"I thought you were joking!" Draco said angrily.

We were in Myrtle's bathroom and I holding a cup of polyjuice potion for Draco to drink. I had to make Ryan, the guy who asked me to the dance, drink a potion that knocked him out at least till morning, I hoped.

I rolled my eyes and handed the cup to him. "I wasn't, now drink."

"Who am I again turning to?"

"Ryan Charlton, seventh year, Hufflepuff." I answered and pushed the potion to his mouth.

"There is no way I'm going as a Hufflepuff!" He said sounding pissed and put the potion on the sink.

"No. I went through all this trouble just that you won't drink it? Just do it, it wouldn't hurt." I took it and forced him to drink, yet he still refused.

"Or do you want to go dressed like yourself and fool people that it's a costume?" I laughed sarcastically and Draco smirked making me frown.

"That's not a bad idea."

"No, no. Hermione will figure it out, when drinking the polyjuice potion you still have the your own voice. She'll find out straight away." I argued folding my arms across my chest.

After a few moments of silence Draco sighed. "You owe me, Hemingway."

I grinned handing the glass to him and waited for him to drink it. "You have to drink it all for it to last longer."

He groaned then started to take a sip. His face was priceless, he glared at me while drinking and once done he dropped the glass as it shattered on the floor. Draco looked like he could vomit in a second.

"How did it taste?" I asked curiously. The last time I drank was in second year and let me tell you Pansy tasted awful.

"Like a Hufflepuff, ugh!" He answered and I rolled my eyes.

A few seconds later, his face started to change. His blond hair turned into a dark shade of brown and his eyes into a deeper blue, his pale skin into a light tan. His body didn't change much, only a bit more built. He had transformed into Ryan successfully.

I smiled as he looked himself in the mirror. "Couldn't you choose someone good looking?"

"Such as yourself?" I joked and he glared at me. "Ryan's not that bad. Come to think, I wish I agreed to go with him."

"He's the one who asked you?"

"Yes, I didn't know why I even said no. Anyway, it seems that I'm already going with Ryan." I smirked and handed him Ryan's robes. "Follow a Hufflepuff to get in their common room."

"Alright, see you later then." He said and was about to leave when I asked.

"Hey, wait! What are you going as?"

"You'll see." He winked then left the bathroom.

"You know." The voice startled me and I turned around to see it was Myrtle. "If you don't want him, I could always have him." She said meaning the real Ryan and I chuckled before leaving Myrtle to moan alone in the bathroom.

I made my way to the Gryffindor common room to get ready. The girls had already started with their hair and some on their make-up making me late.

"Finally! The dance starts in three hours!" Parvati said making me sigh.

For me it was way to early so I decided to take a long shower. Once I was out and ready to start on my hair Lavender asked "So who's your date Marianne?"

"Ryan Charlton."

"Wait, I thought you said no to him." Hermione said confused.

"Yes, but that was foolish of me just like you said so I went and apologized and he was glad that I said yes." I lied hoping she didn't see right through me.

Her smile made me believe that she bought it so I resumed in getting ready. I took my time curling my hair and helped Hermione and Ginny while they helped me with make-up. Hours passed and soon it was time for the dance. I wore my pirate costume, Hermione a queen of hearts and Ginny a mermaid costume. They both looked gorgeous.

"Hermione, what's Cormac going as?" Cormac had asked her to the dance and she agreed just to make Ron jealous.

"A Greek God." She said rolling her eyes which made Ginny and I laugh.

"Typical." I said as we made our to the common room.

"What about Ryan?" Ginny asked.

"Huh? Oh." I blushed looking away. I had to get used to the name. "I don't know, he's leaving it a surprise I guess."

Once we reached the common room, two set of eyes were on us. Ron and Harry were waiting at the stairs. Ron's eyes didn't leave Hermione's and the same went to Harry and Ginny. At that moment, I wished I had someone that loved me.

Ron looked away, his face as red as his hair. I chuckled silently nudging Hermione as we walked down the stairs and headed outside. Soon, Harry with Ginny and Ron with Lavender came out.

"Would you like us to wait for you?" Ginny asked.

"It's ok. You guys go ahead, the boys will be here soon." I said assuring her with a smile and she nodded dragging Harry with her.

"Boys?" Came from Ron. "You two have a date? I thought you turned down Charlton?"

"I changed my mind." I said shrugging.

"Won-Won, let's go. People are waiting." Lavender whined and dragged 'Won-Won' to the Great Hall.

"I hate it when she calls him that." Hermione said annoyed. "You do know that Ryan is Cormac's best friend."

That made my laughter die and a frown to appear on my face. "What are you implying? He's not like him even if they are friends." I defended him, more like Draco which was even worse if she knew who I was really defending.

"Just be careful that's all." As she said that my eyes landed on a fake Greek God, Cormac McLaggen. He had the body for it I couldn't lie, but him being a jerk ruined everything.

However, my eyes didn't stay on his for long as I spotted his dark haired friend. He was wearing a werewolf costume. I almost didn't recognize him. As he approached I stared at him amused by his costume choice.

"A werewolf?" Was all I could come up with.

"You don't like it?" He asked unsure.

"No, I do. It's just that I didn't think you would put wear this." I said gesturing at his clothes.

"The real Ryan was going to wear the same as McLaggen." He said lowly and glanced at Cormac. "But luckily I managed to get this werewolf costume from someone."

"You stole someone's costume?" I whispered angrily.

"It won't be my problem tomorrow." Draco smirked and I shook my head. "I was going to say this to you earlier...you look gorgeous, my lady."

"A compliment, from you?" I said surprised. "Pigs must be flying."

"Just playing Ryan's part." He said defending himself. "You don't know who might be eavesdropping.

I tried my best not to laugh at his lame excuse and said as we entered the Great Hall "Right. Either way, thank you."