We had been planning the graduation ball since the start of school. We wanted to make it especially memorable, since it would probably be our last year of happiness before we started to join the people fighting in the war.
What I had forgot though, was that Professor McGonagall suggested some dancing- a performance of sorts, and asked Draco and I to search for prospective dancers, not knowing that we were also going to dance.
We just picked 7 girls and 7 boys of our year, who had agreed to participate. I was mildly surprised the boys had agreed- I suppose they wanted to show off.
We gave them a specific date and time to meet at Professor McGonagall's office, and went back to the dormitories.
"Hermione?" Draco asked me as we were walking back.
"Yes?"
"What are we?"
What are we? I don't even think there's a we. You got what you wanted so I thought that was it, I thought viciously.
However, I couldn't say that out loud- could I?
What he asked kept me up for the rest of the night.
Why did I do what I did then?
Do I even like him?
Does he like me that much to ask?
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The next morning, I woke up to a Draco wearing.. a pink ballet tutu, with a fairy wand and streamers.. and fairy wings and a tiara?
Is this a dream?I don't think so.. pinch yourself.
I did just that, and yelped.
"Silly silly Hewmione! What'd you pinch yourself for?" squealed Draco.
What in blazes happened here?!"Draco, are you sick?" I asked him hesitantly, putting a hand on his forehead.
"No! I'm just hungry- for cookies! Now what starts with the letter C? Cookie starts with C. Let's think of other things that starts with C.. Uh ahh, who cares about the other things?" he asked.
"What.." I asked as he pulled me out of bed. "Oof," I muttered.
"C is for cookie that's good enough for me, C is for cookie that's good enough for me, C is for cookie that's good enough for me! Ohh cookie cookie cookie starts with C!" he sang.
"How'd you know the lyrics to C is for Cookie?!" I asked wonderingly.
"Who cares? Let's go get cookies for breakfast! Ohh C is for cookie that's good enough for me, C is for cookie that's good enough for me, C is for cookie, that's good enough for me! Ohh, cookie cookie cookie starts with C!"
"Okay okay quit it!" I yelled.
He stopped and stuck his bottom lip out.
"Oh bloody hell," I said to the ceiling. It wasn't very sympathetic. I sighed.
"Let's get you down to the infirmary," I said, taking him by the hand.
As we went downstairs, he kept on singing, and everyone else we passed laughed at him- not just at the horrible song, but also at the outfit. I rolled my eyes.
"Hey, you know what? A round cookie with one bite out of it looks like a C! A round donut with one bite out of it also looks like a C! But it is not as good as a cookie.. Oh, and the moon sometimes looks like a C, but you can't eat that.." he said in a know-it-all way.
"Please stop, and I'll stuff you with all the cookies you want!" I wailed as we reached the Great Hall.
"Sounds good to me!"he grinned, just like a little kid. He clung to me and we sat down at Gryffindor Table. Harry and Ron looked close to pissing their pants- and I caught Blaise's eye and saw he looked confused. I mouthed to him, 'I don't bloody know what happened to him' and gave him all the cookies on the table.
Who thought it was a good idea to turn him into this?
"Where do you want to go after eating?" I asked him, trying to be patient.
He took a deep breath.
And climbed onto the table!
"United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama Haiti, Jamaica, Peru, Republic Dominican, Cuba, Carribean Greenland, El Salvador too. Puerto Rico, Columbia, Venezuela Honduras, Guyana, and still, Guatemala, Bolivia, then Argentina And Ecuador, Chile, Brazil. Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua, Bermuda Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan, Paraguay, Uraguay, Surinam And French Guiana, Barbados, and Guam."
All the Gryffindors were laughing and cheering- he sounded like Speedy Gonzales and was dancing around like this fairy, knocking over all the food.
I've had enough.
I glared at him.
"Draco Malfoy, get off this table this instant!"
"Or what? You'll dock House points?" he said, sticking out his tongue. Then he ran away from me as fast as he could along the table, knocking even more food into people's laps.
He jumped onto the Ravenclaw table, much to their annoyance and continued singing while kicking their food to the sides, like a cancan dancer.
"Norway, and Sweden, and Iceland, and Finland And Germany now one piece, Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia Italy, Turkey, and Greece. Poland, Romania, Scotland, Albania Ireland, Russia, Oman, Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia Hungary, Cyprus, Iraq, and Iran. There's Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan Both Yemens, Kuwait, and Bahrain, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Portugal France, England, Denmark, and Spain."
I was fuming, and at the same time I didn't know what to do. I could see Professor McGonagall out of the corner of my eye, standing up to stop him. I'm Head Girl; I have to do something.
I raised my wand and took a deep breath.
And he jumped onto the Hufflepuff table, laughing as he did. The Hufflepuffs look scared.
"Hermione, Malfoy's gone mental!" Justin Finch-Fletchley cried.
"Like I didn't notice?" I asked, rolling my eyes. "Sorry about that. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to Stun him."
"Stupefy!" I cried, but it missed my dancing target and hit Susan Bones.
"Neener neener neener!" Draco said tauntingly, wiggling his tongue. "India, Pakistan, Burma, Afghanistan Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan, Kampuchea, Malaysia, then Bangladesh (Asia) And China, Korea, Japan. Mongolia, Laos, and Tibet, Indonesia The Philippine Islands, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand Then Borneo, and Vietnam. Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Swaziland, Gambia Guinea, Algeria, Ghana."
I was fuming- I was starting to look like a big incapable fool, thanks to him!
Just then Blaise was by my side.
"Let me handle this," he said.
I just nodded, and watched as he made his way over to Draco who was doing a chicken dance on the Slytherin table- and the Slytherins were all horrified and disgusted by his actions.
"Burundi, Lesotho, and Malawi, Togo The Spanish Sahara is gone, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Liberia Egypt, Benin, and Gabon. Oh hi Blaise! Tanzania, Somalia, Kenya, and Mali Sierra Leone, and Algiers, Dahomey, Namibia, Senegal, Libya Cameroon, Congo, Zaire. Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar Rwanda, Mahore, and Cayman, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Yugoslavia..."
Blaise simply walked over until he was close enough to shake hands with Draco, then he Stunned him himself. And took Draco to Snape.
Snape Binded his hands first, then said "Ennervate."
Draco woke up and said sleepily, "Crete, Mauritania Then Transylviania, Monaco, Liechtenstein Malta, and Palestine, Fiji, Australia, Sudan.. Oh hi Daddy! You aren't going to leave me are you?" he asked, clinging onto Snape.
Snape turned purple, out of humiliation and rage.
He flounced out of the Great Hall, with Draco clinging to him.
I almost burst my lungs with laughter. Harry and Ron came up to me, looking out of breath from laughing.
"Let me guess, you were responsible for this fiasco," I said sternly.
They stammered, "Uh, well, um, we, uh, just thought.. thought.."
"Thought what?" Ginny asked, coming up to us.
"That you might like it," the boys said.
I sighed wearily, shaking my head.
And I surprised them all.
"Are you kidding? I bloody loved it! Now come on, it's almost Potions. If we're lucky we might still catch Draco in that form," I laughed.
They gaped.
I hadn't felt so carefree and light-headed before now, it felt so good.
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The next day, I heard Blaise was asking Daphne out.
I didn't know whether to be pleased or sad. I couldn't believe that I actually missed his company. There was times when he was downright annoying- there was also times when it seemed like he actually cared- like the one time Flint was pulling me into an empty classroom (the other time I didn't have my wand!), he pulled him off me and actually yelled at him, "Don't you dare hurt her!"
And there was the time when we were in the Great Hall for breakfast- I was bored and people watching, when some frantic gestures caught my eye. Once he got my attention, he mouthed something to me. Not knowing what he meant, I tugged Ginny's sleeve.
FLASHBACK
"What d'you think he's saying?"
"Is he saying what I think he is?" she said with a huge grin.
"What?"
"It is! It is!" she squealed, almost jumping up and down her seat.
"What?" I asked exasperated.
"He said 'I love you'!"
"You've got to be kidding me- maybe it's just a joke," I said.
"How do you think saying 'I love you' is a joke?" she asked me, eyebrows furrowed.
"Well his reputation for one, that and I'm just a plain bookworm with almost no social life to be noticed. Why would he love me?"
"I think he's serious- you don't just say I love you if you're a Slytherin- and you just don't mouth it in the Great Hall of all places! Besides you're pretty and intelligent, and it's not just me saying that. Won't you even consider that he said it?"
"I.. But I.." I stammered.
I honestly didn't know what to think.
I just finished breakfast in silence, Ginny just thankfully dropping the subject.
And then there were those times when he would just sit near me, not saying a thing at all. What kind of guy would just sit and do nothing?
I missed him. Somewhat.
But I couldn't admit it now, could I? Not when I missed my chance.
He strutted over to me and practically shoved it in my face that he had a girlfriend!
As much as I hate to admit it, it stung. Hard.
I wanted to not be affected, but I was. I tried to not show it, but I felt so.. down. And everyone could sense it- they just didn't talk to me about it. And I don't know if that was a good thing or not. I mean, it was good because I didn't have to relive the pain over and over by telling my friends- but I would have liked to hear comforting words.
Well I guess I couldn't have those either, since I bloody convinced everyone, even myself that he didn't love me and I didn't love him.
I guess it worked on everyone. Worked on me too, but for a second. One blissful second.
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