It's your Fourth Year at Hogwarts. You've been sorted into Hufflepuff. You love plants and nature. Herbology is your favorite subject. All the Slytherin girls led by Pansy Parkinson make fun of you because you're a chubby girl. It really hurts you, but you hide your pain with Ballet.
Nobody knows, but you've been a ballerina since you were five. Years of hard work and perseverance became you a really good one. Ballet is your passion.
Today, you're hidden in your happy place. It's a beautiful place that looks like ruins surrounded by nature. You found it this year in Hogwarts. You come to this place every afternoon just to dance. It makes you happy. It really calms you down. You always dance with a smile on your face.
The Prince of Slytherin seems to have gotten lost in his own thoughts while walking through the gardens, and eventually finds himself lost in the middle of nowhere. He tries to find his way back to the castle, but suddenly, he hears music that comes from the distance. He is curious about where that music comes from, so he starts following the sound.
Unexpectedly, it leads him to a place that looks like ruins surrounded by nature, and there is a girl dancing there. She's wearing a pair of black pointe shoes and a beautiful yellow chiffon dress that moves softly to the rhythm of her hips. It's you. Draco hides behind a pillar while watching you dancing as the music goes:
«I'm a house of cards
In a hurricane
A reckless fire
In the pouring rain
She cuts me and the pain
Is all I wanna feel
She'll dance away just like a child
She drives me crazy
Drives me wild
But I'm helpless when she smiles
She smiles»
"Is she (Y/N) (Y/L/N)? She looks gorgeous in that dress! I didn't know she was a ballerina. Look at her smile. Beautiful! Look at those curves, man. She has a very hot body! It's a pitty that she always hide it... Wait, what? What the hell am I thinking? She's a Hufflepuff!", Draco says to himself without realizing that he is starting to have a crush on you.
You've been dancing for an hour or two, and Draco has been hidden, staring at you in fascination without your noticing. You finally turn off your radio and put your school cloak on to hide your Ballet clothing. You pick up your radio and leave. Draco follows you, carefully not to be noticed, and you lead him back to the castle.
Draco can't help but come back the next day at the same time, hoping to see you dancing again. He is a lucky boy. You're dancing there again. This time you're wearing a beautiful turquoise chiffon dress and a pair of white pointe shoes. He is staring at you in fascination again, hidden behind the same pillar.
This time you catch him but don't stop dancing, so he doesn't notice that you know he is there.
"What is Draco Malfoy doing here? I thought nobody knew this place. I wonder how many times he has been here without my noticing. I didn't know he was interested in Ballet", you say to yourself...
That night in your dorm, you can't help but think about him. "He looks cute when he isn't bullying anyone. Feeling his eyes on me made me feel beautiful for the first time ever. I just wanted to keep dancing and dancing only for him", you say to yourself. He made you feel butterflies in your tummy. You've never thought on him that way before. Now you realize that Draco is your first crush.
Draco has been staring at you dancing every afternoon during the whole week. Today, during your dancing session, your eyes meet his inevitably. You blush but just smile at him. He gasps in surprise and blushes, but smiles back at you. He comes out of hiding and leans on his shoulder against the pillar with his hands in his pockets. He makes you feel special. You keep dancing only for him while the butterflies in your tummy go wild.
When your music stops, Draco leaves without saying a word, but his beautiful smile doesn't vanish.
Draco and you have been seducing each other by exchanging coquettish glances and smiles. You both are enjoying this game so much. When you pass by him, he looks at you like...
You just smile at him and go on you way, swaying your hips more than needed. It drives him crazy.
The Yule Ball is close and you're so excited about it. It's lunch time and you're very excited talking to your friends about a mysterious note you found in your backpack:
"I want you to go to the Yule Ball with me. I know it's kinda weird, but I'm too shy to ask you personally. I'll be waiting for you at the Great Hall door at 7:00 pm, but you don't have to do this if you don't want to"
—That's what it says —you conclude and the girls sigh.
—Who is your secret admirer? —One of them asks.
—I don't know... Or maybe yes —you blush and smile shyly.
You have another hidden talent: sewing. You actually make your own Ballet dresses and you have a new challenge now: your Yule Ball gown.
You buy some beautiful fabrics and start working on your new project. You've been so busy with it that you haven't had enough time to go back to your happy place. You're sure that Draco is your secret admirer, and that's why you're putting your heart and soul on making this gown. All you want is to look stunning for him...
Author's Notes
(Y/N) = Your Name
(Y/L/N) = Your Last Name
Song lyrics from "Helpless When She Smiles" by The Backstreet Boys.
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