5

The Dance

"Draco, what's the deal? You're red, and sweating like a pig. Are you twitching too?" Avi asked him. She was alittle bit worried. He was red in the face and was murmuring something under his breath.

"Avi? You know the dance on Saturday?" he started. This is a lot harder than it was with Pansy, Draco thought. I guess I just thought of her as a friend that I could ask anything to. I feel something different with Avi.

"Yeah, I know about it. We were both in the same place when McGonagall told us, remember?" she said, smiling. Draco loved that smile.

"Doyouwannagotothedancewithme?" Draco said as fast as he could.

"What? A-are you asking me to the dance?" she asked eagerly. There went that smile, again. Draco managed a simple nod.

"Of course!" she accepted his offer and hugged him close. "I won't be able to dance with you for the first hour and a half, though. And don't ask why. It's a surprise." I don't think I have to tell you what thing she did next that Draco loves (If you aren't the brightest crayon in the box, she smiled).

Great! I'm too late! He already asked that thing you'd like to call a witch to the dance. Pansy thought, watching Avi and Draco from afar. I'll never have him again. I'll get her for this. She will pay! Pansy ran her fist into her pocket and grabbed her wand. She was about to kill Avi when the bell rang and McGonagall walked right by her. She decided to wait until further notice for any murders.

Harry had at last found her. During lunch, he had searched everywhere for Avi. Now he found her. He approached her going through his thoughts quickly, when he just realized- what if she said no? Too late.

"Hey, Harry," Avi said.

"Hi, Avi. May I ask you something?" he asked. Avi nodded "Will you please go to the dance with me?"

Avi frowned. "I'm sorry, Harry. Draco already asked me. But Cho's available wink wink nudge nudge I'll see you there maybe? If Draco and your date won't be frightfully mad, I may get to dance with you once in the last 4 hours." Harry knew Draco would ask her.

"What are you going to be doing for the beginning of the dance?" he asked out of curiosity. She smiled.

"You'll see," she replied with one of many, many, many, many (I could go on forever) smirks to come in the future. "Bye."

At last it was here. The dance was just three hours away and everyone was in a hurry to get ready. Pansy finally asked Crabbe to the dance (ha ha she got stuck with a moron) since there was nobody left. Even Goyle was taken. Tyler asked Adrian to the dance, and all was right with the world.

The only problem was, nobody knew why Avi wasn't going to be there for the beginning of the dance. Almost every person in the school knew that she would miss the beginning, but only two people knew why. Avi told everyone that no one could know. It was all going to be a surprise. Only Professor McGonagall and Avi knew why and they would not tell a soul, since Avi had wanted it to be that way.

Ron asked a Hufflepuff girl named Lily and Hermione, unsurprisingly, asked another Gryffindor named Justin. She had liked him since Krum was too old for her. Harry asked Cho Chang since Avi was with Draco. Of course Harry didn't tell Cho that.

"I'm so happy!" Avi exclaimed. She was sitting with Tyler and humming. Tyler and her both slipped on jeans and hoodies while all the other girls looked at them like they were freaks. Pants? To a formal dance? They are weird beyond reason. Can't they see that every other girl is wearing a dress or skirt? At least Tyler is wearing a nice shirt, Pansy thought. She still hadn't had a plan to kill Avi yet. It would be a lot harder than she thought.

"Later, Ty," Avi said as Adrian called up the stairs to take Tyler to the dance. Adrian planned in his head, Good thing she's ready. I wanted to walk around before the dance starts. She's cool, unlike these other prissy girls like Pansy.

"Later," –she turned to Adrian- "Let's go." Tyler and Adrian left through the portrait hole and started walking in the direction toward the Great Hall. As every girl eventually left with every guy, Draco and Avi were the only ones left.

"Hey," Draco greeted her as he walked into the girl's dormitory.

"Hey," replied Avi.

"Do you want me to meet you there or do I wait?" Draco asked her.

"Oh, just go and I'll meet you there." she smiled.

"Ok. I'll see you later," Draco said as he left through the portrait hole.

Avi hurried to the Great Hall and almost ran over McGonagall. "I'm ready. Can I go first?" she blurted out. There were two other girls there.

"All right by me. My date's here and I'm dying to dance with him," one of them said. "Just let everyone know when your last song is and don't make it a slow song. Otherwise he'd be mad that I wasn't there to dance with him."

"Ok by me, too." the other girl agreed.

"Welcome to the first dance that we will be having this year," Avi heard Dumbledore announce. "Let's start with the first of our three guests who has volunteered to entertain us.

Harry, Cho, and every other person in the Great Hall heard a strong, soft voice getting stronger and louder each second it played. The sweet voice sounded like it was starting a song.

"Forfeit the game before

Somebody else takes you out of the frame,

Put your name to shame.

Cover up your face

You can't run the race

The pace is to fast

You just won't last."

Since the lights were down and the mystery person- that looked like a girl- had a hood covering her face, no one knew who she was. When the voice stopped, she took off her hood and there was a series of gasps throughout the Hall. Everyone was thinking different things at once. All confused, they waited in silence.

"Surprise!" she said smiling. "Let's do this the right way." she smirked and a fast song started to play with Avi sing along with the tune beautifully.

"You love the way I look at you while taking pleasure in the awful things you put me through. You take away if I give in. My life, my pride is broken." she sang with the rock song. Some people weren't used to this music but soon, everyone liked it.

"You'd like to think you're never wrong. You have to act like you're someone. You want someone to hurt like you. You only share what you've been through. You live what you've done."

Avi sang a whole bunch of fast songs and then she said," Ok I'm gonna take it down a bit with this next song. Its called 'Emotions'. I've felt this way before."

Avi started to sing in a low tone and sang of loss and gain of love, making everyone realize whether they made the right decision or not if they let someone go.

As she sang, a tear ran down Avi's cheek. She quickly wiped it away, but soon more and more hot tears started coming. That jerk that let her go made a big mistake, Draco thought. I won't be that stupid, but I hope no one does that to me anytime soon. The song ended in applause and Avi decided to sing another slow song.

"This song, one of the last songs I will be singing tonight, is about finding love instead of losing it. Nice turn, isn't it?

"Remember the first day when I saw your face?" Avi started. "Remember the first day when you smiled at me?" Avi's voice rang with love and happiness. It was like she never had that mystery jerk for a boyfriend.

"I know that he loves me 'cause he told me so.

I know that he loves me 'cause his feeling show.

When he stares at me, you see he cares for me,

You see how he is so deep in love.

I know that he loves me 'cause it's obvious.

I know that he loves me 'cause it's me he trusts.

He's missin' me if he's not kissin' me and

When he looks at me, his brown eyes tell me so."

Her last song was called 'Why Can't I?' and as you can guess, it is about trying to tell someone that you really like them, but can't because you're afraid and there are too many obstacles to face.

"Why can't I breathe, whenever I think about you? Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you? It's inevitable. It's a fact that we're gonna get down to it so tell me. Why can't I breath whenever I think about you?" She sang, eyeing Draco. (Damn you, you sexy, six pack, sweet, nice, hot god you!)

Should I have told him about me singing up here tonight? Nah. I really like him. This song is kind of how I feel about him. I would like Harry so much more if I knew him better. Oh, looks like he's taken. Avi kept on thinking as she sang her heart out.

"Ok, I'm off. I'll sing at the next dance if you want, though," The Hall was filled with cheers when she said this. (By the way, her necklace was faintly glowing the whole time)

When Avi went off to Draco, she took him by his collar and they danced every dance, including the slow ones.

Halfway through a slow song, Draco kissed Avi on the cheek and told her, "I won't hurt you like he did." Avi pulled Draco closer to her until they were dancing cheek to cheek. (Shut up, I know it's mushy)

"Thank you," Avi whispered as she felt the warmth of his jacket press hard against her. I hope he doesn't hurt me like Eric did. I'm going to tell him I like him tomorrow. Why not? Avi asked herself.

The next day at breakfast, Avi asked Draco if she could talk to him outside. "Draco, do you like me as more than a friend or just a friend. I have to know."

"More." She smiled and hugged him. "How about you? Do you think I'm just a greasy-haired boy who doesn't care about anyone else or what?'

"Of those choices, I have to choose what. I like you, but I think you're ex is trying to kill me. Look," Avi pointed behind her to the hall entrance. Draco looked and he saw Pansy duck back into the Hall, bumping into Snape, the Potions teacher, and causing a scene. Avi and Draco couldn't help but laugh.

Avi kissed Draco on his cheek in mere hug and they went back into the Great Hall to finish breakfast.