Chapter 16
Kids start to walk in as the teachers take their seats at the front table. As the students and teachers their eyes open wide. As the whole student body takes their seats Dumbledore stands at the podium. "As you may have noticed the flowers. Well I'd like you all to give a warm thank you to Miss Adrienne Richards for getting the flowers and decorating the great hall" he says with a wink at me. Everyone claps. "I can't believe you did this!" Ginny exclaims. "It's like a wonderland." Hermione says. "It's the most magical thing I've ever seen!" pansy says. "Thanks" I say quietly with a blush looking at my plate as I eat my omelet. Once I finish my omelet I left for the library until class. In the library I sit at a back table. Draco walks into the area I was sitting. "Adrie I'm sorry." he says sitting down. "No I'm sorry for not telling you." I say quietly. "You don't have to apologize. I understand that you were sad and I thank you for trying to get better for me." he says. "But I should have told you that I could astral project." I state. "Yes but you had your reasons not to." he says. We sit in quiet for a few minutes. "Come on let's get to class." he says getting up and holding out his hand. I slowly get up and take his hand. We walk down to the dungeons hand in hand. After our classes we sit in the living area. "The December dance is next Friday and then after that is the Yule Ball." I say. "yep." he says. "I'm going to ask Dumbledore if the girls and I can go shopping tomorrow since it's the weekend." I say. "Ok." Draco says. "I'm going to the great hall to do some stuff." I say getting up and leaving. I get down to the great hall and put candles in the bouquets in the vases. Then I put fairy lights all over in the floating flowers and the flowers climbing the wall. I dim all the natural lights so that the room looks like a big glowing wonderland. After dinner I go up and ask Dumbledore to go shopping this weekend. I go back and tell the girls we can go. The next morning we walk to the apperation point. We decide to get our December semi-formal dance dresses. I find a shiny dark blush pink dress. It has ruching all over, a draping neckline, tank top sleeves, it stops 4 inches above my knee. I get a pair of black strappy heels. Ginny gets a shiny purple dress. It has a deep V-neck halter top with a sash around the rib cage. It comes up to an inch above her knee. She gets a pair of silver heels with flip flop type straps. Pansy gets a shiny silver dress. The top looks folded with layers, the bottom looks like cascading waves going sideways, it has a black belt around the rib cage. It comes up to the middle of her thigh. She gets Slytherin green stilettos that strap around the ankles and has a bunch of material in the shape of a rose going down the middle of her foot. Hermione gets a red strapless dress with pleating and ruching. Her shoes are black with feathers across the strap across her toes. Luna buys a teal asymmetrical dress with one 3/4 sleeve. It has black trim and the skirt is in asymmetrical waves. She gets a pair of strappy black shoes similar to mine. After that we go to the Leaky Caldron for lunch. We go back to the store to find our Yule Ball dresses. I find a white, full length, V-neck, open back, halter top with embellishment starting at the bottom of the bust and trails down to the belly button in silk chiffon and a pair of white strappy heels. Ginny gets a sky blue, floor length, and one shoulder, ruched dress with embellishment on the strap and silver heels. Pansy gets a Slytherin green short dress with long sleeves and a low v-back. It has a snake brooch at the peak of the low v-back. Attached to the snake is a long train of the same material going down to the floor. She gets a pair of black heels to go with it. Hermione gets a red, floor length, with embellishments under the bust and on one of the straps and a pair of red heels. Luna gets a strange navy blue and white dress with bright yellow heels. We start walking back to our dorms. "Hey want to see if your dress is ready?" Luna asks. We go to the bridal shop and try on the dress. "Oh my god!" I yell. It looks awful on me. The lady comes running over. "Oh my!" she exclaims. "I'm sorry but I must look for a new dress." I say. We walk back to school. "What am I going to do?!" I cry. "It'll be ok we will find a new one I promise." Ginny says. "Why don't you write your mum and Draco's mum when you get back to our dorm?" Hermione suggests. "Good idea Mione." I say as we walk into the main hall.