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Weeks had hurried past for Hermione and Draco who found themselves in each other's company for smaller amounts of time as the year wore on. Despite their efforts to spend a day or so together, their friends would turn up at the door and interrupt. It was for this reason and the overwhelming sympathy felt by both Jayden and Aaliyah that they approached the Headmaster with an odd request.

"Welcome, my children. What could I do for you this wonderful evening?" Dumbledore asked, a warm smile on his face as he ushered the two teenagers into his office. With a flick of her long hair, Aaliyah sat down with Jayden standing behind her chair.

"Professor Dumbledore, as the term's gone on we've realised that Hermione and Draco are spending hardly any time together and it's not healthy for their relationship. They weren't close to start with and them not spending time together isn't going to help their situation." Aaliyah began.

"Yes, sir. This is why Aaliyah and I think that we should have some event for Halloween or something; something like a ball. We'll tell the people that they must go together as Heads. Everyone will spend a day at Hogsmeade with their date to buy costumes and all. The day of the ball could also be a day off school. They need time together." Continued Jayden.

Dumbledore seemed pensive for a small while before nodding. "I must credit your planning for this event which is quite a wonderful idea. A dance would be wonderful for the both of them. I trust that you two will organise this event together and then inform the whole school. Run along now."

Aaliyah and Jayden grinned and quickly exited the office. This dance would prove to be a great day.

Another week had passed and the final details of the event were finished. Leaflets were posted in every common room and on every board.

Halloween Hoot

This Halloween we've decided to hold a bit of a party to celebrate a great holiday. Yet to lighten the spirit, we encourage the prefects to go together. The day will begin at 9am and the schedule will go as follows.

9am – Couples will be given a Portkey the previous night which will be activated at this time and will go to a destination of their choice.

5:30pm – Couples will arrive back at the Great Hall, via Portkey, and get ready for Halloween Dance.

7pm – Halloween Masquerade commences with entertainment from music legends such as The Weird Sisters and McFLY A/N: hehe yes I've decided that they're a Wizarding band that have just happened to have broken into the Muggle world. sigh I love them.

10pm – Halloween Masquerade will conclude for fifth years and below.

12am – Halloween Masquerade will officially conclude for sixth and seventh years.

The Saturday before the 'Halloween Hoot' will be set aside as a day for the couples to purchase their costumes, accessories and also will be the final date for putting locations for the day's destination.

Don't miss out on what is sure to be a spectacular day.

Your Deputy Head Prefects,

Jayden Acart and Aaliyah Ryes.

Not to mention, the students were absolutely pleased with the schedule for the event and also with the fact that there was to be an event at all. It would be a wonderful event for them all.

Hermione smiled widely at the notice on the board. She seemed to be spending hardly any time with Draco. Their work-load had been horrifying and they had begun training with Dumbledore how to control their powers and learning to channel them, not to mention the various meeting they had about their 'situation'.

A day with him only would be wonderful and it would give them a chance to catch on the time together they had missed. Perhaps they would spend the day at France; a picturesque, romantic location. There was only two weeks until the day.

Grinning she began to run down the corridors to their common room. As she sprinted around the corner she crashed into a solid figure. She looked up to see Draco smirking down at her, laughing heartily. "Oh shut up, you fool."

Yet this only caused Draco to laugh harder. Hermione growled and concentrated on causing him to fall, before waving his hand. "AH!" Draco fell to the ground with a shrill shriek as Hermione smirked widely before racing into the common room that Draco had just left.

Scowling heavily, Draco entered the room. He was about to retaliate when Hermione began to speak quickly. "Alright, I came here to talk to you. I don't know if you've seen the notices or leaflets but there is a big event coming up."

Draco's eyes lit up with excitement as he remembered the notice he had seen in the Great Hall notice board. "Yes! I remember! It'll be magnificent, Hermione. Next Saturday, we'll get our things. I'll get my clothes with Blaise and you can get them with Ginny and then we'll meet up for lunch and decide on where to go." Draco explained as if he had decided this already.

Hermione nodded and grinned as Draco leapt onto the couch beside her. "You know," he whispered softly. "You look awfully sexy sitting on this couch like that. I may just need to change that." He smirked before attacking her in a flurry of kisses.

"Disgusting, guys. Get a room." A playful voice interrupted them only minutes later. In his shock, Draco quickly rolled off Hermione but only to land on the floor. They both looked up to see a smirking Ginny. "Oh woops. Was that my fault?" She asked innocently, cocking her head to a side.

Draco grumbled angrily, placing himself on the couch again as Hermione shook with incontrollable laughter. "We had a room until you came prancing in here. What is it you want, Weasley?" Draco questioned, still irritated at her. Ginny merely grinned. "What do you think, Malfoy? Oh darn…I can't really call you that anymore, eh? Hermione's a Malfoy too. I guess I'll just call you Draco!" She teased in a sing-song voice.

Hermione giggled as Draco left for the Slytherin common room, still grumbling incoherently. "Hey Gin. You really need to lay off Draco. You're making it hard for him to be nice." Ginny simply shrugged.

"Anyway Mione, I came to ask you how you feel about the upcoming ball, eh? I'll tell you one thing. Ron is completely anxious. He was sitting in the common room, staring at the fire while biting his nails. He has his heart set on asking you."

Hermione sighed, exasperated. "Oh gods! He really needs to understand that I'm not interested in him at all! Ginny, how the hell can I say no? I'll disappoint him but I can't go with anyone but Draco. I really want to go with Draco, not Ron!"

Ginny nodded, understandingly. "I know what you mean. He's gone too far. But he really thinks that you'll agree. He's got it all set out. You might as well let him down as soon as possible." Hermione sighed heavily.

"Alright, let's go to the Gryffindor room. He'll ask me, I'll say no and then we can all just get over it."

Ronald Weasley was sitting nervously on the couch, biting his nails. In his head he ran over the speech he planned to give Hermione to ask her to the upcoming ball, much to the dismay of a certain Lavender Brown. It was common knowledge throughout the seventh grade Gryffindors that she had began to develop feelings for him ever since their 'fling' in their sixth year.

Suddenly he stood up, pacing the length in front of the fireplace. "Hey Hermione. I know that we've been best friends for a while now, but it's not enough for me. I really do like you. I was wondering if you'd come to the ball with me? No…I sound desperate."

"Hey Hermione. How are you? Well, you see. I was just sort of, you know, wondering if you'd do me the pleasure of coming to the ball with me? You seem quite shocked. Why Hermione, you must've known that I've liked you for a while now. You didn't? Well I do. You like me too? Oh wonderful." Ron muttered to himself, setting out how he had wanted the evening to go. Much to his unawareness, Lavender stormed past him in a fit of fury.

He opened his mouth to recite another approach when the portrait swung open. Much to his shock, Hermione came through chatting happily to Ginny. "Hey Ron!" She exclaimed, her eyes full of joy.

Ron gulped nervously yet Hermione seemed to be awaiting something. What if she was waiting for him to ask her? He wondered, his confidence boosting horribly. "Hey Hermione. How are you?" He asked, his words going according to plan.

Hermione grinned widely. "Oh I'm absolutely ravenous! I cannot wait for dinner but I can't wait for the ball even more! I can't believe that we'll be leaving for a day and then returning, especially with the awaiting war. But of course, I am hopelessly thrilled about it all. I can't wait to get my dress and all!"

Ron smiled, hopefully. To Ron, the way she was ranting on made her seem like she did want him. "About the ball Hermione…I was…well…it would….well…would you go to the ball with me?" He blushed, rushing out the question.

Hermione's eyes widened with shock much to Ron's disappointment. "Erm…what did you say? I couldn't here you properly!" She stated, slapping him lightly on the arm. "Honestly. You should learn not to ramble like that."

"Erm…well…would you be my date for the ball? It would be my honour to take you. I've liked you for quite some time now."

Hermione stared at him. "Well…I'm sorry Ron but I can't." Ron stared back at her, his heart snapping in half. "B-but why?" He questioned, his eyesight growing hazy. "I'm already going with someone, someone that I really do like. He's perfect, Ronald. He's smart, good-looking, kind, and funny and he enjoys almost all the things I do. I truly do like him, Ron. I…I'm terribly sorry."

Ron's head snapped up to glare at her. "But who could you possibly like more than me! I had the whole day planned out! We could've gone to Paris, and enjoyed a day together, as well as Apparating to Italy and we could've done romantic things like sharing a plate of spaghetti and meat-balls! I had my whole outfit planned out to match you wonderfully! I had planned out our whole schedule! I even wrote it down!" He yelled, pulling out a sheet of paper on which was a neat, organised schedule with dozens of things to do.

Hermione stepped back with shock. "Erm…Ron? Why did you make this?" Ron stood up, the hurt evident in his blue eyes. "Because I thought you liked me, Hermione! I thought that you'd agree and you'd say alright! I thought you felt the same way! I was obviously wrong about you." He spat out the last sentence, grabbed his schedule and stormed back up the stairs to the boy's dormitory.

Ginny winced as the door slammed with a great force, causing a small porcelain figurine to fall off the fireplace and shatter into bits. "I'll calm him down." She whispered before racing up the stairs. "Repario." Harry muttered softly, before wrapping an arm around Hermione's shoulder, who was now seated on the couch her head in her palms. "It's alright, Mione. You know Ron, he had always overreacted. He's just upset but he'll come around. And…by the way…who do you like?" He asked, mischievously.

"That is none of your business, Harry James Potter. The questions is, when are you going to ask Ginny?" Harry pulled away in shock. "Oh come off it, Harry. Everyone knows that you like each other, why not just go for it? It's obvious she still likes you despite the fact you dumped her last year." Harry hung his head in shame. "I'm going back to my common room Harry, and in the time between now and dinner, I want you to have asked her."

Harry nodded sheepishly before Ginny came racing down the stairs, a worried expression flitting across her face. "Erm…Mione…you might not want to see him for quite a while. He's gotten quite angry. He's determined to prove to you that you do like him by making you jealous. I think he's going to ask Lavender." Hermione winced, thinking about the consequences on poor Lavender.

With a heavy sigh, she said goodbye and made her way back to her common room. "HERMIONE!" A voice called from behind her. She turned to see a familiar girl running up to her, her purplish-brown, almost black hair streaking behind her.

"Hey Aaliyah. I have to thank you for the ball." Aaliyah grinned widely. "It's nothing, Mia. Jay and I just thought that you both deserved a bit of a break from work and a way to be together publicly and Dumbledore just happened to approve. Anyway, do you like what I did with my hair?" She questioned, indicating to the new colour and form.

Hermione grinned. "Obviously! It looks wonderful and the curls add to it. I love it." Aaliyah merely grinned in response. "So are you and Mr. Perfect going to the ball together?"

Aaliyah seemed to smile dreamily. "At first we weren't going to, seeing as we are Slytherin and Gryffindor but…we decided on a Masquerade for both you and Draco and us. I can't wait. Jay sent me a small box with a wonderful pair of earrings in them and a note, asking me…you know, just to make it formal."

Hermione smiled softly. "That's amazing. I haven't seem him in a little while. Where is he?"

"Oh, I heard he's at your common room and I was just on my way there when I saw you. I heard the commotion at the Gryffindor place. Ron didn't seem too pleased."

"Hmm…you got that right. I was almost sure that he was going to slap me silly. But I guess he'll have to get over it. After all, I am a married woman." Hermione muttered the password and the portrait glared at her before opening.

"Honestly, Ali. Those portrait versions of Draco and I never stop making out. It's not my fault I disturbed them." Aaliyah giggled with agreement as they entered the room.

"Hey beautiful." Draco whispered from behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist. "I just got word that there was a bit of a commotion in the Gryffindor common room involving you and a Weasley."

Hermione sighed, in annoyance. "Ugh! That boy needs to understand that I don't like him in that way. He's merely a friend but he doesn't seem to understand that!"

Draco grinned, nipping at her ear gently. "I'm ever so glad to here that. Come on, I think you need a slight massage before we slip down for dinner. How about it, eh?"

Hermione smiled softly as he led her to the couch and began to knead at her shoulders and back. Jayden and Aaliyah watched with amusement before agreeing that the pair deserved their privacy, slipping out unnoticed.

Somewhere in his office, Albus Dumbledore smiled. He had known that Ronald would prove to be a nuisance but Hermione had taken care of that problem well. For now, the pair needed to concentrate on their relationship and love.

He turned to his long-term friend and advisor. "Minerva," he sighed happily. "Good does seem to be prevailing from this peculiar relationship. Merlin chose well."

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angeh the tall squirrel