Chapter Ten:

Emma laughed and Draco smiled a real, dazzling smile at her that made Emma's heart stop because she was used to seeing a sneer on his face.

"I like your laugh, Black."

With that, Emma's face turned slightly pink and she angled her face away from Malfoy, embarrassed.

After a few minutes of dancing, Emma looked at Draco with her deep baby blue eyes and asked, "Why did you ask me to dance? I thought you hated me?"

After looking into Emma's eyes with a thoughtful look, Draco suddenly stopped dancing causing the couple next to them to run into them, and replied, "Because you look beautiful tonight." Draco looked anything, but embarrassed. Emma couldn't believe how brave he was to say something like that about someone who was in the Gryffindor house.

Before Emma knew it, Draco had put his left hand on the small of her back, her right hand on his shoulder, and her left hand in his right. They were dancing again, only this time, Emma's head rested on Draco's shoulder.

After a little while, Elizabeth walked by them and could hardly believer her eyes, her enemy with her head resting against her only brother's shoulder. "How dare she," she said, but was too tired to say anything more.

"How dare who?" Blaise asked as he looked at Elizabeth with concern, not looking where she was looking.

"Never mind. I'm going to go sit down. I'm a little tired," Beth told her soon to be husband as she walked over to a chair and sat down with grace like a swan's. She felt her eyelids start to feel heavy and tried to keep them open.

"What's wrong, Beth? Are you sick?" Blaise asked with pure concern in is voice.

"No, no... I'm just tired. I've been through a lot today," Elizabeth assured him.

"Well I think you should go upstairs and go to sleep," Blaise said as he helped her up out of her chair.

"Ok. I guess I will," Beth replied wearily.

Once they made it to the third story of Blaise's manor, Elizabeth started to fall asleep, so Blaise picked her up and brought her up to a huge bedroom with a king-sized bed in it. Then, Blaise put her in the bed and put the hair on Elizabeth's face behind her ear.

"Good night, Beth," Blaise said softly as he leaned down to kiss her cheek.

Meanwhile, down in the ballroom, Emma was having the happiest night of her life. She was dancing with her crush since her first year and had been for what seemed like ages, but Emma didn't care.

'The best part about dancing with Draco,' Emma thought to herself, 'is that I get to put my head on his shoulder and he smells really good.'

Emma smiled to herself and lifted her head for the first time in what seemed like ages. Draco, who had happened to be looking at her, chuckled and said, "I was getting worried there for a second. I thought you might have fallen asleep or something."

"Well, don't you worry, I didn't fall asleep," Emma smiled in response.

Draco smiled and pulled her closer and suddenly, Emma was engulfed in the smell of Draco and she felt like she was going to faint.

But their slow dancing didn't last long because suddenly Draco stiffened and whispered in Emma's ear, "Fudge is standing behind you," and he let go of her reluctantly.

Unexpectedly, Emma got very cold because she was used to the warmth of Draco.

"Um, Emma! Turn around!" Melanie stated in an annoyed sort of voice and Emma did so.

When she turned around, Emma saw that her friend was very, very annoyed.

"You two have been dancing for the last four hours! And it is right now one o'clock in the morning! I have been waiting very patiently, but now I can't stand it! We are leaving now!" Melanie practically yelled.

"Alright, alright. Fine. Be that way. I'll be there in a few minutes," Emma told Mel in a dreamy voice. Melanie rolled her eyes, she knew that she wouldn't hear the end of this.

"Ok. A few minutes," and Melanie turned and walked away. "I'll be waiting over here and if you aren't here when a few minutes are up, I'll force you to come."

As Emma turned back towards Draco, she rolled her eyes, and then looked at him apologetically. "Sorry about that."

"It's ok. I'd best be going too," Draco said with hooded eyes so that Emma couldn't see what he was thinking or feeling.

"Ok. Well, thanks for the dance! I guess I'll see you in a week."

"Your welcome. Yes, you will see me in a week." And Draco turned around and walked away.