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Chapter 6: Cheaters never win
Twas the night of the Ministry of Magic's annual Christmas gala, and Hermione's date was nowhere to be seen. She usually never attended such parties, preferring to spend the night at home, with Crookshanks and a good book. This year, her boyfriend Ron had persuaded her to attend with him. However, the only problem was that a couple minutes after they arrived, he disappeared.
After waiting around for a couple minutes, chatting with a couple of her coworkers in the Department of Mysteries, she drifted away from the party and began to search the mansion for Ron. Hermione left the ballroom, and started walking around the residential area. Near the rose gardens, she spotted an unmistakable figure with white blond hair, standing with his back to her.
"Draco." Hermione walked up to him, and tapped him on the shoulder. He spun around and warily looked at her.
"What do you want."
"Nothing!" Hermione quickly assured. "I was just looking for my date."
"I seem to have lost my date as well." Draco's lips quirked upwards. At her quizzical glance, he elaborated. "Astoria, she was in the year below us. Slytherin."
"I see. Why don't we look together? Two work better than one, after all."
As they set out to find their respective dates, Draco couldn't help but inwardly scoff at the irony. Never in a million years would he have thought he would be helping Granger find her date at the Ministry gala.
As they went back inside the mansion, the two of them ran into Harry, whose eyes widened at the sight of Hermione and Draco together.
"Hermione!" Harry exclaimed. "I… don't go inside the ballroom."
She was confused, and pushed past Harry, with Draco hot on her heels. There in the middle of the ballroom, she was confronted with the sight of Ron snogging Astoria, with the press wildly snapping pictures around them. Rita Skeeter materialized next to her.
"Granger! What are your thoughts on your cheating boyfriend? A midlife crisis?"
Draco smoothly sidestepped around Rita and Hermione, walking up to the oblivious couple. He pushed them apart, and broke up with Astoria, leading her to burst into tears. Ron, on the floor, widened his eyes as he saw Hermione glaring at him. Hermione walked to Ronald, and kicked him there.
Draco, leaving a sobbing Astoria, walked up to Hermione and offered her his arm with a grim smile.
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