Yule Ball
(Y/N's POV)
It was the day before the Yule ball and I still didn't have a dress to wear. We were currently at Hogsmeade looking for dresses to buy.
"Ooh, how about this?" Amelia asked me, taking a dress from one of the hangers. It was a long dark blue dress with little dots of silver around it.
"Hm, it's okay." I replied, not interested, as I continued to look around the store.
"You've said that for the last ten dresses I showed you." Amelia complained, putting the dress back in its place.
"This store doesn't really have good options." I told her.
"Can we take a break then? It's been almost an hour." She said.
"Fine." I replied, as we headed out of the store.
As we were leaving the store, we saw Leo, Thomas, and Charlie walking the same direction as us. I noticed Amelia started walking over to them.
"Amelia, what are you doing?" I questioned, widening my eyes.
"I need to tell Leo something." She shrugged, grabbing my hand and pulling me over there with her.
"Hey guys." She said to them. "Leo, have you gotten your suit for the ball yet."
I noticed Thomas was staring at me and I immediately wanted to get out of there.
"Yes, babe, I did." Leo assured Amelia.
"Babe?" I questioned, looking at Leo.
"What, I can't call my girlfriend babe?" He asked me.
"Girlfriend? When did this happen?" I asked, confusedly. Amelia never told me they were fully together.
"It's not official." Amelia whispered in my ear. They started talking about something else while I stood there awkwardly with Thomas and Charlie.
"I heard you're going with Draco to the ball." Thomas said to me, "I wish I could say I'm surprised."
"At least he didn't poison me with amortentia." I rolled my eyes. I walked over to Amelia telling her I was gonna go find Draco.
When I was walking, I found another dress store and I decided to take a look. I entered and a blonde salesclerk came up to me, "Is there anything I can help you look for?" She asked me.
"Actually, yes, there is. I'm looking for a dress for the yule ball." I told her.
"Okay, is there any specific color you want?"
"Maybe, green?" I said.
"Are you a Slytherin?" She questioned, as I followed her to the other side of the store.
"Yes, I am." I replied.
"So was I." She smiled, as we stopped near the green section. "Here's a lovely selection of green dresses that I think you might like. Let me know if you need anything else."
"Great, thank you." I smiled back at her.
Some of the dresses were a light green but I was able to find one that was the perfect shade of dark green. It was a very long silk dress with shoulder split sleeves, it had to be one of my favorites. I knew it was the perfect one so I decided to buy it.
"That's a lovely one." The lady told me as I placed it on the checkout counter.
"I know right." I told her. Once I finished paying, I thanked the lady and left the store. It was already starting to get dark so I decided to head back to the castle.
I got to the hallways of the castle and I was about to enter the staircase when Ivy and some of her Hufflepuff friends stopped in front of me.
"Can you let me through?" I asked, urgently.
"Hmm, no." Ivy replied, "What have you got there." She said, pointing to my bag. One of her friends pulled it away from me before I could stop her.
"What is this? Are you wearing this to the ball?" She laughed, as her friends joined her.
"Give it back." I told her, as I started to get angry.
"This is for what your friend Amelia did to me." She said, as she took out the dress from the bag and brought out her wand.
"What are you doing?" I shouted, fuming.
She ignored me and shouted, "Incendio!" pointing her wand towards my dress. It immediately went up in flames, turning into thin air right in front of me.
"You bitch!" I shouted at her, as I leaned in to punch her, but her friends stopped me.
"That's not gonna work this time." She told me, "Stay away from Thomas." She said, as she turned around and left, her friends following behind her.
I immediately headed towards the common room as I felt my eyes begin to water. Once I got to the common room I stormed inside, going into the girls dormitory. I then threw myself on the bed and continued to cry.
"Y/N?" Amelia asked me from the door. I didn't notice she had followed me inside.
"What?" I asked, my voice muffled from the sheets.
"Are you okay? What happened?" She asked, walking over to my bed.
"Ivy. She ruined the dress I got for the ball. I literally don't have anything else to wear." I groaned, sitting up on my bed.
"She did what?" She shouted, "I'm gonna kill her."
"Please don't, it'll only make things worse." I told her.
"Right. I'm sorry she did that." She said, wrapping her arm around me.
"Now what am I going to wear to the ball?" I asked, laying my head on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, we'll think of something." She assured me.
"Thanks." I smiled.
"It's almost time for dinner, do you want to head down now?" She asked me.
"I think I'll stay here. I'm kind of tired anyways." I said, laying back down on my bed.
"Okay and don't worry we will find you something to wear." She said, as she left the dormitory.
Today was officially the Yule Ball. I had woken up pretty early, so I decided to get ready for breakfast. Once I came down the stairs there were a few people in the common room. I noticed Draco was there as well, pacing near the fireplace.
"Hey, Draco." I said to him as he turned around suddenly.
"Y/N? Hey." He said, I saw he had some kind of box in his hands. "Okay, sit down." He urged.
"Uh, okay?" I asked, confusedly, sitting down on the couch next to us.
"This is for you." He told me, handing me the box that he was holding. I placed the box on my lap and opened the top. Inside of the box was this gorgeous emerald gown with gold and green gems at the top of it, it also had long pieces of fabric that were on each side of the shoulders.
"Oh my, Draco, this is beautiful." I said to him, almost on the brink of tears.
"It's my mom's. Amelia told me what happened yesterday. I felt so bad so I asked my mom if you could use one of hers. It's one of her old ones so it should be around your size." He explained to me. I immediately got up and gave him a hug.
"Thank you, dray, I love it." I said, we continued hugging.
"Dray?" He questioned.
"Oh, sorry, do you not like that?" I asked, worriedly.
"No, I do." He smiled, as we broke apart from the hug.
Amelia finally came down from the girls dormitory and we all headed to the Great Hall for breakfast.
“I’ll catch up with you guys.” I told them as we entered the Great Hall, I wanted to find out who Harry was going to the ball with.
”Did you guys find dates?” I asked Harry and Ron as I sat down at the Gryffindor table.
”Yep, Padma and Parvati.” Harry said, unenthusiasticlly.
“You don’t sound too excited.” I told him.
”Parvati’s great and all but she isn’t who I wanted to go to the ball with.” Harry said, looking over at Cho who was sitting at the Ravenclaw table.
”Should’ve asked her sooner.” I shrugged, as Harry hit me on the arm.
”Who are you going with?” He questioned.
”Um.” I was debating on whether or not I should tell him i’m going with Draco. “You’ll find out later.”
I got up to go and when I was leaving the table, I crossed paths with Hermione.
”Have fun with Viktor!” I told her and she immediately looked shocked when I said that.
I made it back to the Slytherin table and sat down next to Draco.
"Wait, Miles who are you going to the ball with?" I asked him.
"Daphne Greengrass." He replied.
"Woah, are you too like a thing?" I questioned, grabbing food off of Amelia's plate.
"I don't know, kind of?" He replied, unsure.
"So, are you guys excited for the ball?" Amelia asked, enthusiastically.
"Yeah, I am." I said, smiling over at Draco.
After a few more minutes we finished breakfast and it was finally time to get ready for the ball.
Amelia, Daphne, Pansy, and I all shared a dormitory so we got ready together. I had already gotten my dress on while Amelia did my hair.
"So, Daphne, you and Miles are a thing now?" I asked her, as Amelia curled my hair.
"Not really, we've just been talking for a while." She replied, hesitantly.
"Do you like him?" Amelia asked her.
"Maybe." She replied, as she started to blush.
Once Amelia was done curling my hair, she took two strands from the front and wrapped them behind my head with a silver clip. For my makeup I had done an emerald green eyeshadow, with hints of black in it and some red lipstick.
I had already bought shoes for the ball which were black high heels that luckily matched with the dress. I put on silver earrings to finish my look. Amelia wore a red dress with gold hairpieces since that was the only color that she liked with Leo's Hufflepuff colors.
It took us a while to get ready but we were finally done. So, we made our way to the Great Hall. We had already planned on meeting the boys at the entrance.
We got to the staircase that led to the Great Hall and Amelia and I both walked down at the same time. I noticed Draco was already waiting at the bottom as he looked up at me. We got to the bottom and I walked up to Draco.
"Hi." I smiled at him.
"Wow, you look gorgeous." He said slowly.
"Thank you." I replied, as I felt my cheeks start to blush, "You look good too."
"I got you this." He said, taking out a Lily from under his coat. "May I?" He asked as he pointed to my hair. I nodded and turned around as he placed the Lily under my hair clip. He then grabbed my hand and led me inside the Great Hall.
It was gorgeous inside, the walls were blue and looked like they were made of ice. There were Pine trees and candles all over the place. We all gathered around the main dance floor while the four champions and their dates entered together. When Harry was walking with Parvati, he looked over at me then at Draco. Once he realized that Draco was my date he widened his eyes but kept walking, I couldn't help but laugh.
Eventually, the champions dance started and they all were in sync at first. Harry was the only one who didn't know what he was doing and everyone could tell. I honestly felt sorry for him, he never was a good dancer.
The dance was finally over and Harry rushed out of the dance floor.
"Nice dance moves." I whispered to him, as he passed me on his way.
The weird sisters band came on and started performing their most popular songs while everyone else headed to the dance floor.
"Shall we dance?" Draco asked me in a mocking formal voice.
"We shall." I replied with the same voice.
I followed him to the dance floor and we both started dancing next to each other. Occasionally, I would laugh at some of his dance moves but overall Draco was a good dancer.
After a few songs, the band started playing slower songs and mostly the couples stayed for those. Draco and I left the dance floor and headed to one of the tables.
Do you want me to get you something to drink?" Draco asked me.
"Just punch is fine, thank you." I replied, as he left to go to the drink table. I noticed that Harry and Ron were sitting at an empty table looking miserable so I decided to go check on them.
"Are you guys okay?" I laughed at them as I walked up to their table.
"Does it look like we are?" Ron asked, arrogantly.
"What's your guys's problem? Have some fun!" I exclaimed enthusiastically, as they both rolled their eyes at me.
"I bet Hermione's having fun." Ron said in a bitter tone as he stared at Hermione and Viktor on the dance floor.
"You and Draco, really?" Harry asked me, raising his eyebrows.
"What, we're just friends." I exclaimed.
"Yeah, okay." Harry said in a mocking tone.
"What happened to your dates?" I asked, noticing that Padma and Parvati were nowhere to be seen.
"Who cares?" Ron groaned, "This is a miserable dance anyway."
"Alright then, I'm gonna go dance while you two can stay sitting in your own self-pity, have fun!" I yelled, as I went to find Draco. He was still at the drinks table and I noticed he was talking to a girl.
"Hey, you ready?" I asked, as I walked up to them.
"You dumped me for her, seriously?" The girl asked, though I noticed it was Isla, the girl he had asked before me.
"I already apologized to you." Draco said to her.
"What's so special about her, anyways?" Isla said, slurring her words.
"Let's go." Draco said to me, grabbing my arm and leading me towards the dance floor.
We went next to Amelia and Leo who were already on the dance floor. We danced with them for the rest of the night. Miles, Blaise, Pansy, and Daphne joined us every once in a while.
Most of the songs were upbeat until the band decided to play one of the slower songs. I was about to take a break when Draco stopped me.
"Let's dance together." He told me, as he grabbed my hand.
"To this song?" I questioned, feeling my stomach drop.
"Sure, why not?" He said, leading me back to the dance floor.
"I haven't had much practice." I said to him, feeling embarrassed.
"It's okay, just follow me." He assured, as he grabbed my left arm and placed it on his shoulder, and then my right arm on his other shoulder. He then placed both of his hands on my waist, and I immediately felt butterflies in my stomach.
He took a few steps to the right then back as I followed him. We went slow at first but he started moving a little faster and I accidentally stepped on his foot.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" I exclaimed, feeling my cheeks heat up.
"It's okay, darling." He smiled at me. I was shocked, did he just call me darling?
I eventually got a hold of it and went the same pace as him for the rest of the song.
"See, you're getting good at it." He exclaimed.
"I guess so." I replied. The song had ended but Draco didn't let go as the next song played.
"Oh, this is one of my favorites." I told him, as we both looked into each other's eyes.
I leaned in closer to him as we continued to dance. This was nice, I thought to myself. I then laid my head on his shoulder and we stayed like that for the rest of the song.
Once the song finally ended, we walked off of the dance floor.
"Hey, do you want to get out of here?" He asked me.
"Sure." I smiled and he grabbed my hand and led me out the door. When we were out of the Great Hall he didn't let go and kept walking up the staircase.
"Where are we going?" I asked him.
"I want to show you something." He said, continuing to walk up the stairs. We reached what I recognized as the astronomy tower and we went out on top of it. The sky was dark blue and filled with stars. I noticed there was a blanket and a picnic basket near the edge.
"Did you plan this?" I asked him, shocked.
"Yeah, I had some help." He said, as he went to go grab the basket and blanket. He laid the blanket out on the floor and signaled his arm for me to sit. I sat down as he sat next to me and we booth looked up at the stars.
"I've never seen the stars like this." I told him, amazed by the sky.
"Yeah, it's amazing isn't it?" He exclaimed, "Are you hungry? I have some things in here." He asked, looking through the picnic basket.
"That's okay." I replied, considering I was too nervous to eat anything.
We both laid down on the blanket to get a better look up at the stars. We stared at the sky for a while until Draco looked at me.
"I like you, Y/N." He said. I couldn't believe the words that came out of his mouth. "I love being around you. I'm always thinking about you, even when I'm not with you. I don't want to be just friends anymore."
"I-" I looked at him and thought about us together, "I feel the same way."
"Can I kiss you?" He asked me as we looked into each others eyes for a moment.
"Yes."
He leaned in closer to me as he gazed at my lips, I immediately felt a shiver down my spine. He placed his hand on my jaw and pulled me in closer. I could feel his breath against my lips as he placed his on mine. He cupped both of his hands on my face to get a better grip. Goosebumps appeared on my body as I felt his cold rings graze my face.
His lips were soft and he moved them in a gentle pattern. I followed his movements and pressed mine on his in the same manner. I could feel both of our hearts beating at a rapid pace. I moved my hands to his head, slowly massaging his hair. After a few seconds, I pulled away slowly as we both caught our breath. We stared at each other as he caressed my face with his hands.
"Would you like to go on a date sometime?" He smirked at me.
"I'd love to." I replied, smiling back at him.