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AN: Guess WHAT???? The guy that I asked said YES!!!! Yay!!! Yeah, we're doubling cuz his best friend is going with my best friend. All four of us are going out to eat afterwards and we're gonna ask for a booster seat for me! (Long story. You see. I'm about 4' 10". Very short for my age. Another friend told me he'd give me 15 bucks if I asked for a booster seat when we went out to eat. ^_^) Anywho, thank you to those you wished me luck and asked about him. ^_^ Oh, and thanks to those who congratulated me on my part. ^_^



It was Thursday afternoon and the 5th years were in the Gym, waiting for Professor Weasley.

"Didn't she say she had a surprise for us today? I wonder what it is." Hermione said, impatiently watching the door.

"Yeah, she said she had a surprise, but if I know Shay, that look on her face when she said it meant that it wasn't good for us," Ron said, thinking of his cousin and her evil tendencies.

Harry and Hermione just shrugged, thinking Ron was over-reacting.

Hermione was about to make a comment about tardy teachers when the door swung open and revealed Professor Weasley. Or, who kind of looked like Professor Weasley. Instead of the usual Hogwarts robes, she was wearing jeans and a denim shirt with fringes. She had a red bandana tied around her throat and was lugging a huge Muggle jam box with her.

As soon as she entered the room, she had everyone staring at her. She half carried, half dragged the jam box to the center of the room and set it down.

She turned to the class and apologized, "Sorry I'm late. I had to lug this up the stairs." (AN: OK, I know that she could have used a lightening charm, but this is just the way it is)

The students didn't really care if she was late or not, at that moment. All they cared about was what she was wearing and why she was wearing it.

She finally noticed what they were staring at and grinned her Weasley grin. She spun around, modeling.

"Isn't it cute? I ran into Professor Snape down there and gave him quite a fright, but it's perfect for what we're doing today!"

That was probably about the time that everyone started getting nervous. If Professor Weasley noticed their hesitation, she said nothing about it. "

"We," she began, "are going to have a good ol' Western square dance!"

Most of them just looked very confused, but some of the Muggle who had heard about square dances from American relatives groaned.

Professor Weasley laughed. "I LOVE making you miserable!" If she had taken a longer look at her class, she would have noticed that only two or three people, the Muggles that had American relatives, were miserable (Hermione included). The rest just looked VERY confused.

"Now, before you go start looking around for a partner, I might as well tell you, I'LL be putting you in pairs."

This got everyone's attention and they were clearly NOT very happy about it. After having her for both DADA and PE for a few days, they all knew that she really DID love making them miserable. They also knew that she would put them in the most impossible pairs.

"OK, but before I put you into pairs." She waved her wand. When they all looked down, they most embarrassedly found that they were all in outfits exactly like hers.

"Oh. My. God." the fashion freaks, like Lavender and Pavarti said, screwing their faces up like they were looking at the most gross piece of clothing in the universe. Professor Weasley laughed like a child at their reaction.

"Right-eo. I'll get you in pairs now!" She looked up at them with a twinkle in her eye.

Walking toward her cousin and his two friends she said, for the first square. I'd like to have Ron." She showed him where to stand. "and Millicent together."

Ron looked up at his cousin, something quite close to hate in his eyes. She laughed. "I know you love me, Ronniekins."

She turned back to Harry and Hermione. "Harry, you stand here. Hannah will be your partner." She showed Hannah where to stand, then turned to Hermione.

"OK, Miss Granger. You stand right here and." She scanned the rest of the class and she grinned that same old grin. "Draco, you'll be her partner."

It seemed that the whole class was staring at her in a 'You wouldn't!' way. "What?" she defended herself, not daring to look at Ron, lest she burst out laughing. "I said that I'd pick your partners! I wasn't about to actually let you be with someone you're attracted to!" Shaylee went back to torturing her students, humming some old Muggle love song as she moved along the teenagers.

'Heh. If she only knew how wrong she was.' Draco thought as Pansy and Neville were added to their square. 'Waiiiit. What the Hell did I just think? Gosh, she might look alright in a bathing suit, Malfoy, but Mudblood is what she is, and you're what you are. That's just plain PSYCHOTIC for you to even have a fleeting thought of it! But then. there IS that thing for father. this could be a very productive class if I start to follow his orders. It's like everything is being laid out for me.'

He stood there with his arms crossed, not listening to anything said in the square. He didn't even respond to the threats Potter and Weasley were making at him.

It was only Ron laughing as if something was extremely ironic and saying, "At least it's perfectly clear that he doesn't want to be with her either," that got his attention.

He looked up and sneered. "Nope, I wouldn't want to take your little Mudblood girlfriend from you, would I, Weasley?"

Hermione stuck out her arm to prevent Ron from doing anything, which was easy, as he was her corner (AN: sorry for those non square dancing peeps out there!).

She turned to Draco. "You might want to be careful with that subject. He's really touchy about it." She said this kindly, with no sarcastic twist to her voice.

Professor had finished putting together the many unhappy partners and was now standing in the center of the room. She announced that she was going to show them the more simple parts of square dancing and that they had better listen, because she was only going through it once.

About ten minutes later, after she had made sure that they understood, she glanced around and as a last command she called, "And when they say for you to hold your partners hands, they mean it! If I see you not holding hands with your partner, I'll give you an detention where all you do is sit there and hold hands!"

Draco snickered and Hermione looked at her strangely. "What?" "I was just thinking I might refuse to hold your hand just to make Weasley mad," he said as the music began.

She shook her head and rolled her eyes, but the small smile on her lips gave her away. The annoying voice with the annoying music in the background indicated that they were to bow to their partners.

Draco did so, with Hermione curtsying, and said with a Southern twang, "It's an honor ma'am." This time she let a small giggle escape her lips before they had to bow to their corners.

Draco found it extremely ironic that just because of an added course, he, a Slytherin, was bowing to Hannah Abbott, a Hufflepuff.

Actually, what he thought was the funniest thing that had ever entered his mind was the picture of Neville Longbottom and Millicent Bulstrode dancing together (they were corners so they'd have to dance with each other eventually). At this mental image, he laughed out loud.

Hermione looked up at him, already expecting something weird; you could tell her eyes were ready to roll.

"What?"

He snickered and told her quietly as they all joined hands and circled to the right, "I was just imagining Longbottom and Millicent trying to dance." Evidently, she hadn't been expecting this, and her eyes gleamed while she laughed.

Draco figured that seeing Hermione laugh at something he had whispered to herwouldn't exactly make Potter and Weasley too joyful, so he looked up and smirked at them while they were dose-a-doeing. (Jeesh, I just realized how stupid this chapter is...)

The time came when they had to switch and become partners with their corners. While wanting to follow his father's orders, he still didn't want to ruin his reputation by flirting with Granger. So, he did the only sensible thing; he started to flirt with every girl he danced with.

While he was in the middle of a Promenade with Hannah, he looked up to see the progress of everyone else in the square.

He was sure he was going to burst out laughing when he not only saw Neville dancing with Millicent, but Harry dancing with Pansy.

His desire to laugh, however, was completely neutralized when he turned to see Ron and Hermione quietly having a serious talk. Hermione looked quite mad and was saying something to him forcefully.

'Maybe she'll slap him,' Draco thought, thinking of the time that she had slapped HIM.

"Whatcha thinkin'?" Hannah asked. She'd proven to be a very talkative girl once he'd actually spoken to her. He grinned.

"Just thinking about how much it sucks to be slapped by a girl."

"Why were you thinking that?" Hannah asked curiously. Draco inconspicuously nodded towards Ron and Hermione.

Hannah laughed. "I see what you mean."

It turned out, Hermione didn't slap him, but when she got back to Draco, she muttered, "The bastard. I should have slapped him."

Hearing this, Draco burst out laughing. Most of the room immediately turned to look at him, so he tried to stop. Still chuckling in between words, he agreed, "I couldn't have said it better."

Hermione looked at him strangely, but then decide to be comfortable while it was possible. Though the three other males in the square were her friends, dancing with them wasn't exactly the most comfortable thing to experience.

It wasn't necessarily a mean thing to say, considering that Ron was about ½ a foot taller than her, Harry was exactly the same size, and Neville was SHORTER than her.

To be completely comfortable squaredancing, it's easiest if the person leading is a few inches taller. Draco was just the right size. He was perfect.



R/R!! Geesh! I'm SOOOOOOO sorry it took so long to get this up! I feel so guilty! U all kno that I've got play practice after school everyday, and I have Speech and Debate too, so I hope that U Rn't too mad!

DancinBlondeGurl: ^_^ Here it is! And U'll find out soon enough!

Lil-spitfire: Thank U! I love it people compliment my chars! Shay is my role model!

KEL-71E: Thanks! And thank you for the congrats! And, I hope U read that thing up there about the guy I asked. ^_^

Allee kat: Kewl! So, I'd wish your cousin good luck, but it's a little late right now. And yes, U R VERY close. Oh, and that part isn't in the play, but my sis is the person who's supposed to sing it. She's Jan!

Kary: Thanks! And U read my mind, that's exactly what I'm gonna do in the background with Sev and Shay! I'm so excited about that too! ^_^

Ifeelsoalive: ^_^ Thanks! U'll get Ur email!