A/N: well here is the long-awaited dance! Hope you guys like my choice for Ron … remember I wrote this before book 5 came out …
Chapter Five
The dormitory of the 6th year girls of Gryffindor was buzzing with excitement. Parvati, Lavender and Hermione were chatting and giggling amongst each other and trying on their robe dresses for tonight's dance. They were going through each other's stuff to find the perfect make-up, the right eye shadow etc.
"Is this ok, or is it too bright?"
"How about this lip-gloss?"
"Does this make me too fat?" their reflection in the mirror merely nodded or shook "it's" head, as it had pre-dance experience with girls and knew that it was easier to just go along with them.
"So Hermione you're going with Harry huh? Did you tell him how you feel?" Lavender inquired as she was putting on her eye shadow.
"Of course not! He might be over Cho but he said he was in love with someone else. Besides, we're just best friends," she told them
"Yeah right and I'm the queen of England!" Parvati teased. "Everyone knows that you guys are the perfect couple! Sparks fly when you two are even ten meters away! The chemistry is obviously there, you just need to ignite the fireworks that are bound to come up!"
"You don't know what you're talking about! Harry doesn't feel anything about me and that's that," she finished with her eyes flaring, daring them to pursue the subject, although she couldn't help but think that they knew something that she didn't.
"So Lavender how about that rouge?" Parvati said avoiding that subject.
Meanwhile, in the common room the guys were talking to each other whilst waiting for their date to come down. It was only 6:45 however so they knew that girls needed time.
"So Harry who are you going with?" Seamus asked Harry.
"Hermione," he simply answered, missing the look that Seamus and Dean shared.
"Hermione eh? Well it was about bloody time don't you think?" Dean asked good-naturedly.
"What do you mean?" Ron inquired while clenching his teeth and rolling his hands into fists.
"Well uh, you know mate. Hermione and Harry, it's obvious that the chemistry is there. It's been going on for a while now don't you think?" Seamus offered in Dean's defense. They (as in Seamus, Dean, Neville, Lavender and Parvati) had this discussion before and ended up agreeing that the most perfect and hottest couple would be Harry and Hermione. (Ron and Hermione was just too yuck in Parvati's view, which was supported by a round of applause by the rest)
"How do you know? Have you seen-" Ron started and everyone could see the colour rushing to his face.
"Hey man cool it! It's just a dance. We're just going together because we didn't have a date that's all. Isn't that right Dean?" he inquired Dean, and seeing him nod went onto to Seamus, who in turn nodded too. "See? Nothing to it," said Harry. When Ron seemed satisfied with his answer he went off to help Neville with his robe seeing as he got all muddled up. "What the hell was that?!" Harry asked the both of them as soon as Ron was out of ear-shot.
"What d'you mean mate?" Seamus asked bewildered.
"You know what I mean. Hermione and me?"
"Aw come off it Harry. We know that you like her. We've heard you in your sleep, and we know that you keep a picture of you guys inside your pillow case,"
"Yeah well… it's none of your business," he snapped
"Eh cool off, it's just that you know, it was about time!" Dean said winking at him and then laughing as he saw Harry turning a very bright pink.
"Just do me a favour and don't mention it in front of Ron again. Honestly I don't know what his problem is but lately he keeps on snapping whenever he finds me alone with Hermione," Harry finished looking bemused.
"Harry… I think he fancies Hermione," Seamus bluntly stated and then hastily added when he saw Harry's angry eyes looking at him, "but you've got our full support. We think that you and Hermione make a hot couple!"
"We as in…?" he asked but never got an answer as the door of the staircase which lead to the girls' dormitory opened. Girls started pouring out and finding their dates. Dean, Seamus and Harry stood up straight at once, giving each other knowing glances and marched off to get to their dates.
Parvati came in first from the 6th year girls, wearing a very elegant dress robe, which was a scarlet colour. She was wearing light coloured make-up, and her lips were shining from the transparent lip-gloss that she had borrowed from Hermione. She wore her hair in a French Twist and had two locks of hair coming down by the right side of her face. She gave Dean a heart-stopping grin as he went up to her, locked arms and walked out of the portrait hole.
Next came Lavender, who was wearing a light purple dress robe, which made her lilac eye shadow seem to be the perfect choice. Her lip-gloss had a trace of pink in it and the rouge that she wore made her cheekbones look higher. She had let her hair down and made them frizzy letting them fall elegantly onto her shoulders. Seamus came up to her and with a kiss on her cheek they linked arms and followed Dean and Parvati's lead, and went out of the portrait hole.
Last but certainly not least came Hermione. Harry found himself running out of air to breath as he made eye contact with the prettiest girl he had ever seen. She was wearing a light blue dress robe (A/N kinda like Cinderella's!=p) and had her hair down. She had managed to straighten them with lots of help from Parvati and Lavender. They framed her face perfectly which was accompanied with transparent lip-gloss (`her lips look perfect and shiny' Harry thought), a light shade of red for her rouge and whitish/off-whitish eye shadow.
"Wow," was all Harry could muster which made Hermione blush slightly but whispered thank you before she told him
"My my my, aren't we handsome tonight?"
"Well I have to if I wish to be worthy of your company tonight," he complimented her, making her blush even more so, which one would have to think which was darker, Hermione's cheeks or Parvati's dress robe. "May I?" Harry asked her, offering his arm to her. She giggled but took his hand instead, and they intertwined fingers. They both looked at each other and smiled, seeing each other's eyes dancing with happiness.
They arrived at the Great Hall, which was beautifully decorated. There wasn't really a theme, seeing as the dance was the teacher's way of celebrating the end of the 2nd term. However, the enchanted ceiling was a star-filled sky and the walls were decorated with light coloured streamers. The four tables had disappeared as the dance floor was set up there. There were though smaller tables at the sides, and music was coming somewhere from the walls which were enchanted to let the music be heard from everywhere. They joined Dean, Parvati, Seamus and Lavender and started talking.
Hermione glanced to her right where Ron had just come to meet his blind date. She nudged Harry with her elbow, ignoring his cry of surprise but nodding towards Ron. He looked up and saw a girl of about 17 with red-brownish hair looking extremely pleased. She had large, chocolate coloured eyes and matched Ron in height. She had her hair down and were wavy towards the end. He had seen her around school and knew that she was a prefect and in her 7th year. Interestingly enough, he realized that she was the one who had won the Dance Competition for Hogwarts the previous year that was held in Durmstang. Ron smiled at her and offered her his hand and she graciously took it. They walked up to them, both mirroring their best grin.
"Hermione, Harry this is Maria Kay. She's a 7th year and an excellent dancer," he informed them, his eyes never leaving from her. She blushed and muttered a soft Hello to Harry and then thanked Hermione for setting them up.
"We're going to dance, are you guys going to come?" Maria asked as she saw Ron mumbling something that sounded like him having two left feet. "It's alright it's pretty simple. And listen, a slow song just started. Come on it's easy," she told him and gave him her best heart-melting smile. He gave her a wide grin and took her hand and they were off onto the dance floor. Hermione turned around and saw that the two couples that were with them moments before were also on the dance floor, leaving her alone with Harry.
"So…"
"So, would you like to dance?" she asked him.
"Ah I don't dance pretty well. It's just not my thing," he told her
"Come on Harry Potter, you got to be kidding me! You? Having fought evil every year, having played Quiditch and winning every year, can't dance? You're pulling my leg right?" she asked him with her eyes wide open in amusement and trying to keep a straight face.
"Well if you must know, that Yule Ball in our 4th year found me sitting out all the dance except one, and you can ask Parvati's feet how they felt afterwards!" he told her with a snap.
"Alright don't bite my head off, I was just looking for something else to do instead of just standing here like idiots!" she told him, pools starting to form at the end of her eyes. Harry could have kicked himself for that. `She was just trying to have a good time with you and look what you've done! Great going Harry!' he thought to himself and mentally scolding at himself for making her sad. As she turned to wipe her tears away and go off in another direction, she felt a hand, clasp over her small wrist. She turned in surprise and saw the most beautiful green eyes she had ever seen.
"Listen `Mione I'm really sorry for being such a git. Forgive me?" he asked her, giving her his world-famous puppy-face. `He's so adorable' she thought. How could she not forgive him? The smile she gave him made his heart take a leap and a huge grin formed on his face. "How about some dancing?" he asked, directing his hand from her wrist to her hand and leading her onto the dance floor. Familiar strands of opening music filled the Hall and couples started to dance around them. There was Seamus with Lavender, waving at them when they made eye contact. Then there was Parvati and Dean dancing closely ("Go closer to him!" shouted Parvati causing Hermione to turn crimson) Ginny Weasley looked outstanding as she was also dancing with…
"Draco?" exclaimed Harry but stopped from going over there when he saw the look on Hermione's face.
"Look at them Harry. They like each other. You might not like Malfoy but he does seem to like Ginny a lot," she told him, merely getting a nod from him. Then they turned to see Ron having trouble dancing with Maria, but enjoying himself none-the-less.
"Well come on, stop trying to buy yourself time. Look it's easy," she told him as she took his arms and slid them round her waist, as she snaked her arms around his neck, thus pulling him closer. They started to sway to the rhythm and both felt so right in each other's arms. `This is just so right, why can't I tell her how I feel? I think she likes me, I see it in her eyes every time I'm near her,' Harry was wondering when simultaneously Hermione herself was pondering that exact same question, `Could it be that Lavender and Parvati were right? I'm I really that someone else?'
I can't sleep, everything I ever knew
Is a lie, without you.
I can't breath, when my heart is broke in two
There's no beat, without you.
`My God that is so true. Please give me strength to tell her how I feel, I can't be without her anymore,' Harry thought whilst Hermione was thinking
`The lyrics are so true. How can I go on if Harry actually loves someone else?'
You're not gone but you're not here
`cause that's the way it seems tonight.
If we could try to end these wars
I know that we can make it right
`cause baby,
I don't want to fight no more
I forgot what we were fighting for
And this loneliness that's in my heart
Won't let me be apart from you.
I don't wanna have to try
Girl, to live without in my life
So I'm hoping we can start tonight
`cause I don't want to fight no more…
By the end of the song, Harry had pulled Hermione closer to him and she had lay her head on his shoulder and he rested his head on the top of her head. `God, this feels so right,' he thought.
`I fit so perfectly in his arms, like we're made for each other. Fat chance there!' Hermione thought sorrowfully. When the song ended they just continued swaying. Before they realized that the song had ended, another one came one, washing Harry with relief with the fact that he wouldn't have to let Hermione go. She looked up at him as if to say something but then seemed to have lost her nerve.
"What is it?" Harry asked, while Hermione smiled to the fact that he seem to know what she was thinking every time.
"It's just that, this is so weird. Here I am dancing with you, when I can't get the fact out of my mind that you probably wish you were with that girl you were telling me about," she told him, hoping to trick him into telling her that it was her he wanted. Harry however absent-mindedly heard only the part where she said the girl you were telling me about, so he agreed and started telling her all these things about her. Tears were starting to form in her eyes but she determinedly pushed them away. `Ok so that didn't go as I planned,' but her thoughts were interrupted when Harry continued saying,
"So I'm hoping tonight will be a new beginning for us. I mean, I'm going to tell her how I feel and hopefully she'll return my feelings. If she says no though, I don't know if our friendship will change. I hope it won't, it just won't feel right, it'll be like Ron walking out on us you know? We won't be complete," he informed her. `Oh so now Ron is more important than me?!' she thought `couldn't he at least have me as an analogy?' she screamed inside her mind `right well that's it then. It's clear that he doesn't have any secret feelings for me. `Oh I don't think I can take this!' she realized and pulled away from Harry.
Harry, who was dreaming away, was brought back to reality with this sudden move and looked confused into her eyes. Her eyes were filled with sadness and hurt which made him feel a tug in his heart. `Did I make her like that?' he pondered but not for long. He felt her loosen her grip on him until she wasn't holding him anymore and then he watched her run out of the Hall, with her hands reaching up to her face to wipe (from what he reckoned to be) the tears that were streaming down her face.
He was pushed aside when two girls went running after her, casting him evil glares for hurting their friend. It then registered in his mind that it was Parvati and Lavender who just went by, but their glares were troubling him. Why were they looking at him like that? It wasn't as if it was he who made Hermio… he stopped dead in his tracks as the realization dawned to him like a ton of bricks. `You stupid prat! You must've said something that made her think of the guy she… likes' he finished, silently chastising himself. `Oh man I have to find her,' he started to walk towards the entrance, looking back at Dean and Seamus who held their thumbs up. This encouraged Harry and he sent them a grateful smile and picked up his pace, while tormenting himself over and over again with the question `Why does she always run?'…
A/N: That's it! Chapter five was longer than the others coz I had to put everything inside. Sorry if the whole face and eye reading thing was too much but hey! They say the eyes are the mirrors to the soul=p Hope you enjoyed that and please Review :)
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