A/N: I am sooo sorry! Honestly, my computer wouldn't let me upload anything! So I finally figured out how to fix it! Otherwise this chappy wouldn't be here!

This will be a long one BECAUSE of a certain someone who I love dearly. I looked this person's name up to see what stories she had. Turns out on her bio, it says that this story is one of her favorites! I almost cried! I actually jumped up and down and knocked over a glass of water! And this chapter, I'm dedicating to her…………………PIPERCHARMED!!!

Notice how we both have the same name, just twisted? Ha ha, I thought that was funny. Okay, here's the chapter.

Disclaimer: I wish!

Draco came out of the shower to find Hermione still in her towel reading a magazine. He looked her up and down with lust in his eyes. She looked up at him and smiled.

"It's about time you got outta there! I need to fix myself up." She rushed past him with her outfit, not realizing he only came out to get his gel, and ran into the bathroom. He walked up to one of the mirrors and thought to himself, Might as well do my hair out here! He decided to leave his hair down on his face and gel the top so no loose hair stuck up.

About fifteen minutes later, the bathroom knob turned. Draco turned his head around and swore to God that he'd never seen anyone as beautiful. Hermione had put on a black, halter dress that was floor length and the front went down into a V that showed some cleavage. She wore a silver necklace that reached down to the center of her chest bringing more attention to the exposure of her body. It clung to every part of her body, bringing out curves that even herself, never knew she had.

Draco stood there in utter awe as he took in her appearance. She moved to her dresser and pulled out a pair of silver earrings that were long and when put on, reached her neck and sparkled. Her hair was straightened and reached down to her mid back covering some of her exposed flesh. She had heals on that were a glimmering silver and made her legs look tanner than they were.

As Draco took in her appearance, Hermione took in his. He had put on a forest green button down shirt and a pair of black dress pants. His hair wasn't gelled up as usual and flowed against his face. When she looked at his eyes, he was looking right back at her. She smiled and he walked over to her, extending his arm out. "Shall we?" he asked. Grabbing his arm, the two walked out of the hotel and made their way to the Hard Rock Café to meet up with Cher and CJ.

They walked for about two minutes before Draco took Hermione's hand and laced their fingers together. Crossing the street, they made it there and waited for about a minute before they saw Cher and CJ making their way, arm in arm. CJ had on a navy blue shirt and black pants. Cher, on the other hand, had on a dress similar to Hermione's because it was a halter dress. It was a maroon color and the top looked like a bikini top with flowers on it. On the left side of the dress was a slit that went all the way up to her mid thigh and the dress was floor length.

"Is everyone ready?" Cher looked from Draco to Hermione as they nodded. The four walked into the café and waited to be seated. After getting a booth, they ordered their drinks and waited for someone to open up the discussion.

"So, how was your afternoon?" Cher asked Hermione.

"It was very simple." Cher gave her a questioningly look. "We took a nap and got ready to meet you two here."

"I see." Was all Cher could get to come out. Draco was looking over his menu at what he should get. Hermione had already decided and waited for the others as well. "Oh! CJ! This looks good!"

"I know, sweetie." He replied, kissing her cheek. "Let's get that. But separately because last time you ate the whole thing and I got nothing." Hermione started to laugh at that and Cher gave her an evil glare, but she kept on laughing. Draco was not paying attention to what was going on as he was looking over his menu.

"Are you saying I'm a pig?" Cher asked CJ.

"No, I'm just simply saying that you eat a lot. Which is why I'd rather not share."

Snort.

Everyone's heads went up and looked at Hermione, including Draco. She had been laughing so hard at Cher and CJ, that she had snorted very loudly.

"What the hell was that Hermione?" She looked at Draco and smiled.

"Well maybe if you were paying attention to these two," she started, pointing at Cher and CJ.

"Then you would've been snorting from laughing so hard as well."

"Right." The waiter came back to take their orders and left soon afterward. The four talked some, ate some, and left around 6:30 PM. Nothing eventful happened, really. Cher and CJ were all 'lovey dovey', making Hermione feel uncomfortable. She's known them for years and you'd think by now, she be used to it. Was it Draco that could be the cause? That she did not know.

"So, where are we going?" Draco said after walking out of the café. "There's got to be a better reason for having us dressed up like this." Cher pulled something out of her purse, whispered something to Hermione and they walked away. CJ grabbed Draco and they followed the girls.

"I'm guessing you and Hermione didn't do anything when we left you?" CJ looked over at Draco.

"Well," he started, "we did do stuff, just not much." The girls had stopped walking and waited for the signal to cross the street.

CJ took a step back and whispered to Draco, " Details would be nice." They began to walk across the street, right behind the girls incase some creep came by.

"We kissed, almost had sex. That sorta thing." CJ nodded and pointed at something. Draco couldn't follow what he was pointing at.

"You see that?"

"See what, man?" Draco looked at CJ.

"Look at Cher but not in a sexual way. You've got Hermione. See how perfect she is?" He stopped and looked more closely at her. "She's so beautiful and lovely. And she deserves to be complimented and that's what I do because I love her as well." Draco was not getting what CJ was pin pointing at. "What I'm trying to say, is that to win a girls heart, is not by making her feel aroused by you, but helping her feel more comfortable around you. Give her compliments, encourage her, you know."

"So, you're saying that Hermione, in a sense, is a bit jealous of Cher because she gets compliments from you and I give her none?" CJ nodded.

"Take what I said seriously, that's if you love her, which I have no doubt about. We left you two alone for a reason, so take advantage of that instead of wasting it." He patted Draco on the back as he took Cher's hand in his own. Draco saw Hermione look over at Cher and CJ with a look of sadness in her eyes. He wished he could help her and he knew he could. He walked up behind her and put his arms around her waist, feeling her shudder from surprise.

"You look beautiful tonight." He whispered into her ear while nibbling on her neck. She leaned back onto him and smiled. He turned her around so she was facing him and kissed her lightly on the lips and then on her forehead. "Come, love." He took her hand and the two walked to catch up with the other two love birds.

"Draco," started Cher, "You're probably wondering where and why we're here." He nodded as he looked around him. There were tons of people dressed like they were and holding miniature binoculars and a piece of paper that looked to be an inch thick. "Well, we're seeing a play. The play is called 'Beauty and the Beast'. Follow us now so we can get to our seats." They followed Cher and silently took their seats in the balcony.

"What's this play about?" Draco asked Hermione as they sat down. "And what's up with the title?"

"Why don't you watch the play and afterwards ask questions, okay?" She smiled sweetly at him.

Staring into her eyes, he took her hand and kissed the top of it, still keeping eye contact. Giggling she tore her eyes from his and looked onto the stage where it had grown dark.

NARRATOR: "Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. But then, one winter's night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away, but she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within. And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress. The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart, and as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there. Ashamed of his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a beast?"

The play started and men and women came onto the stage. As the play progressed, Draco was on the edge of his seat, looking down in wonder. Hermione's mind had been elsewhere since she had already seen the play, twice actually, and this was her third time. Cher and CJ really knew what they were doing because it seemed like everything that was happening, was happening around her and Draco. For instance, the whole 'let's meet later' thing was buzzing through her mind. It was as if they wanted them together; but was Hermione ready for that?

Am I ready for something like this? I've got my whole life ahead of me. She thought to herself as she crumpled the piece of paper in her hand. Her kiss with Draco and him touching her felt great and she had loved it, but was she ready? That was the question flooding her mind as she searched for an answer. What she had also questioned, was the play they were attending. Hermione looked at the front of her program.

"Beauty and the Beast" it read. She opened it up and read the prologue.

"This play is based off of the Walt Disney's 1991 hit Beauty and the Beast'. Belle is a dreamer. She loves to read and daydream of far off places… But one day, when her inventor-father Maurice stumbles upon a run-down castle, he is imprisoned by a monstrous beast, which is really a prince trapped in horrific body. When Belle realizes her father has been imprisoned, she goes to the castle to offer herself in place of her father, and soon Belle starts to fall in love with the beast, despite his physical appearance, and a traditional beauty and beast love story unfolds…"

After reading it over, she closed it and looked over at Draco who was still on the edge of his seat with widened eyes. She then pulled her eyes toward the stage and Belle had just tried to help the Beast with his cut from the wolves.

BEAST: That hurts!

BELLE: If you'd hold still, it wouldn't hurt as much.

BEAST: Well if you hadn't run away, this wouldn't have happened!

BELLE: Well if you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have run away!

BEAST: Well you shouldn't have been in the West Wing!

BELLE: Well you should learn to control your temper! (pause) Now, hold still. This may sting a little. (another pause) By the way, thank you, for saving my life.

BEAST: You're welcome.

Hermione was once again swooped into her own thoughts. I must've been thinking for awhile since they just got reunited. And boy, this is so much like me and Draco! Oh I'm going to kill Cher for this! She then stood up and left unnoticed to go to the bathroom.

Draco still sat there and once Hermione had left, was when he realized that the seat to his left was empty. He wondered where she had gone to, but figured it was nothing and kept watching the play. Who knew that muggle things could be more than fascinating? For a split moment he wished he were on that stage and was thinking about which character, Beast or Gaston, would he better fill. Gaston. Besides, I don't show love and I don't get it back. And in the end I lose and die! What better than death? He suddenly thought of Hermione and how he had grown to like her besides her past and present of being a muggle born. He wanted to be with her and he knew that she was what he needed. But would she want to be with him? Yeah right. All she sees me as is a ticket for a bit of action. And for all I know, she might be planning to leave me stranded here. He sat there pondering the idea and didn't even notice that Hermione had come back.

"Hey," he whispered, "where'd you go?" He asked Hermione as she sat back down.

"I hadda go to the bathroom." He continued to stare her down and she continued, "And yes, next time I will invite you to join me." She turned to the stage and watched in wonder. Draco was confused and shocked all at once. Figuring it was just sarcasm, he leaned back on his seat and took Hermione's hand in his own, while watching the play along side her.

MRS. POTTS: Tale as old as time

True as it can be

Barely even friends

Then somebody bends unexpectedly.

Just a little change

Small to say the least

Both a little scared

Neither one prepared, beauty and the beast.

Ever just the same

Ever a surprise

Ever as before, ever just as sure

As the sun will rise

Tale as old as time

Tune as old as song

Bittersweet and strange,

Finding you can change, learning you were wrong

Certain as the sun

Rising in the east

Tale as old as time,

Song as old as rhyme, beauty and the beast.

Tale as old as time, Song as old as rhyme, beauty and the beast."

They watched as Belle and the Beast danced around and walked to a balcony and talked. Cher and CJ, who sat behind them, weren't paying the least bit of attention to the play. They were snogging the crap out of each other, battling for dominance. Finally Cher pulls away for some air.

"Damn, CJ! You really know how to blow me away." He smiled and pulled her face closer to his.

"I love you."

Cher smiled and responded, "I love you too. Now let's watch the play. Or better yet, how Hermione and Draco are doing." They turned their heads and looked over at the brunette and blonde pair in front of them. They were holding hands and seemed to be finger fighting. "What the heck are they doing?"

CJ pulled his face down and whispered, "Looks as if their fighting for dominance as well."

"But they aren't kissing Ceej."

"I know," he started, "but it seems that they're fighting to see who's hand is stronger, I guess." Cher stared at him with a quirked eyebrow. "What?" he exclaimed in a whisper. "It's better than what you had said." She giggled and lightly kissed him which turned into a snogging session.

BEAST: You came back.

BELLE: Of course I came back. I couldn't let them...Oh this is all my fault. If only I'd gotten

here sooner.

BEAST: Maybe it's better this way.

BELLE: Don't talk like that. You'll be all right. We're together now. Everything's going to be fine. You'll see.

BEAST: At least I got to see you one... last...time.

BELLE: No, no! Please! Please! Please don't leave me! I love you!

Draco sat there in total confusion and looked over to Hermione. "What the hell just happened? You brought me to a play that has a good plot, but the good guy…" He wasn't able to continue as Hermione had covered his mouth with her hand and pointed to the stage. Draco looked over and his eyes widened. The Beast had turned into a human again and he and Belle were kissing and everything was well.

CHIP: Are they gonna live happily ever after, mama?

MRS. POTTS: Of course, my dear. Of course.

CHIP: Do I still have to sleep in the cupboard?

"That was great!" Draco exclaimed loudly and a few people had laughed at him as they were leaving. Hermione stood up slowly and looked behind her seat. There was Cher and CJ kissing up a storm but were disturbed when Draco went over to them and whispered, "I think it'd be better if I join." Cher shot up from her seat smacking Draco on his left cheek. "What the hell Cher? I was just messing around."

"It wasn't funny Draco."

"And you two were messing around so why couldn't I?" CJ started laughing as Cher gave Draco a cold stare and joined in on the laughing. "Okay let's go." Draco grabbed Hermione's hand and all four of them walked out of the theatre and out to find something to do.

A/N: IF YOU WANT TO SEE HERMIONE AND CHER'S DRESSES, CHECK OUT MY BIO FOR THE URL

A/N2: I didn't use context from the play, just the movie. Couldn't locate the play's script. Plus 'Beauty and the Beast' is my fave Disney movie.

A/N3: REVIEW PLEASE!!! Suggestions and comments are loved!