The week seemed to go by smoothly. Hermione was ahead in her studies. The night of the dance drew near, and it was the topic of everyone's conversations. Everyone dressed up nicely. The girls did their makeup and hair. The boys were done well before the girls, and most were just sitting in their respective common room waiting. Quite a few girls came to Hermione for help with their outfits, seeing as Hermione could easily change a normal robe into a beautiful dress robe. Everyone was dressed nicely.
The evening was wonderful. Although Tom was not too happy about it, Hermione danced with James, Remus, and Sirius. She even danced with Lucius and Severus, but Tom did not mind that, though Hermione did. Hermione mostly danced with Tom, although she enjoyed dancing with Sirius and Remus most; they were quite nice to her. Hermione and Tom went outside later on in the dance and the walked around the school to one of the gardens. It was quite nice; there were plenty of other dates there as well.
Hermione and Tom discussed school matters mostly. They had a new faerie assignment from Dumbledore, this time on Boggarts. They could be classified into two categories. The kind that changed shape and the kind that wreaked havoc on the house it lived in. They decided to do both, even though they only needed to do one. Hermione took on the shape shifting kind, the one she was familiar with, and Tom took the havoc wreaking one.
Saying their date was romantic would be completely wrong. Hermione and Tom spent most of the time talking about school. Tom had asked Hermione so he would not have to go out with some annoying girl. He did not want to part with Hermione too long, because some girl would ask him to dance; it really annoyed him.
As soon as the dance ended, Tom headed for the library and Hermione headed for bed. Tom wanted to get a head start. Hermione would have joined, but she was not feeling one hundred percent.