Chapter 28
A/N: Sorry its take forever for me to put out this chapter. I've been super busy with school and stuff…but here it is. Hope you like it. Thanks to my beta…. You're fuckin awesome.
Ron and Jacy walked back from the lake. Jacy looked at Ron with a weird _expression. "Ron, why do you want to do this so badly?"
"It's the only way I'll get my best friend back," He said in a determined tone.
"Well why don't you do what regular people do and talk to the guy?"
"Look do you want do this or not?"
Jacy looked at him and thought for a few second. "I'll do it."
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Blaise was in the restroom repacking her hygiene products. Draco just stood in the door way just stared at her.
"What?" Blaise asked grabbing her shampoo.
"Nothing"
"Oh…well could you stop staring at me…. it's creeping me out."
"Can't."
"Why?" Blaise asked putting the last item in the bag.
"Your beauty is hypnotizing?" Draco said with a smirk on his face.
"You don't have to tell me twice," Blaise said and flip her hair, "What else is hypnotizing?"
"Your body?"
"And," she said, walking closer to him.
"Your smile."
"And?" she said and started fiddling with his shirt
"Your personality"
"And?" she said looking up at him.
"Just about everything about you!" Draco said giving her a kiss.
"How much time do we have until we have to leave?" Blaise asked.
"About an hour," Draco said checking his watch.
"Perfect."
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Harry, Hermione, Jacqui and Clayton waited at the end of the staircase for Draco and Blaise. Hermione looked at her watch and then at Harry.
"Oh honestly, normally it would be Draco yelling at me to hurry up."
"Well maybe he woke up late," Harry suggested.
"He was at breakfast, remember?" Hermione said looking at her watch again. "Merlin, where is he? He's usually the first one down here."
"Why don't you go up and see what's holding them up," Jacqui said, "That way we won't have to hear you complain about where they are."
"Be right back," Hermione said and ran up stairs and down the hallway.
"What the fuck is taking you two so long?" As she entered the room she stopped talking when she saw Draco putting his pants back on.
"Fuck Hermione, don't you knock!" Draco yelled.
"Sorry, but will you hurry your ass up? We have to leave in five minutes," Hermione said shutting the door. She walked back downstairs and joined Harry, Jacqui and Clayton at the front door.
"So?" Clayton asked
"They should be down soon…I think they just finished shagging."
"I like to call it making love, thank you very much," Draco said from behind her.
"Making love - right," Hermione said rolling her eyes.
"You're just mad because after today, you two can't go at it for a long time," Draco snapped back.
"Shut up," Hermione said, "Besides, in a few months, Harry and I are going to share something so precious that you're going to be jealous."
"Right," Draco said rolling his eyes.
"Okay, you two can we finish this argument when we get to school," Jacqui said, "the portkey is about to open."
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4 weeks later…
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Harry and Draco walked down the corridor and headed down for Divination when Harry heard someone calling his name.
"Harry, Harry!" A voice yelled from behind him.
He turned around quickly and saw Colin Creevy running towards him. Harry just rolled his eyes and looked at Draco.
"I'll meet you in class."
"Nah, its okay. We could be late together. Besides, I want to hear what the weird kid has to tell you."
"Fine."
"Hey Harry," Colin said a little out of breath.
"Hey Colin," Harry said and noticed something was missing. "Colin where's your camera?"
"Oh…Snape took it away from me. I wanted to take some pictures of my class for the Hogwarts yearbook that I'm making for my mum. Anyways, Snape said that pictures in his classroom were unacceptable and took it away."
"Oh," Harry said looking at Draco.
"Harry I wanted to ask you, have you've talked to Ron lately?"
"No!" Harry said, "Why?"
"Oh…it's just he's been acting funny, been keeping to himself and staying up late a lot for the past few weeks."
"And this concerns me why?" Harry said.
"Well, it's just you're his best friend and all."
"New flash…Oliver. Harry and Ron aren't friends anymore," Draco blurted out.
"My name is Colin by the way," Colin said, "Since when?"
"Whatever, they haven't been friends since the beginning of this year," Draco said.
"Why? What happened?" Colin asked.
"Look I'll tell you later, Draco and I have to go to class," Harry said.
"Okay, see you later Harry," Colin said cheerfully, "Bye Draco."
"Harry is that guy new?" Draco asked as Colin walked down the corridor.
"No, he's been here for a while. Come on let's get to class. I'm just dying to see how I'm going to die today."
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Harry put his broom over his left shoulder and headed toward the castle. Quidditch practice had just ended and Harry was exhausted. All he wanted to do was take a shower and go to bed. He didn't even have the strength to go see Hermione before dinner. He walked down the empty corridor and heard whispers. He crept quietly against the wall and heard the conversation.
"Are you sure it's going to work?" Jacy said
"I'm positive. Just stick to the plan okay?" Ron said.
"I will. So, who are you going to the ball with?" Jacy asked.
"No one," Ron said, "Want to go together?"
"Right, that's the last thing my reputation needs right now, to appear at the ball with you."
"Hey I'm not that bad," Ron said in his defense.
"You keep telling yourself that."
"Look, I'll talk to you later," Ron said and walked the other direction.
Harry got off the wall and stood in the empty corridor wondering what all that was about. What plan was he talking about? Why was he having private meeting with Jacy Greenwood?
"Hey Harry!" Jacy said appearing from the empty corridor she was in.
"Hey!" Harry said.
"How's Hermione?" Jacy asked in an awkward tone.
"Fine."
"I see you and Draco have become close friends," Jacy said.
"Yeah…" Harry said, "Well bye."
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After dinner at the Head Girl/Boy Dorm
Harry lay on the couch and watched Hermione do her homework on armchair across from him. Just watching her gave him the urge to sweep her into his arms and make passionate love to her but his urge faded quickly when he realized that this was going to have to stop for some time.
"Harry don't you have homework to do?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, but I'll do it later"
"Why don't you do it now and get it over with?"
"Because all I want to do right now is lay on his couch and think about you."
"Suit yourself," Hermione said and went back to her homework. "Wonder where Draco and Blaise are. I mean…. they're corridor patrolling was over two hours ago."
"They're probably making out in some empty classroom," Harry suggested, "So how was your day?"
"Fine, I had one of the greatest Arithmancy lessons today!" Hermione said excitedly.
"That's neat. So have your decided who are you going to take to the Spring Fling?" Harry joked.
"Yes," Hermione said with a smile.
"Do I know him?" Harry asked.
"Yep," Hermione said, "Goes by the name Sean Biggerstaff, most handsome man I've ever seen."
"What?" Harry said low tone. His stomach suddenly dropped about a hundred feet.
"He's great in bed too and Ravenclaw Quidditch captain," Hermione said with a smile.
"Miss Malfoy you shouldn't joke like that," Harry said with a grin.
"I can't help it - can you blame me?" Hermione gave him a peck on the cheek. "Now I have to get back to my homework." She got up from Harry's lap but he pulled her by the shirt and she plopped back down.
"You're not going anywhere," Harry and gripped her tightly.
"I mean it Harry. I need to finish my homework," Hermione in a stern tone.
"You can finish it later."
"Harry, you know we can't make love for a long time. I mean we have to think about the baby."
"I know, just lay with me please?" Harry asked.
"Fine but let's go up to my room we have more space to cuddle," Hermione suggested, "Come on."
Meanwhile in the Room of Requirement…
Draco sat on the couch while Blaise laid her head on his lap. He stroked her hair gently and they both watched the fire burn.
"So, did you have that nightmare again?" Blaise asked.
"Yeah," Draco said softly, "You?"
"Yes. What was yours about?"
"Same one, when I saw Cho's dad being murdered," Draco said still stroking Blaise's hair and watching the fire burn, "What about yours?"
"When I saw my mum murder my older brother," Blaise said weakly, "I hope she rots in hell."
Draco looked down at Blaise and saw a tear come down her face. Blaise's older brother, Travis, was an undercover Auror and when his mother discovered who he was working for, she killed him and made Blaise watch. She threatened that if she ever betrayed her family like her brother did, the same thing would happen to her.
They both stared at the fire remembering the horrible events in there heads. They stayed until the fire went out and left for their rooms. As they walked down the corridor, Draco paused and looked at Blaise.
"Blaise, I want to make a promise to you," Draco said seriously.
"What?"
"That I will never let our children go through the same things we did and that - " Blaise put a finger on his lips and smiled.
"I know; you don't have to tell me. I already know." Draco looked at her and his face grew less tense and nodded. "Come on let's get to our rooms before we get in trouble."
"Will you stay with me tonight? I don't know want to be alone when I wake up from the nightmare," Draco asked. Blaise nodded and they continued walking.
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One week later
Harry, Draco, and Clayton waited inside of the Three Broomstick until the girls were done shopping for their new outfits for the Spring Fling. It was about two weeks away and it was talk of the school about who was going with whom.
"So, Clayton, I heard that some French Quidditch team wants you," Harry said taking a sip of his butterbeer.
"Yeah, I don't know if I want to take the offer," Clayton said with a frown.
"Why not? I mean, you'll have the easiest job in the world - you'll get paid to play Quidditch," Draco said in a confused tone
"Well, it's just that I got another offering from another team this morning," Clayton said happily.
"Really - who?" Draco and Harry said in unison.
"Bulgaria," Clayton said with a huge smile.
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Blaise and Jacqui waited outside the dressing room to see whether or not they liked Hermione's dress for the dance.
"Come on Hermione, it doesn't take this long to try on a dress."
"Coming," Hermione said and walked out of the dressing room. It was a pastel pink spring dress and reached just about knee length. "So what do you think?"
"I love it," Blaise said.
"Me too," Jacqui said excitedly.
"I don't!"
"Who said that?" Hermione said with her eyebrow arched.
"I did," Ginny Weasley said coming closer to the girls.
"Well no one asked for your opinion," Hermione snapped back.
"It'll look better on me," Ginny said.
Blaise, Jacqui and Hermione all looked at each other and started laughing hysterically. "That's rich."
"We'll see about that," Ginny said back.
"What are you talking about?" Hermione said curiously.
"Well we'll see at the dance who looks better," Ginny said.
Hermione, Blaise and Jacqui looked at each other and started laughing hysterically again. "Like you could ever afford a dress like this. Even if you sold that matchbox of a house yours, you still wouldn't be able to afford this dress, even if it was in the secondhand shop."
"Hermione, maybe you shouldn't buy this dress?" Jacqui said.
"Why?"
"Because if someone like Linny Weasel could buy this dress, then it must be worn by people of her kind," Blaise said.
"It's Ginny Weasley you half twit," Ginny snapped, "And what do you mean my kind?"
"Poor people of course!" Blaise said with a smirk.
"Great Merlin, you're right Blaise. I could find a much better dress," Hermione said and went back into the dressing room and changed to her original outfit. When she came out, she found that Ginny Weasley wasn't there anymore. "Where did Weasel go?"
"Jacqui made a remark about her radish red hair and she left crying," Blaise said with a smile.
"I tell you, that girl needs some serious fashion help," Hermione said in a disgusted tone.
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The night before the Spring Fling
Harry pushed his plate away from him and clutched his stomach. He was so stuffed, he didn't even have enough room for another slice of apple pie. Hermione on the other hand was on her fourth serving of apple pie and looked as if she was going for another serving.
"Harry can you pass me the chocolate syrup?" Hermione asked.
"Eww…. you like to have chocolate syrup with your apple pie?" Harry said disgusted.
"Of course not - it's for my carrot sticks."
"You must be having those strange pregnancy cravings."
"Must be…the syrup please," Hermione requested.
Harry handed her the chocolate syrup bowl and went back to his conversation about the new brooms that came out last week.
"Your attention please," Professor McGonagall said while tapping her goblet lightly
"I have two announcements to make before you all turn in for the night. First, Mr. Filch has asked me announce if there is anyone who knows about any of the happenings of today's school pranks to come forth and name the students that were involved. Second, I would like to remind you that the Spring Fling is tomorrow. Now, as you all know, it is open to all years and it will start promptly at seven PM and will end at midnight but I must warn you…if you and your partner decide to do any type of inappropriate dancing, you will be banned from your privileges of Hogsmeade visits for rest of this year!"
"But what if you're too young to go to Hogsmeade?" a young boy yelled.
"Then you will have detention for the rest of the year," Dumbledore said with a smile. "If there aren't anymore questions or comments…I think its time for all of you to go to bed. Off you go."
Later that night
Ron stood in the dark and leaned up against the wall. He put his hands in his pocket and took out a two small tubes containing a clear liquid. He stuffed them back in his pocket as he saw a figure coming closer to him.
"Do you have it?" Jacy said coming closer to him.
"Yeah," Ron said pulling the tubes back out.
"It looks like water," Jacy said curiously.
"That's what it's supposed to look like; now do you want to go over the plan?" Ron asked.
"Sure."
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Harry walked up and down the hall one last time and went back to the Great Hall to tell Draco his patrolling report.
"All clear," Harry said with a yawn, "Where's Hermione?"
"Her feet where getting tired so I took over her route," Draco said writing down Harry's statement. "Okay Potter, you were the last one. I'm off to bed."
"Alright later," Harry said with another yawn.
"Aren't you coming?"
"I have to take a shower and get some homework done," Harry said rubbing his tired face.
"So do in our room."
"Can't."
"Why?"
"Because whenever I'm around Hermione, I don't seem to get a thing done, especially homework. When I'm done, I'll go and check on her."
"Alright, later."
"Later."
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"Here, now you know what do right?" Ron said, handing Jacy one of the small tubes.
"Yes - so how long does this stuff last?" Jacy asked examining the tube.
"About an hour, which is just the right amount of time for our plan to work," Ron said with a wicked smile.
"So did you find a date yet?" Jacy asked.
"Nope, forgot to ask someone." He shrugged
"Why don't you ask that weird Luna girl to come with you?"
"Luna? I'm surprised you even know her name."
"Hey how could you miss her, especially when she wears that ridiculous lion on her head during the Quidditch games."
"I don't know…maybe I'll ask her for a dance," Ron said with a yawn, "I'll see you tomorrow at the entrance of the Great Hall at nine o'clock sharp."
"Okay, bye," Jacy said and walked down the dark corridor. Ron rubbed his tired face and made his way to the Gryffindor corridor. He had just said the password when he heard a voice behind him.
"What are you doing up?" Harry asked in a stern tone.
"None of your business," Ron said in a stubborn voice.
"It is my business. I'm a school prefect and you're not supposed to be up this late," Harry said folding his arms.
"Still the same old Harry Potter - loves to brag about what good of life he has," Ron said in a bitter tone.
"And you're still the same old Ron - always complaining about other peoples' good fortunes," Harry said in the same bitter tone, "Maybe that's why you don't have a girlfriend - no girl wants to stick around and hear you whine like a fuckin five year old."
"Screw you," Ron said and walked off angrily through the portrait hole.
Harry just rubbed his face and walked into the portrait hole. He walked tiredly up the steps and saw that Ron had pulled the curtains around his bed and heard him muttering words to himself. Harry just shook his head, changed into his pajamas and crawled into bed.
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The next morning
Harry looked up and saw owls flooding the Great Hall as usual. Hedwig swooped down and dropped a number of letters to Harry. He stroked her gently and gave her a treat from his pockets. Harry opened each letter, all stating the same question.
Dear Mr. Potter
We are in need of a new seeker. Would you be interested in joining our team, the Chudley Cannons? Please contact us if you are interested in the position.
Alex Andersen- Chudley Cannon Manager
Dear Mr. Potter
We are in need of a new seeker. Would you be interested in joining our team, Puddlemere United? Please contact us if you are interested in the position.
Brian Eden- Puddlemere United Manager
Dear Mr. Potter
We are in need of a new seeker. Would you be interested in joining our team, the Wimbourne Wasps? Please Contact us if you are interested in the position.
John Grint- Wimbourne Wasps Manager
Harry threw the letters on the table and hit his head on the table repeatedly. Hermione turned her attention from her letter and looked at Harry. "Are you okay?"
"No," Harry said with his forehead on the table.
"What's wrong?" Hermione asked.
"Read the letters I got," Harry said, his forehead still on the table
Hermione picked up the three letters and looked through them, very confused. "Harry sweetie, this is good news. I mean, you got three offers from different Quidditch teams that want you as their Seeker. This is considered good news."
"No it's not," Harry said lifting his head from the table.
"Can you explain because I don't know how this could be considered bad news," Hermione said, still with a confused face.
"I told you before that I don't want to play Quidditch professionally and that's all I've been offered. I haven't gotten one owl from the Ministry stating that they want me to work for them. Face it Hermione - I'll never work for the Ministry, I'll never live a normal life, I'll never be able to escape the spotlight."
"Okay, if you're done whining about how famous you are, tell me exactly why you don't want to play Quidditch for a living. Because Harry, it doesn't make sense. You're a greatest Quidditch player since Viktor Krum and I know you'd rather play Quidditch than sit at a desk all day."
"It's just… I don't want to be famous anymore. I'm tired of it. I've been famous for the past seventeen years of my life and I'm just fed up with it," Harry said.
"So, what you're saying is that you don't want to be famous anymore," Hermione said.
"Yeah."
"Well sweetie, I hate to break it to you, but I think you're going to be famous whether you play Quidditch or not. You're fucking Harry Potter for Merlin's sakes. I think it's something you're going to have to live with for the rest of your life," Hermione said with a soft smile. "I think you forgot a letter." Hermione handed him an unopened envelope.
Harry took it from her hand and opened it quickly. "It's from Sirius," He said excitedly.
Dear Harry,
I'm glad to hear that your hearing went well. Dumbledore gave me all of the information about your case. I'm just glad that no one was permanently injured and I'm glad that your reflexes worked well. If you hadn't used the killing curse on Lucius, you would've lost Hermione and your unborn child. I'm just glad that you're all right. So what's new? Have you gotten any job offers? See any you're interested in?
Write back soon.
Sirius
"Hey Harry, we're going to play a game of Quidditch before the dance - want to join?" Draco asked.
"Sure, who's playing?" Harry asked.
"Four Ravenclaws, three Slytherins, four Gryffindors, four Hufflepuffs," Draco said.
"Cool - let me go get my broom," Harry said gathering his letters and stuffing them in his cloak pocket. "Hermione, you want to watch?"
"As exciting as it sounds…I think I better go up and get ready for the dance."
"Hermione, it's not until seven. You have plenty of time," Harry said.
"I know but I also have other stuff me and girls wanted to do," Hermione said, "Good luck."
"Thanks, I'll see you in a little bit," Harry said and gave her a peck before walking off with Draco.
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Harry and Draco stood in the middle of the Quidditch pitch and picked their groups.
"I'll take Clayton," Harry said.
"I'll take Jason," Draco said.
"I'll take Brian and Billy," Harry chose.
"I'll take Jaime and Amy," Draco said.
"I'll take Alex and Alexis," Harry said.
"And I'll take Rick and Eden," Draco said.
"And I guess I'll Padma"
"Great, now the only choice I have is Neville," Draco said, "Neville get you ass over here. Come on team, huddle."
"Harry what about me?" Colin asked eagerly.
"Right, Colin you could be the announcer," Harry said.
"Great," Colin said running up to the announcer box.
"Okay team, follow me!" Harry shouted and walked to the other end of the Quidditch pitch. They all gathered around and Harry gave them their positions.
"Okay, Alex, Alexis and Clayton you'll be the Chasers, Brian and Billy will be the Beaters, Padma you'll be the Keeper, and I'll be the Seeker of course," Harry said, "Is everyone cool with there positions?"
"Yes," The team said in unison.
"Now what do we want to be called?" Harry asked.
"How about the Punishers?" Padma suggested.
"Any other suggestions?" Harry asked, "So are we cool with the name the Punishers?"
"Yeah," The team said in unison.
"So, we have positions and the name for the team, now does anyone have any plays?" Harry asked.
"How about Alex grabs the Quaffle first, passes it to Clayton, back to Alex and then to Alexis, then to Clayton and scores!" Brian suggested.
"Sounds good to me - how about it team?" Harry said.
"Sounds good."
"Sounds like a plan."
"Alright, that's our first play, hands in the middle," Harry said, "One, two, three - "
"Punishers!"
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"Kristle, you can't wear the same dress as me. It'll just look childish," Jacqui complained.
"But I bought the dress two days earlier than you," Kristle argued back, "So it's only fair that I wear it to the dance. I bet Hermione had a dress that she could lend you."
"Fine. Hermione, do have a dress I could borrow?" Jacqui asked.
"Yeah, go look. You're bound to find something," Hermione said looking through her Witch Weekly magazine.
"Hey Hermione, what are you going to wear?" Blaise asked picking up an issue of Witch Weekly from the couch.
"You can go take a look if you want. It's lying on my bed," Hermione said flipping the page. Jacqui, Kristle and Blaise quickly looked at each other and all ran up the stairs. Any dress that Hermione wore to a dance was named the best that money could buy and came directly from the designer.
They opened the door and saw a pastel blue spaghetti strap silk dress. There was a small slit at the end of the dress and it had a low cut. The girls laid the dress back down on the bed and rushed back down stairs.
"Great Merlin, Hermione, that dress is awesome," Blaise exclaimed.
"Thanks, my mum sent it yesterday," Hermione said still reading her Witch Weekly, "I also have it in pink."
"Really? Can I wear it?" Jacqui asked excitedly.
"Sure, just don't stain it," Hermione said looking up from her magazine. "It's getting a little stuffy in here. Want to go watch the guys' Quidditch game?"
"Sure, Brian's playing right?" Kristle asked curiously.
"I think so."
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Kristle said yanking Hermione off of couch.
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"Come on Neville! What the hell is wrong with you? Can't you throw a Quaffle right?" Draco yelled. Neville turned to Draco and gave him a cold stare. He muttered to himself as he flew off.
"Clayton takes a hold of the Quaffle, passes it to Alex. Alex passes it back Clayton and he scores!" Colin said excitedly, "That makes the game tied."
The girls sat on a bench above Colin and watched the game. They talked about who was the cutest when they flew a broom.
"Brian is cute. Does he have a date to the dance?"
"I don't think so," Kristle said still memorized by Brian's good looks.
"So Kristle, what house is he in?" Hermione asked.
"Hufflepuff."
"Hufflepuff - you're kidding right?" Hermione said and let out a chuckle.
"No, what's wrong with Hufflepuff?"
"Nothing!" Hermione said quickly, still giggling with Blaise.
The girls continued watching and clapped when ever one of their boyfriends made a good move.
"Hey Harry, check it out." Draco pointed to the stands. Harry turned his head and saw four beautiful girls watching the Quidditch game. He smiled.
Harry turned back and saw a glittering object by Draco. He smirked and flew after the snitch, Draco following his trail. They zipped through the stands, made a few dips, and finally someone caught the snitch.
"Draco Malfoy has the snitch. The Lancers win," Colin said in a semi-excited tone.
Draco's team gathered around him and cheered for their victory. Harry flew down and went over to Draco, held his hand out and said, "Good game."
Draco smiled and shook Harry's hand. "You too."
"Congratulations," Blaise said and hugged him tight.
"Thanks love."
"Blaise, where's Hermione?" Harry asked curiously.
"Oh, she went upstairs to get ready," Blaise said. "She also said for me to tell you not to go up to get her before the dance and that she will meet you by the entrance of the Great Hall."
"Why?" Harry asked
"I don't know! I'm only the messengers!" Blaise said. "I have to go get ready myself. I'll see you later love."
"Bye," Draco said and gave her a quick peck.
"See you Harry," Blaise said and ran off the Quidditch field.
Harry went back to talking to his team. "Hey Colin!"
"Yeah Harry?"
"Go up and get us a few bottles of butterbeer."
"Okay," Colin said and dashed off the Quidditch field.
"You know Harry, it might not be a bad idea to have him around more often," Draco said with a smirk.
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6:30pm
Harry looked at himself in the long mirror in the corner. It was nothing formal, so he wore his nicest black pants with a green polo shirt and black shoes. He walked over to the boy's lavatory and did his hair; sprayed some Armani cologne and went down to meet Hermione and rest of the gang.
He walked down to the Great Hall and saw Kristle at the foot of the stairs. Harry walked up to her and nodded his head.
"You look nice," Harry said politely.
"Compared to when I was ugly?" Kristle said in a snobbish tone.
"What…oh…no….I mean you always look nice but you look extremely nice today, and -" Harry said awkwardly.
"It's okay Harry, I knew what you meant. I just like to mess with guys heads when they say something like that."
"Oh… so who's your date?"
"I don't have a date. Merlin, can't a girl go to a dance without having a guy by her side?"
"Yes…I didn't mean it like that," Harry said looking very embarrassed.
Kristle let out a soft chuckle. "I'm doing that mind thing again…."
"Oh," Harry said, very confused.
"It's not like no one asked me. It's just that I had my eye on someone else."
"Who?"
"Brian Knightly"
"Oh…well does he have a date?"
"Don't know; that's why I'm waiting here - so I can see."
"Well I think his date is Ginny Weasley."
"What!" Kristle said furiously, "How do you know?"
"They're right behind you making out!" Harry said pointing at the couple behind her. Kristle turned quickly and surely enough there was Brain and Ginny going at it. Kristle eyes narrowed and her lip curled.
"I'll be back!" she said and stormed over to the couple.
"How could you Brian? You would pick her over me! After all we've been through! Let's not forget the nights you said I love you to me! I have nothing to say to you!" Kristle yelled loudly. Everyone around them stopped and stared. You could even hear some girls whisper to each other, "What a bastard."
Ginny stepped away from Brian and looked at him furiously. "You're dating her!"
"What? No! Ginny I swear, I don't know what she's talking about!"
Kristle immediately went into tears and yelled, "You told me you loved me!"
"What! I never said that!" Brian said, still totally clueless.
Kristle cried harder and ran over to Harry and whispered gently, "Play along." Harry comforted her and yelled out, "Bastard, you're going to pay for this."
Brain looked at Ginny and back at Kristle. "Ginny, they're mad. I don't know what they're talking about!"
"Don't play dumb Brian! God, to think I actually had a crush on you! Well it ends here! I'm not going to be the mistress in this relationship. Stay the hell away from me!" Ginny said and ran up stairs in tears.
Kristle picked up her head and looked up at Harry with a wicked smile. She turned to look at Brain.
"Brian, I forgive you," she said wiping her fake tears.
"Err…okay," Brian said, scratching his head. Kristle walked over to Brain and took a hold of his hand and looked at him.
"We'll talk about this later. Come one let's go to the dance!" Kristle said and flipped her hair and looked at Harry.
"Err…okay," Brian said, still completely puzzled about the events that just happened. Harry shook his head and watched Brian and Kristle walk into the Great Hall. Harry stayed by the staircase and talked to some of the guys that were waiting there.
"Hey Harry!"
He looked up and saw Draco and Blaise holding hands and coming down the stairs.
"Hey!" Harry said as the couple walked up to them, "You look awesome Blaise!"
"Thanks, you don't look bad yourself. That shirt really brings out your eyes," Blaise said. She wore a simple periwinkle spring dress and had her hair in curls. Draco wore a pair of khaki pants with a red polo shirt.
"Thanks, where's Hermione?"
"She's coming," Draco said, "We'll meet you inside."
Harry nodded and watched Draco and Blaise go into the Great Hall. Harry looked back at the staircase and waited for Hermione. Three minutes later, Hermione appeared, her hair in a half ponytail with a few strands in front of her face. She walked down smiling and gave Harry a small kiss.
"You look great love," Harry said putting his arm around her waist.
"You do too. That shirt really brings out your eyes," Hermione said with a smile.
"Blaise said that too," Harry said with a small laugh, "Shall we?"
"Let's."
The Great Hall was decorated with small tables and balloons all around the room. The dance floor was lit with multi-colored lights that flashed with the beat of the music. The music was loud and the band was the same as previous years - the Weird Sisters. Harry found the table that Draco and Blaise had picked and they seated themselves quickly. Minutes later, the table was filled and everyone was having the time of their life laughing at jokes and talking about Kristle's outburst a few minutes back.
"I can't believe you did that!" Blaise said.
"So let me get this straight - you and Brian never dated," Hermione said.
"No!" Kristle said, "But we are now."
"I wish I could've been there so see the look on Weasel's face," Draco said with a wicked smile.
"It was priceless," Kristle said, "Best fun I've had yet."
"Draco, I want to dance," Blaise whined.
"Well what are we waiting for then? Come on," Draco said and the whole table got up and went to the dance floor - everyone except Harry.
"What's the matter Harry?" Hermione asked.
"I'm not a very good dancer!"
"Sure you are. I mean, you were great at the Christmas Party."
"No I wasn't."
"Yes you were," Hermione said impatiently. "Come on Harry. Don't make me hurt you."
"Fine, fine…let's go."
Three hours later…
Draco, Blaise, Hermione, and Harry walked back to there table exhausted from dancing.
"Draco I'm thirsty," Blaise said, "Go get me a drink."
"Okay," Draco said and got up from his seat.
"Hey I'll go get it. I'm going up there anyway. Hermione do you want a drink?" Harry asked.
"No, I have one," Hermione said fanning herself.
"Alright," Harry said and walked over to the punch bowl. He grabbed two cups and poured two drinks. He walked back to the table, handed Blaise her drink and sat back down.
"I'm exhausted," Hermione said still fanning herself.
"Yeah, but I'm having fun. What about you?" Draco asked.
"I am," Hermione said, "But I'm ready to go back on the dance floor. How about it Harry?"
"Err…sure," Harry said, "But can I go to the restroom first?"
"Sure, I'll be on the dance floor. Come on guys," Hermione said excitedly and hurried back on the dance floor while Harry made his way to the nearest loo.
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"Which table are they at?" Ron asked Jacy.
"The far left one," Jacy pointed.
"Perfect - no ones around. This is our chance. Remember to put it in the right cups," Ron said. Jacy nodded and made her way to the empty table. She took out two tubes from her purse poured the contents into the two cups, shaking the two cups gently. She put the empty tubes back in her purse and walked back to the corner of the room.
"Okay I did it," Jacy said excitedly.
"Wicked. I guess we just have to watch and see," Ron said with an evil smile. "So do you want to dance?"
"Ron please, not in front of people. Besides, my date is waiting," Jacy said.
"Right," Ron said, "Besides, I don't want to be responsible for your popularity suddenly falling."
"If you were normal, I would dance with you," Jacy said.
"Glad to be reminded where I stand in today's society," He said sarcastically.
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Half an hour later…
"Great Merlin, I can't believe almost four hours have past. It seems like the dance just began," Harry said while taking a sip from his drink.
"Tell me about it. I for one never knew you could dance like that," Draco said handing Blaise her drink. "Where did you learn that from Harry?"
"From music videos I guess. I mean, I never considered myself a good dancer," Harry said fanning himself. The room began to get extremely hot and started to spin.
"Harry, are you alright?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, but I'm going to step outside for a bit of fresh air. The room is starting to get a bit stuffy," Harry said getting up from his seat.
"Okay, but hurry back!" Hermione said in a concerned tone.
Harry walked through the crowd and walked out of the Great Hall. It was still stuffy outside the Great Hall as well, so he went out the front entrance and found a bench outside the castle. He sat down and hoped the ground would stop spinning.
"Hey, you okay?" Blaise asked. Harry looked up and saw Blaise in the same state he was.
"Yeah, it's just I'm really hot and really dizzy. What are you doing out here?" Harry asked.
"I feel the same way you do. I think we just need a bit of fresh air….I mean we have been dancing for three hours."
"I think you're right!" Harry said.
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Fifteen minutes later…
Draco looked at his watch then at the entrance of the Great Hall. Blaise and Harry had been gone for some time now and he was starting to get worried.
"Wonder what happened to them," he said to Hermione.
"I don't know. I hope there alright," She said in a concerned tone. Draco gave her a weak smile and took a sip from his drink.
"Hey Draco," A voice from behind them said. Draco turned around quickly and saw Jacy standing there with a cup in her hand.
"Hey Jacy," Draco said in dull tone.
"Draco, how come you haven't asked me to dance yet?" Jacy said in a flirty way.
"Because he's engaged you half twit," Hermione blurted out.
"Good to see you to Herm," Jacy said with one eyebrow arched, "Maybe later?"
"Maybe," Draco said. Jacy smiled and walked back to the dance floor.
Hermione suddenly punched Draco in the arm. "What the fuck that about? You're not going to dance with her are you?"
"Of course not! It was just something to say so she would leave us alone."
"Oh."
"Let's go look for Harry and Blaise," Draco said.
They got up from their seats and walked out the Great Hall and out the castle. They walked around a bit and heard familiar voices from a near by bush. They walked over and were shocked at the scene they just saw.
"Harry. Merlin, please don't let this be happening," Hermione said in a disbelieving tone. Draco was just in complete shock.