This is me praying that
This was the very first page
Not where the story line ends
My thoughts will echo your name
Until I see you again
These are the words I held back
As I was leaving too soon
I was enchanted to meet you
Chapter 7: Other Fish In The Sea
I kissed him. I couldn't believe that I had done, it but I did. Too late to take it back. I didn't even know why I did it. Maybe it was adrenaline from dancing so much.
Then again it could have been because Harry was absolutely lovely and made me feel like a princess and he was gorgeous in the moonlight that shown in the window against him.
Yeah that was it.
It had been weeks since I made the foolish move of kissing Harry on the cheek after Angelina's birthday party. Nothing else remotely close to that had happened again, which is what I figured would be the case. I was way too nervous to try something like that again, and he probably didn't want to discuss it.
Even though we hadn't discussed things, Harry and I seemed to be getting a bit closer. He did seem a bit flirty sometimes. Or maybe it was just wishful thinking on my part.
Whatever it was, I was thoroughly enjoying it.
The Yule Ball was less than a month away and it seemed as if everybody was going crazy asking people. Ginny had told me that Draco had asked her again the night we came back from the party and she had said yes. So those two were off limits. Of course since Ron and Granger got together they would be going. I had to help an extremely nervous Milicent to ask Gregory Goyle, which he didn't turn her down.
A couple of girls had even asked Harry, but he had turned them all down. Including that annoying Romilda Vane that tried to trap him sixth year with a love potion in his Valentine from her.
Any girl that has to resort to putting a bloke under a love potion had to be completely desperate. No matter how deep I had it for him, that was one thing I would never do.
Ron and Granger would use our common room to snog sometimes so I decided to do some studying in the library. That's when I was approached by Dean. I really liked Dean. He was an okay bloke for a muggle. Unfortunately, he had his obnoxious best mate Seamus with him. Cheeky asshole.
" 'Cuse me, but may I sit here?" Dean had asked me.
There were plenty of other seats in the library available and while the old fake me would have told him that outright, I decided to be nice, despite his repulsive friend.
"Hi Dean. Of course you can sit here." I said nodding to the seat beside me.
He smiled and sat down with Seamus sitting across from him looking as if he really didn't want to be there.
"What are you working on?" asked Dean.
"Just some Charms homework. Trying to perfect this paradise charm that I made up."
"Paradise charm?" inquired Dean.
"Yes. It's a mix of a cheering charm and an illusion spell. Hopefully when I get it right, it will create an interactive world for the user for an hour. They would be able to escape to any world they want."
"Like Fred and George's Daydream Charms?" asked Dean.
"Similar, but with these, you can actually do more that just envision yourself there or whatever it is going on. It will be as if you were actually there, or actually doing the thing you wanted to do." I explained.
"Fascinating." said Dean making me blush.
"So say I wanted to fuck some bint." said Seamus, the bloody pervert. "It would feel like we are actually doing it?"
I rolled my eyes at the prat. "Highly inappropriate, but that's the general idea."
"Well well Parkinson, you're a lot smarter than I though." said Seamus smirking.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" I said hotly, crossing my arms.
Dean must have felt the tension because he quickly spoke up. "How about you wait for me outside mate? I need to speak to Pansy for a second."
"You're bloody mental you are." said Seamus to Dean.
"Just go..." said Dean through his teeth.
"Alright alright." said Seamus getting up from the table and sneering at me. I sneered right back showing no fear. He walked out of the library, I was glad that he had gone.
"Sorry about that Pansy. I don't know why he acts like that." said Dean shaking his head in shame.
"He acts like that because he's a nasty little tosser, who doesn't know how to respect women." I said matter of factly.
"I hope his behavior doesn't reflect upon me."
"No it doesn't. I know you're not like that." I said smiling at him.
"Good." said Dean becoming noticeably nervous. "So the ball is coming up fast. Are you going?"
"I had planned to."
"Same here. It's gonna be great."
"Oh yes!" I said enthusiastically. "Harry and I are helping plan it. It's going to be brilliant. I wish I could tell you all that is going to happen, but it's a surprise."
"Don't tell me a thing. I want to be surprised. I'll take your word for it."
I laughed. He really was a nice guy.
"You wouldn't happen to have a date for it yet would you?" asked Dean.
I shook my head. "No, not yet. No one had asked me really."
"Really? That's weird. I would think you would have a lot of suitors at your feet." said Dean chuckling.
I couldn't help but blush."Yeah well, I guess they are all in hiding. Why do you ask?"
"Well," said Dean becoming nervous again. "I was wondering if you wouldn't mind being my date for it."
I was shocked. I truly didn't see it coming at all. Dean really asked me to be his date for the ball.
"Oh! Wow." I said. Dean's face somewhat fell "I mean I don't mean wow in a bad way. I just didn't expect you to ask me."
"Why not? You're a nice girl and you seem like fun. I already know you'll make an excellent dance partner from Angelina's party." said Dean making me blush yet again.
"Well thank you. I appreciate that, I really do."
"But..."
"But I really don't know. I'm not trying to...I mean it's not like I'm turning you down..."
Dean put his hand up to stop my pathetic stumbling of my words. "You don't have to give me an answer right away. Just think about it okay? I can wait."
I was taken aback. As a Slytherin, I really wasn't used to such gallantry and kindness from a boy. Sure, I had seen a lot of it from Harry, but to see it also coming from Dean was very comforting. Very nice.
Unfortunately for him, I was still holding out hope for Harry to possibly ask me. So it would have been wrong for me to just say yes to Dean and miss out on a possible chance at Harry.
"Thanks. I certainly will think about it. And I think you're nice too." I said with a smile.
Dean smiled and waved me off as he headed out the door of the library.
I sat back and sighed. I should have started being myself a long time ago. Maybe I would have attracted good guys way sooner than now.
I tried to get back to studying but my mind wouldn't allow it. I sat there and thought about what had just happened.
Dean was a very nice bloke. He too was gorgeous with his chocolate skin, his bright brown eyes and his short afro that he always kept neat. He was very tall, much taller than Harry but I saw no problem with that. Harry was maybe three inches taller than I, while Dean had to be at least five or six. Harry was a perfect height, but I did also liked them tall.
He was also a perfect gentleman. Ginny used to date him and she had talked about him being sweet and chivalrous, and even though she wasn't fully into the whole gallantry thing, I certainly was.
I was really starting to like the decision I had made to be my true self. People were kinder, I was talking more than I had ever thought I would to others, and I was also getting closer to Harry.
Things were starting to look up.