Your Joking, Right?
Chapter 9: Preparation
It had been a few weeks since the incident on the beach and it was now nearing Halloween. Hermione and Blaise, as Heads, were now preparing for the Halloween Ball, with the help of Ginny and Draco. Hermione was spending all her free time, in the Head room planning the 'Haunted Halloween Dance' as Ginny named it. They had gotten done with the plans fairly quickly and now all that was left was to propose the plan to Dumbledore. The heads headed to the gargoyle that led to Dumbledore's office 'Tootsie Rolls' Hermione stated, and the gargoyle moved aside to give them entrance to the headmasters office.
"Are you ready for this?" asked Blaise
"As I'll ever be!" Hermione replied, and they headed up the stone gargoyle to see the Headmaster.
Blaise and Hermione took turns explaining what there plans for the ball were to Dumbledore.
"We are going to wear costumes, of our choice, but you must where a mask!" Said Blaise
"The Great Hall will be decorated in a spooky fashion for the event." said Hermione
"The Weird sisters will be playing, we have already got their confirmation letter, here" he handed Dumbledore the letter.
"The Kitchens have been informed of the food we would like, myself and Ginny Weasley will be baking a special treat" Hermione said with a sly grin on her face.
"Ahh I am excited, this will all take place this time in 2 days?"
"Yes sir!"
" Ok you are free to do what you would like with the hall the morning of the ball"
" Thank you sir"
"You may go onto Hogsmeade as today is a Hogsmeade trip I believe"
"Yes sir, thank you sir" they said baking out of the office.
The Heads ran back down the spiral staircase and sprinted to their rooms where they came to a hault at their portrait. Hermione quickly said the password and they stepped inside. Ginny and Draco were still there, Ginny curled on the couch staring intently at the fire, Draco pacing the room.
"What's up guys?" Blaise asked.
"Oh nothing much" Ginny said, getting off the couch, giving her boyfriend a swift kiss, then dragging her best friend into their bed rooms.
"Soo something is up?" Hermione stated as the portrait shut behind them.
"Yes, the Halloween Ball is in 2 days and Blaise has not asked me!" Ginny said, throwing her arms up in frustration and landing on her bed.
"Gee Gin, maybe because since you're his girlfriend he expects you are going with him know matter what?"
"Well what if someone else asked me and im tempted to tell them yes!
"Wait what, who asked you!" Hermione screeched, jumping on the bed and knocking Ginny off the other end.
"Ouff" Ginny got back on the bed. "Oh umm..uh..Zacharias Smith."
"Ohh Ginny, You know I, along with your brother and Harry, do not like him" Hermione sighed.
"First of all I don't care what my brother or Harry thinks, secondly, I think he has changed, he seems a little nicer now. And thirdly, come on Hermione, he's bloody gorgeous."
"Ok, Ok fine whatever, but like I said Blaise may already expect you to go with him!" Hermione replied.
"Fine I will wait 1 more day, I will avoid Zacharias one more day but if he doesn't invite me by tomorrow morning Im going with Zach." Ginny stated.
"Ok whatever, now can I get ready for Hogsmeade, Harry and Ron are probably waiting for me!"
Hermione grabbed a pair of white pants, a light pink long-sleeved shirt that had a low V-neck but included a white tank top underneath that way you didn't see anything, and a pair of white and pink converses. She quickly got changed, did her hair in a high ponytail with a few lose strands that she put behind her ears, put on some jewelry, then did her make-up. She was ready in a little less then 10 minutes.
"Wow" Ginny said, looking admirably at her friend. "All that would have taken me at least an hour, and you look awesome."
"Thanks Gin, now lets go!" she linked arms with Ginny and stepped out of the portrait hole, into the common room, and went right past Blaise and Draco who were conversing in low voices in the common room. The girls stepped out of the portrait hole and were gone.
Meanwhile the guys were having a similar conversation to Ginny and Hermione's.
"I don't know man, if you have to go with her you have to!" Blaise said.
"I know father would kill me if I didn't, but I have somebody else in mind that I would like to go with." Draco replied.
"Wait, who man tell me!"
"Hermione" Draco stated simply.
"When did this happen?" Blaise asked.
"I dunno, this whole year really, and not just because she's changed for the better, she's always been kind of intriguing, but now that I actually get to know her Im starting to like her a lot." Draco said.
"Ohh yeah I know, she's quite a character ,that girl, isn't she?" Blaise said.
"Yes, she is, but what about Parkinson?" Draco asked.
"Gee I don't...wait I got it! This ball is a Masquerade so go with Parkinson but then, say you are going to go get punch, dye your hair or change your color of your robes, and go dance with other people, you may not get to dance with Hermione but soo what, you will get to dance with a bunch of other ladies."
"Blaise, you really are a genius!"Draco said, clapping his best mate on the shoulder.
"Ohh I know!" Blaise said. "Now, onto Hogsmeade!"
"Ok lets go!"
"Hey wait, where are the ladies?" Blaise asked.
"Probably went ahead!" Draco stated.
"Hey they can't leave without us!" Blaise said.
"Yes, they can!" Draco said, raising an eyebrow at his best friend "What did you do to Ginny!"
"Nothing, I swear!"
"Ohh ok, speaking of Ginny, what are you two going to the ball as, or have you even asked her?" Draco asked, stepping out of the portrait hall and setting off down the corridor, Blaise at his side.
"Ohh gee I don't know yet, I will have to see what she wants to do!" Blaise said.
"Have you asked her yet?"
"Well no, but we are going out, she should no that means I want to go with her!"
"I don't know man, I don't know." Draco said, shaking his head, blonde hair going everywhere.
"Ohh Mione' look at these" Ginny said grabbing a light pink dress robe and holding it in front of Hermione's face.
"Ohh Gin, its gorgeous, go try it on." Hermione said, and took a seat, waiting for Ginny to come out of the changing room.
Ginny came out a few minutes later, the dress was a long one, it reached to about Ginny's ankles, it flared out at the bottom but was kinda clingy else where, but not inappropriately clingy. The dress had a V-neck, not a low one though. It had a few crystals lining the neck and sleeves which flared out at the bottom. It matched perfectly with Ginny's hair. "Hows it look?"
"Great Gin, really pretty, now you just have to find a mask." Hermione said.
"I have one!" and she held up a mask that matched the color of her dress with a big crystal heart in the right corner with two smaller ones on either side.
"Wow that's gorgeous!"
"Thanks Mione'!"
While Ginny went to change again Hermione looked around the shop for her robes, the girls decided they would both where robes instead of costumes but they would tamper with their robes so they looked something like costumes. Hermione had been looking for a mere 5 minutes when she found them, they were a very pale greenish-blue. She ran into the changing rooms to try them on.
When she came out Ginny was waiting for her, her dress was slung over the back of the chair.
"Wow Hermione, you look beautiful!" Ginny said. And indeed she did, the dress reached about the same height as Ginny's, but had silver lining at the bottom her dress was clingy also like Ginny's's but did not have a V-neck, instead it was a tube-top with a little loose material that hung double over her chest like a poncho-top. This loose piece of material was a sparkly-silver while the bottom half was the color of the dress.
"Thanks Gin!" Hermione said "And here's my mask, she held up a silver mask with three stars in the corner.
"Wow" was all Ginny said.
Draco and Blaise were in Eeylops Owl Emporium, buying an owl. It was a silver-white color and was medium sized. Blaise purchased it and took it, cage and all, with him. He sat on a bench and quickly wrote out a letter, then attached it to the foot of the newly- purchased owl.
"Find her immediately!" Blaise told the owl.
The owl took flight and both boys watched it while it flew just a little ways away.
"What was that all about?" Draco asked.
"Oh you will see!" Blaise said, grin plastered on his face.
Ginny and Hermione had been coming out of Honeydukes where they were buying candy for themselves, Hermione had also picked up some for Dakota, when they were stopped by Anthony Goldstein, a Hufflepuff seventh year.
"Hi Hermione, Ginny!"
"Oh Hi Anthony." both girls said. Ginny excused herself and made her way into the Three Broomsticks and sat at a booth by the table, that way Hermione and Anthony were in sight.
"Uhh Hermione, I was wondering if..err. Youwouldgototheballwithme"
"Oh im sorry Anthony I didn't quite catch th last part." Hermione said, grinning, she had heard exactly what Anthony had said even though it was a little rushed.
"Will you please accompany me to the Halloween Ball?" he asked again.
"Oh I would love to!" she said, flinging her arms around him. Then letting go and stepping back to look at him. He was about 5'6 and was well built, he played on the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, his hair was a dark brown and hung over his eyes which were a hazel color, he was very handsome.
"Oh Ok thanks" he said. "I shall pick you up in 2 days time outside of your portrait hole."
Hermione giggled at how sophisticated he was acting "Ok, you have to loosen up a little though!" she said jokingly.
"Ok" he said, wrapping her in another hug, her small 5'4 doing nothing for his tall 5"6!
Hermione pulled away "Bye Anthony!"
"Bye Hermione, and thanks again"
Hermione stepped into the Three Broomsticks and headed straight for Ginny, she knew Ginny had watched the whole scene as she was sitting by a window.
"Ohh Hermione Im so happy for you" Ginny stated. "He's hot!"
Hermione laughed "Do you say that about every guy?"
"No, just the hot ones!"
Both girls laughed for quite sometime until they were joined in their booth by two males.
"Soo what's soo funny?" Harry asked, sliding in next to Hermione.
"Yea, why the girly giggles?" Ron asked, sitting next to his sister.
"Oh nothing" both girls said.
The four ordered butterbeers and talked for quite sometime until a owl perched itself on the window outside and stared intently at Ginny.
"If I didn't know better I would say that's meant for you Ginny!" Harry stated.
"Yea go get it!" Hermione said.
Ginny ran outside and retrieved the owl she unti4ed the letter and began to read, a smile came over her face. "Hermione, im felling tired, lets get going!" she winked at the older girl.
"Ohh ok night guys, I'll come up to the tower tomorrow after im done decorating for the ball and we can go on an 'adventure'!"
"Ok" both boys grinned evilly.
Ginny and Hermione ran back up to the castle and didn't stop until they reached their bedroom in the head dormitory. Hermione collapsed on the bed and Ginny thrust the letter at her "Read this" Hermione took it and began to read.
My dearest Ginny,
I realized I didn't properly ask you to the ball so I will do it here, now, in this letter. Ginerva Weasley will you please accompany me, Blasie Zabini, to the Halloween Ball? Haha that was soo cheesy! Well will you baby? Please!
Love, Blaise!
P.S. The owl is yours to keep as you don't have one yet!
"It amazes me how he can be soo funny at such a serious time!" Hermione said, "Well are you gonna go with him?"
"I will be right back" Ginny said.
"Where are you going?"
"To find Zacharias Smith!"
And Ginny left the dormitory in a hurry.
"I do hope she's telling him no" Hermione thought to herself before getting back up, she looked at the clock, it was only 5 she still had a few mor hours to spend in Hosmeade, she grabbed her purse and headed back to the village, she still had to get a few things.
Hermione was coming out of Zonkos when she ran into a familar blonde.
"Hey Draco"
"Oh hey Hermione"
"Why so down?" she asked, hurrying to walk along-side him.
"Oh nothing!"
"You can tell me." she said.
"No actually I can't!" h snapped
"Oh ok" she said, looking a little crestfallen. "Well I have to be off, I want to find my friends!" she said in a aggravated tone.
"I didn't mean that Hermione" Draco called at her retreating back. But she just ignored him. He watched her as she walked away from him, never looking back.
"God what's his problem!" Hermione said to herself, not watching where she was going she walked into somebody else. "Oh im soo sorry!" she said getting up off the ground and dusting of her robes.
"That's quite alright Hermione!" Hermione looked up to find an all- to- familiar face.
"Professor Lupin Oh it is soo good to see you, how are things with you and Tonks?"
"Ohh good to see you to, and great actually" he said grinning. "Cup of coffee?" he asked pointing to the Three Broomsticks.
"oh no thanks, I was just there not to long ago, but I will still join you" she said.
"Her and Professor Lupin, soon joined by Harry, Ron, and Hagrid, sat at a table in the Three Broomsticks, talking in low voices about the Order, Harry, Ron, and Hermione, had just been admitted this past summer.
Hermione got back up to the Head dormitory about 2'o clock that night. She had went up to Gryffindor tower to deliver the things she had got for Dakota. When she returned to the familiar tower she had the urge to stay there all night, so she stayed for quite a few hours, playing exploding snap against Harry and Ron, playing a game of charades with the whole house, Max and Dakota had to act out Romeo and Juliet, it was quite a sight to see. Colin and Dennis Creevey, who had taken over as resident bad-boys after Fred and George, nicked some food from the kitchens and the whole of Gryffindor house, except Ginny, had a party.
When she entered the Head room it was only to discover a very big surprise. Draco and Blaise were in a heated row, Ginny was in the middle screaming at both boys to shut up!
"I do like her you know" Draco snarled.
"Yea like you liked all those other girls!" Blaise yelled back.
Both boys were red in the face, Ginny was trying to break them up but looked kinda scared, she was soo much smaller then both boys and could be crushed at any moment. Hermione soon also got in the middle, yelled at both boys to shut up and go to sleep, and then proceeded to drag Ginny up the stairs where she tried to question her about the guys verbal fight, but could not get anything out of her, so she changed into her pajamas, went into the bathroom to brush her teeth, then came back and tucked herself under her covers trying to fall asleep, but to no avail, she couldn't get over why the guys had ben fighting so heatedly. Little did she know one other person was also lying awake, knowing exactly why they were fighting.
(Well guys that was really really long, lol! Hope you liked it! Chapter 10 will be setting up and maybe a little of the ball, it depends on how long it takes for them to set up and the Golden Trio's adventure takes to write. Well you know what to do next I hope! ReViEw!oXo NiCoLe OxOx!
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