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Once I was up in the dormitory, I realised I had no shoes or jewellery, and I had no idea what to do with my hair and make up.
"Savvie!" I shouted to find out where she was.
"Here!" A voice called back from the bathroom.
"Sav, EMERGENCY!" I called in response.
I heard a stumbling then a thump. The bathroom door open revealing Sav in a towel with half her make up done.
"What? What's happened? Oh no, you're not pregnant are you? Oh god, you are, aren't you? Oh, that's not that bad! Can I be the godmother? OH MY GOD! Who's the father? Is it Will? No, it can't be Will! It's Draco! That's brill, I knew you loved him!" Sav gushed.
"Sav?"
"Yeah?" She answered.
"Shut up." I said, totally not amused by her presumptions.
"Ok, so you're not pregnant then?" She asked, looking at me with wide eyes.
"No, I am definitely not pregnant. It's just that I've got a dress but no shoes, no make up and I have no idea what to do with my hair!" I whined.
"Oh god, this is worse than being pregnant!" Savannah exclaimed. I looked at her, questioning her logic but decided to let it go. The girl's mind didn't work like anybody else's.
"Right, so what should I do?" I asked, the panic working it's way up my body.
"Go take a shower and put your dress on and let me worry about the rest. I'll just finish my make up and put my dress on then I will look for shoes for you. By the way, don't fret about make up and hair, I've got it covered." She reassured me all the while gently nudging me towards the bathroom.
I allowed myself to be guided towards the bathroom to take a hot shower.
"You look amazing, Millie." Savvie said whilst standing beside me in front the mirror. I really did like it when she called me Millie, even though it wasn't my real name, I felt it was like my pet name. At home, my family called me Maze, which I also liked. The thing with my name, I found, was that it was too similar to the word 'mayonnaise' and it made me feel like a salad dressing, don't ask why, I don't actually know why.
"Thanks, hon, you look stunning yourself." I replied, and she did. We both looked great. The mirror showed two girls dressed in their best, one in a green silk dress with moonstones on and the other in a floor length purple dress that accentuated her curves. Savannah had found me a pair of white peep shoes at the bottom of her trunk that brought out the colour of the moonstones. She had done my hair and it now fell in lose ringlets with a few silver slides in it. And well, my make up, you couldn't even tell I had any on! Although my skin did look flawless like a model's and my eyes looked twice the size... Ok, perhaps you could tell...
Savvie beat me though, she had straightened her black hair and it hung pin straight and glossy to her waist. She had opted for a natural look in her make up as well, like she had done for me. Her eyes stood out thanks to her black eye liner though...
"We're gonna knock 'em dead." Sav stated. I couldn't help it; I started to giggle and soon we were both in hysterics. We quickly composed ourselves just in case we ruined our outfits.
We made our way down to the Entrance Hall, where we arranged to meet our dates. It looked like that was everyone's idea because it was full of students dressed in their best.
There were dresses of every colour you could think of and the boys were looking smart in their tux and dress robes.
"Look, there they are!" Sav shouted into my ear to make herself heard over the row in the Hall.
We made our way over to Will and Jack. I looked away as Jack and Sav kissed 'hello'. Will took my hand and kissed it, which made me extremely uncomfortable, but I didn't say anything.
"How are you tonight, my fair lady?" He asked me, leaning in too close. I instinctively stepped back but he just kept smiling.
"I'm fine, thank you. How about you?" I asked to distract him because he just kept stepping too close to me. I couldn't get very far from him because the Entrance Hall was so crowded.
"We can't go into the Great Hall yet, the doors are gonna open at 8pm and it's ten to now." Will told me, stepping closer still so our bodies were only a couple of centimetres from touching. I looked around for Sav, but I couldn't see her anywhere. Or Jack for that matter. They were probably off snogging somewhere.
"Oh, right." I was still scanning the Hall.
"Who are you looking for?" Will asked and he put his arm around my waist. I tried to pull out of his grasp but he just dug his nails into my back.
All of a sudden, I was pulled out from him arm and pushed to one side and Draco was whispering something to Will. He was stood in between us, facing towards Will so I couldn't see his face. The two boys were having a whispered argument, clearly trying not to attract any attention from the other people in the Hall who had started filtering closer to the doors of the Great Hall so that they could be first in.
Draco smelled gorgeous and I fought the urge to lean closer to smell him. If I did that, I think it would look a bit...odd...
The next minute the gorgeous smell of green apples was gone. Draco had hastily walked away and Will was stood there, opposite me, grinning like a Cheshire Cat but I could see the frustration in his eyes.
"What did he say to you?" I asked, a little unsteady from the ordeal.
"Nothing important, do you want us to start making our way towards the doors?" He asked but he didn't try to stand closer to me like he did earlier.
I would find out what Draco said. It would become my mission. But I hooked arms with Will, despite me feeling like I wanted to run the other way, and started making my way towards the Great Hall.
After another five minutes of waiting in which I cleverly kept myself busy pretending to do up my shoe to avoid talking to Will, the doors were opened. I hung back so that I wouldn't get trampled on and Will waited with me. Once everything quietened down, we made our way in.
The decorations took my breath away. The four tables of the houses were gone and was replaced by little tables covered in black tablecloths around the sidelines. There was an open space that was obviously meant to be the dance floor but at the time being, nobody was dancing even though the band, that was on the stage where the teacher's table usually was, had already started playing some music. It was a mix of muggle songs and wizard songs. Above the dance floor, there was lots of glittery cobwebs hanging from nowhere. The ceiling showed the clear sky and stars. On each of the tables was a Jack-O-Lantern with a candle inside. Everywhere I looked, it glowed from the light of floating candles that were several feet above our heads. It looked magical.
Well, I thought ironically, it probably is because of magic...
Will lead me by the arm towards the snack table and poured me a punch.
"Are you not having one?" I asked as we moved away from the table.
"Nope, there's some seventh years giving out firewhisky but I thought you'd want punch." He shouted over the music. I thought it was rather funny how he had shouted that there was alcohol available with a few teachers near by, but he clearly didn't think anything about it.
"You're right, I don't wanna get drunk, thanks."
"It wouldn't kill you to have a drink though you know." He told me.
"Um, yeah maybe it wouldn't kill me, but if I got drunk, I wouldn't be in control of my actions, now would I?" I answered.
"What's so bad about that?" He asked as he took my drink, put it on a table and pulled me out to the dance floor. He put his arms loosely around my waist, I reached up to put my arms on his shoulders; it made me a little uncomfortable but I told myself to suck it up.
"Well, I could be convinced to do things that I wouldn't normally do."
"Ah well." He muttered looking over my shoulder. I only just realized how short I was compared with him. He was towering over me at perhaps 6 ft something whilst I was 5 ft 5. I never really thought I was short before apart from when I stood next to Sav, who was 5ft10. But I didn't mind my height, it wasn't an issue. I was however self conscious of the things that come out my mouth; I had a tendency to say silly things now and again, and I didn't really like lying very much. Also, I never wanted anyone thinking badly of me; before this wasn't an issue because nobody knew me to think badly of me, whereas now, I had a few more people who knew my name.
We danced for about half an hour before we went to sit at one of the little tables with Sav and Jack who had appeared out of nowhere. I was starting to worry about Will, and it looked like Sav was as well. He had had several glasses of firewhisky now. I didn't know how he did it, I couldn't drink the stuff; it burned your throat and I couldn't see how that could be enjoyable. I have had a drink though, at home at Christmas with my family.
"Come outside with me, Maya, I need some fresh air." Will slurred and grabbed my arm, dragging me to my feet and towards the doors.
"Ok," I turned to Sav and Jack (who was wise and left the firewhisky alone), "I'll see you later Sav, 'night Jack."
"'Night!" He answered cheerfully before he went back to trying to persuade Sav to dance with him.
Will pulled me out to the grounds and even though it was a clear night, it was cold outside. I shivered. We were stood on the steps to the school looking at the stars. It would have been perfect and romantic if I had been with Dr—someone else.
"Are you cold?" Will asked. Crikey, he sobered up fast. I realized that I was still shivering.
"A little." I lied. I mean, he brought me out into the cold October (soon to be November) air in a halter neck, thin materialled dress. Was he seriously stupid enough to ask that question? I was flipping freezing! I don't know why but since Will asked me to come to this Ball with him, I started to dislike him. Call me crazy but it's true.
I stiffened when he put his arm around my shoulders and pulled me closer. When he tried nothing else, I began to relax. I concentrated on the constellations above in the sky: stars had always fascinated me. Just the way they shone made me smile.
Will took hold of my shoulders and turned me to look at him.
"Maya, you are so beautiful..." Perhaps he was still drunk.
"Will, I think—
I was cut off by his lips crashing down on mine. He held my head so I couldn't back away. At the impact, his teeth had clashed into my lips. I tried to pushing against his chest but he was too strong for me. I put my arms up around his neck and grasped some of his hair, trying to pull him away by his hair. He growled against my lips and it frightened me. His hold became tighter on my head as he tried to pry my lips open with his tongue. When I refused to open my lips, he bit down hard onto my bottom lip. It hurt really bad, images of when Pansy Parkinson beat me up flashed through my head and I struggled harder against him. I punched his chest, I pulled his hair, I kicked his shin, I bit his lip but it was like he was possessed and wouldn't let me go. My hands frantically checked where my wand would be but of course, it was up in the dorm.
When finally he was finished assaulting my lips, he pulled away to look at my tear stained face.
"You're mine, not his." He shoved me away causing me to stumble down the steps and fall hard on my side.
When I looked up, he was walking swiftly into the Entrance Hall. I felt something trickling down my chin, I put my hand up and when I pulled down to see what it was, my fingers were covered in a blood. Where he had bit my lip so hard, it was bleeding.
I scrambled up and covered my mouth with my hand and ran in the direction of Gryffindor common room. Once in the dorm, I took off my dress and put on my pyjamas. Once my lip had stopped bleeding, I went to bed with tears on my cheeks for the second time that week.
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