𝑀𝒶 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑒

𝐹𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓎-𝑜𝓃𝑒

Draco played with his bow tie, he was still angry with what Hermione had said

"Draco?" His date asked him

He looked to his side

Sofia had her hair sleeked back and was wearing a navy satin dress with a plunging neckline and a slit going up to her thigh

"Yes?" Draco asked

"You're distracted" she whined and pushed her body closer to his

Draco mentally rolled his eyes, he took another sip of his drink and coughed when he saw who had entered

Hermione entered with wearing an open back long black chiffon with two long slits that teased him, her hair was wrapped into a formal bun and she was wearing the necklace

He saw her make eye contact with him, and he felt his heart stutter

He tried to take a step forward but Sofia stopped him, he watched as Hermione glared at his date and went to join another girl

"Excuse me for a second" Draco said and tried to walk towards Hermione

"I'll go with you" she said and took his hand, Draco bit back a groan and the two of them made their way towards Hermione and the other girl

"Hermione" Draco said

"Malfoy" she greeted curtly, eyeing his intertwined hand

"Where's your date?" Draco asked her

"Didn't have one, you would have known if you would have just talked to me instead of ignoring me" she told him

Draco opened his mouth to ask her what she was talking about when the other girl came in between them

"Gisella Ardito" she introduced herself

"Ardito?" Draco asked confused

"He's my twin brother, ah Sofia, un piacere ne sono sicuro" Gisella smiled sweetly but her eyes were shooting daggers at her, realization quickly dawned on him and he knew he had messed up once again

Draco turned back to Hermione who was drowning her third glass of champagne

"Granger—" Draco began

"Come dance Draco, I have some moves I would love to show you" Sofia purred

"Go Malfoy, have fun" Hermione smiled, her smile didn't reach her eyes

Before Draco could protest, Sofia dragged him away

They joined the rest of the people and Draco put a hand on her waist and took her other hand in his extended hand, he kept glancing at Hermione who looked miserable while watching him

He watched as Emilio came up to her and felt fury course through his body, he saw when both twins started fighting and Gisella dragged him away, leaving Hermione alone

"Excuse me" Draco said, Sofia held onto his arm tighter

"Why do you care so much about the mudblood?" She spat

Draco yanked his body away from her, he glared at her and she immediately got scared of him

"Call her that again and I'll show you why I wear this" he sneered, yanking up his sleeve and showed her the cuff "I care about her because I love her, you daft slag" he spat and walked away from her, he looked for Hermione who had suddenly disappeared

He went up to where he last saw her, a second later he was joined by Gisella

"Do you know where Hermione went?" Draco asked