Here it is, chapter 13. Sorry if Draco is horribly OOC. D:
I do not own Harry Potter, because my name is not J.K. Rowling.
I also do not own Althea Mirna. She is property of Bonexyz.
Chapter Thirteen:
Harry pulled on the tie around his neck to tighten it as he prepared himself to go to the Yule Ball with Cilwenu. She would meet him at the stairs with their other friends, and they would have fun together.
Cilwenu had no idea about anything though.
Many weeks back, Harry hadn't had a date for the Yule Ball, he was hopeless to even find one, and Cho Chang had been asked when the Ball was first mentioned. Honestly, Harry was crushed, because he'd had a strong thing for Cho since back in third year. Not like it mattered though, Cho was too pretty, she was almost too popular, and she saw Harry as a great friend.
Upon giving up on a date, Harry ran into Draco Malfoy in the hallway between classes. Harry couldn't afford to be late for Transfiguration again, due to his many late arrivals along the year, but the blonde boy had not been willing to let him go anywhere. Harry laughed.
"Potter…" Draco said in a low voice, blocking Harry from the entranceway to Transfiguration class.
Harry groaned out of annoyance, and rammed his shoulder clear into Draco's own, but the boy did not budge. He just stood there.
"Malfoy, I don't have time for your-"
"Ask Cilwenu to the Yule Ball." Draco interrupted.
Harry stopped, looked up at Draco, and then stepped once backwards. He was befuddled, but Draco looked so serious.
"Do what?"
Draco growled, "I don't want her going alone… and as much as I despise you blood-traitors, she seems to really care about you. So, ask her to the Ball, Potter."
"Why should I listen to anything you tell me to do?" Harry stepped to the side, and tried to duck beneath Draco's arm as an escape.
Draco didn't let that happen either, and reached for his wand.
"Because it's Cilwenu, and you're one of her best friends. You don't want to see her alone at the Ball, do you? She's already sad enough."
"Yeah, she is, because of you, Malfoy."
"I won't tell you again, Potter. Just ask Cilwenu to the dance…"
He would have asked Cilwenu, if she hadn't beaten him to the punch. Harry wanted to tell her about it, really he did, but Draco swore him to secrecy. She was so happy that Harry would go with her, that it warmed his heart, and Harry actually didn't mind that he had just done Malfoy a favour…
As Harry found his way down the stairs, he spotted the back of Luna Lovegood's head, where Cilwenu stood in front of, talking to Althea and Seamus while Hermione scowled at Ron and Lavender.
He waved only once, and Cilwenu looked up, smiling.
"Oh, Harry, you look wonderful!" she beamed, pushing through their friends.
She wore a dark green dress, which fit her body quite perfectly and flowed down in ruffles along the back of it. Harry was greeted with a hug then, and Cilwenu kissed his cheeks out of happiness.
"You look wonderful too, Cilwenu."
"Bugger, Harry." she blushed.
"Malfoy? What are you doing here?" Althea asked, bewildered.
Draco stood there, in front of her in Wizard Wear, holding a long green dress in his left hand. Althea averted her eyes to and from Draco and the dress, but it only brought her more confusion than she already felt.
Draco blushed out of embarrassment, then pushed Althea into a large section of coats, where he was certain no one would see them.
Althea protested, swinging her arm in the air to evade him, "No funny business, you git! I'll tell Wenny!"
"Shut up, will you?" Draco hissed, "look… I'm getting this dress for Cilwenu… but if you tell her, I'll immobilize you and make it look like an accident, got it?"
Althea cut her eyes, "Why are you buying Wenny a dress?"
"Who the hell is Wenny?"
"Cilwenu, you git."
He sneered at the name, not quite seeing the sense in such rubbish, "Whatever. Just keep your mouth shut."
It was decorated so intricately, that it looked almost as if it were painted there. The whites, the pale blues, and the even paler silvers outlined the entire Hall, changing it completely. There was not a spot untouched with decorations, and there were large fountains surrounding a majority of the entire room.
In the middle, there was a solid white dance floor, a DJ, and the Professors, who lined around the edge of the floor to supervise the entire Hogwarts student body.
Cilwenu kept her head on Harry's shoulder through most of the slow dances, looking at all of the other students with their dates. She sighed heavily, having not seen Draco the whole time. Pansy was there, however, sitting on a chair with her brightly colored pink dress that didn't match her whatsoever. She wanted to see Draco… she wanted to see him so bad that it was driving Cilwenu mad.
Harry kept a modest pose about himself while they danced. He didn't linger, and he didn't try anything that would make Cilwenu uncomfortable. If she showed any sign to him that something was bothering her, Harry immediately stopped what he was doing to apologize. Cilwenu gave him a reassuring smile every now and again.
"Harry, you dance exceptionally good." Cilwenu told him, pulling back from his shoulder to look into his eyes.
Harry nodded, then shrugged, and cleared his throat, "It's nothing… Just a few steps."
"You're hardly the one to be modest, Harry James Potter… is everything all right?"
"Seamus and Althea seem very happy together. They've got a lot of chemistry." Harry said, changing the subject.
Cilwenu cast a glance back at her blonde friend, who laughed and stayed in a close embrace with Seamus. Seamus only blushed, and looked down with a smile on his face whenever Althea talked to him.
It was cute, really, but Cilwenu looked back at Harry.
"Is something bothering you?"
"Not at all, Cilwenu, why do you ask?"
"You completely avoided… oh… bugger, Harry. I guess I'm a little paranoid." Cilwenu said in a hushed tone. She brushed a strand of Harry's hair away from his glasses, tucking it behind his ear. Her smile was big, but not convincing.
Harry smiled back out of habit, continuing on with the dance. "That dress suits you."
"Are you trying to make me blush?" Cilwenu laughed.
Harry merely shook his head, "I can be honest, right?"
"I would rather you be honest, yes. Thank you. You look nice as well." She hitched her breath when she caught sight of Draco walking down the stairs and onto the dance floor.
Pansy stood up from her chair to meet him, hugging his neck and then standing by his side as he walked to meet up with Blaise Zabini. He looked so handsome, and the way he walked made Cilwenu's heart skip every other beat…
Another song started playing, and Cilwenu pulled away from Harry, shielding her eyes.
Please don't let me lose it in here… please. "Oh, Harry… what is the matter with me?" she asked her brunette friend.
Harry stood there, looking down at Cilwenu. He reached out to embrace her, which she accepted thankfully. Harry stroked her back, watching the others around them.
"My stupid feelings are ruining the whole ball for you, I'm so sorry, Harry." Cilwenu murmured.
Harry shook his head again, "No, no… Not at all."
"Honestly, Harry… I really had hoped to be at this ball with Draco…"
"I know."
"I'm so sorry, Harry… I really, really am truly sorry."
"Don't apologize, Cilwenu. I understand." Harry hugged her tight.
Cilwenu nodded her head, and pulled away from the hug only moments later. She wiped her eyes of the tiny tears that slipped from her lashes. She tilted her head to the side.
"I'm going to get us some pumpkin juice, alright?"
Cilwenu took a seat near the edge of the dance floor, while she waited for Harry to return with their drinks. He had been gone for quite a long time, and Cilwenu was a little concerned. She scanned the whole area, not able to see her friend thanks to her height.
She supposed she should just wait for him to come back.
Around her, there were people singing along to the music, swaying in place, and even laughing at others dancing skills. She smiled a small smile to herself, then looked down at her hands and began to think about Draco.
She just wished things had at least gone differently.
In her mind, Cilwenu had the perfect image of Draco in her mind. She sat in a daze, eyes back straight, seeing his figure, his smile, and most of all, those eyes. She always loved his eyes, and the way they could see through her without him even trying. Her heart pounded at the mere thought, and in her vision, she saw Draco move.
Only…
It was actually Draco.
"Potter isn't around?" he asked, snapping Cilwenu from her daze.
She shook her head lazily, blushing.
Draco leant forwards slightly, and extended his hand to her, "Then, can I have this dance?"
Hesitantly, Cilwenu looked at Draco's hand. His fingers were fully stretched, and his palm looked so inviting to her. In her head, she was screaming while her heart was yearning for her to give in. All those things between them in the past couple months came flooding into her stomach, and then threatened to pour from her throat if she opened her mouth. There, on that dance floor, Cilwenu Snape took Draco Malfoy's hand, and danced.
He pulled her up off her feet with so much speed, that she stumbled against his chest. His heartbeat was anything but normal, heightened by the sheer excitement of having her so close to him, like she used to always be. Cilwenu felt her hands fit into his perfectly, as they twirled around the dance floor to an unknown song.
Neither of them heard the words so much as they heard one another's need to be with each other. Draco looked so deep into Cilwenu's eyes, that it scared her, and she nearly pushed him away just because of it. Her heart was still telling her to hold on, it was urging her to move in that rhythm with him, provided by the melody in the background.
Draco was smiling. He was staring at her and smiling as if nothing at all had happened between her. That perfectly white smile was what made Cilwenu go off balance, and stop in the midst of the moment. She pulled Draco with her, until he, too was stopped in his tracks.
They stood there for what seemed like forever, until Cilwenu finally parted her lips, and overcame the feelings that swarmed her.
"Draco, what are you doing?"
He let her hands go, watching them fall to her sides as her fingers curled into her palms. "Dancing with you."
She blushed a profusely red colour, and bit the inside of her lip, "I'm here with-"
"Harry." his name sounded so foreign from Draco's lips.
Cilwenu was taken-aback by his answer. She went to ask him, when Draco leaned in to her ear, "I asked him to take you to the ball, because I didn't want you to be alone."
"You… what?"
"I've never, ever been like this with a girl before in my life. The only other girl I show so much love to is my mother… No one has come even remotely close to being that important to me."
"Draco… please don't-"
He covered her lips with his fingers, and drew his brows together, "I made a mistake."
Cilwenu sighed heavily.
"I made a mistake, and I'm sorry."
"Draco." Cilwenu said, despite her lips still being covered. She felt heat filling her cheeks, and her head was taking her down a hectic roller coaster ride. She stared into those grey eyes that revealed someone other than the Draco people knew at Hogwarts.
He was her Draco in that moment… the Draco Cilwenu had been smitten over since they met, practically. He looked so honest, so vulnerable.
"Really, I can't do this anymore."
"Draco…"
"I'll tolerate those friends of yours."
"Draco…!"
"Anything to get you b-"
"Draco Lucius Malfoy*!" Cilwenu yelled, stomping her heel into the floor, eyes fiery and shoulders trembling.
Draco paused.
Cilwenu placed both hands on his face, pulled Draco close to her, and came within inches of his mouth.
Draco blushed this time, and stood there when Cilwenu's breath traveled over his neck.
"Shut the hell up."
They kissed then, Cilwenu lifting on her tip toes to wrap her arms about his neck.
Note: So, well. Yeah. I'm not much for dances considering I never really went to one. Not a girly girl. I hope this was good… it was killing me to do this. I can't believe I'm DONE WITH CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Bloody Hell. :D
*Draco Lucius Malfoy- middle name Lucius, because… why not? I don't know if his middle name was ever mentioned, but I'm keeping it this way either way :D lol later on i looked it up, and patted myself on the back for getting his last name right on the dot :D
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KagsChann