Jen Pov.
It was now a couple days till the ball and today they were going to Hogsmede. Her aunt had sent her a good amount of money to buy a dress. She held her book in her right hand as everyone walked to Hogsmede. She was nervous to pick out a dress, because well she was going to do it by herself and that was a little weird but whatever.
"Jen?" someone beside her said. She turned to see Hermione with her bushy hair smiling.
"Hey" Jen replied with a small smile.
"Are you going to go dress shopping or did you get one sent to you?" Hermione asked quickly.
Jen smiled, " I was going to go look for one in Hogsmede. " Jen didn't feel as small when she was around Hermione. Maybe it was because Hermione never seemed to judge her and was always really nice to her.
"Do you mind if I tag along? We can give each other advice?"
"Sure." And with a smile they walked towards a small dress shop.
It wasn't too crowded in the dress shop and they began browsing the dresses. Jen had found a dress that was layered in different shades of light purple.
"That one looks really nice" Hermione said
"it is, but I don't think I will look good in it." Jen said making a face looking at Hermione. "Why don't you try it on?" Jen said walking towards Hermione.
"Okay".
They tried on many dresses and Hermione ended up choosing the layered dress from before. Jen on the other hand had not found the right dress yet. Hermione had told her they weren't leaving until they found the right dress for her. Jen was willing to just give up looking and tell Jared she wasn't feeling good and wasn't going to go to the ball. This whole thing seemed useless. There was a knock on the dressing room door and it was Hermione with another dress for her to try on.
"Try this one!" Hermione said and Jen took it. There wasn't a mirror inside the dressing stall, so she put on the dress and walked out.
Hermione's eyes grew wide and she smiled wide."That's the one!" she said.
Jen smoothed the sides of the dress and turned around to look at herself. This was different, she had to admit that she really did like this dress a lot.
"boy Fred is going to regret even more not asking you now" Hermione mumbled to herself.
Jen turned around to look at her. "Hmm?" she asked. All she had heard was something about Fred.
"What? Oh nothing." She said and they went to pay for their dresses. She really hoped that Jared was going to like it and that she wasn't going to make a fool out of herself. A little inside her hoped that Fred would like it, even though they weren't going together.
Fred Pov.
It was now the day of the Yule ball and Fred was, somewhat excited. All Angelina had talked about was her dress and how much fun they were going to have. He would nod and agree, but he didn't really care too much. He was still a little frustrated with the whole Jen situation. He wished he had some kind of time machine so he could fix things. So now he stood with Angeline, George, Katie Bell, Lee and his date. They were getting ready to bring in the Tri wizard champions so everyone made way for them to walk in. H watched as they all came through and laughed because now Harry had to dance. As Harry walked by he noticed Jen on the other side of the crowd. She was clear as day. She looked amazing, and that dress did her justice. Her hair was down in wavy curls, and her small necklace twinkled in the light around her neck. Her strapless dress fit her body perfectly and the deep purple of the dress made her light skin look so perfect. This was going to drive him crazy all night long. What really drove him crazy was that this Jared kid was whispering something in her ear, and she wasn't really making any sort of face , so he couldn't tell if she was enjoying what he was saying or not.
He watched her a lot that night even catching her eye once or twice.
The first time it was really quick. It was a simple glance without any emotion, just eyes passing by.
The second time though was more. He was standing with Angelina as she talked with Katie. He looked across the room for her when she looked up. Fred gave a smile and nodded towards her. She smiled back then looked back to Jared. But only a few seconds later she looked back at Fred still smiling and blushed then looked away again. She had his attention a good part of the night.
Later that night Angelina said she was tired and her and Katie went to bed. Fred put his hands in the pockets of his dress robes and began walking up to the common rooms. As they walked he saw Jen walking back towards the ball area. He watched her as she walked then stopped. "Hey I will catch you back in the common rooms okay?" Fred said to his friends. Lee nodded but George stayed and walked over to his brother and places a hand on his brothers shoulders.
"good luck Fred."George said with a smile knowing exactly what was up.
" Pretty sure I will need it George." Fred replied and they walked their separate ways.
Fred found her by a random chair looking around it for something. When she found her coat he walked in. he wasn't sure if she had noticed or not.
"Can't get enough dancing eh?" Fred said, but to his surprise she screamed. And a loud one that echoed at that. Guess she hadn't seen him after all.
She surprised herself , he could tell because she placed her hand over her mouth and the other hand on her chest, with eyes wide in surprise.
"Wow. You really screamed!" Fred said with amusement.
She was breathing heavy and she turned bright red. "I'm sorry" she apologized.
Fred stepped closer to her and cocked his eye brow at her. "For what?" he asked.
She blushed again and bit her lip, "Um, I don't know." She said softly.
He nodded as they stood there in silence for a second. "Looks like it's just us." Fred said looking around the place but always looking back at her. She wasn't looking at him but instead around the room as well. He wanted her to look at him, so he could look at her beautiful blue eyes. "Care to dance?" he asked now looking at her. She looked up at him with a smile.
"we don't have any music" she said.
He nodded and began to think.
Jen Pov.
She stood looking at Fred. Her stomach was twisted into a gazillions knots with excitement and nervousness. She watched his thumb and pointer finger cup his chin to think, the way his lips curved up into a smirk when he thought of a good idea, and the way his eyes shone with excitement.
"well just have to make our own music then." He said stepping towards her and extended his palm out to her. For a second she stopped breathing as he approached her. She looked at his hand for a second before she placed her small hand into his. He wrapped his fingers around hers and smiled. "Come on." He said and began to lead her out of the room at a quick pace. She pulled her dress up a little bit so she wouldn't trip over it. Her shoes made a clinking noise as the fast walked, so she stopped and took them off. Fred took her hand again and began hurriedly walking again.
"Where are we going?" She asked him.
He gave a chuckled and as they walked into a room he said "to make music." He let her walk in front of him into the dark room. Fred pulled out his wand and said luminous, creating a light for them to see. Fred stood behind her with his hand her back. This sent shivers all over her body, but she was scared for a moment, but saw he was speaking literally of making music because they now stood in the music wing where the piano was. She smiled and walked towards the piano. She sat down and ran her fingers over the keys making a soft noise, but quickly pulled them back when Fred sat next to her on the seat.
"Don't stop, I like the way you play." He said smiling.
"I just ran tom fingers over the keys I didn't play anything." She said with a soft laugh.
"I've heard you play." He said. She looked at him funny . He heard me play? Omg! I probably sounded so horrible! She thought. "I , uh, heard you playing one Saturday morning." He said running the back of his neck, rustling parts of his red hair. She blushed in the darkness of the room and placed her fingers on the keys after a few seconds. She began to play a little. She watched as her hands moved from key to key. When she messed up once she stopped and pulled her hands back.
She blushed yet again and said "I don't know. I'm really not that good at all." She looked down at her hands in her lap. She could feel Fred looking at her, so she dared herself to look back up at him. He had a small smile on his face. She looked at him blinking a few times , her breathing was becoming heavy because she had massive butterflies. For a few more seconds they looked at each other when Fred began to lean in towards her. They were very close now and she could feel his breathe on her lips. She was freaking out inside! He gently pressed his lips against hers as she closed her eyes, returning the kiss. He had placed his hand gently on her face as he kissed her again.
Just then they heard the door open and light had shone through. They broke apart as they looked towards the door and saw the shadow of a cat appearing in the light. Fred quickly grabbed Jen's hand and pulled them into a corner where they wouldn't be noticed. Fred still had hold of her hand and they stood with their bodies close together and didn't move. She placed and hand over her mouth so they wouldn't get discovered from her breathing. Filch walked in and looked around. She gripped tighter on Fred's hand and closed her eyes. Filch decided that no one was in the room and left. Fred let out a heavy sigh and laughed.
"Well that was close!" he said to her. She smiled back at him as they walked out of the room and back to the common rooms. As they walked Fred took her hand as they walked. She looked from their hands up to his face. He had that stupid grin on his face again, but she blushed and smiled as they walked.