A/N: Well, here we go again! This is a happy chapter! I've only got two weeks before school starts and I'm trying to fit in as much of the Internet as I can get! Anyone knows how it feels? I feel compelled to point out that there are good people in this chapter, I just know this much, that when you are at a dance, you go crazy, therefore, modesty and the realization that people you know are watching no longer matters! Isn't this fun? I had a bunch of fun with this chapter! Tell me if you liked it too! Thank you everybody for the reviews and the favorites lists! I hope you like this chapter! This chapter dedicated to: Andre!
Reviews:
sloanandmoist: Thanks for reviewing! I liked the rooster too; in fact the idea came to playing a rather useless game where you throw chicken at each other. It was funny though! Have fun with this chapter!
phantominhell: I'm glad that you liked Asha, I thought to have Snape so surly, and he had to have a really annoying mom! Again, you and Varcolaci keep reading my mind! Stop it, I'm trying to keep things under wraps, so people don't know that we great minds think alike...Haha, best of luck at school too!
Varcolaci: I'll try to add Malfoy! Hmm, there was a lot of love in that review… Anymore and I think I'd have to just put your name in a dedication in the summary! Hope you like this one too!
Secret Day: Do not worry, this shall go on! Thanks for writing a review! Hope you like this one too!
Obi-wan's lover: First, Snape has always had a heart. We just need to open him up a bit! That's why I wrote this story! Second, thank you so much! Of course, I am my own worst critic, so I don't believe I wrote this well. Third, I was about to make Hermione actually throw the plate, but then I thought of the consequences, so I put "almost"…heeheehee! Fourth, this is evidence that I updated soon! I love you too!
Abs o' Steel: Do I know you? Because I have yet to receive an older review from you, or maybe my mind isn't so good. Can you help me out please? Fast paced for good measure, so that way you keep interested. I get bored easily. Is the bottle okay? I hope it didn't have too much damage! I seem to be getting a lot of Sirius lovers commenting here! I love Sirius!
siriusluv: I'll try to remember! Thanks!
Becky: Yes, I was obedient and wrote the chapter. You keep nagging me and it's getting annoying, but it does help! June 13 was from you, remember? When I said you and Daragh were going to have a fake wedding and both of you freaked out? That was good! Asha, my dear Becky, is a character that I wanted to put in there. So I thought of the worst possible thing that could be a mother, and I came out with an annoying, protective, pan-handling mother! Hope you like this one too!
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Hermione was with Ginny, in Hogsmeade the day before the ball, being dragged through shops. Finally, Ginny stopped to catch her breath and Hermione spotted a small shop, in the corner of an alley. She walked over to it, Ginny following closely, and entered the shop. A woman came to them, a strawberry blonde extremely thin person, and said, "Welcome to Madame Jolie's Shop. Can I help you?"
"Yes, we are looking for Muggle formal dresses. Can you help us?"
"Of course, I think we are having a sale today on those,"
"Thank you," Ginny said, as they were directed the northeast corner of the shop. Then, a dazzling light came through a window as it opened. Both girls gasped as they saw dazzling dresses. There were ball gowns, dresses from a medieval age, and dresses from this period of time! They gaped as the woman took off three dresses, all of them modern and flashy, and handed them to Ginny. "Try these on, sweetheart, Harry will be surprised,"
Ginny looked suspiciously at the woman who smiled and then showed her to a changing booth. Then she picked two dresses from the ball gown rack and handed them to Hermione. One was shimmering red with silver threads entwined, the other a silvery Slytherin green. "Either will make Severus happy, but the red and silver would have the ring to match,"
Hermione went and changed, and they both walked out. Ginny looked at Hermione and vice-versa. "Whoa," they both said simultaneously. Ginny was stunning in a golden dress. There was a layer of golden silk underneath an upper layer of shimmering see-through material. There was a cut in the side, showing some leg, while the rest flowed to the floor from her waist. The dress was strapless too, so Ginny looked stunning. Her red hair made her look like the sun, and then, the woman came and handed her gold strap shoes.
Hermione was in the red, silvery dress, which was the same as Ginny's material wise. However, hers had a skirt which flowed out, making her feel like a princess. The ring flashed in the light, and it made her look in a mirror. She gasped at what she saw. The dress was a spaghetti-strap, and it was low cut. From the waist down, the gown was exactly perfect, as though when it barely touched the floor, it was made for her.
The woman handed her red shoes, and then left them alone. "Hermione, you're going to knock Snape's socks off and maybe his tux too," Ginny said staring and smiling slyly.
"What do you think Harry's going to do when he sees you?" Hermione said back, going into the room to change. "I've found mine, Ginny. You?"
"Yup, looks like we've found them, Hermione,"
They paid for the dresses and shoes and walked out into the snow. Then, they both saw something they never imagined seeing. The entire Hogwarts staff was throwing charmed snowballs at a regiment of students, who were throwing charmed snowballs too. The students were wearing their colors, so there was black, yellow, green, silver, blue, red and gold everywhere. The staff, however, was wearing gray sweaters, all of them with the Hogwarts emblem on the front, and on the back, the saying in large pink letters, "So what if we're teachers?"
Hermione and Ginny giggled and dropped their packages on the snow where everybody else's was. They pulled out their wands and went to the front of the regiment. "Students, ATTACK!" they heard Harry, Ron, and Neville scream. Then, the students raced towards the teachers, who had just sounded their own battle call.
At that point, the street was a mess. There were shouts and grins everywhere and Harry was covered in snow. Hermione was untouched until someone hit her in the back. "Gotcha!" Ron said. "Ron, get back here!" Hermione screamed while laughing, and raced after him, throwing charmed snowballs so fast, that Ron was soon covered. Then, Hermione was pelted by Harry, Ron and Ginny. "Hey, be nice! I'm pregnant, remember?" she yelled, dodging snowballs. Then Snape joined in and helped the three. "Hey, you should be protecting me, remember?" she said, laughing. Then Snape walked over to her, while the three raced off. Snape looked at her and said softly, "And how, Miss Granger, am I supposed to protect you?"
"Like this!" she said, throwing a snowball in his face. Her shook his face off, and glared at her. She grinned and raced off. He then caught her, and they both fell to the ground. Snape was on top of her, and she was staring up at his face. Then, he pulled her closer until their lips locked.
They were interrupted in their snog fest when Ginny threw a snowball at them. Hermione giggled and got up quickly, Snape right behind her, and Harry was protecting Ginny soon enough. Then the teachers joined in, each taking sides, students too. There was a war going on for another hour until everybody freezed.
"That's quite enough, children. It's time to go back to the castle. I promise this will happen again," Dumbledore said, making all the students groan and mumble. The adults were still grinning, and then Snape watched as Hermione laughed with her friends. They walked off, leaving Snape watch her sadly. "You love her, don't you, Severus?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes, I do," Snape said, before racing off to supervise as the students walked back to the castle. Dumbledore smiled and let him go; knowing tomorrow night would be a good surprise indeed.
"Hurry up, Ginny and Hermione! We'll be late!" Ron yelled, holding Lavender close to him as he gazed upstairs. Harry was pacing, and looking up at the stairs every once in a while. "Calm down, mate, they'll be down here soon,"
"Sorry, you guys, Ginny wanted to do my hair before we went down," Hermione said, making both Ron and Harry drop their mouths open. Her hair was in curls and in a high ponytail, and her makeup was beautiful. "Wow, Herm, Snape is going to die," Harry said.
Then Ginny came down. Harry couldn't breathe. He had to sit down. Hermione smiled at the way they greeted each other and then Ron pulled her out of the room. "Let's leave the two lovebirds to snog. We can be on time, or else Snape will have us for dinner,"
Hermione smiled as Lavender took Ron's arm and they stopped in the middle of the stairway. She just left them alone, getting in the Great Hall quickly. She was met by a large empty space and round tables in a corner, accompanied by a buffet table. There was a DJ, and he looked a little creeped out, but was getting music all the same. Then, someone put their hands over her eyes, and said in silky, soft voice, "Hi, sweetheart,"
"Severus, you scared me for a second," she said, turning around in his arms. "Look up, Hermione," She looked up and there was mistletoe above them. She tried to move but she couldn't. She then saw Sirius Black stuck in one with Trelawney, and he looked fairly disgusted. There were a dozen of the mistletoe floating around, catching couples. She noticed they headed for a guy and girl close together, and many people were looking happy.
"Who thought this one up?"
"Flitwick, he thought it would be a good idea,"
"Sirius doesn't seem to think so,"
"Trust me; I wouldn't be either if it wasn't you,"
She looked up at him and he took her in his arms. "I love you, Hermione," he said, before closing the space. When they parted for air, she said, "I love you too,"
"Hermione, let's go, the first dance is going to start!" Ginny said, beckoning her towards Lavender, Parvati and Luna. She looked at Snape, who smiled and nodded sadly. "I'll be back soon, Severus, I promise," she said, before leaving.
The DJ started to talk, "Okay, everybody! Welcome to the Midnight Ball! Ready to start dancing? Let's start with some moving dances!" then a song came on, and the girls shouted the lyrics with the song, as so many others did. They danced and shouted, making Snape smile.
In my imagination
There is no complication
I dream about you all the time
In my mind, there's celebration
The sweetest of sensations
Thinking you could be mine
In my imagination
There is no hesitation
We walk together hand in hand
I'm dreaming
You fell in love with me
Like I'm love with you,
The dreaming all I do
If only they'd come true,
I should be so lucky
Lucky, lucky, lucky
I should be so lucky in love
Repeat
It's a crazy situation
You always keep my waiting
Because it's only make-believe
And I would come a' running,
To give all my loving my loving
If one day you would notice me
My heart is close to breaking
And I can't go on faking
The fantasy that you'll be mine
I'm dreaming,
That you're in love with me
Like I'm in love with you,
The dreaming all I do
If only they'd come true
I should be so lucky,
Lucky, lucky, lucky
I should be so lucky in love
Repeat
Repeat
I should be so lucky, so lucky, Ah, ah, ah
I should be so lucky, so lucky, so lucky, ah, ah, ah
In my imagination
There is no hesitation
We walk together hand-in-hand
I'm dreaming
That you're in love with me
Like I'm I love with you
The dreaming all I do
If only they'd come true
I should be so lucky
Lucky, lucky, lucky
I should be so lucky in love
Repeat
Repeat
Repeat
The song ended and the girls clapped hard. Then another came on:
Mmm
Yeah
I can read your mind
And I know your story
I see what you're going through, yeah
It's enough to feel inclined
And I'm feeling sorry
But I know it will come to you yeah
Don't surrender
'Cause you can win
In his game called love
When you want it the most,
There's no easy way out
When you're to go
And your hearts left in doubt,
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that the way it is
When you question me for a simple answer
I don't know what to say, oh
But it's plain to see
If we stick together
You're going to find a way
So don't surrender,
'Cause you can win,
In the game called love
When you want it the most
There's no easy way out
When you're ready to go
And you're hearts left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith,
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is
That's the way it is
When life is empty with no tomorrow
And no leader starts to call
Baby don't worry
Forget your sorrows
'Cause love's going to conquer it all
Oh
When you want it the most,
There's no easy way out
When you're to go
And your hearts left in doubt,
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that the way it is, oh
When you want it the most,
There's no easy way out
When you're to go
And your hearts left in doubt,
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that the way it is
That's the way it is
That the way it is
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is
Hermione then sat down, letting Snape get her a glass of punch. The DJ took a break and then came back after talking to Dumbledore. "Okay, all. Let's get this going again. Your Headmaster wants ya'll to have a teacher/student dance. This song is also dedicated specially to Andre, from his date tonight," Snape smiled and took her hand. They spun on the dance floor to the music, as Lupin danced with Lavender, McGonagall with Harry, and Trelawney with Draco, and more unlikely couples:
Every night in my dreams
I see you I feel you
That is how I now you go on
Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on
Near far
Wherever you are
I believe that the heart the heart goes on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go till we're gone
Love when I loved you
One true time
I hold to
In my life we'll always go on
Near far
Wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
and my heart will go on and on
Mmmm
You're here
There's nothing I fear
And I know that my heart will go on
We'll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart and
My heart will go on and on
Mmmm
"That's all, folks, its midnight! (A/N: I know it was only three songs, but I don't want to type anymore.) Happy new year!" the DJ called out.
Snape took her and led her down to the dungeons. There he led her into his private apartments. "Severus, what are you doing?"
"I'm going to make sure you understand I love you,"
"But I understand-"
Then he started to take her dress off. She kissed him when he took it off, and then he rubbed her stomach, which was a small bulge in between them. She took his tux off slowly, inflaming him even more. When she took off his black, silk boxers, she brushed her hand against it. His eyes went darker and he then carried her to bed. He took off her undergarments, and made slow, sweet love to her. When they were finished, Hermione looked at him while he was sleeping. He was smiling as he held her close and she smiled back, saying softly, "I love you so much, Severus," before falling asleep too.