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Chapter 13: Preparation
A week had gone by and the Winter Ball was tomorrow. Everyone was excited especially the girls. Afternoon classes for tomorrow would be cancelled to give enough time for the students to prepare and for the Heads and the prefects to prepare everything.
Hermione woke up earlier than she usually did. She decided to go to the Common Room and stare at the fire for a while. She was surprised to see Draco sitting on the couch gazing at the blazing fire.
"Hi Draco! You're up early today."
"Hey! I dunno. I woke up but I couldn't sleep again so I went down here. You're early today too."
"It's only an hour before the time I usually wake up so I went down here too."
"Hey, wanna watch the sunrise?"
"Okay. It's not like I have anything better to do."
They went to Draco's balcony and they watched the sunrise. It looked beautiful. After a while they went back to the common room and they just talked. They took a shower later. Hermione first then Draco.
They went down together and entered the Great Hall. Hermione went to Harry and Ron while Draco went to his Slytherin friends.
"Hey Harry! Hey Ron!"
"Hey Mione!"
"What's our first class today?"
"Double Potions."
"It will be a long day today." Hermione said then the three sighed. They hated Potions especially since it was handled by Snape.
After breakfast, they went to their classroom and waited for Snape to enter. A few moments later, Snape came in with his capes billowing behind him.
Snape instructed them to make a difficult potion by pairs. They could choose who they want their partners to be.
Harry and Ron were partners as usual so Hermione didn't have any. Fortunately, Draco asked her and she gladly accepted. This unusual pairing surprised the rest of the students but their whispers stopped when they realized how difficult this potion was and that it was a big part of their grade.
The rest of the period passed by and so did the rest of the classes.
Hermione had a lot of homework to do since the professors gave them a lot to do. The reason mainly because tomorrow would be half-day.
"Mione, aren't you going to dinner?" Draco asked.
"Nope. In case you forgot, we have a lot of essays and a lot of research work to do. I just don't have time for dinner if I want to finish."
"I understand. I should probably follow you. I'll just tell the house elves to bring us dinner up here."
"Good idea. Thanks Draco."
Draco rang the bell to call a house elf and one appeared right away. Draco told the house elf to bring food and pumpkin juice there and the elf followed.
Hermione and Draxco moved the couch and worked on their assignments on the floor together. They started with all their essays and luckily, they finished it earlier than what they had expected.
They took a break and ate their dinner. After eating, they did their research. They didn't need to go to the library because Hermione had dropped by there earlier and borrowed the books they might need.
They finally finished and they were lying on the floor. Until Hermione remembered they had Head duties. They quickly drank pumpkin juice and they went to McGonagall's office and they were right on time.
"You two will be patrolling the second floor corridors until midnight."
"Yes Professor."
They left and just talked.
"So Hermione, are you excited for tomorrow?"
"Yeah. A little bit. You?"
"Same."
They were walking still talking about different topics and their interests which by the way, they have a lot in common. Hermione looked at her watch and it was already midnight.
She was tired so she directly went to her room and slept. Draco who was equally tired, slept right away too.
Draco woke up and went into the shower. He assumed that Hermione was already done taking a shower. He went back to his room, wore his school uniform and he combed his hair.
He went down to the common room and was surprised that Hermione wasn't there. If she left, it would have been too early. He went up to Hermione's room.
He knocked on the door but she didn't answer. He twisted the knob and he went in. Hermione was still asleep. He went closer to Hermione and once again, he admired her beauty.
He snapped back into reality and he started shaking her while saying, "Hermione, wake up. You're gonna be late."
A few minutes later, she finally woke up.
"Oh my God! What time is it? I'm gonna be late. Thanks for waking me up but I gotta go."
Draco left her but still amazed that 'The Hermione Granger' didn't wake up in time. He was heading towards the Great Hall when Harry and Ron stopped him.
"Where's Hermione?"
"She's taking a shower. She woke up late."
"Seriously."
"I am serious."
"Really?"
"Yeah. It seems impossible right?"
"Tell me about it."
They left and Draco thought he wasn't really hungry so he directly went to the classroom and waited.
Oh my gosh! What happened to me? Why did I wake up late? Thank God Draco woke me up or I'd miss classes, Hermione thought.
She was going to her first class now since there wasn't anymore time for breakfast. She sat down in a empty desk. No one was there yetsince she was early. She looked around and she saw someone in the corner.
"Draco?"
"Yes?"
"What are you doing here so early?"
"I didn't feel like eating breakfast."
"Oh."
They stopped talking and there was an uncomfortable silence but it was broken since the rest of the students started piling up inside.
Classes went by and their free time for the preparation of the ball had come. Hermione went to the Great Hall and met Draco and the rest of the prefects.
Draco and Hermione started bewitching the Great Hall so that it would look like what they had planned. The rest were setting up or preparing the things they were assigned to. After they were done, they still had about two hours to prepare for the ball.
Hermione went to her room and picked her dress. She took a bath and went out. She wore her dress and her high heeled sandals. She wore light make-up, she did her hair and she was ready.
Draco wore his tux and he left his hair hanging around his face. He went down to the Great Hall and took a seat. Seventh years started filling the place and it was clear that the Winter Ball had started.
He looked all over the place for Hermione but he didn't find her. She was actually nowhere in sight. Suddenly, the huge doors opened and a beautiful woman entered.
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