Chapter Three: The Ball

The next few days seemed to drag on forever, besides getting new dress robes, there wasn't much else to do. The night of the ball finally approached and everyone was in a hurry to get ready. There were very few people in the Slytherin common room, for most of them were in their dormitories getting dressed.

In the boys dormitory, a boy with white-blonde hair, stood at his mirror with his wand in his hand. Draco was wearing a sleek, black, tuxedo-like dress robe and smoothing out all the wrinkles in it until they were perfect. Other Slytherin boys were lounged about, combing there hair and some were actually asleep as if there was not even a ball to take place.

However, there was no sleeping in the girls dormitory, it seemed that practically every girl was fretting over their dress. There was one girl, with short, black hair, standing in front of the largest mirror in the room, holding out her wand. Pansy was wearing a long dress, it was a halter top with straps that crisscrossed on the back. She stood there in her dress, which was a rich green color, staring at it and, wanting more, she used her wand and made silver sparkles appear all over her dress to make the Slytherin colors.

Draco made his way down to the common room to meet Pansy, but she wasn't there yet so he sat down to wait on the couch. Within minutes he felt a breeze brush by him, he turned to look and saw Pansy staring down at him. He immediately stood up. Moved around the couch to her. Held out his arm and she grasped it. They exited the common room and headed down to the Great Hall arm in arm.

When they reached the Great Hall, people were beginning to file in. They blended in with the crowd and found their way immediately to the dance floor. There were tables that lined the walls with colored table cloths that represented each house. Later, as a slow song came on, they found their way back on to the dance floor.

Draco was about to take Pansy's left hand in his right, as he had been taught, but just then Pansy grabbed his hands and placed them both on her waist, then she wrapped her own hands around his neck. She then moved in a bit closer as her body brushed up against his, Draco let a nervous sigh escape him.

Just then, without warning, Pansy moved in as close as she could get to him, stood on her toes and Draco felt an odd sensation. She was licking him from his collar bone up to his ear and then she gently grabbed his ear with her teeth and gave it a playful tug. She came back down on the balls of her feet and stared up at him, smiling innocently while biting her lip waiting for a reaction.

Draco stared down at her, not believing what had just happened, he said, "What was that all about?"

"Just a little preview of what you might come to find if you follow me." She replied with a hushed voice.

"Are you mad?" Draco asked with a twinkle in his eye.

"Maybe, about you." Pansy said with an ambitious smile.

As she started to walk off the dance floor, Draco looked around to be sure no one was watching, then followed her out of the Great Hall, and down to the dungeons where the Slytherin common room lay empty waiting for them, or so they thought.

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A/N: You know what to do, R&R!