Hello everyone. Sorry this chapter took more time to update. I was really busy. Thanks for all the support so far. But I might like more reviews because those reviews give me a lot of encouragement. I am starting chapter 11 which will have a lot of Mature stuff, just giving a heads up. in this chapter i used the description used in book to describe the festivities. I won't take a lot of your time with my silly commentary so here is chapter 10 for you.

P.S J.K Rowling you rock. Because of the characters you created we could have fun on the side.

Again thank you all of you. Lots of love. enjoy

Chapter 10

Every holiday in Hogwarts is celebrated with a blast (if Halloween is a holiday). There are theme decorations in each holiday. For example at Christmas, the Great Hall is decorated with twelve towering Christmas trees, festoons of holly, mistletoe, and other Christmas-oriented accents. In addition to this, the school has been known to be decorated with real live fairies, which fly around the trees; everlasting icicles which are applied to the banisters of the Grand Staircase; and warm, dry snow which falls from the Enchanted Ceiling of the Great Hall. Halloween has the similar vibe but with different decoration. As always the Great Hall is breath taking. It is decorated with the usual live bats; Hagrid's vast pumpkins had been carved into lanterns large enough for three men to sit in as always. But this year some prefects had given the idea of bringing in popular wizard band for the live performance. The party was on Saturday so everybody was excited. The first, second and third year students had to leave after their supper. But the students from the senior classes decided not to come down until the time for supper. Some students (mostly girls) decided to skip supper. They can eat as much as they want when the party starts.

Every girl was getting excited for the function, everyone… except for Hermione. Sure she was a Head Girl, and she had to look after other students before she got ready for her date, but she looked rather reluctant. She knows what is going to happen at the end of the function. But for a moment she wanted to run away and hide herself until the end of the year. The situation might have been easier had she not have any feelings for the boy but she was stupid enough to fall for him. So much of being smart witch of the age, she thought. She was about to back away from the plan but a certain Slytherin had made it his business into provoking her. It wasn't Draco, it was Blaise Zabini. Whenever he found her alone or staring at the Slytherin table, he would give knowing smile (not like the kind or friendly smile, but rather I- know- what- is- going- to- happen- to- you- tonight- and -I –am- going- to –enjoy smile) and also wink at her licking his lips (the nerve of his). So she decided, whatever the consequences, she is going to stick with the plan. Gathering her courage she left to get ready for the party. Nobody messes with Hermione Granger.

Harry was nervous, very nervous. Ron was watching his friend the whole day today and he has been acting weird. Heck he has been acting weird since the day he yelled at Hermione in the Great Hall and had stormed off. Hermione and Ginny had gone after him. He has no idea what happened between them because none of them had told him anything. So he was giving them time to come clean but they are taking hell of a time.

"What in the Merlin's name are you looking at, Harry? You have been watching the door since we entered the Hall. What's the matter with you?" asked Ron now being little annoyed with his best mate.

Harry in the other hand looked petrified. It seems like Ron had touched a very sensitive button and Harry was afraid that Ron might not like what he had in mind at the moment. So he said "nothing I am just waiting for my date. She is quiet late."

Ron was little puzzled but he had to ask, "Harry my date for the dance is Pansy, who is yours?" He had to make sure it's not someone that he knows.

Harry looked like he was going to have a fit or something but something or rather someone caught his sight. Ginny was entering the Hall. She looked amazing (according to Harry), she had a beautiful white gown which complemented her red hair. The gown went down to her knees, she had a mask covering her eyes and wings which made her look like an angel (his angel). He let his breath out, not knowing that he was holding it in. She was walking towards them with a knowing smile. It is then Harry noticed that she wasn't wearing any jewelry except a small chain around her neck with a beautiful emerald ring with white gold in it. He gave her a knowing smile and remembered their meeting after his outburst in the Great Hall that day.

Flash back

"Hermione if you don't mind can I come with you to go after him?" Ginny asked.

Hermione and Ginny were chasing Harry after his flare-up in the Great Hall. So they were running after him. They were about to catch up to him when Goyle ran to Hermione. He wanted help in memorizing potion ingredients. So Ginny told her to go with Goyle. She wanted to deal with Harry alone. Hermione gave a knowing smile, wished her good luck and left.

Ginny was walking very fast now, in fact she was very close to running. She saw Harry take a turn and knew where he was heading. She didn't want to lose his sight so she started to jog. When she took the same turn Harry had taken, she saw the door of Room of Requirement was disappearing. She ran as fast as she could and managed to slide through the door before it was fully gone.

Once there she saw the room was lit dark except for the fire. In front of the fire there was chair which was occupied by Harry. She came behind him and said in a very soft voice "Harry? Could we talk?"

Startled by sudden appearance by Ginny, he becomes jumpy and falls of the chair. Ginny wanted to laugh but controlled herself. She didn't want to add fume in Harry's anger. He gathers himself up, glares at her for scaring him and asks "what are you doing here?"

"I wanted to talk to you," she replied.

"Wasn't the 'talk' by the lakeside enough? I heard you loud and clear. Just leave me alone Ginny. If you give me time I will be alright. Just don't appear in front of me often. Or else it will be hard for me to move on," he said in one breath.

"But… I don't want you to move on. I want you to fight for me. I want you to convince me,.. you arse." she said with wet eyes.

Harry was really confused now "ok now I am confused, didn't you tell me to let you go? Ginny I am trying really hard to forget you... I don't want to forget you. When I was in the forest looking for those horcruxes I used to look at the Marauder's map to see a tiny dot with your name on it. It brought peace to my heart thinking you were ok. That tiny dot was my means of hope, making me think that when everything was back to normal… the person with that name would be with me. I won't let her go again after everything is over, I thought... But I know you said that I might leave you again if there will be any trouble in future, however I will have you know that I have seen you fight so I am convinced you can take care of yourself. But... I know you don't want to be with me. I understand... but my heart is in so much pain that I am not able to be around you."

"Why didn't you say this earlier?" Ginny asked with a lump in her throat. She didn't realize that she was crying.

Harry looks up to her eyes and he softens his glare. He walks towards her in a slow pace (he doesn't want her to back away). And very slowly he says "Ginny… I love you. I love you a lot. I am asking… no wait… I am pleading you; please don't ask me to leave you."

Ginny, now crying more than before, looks at him with a soft smile and says "you idiot. If I wanted you to leave me, I wouldn't have come after you. Oh God! why are boys so stupid. Unless we tell them directly they wouldn't know… Harry James Potter, I love you. In fact I have been in love with you since before you fell for me. I liked you the day I saw you at the platform when I was ten. It was you who didn't see me even when I was in front of you this whole time. I was brave for you when you wanted to go find all those horcruxes because I also had hoped that you would come to me after all this is over. But you didn't, so I thought maybe you are not attracted to me anymore. But see, here I am, still coming after you to make you feel better when I am also in pain." She wanted to be strong and not cry in front of Harry but she couldn't. "When will you ever love me more than I love you Harry?" she says very softly wiping her eyes.

Harry was realizing his mistake, slapped himself in his mind for his stupidity, took a step closer to Ginny and said "Ginny,… I love you; if I hadn't then I would not have broken up with you. I honestly wanted to protect you," he took another step closer to her "I know I should've asked your opinion but Voldemort could read my mind, and believe it or not before we went our separate ways, you were all over my mind. Well you were always in my heart. That was safer to keep because, you see, Voldemort didn't have heart to read someone else's heart. So I was in love with you this whole time. I know I am foolish to not see what was in front of me before but I see you now, and trust me when I say this, you are the only person I see now."

Ginny looked up to him and then she looked around. She smiled when she saw the change in the room. Instead of the chair behind Harry there was a bed with silk drapes hanging down from four sides around the bed. There were candles everywhere in the room. The light was still darker but there wasn't any gloomy vibe anymore. It was rather very sensual. She looked at Harry and gasp.

He was down on his knees and a small square box was in his hand. He looked at her and smiled "Ginny, in my life I have seen many tragedies. Since I was one I had lost almost everything that I hold dear. My happiness came to me when I met Ron (and of course Hermione too). Through Ron I found a family who would give me an unconditional love without asking. A mother with a big heart, and a father who would lighten your mood any day. All the brothers who took care of me when I needed them. And most importantly a love of my life. You Ginny. I don't know what I was thinking before but I will have you know that my life will not go forward without you. I know we haven't been together for so long but my heart knows that it is you who I love and want to spend the rest of my life with. So Ginevra Molly Weasley, please marry me. I want to call your mom and dad as mine. I want that family as mine. You will make me happy and everyone knows that I do need happiness in my life. Don't you agree?"

She had tears in her eyes and she wasn't even wiping them away. She heard everything she wanted to hear. Slowly she bends her knees to be in the same level as Harry (well she is still shorter than him). She raises her both hands to his cheeks and grabs him closer and says "if you hadn't said what I wanted to hear than believe it or not I would have killed you. So yes Harry I will marry you and be yours for the rest of our lives." Then she kissed him.

He was a little surprise from her action but he knew she was tough lady. They kissed for a while and Harry pulled away and took the ring from the box and said "I wanted to give you this for a long time. But I wasn't sure, you know, your age and stuff. But Ginny could you keep it a secret." He said but he knew it came out wrong because Ginny's face was changing from happy to anger so he spoke again, "no, no, no. let me explain. I want to propose to you again in front of your parents. I want to ask your hand in marriage properly. I want our family to be there too. Actually I wanted to do that for a long time too. First we would have our private proposal and then in front of our family and friends. So what do you say? Are you with me?"

Ginny smirked and said "I have to think about it, you know, I want to see how you perform in bed tonight."

Harry smiled and the rest is history well if you know what I mean (wink, wink).

Flash back ends.

"Your date is my sister?" asked Ron bringing Harry back to the present.

"Oh give it a rest Ron, you knew this would happen. So stop making faces and smile for your friend and you sister." said Ginny.

"Ron I know I should have told you before but you knew I am in love with Ginny. I promise you I won't leave her heart broken again. If I do you can kill me." said Harry

"Oh well, I give you guys my blessing,.. but just don't do stuff in front of me."

"What kinda stuff Ron, like this?" asked Ginny and grabbed Harry by his shirt and kissed him senseless.

"Ewwwww. Stop. That's disgusting."

"I didn't know you feel that way?" all three heard a new voice and turned to face the voice. It was Pansy. Ron caught his breath and was speechless for a moment "you look amazing."

In fact she did. He had a black short layered petticoat tutu skirt with opaque nylon thigh high stockings. She had a peasant top and a corset. She looked really sexy (according to Ron). She gave him a smile and kissed him on the lips when she knew he wouldn't be able to say anything.

"Hypocrite." said Ginny to break the silent and everybody laughed. By then Draco Malfoy came up to them and asked "hey! Have you seen Granger?"

Everybody was quiet. Ron was glaring daggers at him but Pansy put her hand on his hand to calm him down. Harry was about to say something nasty like 'go fuck yourself' but Ginny beat him "She is a Head Girl Malfoy. She had to take care of others before she looked at herself. So why don't you wait for her by the entrance and stop bothering us."

"Did you wake up at the wrong side of the bed? Why are you so snappy?" asked Draco being little taken aback with the response.

"Draco, just leave. She will be coming." Pansy said to break the tension

He was about to respond to Pansy when he saw Hermione entering the Hall. She took his breath away. She was dressed as a vampire. A panned gown which had a special finish for velvet and satin. It produced a high luster. The dress was a full length with red satin in the center and black on the sides. The bodice resembled a corset that was tied together with black string. The sleeves were cut short and had a mesh tattered trim that hangs from the sleeve that resembled spider webs. The choker was black and red. She had black and red patent and lace peep on and dark red lipstick which made Draco stare at her lips for more than a couple seconds. "Wow" was the only word that came out of his mouth.

A soft music started playing as she entered the Hall. Harry and Ron waved at her. She smiled at them. Malfoy was standing with them staring at her. She moved towards them and forced a smile to Malfoy. "Hey guys, lovely decorations. Right?"

"Ya but can't be compared as to how lovely you look today." Malfoy commented

Everybody in the group looked at each other at his comment and then looked at Hermione for response. They didn't want to hamper her plan before it began so they kept quiet. Harry and Ron were beyond angry at Malfoy but their other half had calmed them down.

Hermione ignored her friends and the sad feeling in her heart in order make herself strong she thanked Malfoy and turned to Harry and Ginny and said "Wow, guys. You are back. I am so happy for you. Wait a minute what's tha…" she was pointing at Ginny's neck and was going to comment about the necklace but she stopped looking at Harry's face. He and Ginny were asking her not to say anything about the necklace.

"What were you pointing at, Mione?" asked Ron

Her index finger was still raised so she said "uuumm… the… the thing… behind Ginny. What's that I have never seen it before?"

Ron, Pansy and Draco were confused at Hermione's behavior. Ron said "its pumpkin Mione. What do you mean you haven't seen it before?"

"Oh I don't know I am just too tired. Lets get this party over with, shall we?"

"Oh I don't know it is a lot of fun, care for a dance Granger?" asked Draco

He didn't wait for an answer, grabbed her hand and took her to the dance floor. The floor was already covered with other couples dancing in each other's arms. Harry and Ron also followed them just to make sure Hermione doesn't break down with a lot of pressure.

Draco had his both arms wrapped around Hermione's waist. He pulled her closer to him. Hermione put her head on his chest. She could hear his heart beating and it was beating really fast. If only it was beating for me, she thought. "Hey Hermione, do you want to get out of here, somewhere really quiet? I have something planed for us tonight." he said very quietly.

The moment has come, only Hermione was getting cold feet. She looks up into his eyes and asks very softly "Draco is there anything you want to tell me?" She was giving him a chance to come clean and she really hoped that he tells her the truth. But one can only hope, right?

He looked confused by her question and asks "what do you mean?"

"Is there anything you want to tell me before we leave the Hall, tonight?"

He thought maybe she knew about the plan but thinking that was impossible, he says "no, I don't have anything to say, but I do have a surprise for you and I am not revealing it, if that's what you are implying?"

Sighing in defeat she pulled herself out of his grip and led him away from the dance hall.

"They are leaving, Harry." Ginny said

Harry looked towards the entrance of the hall and motioned towards Ron and Pansy. "Ron they are leaving, what should we do?"

Ron looked at the entrance too and said with a heavy heart "right now we do nothing, we finish our dance with our ladies, trust Hermione for her judgment and later we be there when she needs us the most. We know Hermione, just try not to think too much. She can handle the ferret."

All three of them were looking at Ron with both proud and sad expressions and finally nodded on agreement.

Draco and Hermione were at the seventh floor in the left corridor of the castle. Both, Hermione and Draco, are all too familiar with this room. She had used it with Harry and others during their fifth year to create an army and Draco had used it during their sixth year to do you-know-what. Well now they were both standing in front of the door. Draco started to walk past the area of the door three times, he was quiet, and Hermione thought he might be thinking of what he needed. After his third pass, a door appeared. He turned towards Hermione and offered his hand. She reluctantly took his hand and entered the room.