Harry smiled into the mirror, then headed down to the Common Room, Ron was just leaving the Common Room with Lavender, Hermione was no where to be scene. He sat on the sofa and relaxed, but he could not get this one thought out of his mind. It was of a girl, not Hermione though, but... another girl...

A Hogwarts Dance

Chapter 4

Harry shook his head violently "No, she is only a friend." Harry said aloud "And so is Hermione..." Harry said, pushing himself back into his depression. "Why must i screw everything up?" Harry asked himself aloud. His head jolted around when his question was answered.

"I don't think you screw everything up." Hermione said in a soft voice "I don't think you have ever screwed anything up" She said honestly. She wore a light blue, almost turquoise dress that strongly resembled a kimono. It was tight in all the right places, making her already nice butt, thin waist, and good sized breasts look that much better. The bottom of the dress ruffled and gave her legs plenty or room to walk and dance. With the slightly darker blue, semi-transparent sleeves and straps, it let her show of the slight tan she had acquired, the slight glitter in the fabric made her look that much better. She looked absolutely gorgeous.

And Harry agreed, he had to do all he could to only smile "If you say so" He said, turning his head before his 'little friend' paid him a visit.

"What? Do you think I am lying to you?" Hermione asked as she walk down the staircase from the the girls dorm.

"No, I never said that" Harry replied. He moved over on the couch, hoping Hermione would sit next to him, he had already forgotten that he had just told himself she was just a friend.

"Good, cause I really do think you have never screwed anything up. Well there was that time in 5th year.. ehh, nevermind that. What matters is that you don't mess up as often as you think you do. A lot of the time you make stuff better. Now give me a hug, and we will head down to the dance together." Hermione said, she was now standing next to Harry.

Harry stood up, excepting her offer. He wrapped his arms around the beautiful female. His self control was getting a workout, preventing him from jumping up and down, calling out in joy, and anything else that might destroy this perfect moment. Harry broke the hug, trying not to overdue it. They did not talk much as they left the Common Room and headed down the staircase other then the 'How are you doing' and the 'Not to bad, yourself' conversation that always leads to silence. Harry's self control was now going into overdrive to stop him from trying to hold her hand or something worse.

Hermione lead him all the way down to the third floor landing, but down a corridor rather then the stairs to the second floor. Hermione did not say a word, just grabbed his shoulder and steered Harry down the corridor that seemed to never end. It got to the point where he could not hear the chatter of people heading to the dance.

A Slytherin girl, most likely a 1st or 2nd year was walking up from the other direction, muttering something about 'mudbloods'. Whether Hermione did not hear her or did not care, her face did not move a muscle, she just kept walking.

Once the clap of the girls shoes could not be heard, Hermine slowed to a stop, she turned around and faced Harry, her mouth opened to speak but then closing as if she had lost her train of thought. She opened it again, but to no avail. Time seemed to have stopped. Hermione just stared at Harry, time had stopped but was flying by. Seconds turned to minutes, after five minutes of dead silence, Harry decided to speak, "Hermione, why did you lead me all the way out here?" Hermione did not speak, well she tried to, but the words escaped her again. "Are you ok?" Harry asked, hoping she could answer that.

Hermione did not speak, just stared. Seconds passed leaving them in a silent lull. Hermione reached out with her hand, placing it on Harry's cheek. Harry pulled away reflexively, "Hermione?" He asked. She did not respond, just placed her hand back on his cheek, bringing her other hand up to caress Harry's other cheek. Harry was in shock, things running through his head, 'Is this just a joke? Do I do the same to her? Should I pull away?'

Hermione moved a little closer to him, a nervous smile shown on her face. She moved even closer, there bodies were so close that her breasts were pressed against his chest. Harry's eyes went wide, he tried to pull away as Hermione moved in. There lips brushed together and then connected, all of Harry's will to ask for an explanation left him at that very moment. His hands absently guided themselves onto Hermione's waist. All Harry felt was love and passion, all his feelings that he had shoved away and boxed up were freed instantly. Harry opened his mouth against hers, hoping she would do the same. And suddenly, she did. He felt a wave of pure heat shoot through himself.

Hermione released his face, slowly breaking the kiss, unable to resist the widest smile she has ever had. "I am sorry it took me so long" She said softly, kissing Harry on the lips once again. Then she pulled him over to one of the benches that lined the corridor walls and sat him down on it, then straddled him, wrapping her arms around his neck, kissing his cheek.

"I thought the fact that I liked you scared you." Harry said, still hoping for a few answers.

"Now what ever gave you that idea?"

"Well when you overheard me and Ron, you dropped everything and then ran up to your room, not to mention you did not talk to me for almost a month."

"Well, I was in shock, I could not handle the fact that my best friend loved me. I mean I always thought it was Ron that was going to like me, I had planned for that. I never thought you would like me, heck I had convinced myself that you would just end up back with Ginny, so all my feelings I had for you I just boxed up. It just took me all this time to open back up to my feelings, to convince myself that 'no, Harry did not want Ginny, he wanted me'." There was a short silence. "So, will you go out with me?"

Harry laughed softly, "You really are a scarlet women. You leave me in complete confusion for weeks, then act like nothing happened between us, afterwards you take me to a deserted corridor and kiss me, then you ask me out. Most girls would have just waited till the guy asked her out, but your different." He kissed her on the lips. "Your Hermione. My Hermione."

Hermione's eyes lit up and she kissed him again, deeply this time, letting herself learn what she has never been able to learn before now. This was one place she could not learn about in a book.

Harry broke the kiss. "You know I am going to tell Ron, no way I will hide this from him."

"So was that a yes?"

Harry shock his head, a teasing grin on his face, "Nope."

"What, why not?" Hermione asked, a little pout could be heard in her voice.

"Hermione, will you go out with me?"

Hermione laughed, then kissed him on the lips again, "Yes Harry. I will go out with you."

Harry and Hermione walked through the doors into the Great Hall hand in hand. A few people looked over, one girl in a green dress bolted into the crowds. But other then that, there was nothing out of the ordinary. The two of them walked the outside wall until they found Ron. They would have never found him if it was not for Lavender yelling at him.

"Ron! Why were you talking to her!"

"Because she is my friend."

"Is she a girlfriend? I bet she is. What is her name?"

"Susan Bones for Christ sakes, your so paranoid."

"Yeah, well, I don't want you talking to her anymore."

"What! She is my friend and I am not just gunna ignore her."

"Well if you want to go out with me, you will do what I say!"

"Susan is my friend, I am not going to push her away because you are jealous."

"Fine. Goodbye." Lavender said, then walking into the crowds and out of sight. Harry and Hermione walked over and sat down next to Ron. Harry was next to Ron, Hermione next to Harry.

"Bloody Hell. I sure hope you are not like that Hermione."

"Don't worry, I know Harry would never cheat on me."

Ron's head spun around, "You two are going out?"

"Yes Ron, we are." Harry said, grabbing her hand.

"Well congrats Harry, never thought it would actually happen."

"Yeah, I was starting to wonder the same thing myself."

"So how did it happen?"

"Well, it is kinda a long story.." Harry began.

"I took him down the 3rd floor corridor and kissed him."

"Well that was direct. Never thought you would do it like that Hermione." Ron said surprised.

"I am still kinda surprised I did it myself."

After a few minutes of silence between the three of them, Ron was looking out into the crowd, Hermione and Harry were staring into each others eyes. A slow song started, Harry stood up and offered his hand to Hermione. She gladly excepted, standing up and hugging him quickly, she started to pull him out onto the dance floor before Harry stopped her. Letting go of her hand and walking back to Ron, who gave a sad little smile.

"Hey, Susan is over there looking at you, why don't you go ask her for a dance?"

"But what if Lavender comes back."

"Oh come on, not worth hoping. Just ask her, if anything it will make her feel better."

"Ok, fine." Ron said, he made it sound like he was doing it just because it would make Susan happy.

"He so wanted to ask Susan, didn't he?" Hermione asked, who was now behind him.

"Yeah, he did not want it to sound like it, but he did want to."

"Thats Ron for you." Hermione said. They both watched as Ron asked Susan for a dance, then as he lead her onto the dance floor and out of sight, they could both see even in the poor light that Ron was blushing.

Harry grabbed Hermione's hand and lead her onto the dance floor. He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her softly. Hermione brought her arms around his neck and smiled. They moved back and forth to the beat of the music staring into the other's eyes, both smiling. Everything was perfect, just like in every one of Harry's fantasies. Just perfect.

"HEY POTTER, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY GIRLFRIEND!"

Harry looked up, "Your girlfriend?" He said, looking for the detested voice that dare say them words.

"Yes, my girlfriend Potter." Draco said walking up to Harry.

"What makes you think she is your girlfriend?"

"Well the fact that we have been dating for the past month in secret might play a role in this." He said, reaching for Hermione's hand, she pulled it away.

"Back off Draco, your such an a$$hole. I am with Harry now."

"Oh really, so tell me why you are with him all of a sudden? Was it something I said? That I did?"

"Yeah, it was the fact that you were a friggin jacka$$."

"Oh, that was not what you said last night." Crabbe and Goyle sniggered.

"You are so full of it. I thought you were something else. But no, all you wanted to do was get me into bed. I should have known. I broke up with you because you are a complete a$$hole and only wanted me for $ex. Harry loves me and treats me with the respect I deserve.

"So I guess he must be doing this all day long." Draco said, then slapped Hermione across the face.

"OBLITTERO" Harry bellowed, his wand pointed at Draco's chest. The music came to a halt, the crowd spread as Draco's flying body came through, only stopping when he hit Neville, knocking him down. Crabbe and Goyle charged Harry, ready for a muggle fight. Harry pointed his wand first at Goyle. "Levicorpus" Sending him into the air, his wand fell out of his pocket as he shot feet first straight up. Draco was now standing and running back to Harry. Crabbe was still running at Harry full tilt. Harry brought his wand behind his back yelling, "LOCOMOTOR" Then firing it forward like it was a dagger yelling "CRABBE" Crabbe was sent flying backwards as if he was hit by a bus, beaming Draco and knocking him back down. Harry along with many Gryffindors in the Great Hall were now laughing. The Slytherins were taking out there wands in responds.

"Avis" Hermione said, as a small flock of six to eight birds appeared over her head. Harry nodded, holding his wand up.

Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws had been pushed to the back by the Gryffindors and Slytherins, both sides having wands drawn. Teachers were unable to get through the mass of students. Draco and Crabbe were now on there feet, wands at the ready. They both bellowed spontaneously "SERPENSORTIA SERPENSORTIA SERPENSORTIA SERPENSORTIA SERPENSORTIA" Now stood ten cobras in front of the two of them. All twelve of them ready to fight "OPPUGNO" Draco and Crabbe said, causing the ten cobras to charge forward.

"OPPUGNO" Hermione yelled, the flock of birds shot forward. Birds pecking snakes, snakes biting at birds. By the end of the battle, all the birds had been eaten and three snakes had collapsed, leaving seven cobras ready to attack.

"OPPUGNO" Draco and Crabbe yelled, the seven cobras raced forward.

Out of the crowd, seven Gryffindors pointed there wands at the cobras, "Vipero Evanesca" They said almost in unison. The remaining cobras vaporized.

Goyle had now been freed and gotten back with Crabbe and Draco. The three of them were battle ready, wands pointed at Harry and Hermione. "RICTUSEMPRA" A voice bellowed out of the crowd, the spell knocked Crabbe onto the ground. "Thought you could use a little help. Ya know, even the score a little." Ron said, forcing his way through the last of the people.

"DROP YOUR WANDS, OR YOU WILL ALL BE EXPELLED BEFORE YOU CAN SAY QUIDDITCH." Madam Hooch yelled, hovering over the group. "DROP YOUR WANDS NOW."

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and everyone other then a Slytherin dropped there wands.

"ALARTE ASCENDARE" Draco howled, his wand pointed at Madam Hooch's broom. The front of her broom shot straight up to the celling, pulling the rest of it with it, causing Madam Hooch to fall off and drop to the floor, she landed on her feet, her wand drawn. "Ah yes, thank you Lockhart for the spell. Who would have thought I would have ever use a spell that sent and object flying into the air?"

"Oh shuddup Malfoy" Madam Hooch said. "LANGLOCK." Malfoy fell to the ground holding his throat.

"Bloody Hell. Harry, remind me to always keep in good terms with her."

"No problem Ron"

Malfoy charged, ready to fight muggle style. "Locomotor Mortis" Draco dropped flat on his face. Crabbe and Goyle began to charge Madam Hooch. "Petrificus Totalus Petrificus Totalus" Both of them dropped to the ground ridged as a board. "Anyone else want to attack?" She asked, begging for a challenger. Most of the Slytherins dropped there wands and backed away, a few stood there ground. "Come on, bring it on. If you don't drop your wands now you will be out of this school, meaning I will not have any soar feelings about attacking a student." The twenty or so Slytherins left standing charged. "LOCOMOTOR" She yelled, spinning a full circle around. Everyone of the attacking Slytherins were stopped dead in there tracks. She hit everyone of them with the full-body bind just to make sure they would not try it again.

"Damn... I need to remember that one" Harry said in complete shock, his fingers laced with Hermione's. Hermione and Ron were thinking he same thing.

"Now, I think that the dance is over. Go back to your Common Rooms, get some sleep, and study up tomorrow." Madam Hooch said. Almost instantly the students started to file out of the Great Hall. Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked over to Madam Hooch, other teachers were able to walk in and take away the newly expelled students.

"Madam"

"What Mr. Potter?" She said in her normal annoyed voice. She reached down and grabbed Malfoy by the ankles.

"Well, I was wondering if you could teach me what you di.."

"No Mr. Potter."

"Why not, I might have to use that against Vold.."

"You will learn it when you need to Mr. Potter."

"Please Professor?"

"I said no Mr. Potter" She said, dragging Malfoy to towards the doors. "Now get to bed the three of you or I will be forced to punished you as well."

"Yes Madam." The three of them said, then headed for the door.

"Wow, you think we will get busted for this?" Ron asked.

"Most likely, I think that they are all just busy taking care of the rest of them."

"Well I know you were just defending me." Hermione said, kissing Harry on the cheek. "I wont be mad"

"Well I hope you wouldn't" Ron chimed in.

"Now come on Harry, lets get to bed. I still want to seal the deal." Hermione said with an evil grin.

The End

(A/N: Thank you all for reading and commenting. I know it took me forever to write this, but I am done with it for now. In the future, I plan on writing at least two alternative endings, so please do add this story to your alert list. I also plan on updating the chapters when ever I find a few typos or I wish to reword something. So thanks again, leave me a comment so I at least know my work is liked)