It's been a year, but I'm continuing! Please be gentle with me..
It was an hour before my date and I had just come back from the library. I had been studying for my potions test with Willow, and she had gone out with Jonathan for the night. I decided not to shower, since I had that morning. I brushed through my silky black hair and decided to color it tonight. Using a charm Willow and I had made up, I turned the bottom 3 inches of my hair to a vibrant purple, and streaked all my hair with cobalt. I used a styling charm to make it wavy, and when I finished, it was soft and voluminous. I tried on three different outfits before I found one I was satisfied with: An elegant black silk dress with a stunning deep purple design that branched out from the side of the bodice. After I had picked out strappy black heels to go with it, I looked in the mirror and very nearly gasped.
Draco came out into the common room to meet me about fifteen minutes later. He was wearing a black button up dress shirt and nice jeans. His hair was combed just the way I like it, a little in his eyes, and it bore no gel or products. He was simply gorgeous.
He took my arm and led me out into the hall, and to our secret passage to Hogsmeade. It was a large painting on the wall of a wizard and a witch, and it was the most beautiful portrait in the castle. The two were kissing animatedly when we walked up. I walked up to it and whispered the words that were required to open the passageway. "Vita contineo erratum maeror meror etiamsi amor incorruptus." It was latin for "Life contains impurities and grief but love is pure". It was said that the passageway would only reveal itself to a couple that was in love. The painting swung aside to reveal a hole in the stone wall the size of a doorway, at about eye level. Stone steps slid out of the wall, and Draco motioned for me to go first.
I ascended into the passageway, which was lit by torches along the wall. Draco followed close behind.
