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Chapter 12

"Yay! It's almost Halloween!" Ginny squealed. Harry and Ron plugged their ears, while Hermione just smiled at her friend.

"Oh, bloody hell," Ron moaned, and had his eyes closed to try to cease the noise.

"Hey, Gin, I know when the trip to Hogsmeade is." Hermione said, which caused Ginny to squeal louder.

"When? When!" Ginny was practically bouncing at where she was standing.

Hermione grinned, "Its going to be…..tomorrow!" Ginny had a big smile on her face.

"Is she always like this whenever something is exciting?" Mark asked.

"Yes, unfortunately," replied Harry and Ron. Hermione just nodded.

Mark nodded, "Okay, that's nice to know. Also, what is this place, Hogsmeade?"

"IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE WITH A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES! I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL WE GO TOMORROW!" Ginny shouted. Hermione sighed in relief that no one but them four were in here.

"The best part, is the Quidditch shop!" Harry exclaimed and Mark's face broke out into a huge grin.

"I don't think giving Ginny that piece of chocolate was such a good idea." Hermione murmured to herself as she watched her friend bounce around the room singing a silly song.

"Quidditch is the greatest sport!" Mark exclaimed and Hermione held the urge to roll her eyes. Boys these days! Honestly, is everything about Quidditch. 'Well, at least they're getting along. Very well along.'

"Come with us tomorrow! We'll show you. I tell you, the shop is HUGE!" Harry said. The three boys started talking about Quidditch and their favorite team and other stuff like that.

After thirty minutes, Ginny calmed down a bit and came over and sat next to Hermione on the couch.

"Hey," Ginny said breathlessly.

"Had a fun, hyper morning?" Hermione teased.

"Oh yeah, it was very fun." Ginny said, "I still can't believe that the Hogsmeade trip is tomorrow! We have to go get some clothes for the Halloween ball."

"Yeah, well just wait until tonight. Dumbledore is going to explain everything that we would need to know."

"You mean you and Malfoy don't know all of this before all of this?"

"Well, it's just that Dumbledore has been so busy lately, so we haven't had a lot of meetings." Hermione explained.

"Oh, well, he must be really busy then huh?"

"Yeah, he must have had to make plans for the special events this year and stuff." Hermione said. Ginny nodded.

"Oh yeah! Today we have no classes." Ginny smiled.

"It's so peaceful now." Hermione said.

"Yeah, well, what do you want to do then?" Ginny asked. Hermione shrugged.

"Hey, 'mione! Ginny! You two want to go to the lake with us?" Harry asked. The two girls nodded. The five of them then walked to the lake. When they got there, many other students were relaxing by the lake also.

"Hey, your cousin is very nice." Ginny commented.

"Sure, but that's only sometimes. He can be a prick at times, but I still love him." Hermione grinned. Ginny shook her head and then realized that the boys were getting further and further ahead so she nudged Hermione and they both ran to catch up with the boys.

Mark smiled at his cousin, "What's up little Hermione?" She scowled again and sent Ginny as look that says, 'See? What did I tell you?'

"Stop calling me these ridiculous names." Hermione demanded. Mark smirked at her.

"Now, why would I do such a thing?"

Hermione walked away from him and walked besides Harry. Ron and Ginny were glaring at each other and were bickering. Mark tried to stop them from killing each other.

"Hullo, Harry." Hermione smiled.

"Hey, 'mione." he answered with a smile also.

"How's it going with Pansy?"

Harry blushed, "Fine,"

"You fancy her, don't you, Harry?"

"Are you mad, 'mione? I barely know her."

"Well, I'm just saying Harry. No need to be defensive."

"Sorry,"

"Don't worry about it," Hermione smiled.

"How's it going with Malfoy? Any trouble?" Harry asked.

"I manage. He's still a git, but not as much I guess."

Harry nodded, "Okay, but if he gives you trouble-"

"Yeah, I know Harry." Hermione interrupted. He grinned at her.

The five finally arrived at the lake and sat down on the soft grass and relaxed, but also talked.

---Later that day---

Hermione and Ginny were sitting on the comfy couch in the Head's Common Room, watching Ron and Harry play Wizards chess for the fifth time. Just as Ron was going to move his night, the door swooshed open and in ran Mark huffing.

Hermione had her arm resting on the armrest and had her head placed in her palm, "What's that matter with you Markkie?"

He gasped for breath, "Crazy people these days." he managed to say.

"How so?" Ginny asked.

"Girls. Chasing. Me. Here. Mad."

Hermione and Ginny giggled, while Ron and Harry gave him a sympathetic look.

"Well, that's what you get for going around acting all bad." Hermione joked.

"I act bad?" Mark asked, his breathing now normal.

"Mark, I was kidding. Don't get into a fit about it." Hermione said, while Ginny was giggling beside her. Her cousin glared at her, but nodded in an uncertain way.

"So," Mark said, plopping down in-between the two girls on the couch, "What did you all do today?"

"Watch them play wizard's chess for the fifth time." Ginny said, "Pretty boring after the second round, really."

"Sorry you had to go through the pain," Mark said playfully. Ginny laughed and rolled her eyes.

"You and 'mione here are so different," she commented. Hermione turned her head towards them.

"How's that?" Mark and Hermione said at the same time.

"Well, except for some things, but your guy's personalities are just different. No words to explain. Sorry," Ginny said.

Hermione let her eyes wander towards the neon light clock on the wall and gasped.

"Oh, Merlin! It's almost time for dinner! Lets go!" Hermione exclaimed. Ron immediately grinned.

"At last. I'm starved." Ron said and then his stomach growled. Everyone laughed at that.

The five cleaned up a bit and walked out the door and went towards the Great Hall. They arrived there and saw that half of the room was filled up already.

"At least we're not late." Harry said. The other four nodded and they kept going to the Gryffindor table and sat down.

Pretty soon, everyone filled up the room and after that, Dumbledore came up to his stand and smiled at everyone, as he always does.

"Good evening everyone. I have an announcement that I bet most of you are wondering about." he said with a twinkle in his eyes.

"But before that, I apologize to the Head boy and Head girl for not letting them know about this earlier." Dumbledore looked at Hermione first and then at Draco. They both nodded. The headmaster smiled.

"Well, no onto about the announcement. The next Hogsmeade trip is tomorrow," many squeals came from the girls. "And since the Halloween ball has become such a tradition these past years, the Halloween ball is coming up. I suggest you all get your things together soon, before you all are pulling out every strand of hair you have on your head." A lot of snickers came at that.

"The ball will be held on the day before Halloween. The Great Hall will be open for you all to come at around eight and will end at midnight." Dumbledore smiled,

"Lets have our feast now. And before I forget, I would like to see Miss Granger and Mister Malfoy in my office after done eating." he finished and then took his seat next to Professor McGonagall and started eating the feast.

"Wonder what he wants to tell us." Hermione murmured.

"He's probably going to tell you and Malfoy what you need to do for the ball." Ginny guessed.

"Yeah, that's mostly what it's going to be." Harry agreed. Hermione smiled at them all and then directed her attention to her plate of food and started eating. 'I wonder what the headmaster will need me and Malfoy for.'

After Hermione was done eating, she bid her friends goodbye and then walked out of the Great Hall doors, only to find Draco leaning on the wall across the hall.

"What took you so long, mudblood?" he asked her, when she walked to at least a foot in front of him.

"That is none of your concern, Malfoy." she said

He glared at her, "Let's just go see what this old fool wants." he said and stood up straight. Hermione was glaring at him now, but Draco didn't notice, 'That cocky git! I don't even understand how he could've gotten Head Boy in the first place. That pain in the--ugh!'

They walked to Dumbledore's office in silence. They finally got there, and Draco mentally cursed because he didn't know the password.

"Damn, what was the bloody password?" he muttered. Hermione walked up to the statue and looked at it.

"Jelly beans," she said and the statue swirled open. She walked in, and Draco followed, rolling his eyes at the ridiculous password.

When they got there, they were greeted with Dumbledore's usual smile, the twinkle in his eye, and-

"Would you like a lemon drop?" Dumbledore asked, holding out a bowl full of lemon drops. The two heads shook their heads and took a seat in the chairs provided.

"I wanted to see you two," Dumbledore started, "to tell you about a job that you must do."

"What kind of job?" Draco asked, bored.

"For the Halloween ball of course." Dumbledore said, as though it was very obvious.

"I apologize to you both very dearly. I haven't given you time to think this out, as you both should know, Halloween is in only a couple of weeks." the headmaster said with a slight frown on his face.

"It's alright, professor," Hermione said, reassuringly.

He smiled at her, "Thank you, miss Granger. Your job is to work together to choose the theme of what the ball would be like and decorate the hall. Can you handle it?" They nodded.

The headmaster smiled at them, "Very well, I wish you both the best of luck, and thank you for joining me here."

The two walked out of his office and went towards their common room in silence, as before. They got to the portrait, and Draco told Jenna and Zach the password and they went through. They both collapsed onto the couches, without even knowing that they're still in the same room as each other.

"Bloody hell, he wants us to do that?" Draco murmured, looking at the ceiling. Hermione was sighing on the couch across from his.

"This is going to be so much fun!" she exclaimed sarcastically and thought, 'Well, maybe Ginny, or Lavender for that matter would've loved to do this.'

"Well," Draco said, sitting up and his face serious. "We should start thinking of what to do, before we lazy out."

Hermione nodded. "Yeah, we don't want any slacking off do we?" Draco shook his head. They both went to their rooms to get the needed materials and returned, eventually.

"Okay, well, about the theme…." Hermione said, tapping her quill on her chin.

Draco inwardly cringed, "You want to be in charge of that, Granger?"

She shrugged, "Sure, why not. Why don't you pick out the band that's going to be there and stuff like that?"

"I don't care. Just as long as we get this done." he said. She rolled her eyes.

"Well, what great enthusiasm you have, Malfoy." she said, sarcastically.

"Don't you just love it?" he said, with sarcasm also.

"Back to business," Hermione said. "We should really make a list." she decided and got out a piece of parchment and wrote the things they needed to do. So far, all she had was:

The To do List:

1. Pick theme - H

2. Band playing -D

3. Food

4. Colors of scenery

5. Decorations

"Alright, Malfoy, this is what I got," she said, handing him the piece of parchment. He scanned his eyes through and looked back at her with a weird look.

"What?" she asked.

"That's all you have? I thought you were smart, Granger."

"Oh, shut up. I don't see you making a better one."

He smirked, "Well, Granger, I didn't volunteer to write a list of it."

She scowled at him, "It's not my fault that you aren't organized."

"And it's not my fault that you're such a know-it-all."

Hermione glared at the blonde boy sitting across from her, but sighed, "We don't have time to argue, Malfoy."

"Whoever said we were arguing? We've always talked to each other like this." he said.

"Where exactly are you going with this?" she spat, trying to stay calm.

"It's going nowhere Granger. I'm just saying-"

"Well, stop saying!"

"You know, it isn't nice to interrupt when-"

"Shut up!"

"What a tem-"

"Malfoy, if you even say it, I wont hesitate to hex to until you turn into a pile of rubbish." she said, glaring at him.(A/N: I didn't know what kind of thing to write for her to like "threaten" him. Yeah…)

"What! Are you threatening me!" Draco now stood up and glared down at her.

"It's not a threat, Malfoy." she said sweetly, "It's a PROMISE!" she yelled, and stood up also.

"Really?" he sneered.

"Yes, really."

"I was being sarcastic there, Granger. Lighten up, would you?"

"UGH!" Draco was smirking like a maniac right then. Hermione was clenching her fists at her side, her fists itching to punch him in the face, like in third year, but she decided not to, since she didn't want to stain the carpet.

Draco turned his head and looked at the clock. It's been an hour and all they've done was fight? He groaned, and Hermione turned to look at him.

"What is it?" she asked, a little bit calm now.

He pointed to the clock. "We've been fighting for about the last hour." he stated.

Hermione sighed deeply, "Malfoy, how about we be civil to one another for at least tonight, so we could finish this planning out?" she suggested.

Draco was silent for a few seconds but then nodded, "Alright, I guess we should do this. The sooner the better."

'I mean it too. Who would want to work on this? Pansy maybe. But not me.' Draco thought.

Hermione held out her hand, and Draco looked at her as if she had gone insane. She sighed.

"We have to shake hands, so none of us are lying." she explained.

"Oh, I get it, you just want to touch my hand that's it isn't it, Granger?" he smirked.

She frowned, "No, you stupid prick. Who would want to touch you anyways?"

Draco snickered but soon held out his hand also. They shook each other's hands very briefly before letting go.

"Alright, so lets get started." Hermione said and sat down again in the couch and had her quill in her hand.

"Well, do you know what band that should be there?" she asked him.

He looked at her, "Have you figured out what theme that we're going to use for the ball?" he countered. Hermione opened her mouth to answer, but she realized that she didn't know yet.

"Exactly," Draco said and leaned back in his couch.

"Anyways, what else should we worry about? I mean, I think I've gotten the basics down." Hermione looked down at her piece of parchment again.

" How the hell should I know?"

Hermione searched her brain for anything, anything that she was missing. She couldn't think of anything.

She sighed in defeat, " Well, we already got the theme, the band, the food, colors of scenery, and decorations. What else do we need?"

Draco shrugged, " The invites? Or do we not have to do that?" he asked.

"Um, I don't think we need that…unless we're doing something extra…which I don't think you want to do?"

He nodded, "Right, so I guess, we'll just deal with this for now and get the rest later."

"Yeah, so lets get going then!"

About thirty minutes later, Hermione and Draco were still there, deciding on what to do for the Ball.

"I think the Weird Sisters should be here, don't you think?" Draco suggested.

"Well, it is your choice, Malfoy." she said. Draco sighed. 'This is way harder than I thought it would be.'

"Have you gotten any ideas for the theme, Granger?"

"Well, I don't know if this is good enough…" she started.

"At least you got something. Come on, Granger, share your ideas." Draco rolled his eyes at her and she scowled at him.

"I was thinking of…well," she looked down at the floor, "You know what? I don't think it's such a good idea anymore."

He groaned, "Granger! Just tell me what the bloody idea is! I do want to go to sleep you know."

Hermione looked at the clock in surprise. How could she just forget that it was night time? She better speed this up.

"I think that the theme should be….well, like Fairy Princess….or something like Disney.."

"What's Disney?" Draco asked.

"Oh, it's a muggle thing. But its like princesses, princes, swordsman, fairies, stuff like that."

Draco nodded after a while, "That's good. I think we should stop here." he said, wanting to go to sleep in his comfy bed.

" Yeah, time to turn in for the night. Good night, Malfoy." she said the last part out of old habits when she was at home, she used to say it to everyone in her family, every night.

"Eh, good night." he said, uncertainly.

Hermione walked up the stairs and went into her room to get ready for bed. She changed into her pajamas and went under her covers and went to bed.

Draco yawned and walked up the stairs clumsily, because of his sleepiness. Once he got into his room, he changed into a green shirt and some black boxers and fell on the bed, sleeping.

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Well, this was sort of short, but like Draco and Hermione there, lol I'm about to go to sleep myself! (: But, tell me what you think of this chapter!

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