𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 - 𝐝.𝐦 !!𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝!!

𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡

This is your outfit to the yule ball

I was in complete panic mode. It was the day before the yule ball, and I still haven't found any dresses. I won't go. I can't go to the ball tomorrow!

"Are you alright, love?" Draco came up and stopped behind me before continuing to his table.

I jumped at the sound of his voice. "Uh, yeah, I'm fine."

"Are you sure? You look like you're gonna be sick."

"Yeah, I'm fine, really. I just have an upset stomach."

"Do you want to come and eat with me?"

"I don't think I can eat lunch, draco-"

"Y/n!" Sebastian came running up to where I sat, dodging the students as he went. "Y/n, come with me, it's an emergency!"

"Emergency?"

"No time to explain, come on!"

He grabbed my hand, and dragged me towards the door the champions went through when they were chosen. People gave us confused looks, but we ignored them. He threw the door open, and my eyes were greeted with hundreds upon hundreds of dresses.

"What's all this for?"

My auntie charlotte stepped out from behind a rack of dresses. "I got a letter from sebastian, saying that you haven't found your dresses yet. So I brought some that I designed."

I totally forgot about aunt charlotte being a dress designer. A giant smile grew on my lips.

Xavier stepped from behind a curtain, wearing a velvet green and black suit. He was fixing one of the cuffs when he looked up. "I look good in this, you've got to admit."

I gasped. "I love this look. Auntie charlotte, do you have a dress that matches this?"

She pulled out a green velvet dress, it had an open back and long sheer sleeves with designs down it.

"Okay, that one will be for the tango xaiver and I are doing. What else do you have?"

Auntie charlotte thought about it for a second. "Do you have class?" I shook my head. "Great, then we have all day."

"Actually, mum, we have until this evening." Sebastian corrected. "Professor dumbledore wants us to practice in the great hall with the stage, light, music and everything."

Aunt charlotte smiled. "Professor dumbledore always had a thing for extra flare."

I chuckled. "He most certainly does."

"Are you going to stay and watch our practice, aunt charlotte?" Xavier asked, checking himself out in a mirror. He added under his breath, "I look amazing in this."

"Actually, I'm gonna stay until tomorrow night, so I can watch all of you dance."

My eyes fell upon her. "You are?"

She nodded. "Professor dumbledore offered me a room. If you want, the three of you can get ready there."

"I'm actually getting ready with hermione. She asked me if I could help her with something." My eyes landed on a beautiful silk dress, that I know is for when I dance with draco. "Can I try this on?"

Aunt charlotte grinned. "I knew you'd pick that one."

~

Later that evening, xavier, sebastian and I walked into the great hall. Professor dumbledore was already there, placing tables the were floating in the air in a certain spot of the floor. I noticed that he kept a spot clear up by the stage.

"Good evening, you three." He didn't even turn around. "What do you think so far? It won't be like this for breakfast or lunch, just dinner."

"I imagine it will look more beautiful when it's decorated." I said. "Not that it's not already beautiful... I kinda wish we'd keep it like this for the rest of the year."

Professor dumbledore turned around, his twinkling eyes shining brightly at us. "As do I, miss diore, but I'm afraid we can't. Now, shall we begin?"

"Of course."

That night, we went over the dances three times perfectly. Each time, professor dumbledore would wave his wand when it came time for my outfit to be changed. The boys didn't have to worry about that. They were able to change their outfits in between dances. Sebastian and I could somewhat do the lean. I just hope we're able to accomplish it when the time comes tomorrow.

~

It was three hours before the ball. I can get ready in no time, thank you all the practice I've had at home. Right now, I was busy massaging liberal amounts of sleekeazy's hair potion into hermione's extremely bushy hair. While I did that, she was putting on her makeup.

"Brother let me be your shelter..." I sang quietly to myself. I was so exited about tonight. I'm just praying everything goes right. "... I'll never leave you all alone. I can be the one you call when you're feeling low-"

"What are you singing? It's beautiful."

My cheeks burned red. "Just a song. I heard it on the radio one day, and I think of xavier every time i hear it."

"He's really strict, isn't he?"

"My whole family is." My voice cracked. "Well, everyone except my cousin and aunt."

"How is it at home?"

My eyes met hers in the mirror. "Do you really want to know?" She nodded her head. I sighed deeply, but gave her what she wanted. "Last year, I saw fudge at the christmas party my family and the malfoy's put on. I tried to convince him to stop buckbeak's trial, tell him it was a big misunderstanding. Father saw, took me into a room in malfoy manor, and slapped me across the face for doing what I did. But at the quidditch game against slytherin last year, it was a little better at home, but not much. I actually felt like they wanted me there. But nothing will beat hogwarts. Hogwarts is my home, and it will always be."

"I never knew about any of that."

I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't really like to talk about it."

"That bruise on your cheek, was that because of your dad?" I nodded once. "I'm so sorry."

"It's okay. Xavier is more protective of me than father and mother both are combined." I examined her hair. "I think you're good. No more busy hair."

She ran her fingers through it. "Thank you for doing this, y/n."

"Of course. You're my sister, hermione. Now, I need to get ready."

"Oh, no!" She started to panic. "Did I take up too much time?"

I laughed. "No, I can get ready fast. Don't worry about it."

~

I walked down the marble staircase to the entrance hall, where draco and I said we would meet up. I peeked around the corner, and saw his back was to me, and he was talking to crabbe, goyle, nott and blaise. Pansy ran up at that time, wearing a frilly pink dress. She twirled around to show draco, but he didn't seem to care.

I went to step out, but took my foot back. Why was I so nervous about this? It's just draco. He's seen me dressed up before. Maybe it's because of the dancing. Yeah, that's what I'm worried about. I took a deep breath, and stepped out from around the corner. Blaise was the first one to to see me. His jaw dropped, and he repeatedly hit draco on the arm.

"What, blaise?" He hissed.

Blaise pointed at me from over his shoulder, and draco turned around. A giant grin broke out on his face, tears started to form in his eyes. I stopped a few steps up, and looked down at my dress.

"I finally found a dress. My aunt charlotte brought some that she made yesterday. What do you think?"

"You look absolutely stunning." He held his hand out, helping me down the rest of the steps. "But I feel like you're missing something."

What am I missing? I have earrings, a necklace, I didn't even bother with a bracelet. He reached into his pocket, and pulled out a small box. He opened the lid, showing off a beautiful rose gold, blue diamond ring. (The one in your outfit picture)

I started to get choked up. I blinked the tears that were wanting to form away. "Draco, I think you're supposed to give a girl a ring when you first get engaged. So you're about a year and a half late."

"I wanted to get to know you first." He pulled the ring out of the box, and slipped it on my finger.

"And you remembered that I like rose gold. And where did you get did you get the idea for the blue diamonds?"

"Your eyes, because sometimes in the sun they are blue. And I think it's so beautiful." His grey eyes looked deeply into mine.

I cupped his face, and pulled him in for a kiss. This must be the best christmas ever.

"Y/n..." I pulled away to see sebastian standing in the doorway of a room just off the entrance hall. He was already wearing his suit. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"

I looked back to draco. "Hey, go find us a table, okay? I'll be in before it starts."

"Okay. You look gorgeous, by the way, my love."

He winked at me before following his boys into the great hall. My heart was pounding in my chest now. I quickly ran over to where sebastian was, and slipped inside.

"Oh! You look so beautiful!" Aunt charlotte did a little happy dance when she saw me.

"Mum." Sebastian said in a warning tone.

"Right, sorry." She calmed down. "It's time to be professional about this. It's just that I've always wanted a daughter, and y/n is the closest thing I have. Okay, here are your other dresses," She motioned to the other outfits hanging up on a rack behind her. "when dumbledore changes your outfit, they will reappear here. So you don't have to worry about it. I'll se you out there!" She shut the door behind her when she left.

I looked to sebastian. "Are you ready for this?"

"Uh, yeah... I was thinking we could do the tango blindfolded."

My heart seemed to have stopped. "Blindfolded?" He gulped. "BLINDFOLDED! Sebastian, we've never practiced blindfolded before! We can barely do the lean in the freestyle, and you want to do this dance blindfolded?!"

He held his hand up. "Do you trust me?"

"Of course I do."

"Great," He undid his tie, and pulled if from around his neck. "we both know the dance, hell, you've made us practice it for hours every evening. We can do this, and I think we can do the lean as well. You just got to trust me."

I clenched my teeth. "If we screw up this dance, I swear to god, I'm going to kill you."

"By the end of first number, that won't happen."

I walked over to the door, opened it, and stuck my head out. The champions were all lined up, getting ready to go inside. My eyes landed on hermione. Oh, she looked so beautiful! Krum is one lucky guy! I noticed professor dumbledore take one look at where sebastian and I were hiding. With a flick of his wand, my dress changed into one of blue velvet, I mouthed him a 'Thank you!', and he winked before going inside, and the doors shut. I ran out of them room, and took my position. The entrance hall lights were put out, allowing the light from the great hall to peak through the crack in the door. The light went out in that room as well, and I waited a moment before pushing the door open.

Each of the students turned their heads towards me. I walked forward, and a light shined down on me. Another light turned on up ahead, hitting the chair we are using as a prop. I looked off to the right, and found the table, xavier and draco were both sitting at. The table was right next to the dance floor. Draco looked confused, and xavier was calm. I nodded once to xavier, and he got up from his seat, and edged along the wall to wait. I turned my attention back to the front, and stopped. Music started to play, and I closed my eyes. Sebastian can be heard walking up behind me.

The music ended, and the roars of applause filled my ears. I can't believe what just happened, and blindfolded, too! Sebastian held his hand out, and I took it. He helped me up form the seat, and we turned to face the crowd. Draco jumped to his feet, clapping as hard as he could, and the rest of the room followed. The two of us bowed low, and raised back up. Sebastian kissed my knuckles, and spun me around. As he did that, I felt my dress change. I looked down, and saw that it was the white dress. Xavier came out from the shadows, walked past me, and pressed his back against mine. Once again, the music started, and I closed my eyes.

The song ended, and I rested my head on xavier's shoulder. Everyone cheered once more. Xavier and I held each other just a little bit longer than we did during practice. Once we decided it was enough, we pulled away, and bowed to the crowd. Xavier went to change, and with a flick of dumbledore's wand, my dress changed as well. I was now wearing a pink outfit, perfect for our dance. Sebastian walked out onto the dance floor, and just the same as last time, our backs pressed against each other, and we waited.

Sebastian held me close once the song was over. We were both shaking from happiness.

"We did it!" Tears were forming in my eyes.

"We did!" Sebastian said. "I told you we would."

I blinked the tears away, and we both jumped up, and did what I did the last two times now. I released sebastian's hand, and made my way up to the stage. I walked out of the light, and felt my dress change. Without knowing, I knew it was the green one. I stepped into the light that was shining down on the stage. Xavier could be seen in the back. He was in his green suit. I spun around, and lowered my eyes to my feet.

I turned my head to xavier, and he did the same thing. He smiled at me, and pulled me into a big hug.

"I love you, y/n." He surprised me twice in that moment. First he said that, then he kissed the top of my head. He's never done any of those things to me before.

"I love you, too, xavier."

This song meant everything for the two of us. So it was really important for the two of us to dance to this. Instead of bowing, I looped my arm through his, and he led me up into the stage.

"Remember, with this dance, you need to loosen up, have fun."

He smiled down at me. "I am having fun."

He winked before walking off the stage to my right. I turned around, and my arms became cold. Knowing that dumbledore changed my outfit, I waited. This was the trio dance, so sebastian was just off stage on the other side.

The brunette is going to be xavier, and the blond is sebastian.

Loud applause filled the room. I feel like I could pass out from exhaustion right then and there. The three of us gave one last bow, before dumbledore put us in our regular suits and dresses. I walked over to where draco was. He scooped me up in his arms, and spun me around.

"You were amazing! And you couldn't tell me anything?" He questioned, setting me back on the ground.

I laughed, shaking my head. "No, it was supposed to be a surprise for everyone."

I sat down next to him, and the whole table ate, and talked to one another. When all the food had been consumed, dumbledore stood up and asked the students to do the same. Then, with at another wave of his wand, the tables zoomed back along the walls, leaving an even bigger floor for everyone to dance on. With another wave, a set of drums, several guitars, a lute, a cello and some bagpipes were set upon it.

The group that I know as the weird sisters now trooped up onto the stage to wildly enthusiastic applause. They picked up their instruments, the champions took their partners hands, and the weird sisters struck up a slow, mournful tune. The champions started to dance around the floor gracefully, harry and parvati not so much. Draco took my hand, and pulled me along with him back onto the dance floor. His hand found my waist, and mine found his shoulder. We both followed the champions moves, and soon, other people joined as well. I'm so glad mother and father made me go through all those dance classes. With the final, quavering note from the bagpipe, everyone stopped dancing and applauded. The weird sisters struck up a new song, which was much faster.

Draco looked at me, as everyone started to go crazy. "Would you like to sit down?"

I looked at him like he was crazy. "Are you crazy? I can do this all night!"

I joined in on the wild dancing, completely ignoring how crazy I must look. Draco laughed, but jumped in as well.

~

It was slowly turning towards the end of the ball. The weird sisters were playing a slow song, and draco was holding me close. My head rested on his shoulder, and I nuzzled my face in his neck.

"Tonight was amazing." He said, his voice rough.

"It was." I sighed. "I hope we can have more amazing christmas's like this in the future."

He smiled. "So do I. Are you tired?"

"Just a little bit."

He chuckled. "I figured. Let's get you to bed."

I lifted my head, and saw the great hall almost completely empty, only a few stragglers were left. Draco threw his jacket over my shoulders, and I intertwined my fingers with his. He led me halfway up to gryffindor tower, when I suddenly realized something.

"Oh, no." I looked down at my bare feet.

"What's wrong, love?"

"I forgot my shoes in the great hall." I had taken them off halfway through the night, because they were starting to hurt me.

"Oh, I'll go get them for you. I'll be right back."

He quickly pressed his lips against mine, and took off running down the way we just came. I pulled his jacket around me tighter, and leaned against the wall. I looked down to my ring, admiring it. It was so beautiful. Now I know why he was in the jewelry store those two times.

"Vell, vell, vell. Little y/n diore." Ivan came stumbling around from the corner. "Vare is your little man? I thought he vouldn't leave you alone?"

I crossed my arms in front of myself. "He went to go get my shoes. I forgot them."

He came up, and placed his hands on either side of my head. My heart started to pound in my chest. Please, draco! Hurry up and get back!

"You know, I couldn't take my eyes off you. The vay you looked, ooh... It was mesmerizing. Vant to give another show for me?" He reached up, and tried to slide the shoulder of draco's jacket down.

"Ivan, please stop." I pushed him away.

That was a big mistake. His eyes turned red, and his fingers grabbed my biceps. He slammed me against the wall, and forced draco's jacket off of me. "Don't you dare do that to me again!" He hissed in my face. With him being so close to me, I could smell the alcohol coming from his breath.

The next moment, he was suddenly pushed to the ground. I looked to where he landed, and saw draco straddling him, his fist coming down and beating his face repeatedly.

"Don't you ever touch her again!"

Then, someone came around the corner that led to the gryffindor common room, making draco freeze. It was viktor krum. He looked between draco, ivan and I, and he seemed to understand.

Krum looked to me. "Did ivan put his hands on you?" I nodded my head. He groaned, and ran a hand down his face. "Ims prey about that. Malfoy, leave him to me, and I'll take him to karkaroff."

Draco got up, and grabbed my shoes. "Thank you, krum."

Draco pulled me along again. But instead of going to the tower, we were going back the way we came.

"Where are we going?"

"You're staying with me for the night. I don't trust that bastard anymore. It's a good thing krum came when he did."

We remained silent the rest of the way to the dungeons. Draco said the password, and we walked inside. Thankfully, no one was awake to see me, so we slipped into his dorm. The other boys were fast asleep.

"Stay right here. I'll go get you something to wear." Draco whispered.

I nodded, and he left the room. My eyes landed on his trunk at the end of his bed. I knelt down to open it, and pulled out his green quidditch sweater. I walked into the bathroom that was attached to his room, and stripped out of my dress. A soft knock sounded on the door. I opened it just a crack, and draco stuck his hand in to give me a pair of clothes.

"Where did you get these?" I asked.

"I made pansy give me something for you." He answered.

I threw the shirt he gave me back at him. I closed the door, and slipped the shorts and sweater on. I walked back out into the room, and threw my dress over the back of the chair. Draco sat up in his bed, now changed in a black tank top and black sweats. He took in my new look.

"Is that my sweater?"

I nodded my head. "It's comfy."

He held the covers open for me, and I climbed in. I pressed my back against his chest, and he wrapped his arms around me.

"Goodnight, my love. Sleep good."

"I love you, draco."

"And I love you, my y/n." He kissed a spot under my ear, and I fell into a peaceful sleep.