A few weeks later and Draco is finally coming to terms with his love for Hermione. No one is sure why he had developed these feelings and quite honestly, no-one cares, as long as they are there.
Then suddenly, one day Dumbledore (who has been resurrected from the dead for the purposes of this story) announces:
a) A Christmas ball
b) A Yule Ball (that ONLY comes with a triwizard tournament but we will make an exception this year) or
c) Some other gay, stupid, random and pointless event that was put in just so Hermione can get dressed up and look like sex-on-legs
A weekend before the ball (which is now a masquerade), Hermione goes shopping with Pavarti / Lavender / Ginny or all three just for the hell of it. Hermione finds some gorgeous dress and shoes and even little earrings that match perfectly, before she meets up with the boys at the Three Broomsticks for butterbeer (sorry for not putting in any choices here but the beverage is ALWAYS butterbeer).
A week later is the ball and Hermione gets ready with the help of Pavarti / Lavender / Ginny ONCE MORE because she is incapable of putting on a dress by herself. When she steps out of her room, Draco is waiting for her because he just always is. There is no specific reason as to why he is waiting (he could very well be stalking her) but Hermione just smiles / giggles when she sees Draco staring at her (I would actually be a little freaked out by this).
The author then goes into a very detailed account of how Hermione looks from the diamond studded dress to the sapphire studded shoes to the ruby studded earrings and the little diamonds encompassing her head. It is at this point we FINALLY figure out the author is a girl with very little to do with her time.
If the is the author is really enthusiastic, she will continue to rant on about how sexy Draco looks and keeps making reference to his non-gelled hair and his blue-supposed-to-be-grey eyes.
The ball seems to go in a flurry and soon Hermione finds herself in a garden we didn't even know existed, off the side of the Great Hall. If the author gives a description about Draco then odds are they will now describe the garden and how little fairies are frolicking around in tutus with little magic lanterns in hand. Draco then follows here (very stalker-like if you ask me) and sits beside her on some cosy little love bench. Convenient how this objects just pop up – that is truly the magic of Hogwarts.
After staring at the stars for a good while, Draco and Hermione have a heart to heart and we discover that Draco does not really want to be a Death Eater.
insert dodgy cliff hanger here