Chapter8 – Halloween Ball – Harry's POV
"Merlin. Harry, look!" Hermione elbowed me in the side and pointed towards the entrance to the great hall.
Ron and Blaise were walking straight towards us, holding hands.
We were sitting at Gryffindor table, waiting for the feast to arrive.
"Everyone's going to know, now!" whispered Hermione.
"Obviously don't care though, do they?" I asked.
"I guess not…"
The couple sat down across from us at the table. Ron's smile was huge.
"What's up?" I asked.
"Just talked to Gin," he responded happily. "She's fine now."
"Oh, good. I was hoping she would come around soon," said Hermione.
Mountains of food then appeared on the table. Everyone started helping themselves to it.
"Um…Ron? Why are you trying to eat turkey with a spoon?" I asked.
He blushed and laughed. "Wasn't paying attention."
Blaise was shaking with laughter. Ron elbowed him in the side. "Shut up," he said, sounding put out.
Blaise smiled and kissed Ron's cheek. I stared down at my food. 'That was just too weird,' I thought.
After dessert, and when all of the third years and under had left, Dumbledore banished the house tables and replaced them with a few dozen smaller tables around the outside of the great hall, leaving room for dancing.
I took Mione's hand and led her onto the dance floor. She slid into my arms and rested her head on my chest, her arms around my waist.
I was facing towards the table Ron and Blaise had sat down at after the feast when they got up together.
"Mione, look," I pointed towards them. She turned with her back to me and I rested my hands on her hips. Blaise pulled Ron into his arms and Ron draped his arms over Blaise's shoulders.
People were starting to stare and whisper. They were doing their best to ignore it, but I cold tell it was making them uncomfortable.
I glared around at some of the people staring at them. The news that I had killed Voldemort using Avada Kedavra had spread, but nobody knew I actually needed Sirius, Ginny, and Draco to do it. So anyone who didn't really know me was pretty scared of me when I got angry. Most of the people stopped staring.
Ron mouthed "Thanks," in my direction. I nodded.
"Good for them," said Hermione quietly, turning back towards me and continuing to dance. "I can't imagine doing that in front of everyone."
"I know. That took a lot of guts," I replied.
She kissed me lightly. "You want to go for a walk outside?" she asked.
"Um…can we stay here a little while longer? I love dancing with you," I whispered into her ear.
She smiled. "Yeah, ok."
She pushed up onto her toes and kissed me. My arms tightened around her waist and I tilted my head down towards her.
She ran her hand up and down my stomach.
"Mmm…" I moaned into her lips.
I pulled out of the kiss and pressed my forehead into hers. "Let's go outside."
I took her hand and we walked outside.
"You look amazing," I said as we started heading down towards the lake.
She blushed slightly. "You look really hot. I'm having my troubles not jumping you right now," she replied.
I cocked an eyebrow at her and grabbed her hand, pulling into my arms and smashing my lips into hers. My hands ran up and down her sides, over her stomach, around her back, in her hair. She grabbed my by my shirt and yanked roughly, pulling me closer.
I moaned as her entire body pressed against mine.
"You wanna…go inside?" I asked between deep breaths and kisses.
She nodded and we started heading back towards the castle, stopping every few seconds to kiss some more.
"We're never going to get there," she gasped, laughing.
"Ok, how about we walk five feet apart?" I suggested.
She laughed. "Or we could just stop right here," she said.
"I don't think so," I laughed. I don't think that would go over too well if someone came out here. And you don't want to be interrupted, do you?"
"Ok, ok. Five feet apart, then. Well…I'll try. If you didn't look so damn sexy this might be a little easier," she scolded.
"I could say the same," I replied.
We started walking again, faster. I kept veering towards her, and then, realizing what I was doing, backing up again. By the time we reached the hall outside my dormitory I could wait no longer. I slammed her into the wall and kissed her hard.
She hooked her leg around the back of my ankle, pulling me even closer, if it were possible. She started unfastening the buttons of my shirt and pushing my robes off my shoulders.
"Whoa…let's go inside, ok?" I said quickly.
She nodded and pushed me towards the door. I flung it open, climbed through the curtains of my four-poster, and put silencing and sealing charms on them. She climbed on top of me and pushed my robes off, throwing them to the side, and went back to unbuttoning my shirt.
I pushed off her robes and found that her dress was strapless underneath. I started licking and sucking on her shoulders and neck. She threw her head back in pleasure.
"Harry…" she whispered, sliding her hand around my neck.
"What is it, beautiful?" I asked, between leaving little bit marks on her neck.
"I need you. Now."