Thanks for fanning :D You guys are AWESOME! So here's chapter nine >>>> the christmas dance.
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The Great Hall was buzzing with students already dancing, laughing, and trying to drink as many drinks as possible. There were glasses of eggnog, glasses of cherry syrup and soda, cups of hot chocolate and the odd gillywater that Proffessor McGonagall enjoyed.
There was a huge Blue Spruce tree in the centre of the hall. Little lit candles sparkled all around it. Red and Silver spheres glittered with the light of both the candles on the tree and the ceiling. A big, golden star was laying on top of the tree and was a larger replica of the smaller stars hanging from the ceiling. There was glitter all over the floor, and the round tables at the side of the hall were covered with it too. The irony was that everything did look magical.
All students had their best garments on. All boys were dressed with tailored suits and bow ties, while the girls had flowing dresses that twirled whenever they skipped around or danced along with the music. Ron, however, was wearing an old suit that must have been worned by both Fred and George. He frowned when he looked at himself in the reflection of a silver tray laying around on one of the tables and complained about why he wasn't the favourite child.
Hermione had heads turning to her direction. Her silk-made purple dress flowed at every step she made. It was slightly tight around her waist making the curves around her body visible. Ron almost choked on his eggnog at the sight of her. He couldn't beleive how beautiful she looked.
"Goodness gr, gracious, Hermione." He stuttered as Hermione reached his side.
"What is it?" Hermione asked sounding paranoid. "I look horrible don't I? I knew I should have stuck with my first choice."
"No, no, no." Ron interrupted. "You look fine." He gulped. "I mean more than fine. You look...beautiful."
Hermione blushed and so did Ron. Hermione looked at what Ron was wearing and tried to find something to compliment him with, but she just couldn't find anything.So, she turned her head and quickly changed the subject.
At the far end of the hall, Draco stood with both Crabbe and Goyle and were sneaking a type of alcohol in their drinks. Draco looked davishing. You could tell that his suit must have cost him a fortune. On the other hand, Crabbe and Goyle's suit looked more affordable.
"Aren't you going to dance with your date?" Goyle teased Draco, as he spotted Padma entering the Great Hall on her own.
"Shut up!" Draco snapped. Goyle only shook his head.
"Well, I need to catch up with mine." Goyle said and he dragged Crabbe with him. They were heading to a group of girls who were sitting on their own looking bored.
Draco was left on his own drinking his drink. He tried to hide from Padma, but at the same time tried looking out for a couple who he had been dreading the whole evening.
Draco scanned the room, trying to find a dress that would stand out in the crowd knowing that it would be worned by Luna. But he couldn't find it. Draco became more anxious as the minutes went by and there was still no sign of Harry and Luna. What are they doing, he thought.
Just as he was about to get Crabbe and Goyle and convince them to leave the party and head to their dormitories, he spotted Harry at the entrance. He was wearing a very simlar suit to Draco's, although Harry's wasn't as expensive; and he was holding a rose on his hand.
Draco's eyes widened with horror. He clenched his fists and began cursing Harry under his breath.
Harry then looked at his side and extended his arm out. A gentle hand met his, and Harry curled his fingers around it. Luna appeared from round the corner.
It was as if something hard and heavy hit Draco in the lungs. He suddenly couldn't breathe. The entire room then felt as if it was closing up on him, suphocating him.
Luna and Harry met eyes. He raised her hand and kissed her palm handing her the rose he had been holding. Luna blushed and smiled slightly.
Draco had been right in thinking Luna was going to wear something that would stand out in the crowd. She was wearing a dress that reached just above her knees. It had twirles of the same fabric curled all around it. The colours of her dress were pale green and pink. Her hair was tied to the side, letting her curls snake down her shoulder.
"You look amazing." Harry whispered in Luna's ear, as they made their way inside.
Luna's heart was racing and her cheeks stayed permenatly red. "Thank you, Harry." She smiled kindly.
As they reached the centre, Draco was beginning to pull himself together. He followed them, but unfortunatley bumped into Padma.
"I've been looking for you everywhere." She said.
"Well you didn't look hard enough." He replied, while keeping his eyes on the couple.
"Our solo dance is going to start soon."
Draco had forgetten about the dance. And as he groaned and tried lying to Padma about having hurt his ankle yesterday, Luna turned around and caught Draco staring at her.
It was as if she had taken all sources of air, and left him breathless. His heart had not only skipped a beat, but it was as if it stopped complelty.
Luna greeted Draco with a smile and a wave. Harry noticed Luna waving and turned around only to be left surprised at who she was waving at.
"You know him?" Harry asked, almost disgusted.
"I was just being friendly, Harry. He was looking at me and I returned him a smile."
Harry shook his head and ignored it.
"Our dance is about to start." He said, and took Luna's hand leading her away from Draco.
Draco was raging with anger. He completely and utterly despised Harry. Draco quickly took Padma's hand and dragged her to the centre.
All eyes started to turn towards them. Padma was shocked, Draco was eager to dance with her. She remained speechless and just let him lead.
The queue began for everyone to start showing off their moves they had been practising. Draco took Padma by the waist and lifted her off her feet. He wasn't following the steps, and everyone was looking at him from the corner of their eyes.
"Waht are you doing?" Padma demanded. But Draco ignored her. He kept lifiting her up.
Luna only watched him and wasn't sure why he was making such a scene.
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The time came for the group dance to begin and the alcohol Draco had drunk earlier had reached his head.
He stood in line and stared at Luna. Luna noticed and felt quite uncomfortable but said nothing.
Draco noticed the sudden change of spark in her eyes, and he couldn't help but blame himself for it.
As he took Padma by the waist again, she was already embarrassed about what he was doing and regretted insisting Draco to dance.
"Why the face?" Draco asked her.
Padma was surprised Draco cared, and stuttered to reply. "You're just making a fool of yourself. I don't know who you're trying to impress, but it's quite obvious it isn't me."
Draco laughed hystercally. "Impress you?"
Padma bit her lip at what she had just said. She tried to stay strong and not show his words affected her. But before she could answer, Harry was already taking her hand. It was time to switch partners.
Draco relaxed, and controlled his breathing. Everything he had just done, was forgotten. Still, Luna looked uncomfortable. Draco reached out his arm the same way Harry had done, and Luna hesitated to take it.
Draco sensed she didn't feel comfortable, and became slightly mad. He tried hard not to show it as he didn't want to ruin this moment.
In the past Draco would have stormed off, but he wasn't going to let that happen tonight.
It took Draco a lot of courage to act nice as he offered his hand to Luna with a smile. Luna accepeted it and soon beleived his kindess.
Draco's heart was racing uncontrolably, as Luna rested her hand on his chest. Draco kept pace with the music and remained gentle.
Luna was resting her head on his shoulder, but then lifted her head to meet Draco's gaze.
"I beleive in you." She repeated the same words she had said to him a couple of days before.