19
Halloween Mask
Ginny smoothed her shirt and tried to tell herself that it wasn't fidgeting.
Orginally she was going to dress like Hermione, who was done up in a beautiful toga and gold mask. But then Hermione pointed out that while there were many brunettes in Greek Mythology (just look at her as Persephone) and many well built men (Enter Vicktor as Hades) there were no red heads.
GInny tried not to fidget in her costume. She was dressed in a purple and midnight blue Renassance straight out of the LIttle Mermaid. A flower clasp held her hair back from her face. A small purple half mask covered her eyes and the bridge of her nose. She entered the Ball room with as much elegance as she could for being dressed as something striaght from Disney. SHe looked around nervously. Paks was dressed as her namesake from the Elizabeth Moon novels. she wore gold armor with a full mask. Hermione and Vicktor looked cute as they stood by the punch bowl. Liz Follett and Caon Carey were a fighter pilot and an exorcist, respectively. Most of the students did not wear masks and Ginny felt a little out. Reach Patterson, dressed as horseback rider, waved jovialy as Diane Anders (an angel) and Lex Conrad (Long John Silver) discussed the up coming Potion Test.
Brooklyn Jones walked by without recognizing Ginny. GInny frowned. Brooklyn had become increasingly distant since the Soft ball game. At first GInny attributed it to loosing the game. But, though she continued her war with Draco, she seemed to have toned down. Ginny was hoping the blonde had finally figured out that the war was stupid.
Ginny sighed. Even Brooklyn's costume was better than hers. Brooklyn was dressed as the German show girl Sally Bowles, complete with risque langurie.
Ginny moved onto the dance floor with an effortless grace. She had taken three years of ballroom dancing with Percy and they were paying off. Even if she looked completely out of place, she moved like a goddess of the dance floor. A black gloved hand caught hers, pulling her to the chest of its owner.
Ginny looked the short distance into Draco Malfoy's masked grey eyes. He was dressed as The Man In Black from the Princess Bride. Ginny opened her mouth but he shook his head. He led her in a slow waltz.
GInny and Draco slowly danced the next several dances before he led her up to her room. Ginny was in somthing of a trance. she watched him walk to his room before collasping on her bed.
She dreamed of doing the tango with Draco Malfoy.
(A/N: Wow, three chapter with no dialogue. I promise there will be more next chapter. ;) )