Pretty in Purple
Chapter 4
Hermione sat under the willow tree by the Black Lake, reading. There was a gentle breeze that would carry the water the giant squid splashed. Hermione smiled as she looked up from her book.
"Hello, beautiful."
Hermione turned to see Harry walking towards her. She loved Harry, but as a friend. She enjoyed his company sometimes, but he was beginning to get too clingy for her taste.
"Hello, Harry."
Harry sat beside her. "Did you hear that McGonagall's Headmistress now?"
Hermione nodded. "She took Dumbledore's place when he died from a bad case of dragon pox over summer."
Harry just nodded. "How's the Head dorms this year?"
"Lovely. It's decorated beautifully and has it's on library. My room is decorated in shades of purple." Hermione smiled.
"Well that's right up your alley." Harry sat up and turned to Hermione. "What say you we go to Hogsmeade tomorrow?"
"Maybe. I'll have to see, Harry." Hermione stood to leave to go back inside.
"Can I come up and see the dorms? I'd love to see your purple room." Harry said as he jumped up and followed her.
"Maybe another time. And not my room." She said, slightly annoyed.
"Okay. Well, I'll see you at lunch." Harry yelled to her.
Hermione sighed as she walked back to the Head dorms. She wanted to spend the afternoon alone, but that plan failed. She decided to sit in the common room and work on plans for the Halloween dance.
She smiled when the common room was empty. She fixed herself a cup of tea in the kitchen, then curled up in the arm chair by the fire and pulled out her muggle notebook and pen. She began jotting down ideas for the ball.
Her mind was racing with ideas, so much so, that she didn't hear someone come in.
Draco announced tryout for Quidditch in the Slytherin common room for everyone who wanted to join, girls included. He was surprised by the amount of girls who came to him wanting to try out. He set the date for the weekend.
"Everyone who wants to try out needs to be at the Quidditch pitch at 10am. I will be choosing a whole new team this year. Players from last year will also have to try out. I want to beat Gryffindor this year and I want strong players. I will continue as Seeker for the team. Anyone who has a problem with this, you can find yourself off the team for good."
The common room became a buzz after that. Draco went to leave when Blaise stopped him.
"Draco, why don't you stay. This is your house after all."
"I'm going back to my own common room. There's a few things I have to McGonagall."
"It's that Mudblood up there you're really wanting to see."
"Can you once in your life refrain from using that word anymore?"
"Yeah, okay. Go ahead, run to the witch." With that, Draco turned and left.
When he returned to the common room, he found Hermione sitting in the arm chair, notepad in her lap and a pen between her teeth, concentrating. He couldn't help but notice how cute she was in that moment.
"What ya doing?" He said as he walked closer.
Hermione jumped, dropping her notepad and knocking her tea over. "Jeez, you scared me."
Draco smirked. "Sorry." He flicked his wand and the mess from her cu was cleaned up.
"Thanks." She sat back up in the chair. "I'm working on ideas for the Halloween ball. Trying to decide what exactly to do."
Draco sat opposite her on the lounge. "Have you thought about pairings? Like each couple goes as a pair. Say, Romeo and Juliet? Or Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy?"
Hermione stopped and stared. "You know 'Pride and Prejudice'?"
"Well yeah. It's one of my favorite muggle stories." Draco smiled.
"Well, something else we have in common. It's my favorite as well." Hermione smiled.
Hermione turned back to her notepad. "I like that idea. Student are to come as couples and dress as some kind of pairing of their choice. Now, what about decorations and music? And food?"
"I say we do a forest theme. Decorate the Great Hall as a forest with moving trees, spiders and have a eerie moonlight and clouds. As for food, we can have the elves do easy foods; sandwiches, fruit, you know. And I'm sure we can get a band to come play for us. That will have to be up to McGonagall."
Hermione kept writing as Draco talked. When she was done, she looked at him and smiled. "I really like your ideas. I want to add floating candles to the decorations. But instead they glow purple. Purple is a beautiful and eerie color. And how would you feel if the two of us go as a couple? You know, to promote unity and since we have to patrol the dance until the younger students are dismissed."
Draco gave her a smirk and then smiled. "That sounds good. I have a feeling who we would be going as." He gave her a wink.
Hermione tried to hide her face to keep Draco from seeing her blush. She wasn't successful. Draco seen and smiled.
"You should smile more. It suits you." Hermione said quietly.
"You should too."
A/N: Sorry it's taken so long! I've hit writer's block! I just managed to write the other half of this chapter in the last few minutes. It's all I can come up with for now. I hope y'all like it! It gets better I promise haha! And yes, I changed the title. In the movie I'm basing this off of, the main female character loves pink, but since I love purple, Hermione does too :)