For the next few weeks, the Heads and Prefects were having meetings twice a week. Draco's weekly schedule was packed. Moneys and Thursdays- prefect meeting; Wednesdays- dueling with swords with Aragorn; and in-between all that was homework. Ok, so it wasn't that packed, but he never had that much to do during one week, every week.
Saturday was Valentine's Day, and once again, Dumbledore wanted Hermione, Draco; Padma, Justin; and Ginny, Dean to open the dance they were going to have.
"So, we need to start decorating soon and we have no plans, we're behind. So, any ideas?" asked Hermione during a prefect meeting on Monday.
"Pink, white, and red bouquet of roses at every table," smiled Padma.
"With matching table cloths," smiled Ginny.
"Let's have the tabled set up like we had at Christmas," said Justin. Draco was writing everything down. He was forced to use light pink parchment and a hot pink quill with hot pink ink that Padma had bought not so long ago.
"Are we going to have the same music?" asked Draco.
"Sure," said Hermione. "Everyone seemed to like it." Draco wrote it down.
"But, we have to have a lot of love songs," giggled Padma. Draco and Justin rolled their eyes while Draco wrote it down.
"Pink, white, and red balloons everywhere," smiled Ginny.
"And chocolate, can't forget chocolate everywhere," smiled Hermione.
"Floating red hearts that light up," smiled Padma.
"Pink, white, and red ribbon hung up on the walls," smiled Hermione. She looked at her watch.
"Well, it's getting late, so, goodnight." Hermione and Draco went to the common room where Harry and Ron were playing chess.
"Pink, pink, pink, and more pink! The girls are going to kill me and Justin," Draco said crashing on the couch. Harry and Ron laughed. "She made me write on pink parchment with a hot pink quill and ink!" Harry and Ron laughed harder.
"There's red and white too," mentioned Hermione
"I know, but still," said Draco.
"Draco it's going to be Valentine's Day. Pinks, whites, and reds are love colors," Hermione said sitting next to him and putting her legs across his lap.
"All guys hate those colors. They're so girlie," said Draco.
"Duh, what do you think we do on Valentine's Day" We giggle, laugh, and smile. Guys don't do that. It'd be weird if they giggled, laughed, and smiled on Valentine's Day like we do," said Hermione. Everyone laughed.
Hermione barely saw Harry or Ron during that week. Once again, the Heads and Prefects were excused from class. They were running around the corridors, decorating. Hermione and Draco went to class to class putting hearts that it up instead of the torches. They even went to Snape's class to put them up. He looked like he was going to be sick.
"Give it two days, and his torches will be back up," laughed Draco. He was whispering to
Hermione while he put up a heart.
"Probably," whispered Hermione. "He looks like he's going to be sick."
All the other teachers didn't look like they were going to be sick. They were all happy.
"So, how's it going?" asked Hermione during a prefect meeting on Thursday.
"Good," everyone said.
"Hey, I think we should have some kind of contest," said Padma.
"Oooooh, I know a good one. How about we put numbers on the bottom of all the chairs. Well tell everyone to sit down. Then, Dumbledore, so we can play, will read a number and that person and their date gets a song to themselves and some chocolate," smiled Hermione. "But, we can't know the number."
"I like that," said Ginny. Padma nodded.
"Hello everyone," said Dumbledore. "Everything looks great right now."
"Hello professor," everyone said.
"Professor, we were wondering if you can do something for us," said Hermione. She started to tell him about their contest.
"Of course I will," said Dumbledore after she finished.
"Thanks professor," said Hermione.
"I just need to talk with Mr. Malfoy right now, and I'll be off," said Dumbledore. "Draco are you going good with that sword?" He whispered.
"Yeah, I got it. Me and Harry will win this war," said Draco.
"Do you know how you're going to do it?" asked Dumbledore.
"Yes," said Draco.
"Ok, good," said Dumbledore. "Well, I need to go."
"Bye," said Draco. Dumbledore left.
"Ok, starting tomorrow, we'll start decorating the Great Hall, if the corridors are done and all the classes," said Hermione.
"We still need to do to the sixth and seventh floor," said Justin.
"Ok, me and Draco still need to do the seventh floor classes," said Hermione.
"How about Faith Hill, This Kiss for the contest song," said Justin. Hermione looked at him funny. "What? My mum listens to her all the time."
"I like that song," said Hermione. "Yeah, we can do that."
"Hey, for the Great Hall, we can have ice statues of swans and hearts that don't melt," said Ginny.
"Ok," said Draco.
"Well, if that's all, then the meeting is over, goodnight," said Hermione. Draco and her left.
"So, how was your meeting with Aragorn last night? Sorry I couldn't come, I was doing homework," said Hermione when they got in their common room.
"It was tiring. We did 'our move' like 100 times before we got it prefect to Aragorn standards," said Draco.
"I hope it works," said Hermione.
"It will. We used it on an orc; it was better than the dummy. The orcs are really ugly," said Draco.
"How did you get an orc?" asked Hermione.
"Prisoner. He was supposed to be killed anyway," said Draco.
"Oh," said Hermione.
"Well, I'm going to bed, good night," Draco kissed her and went to his room. She soon went to bed herself.
"She woke up the next morning to the sound of clashing swords. Harry and Draco were already up, practicing. Ron was up too.
"Hey Hermione," said Harry. "Happy Valentine's Day." He sat down and hugged her.
"Happy Valentine's Day," said Ron.
"Hey sweetie," Draco said kissing her. "Happy Valentine's Day."
"Happy Valentine's Day!" said Hermione. She yawned. "How early have you two been up?"
"6:30," said Harry.
"You've been up for an hour?" asked Hermione.
"Yep, Dumbledore told us to practice everytime we get," said Draco.
"Don't do it when you tired. You can hit the other," said Hermione.
"We weren't," said Harry.
"Ok, come on, let's go to breakfast," said Hermione. "So Harry, do you like the corridors?" Hermione asked Harry as they walked to breakfast.
"Draco is right, there is a lot of pink," said Harry.
"Hey, this isn't my fault. This is the prefects' work," said Hermione.
"Wait until you see the Great Hall tonight," said Draco,
"Girls and Valentine's Day! Not a good combination," said Ron.
"It's like a disease," laughed Harry.
"Oh, haha," said Hermione. "Guys," she sighed. "The two things they'll never get is directions and girls."
"Hey!" they all said at the same time.
"What? Do you want me to lie?" asked Hermione with a sweet, sexy smile. She giggled. Draco kissed her.
"Oh, get a room!" said Harry. Ron opened the broom closet and Harry pushed both of them into it. They could here Draco and Hermione laughing, followed by the sound of kissing. Harry and Ron left.
The door opened and there was Pansy Parkison. "Drakkie, this is our make-out room!" She whined.
"Would you stop calling me that! It's so annoying! I only kissed you so my father would be proud," snapped Draco.
"How long have you-" said Pansy.
"Gone out with Hermione?" cut in Draco. "Since that faithful kiss, no, let me rephrase that, since that best kiss I ever had." Hermione shot Pansy a small smile.
"Who would of thought, me, the 'bookworm' a better kisser than a slut," smirked Hermione. Draco laughed.
"What did you call me?" hissed Pansy.
"You heard me, but, let me say it one more time. You are a slut," smirked Hermione. Draco laughed again. Pansy walked off with her nose in the sir. It was so far in the air, that if it rained, she'd drown.
"Hmpf!" Pansy walked off with her nose in the sir. It was so far in the air, that if it rained, she'd drown.
"Come on, I'm hungry," said Draco,
"You're always hungry," said Hermione.
"I'm a guy," said Draco. They walked to the Great Hall. They were a few pink, white, and red ribbons here and there.
"Well, Happy valentine's Day!" said Dumbledore. "As you know, tonight will be a dance. The heads and prefects have asked me to tell you that no one is allowed in the Great Hall until the dance. Lunch will be in your common rooms. Dinner will be served here. So, when you're done eating go somewhere else. Hogwarts is big; there's a lot to explore. Also, Hogsmead is open, so you can spend all day there." Soon, the Great slowly the hall began to empty.
"Ok, Justin, Draco, you can move the house tables and conjure little round table with six chairs to each table. Us girl will put on the tablecloths," said Hermione. "Oh, while you two are doing that, we'll put up the floating light-up hearts."
Justin and Draco started to move the house tables into a chamber on the right side f the Great Hall. The girls started to put up the light-up hearts.
Once the tables were up, the guys started to put up the chairs. The girl finished the hearts and started putting on the tablecloths.
They spent all day making it romantic. Even the guys were liking the turn out of it. With a wave of Hermione's wand, all the chairs had numbers on them.
"Finished!" said Padma at 5:00. The dance started at 7:30 to midnight.
"Come on, let's go get ready," said Ginny. The three girl went to their common rooms. The guys followed, but not as fast.
"Have you gotten Hermione anything?" asked Justin.
"Yeah, but I haven't gave it to her yet," said Draco.
"What did you get her?" asked Justin.
"A heart-shaped ruby surrounded with little emeralds. It's a necklace. The pendent in on a gold chain," said Draco.
"What about you? What did you get Padma?" asked Draco.
"A box of chocolates and a diamond bracelet," said Justin.
"Nice," said Draco.
"You know, if your father hadn't been killed, we wouldn't be talking and you wouldn't be going out with Hermione," said Justin.
"I know. He really had control over my life," said Draco. "Not by the Imperius Curse thought, by the Cruiatcus Curse."
"That's horrible," said Justin.
"All summer, I wanted to get back to Hogwarts to be under the protection of Dumbledore. No one knew that of course, because a secret never says a secret here. Then, my father would have found out by either Crabbe or Goyle," said Draco.
"Never thought I'd hear you say that. Come to think, never thought I'd be here talking with you," said Justin.
"Shut up and go get dressed for Padma," said Draco.
"So, Hermione, what color is your dress?" Ginny asked when they got to Ginny's common room.
"Pink, yours?" asked Hermione.
"White, what about yours Padma?" asked Ginny.
"Red," said Padma. "Hey, we're going to match the Great Hall!"
"I'll see you two at the dance," said Hermione. She left to her common room.
Hermione went to the bathroom to take a shower. She put on her make-up. She had pink colored lipstick and eyeshadow. She straightened her hair, curled it a little bit, and put it in a bun. She pulled on her pink dress. It was a little bit above her knees, and it tied around her neck.
Draco, on the other hand, didn't wear the same thing he wore to the Halloween and Christmas dance, but it was similar. He wore black pants and a green long sleeve shirt that was tight enough to see his toned body; it wasn't very tight though. He somehow managed to do last minute working out into his schedule, and he did it in secret. He looked in the mirror before gelling his hair down (he took a shower).
"Admiring yourself now?" smirked Harry.
"Shut up," snapped Draco.
"So, you're going to change your hair for one?" asked Harry.
"Why? Do you want to give me hair a beauty tips?" laughed Draco. "You shouldn't talk anyway."
Harry looked in the mirror too. "Why would I even bother? I always lose."
"We better hurry up," said Draco.
"Why?" asked Harry.
"I don't know about you, but I don't want to be done getting ready after the girls are done," said Draco.
"Oh, right," said Harry.
Harry went to the Gryffindor common room. He was going with Parvti Patil. Draco sat on his couch and waited. Five minutes later, the girls' bathroom opened, and Hermione came out. She was beautiful. She was always beautiful, but something clicked. Maybe it was because it was Valentine's Day. Maybe he was just falling in love all over again, but whatever is was, he was falling hard. Harder that ever. His heart was in his throat. He didn't know what to say.
"What's wrong?" asked Hermione.
"Nothing," said Draco. He twirled her, dipped her, and kissed her. They went to the prefect's common room.
Hermione went to their bathroom; Draco went to Justin's room.
"Why are you in here?" asked Draco. "There is a such thing called 'too much'."
"Too much huh?" asked Justin.
"Yes," coughed Draco. "Come on, let's go out of this room." Draco and Justin left and sat down. A minute later, the girls came out.
"TaDa! We match the Great Hall," said Padma.
"Wow," was all that Justin and Draco could say.
"I'm going to find Dean, bye," said Ginny. She left through the Gryffindor portrait. Both portraits in the prefect and head's common rooms lead to the same portrait in the Gryffindor common room.
"Are you ready milady?" joked Draco. He bowed and held out an arm.
"Yes, of course," laughed Hermione. She locked arms with him and left with Padma and Justin.
"Are we opening the dance tonight?" asked Justin.
"No, Dumbledore said we didn't have to," said Draco.
"Ok, good, I don't really like opening the dances," said Padma.
"Why?" asked Draco.
"Because, I'm a shy person," said Padma.
"I never saw you as a shy person," said Hermione.
"That's when I'm hyper," said Padma.
"Ok...," said Hermione. The Great Hall doors opened and all the students came in and sat down at a table. They'd be eating dinner first.
Draco, Hermione, Harry, Parvati, Ron, and Lavender sat together. Justin, Padma, Ginny, and Dean sat at the table next to theirs.
"Harry, Draco, have you perfected the 'secret move' yet?" asked Hermione. The 'secret move" is the attack they've been working on.
"He gave us three weeks off so we can prefect it. We have to go back on Wednesday to show him," said Harry.
"He said he's going to teach us something important and a pan B attack," said Draco. "Just in case plan A doesn't work."
"Oh," said Hermione. "Well, that's good."
"How exactly do we get our food?" asked Ron.
"We order a meal we all like. I didn't want to work the house-elves to much," said Hermione.
"So, what do you guys want?"
"How about steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas, and pumpkin juice," said Ron. Everyone agreed and the food appeared on his or her plates. They talked, ate, and laughed. After they were done, the plates cleared themselves. They decided on a desert, which was Strawberry Cheesecake. After the ate that, they ate mints and talked until the music started.
"Come on, I like this song," Hermione said pulling Draco onto the dance floor.
"So, tell me, are you and Harry friends?" asked Hermione five minutes later.
"No, we're just partners," said Draco.
"I think that'll change," said Hermione.
"Why do you think that?" asked Draco.
"Because I just do," said Hermione.
"Ok," said a puzzled Draco.
"You'll see," Hermione said as Draco twirled her.
After about an hour of dancing, Hermione and Draco got some punch and sat down at their table.
"Do you know how to Swing Dance?" asked Hermione.
"No," said Draco.
"Well, come on, I'll show you, it's really fun. My mom taught my before I got into Hogwarts," Hermione grabbed his arms and pulled him on the dance floor again.
"First thing you need to know about Swing is the foot movements," said Hermione. "Right foot, then left foot, then right foot forward and left foot back." She showed him. "Repeat that until one of us does a move." Hermione and Draco did that for a little bit. "Ok, one of my favorite move is the Egg Beater."
"The what?" asked Draco.
"The Egg Beater," repeated Hermione. "Ok, you hold each other's hands and go in circles." She did it with an invisible person.
"Ok," said Draco. Hermione took his hands and they twirled three times. "Ok, I don't really like that one much."
"Ok, there's the Banana Split," said Hermione. She took his hands in hers and his the banana split. She taught him a few more move sand when he mastered all that she knew, they were the center of attention. Everyone was cheering them on. Soon, everyone was swing dancing. They learned just by watching them.
After the song ended, Hermione and Draco sat down. Dumbledore got up and cleared his throat. Everyone stopped dancing and looked up at him.
"I would like everyone to sit down at the same table you signed up for and the same chair. I had you sign up for a table and a chair because the heads and prefects made a little contest. I'll pick a piece of paper that has two numbers, don't worry, you'll get your date. Whoever has those numbers, will get a dance for themselves and some of Honeydukes best chocolate. And the numbers are...36 and 37!"
Everyone looked under his or her chairs. Hermione and Draco won! Hermione jumped up, grabbed Draco's wrist, and pulled him on the dance floor just when the song started. All eyes were on them as they swayed to the music. Hermione forgot about everyone looking at them.
It's the way you love me
It's the way you love me
It's the way you love me
It's the way you love me
I don't want another heartbreak
I don't need another turn to cry
I don't want to learn the hard way
Baby hello, oh no, goodbye
But you got me like a rocket
Shooting straight across the sky
It' s the way you love me
It's a feeling like this
It's centrifugal motion
It's perpetual bliss
It's that pivotal moment
It's (ah) impossible
This kiss, this kiss
Unstoppable
This kiss, this kiss
Cinderella said to Snow White
How does love get so off course
All I wanted was a white knight
With a good heart, soft touch, fast horse
Ride me off into the sunset
Baby I'm forever yours
It' s the way you love me
It's a feeling like this
It's centrifugal motion
It's perpetual bliss
It's that pivotal moment
It's (ah) unthinkable
This kiss, this kiss
Unsinkable
This kiss, this kiss
It's the way you love me
It's the way you love me
It's the way you love me
It's the way you love me
You can kiss me in the moonlight
On the rooftop under the sky, oh
You can kiss me with the windows open
While the rain comes pourin' inside, oh
Kiss me in sweet slow motion
Let's let everything slide
You got me floatin'
You got me flyin'
It's the way you love me
It's the way you love me
It's the way you love me
It's the way you love me
It' s the way you love me
It's a feeling like this
It's centrifugal motion
It's perpetual bliss
It's that pivotal moment
It's (ah) subliminalThis kiss, this kiss
It's criminal
It' s the way you love me
It's a feeling like this
It's centrifugal motion
It's perpetual bliss
It's that pivotal moment
It's (ah) subliminal
This kiss, this kiss
It's the way you love me
It's the way you love me
It's the way you love me
It's the way you love me
After the song ended, Hermione and Draco met eyes for the second time. Hermione's legs weakened, but she held herself. This time it was she who was falling for him again. She could see his face moving closer. He was going to kiss her. 'I hope Ron doesn't go out of control again,' thought Hermione. 'No, her wouldn't, I kissed Draco in front of him before.' Then, he kissed her. She kissed him back. Hermione heard someone clapping. She turned to look and saw Ginny clapped. Then Padma, Justin, Harry, Ron, the other Gryffindor boys, Dumbledore, and the rest of the staff started to clap. Soon, most of the Great Hall was clapping. Hermione looked up at Draco and smiled, he smiled back.
"Never, never in all my years at Hogwarts," Hermione and Draco turned to look at Dumbledore,
"have I seen a Gryffindor and a Slytherin together like Miss Granger and Mr. Malfoy."
Everyone who was clapping before, clapped again. Draco spun Hermione, dipped her, and kissed her. He'd caught her by surprise. They were both laughing just to hide their embarrassment.
"Can you believe this?" asked Draco.
"I can't believe we're the first Gryffindor/Slytherin couple that Dumbledore has seen," said Hermione. "And mind you, he isn't young."
"I know, it's weird," said Draco.
"I also can't believe how many people are clapping," said Hermione.
"Yeah, I know, it's crazy. I almost don't like it." said Draco. They went to get their chocolate and sat down at their table. "Hey Potter!" Draco shouted. Harry came over and sat down.
"What?" asked Harry.
"Looks like you're not the only one famous in this school now," said Draco.
"Great," said Harry. He didn't mean that. He looked at Hermione, she was looking at him weirdly. "What?"
"Nothing," said Hermione.
Hermione and Draco danced practically the rest of the night. Before they know it, the night was over, time for bed. Hermione and Draco laughed all the way to their common room. They were talking about that night. They kissed good night when they got into the common room.
"Good night, my prince," smiled Hermione.
"Good night, my princess," Draco smiled with a bow. They both laughed and went to their rooms