Chapter Twelve

I Know How to Play Games Like That

Cailee, Hermione, and Ginny got ready for the party in Cailee and Hermione's dorm. Parvarti and Lavender had gone to the showers shortly after Cailee and Hermione and Ginny returned from them, and they hadn't come back yet.

"Don't you think its kind of odd that we can't wear costumes to this Halloween party?" Cailee asked, brushing her hair.

"No, not really. I mean, when were we going to get our costumes anyways? There's not a Hogsmeade trip until the end of November, a month from now," Ginny said. "And were not allowed off Hogwarts grounds."

"Oh, I guess that's true then," Cailee said. "Hmm, Hermione, we needsomething in here to get ready at," Cailee said, noticing there was only one mirror, on their wardrobe.

"Okay," she said, and she transfigured their two night stands, and Ambers' into three vanities.

"You're so good, Hermione, with Transfiguration," Ginny squealed, sitting down at one.

Cailee sat down at the one by her bed. She did her make-up, adding extra sparkles to her eyes and cheeks, since she felt this was going to be a partying night. She wasn't quite sure how to wear her hair, so she decided to get dressed first, and then decide.

"Ginny, what are you wearing tonight?" Cailee asked, as she still had no idea what she wanted to wear. Ginny pointed to Hermione's bed, where her clothes were laid out. She had picked a red halter top anda black skirt.

"Are you sure Ron won't go berserk if he sees his little sister in this?" Cailee asked, giggling.

"He'll get over himself," she said laughing too.

"Hey, Hermione—" Cailee started, but she turned around to see Hermione in her party outfit. She hadn't even noticed Hermione change. She was wearing a white beaterthat had sparkles all over it. She then choose some hip-hugging black Capri's, with cute high heels. Cailee had never seen anyone look so good in Capri's and high heels. Not to mention the high heels made Hermione appear slimmer and taller.

"Wow! Okay, the outfit is perfect, but YOU absolutely have to let us do something to your hair," Ginny said, tugging Hermione over to her vanity and sitting her down.

Cailee and Ginny laughed with Hermione as they made some alternate changes to her hair. Twenty minutes later they were done. Hermione now had sleek, shiny hair, that was done up in a messy bun. Cailee had added a few pink and blue stone clips through her hair, and added a little bit of sparkles. Ginny continued to do Hermione's make up, while Cailee changed.

"Does this look all right?" She asked, after debating with herself for ten minutes about what to wear.

"It's so cute!" Hermione and Ginny said together. Cailee had picked out a pink shoulder-less top that had a small blue flower to the left on her chest, and glitter swirls all around it. She paired that with a white mini-skirt and some rhinestone studded flip flops.

Cailee decided to loosely curl her hair into beach-y waves (think Mary Kate and Ashley), then pull two small pieces of hair from each side and use one of the same stone clips as Hermione had to hold them together. Ginny's hair looked way cute, too. She had it parted down the center, and in the middle of the part on each side she had taken a bit of hair and braided it about 2 inches down. Then just behind the piece she had started braiding, she grabbed some more hair and started braiding it. Then when that one was about 2 inches down, she braided the two pieces together. It looked good because her hair was sleek and smooth and framed her face.

"Ready, girls?" Ginny asked, linking arms through Cailee and Hermione and walking downstairs.

Harry, Ron, Seamus, and Dean were all waiting for them. Harry looked only at Hermione, as though he couldn't believe the bushiness was gone. Dean was staring at Ginny, with his mouth a little open. He started to whistle but then Ron shoved him in the side so hard that he stumbled sideways. Seamus was looking at Cailee longingly, his eyes wide. Cailee was aware that everyone still in the Common Room, Parvarti and Lavender included, had stopped to stare at their entrance. Cailee thought up in her head, Harry and Hermione, Dean and Ginny, me and Seamus, Ron and ? She wasn't sure. And Cailee did like Seamus more than she liked Ron, Ron was her best friend, and she didn't want to lead him on. Plus, their friendship was above that. Ron and who? She thought again. She knew Amber, from their dorm, had a slight crush on Ron, but as far as she knew, they had never talked. And anyways, this wasn't a party they were supposed to have dates to anyways, so she let it drop. But she felt instantly guilty when Seamus walked over to her and laced his fingers through hers as they walked out of the portrait

It was silent in the corridor outside the Link Room, other than the people chatting. She wondered why she couldn't hear music. Dean and Ginny opened the door first, and music blasted into their ears. Clever, she thought, a Silencing Charm.

It was dim inside. There were jack-o-lanterns and candles and bats floating along the ceiling. There were bowls of candy at the tables. There had always been a refreshment counter along one wall, and now that was turned into a buffet. The center of the room was the most lit, as it was the dancing floor. In corners around the room were tables for people to sit at, and some of the couches had been left behind. There were fake cobwebs in the corner, and skeletons, and a few ghosts popped in and out, looking thoroughly displeased. Cailee guessed that Dumbledore had them going through every now and then to check up on them.

"The house elves did a good job decorating!"Seamus yelled, walking towards one of the tables. Ginny left Dean to go sit with some of her friends for a little while. The other six sat around the table giggling and laughing. Cailee noticed Pansy Parkinson trying to get some 7th year to freak dance with her. She kept going down low, but the boy just stared at her like she was disgusting and walked off. Cailee looked around for Draco, but didn't see him. They had made up during Potions one class, and were back to being friends.

"Come on Cailee," Seamus said, reaching for her hand and pulling her onto the dance floor, right into the middle of it. Just then a fast song came on, and Seamus started grinding. Cailee smiled.

"Seamus! You're full of surprises!" She said, laughing, going down low, and back up a few times.

"You too!" he said.

"And you know what's weird? I've never freaked danced before!"

They kept going like that for a while until a slow song came on, and Seamus pulled her close to him.

He smells so good! She thought. OH MY GOSH! What are you doing? Are you leading him on, just like Parvati said? Of course not! Yes, you are. You like him, because he's convenient and he's around. But as soon as Mafloy shows up, your going to be with him and leave Seamus all alone.

Cailee pushed all those thoughts out of her mind, and just cuddled closer to Seamus.

"Come on Ginny!" Cailee said, giggling. "It's so much fun, and you look like you know how to dance!" she said, pleading to get her onto the dance floor. Dean had already agreed to go, and was standing in front of her, waiting.

"Fine," she said, stifling a laugh. "Ron's gonna get mad though."

"He'll get over himself," Cailee said, and gave Ginny a look.

"Whoa! She can move," Seamus said, stopping grinding with Cailee to look at Ginny.

"Wow! Yeah, she can!" Cailee said, watching Ginny. It looked like she had been dancing like that for years. Dean had his hands on her hips, and she was leaning back against him and grinding, and sometimes running her hands through her hair, other times placing them on Dean's butt. Cailee looked over at Ron, but he was doing the same thing with some Ravenclaw she had never talked to.

Cailee turned around facing Seamus, and put her leg between his, and he did the same. Cailee had never had so much fun before. She briefly thought of what her father would say, but Cailee pushed that out of her mind, reminding herself that she was just having fun.

"Excuse me," Malfoy said, tapping Seamus on the shoulder, "but can I cut in?" Seamus looked at Cailee, who nodded, and Malfoy pulled her close to him during the next slow song. He was so strong, the way his hands rested on her hips and held her tightly. She rested her head against his shoulder and tickled the back of his neck with her fingers.

"So, you and Seamus?" he asked softly, his words whispering into her ears.

She pulled away and looked up at him. "What do you mean?" she asked

"I was just wondering," he said, pulling her back, "if there's something going on between you two?"

"If there was, I wouldn't be with you now, would I?" she asked him.

"I guess not, but I'm glad you're here," he said, and kissed her ear gently.

"Me too," she whispered back.

Cailee really got into the fast songs after that. Malfoy was a ladies man, and he knew how to dance dirty, and Cailee wanted to impress him. So she pulled some of the same moves as Ginny, resting her hands on his butt, and letting him hold her hips, and stuff like that. But after a while, she got a drink, and then started dancing with other guys. She met a really nice guy, Brian, from Ravenclaw who had a body to rival Malfoy's. She danced a little more with Seamus, some with Dean, and with a lot of the 7th year Gryffindor guys. Brian came back to her, and they probably spent twenty minutes on the dance floor together, before Ron cut in for a while.

Pretty soon it was ten o'clock, and the 5th years had left for curfew, leaving most of the sixth years. More than half of the seventh years had left to study for their mid-term the next week. Cailee was surprised, but excited to find out that not long afterwards it was only sixth years.

Hermione went to the bathroom, and when she came back out, she looked panicked.

"Herm, what's wrong?" Harry asked her as she sat down.

"Cailee, there are some Hufflepuffs in the bathroom." She said.

"Yeah, so? They're allowed in there," Ron said.

"Cailee, they're talking about you."

"What? What are they saying?" Cailee asked.

"That you. . .um, well, to put it lightly, that you're a tramp and tonight alone you slept with Dean, Seamus and Brian."

"WHAT?" she jumped up, looking around at Parvarti.

"Cailee, now listen. I don't want you to freak out, but I think everyone, most of the houses, all ready know."

"How?" she asked.

"Because, the Hufflepuffs are always last to know, always," she said.

Cailee got up, a glint in her eye, and strode into the bathroom. Hermione was right. There were quit a few girls in their from Hufflepuff, but also Ravenclaw, and Pansy Parkinson. Cailee groaned and left again.

She saw, not long afterwards, Pansy go pull Malfoy into a corner and start whispering to him. Then he looked up and looked at Cailee, then turned away and smiled. Cailee tried not to let this put a damper on her evening, they'd only been here two hours, and Dumbledore hadn't put a curfew on the party, much to some of the teachers disapproval.

After a while, it seemed to blow over, so she started dancing again with a few of the guy friends she had made. She was horrified, then, when Ron stumbled up to her with a look like he'd been Petrified.

"What now?" she asked, afraid of what everyone was saying about her.

"Malfoy. . . he, I. I heard him, talking to Crabbe and Goyle and his Quidditch captain. He said, since. . .since you had been with a few of the guys tonight, he was going to try and nail you too."

Cailee was panic stricken! One, how could Malfoy believe such a hideous lie that Parvarti and her friends had made up, and two, she thought she trusted him more than that, thought she believed him to be her friend, not her boyfriend.

Fine, if he was going to mess with her, she was going to mess with him.

Most of the people had sat down now, and weren't dancing, they were probably getting tired. It had been a little more than three hours now, and Cailee was wearing herself out.

Pansy stood in the center of the room.

"Everyone! Hey, listen to me! Since most of you aren't dancing, why don't we play a game?"

"Like what?" someone called out.

"Like Truth-or-Dare," she said back, and people started to snicker.

"Anyone who wants to, come over here."

Cailee, after living with Jacob all her life, was up for it. She wanted to have fun, she deserved a break, and never mind what everyone was saying. She remembered something she heard Mark say to her once, "Do what you want to and act how you want to,because the people that mind it don't matter, and the people that matter don't mind it." And that's what she was going to do. Seamus and Ron went with her, and Harry and Hermione stayed on a couch talking, with some other people who didn't want to play either.

The game started out rather slow: "Seamus, is it true you slept with Cailee tonight? NO!" "Brian, do you really have a fear of spiders? Yes." "Kelsey, who do you like? James Perkins," stuff like that. Then it heated up to," Pansy, I dare you to freak dance with Malfoy." "Kyle, I dare you to go streaking through here." "Mandy, I dare you to give Derek a hickey." Finally, the Slytherin Quidditch Captain, Derek Bole turned to Malfoy and said, "I dare you to make out with Cailee. Take as much time as you need, we'll keep the game going," he said, and when Malfoy walked by him, he smiled wickedly.

Malfoy lead her to the cloak closet by the bathrooms. He opened the door, and followed her in. Cailee, not the one to usually walk into a dark trap like this, lit her wand. She could see Malfoy looking at her, looking a little put out that she had brought on some light, but not about to say anything.

"Cailee, you look so hot tonight," he said, placing his hands on her hips and pulling her close.

"You too, Malfoy. You're wearing your hair like I like it," she said smiling. He smiled too before placing his mouth over hers. She put her arms up and around his neck, and he placed his arm on her waist and leaned her backwards for a little bit, before straightening her back up. He put his hands on her butt, and then moved them back up to her waist, and tried to slip one inside her skirt. She moved her hands and placed his back on her hips, and said "Malfoy, don't," without entirely breaking the kissing. He held his hands there for a while, and then he moved them up her front, slowly, tickling her stomach. Then he slipped one inside her top, but didn't touch anything. She pulled his hands away again, and said, "No, Malfoy, I'm not like that." He kept them resting on her upper back, and put them on her waist. All at once he leaned her backwards again, and reached for her zipper. Cailee was ready for this. Right when he reached, she pulled her knee up into his groin, hard. He fell over, curled in the fetal position, whimpering.

She leaned close to him and whispered, "No, Malfoy, I'm not like that, I'm not a tramp. No, I haven't slept with any guys tonight, and no, I'm not that easy to nail," she said, repeating the last words with sarcasm and stepping out of the room.

Author's Notes: I'm not sure what the Slytherin Quidditch captains name is, I thought it was Derek Bole, but I'm not sure. Also I'm having this issue with the name of the T-shirts that Cailee and Hermione wear. Are they called "Wife beaters" or "White beaters?" I don't know so I go with white, because it sounds nicer. Thank you Desiree for the review, keep them coming! I only update after you review! so REVIEW, everyone!