A/N: Hope you liked the ball. This chapter is obviously the After Party!
THANKYOU TO: loner, AiRfIrE, Bride of Malfoy, pyroprincess4evernwood, dmluver, Oooo, Hogwarts-Mania, Cozzgirl16,
PrincessAngelz: Thanks very much for your review. You'll just have to wait and see if they eventually accept Draco. I don't know myself yet!
NitenGale: What are they doing? Keep reading and you'll find out! Harry and Hermione might have their friendship fixed and they might not. It all depends on where the story takes me! One thing is for sure; they'll never be together because this is a Hermione and Draco story.
D-E-V-L41: I hate Hilary's singing too! She's an all right actor though! My best friend and I were ripping her off, so I put it in the story as a tribute to her.
Slytherin-Gryffindor gal: I'm sorry! I'm so mean! You're going to find out what happens in this chapter though!
Chrissy: Yeah, I'm going to tell you what they saw in this chapter!
Kole17: Thanks! Glad you liked how I had the websites to see the dresses. I thought you'd all like that:D Thanks for your review.
Princessdza: Thanks so much! Glad you're awaiting the chapter so eagerly!
Chapter Eleven: The After Party
---Hermione's POV---
Before her eyes was a very strange scene.
Ginny was locked in a chamber as Harry fired spells at her. She didn't seem to be in any pain, even though the spells Harry was using were very strong.
Draco grabbed his wand and walked into the room slowly.
'Draco, you can't! What if Harry hurts you or something? You could be killed or anything!' Hermione cried desperately.
'Hermione, I'll be fine. Just don't let Harry see you!' Draco whispered and pulled her into a hug.
He entered the room cautiously. Harry didn't seem to notice him until the door snapped shut. Hermione watched as he swung around. His angry face grew angrier.
'What do you think you're doing, Scar Head?' Draco hissed. Ginny looked relieved.
'That's none of your business is it, really?' Harry hissed in reply.
'I've made it my business.'
'Get out of here, Malfoy unless you want to go down big time.'
'I'm not the one who will be going down, I have a feeling that will be you when I go fetch Dumbledore.'
'Too scared to fight me off yourself are you, Ferret Boy?'
'Well, honestly Wonder Whore, I just don't want to get my Head Boy status taken away from me.'
Harry stepped back and let Ginny out of the chamber. She ran out the door to find Hermione.
'What happened?' Hermione asked.
'It was Harry. He's been doing it for a long time now. I don't know what it is, but I've been doing some research and I'm starting to get a better idea.'
'Well, what is it then?'
'Every time he puts me inside that chamber he uses the Unforgivable Curses. Apparently being in that chamber makes you immune to all curses, so he puts me in there every now and again and casts the spells on me. It doesn't hurt, it just eats away at your energy.'
'Gin, why didn't you tell anyone?'
'I don't know, Hermione. I just didn't want to make a big deal out of it. Tonight I really didn't want him to do it because of the ball and getting caught. You won't tell anyone, will you Hermione?'
'Of course not, I'll make sure Draco doesn't either,' Hermione sighed.
Draco and Harry walked out of the room. Draco's nose was bleeding and Harry had a black eye, but other then that they were both all right.
'Draco,' Hermione wailed while giving him a hug.
'Looks like they decided to settle this without using magic,' Ginny mumbled.
With that the four set off to the heads dorm, but not before magically fixing Harry and Draco's wounds.
The party had begun, and people were starting to gather around. Ginny and Hermione had prepared the perfect night. Draco hadn't wanted to be part if the planning, so they simply left him out of it.
The Heads Dorm had been decorated with all the house colours. Hermione's pool like bathtub was used as a swimming pool.
The party was going great. Lavendar Brown had kept mainly to herself, and was hanging around with Ron and Harry, giving Hermione and Draco no trouble so far. After everyone had settled in, Hermione and Ginny began the games. They decided to stick with muggle games since Hermione thought it might be a bit dangerous to use magic.
They began with pass the parcel. Most people had a faint idea how to play the game, but Hermione explained it anyway. The parcel went around the students. It was a rather large circle, so Hermione had to stop the music at regular intervals so she could let everybody have a turn at ripping the paper off the package. Even Draco seemed to be enjoying himself. The winner of the game ended up being Anne Johnson who was in sixth year.
Hermione then played Marco Polo in the bathtub, but soon found it was a bit too small and had to let people in in groups.
Hermione suspected something was going on, but was too busy to have a second thought about it. Everything was running smoothly, and Hermione told herself not to worry.
There didn't seem to be anything Hermione needed to do, so she settled herself down into one of the most comfortable chairs to join in a conversation about Quidditch. Although Hermione didn't know a lot about the game she still managed to keep up with them.
Hermione was about to return to work when she heard a voice coming from her right.
'Hermione, come here for a second!' Parvati Patil called.
'Yeah, ok...' Hermione replied reluctantly.
'Listen Hermione, I'm really sorry about the whole Lavendar thing. She has been acting kind of weird lately. Makes me wonder...' Lavendar sighed.
Hermione gave Parvati a stern look, but eventually nodded her head. 'Just don't do it again, all right?'
'You got it!'
Hermione smiled. She would never have thought of making up with Parvati, especially because she was one of Lavendar's partners in crime, but she decided to see how it went. She realized she could be making a huge mistake. Parvati might have just been using her for a popularity source, or she might have been gathering information for Lavendar. Hermione was willing to take the chance. After all, she was now almost officially dating Hogwarts Bad Boy! She had to admit there was certainly a risk, but it was one she was willing to take.
'Great party by the way! Who would have guessed? Former bookworm Hermione Granger throwing the party of the century?' Parvati squealed.
'Thanks! It took a fair bit of planning, but I'm sure it's all worth it!' Hermione blushed. She was pleased all her hard work had finally paid off!
'I have an idea for a game. It's ok if you don't use it, although I think it might be a lot of fun!' Parvati whispered.
'Umm, sure, what's the game?' Hermione replied.
'Have you ever heard of Spin the Bottle? It's a muggle game.'
'I've heard of the game, although I didn't put it on the list...in case...you know. I had to kiss someone I didn't like.'
'We won't play the traditional spin the bottle, silly! We'll play it with a magic...shall we say...twist?'
'What sort of 'twist' have you in mind?' Hermione asked. She had a feeling she wouldn't like this.
'In the muggle version of Spin the Bottle you have no control over who the bottle will point to! In the magical version you can use a simple direction spell so you can make the bottle land on who ever you like!' Parvati smiled.
'Umm, sounds ok...I guess. But won't people notice if I have my wand out?'
'Use a trouble-free spell, and you can do it in your head! Just think of the matchmaking!'
'Ok then! I guess that would work! Thanks for the idea! Any requests?' Hermione laughed.
'Promise not to tell anybody, but can you please direct me to Dean Thomas. He is a total hottie!'
'Ahhh...sure!' Hermione smiled. Dean was all right looking, but Hermione definitely wouldn't classify him as a 'hottie.' Draco was Hermione's idea of a hottie!
Parvati flicked her hair and headed towards some other people so she could have a good old gossip. After a while Hermione felt it was time to take the plunge and play the game. She was extremely nervous seeing she was the matchmaker and she wasn't usually one to keep up with Hogwarts gossip! She didn't want to match the wrong people.
'Everybody! We are now going to play Spin the Bottle! It is a muggle game, and I'll explain the rules. We get a bottle and someone spins it in the middle of the circle of people. Not everyone will get a chance to spin. If the bottle lands on you, you don't get another chance. Whoever the bottle lands on you have to kiss that person. It is completely random, no magic associated!' Hermione explained warily.
The students formed a circle, excited about this new game. When everyone had calmed down Hermione passed the first person the bottle. It was Christie Miller. She spun the bottle as hard as she could and Hermione went into deep concentration. She had no idea who this girl was, so she just let the bottle spin freely until in landed on a sixth year boy Hermione didn't know. She gave him a peck on the cheek and the game continued.
The game was pretty dull until it was Luna Lovegood's turn. Hermione knew what she had to do. Neville Longbottom, Neville Longbottom, Neville Longbottom she thought. Sure enough the bottle swung until it was facing Neville. Luna smiled, showing all her teeth, and then leaned in to kiss Neville on the lips. There must have been something going on between them. Luna deepened the kiss just as the portrait hole ripped open.
Hermione feared a Professor had got gist of their after-party and had come up to see exactly what was going on. To Hermione's relief Pansy Parkinson stood in the doorway.
She joined the circle maliciously, squatting down next to Draco. Hermione raised an eyebrow as Draco scooted further towards the person next to him.
Hermione went around the circle, matchmaking when she felt necessary. She put Ginny with Harry, Parvati with Dean, Pansy with Crabbe, Justin Flinch- Fletchley with Millicent Bullstrode (she never did like Justin much) and Goyle with Lavendar Brown. Lavendar seemed truly disgusted as Goyle slobbered all over her. Hermione was trying not to laugh.
Now for the real fun! It was Ron's turn at spinning the bottle. He approached it warily and gave it a half-hearted spin. Hermione smiled nastily. Was Ron in for a shock! Hermione focused hard on whom she was going to make him kiss. The bottle spun until it came to a hault pointing right at Eloise Midgeon. Her acne was worse then ever, and her long nose made her look more stomach-turning then usual. Ron flinched and gave her a light kiss on her cheek. Eloise smiled wider then ever, baring her green teeth.
Hermione gave Ron a wink as he retook his seat. He gave her an angry look, but thankfully didn't lash out at her.
The rest of the students passed quickly until it was finally Hermione's turn to spin. She gave the bottle a push, and it swung around quickly. Draco Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, Draco Malfoy she thought. The bottle immediately landed on Draco. He smirked as she approached him.
He grabbed her and whispered in her ear 'I know what you did.' She giggled and he kissed her. They eventually broke apart. Most of the other students were frozen to their seats. The change in tune obviously hadn't sunk in yet. After all, they were archenemies for a long time!
Hermione really wasn't a believer in putting people under pressure, but she thought a good game of truth or dare could be a little bit of fun.
She really couldn't be bothered tearing people away from their groups and conversations, so Ginny and Hermione alerted them that the game was about to take place. She had a little bit of interest, but not a lot.
The takers were Millicent, Ginny, Hermione, Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy, Lavendar, Parvati, Ron, Harry, Neville and Luna.
Draco sat down and pulled Hermione onto his lap. She gave him a warm smile.
Luna began the game. 'Truth or Dare?' she asked Neville.
Neville seemed unsure of which to choose. He cautiously whispered 'Truth.'
Luna grinned. 'What does Snape make you do when he gives you detentions?'
Neville blushed. 'He...just...you know? Makes me clean the dungeons and...stuff.'
Luna was strangely satisfied with the answer and moved on.
'Millicent, what are the Slytherin Dungeons like?' Ginny asked after Millicent chose truth. Hermione and Ginny had gone into many conversations about this.
'They're nothing like any of the other houses. They're all cold and stuff. When it rains the ceilings leak and water drips through, the cold stone floor isn't very nice at all. It's freezing in winter!' Millicent described. 'I wish we had common rooms like you guys!'
Hermione have Draco a tight hug. She couldn't have her Draco freezing now, could she?
The party ended and students filed out miserably. They wanted the party to go for longer, but as it was 1:30am Hermione felt it should end so she would have time to clean up even though it would only take a swish of her wand.
'Went well, didn't it,' Draco drawled. Even though he had started dating Hermione he still hadn't lost his Slytherin touch. Hermione smirked.
'Never loose that Slytherin touch do you, Malfoy?' she smiled.
'Never, Granger.' He smiled in return.
Hermione flicked her wand and the mess disappeared. She swished her wand once again and she instantly was wearing her pajamas; a black tank top and grey short shorts.
Draco performed the spell and changed into his pajamas, a pair of boxers. He wore nothing on the top. Hermione smiled widely. Was he hot or what?
He sat on the couch and patted the space next to him. Hermione took the spot and cuddled into him. Within seconds they both fell fast asleep.
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A/N: How did you like that? Sorry I took so long to post! I've been busy, and I got banned from the computer. I was being naughty...I tried to kidnap Draco...never mind...
PLEASE REVIEW! CHAPTERS FASTER!!
THANKYOU TO: loner, AiRfIrE, Bride of Malfoy, pyroprincess4evernwood, dmluver, Oooo, Hogwarts-Mania, Cozzgirl16,
PrincessAngelz: Thanks very much for your review. You'll just have to wait and see if they eventually accept Draco. I don't know myself yet!
NitenGale: What are they doing? Keep reading and you'll find out! Harry and Hermione might have their friendship fixed and they might not. It all depends on where the story takes me! One thing is for sure; they'll never be together because this is a Hermione and Draco story.
D-E-V-L41: I hate Hilary's singing too! She's an all right actor though! My best friend and I were ripping her off, so I put it in the story as a tribute to her.
Slytherin-Gryffindor gal: I'm sorry! I'm so mean! You're going to find out what happens in this chapter though!
Chrissy: Yeah, I'm going to tell you what they saw in this chapter!
Kole17: Thanks! Glad you liked how I had the websites to see the dresses. I thought you'd all like that:D Thanks for your review.
Princessdza: Thanks so much! Glad you're awaiting the chapter so eagerly!
Chapter Eleven: The After Party
---Hermione's POV---
Before her eyes was a very strange scene.
Ginny was locked in a chamber as Harry fired spells at her. She didn't seem to be in any pain, even though the spells Harry was using were very strong.
Draco grabbed his wand and walked into the room slowly.
'Draco, you can't! What if Harry hurts you or something? You could be killed or anything!' Hermione cried desperately.
'Hermione, I'll be fine. Just don't let Harry see you!' Draco whispered and pulled her into a hug.
He entered the room cautiously. Harry didn't seem to notice him until the door snapped shut. Hermione watched as he swung around. His angry face grew angrier.
'What do you think you're doing, Scar Head?' Draco hissed. Ginny looked relieved.
'That's none of your business is it, really?' Harry hissed in reply.
'I've made it my business.'
'Get out of here, Malfoy unless you want to go down big time.'
'I'm not the one who will be going down, I have a feeling that will be you when I go fetch Dumbledore.'
'Too scared to fight me off yourself are you, Ferret Boy?'
'Well, honestly Wonder Whore, I just don't want to get my Head Boy status taken away from me.'
Harry stepped back and let Ginny out of the chamber. She ran out the door to find Hermione.
'What happened?' Hermione asked.
'It was Harry. He's been doing it for a long time now. I don't know what it is, but I've been doing some research and I'm starting to get a better idea.'
'Well, what is it then?'
'Every time he puts me inside that chamber he uses the Unforgivable Curses. Apparently being in that chamber makes you immune to all curses, so he puts me in there every now and again and casts the spells on me. It doesn't hurt, it just eats away at your energy.'
'Gin, why didn't you tell anyone?'
'I don't know, Hermione. I just didn't want to make a big deal out of it. Tonight I really didn't want him to do it because of the ball and getting caught. You won't tell anyone, will you Hermione?'
'Of course not, I'll make sure Draco doesn't either,' Hermione sighed.
Draco and Harry walked out of the room. Draco's nose was bleeding and Harry had a black eye, but other then that they were both all right.
'Draco,' Hermione wailed while giving him a hug.
'Looks like they decided to settle this without using magic,' Ginny mumbled.
With that the four set off to the heads dorm, but not before magically fixing Harry and Draco's wounds.
The party had begun, and people were starting to gather around. Ginny and Hermione had prepared the perfect night. Draco hadn't wanted to be part if the planning, so they simply left him out of it.
The Heads Dorm had been decorated with all the house colours. Hermione's pool like bathtub was used as a swimming pool.
The party was going great. Lavendar Brown had kept mainly to herself, and was hanging around with Ron and Harry, giving Hermione and Draco no trouble so far. After everyone had settled in, Hermione and Ginny began the games. They decided to stick with muggle games since Hermione thought it might be a bit dangerous to use magic.
They began with pass the parcel. Most people had a faint idea how to play the game, but Hermione explained it anyway. The parcel went around the students. It was a rather large circle, so Hermione had to stop the music at regular intervals so she could let everybody have a turn at ripping the paper off the package. Even Draco seemed to be enjoying himself. The winner of the game ended up being Anne Johnson who was in sixth year.
Hermione then played Marco Polo in the bathtub, but soon found it was a bit too small and had to let people in in groups.
Hermione suspected something was going on, but was too busy to have a second thought about it. Everything was running smoothly, and Hermione told herself not to worry.
There didn't seem to be anything Hermione needed to do, so she settled herself down into one of the most comfortable chairs to join in a conversation about Quidditch. Although Hermione didn't know a lot about the game she still managed to keep up with them.
Hermione was about to return to work when she heard a voice coming from her right.
'Hermione, come here for a second!' Parvati Patil called.
'Yeah, ok...' Hermione replied reluctantly.
'Listen Hermione, I'm really sorry about the whole Lavendar thing. She has been acting kind of weird lately. Makes me wonder...' Lavendar sighed.
Hermione gave Parvati a stern look, but eventually nodded her head. 'Just don't do it again, all right?'
'You got it!'
Hermione smiled. She would never have thought of making up with Parvati, especially because she was one of Lavendar's partners in crime, but she decided to see how it went. She realized she could be making a huge mistake. Parvati might have just been using her for a popularity source, or she might have been gathering information for Lavendar. Hermione was willing to take the chance. After all, she was now almost officially dating Hogwarts Bad Boy! She had to admit there was certainly a risk, but it was one she was willing to take.
'Great party by the way! Who would have guessed? Former bookworm Hermione Granger throwing the party of the century?' Parvati squealed.
'Thanks! It took a fair bit of planning, but I'm sure it's all worth it!' Hermione blushed. She was pleased all her hard work had finally paid off!
'I have an idea for a game. It's ok if you don't use it, although I think it might be a lot of fun!' Parvati whispered.
'Umm, sure, what's the game?' Hermione replied.
'Have you ever heard of Spin the Bottle? It's a muggle game.'
'I've heard of the game, although I didn't put it on the list...in case...you know. I had to kiss someone I didn't like.'
'We won't play the traditional spin the bottle, silly! We'll play it with a magic...shall we say...twist?'
'What sort of 'twist' have you in mind?' Hermione asked. She had a feeling she wouldn't like this.
'In the muggle version of Spin the Bottle you have no control over who the bottle will point to! In the magical version you can use a simple direction spell so you can make the bottle land on who ever you like!' Parvati smiled.
'Umm, sounds ok...I guess. But won't people notice if I have my wand out?'
'Use a trouble-free spell, and you can do it in your head! Just think of the matchmaking!'
'Ok then! I guess that would work! Thanks for the idea! Any requests?' Hermione laughed.
'Promise not to tell anybody, but can you please direct me to Dean Thomas. He is a total hottie!'
'Ahhh...sure!' Hermione smiled. Dean was all right looking, but Hermione definitely wouldn't classify him as a 'hottie.' Draco was Hermione's idea of a hottie!
Parvati flicked her hair and headed towards some other people so she could have a good old gossip. After a while Hermione felt it was time to take the plunge and play the game. She was extremely nervous seeing she was the matchmaker and she wasn't usually one to keep up with Hogwarts gossip! She didn't want to match the wrong people.
'Everybody! We are now going to play Spin the Bottle! It is a muggle game, and I'll explain the rules. We get a bottle and someone spins it in the middle of the circle of people. Not everyone will get a chance to spin. If the bottle lands on you, you don't get another chance. Whoever the bottle lands on you have to kiss that person. It is completely random, no magic associated!' Hermione explained warily.
The students formed a circle, excited about this new game. When everyone had calmed down Hermione passed the first person the bottle. It was Christie Miller. She spun the bottle as hard as she could and Hermione went into deep concentration. She had no idea who this girl was, so she just let the bottle spin freely until in landed on a sixth year boy Hermione didn't know. She gave him a peck on the cheek and the game continued.
The game was pretty dull until it was Luna Lovegood's turn. Hermione knew what she had to do. Neville Longbottom, Neville Longbottom, Neville Longbottom she thought. Sure enough the bottle swung until it was facing Neville. Luna smiled, showing all her teeth, and then leaned in to kiss Neville on the lips. There must have been something going on between them. Luna deepened the kiss just as the portrait hole ripped open.
Hermione feared a Professor had got gist of their after-party and had come up to see exactly what was going on. To Hermione's relief Pansy Parkinson stood in the doorway.
She joined the circle maliciously, squatting down next to Draco. Hermione raised an eyebrow as Draco scooted further towards the person next to him.
Hermione went around the circle, matchmaking when she felt necessary. She put Ginny with Harry, Parvati with Dean, Pansy with Crabbe, Justin Flinch- Fletchley with Millicent Bullstrode (she never did like Justin much) and Goyle with Lavendar Brown. Lavendar seemed truly disgusted as Goyle slobbered all over her. Hermione was trying not to laugh.
Now for the real fun! It was Ron's turn at spinning the bottle. He approached it warily and gave it a half-hearted spin. Hermione smiled nastily. Was Ron in for a shock! Hermione focused hard on whom she was going to make him kiss. The bottle spun until it came to a hault pointing right at Eloise Midgeon. Her acne was worse then ever, and her long nose made her look more stomach-turning then usual. Ron flinched and gave her a light kiss on her cheek. Eloise smiled wider then ever, baring her green teeth.
Hermione gave Ron a wink as he retook his seat. He gave her an angry look, but thankfully didn't lash out at her.
The rest of the students passed quickly until it was finally Hermione's turn to spin. She gave the bottle a push, and it swung around quickly. Draco Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, Draco Malfoy she thought. The bottle immediately landed on Draco. He smirked as she approached him.
He grabbed her and whispered in her ear 'I know what you did.' She giggled and he kissed her. They eventually broke apart. Most of the other students were frozen to their seats. The change in tune obviously hadn't sunk in yet. After all, they were archenemies for a long time!
Hermione really wasn't a believer in putting people under pressure, but she thought a good game of truth or dare could be a little bit of fun.
She really couldn't be bothered tearing people away from their groups and conversations, so Ginny and Hermione alerted them that the game was about to take place. She had a little bit of interest, but not a lot.
The takers were Millicent, Ginny, Hermione, Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy, Lavendar, Parvati, Ron, Harry, Neville and Luna.
Draco sat down and pulled Hermione onto his lap. She gave him a warm smile.
Luna began the game. 'Truth or Dare?' she asked Neville.
Neville seemed unsure of which to choose. He cautiously whispered 'Truth.'
Luna grinned. 'What does Snape make you do when he gives you detentions?'
Neville blushed. 'He...just...you know? Makes me clean the dungeons and...stuff.'
Luna was strangely satisfied with the answer and moved on.
'Millicent, what are the Slytherin Dungeons like?' Ginny asked after Millicent chose truth. Hermione and Ginny had gone into many conversations about this.
'They're nothing like any of the other houses. They're all cold and stuff. When it rains the ceilings leak and water drips through, the cold stone floor isn't very nice at all. It's freezing in winter!' Millicent described. 'I wish we had common rooms like you guys!'
Hermione have Draco a tight hug. She couldn't have her Draco freezing now, could she?
The party ended and students filed out miserably. They wanted the party to go for longer, but as it was 1:30am Hermione felt it should end so she would have time to clean up even though it would only take a swish of her wand.
'Went well, didn't it,' Draco drawled. Even though he had started dating Hermione he still hadn't lost his Slytherin touch. Hermione smirked.
'Never loose that Slytherin touch do you, Malfoy?' she smiled.
'Never, Granger.' He smiled in return.
Hermione flicked her wand and the mess disappeared. She swished her wand once again and she instantly was wearing her pajamas; a black tank top and grey short shorts.
Draco performed the spell and changed into his pajamas, a pair of boxers. He wore nothing on the top. Hermione smiled widely. Was he hot or what?
He sat on the couch and patted the space next to him. Hermione took the spot and cuddled into him. Within seconds they both fell fast asleep.
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A/N: How did you like that? Sorry I took so long to post! I've been busy, and I got banned from the computer. I was being naughty...I tried to kidnap Draco...never mind...
PLEASE REVIEW! CHAPTERS FASTER!!