Draco woke up early today to prepare the great hall for the ball. He walked out and crept over to Hermione's room and heard her breathing lightly. 'She's still asleep.' He thought about waking her up, but thought otherwise he went to the entrance hall and was met up with the four prefects.
"Where's Hermione?" Ginny yawned.
"She's still asleep." He walked to the Great Hall and opened the doors. "Ready?"
The four nodded and began pulling out their wands and waving at every direction. Draco stood back and watched as Blaise and Ginny kept bumping into each other playfully and kissing every now and then. He moved towards the middle and began to set up the tables to Blaise's design. The headmaster showed up and brought in the Eiffel tower and the gardens that were to be outside. Justin moved into the gardens to set up the light bugs and lights and wishing well. Luna was in charge of the Christmas tree under the tower where the punch and fake presents would be set up; also helping her was Professor Flitwick. Draco pulled out a chair at a table and sat down thinking of Hermione. 'I wonder how this dance will go…I hope it ends with me and her being official.' He got up and looked around and the other four stood next to him.
"Not bad…not bad at all," Justin said.
"Not bad?! This is damn good!" Blaise laughed as he put an arm around Ginny.
Draco looked around and spoke up "I'm going for a walk," With that the four of them watched his retreating figure.
"I guess him and Hermione haven't made up yet." Ginny said as she looked at the entrance hall noticing a smiling Hermione in the door way. She walked in and was awed by everything. She walked to the middle and looked up at the Eiffel tower and then at her friends.
"It's beautiful! I just wish I was up to help, but Malfoy never woke me up!" She started looking around for him, but he was nowhere insight Ginny saw this. "He went for a walk."
"Oh…I wasn't looking for him…" She looked hurt. 'Why would he leave me like that?'
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He walked towards the area where he first attempted to tell Hermione his feelings and sat down on the rock. He closed his eyes as he felt the cool breeze run through is hair he opened them once he heard a girl clear her throat behind him. He turned and faced Padma Patil, his and Blaise's ex back in the years.
"Yes Patil?"
"Can I sit next to you?" She smiled and Draco patted the seat next to her. She settled her self in next to him and kept smiling while she stared him. Draco felt her gaze and smirked at her.
"Well I was wondering if you and Hermione were an Item…"
"I don't know…" He looked back out at the lake.
"How can you not know…Do you like her?" She twirled a strand of hair around her finger.
"Yes I like her a lot. She's different from any girl I've ever been with. It's just she's the one who's unsure of us…better yet unsure of me."
"Well Draco you need to look at things in her view she's a Gryffindor whose friends with Harry and Ron your most loathed enemies. They came first in her life and then you came into the picture…she's probably really confused right now and your probably not making it any easier for her."
"And why did we break up?" He laughed as he realized how right she probably was.
"I think it was because Blaise wanted me next…so you told me I was expired to you and to go to Blaise…" She smirked.
He laughed "Yeah that was the old me…"
"See! The old you…Now maybe you could change a little more for Hermione's sake…all she probably asks is for you to be civil towards her best mates."
Draco moved a piece of her hair out of her eyes "Thanks Padma…" He got up and brushed his pants off "I guess I need to find her." He held out his hand and to help Padma up. Hermione watched them in the distance and decided not to ruin there little moment 'He sure does move pretty fast." Draco looked around then at Padma "So who are you going with?"
"Seamus…"
"Alright," then the awkwardness came, "Soooo… what made you want to talk to me?"
"Oh yeah I know you and Hermione are going together, but I was wondering if you could save a dance for me…" She pleaded with her eyes and Draco laughed. "Sure."
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Ron and Pansy were running around trying to help Blaise and Ginny set the tables for the dance since Justin and Luna passed out on one of the tables.
"Nice of you to join us Malfoy," Harry said as he came from behind the Christmas tree.
"My pleasure potter," Draco made his way towards Blaise who looked as if he was about to pass out. 'That wasn't too hard being civil.'
Blaise yawned as he made his way towards him. "Well you look well rested Draco."
"Na I just had a chat with Padma and cleared my mind a bit."
"What did you do?" Ginny eyed him curiously joining the conversation.
"We talked Weasley …She's Blaise's ex I don't need his left overs." Draco smirked at his friend behind Ginny who spun around and now faced him, Draco left before he heard anything.
The headmaster stepped into the room and smiled "I guess everything is finished! And such a wonderful job all of you have done!"
The students stepped back and looked over there completed design everything was going to go right at this dance. Everyone left to get ready for the dance Draco found himself being the girls mule as he hauled all their stuff to his and Hermione's common room for the girls were going to get ready together. Meanwhile Hermione sat on her bed she had taken a little nap and smiled as she remembered what day it was, but soon her smile faded as she remember Padma and him at the lake, but her thought was interrupted as the door burst open revealing three excited girls.
"It's time to get our beauty on!" Pansy said and started shaking her ass around as everyone else laughed Hermione looked passed them and saw Draco give her a weak smile just as Lavender closed the door. They threw there stuff down, but Ginny picked up Hermione's dress.
"HERMIONE! WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET THIS!" Ginny was holding the dress up and twirling around with it the other girls grabbed at it and looked at it then at her, confused.
"Draco bought it for me he noticed I was the only one with out a shopping bag so he took the liberty and bought me a dress, sweet of him…" She took the dress and hung it up so everyone could view it.
"Sweet!?…he'd have my heart if he bought me that dress!" Pansy squealed.
"Draco already had your heart Pansy!" Hermione laughed and she glared and threw a pillow at her face.
"I don't want to think about that and he never did…"She looked at her hands "I kind of like some one else…he's so different from anyone else" She reddened.
"My brother!"
"Ginny you can't say anything please! Especially not to Blaise because he'll be all like 'I told you so!' and I don't need that from him."
"I won't and I think my brother has it in for you too…" Ginny became curious "Have you and Blaise ever dated?"
Pansy started setting out the make-up and looked at her in from mirror "No he was my best friend." Hermione couldn't help, but ask.
"Then why did you and Draco date?"
"It was more of a family thing," she turned and faced Hermione "Lucius wanted the best for Draco of course so his dad and mine would talk and I would be brought over there to hang out with Draco. Then we decided just to date…" She shrugged her shoulders as she began putting on make- up on Lavender "Look up."
"Did you ever kiss?"
"Hermione… probably not the way you and him do." She lifted and eye brow at her and Hermione threw the pillow at her.
"Hey! She's doing my make-up!"
"Sorry Lavender," Hermione and Ginny crawled on the bed and lay on their stomachs and watched Pansy do her magic.
"So anything up with you and Harry?"
"Nothing at all he's a great friend…does anyone even think of Harry in that way?"
"I know Cho did…" Hermione and them began thinking, but found no one who came to mind.
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The girls began putting on their dresses; zipped, tucked and adjusted everything and made their way towards the dance. The boys were at the bottom of the stairs waiting except for Ginny and Hermione's dates. Harry looked at Lavender and couldn't stop smiling her hair was straight and tied back with loose hair following in different faces. Her make was lightly done, but matched her dress. He raised a curious eye as he saw the see through parts that showed off her legs, he took Lavender's hand as she reached the last step.
"You're Beautiful!" She smiled at him and gave a wink to her girls.
Pansy smiled as Ron watched her gracefully walk down the stairs, but her train caught under her as she took her next step. Ron ran to catch her and she fell laughing into his arms.
"Well that was some entrance!" Ron laughed "Your look amazing Pansy." He set her up right and escorted her to the dance.
Hermione watched her best friends walk their dates into the dance, but there was something wrong they looked at each other knowing what they were thinking.
"Where the hell could they be? This ruins the whole entrance! Their suppose to be right there looking up at us as if were their angels…descending from heaven" She snapped out of her little daze " I'm going to go back behind that statue and cough when you see Blaise." Hermione laughed, but when she looked at Ginny she was more serious then ever.
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Draco and Blaise were inside the dance already and turned once they heard the door open again and watched Lavender, Harry, Pansy and Ron. Blaise threw Draco a confused look and walked up to them.
"Where are our dates?" Draco asked.
"Well where did they say they would be?" Lavender smiled.
"Shit! The Entrance hall not the Great Hall" Blaise said as he bolted towards the door with Draco at his heels.
Hermione made a loud cough and Ginny came back into view as the two boys stood at the bottom of the stairs. She turned to Hermione.
"Good that's how it's suppose to be," Ginny giggled as Hermione and she walked towards there dates that happen to magic a single rose behind their back.
As Hermione walked down the stairs Draco couldn't help, but have this huge grin on his face 'God she's amazing'. Draco was wearing a black tux with a silver vest and tie that matched Hermione's. Draco noticed the dress clung perfectly to her body as she moved her legs were visible through the slits and she had some silver diamond encrusted high heels. 'He's so hot' Hermione thought as she moved a piece of her hair out of her way. Her hair was put up as she had wore it her 4th year at the Yule ball. As Hermione reached the bottom she exchanged smiles at Ginny who looked fabulous in her dress. Her hair was straightened and waved towards her face with some side swiped bangs. At the same moment they pulled there roses out and said they were sorry for their confusion. Ginny took it and kissed Blaise. Hermione smiled and said thanks and broke the stem off and stuck the other half in her hair.
"You're something… You know that?" She laughed at his remark as he waited for Blaise and Ginny to go in. Once they stepped through the doors there was a path way leading to the middle of the dance floor just for them. Dumbledore was standing up and clapping and so was everyone else.
"I now present the Head boy and Girl: Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger!"
There were a lot of whistles and hollers from the crowd, but as they made there way to the middle the path closed up behind them and they looked for another way out, but found none. They looked up at the headmaster with some confusion.
"The heads will get the first dance!" He waved his hand and the DJ took the cue to start the first slow dance for them. Draco smiled at Hermione who he could tell was nervous more then ever.
"I don't know how to dance!" Draco laughed and kissed her on the cheek.
"Trust and follow me."
He grabbed her by the wait with one arm and the other he cupped around her hand as he placed her other one on his shoulder. The music started and the dance begun…
I feel the change in weather
I wish I never meant her
This shit is taken over me
I wrote I t in a letter
I said we be forever now this is what you left for me
I'm laying in my bed and your not by my side
All the promises was said and my heart broke in side
He looked at her and knew they were still fighting, but he didn't want it to last forever. 'This is so stupid I wish I could just easily get over it, but I was brought up like this. I just can't give every thing up that I've ever learned just for her.'
It hurt so much it didn't work out
We tried so hard couldn't figure it out
That she was the one
Now I see that she aint the girl that was meant for me
So I drove away didn't watch my back
And I cant deny ima call her back
Cuz I really really love her
He listened to the words carefully while he looked into her eyes when he heard the last verse he had a different feeling now towards her.
Hermione watched Draco look at her with is silver eyes she loved being near him and having his arms around her. 'I need to tell him that I do like him for him.'
She was the girl that was meant for me
So I never gave up and I no it seems that I always give up
But when I cant breath then I no its real
That she was the girl that was meant for me
As the song ended Hermione hugged Draco and everyone clapped, hollered and whistled for them as they took their partners and headed out to dance.
"I'm sorry Draco." He looked down at her and kissed her forehead.
"It's okay Hermione I'm sorry too."
"I like you cause your Draco Malfoy…Rudeness and all" She looked away "well some rudeness is alright for if you didn't have it then you wouldn't be Draco." Draco laughed at her explanation.
"I get it alright." He took her by the hand and spun her around "I love the dress…who got it for you?"
"My boyfriend did" Draco stopped looking at the dress and looked at her "Your boyfriend? Who would that be?"
"I don't know he's this tall" she measured Draco "and has platinum blonde hair and is the sweetest guys I've ever met and I wouldn't change a thing about him." Draco pulled her to him and pressed his lips against hers 'I love this girl!' Draco thought as she pulled away. Ron and Pansy were in a corner watching them as they remember their little plan they had in store for them. She held Ron's hand and looked into his eyes.
"Ron I like you a lot…"
Ron was shocked, but happy "I like you to Pansy" He leaned in and kissed her on the cheek.
'This was going to be the best ball ever' Pansy thought as she saw Hermione and Draco smiling at her.
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I know I know you hate me for another cliff hanger, but I love building the suspense in my readers. I hope you like it so far! AND NO THE DANCE IS NOT OVER THERE IS ANOTHER CHAPTER ON IT. Don't you want to find out what Ron and Pansy have it store for Draco and Hermione…and of course what's a dance with some physical action.
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