turned back to Ron and gave him a smile.
"Sure Ron, I'd love to," said Padma
"But-," said Anthony unable to continue
Ron smiled "Great! I'll talk to you later okay," said Ron
"Okay," said Padma
Suddenly, they heard someone burst into tears; they turned to see who it was and saw Parvati running out of the Great Hall.
"Parvati!" called Lavender, but Parvati didn't look back to them, Lavender decided to go after her best friend, so she ran after her with Hermione.
"Well guess what, I have a good news and I have a bad news, the good news is you successfully asked Padma to the Ball without fainting, the bad news is you made her twin sister cry, which is hell to pay, I just know it," said Harry while patting Ron's back
"Tell me I'm not going to regret this," said Ron
Harry opened his mouth and paused for a few moments "I wish I can Ron, I really wish I can," said Harry
"Attention everyone!" called Professor Dumbledore's voice
Everyone's focus suddenly turned to Dumbledore, they all saw him standing up from his sit.
"I am to announce regrettably that the oncoming Lunar Ball Tomorrow will be postponed because of some incidents that were made earlier," he looked at Snape and Sirius who was clearly avoiding his gaze with looks of remorse on their faces (AN I wonder what those two did)
"The Ball will be move this Wednesday night," said Dumbledore "Thank you, you may all know continue with your breakfast," he said before returning back to his seat
The students gave noises of disappointment, while some was seen to be jumping with joy, Harry heard him say 'I still have time to ask her out! Yes!'
"C'mon Ron, you look pale, want something to eat?" asked Harry
"Nah, I feel like going back to the common room anyway," said Ron
"I was thinking the same thing, I wasn't hungry anyway," said Harry
(AN Want more of Snape and Sirius, well here they are...)
When breakfast ended, the Staff was leaving their table when Snape approached his co teacher.
"Professor Smith, a word with you please," said Snape, Smith looked more than happy to
"What is it Severus?" asked the Muggle Studies teacher
"I have something to tell you that will make you very, very pleased," said Snape
Smith smiled at him and looked him from head to toe "And what would that be Severus?" he asked with a menacing grin
"Why are you looking at me that way?" asked Snape, he cleared his throat and regained his composure "Well Pastor, I know this particular man who has, dare I say, a certain interest in you," said Snape
Smith's smile grew wider, he gently ran his fingers on Snape's elbow, which Snape didn't realize "And would this person's first name start with the letter 'S'?" asked Smith
"Yes," said Snape normally
"And would he be a teacher in this school?"
"Yes,"
"And would he be standing right in front of me right now?"
"What!" yelled Snape, he now realized that Smith was stroking his shoulder, he quickly elbowed Smith's hand and took a few steps back "What on earth are you doing, that's disgusting!"
"You were telling me that you like me weren't you," said Smith
"What! No! No! Not me, I meant Black, he likes you, I can tell," said Snape while patting his shoulder harshly
"Really? Sirius? What makes you say that he's gay?" asked Smith
"Well Pastor, I never told anyone about this story I'm going to tell you now, but I am going to make some exceptions since it is for you," said Snape "You see back then when me and him were still students at this very same school, he always had feelings for me, eventually I said no, and that's why he and his little gang picked on me, he couldn't have me," said Snape grinning maliciously
"Really," said Smith brushing his chin
Snape narrowed his eyes at him "Yes Smith, really," said Snape
What dastardly plot is Snape up to? What will happen to Harry and Hermione at the Ball?
Who will the teachers take? Each other? Will Ron and Parvati be in good terms after this? (AN That's easy, no they won't) Where will the blooming romance of Draco and Luna go? Why did Anthony and Padma looked like they were having an argument? Will Sirius behave himself? Will Lupin be able to go to the Lunar Ball even if it is the full moon? And what the hell happened to Neville?
So many questions, so little time. Watch out fro the Lunar Ball!!!!!!!
(AN hey guys, i just want to apologize that i only updated so recently, my PC was busted, but now there's no problem anymore, i found out a way i can update, so i'm really, really sorry, i hope you guys would review my new chapters, thank you.
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