Hermione was sitting in the common room pacing. She was mumbling to herself something about,
"Ginny should be here by now! What's keeping her?" Hermione was worried. She was terrible at doing her own makeup and she needed Ginny to do the all those complicated little makeup tricks for parties. Suddenly Hermione heard a knock on the portrait. She crossed the room to open it and was relieved to see Ginny. She ushered Ginny in and practically threw Ginny into her room. Hermione was frantic. Only a half an hour before the ball! Ginny sat calmly unloading her supplies as Hermione put on her costume. Then Ginny began her work. Twenty minutes later Ginny exclaimed,
"Done! Now go look in the mirror and tell me what you think." Hermione stretched her legs on the way to the mirror and then studied Ginny's brand new work of art. Hermione had dark mascara and smoky eye shadow that matched the black fur of her outfit perfectly. Her lips where a light shiny pink, with a pearly shimmer to it that stood out wonderfully on her face. Hermione walked back over to her and hugged her.
"Oh Ginny, thank you so much!" Hermione almost cried but refrained because it might make her mascara run. Ginny suddenly had a concerned look on her face as she said,
"Hermione, you still don't have a date, do you?" Hermione shook her head and Ginny frowned. Ginny opened her mouth to speak but Hermione cut her off,
" I'll go to the dance alone and dance with whoever I please. I don't want to have a ball-and-chain guy around." Ginny giggled and dropped the subject. Hermione and Ginny trailed down the stairs and into the common room. They were chatting animatedly about Harry and some of the other single men of Hogwarts when they heard footsteps on the stairs. Hermione turned and gasped. Draco was wearing silver robes that shone as if he had laced the fabric with the light of the moon. He had long fangs put in his mouth that made it obvious that he had dressed as a vampire. A very hot vampire… Hermione's conscious told her. Hermione pushed the thought away. This was not a good time to be falling for Malfoy. She still didn't have a date though. Hermione was snapped from her thoughts by a smirk on Draco's face. He had realized that she had been staring at him; oh no thought Hermione, as she blushed and turned away. She hurried towards the door with Ginny throwing her quizzical looks as if to ask why she hadn't waited for Malfoy. Ginny knew he wasn't a git any more but she obviously thought there was something going on between her and Draco. Hermione glared at her hoping that all suspicions would die but Ginny just raised her eyebrows and continued walking. Hermione glared at her retreating back and hurried to catch up with her.
(WOOHOO! Cliffy! Very short but my mum kicked me off the computer )