AN: France was awesome! I think Notre Dame was my fave part... Sorry it took so long to update... I was more concerned with "Keeping Secrets" because that story is almost finished and I needed to consult my muse to see what the ending should be... so u should read that too! And I am wicked fucked with my rents cuz I failed biology... ugh

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Chapter 10: Only Two More Nights

"Ginny... I'm freaking out!" Hermione said rushing into the prefects tower from the Head tower.

Ginny looked up from her homework and laughed through her nose. "What's going on?"

Hermione flung herself onto the couch dramatically. "There is only two more nights until the Halloween ball, and I don't have a date!" Hermione groaned and hid her face into a pillow to continue her rant in a muffled voice.

Ginny bit back giggles as she watched Hermione beating the pillow as she screamed incoherently into it. "Hermione, I'm sure someone will ask you to the dance," she reassured her.

Hermione lifted her head from the pillow. "Why hasn't anyone asked me yet! Last month I had guys lined up around the block, and now no one will come within five yards of me!"

Ginny shrugged. "I have no idea," she lied. Ginny knew exactly why there had been no one seeking Hermione as their date. Draco had declared her as his property, and gave all the boys fair warning what would happen if they were to ask her to the ball. Once Ginny found out about this, she wanted to tell Hermione, but Draco insisted she wait. "Hermione I have to tell you something..."

Hermione's head shot up. "What is it?" she said in serious curiosity.

Draco told me to wait... I've wait long enough. Poor Hermione is freaking out... "Well, you know how no one has asked you yet?"

Hermione nodded. "Did you not pay attention to my couch-fling!" Hermione said annoyed. She often became annoyed when she was stressed out.

"And a lovely couch-fling it was," Ginny said tenderly. As far as she was concerned, any girl who was casually seeing Draco Malfoy was clearly insane, and Hermione had begun to realize this.

"Your point?"

Ginny hesitated. Draco might be asking her later tonight... "well I was just going to say that guys are stupid," she said. Way to go Ginny, she thought sarcastically to herself. There is no way the top student is going to believe a dumb excuse you just pull out of your ass!

Hermione sighed. "Right you are Ginny."

Ginny rolled her eyes. Go figure the head student is blinded when it comes to boys. "I know," Ginny smiled.

Hermione half-smiled as she through a pillow at Ginny. "You little brat!"

Ginny half-heartedly threw the pillow back. "I may be a brat, but I am screwing the second-best looking guy in Hogwarts," she winked.

"Who's the first?" Hermione said tilting her head to one side as she sat up on the couch.

"What are you ladies up to?" a new voice said happily trotting into the tower.

Ginny started laughing out loud. Perfect timing...

Hermione was still confused, and then realized what Ginny was talking about as Draco leaned in to kiss her, causing her to laugh into the kiss. "Wow Ginny..." she commented as Draco raised a puzzled eyebrow.

"I have good taste in guys," Ginny replied shrugging with a smirk.

Draco rolled his eyes, "I wouldn't go that far."

Hermione and Ginny broke out into hysterical laughter over Draco's comment. He didn't realize that he insulted himself, thinking that Ginny had been talking about Harry.

Just then Daria also joined them stepping briskly through the portrait tower. "Draco, your flying low."

Draco frantically tried to re-zip his fly, but realized he wasn't flying low at all. He looked back to his cousin as she skipped up he stairs. "You liar," he said smirking.

"I know," she shrugged. "I wanted to see if you would believe me," she smirked

Hermione and Ginny both smiled.

"You seem quite cheery today," Hermione commented.

Daria seemed to gaze off dreamily, "Well today is a beautiful day."

Ginny glanced out of the window, not believing her reason. "It's raining."

"I know," Daria said dreamily. "I just took a walk around the Hogwarts grounds with Ronny."

Hermione coughed at 'Ronny'. "Was it a nice walk?"

Daria grinned girlishly.

"I don't think I like where this is going," Draco said in an overprotective voice.

"We are officially going out now, as in a 'couple' I guess."

"Awww," Hermione cooed. Lucky you! There are some of us still waiting for that to happen!

Draco shifted uncomfortably at Hermione's 'awww'. He still hadn't asked her to the ball yet and had planned on doing it tonight. Now he had to out-do the Weasel.

"Draco?" Daria asked looking for approval.

Draco grunted. "You're a big girl. Just don't make me kill him; and that means you can't touch each other," he said giving Daria a big-brother stare.

Daria rolled her eyes. "Ok Draco, but if you don't want us to touch each other... don't watch us at the ball," she said winking.

Draco gulped. Ewww... too much information.

Daria was clearly satisfied with herself and retreated back to her room.

Ginny cleared her throat in what she could tell was becoming am awkward silence between Herself, Hermione, and Draco. "So what's going on Draco?"

Oh not much... I haven't asked Hermione to the dance, and you're trying to get me to ask her right now, and my cousin just put disturbing images into my brain... "Nothing," he shrugged starting to turn to the Head tower.

Hermione couldn't hold back grunt. Exactly the problem, Hermione thought bitterly. "Ginny I think I know who I am going to ask to the dance," she said making sure she had Draco's attention.

And she certainly did. Draco abruptly stopped and looked at Hermione uncertainly. "You're going to ask someone?"

Hermione shrugged. "Well seeing as I haven't been asked yet," she said staring at Draco coldly.

Draco attempted to retort but he could find no words, so Hermione continued.

"I think I might go with Blaise."

Ginny turned a pale white color as her eyes became wide. "Uh- Herm -I - uh, ok?" she said uncertainly.

Draco couldn't believe his ears. Blaise? BLAISE! He won't turn her down either, he still wants to get into her pants... Then Draco had a worse image than the one Daria gracefully inserted into his head. Hermione and Blaise. In Hermione's bed. Which is a few short feet away from my room. Which means I could hear anything my best friend and almost-sorta-kinda-not-techniquely girlfriend are doing. EWWWWWW EW EW EW!

Hermione smiled inwardly at Draco's expression, the mixture of anger, shock, outrage and disappointed all clearly written across his ever-handsome face.

Ginny finally broke the uneasy silence. "Hermione, come on. You don't want to lead Blaise on, do you? I mean I am sure there are guys that would love to go with you," then turning her glare to Draco added, "but they are just bloody retarded to wait this long to ask you."

Draco felt a giant lump and his throat rising, and he could no longer keep his mouth shut as his words forced their way out. "Hermione, do you want to go to the ball with me?"

Hermione looked at Draco with unsure eyes. "If Blaise doesn't want to go with me," she said casually.

Draco stared at her in shock. Is she being serious?

Ginny could tell Hermione was trying to get Draco wound up. "Draco, why don't you ask Luna Lovegood?" she said in attempt to give Hermione a taste of her own medicine.

Hermione's face burned with anger. "He can absolutely not ask Loony! Besides, she won't go with him anyway."

Draco narrowed his eyebrows. "What is that supposed to mean?"

Hermione smirked. "She has a brain," she said cloyingly.

"Oh haha," Draco said mockingly. "If only an idiot would go with me, then are saying that you're an idiot?"

Hermione rolled her eyes. "I never said I would go with you."

Draco smirked. "Really?"

"Really-really," Hermione said finding intense interest in her fingernails.

Draco then took Hermione's face in his hands and kissed her passionately, putting all of his emotions into it. He started to pull away and was pleased with himself as Hermione moaned in protest.

"I guess I could go with you," Hermione said with mock disinterest.

"I wouldn't have it any other way," Draco smiled before taking Hermione's lips' with his own again.

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