September past October came. Hermione, Draco, and the prefects were talking about the Halloween dance. It was only three weeks away. They were all making decorating plans and they were all going to put them up too.
When Halloween finally came, Hermione, Draco, and the prefects were excused from classes so they could start putting up decorations. Before lunch and dinner, they made the decorations invisible until every left. McGonagall questioned them about it.
"What have you five been doing all morning?" asked McGonagall.
"We've been putting up decorations," said Hermione.
"We've made them invisible so they can't see it yet," said Draco.
"Oh, well, I'll leave and let you get on with it," said McGonagall.
"Thanks," they said. They made everything visible when everyone left.
"I think it would be nice if the Head Boy and Girl go together and two prefects go. One of you girls would have to find someone to go with," said Dumbledore when he came to see how things were going.
"Ok," they said. Draco strode over to Hermione.
"Would you like to go to the dance with me?" asked Draco.
"Yes," smiled Hermione.
"Ginny, you don't mind if I go with Padma, do you?" asked Justin.
"Go ahead, I'm going with Dean Thomas," said Ginny.
"Ok," said Justin.
After dinner, they put up a few last minute decorations ad then went to their common room.
"Ginny, Padma! Come on let's go to my common room. Draco you can go in theirs with Justin," said Hermione. Draco and Justin rolled their eyes and headed for the prefects' common room.
Hermione, Ginny, and Padma got their dressed last week. Hermione asked Dumbledore if they could go to Muggle London. Hermione's dress was a mid-night blue color with no straps. Ginny's was a light pink with fat straps. Padma's was purple with straps that tied around her neck.
Hermione straightened her hair and putted it in a bun. Ginny left hers down with two or three braids around it. Padma put hers in a ponytail. That took them about an hour to get it all right. It was 7:15 and the dance started at eight.
"Are you girl ready yet?" yelled Draco from outside the bathroom door.
"No!" they all shouted.
"Dumbledore told us that me and you take the first dance, followed by the prefects," said Draco.
"Really? Ok," said Hermione.
About 35 minutes later, they came out. Draco was thunderstruck. Her dress hugged her curves perfectly, which, by the way, he'd never noticed before. He was wearing a semi-tight short sleeve shirt that showed off his nice body with black pants.
'Wow, I didn't know he had a body like that,' thought Hermione.
Ginny left to go find Dean. Hermione and Draco linked arms and headed for the Great Hall. Padma and Justin did the same.
When they got to the Entrance Hall, everyone was waiting to get in. Dumbledore told them to follow him to the front. They would be the first six to dance to the first song. Everyone was to watch.
The Great Hall was great. It had live bats, orange and black streamers, pumpkins, and orange and black candles everywhere. Instead of the four house tables, there were little round tables, enough for eight people, in the back of the Great Hall. The front was the dance floor. On the tables and all over the floor were black and orange muggle confetti shaped like witch's hats, ghosts, and pumpkins. It was really neat.
The six danced for what seemed like forever. All eyes were on Draco and Hermione. The Slytherins and Gryffindors were furious with the. For one, they didn't know they had to go together and thought they were dating. Second, they were really close to each other.
After the song ended, Ron, followed by Harry and the rest of the Gryffindor 7th year boys came over. Pansy, Crabbe, and Goyle came too.
"What do you think you're doing!" yelled Ron and Pansy at the same time. They glared at each other and went back to Draco and Hermione.
"Opening the dance!" yelled Draco and Hermione. They looked at each other.
"With him!" yelled Ron. Harry and Seamus had to hold him back, so he wouldn't charge.
"With her!" yelled Pansy.
"Dumbledore told us we had to!" yelled Draco.
"Shut-up Malfoy!" yelled Ron.
"Mr. Malfoy is telling the truth Mr. Weasley," said Dumbledore. "Enjoy the dance that they prepared for you."
The Gryffindor boys left without a word. So did Pansy and her gang.
"I'll be right back," said Hermione. She went over to Harry and Ron, grabbed their wrists, and went out of the Great Hall. "What do you think you're doing? I was just dancing with him!"
"You've been spending to much time with him," said Ron.
"To prepare the dance! That's all we've been doing for the past three weeks," said Hermione.
"And what about before that?" asked Harry.
"Just being friends! Nothing more!" said Hermione. "And you wonder why I never told you what Draco wanted to tell me. Because I'd knew you'd kill him."
"The only person I have to kill is Voldemort. I don't want to kill anyone else," said Harry.
"Yeah, but Ron might," she rounded on Ron.
"I wouldn't," said Ron.
"What did Malfoy tell you?" asked Harry.
"I don't think I can tell you now," said Hermione. "Not until you two grow up and trust me." She kissed them on the cheek and went back to the dance.
"Ginny, you're brother is an overprotective ass," said Hermione when she found her.
"I know, he practically flipped when I told him I was going with Dean," said Ginny. Hermione laughed.
"I should go find Draco," said Hermione. "After all, I am his date." She found him alone at one of the table, alone. "I'm sorry about that."
"I wasn't your fault," said Draco. "You don't know what your friends were going to do."
"At least Pansy didn't try and bite your head off," said Hermione.
"She would've, but I think she saw Dumbledore coming," said Draco.
"Oh," said Hermione.
"Come on, let's dance," said Draco. He got up and took her to the dance floor. They danced a couple songs. Then, Hermione danced with the 7th year Gryffindor boys.
"This last song is a Muggle song, picked by our Head Girl, Hermione Granger and two prefects, Padma Patil and Ginny Weasley," said Dumbledore.
"Would you like to dance, Miss Granger?" smiled Draco.
"Of course, Mr. Malfoy," smiled Hermione.
Hermione put her arms around his neck, he put his arms around her waist. The lights went down and the music started.
Kiss me out of the bearded barley
Nightly, beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
Kiss me down by the broken tree house
Swing 'em upon its hanging tire
Bring, bring, bring you flowered hat
We'll take the trail marked on your father's map
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
So kiss me
So kiss me
So kiss me
Hermione looked up and met Draco's eyes after the song ended. He kissed her in front on everyone. They kissed for about twenty seconds. They would have kissed longer, but Ron came up and pulled him off of her and started to punch him/ He wand lay forgotten.
"Ron! Stop!" yelled Hermione, but he ignored her.
Hagrid came up and pulled both of them up, they were dangling about a foot off the ground.
"Like father, like son," grunted Hagrid. He had to pick Luicus Malfoy and Arthur Weasley off each other when Harry, Ron, and Hermione were in their 2nd year.
"I am not like my father. He was a bastard," snapped Draco.
"Put them down Hagrid," said Dumbledore.
"How dare you attack him Ronald Weasley. I am very disappointed in you. Fifty points from Gryffindor and two weeks of detention," snapped McGonagall.
"But, professor he was " said Ron.
"He was what Mr. Weasley? I didn't see him attack anyone or do anything," said McGonagall.
"Come with me, we need to decide what your punishment is going to be." With one last glare at Draco, he left.
"Are you ok?" Hermione asked Draco.
"Yeah," said Draco.
"Come on, let's go to our common room," said Hermione. With one last look at Harry, they left.
"But, it's still a kiss," said Draco.
"Whatever," said Hermione.
"Which one do you think it is?" asked Draco.
"Which one of what?" asked Hermione.
"Of the moon," said Draco glancing up at it.
"Love," said Hermione, "love that you hidden from me for a very long time."
"Come on, if we don't go to the common room now, we won't be able to get in," said Draco.
"Ok," said Hermione. They headed back to the common room in silence.
"Good night," they said to each other and went to bed.