A/N: It will be mostly in Mira-Bella's time. :P Thanks for the reviews :P I'm sorry for the confusion Trini Bear :P I'm glad that you get it now… lol I am going to get the ball out of the way and then the end will be in Present time :P And this one is long… it lingers on ten pages (4000 words) lol :P I'm proud… Don't think of Mira as a cold hearted person… she doesn't want to hurt teddy… Trust me… he ends up with a nice girl ;P not that I will tell you who for a long time… And I have a very Draco comment when I get to the Present time… It's so something he would say XD I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I own not Harry Potter… nor do I own any of the mentioned songs…
Dynamite by Taio Cruz, BlahBlahblah By Ke$ha. Billionaire byTravie McCoy. Austin- Blake Shelton (who grew up in Oklahoma: P)
Chapter eleven: Valentine's Day.
OoOo Mira-Bella oOoO
"I came to dance, dance, dance, dance I hit the floor cause that's my plans, plans, plans, plans." I sang out of key as I danced around my room. If I were going to be forced to go to a dance I didn't want to go to, I was going to have a little fun while all of the other girls were at Hogsmede looking for dresses. They were picking up last minuet things, and seeing as I already had my dress, shoes, and everything else, I was ahead of the game.
I was wearing all of the clothing I had bought for it, I had been trying it all on, and looked as if I were ready to go to the Ball right this minute. Though I knew perfectly well that it wasn't until seven tonight.
"I throw my hands up in the air sometimes saying Ayo got to let go!" I blared to the heavens. I had to kind of feel sorry for the portraits, cause I can't sing, I had to have sounded like a mermaid out of water. I guess my dancing makes up for being tone def. Did I mention I was singing loud? I think I did.
I was able to move in fluid motions. I had been told that I should be a professional dancer, and that's why I don't like dances, people tend to gawk. I don't like being the center of attention. Despite popular belief, I honestly can say that I know how Uncle Harry feels, it's not fun being gawked at.
"Cause I told you once, now I told you twice! We gonna light this up like its Dynamite! I came here to move, move, move, move. So get out of the way of me and my crew,crew,crew,crew." I continued to sing and dance around the room like an idiot.
"I throw my Spanish in the air sometimes, sayin Ayo no comprehendo!" a male voice sang from behind me, in key I might add… Damn him. My own singing stopped and I froze in place. 'Oh, Merlin' I thought as I slowly began to turn around.
"Hi." he said waving from where he stood in the door way. He was leaning up against the door frame with his arms folded in front of him. He had a smile plastered on his face. He was wearing a white button up shirt and jeans.
"Jace," I said blushing "Has anyone ever told you it's rude to spy on people." I said trying to sound un-phased by the whole ordeal, I succeeded; a little. I was still immensely embarrassed.
"Yeah, actually, I have been told that once or twice." He grinned. "It's more fun to catch people when they aren't looking. It gives you a glance of who they are away from everyone else." He was such a smart ass. I knew why he was in Slytherin; there was no doubt about it.
"Why are you up here in the first place?" I finally asked. Seeing as this was the girl's dormitory, and taking into consideration that he wasn't exactly a girl. I knew that he wouldn't be able to step foot into this room, so he had no reason to be up here.
"Well… I heard that… um… uh, lovely noise and had to come see what it was…." He said awkwardly as he ran his fingers through his hair, it was obvious that he trying to lie to me.
"Liar," I pointed out as I laughed. "I know I'm tone deaf, you don't even have to pretend like I can sing." I said walking over to my I-pod touch and turning the volume down. One can only stand Ke$ha and her Blahs at a certain volume…
"Oh you aren't that bad." He said unconvincingly, thus causing me to glare at him. "Okay fine, I thought someone was strangling a cat…" He admitted with a laugh. "That better?"
"Much." I said rolling my eyes as I sat down at the foot of my bed.
"Hey you may sound like a dying cat, but you can dance." He said shifting his weight from one leg to another. I had the best retort in the world for that one, but I shall skip that, I don't want to get into the explanation…
"Um… thanks… I guess…" I decided to say, I was unsure if it was a compliment or an insult. I guess it was both, because on one side it was friendly remark and on the other it was rude… the world may never know.
"Ummm… Hello Creeper." Ali said from behind Jace as she walked into the room; we both looked quickly up at her. She was carrying a bunch of bags full of her Valentines ball stuff. "Do I need to report you to Dumbledore for peeping?" She was trying not to laugh.
"Oh Ha-ha Butter… It's not peeping when everyone in the room is clothed." He rolled his eyes. "I though everyone knew that."
"Whatever you say, Bread." She said slipping past him and into the room. "Oh, love the dress, Bri!" She said when she saw me. I looked down at my dress. It was a long green dress with a bodice top. It had beads along the top and flowed down in a poof. (A/N: I have a pic on my profile)
"Oh, thanks." I said looking back up laughing. "I got a little carried away as I was trying it on." I could hear Jace snort.
"Carried away is an understatement," He said, Ali raised an eyebrow when she heard his comment. She shot me a look and I glared at her. I knew what she was thinking. Sometimes I am glad that she a good friend; she knows when to not say something…
"Oh shut up." I rolled my eyes as I tried to hide my blush.
"I don't think I even want to know…" Ali said as she pulled her dress from out of it bag. It was short, pink and had hearts on it. It screamed Ali.
"Short enough for you?" I asked skeptically. I didn't think I had ever seen a shorter dress.
"It could have been shorter…" she laughed." But I don't really want to be a recreation of that Parkinson girl that died in the war… I hear she was a nut case." Ali said shaking her head.
"I have heard stories that would turn you hair gray…" I said before turning back to Jace. "I think you should go now, Bread…" I said. Ha-ha did that just rhyme, I think it did.
"I think I have to agree… One more pink dress and I might be scarred for life." He smirked before turning to go down the stairs.
When I turned back to look at Alishe was grinning at me. I knew that look anywhere. It was one of those looks that said a million things at once, and I can't even begin to list them off. Well I could but it would take a year and according to scientists all over the world, we don't have that long… I say they are nuts…
"Don't say it." I said knowingly as I grabbed my regular clothes. I wasn't going to wear this dress all day. I couldn't stay locked up in my room for eight hours. The minute I shut the door, I heard her begin to laugh.
OoOo Later oOoO
"OH MY MERLIN!" Aria shrieked when she saw me. We had just reached the entrance hall, we being Ali and I. "The two of you look awesome!" She said smiling at us.
"As do you Aria." I said to my friend. She had on a light blue satin dress that reached the floor, it was simple and not to flashy. Her hair was up in a bun.
"Oh, thank you." She said.
We were a little early, but it didn't matter, early meant that we wouldn't have to listen to the other girls whine about how they looked. Some can be a little… extremely… spoiled rotten.
"I wonder if Dumbledore is sticking to his rule…" Aria thought out loud as we stood there waiting. I laughed; of course he would stick to it. Dumbledore had this strange rule about the music played… No one really knew how it originated, though we all wondered.
He only permitted for music that had been released before the previous year to be played. So in this case, it would be music released before Monday, February Fourteenth 2011. It doesn't make sense does it… didn't think so. A lot of us didn't care, though others thought it was stupid and wanted to change that rule. But the old man wouldn't budge.
"I wouldn't count on him changing it." I said as a group of Hufflepuffs came rushing down the stairs excitedly.
"You're probably right." she said thoughtfully.
"Your admirer is watching you." Aria said after a moment, and sure enough Teddy was looking at me with an awed expression. I felt my stomach drop and the nausea roll in; I couldn't help but feel like a cold hearted banshee. I didn't want to have to hurt him; I didn't want to lose my oldest friend.
"Aria, don't say that." I said looking down at my hands. "It's not like that, we are only friends." I said. When I looked up I realized that a lot more people had showed up. It was five till seven.
"Bri, don't worry about it." Ali said putting a hand on my shoulder, "Everything will be fine, and just remember what I told you."
"I guess you are right." I said, once again putting the thought at the back of my mind and forgetting about it.
"Hey, Teddy," Aria said when he reached us. He was blushing.
"Hey, Aria," He said. "Hi Bri, Ali," He said. "You all look nice." He blushed again; his hair took on a slightly pink shade.
"Thanks." We all chimed in.
It wasn't long before the clock chimed seven and the big oak doors to the Great Hall began to open suspenseful. Many of the other girls began to flock around it; while I groaned. The first thing I saw when the doors finally opened was a ton of horrendous pink hearts floating around the room. Everything else in the room seemed to coordinate with these hearts, meaning that most of the things here ranged in either white, red, pink or neutral. Another think I noticed right away was the ear shattering sound of Ke$ha, yet again talking in her blahs. Blah blah blah was all the song was… it had no meaning.
"I hate this song…" Aria said as we all walked in behind the majority of the crowd. "You can't zip a pad lock." She said in frustration. She was right… the lyrics were a bit brain missing.
"That is exactly what I keep saying!" I said laughing "So how long do you think it will be till the punch gets spiked?" I asked nonchalantly.
"Five, maybe ten," Jace said from beside us, neither Ali nor I had seen him walk up.
"Five or ten what?" I asked in confusion, "Seconds, minuets, hours, days…?" frustration seemed to be over taking my senses, I hated it when people did that, but he knew I was teasing him, but still, he hadn't been to specific on the time framing.
"What do you think?" He teased back. The look on his face confused me, he had a strange expression on his face; one that I had never seen before.
"I don't know… Do I look like I can see the future?" I laughed, "You should just be more specific.
"What if I don't want to be specific?" He asked playfully, he poked my shoulder and grinned.
"Okay, enough with the flirting." Aria said laughing at us; I blushed a deep shade of red as she and Ali burst out laughing.
"We weren't flirting." I said defensively letting myself glance at Jace; he was just as red as I was.
"Sure you weren't." Ali said rolling her eyes; she wasn't buying it for one second.
"Punch is getting spiked…" I said changing the subject quickly when I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. They all turned their attention over to the snack table. One of the seventh year Prefects, Andrew Rinaldi, was pouring a large vile of pink liquid into the punch bowl. I am pretty sure that's against their rules… I could instantly smell it. Roses and mango…
"Does that answer your question, Peanut?" Jace asked. "I do believe that was minuets."
"That doesn't require an answer." I said rolling my eyes. I could feel the smile tugging at the corners of my lips.
"Hey, you asked, I was simply answering your question."
"Have you seen Teddy?" Tori asked as she walked up to us.
"Yeah, he's…" I stopped when I realized he was gone… "Well he was here a minuet ago…" I felt the guilt rising in me.
"He left a few seconds ago; he said he had to go to the loo." Aria told her, after that Tori walked away.
"I love this song!" Ali squealed when the next song began to play. It was Billionaire.
"And I think we lost her…" I said shaking my head as I watched my best friend ran into the mob of students to go dance.
"Doesn't every one see their name in shiny lights…?" I asked laughing. I sure know that I do, and I technically am a billionaire… well my dad was… haha.
"Not all people want to be the center of attention, Brianne." Jace said leaning against the wall.
"I don't want to be the center of attention…" I said shrugging. "I just think big."
"Bri, we all knew that." Aria snorted from beside me. I had almost forgotten she was here.
"I have you so trained." I said proudly and patted her on top of the head. "Before you know it, you will be trying to save dead people… wait you already do that." I teased.
"DYNAMITE!" I screamed when I realized that was what was now playing. I started dancing in place. That really had to be like my favorite song… second favorite… ha-ha that's another story… All in good time grasshopper.
"I THROW MY SPANISH IN THE AIR SOMETIMES SAYIN AYO NO COMPREHENDO!" Jace and I sang out at the same time. We started laughing hysterically. We didn't notice that Aria had begun to inch away from us. Nor did we see the big grin on her face, the one that says 'I am up to something'.
We kept laughing until the song ended and our stomachs hurt. We could hardly contain it even after Dumbledore began to make an announcement.
"Welcome to our Annual St. Valentine's day dance. I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I want all of you to dance during this next song. So grab a partner and get into the Valentines spirit." He said signaling to the D.J.
"Bet you five galleons it's a slow song." I said as Jace held out his hand to me and led me out onto the dance floor. I felt my heart beat quicken when he pulled me close and held me there. I couldn't help but wrap my arms around his neck and look up at him.
"No fair, you know you will be right." He said as he wrapped his arms around my waist as the music began to play.
"Blake Shelton…" He said as the man began to sing. "Austin, if I am correct."
"I do believe you are, and I also believe you owe me five Galleons." I smirked up at him.
"I never agreed to the bet, I owe you nothing." He said as we swayed to the music. I smiled at him. I could feel that very uncharacteristic blush creeping onto my face… I have blushed what… five times today… That is so not me… Snap out of it Malfoy.
Okay… So do you want to know my secret…? I think it would be pretty obvious by now… Can it even be considered a secret no? So do I really have to admit that I like Jace…? Wait that was admitting it…
"If you're callin' 'bout the car I sold it, If this is Tuesday night I'm bowling, If you've got somethin' to sell, you're wastin' your time, I'm not buyin', If it's anybody else, wait for the tone, You know what to do, And P.S. if this is Austin, I still love you
Jace sang along with the music, I smiled. "I love this song." I informed him. "It's my favorite."
"Really, I didn't know that…" He said in a whisper with an eyebrow raised, our faces only inches apart, I hadn't even noticed before that point. "I thought you loved Dynamite." From the corner of my eye, I could see Ali, Aria and Tori watching us in anticipation. I could hear them quietly chanting 'Kiss, kiss, kiss.' I had to hold back my laugh. They are all just a bunch of goofs, but then again, so am I.
"Yeah, it was Dynamite about a minute and a half ago…" I told him after a short pause. The moment the words left my lips he tightened his arms around me and closed the gap that remained between us. I smiled as our lips met, the connection was short lived, he soon pulled away to examine my reaction.
"Who said you could stop?" I teased as I grabbed a hold of his tie and pulled his lips back to mine, I wasn't ready for it to end. I wrapped my arms tighter around him. I had never felt anything like it before. I had kissed guys before and never felt what I felt while kissing Jace. I could literally see the fireworks.
"OHMIMERLIN!" I heard Ali squeal in the back ground, but I ignored it and continued to kiss Jace. Best Valentine's Day ever… I don't regret going at all.
OoOo Hermione oOoO
Awww, all of the girls said as Amethyst stopped reading…
"That's so sweet." Luna said smiling. Draco however, had a different reaction to it all.
"That boy is getting a chastity spell placed on him when I meet him." Draco grumbled. Hermione literally doubled over in laughter. The others following suite.
"Draco, you can't be like that." Hermione managed to say over her laughing fit. It was hilarious.
"And why the Hell is that?" He demanded angrily. "This is my little girl we are talking about." He snapped. "My baby."
"First of all, she is 'our' baby." Hermione corrected. "She has to grow up at some point." Taylor laughed.
"She can grow up when she's thirty five!" He said. "No, correction… forty." He amended.
"Draco, I do believe that we had our first kiss in December of our fourth year…" Hermione said smirking at him. "They are the same age as we were if not two months older…" This caused Draco to frown.
"Hermione has a point Draco." Harry said laughing. "And you can't stop the inevitable." He smirked. He should have been a Slytherin.
"I bet you will be just as protective of your first daughter." Draco said defensively. "And I will laugh in your face and say I told you so."
"I don't doubt that for a second, I will probably be ten times as protective." Harry said making Draco's smug look fade from his face.
"Just wait Potter, you day is coming." He said before standing up. "Now I had better leave before I hurt someone." He said before leaving. Everyone broke out laughing again.
OoOo A/n oOoO
1. I hoped you like it… I was so giddy by the time I finished this… lol.
2. What was your favorite part, I liked the first little section.
3. What shall happen next.
4. How was your valentine's day, did you get anything special? I got a little red velvet fondant cake and chocolate: P Gotta love cake : )
5. What do you want to happen next.
6. Did this chapter make you giddy with anticipation too?
7. Are you going to keep reading and Reviewing?
Thanks to all of you who reviewed :P Now review again please :P
~Taylor (Slytherin at heart)
