Harry had been planning on asking Cho Chang, a Ravenclaw second year, to the dance.
"Well, can I get back to you tomorrow?" he asked.
"Sure," Chamille relied. She was so excited. He hadn't said no!
Later, Harry asked Cho to the dance. She said yes! However, the next day Chammi asked harry if he had made a decision yet.
"I'm really sorry, but Oliver's calling Quidditch practice that afternoon; that way, the older kids can go to their dance at night," Harry lied.
Chammi walked away, crying just a little. She was really mad at Oliver. How dare he make the Gryffindors practice when a dance was going on? Chamille decided not to go to the Halloween ball. She would go and watch the Gryffindors' Quidditch practice.
The day of the Hogwarts Halloween Ball(s) dawned mild, but foggy. The fog had burned off by about 8:30 when Chammi, Hannah, and Susan left the Hufflepuff common room and went down to breakfast. Pancakes with syrup were their first meal of the day.
"So, what are you all doing today?" asked Chammi.
Susan replied, "I'm getting ready around 11:00 and meeting Zacchy-"
"Zacchy!" exclaimed Hannah.
"Yes," Susan replied testily," we're going out now…to continue, I'm meeting Zacchy at 1:30, so then we can go to the dance at 2:00 when it starts," she finished.
" I'm getting ready around 1:00 and meeting Ernie at 2:00," said Hannah (Ernie had asked her to the dance about a week before), "and what takes you so long to get ready, Susan? Even though I'm sure you want to look your best for Zacchy, but that doesn't take 2 ½ hours!"
"You'll find out why," Susan responded secretively.
The trio went out to the lake and talked for awhile. Susan left, but not before Hannah and Chammi made her reveal that she was using Sleekeasy's Hair Potion on her hair to make it straight, and that would take a while. Susan got the idea from Hermione Granger, who had casually mentioned it in conversation two days beforehand. Hermione was going with Ron Weasley, but decided not to use the potion. Eventually, Hannah had to leave as well.
At 2:00, when the 1st-3rd years' Halloween Ball was slated to start, Chamille went to the Quidditch pitch.
Not a soul was in sight…