AN: I’m pretty sure I’m goin’ to break up this whole day. Here’s chapter 27.

Disclaimer: Not mine…

I jumped out the shower, fully energized. Today was the Yule Ball, planned by yours truly, and maybe Draco… I stayed up until 3 this morning planning the floor plan of the Ball.

I was already too excited to go to sleep. I only got in about 6 hours of sleep this morning. This was truly going to be a good day.

“Morning ‘Mione!” Draco said gleefully. I smiled. “Morning. I’m so excited about today!” I said with a grin. “I am too. I can finally tell Yalonda how I feel about her. I need to write down how I’m going to say it…” he said while placing a finger on his chin.

“I thought if you loved somebody, your words come from the heart.” He smiled. “My heart is speechless for her…” he said dreamily. “Aww! I can’t wait to see her reaction.” His face fell.

“What if she doesn’t love me back? Then all my words are going to be for nothing.” He bit his lip. “She loves you too. She’s too attach to you Draco!” I said while patting him on his back.

He sighed. “I hope you’re right Hermione. I will be truly heartbroken if she didn’t…” I hope I was right too. “Well I need to take a shower.” I nodded and walked out the door. I suddenly looked down.

Did we just have a conversation while I was wrapped in a towel, with nothing underneath? I hope he doesn’t notice… I threw on my undies then some comfortable white jogging pants and a black t-shirt.

I heard a knock on the portrait door. I quickly put on my black socks and ran down the stairs. I opened the portrait to find Ron and Alex. “Good morning guys.” I said.

They greeted me and sat down. Alex’s hair was now straight and in a messy bun. She wore black jogging pants and a white long sleeved t-shirt, along with white socks and black slippers.

Ron wore black jeans, a gray sweater, and black Pumas. “Are you excited like we are Hermione?” Ron asked. I nodded. “I’m so excited! I don’t know how I’m going to do my hair though…”

“Me either! I told my momma ima do my hair by myself, which she laughed almost immediately.” We laughed. “But, I might juss crinkle it and leave a bang straight, or somethin’…” she said.

“That would look great on you! I still don’t know about mine…” I said still thinking about tonight. “Well, I’m pretty sure you’ll look good with whatever Hermione.” Ron said.

“Thanks Ron.” Alex rolled her eyes. “Whatever…” she said playfully. I laughed. “Jealous?” She shook her head and smirked. “Of what exactly?” Ron laughed.

I looked at him with a glare. “What’s so funny Mr. Weasley?” He rubbed his lips together and shook his head furiously. I smirked. Draco walked down the stairs with blue jeans and a dark green sweater. Typical…

“Good morning you guys!” he said cheerfully. “Mornin’. Yalonda keeps on talkin’ bout how ‘magical it’s gonna be like with Draco.’ I was about to slap her but she walked away.” Draco laughed joyously.

“It is Alex, it is! I have our night planned out perfectly.” he said before plopping down on the couch. Alex smiled. “I’m gonna tell her I love her!” They gasped as I grinned.

“Tha’s cool! She’s gonna be so happy. Then she’s gonna talk about you all the time to me or Mariah. Thanks a lot Draco…” Alex said. We laughed. Another knock was heard at the portrait.

I ran to the portrait and opened it. Jackie stood with a smile. “Hey.” he said softly. “Hi.” I said shyly while hugging him. I attempted to pull back but he held me tighter.

“I promise we’re gonna have a good time tonight baby.” he whispered in my ear. I grinned. “I know we are.” I said with a small blush. He held my hand as we walked in together.

“Mornin’ yall!” he greeted. They greeted him back. “Well after I help puttin’ up the decorations, ima get my hair cut.” I smiled. “You’re going to help us?” I asked. He nodded with smile.

“Of course! You asked for help baby.” I grinned. “Whatchu gon’ do to ya hair?” Alex asked. “Juss an afro temp.” he said while rubbing his hair. “You should do a Mohawk man.” Me, Draco, and Ron laughed.

They looked at us with confused expressions. “Do you guys still wear Mohawks?” I asked. “Well, we brought it back, with a new style. I would get my hair cut like it but, it’s cold. Maybe in the spring…” Jackie said.

“We didn’t mean to make it sound like we were making fun-” “Oh we know. There’s a lot of stuff yall do that’s old, but you know…” Alex said with a shrug.

“I guess we should be down for breakfast.” I said. They got up and walked over to the door. “Let me get my shoes.” I said as I headed up the stairs. Alex sighed in frustration.

“Dang, hurry up Hermione!” she said playfully. I glared at her. “Whatever…” I walked in my room to grab some random shoes. I quickly put them on and walked out my room, down the stairs.

“Ok. Thank you for patiently waiting.” I said with an innocent smile. “You almost got left sweetness.” Alex said. I laughed. “We wouldn’t have left you baby.” Jackie said before laughing.

“Yeah, I woulda though.” Alex said. We walked down a few of the moving stairs and a couple halls. The castle was lively, just as excited as we were about tonight.

We walked in the noisy Great Hall. I notice that some of the American girls had hair rollers and such in their hair, neatly in different designs. Alana was one of the many.

“Hey yall!” she said as we walked past her table. We greeted her and Dean Thomas. He simply nodded with a smile. We walked to our table, which consumed Yalonda, Harry, Mariah, Blaise, and Millicent.

“Good morning everyone!” I greeted. We sat down and begun filling our plates up with food. Draco spent most of the breakfast time talking silently to Yalonda, making her laugh occasionally.

Harry and Mariah excused themselves from the table. They walked out of the Great Hall holding hands. “Aw! That’s so cute.” Yalonda chimed. The girls agreed.

“He’s probably going to confess his love to her, or something.” Ron said dismissively. “So you wouldn’t do the same for anyone?” Alex asked with an eyebrow rose. We stayed quiet.

He turned red. “I’m mean if I was in love with someone, I would… I was j-just saying…” he stammered. She smirked. “Why so nervous honey, I was juss askin’.” He smiled sheepishly.

“I was j-jus-” “Save it honey.” she said with a smile. I let out breath that I didn’t know I was holding. I thought she was actually serious. I thought Ron was about to ruin his chances with Alex.

He let out a small sigh. “So what do we do until lunch?” Draco asked. We shrugged. “Do you guys want to just hang around in the common room?” They shrugged.

Allic and Ginny walked in. “Good morning.” Ginny said. We greeted them. “I’m so excited, I could just explode!” she said while making her plate. Allic grinned.

“We’ve already established that.” Alex said with a smile. “Well sorry!” Ginny said playfully. “Where’s everyone else?” Allic asked. We shrugged. “Well yall were a lot of help.” he sarcastically. We laughed.

After eating lunch later, it was finally time to put up the decorations! I was so excited, I nearly jumped down each stair. Jackie was on the couch, typing something in his phone.

“You ready organizer?” he asked before chuckling. I nodded furiously. “Let’s go Draco!” I called. Him and Yalonda were upstairs looking at Draco’s tux that he got from the mall, at least that was what he told me.

“We’re coming.” he said while pulling Yalonda by her hand as they walked down the stairs. I grinned with excitement. “This is going to be so fun!” I said.

They laughed. “Don’t faget ya’ folder baby.” Jackie said, holding out my folder that had the floor plans and other stuff inside. “Oh thanks. Ok, let’s go!” I led the way out our portrait.

We arrived at the Great Hall doors. “Ok, let’s get to work.” I said. We walked in to find all of our friends and the prefects sitting at a table waiting for us.

They began clapping. “There she is!” Alex said. I smiled. “Ok you guys. I’m going to share with you the floor plan. Then Draco will separate you into groups for a specific job. Is that ok?” They nodded.

After I told them where everything was, which none of them dared to object, Draco began sorting them into groups of 3. Since Dean was a prefect, he brought Alana to help as well.

After explaining what was to happen, I spread the decorations on the table for everyone to grab. “Of course keep a default, so you can duplicate it. Ok guys, let’s work hard!” I said. They cheered and moved to their spots.

I duplicated a small round table that I conjured from a napkin. I made about 200 and spread them out to make diagonal lines that lead to the dance floor that was going to be summoned at the end.

Each table could fit 4 people. The tables will magically enlarge themselves when it’s time for the food to appear, so they could have more elbow room. The food and drinks will be on everyone’s table, like any other time. There will be a glass vas with a black, red, or white candle in it along with red and white roses going around it as the center piece and lighting.

The table cloths that the prefects will put on were black with white lining the edges. The chairs were white but I purchased some red linen coverings for them.

I summoned 2 long tables. One for the professors that were attending and one for the contestants. I levitated them to either side of the dance floor, that wasn’t there yet. Of course I didn’t place them next to another…

“Hermione, does that look ok?” Jacob asked. His group’s job was to place plants and rubber trees around the Great Hall, just to make it look more full.

The plants and trees were indeed spread around everywhere. It just didn’t seem so full to me though. “How about a few more plants and trees?” He nodded. “You got it! Then we’ll start decoratin’ the trees.” I nodded.

We stayed busy for about 2 o 3 hours. Everything was going the way I wanted it to. Alex and some other people were flying around on their brooms, hanging up the black, red, and white streamers.

Mr. Griffin and another lady walked in. She was about my height and she was slightly lighter than Alex. Her hair was long and her eyes were a light brown. Alex looked back and grinned.

“Momma!!” she yelled. Mrs. Griffin waved with a smile. Alex landed right in front of Mrs. Griffin, which made her yelp. Alex laughed while hugging her. “Hey baby! How ya been?” Mrs. Griffin said.

“Good. We’re helpin’ put up the decorations.” Alex said while dusting herself off from the dust on the enchanted ceiling. “Looks good!” I grinned. “I wancha to meet somebody momma.” Ron turned around.

“Come here Ronald!” Alex yelled. Ron landed on the ground. “This is Ronald Weasley. Ron, this is my momma Terry Griffin, or Mrs. Griffin.” He grinned a charming grin.

“Nice to meet you Mrs. Griffin.” “Nice to meet you Mr. Ronald. So how did you meet my baby?” He grinned. Alex rolled her eyes. “We met at the Quidditch game. Draco introduced us.”

“Oh, Draco! Where is he?” she asked while looking around. She finally spotted him. “Hello Draco dear!” He looked up and smiled. “Hello Mrs. Griffin!” he yelled back, being that he was far away.

Alex shook her head. “So, do you have any interest in my sweet Alex?” I suppressed a laugh. Ron turned slightly pink. “Momma?! You’re askin’ too much!” Mr. and Mrs. Griffin laughed.

“We’re juss pokin’ atcha baby.” Mr. Griffin said with a final laugh. Alex sighed and smiled. Ron grinned sheepishly. “Well, I juss wanted to see ya. I’m finna go see ya brothas.”

“Ok later.” Alex said and turned around with Ron. “That was a good one.” We heard Mr. Griffin say before the doors closed. We laughed. “Wow, anyways…” Alex said while rising up to the ceiling.

We were finally done with everything. From the decorations all the way to the lights. The ceiling started to get dark. “I guess we’re done here. Let me check to see if everything is here.” I said and got out my folder.

I began walking around the Great Hall. I switched out a few of the plants and replaced them with a tree or two. I cleaned the linen of any lint. “Completa obscurita’.” I murmured.

The whole Great Hall turned to darkness and was replaced by red and white spot lights, the candles were magically lit, and the disco ball was lit. They all cheered as I grinned.

“Luminoso.” The lights were turned off and the light from the ceiling was replaced. “Ok everything is ok I guess. Lets just make sure all the center pieces are straight and the tablecloths are straight…”

A few spell were murmured. The Great Hall was finally ready for tonight. It was 5:55pm. The girls yelped. “Hermione! We need to go!” Mariah yelled. I grinned.

“Ok. Everyone can go. Thank you for helping. We appreciate it so much.” I said quickly and moved out the way before I was to get trampled on by the girls. Alex stayed behind.

She shook her head. “It’s not that crucial…” I laughed. “When are you going to get ready?” I asked. She shrugged. “Maybe 7...” I frowned. “Isn’t that a bit late?” She shook her head.

“It doesn’t take me that long. My hair won’t take long. I’ll juss slap my makeup on at the last minute. We laughed. “Could you at least start your shower at 6:50?” I asked.

She grinned. “6:55 and we have a deal…” We laughed. “Let’s go. We have to get ready.” I said. Jackie opened the door for me, Alex, and Ron. Everyone else left while we were talking.

“Well, I’m finna go get my hair cut, so…” Jackie said while looking off. I smiled. “I guess I’ll see you at the stairs over there.” I said while pointing to the big staircase that led to the houses and the Heads house.

He nodded. “Well, I see you later, about 8:05.” I nodded. He hugged me for awhile and then let go. “See ya.” he said and disappeared into thin air. I sighed.

Draco waited for me by the stairs. “Do want to take a shower first or shall I?” I shrugged. “You can go first. I’m not in a hurry.” He smiled. “This is going to be the best night of my life.” he said as we walked up the stairs.

It was about 7:30. I started my shower about 45 minutes ago and had just got out. I dried myself off and put on my undergarments, well except for a bra… I walked in my room with a towel wrapped around my chest.

I sat at my desk and summoned a mirror. I sighed. How am I going to do my makeup? I summoned a makeup kit that consumed every color that I could imagine. It had eyeliners, eyeshadows, foundations, eyeshadow brushes, and powder muffs.

To other girls, this would be fun. But since I’m not that type, this will be a challenge. Of course I’ll wear my accessory colors. Maybe I’ll put some foundation on my face and wear clear lipgloss.

Well that was easy… A knock came from my door. “Come in.” Draco peeped his head in the doorway. “I’m assuming you’re done in the shower.” I nodded. “Do you think I should wear a t-shirt under my dress shirt?” he asked.

“I guess. Or you could wear a white beater, just incase it gets hot or something…” He nodded. “Thanks. It’s 7:45. You might want to hurry. You still have to do your hair.” I gasped.

I thought it was only 7:35! He closed the door. I grabbed a peach colored eyeliner and began outlining my eyelids. I threw the eyeliner down and grabbed an eyeshadow brush.

I rubbed some light mint eyeshadow on it and put a thick strip above the eyeliner. Next I used the other end of the brush and rubbed it into the light peach eyeshadow.

I covered the rest of my eyelid with it. I rubbed the blush brush in the glitter powder. I rubbed it mostly around my eyes and a little on my cheeks. I looked at my alarm clock. 7:55.

I gasped. I got up and ran to my closet to get my dress. I carefully slipped it over my head and gently let it fall. It was a little tighter than last week. Have I gained weight?

It wasn’t a problem though. It made things more revealed. I pulled the straps over my shoulders and pulled them, to make sure my breasts were in properly.

I walked over to my drawer and grabbed my sheer scarf, my light mint pearl earrings, and my pearl bracelet that was peach colored. I heard loud clunking sounds that came from the bathroom.

Draco opened the door. He wore a white tuxedo shirt, black tuxedo pants, a dark green vest, and black dress shoes. He held his dark green bow tie in his hand.

“Can you help me Hermione?” he said. I nodded. “It clips in the back. I’ve never heard of it. I usually tie it myself.” he said as he turned around. I quickly clipped it on and went to my closet to get my shoes.

“Are you done?” he asked. “Oh, yeah I am.” He chuckled. I slipped my feet in my heels. They didn’t hurt at all, but I put a charm on them so that they wouldn’t. I also put a charm on my shoes that added invisible rubber on the bottom, to make sure I won’t fall.

“Draco?!” I called. I heard the clunks again. “Yes?” “Can you strap my shoes on?” He walked in my closet. He nodded. I walked past him and sat on my bed. I rose up my leg slightly.

“It’s 8:00, you know that?” he said while buckling the strap around my left ankle. I sighed. “No, I told Jackie that I’ll meet him at 8:05. I hope I won’t be late.”

“You’ll make it. What do you have to do now?” “Just my hair and add some lipgloss.” He nodded. “Ok done. Hurry, but don’t fall.” I grinned. “You would love that wouldn’t you?” He laughed.

I had to quickly think. I grabbed my crème colored handbag. I put my phone in there along with a crème handkerchief and my digital camera. I sighed. I pointed my wand at my hair and thought of how I wanted it.

I summoned a hand mirror to look at my hair. I smiled. It was slightly fluffy that had fallen curls with a straight bang swooped over my forehead and tucked behind my ear.

The last thing was to apply my lipgloss. It was slightly peach and it was pretty thick. I was finally done! I quickly tied the scarf around my neck. I quickly walked over to my desk and sprayed some curve perfume all over myself.

I quickly walked out my room and carefully down the stairs. I looked at the clock above the fireplace. I had 2 minutes before I was to meet Jackie. “I’m coming too.” Draco said while running down the stairs. We walked out the portrait.

Draco walked in front of me down the big staircase. Jackie was looking away with a bouquet of white roses in his hand. I gasped. Those were my favorite flowers!

He looked up and hung his mouth open. I smiled widely. I walked in front of him. “Oh baby, you look absolutely… Breathtaking!” I laughed. “Thank you. You look good too.”

He wore a crème colored suit with a light mint colored dress shirt. His tie was light mint and light peach stripped. His shoes were crème with the light mint covering the side of the shoe and the light peach covering the toes.

His cap made him look so mature! It was slightly cocked to the side and wasn’t on his head all the way. I smiled. He stood there staring me up and down. I cleared my throat with a smile.

“I’m sorry baby. It’s juss, you look so damn good!” he said while shaking his head and licking his lips. I grinned. “Oh! Here you go. Beautiful roses for a beautiful rose.” he said smoothly. I grinned even more while taking them. “Thank you.”

Yalonda and Mariah walked down the stairs. Yalonda wore a dark green satin cocktail dress that had a black leather belt around her small waist. Mariah wore an all black halter dress that stopped at her knees.

Jackie wolf whistled. Draco summoned a mix of yellow, white, and pink carnations. Yalonda smiled. Harry appeared behind us with all black on. “Oh my…” He didn’t finish his sentence.

The girls greeted them. Ron walked down the big staircase. We gasped. His hair was indeed darker than what we were use to. He wore his chocolate suit, white dress shirt, and crème bow tie and shoes.

He smiled down at us. “What do you think?” he asked. We clapped as he chuckled. “Have you guys seen Alex?” We shook our heads. He sighed. “I’m slightly nervous to see her. I don’t know if she’ll like me this way or not.”

“She’ll like it, trust me man.” Jackie said. Soon everyone showed except for Alex. It was 8:11 and we were now forming into a line, with Ron in front. He kept on checking his watch.

“Man, look what Alex is doin’ to dis’ boy.” Fernando said. “What am I doing to him?” Alex said from behind us. We turned around and gasped. She smiled. “Good evenin’ children.” she said and waved.

She wore the dress that she showed me at first. Her accessories were either chocolate or crème. Her shoes were brown spaghetti strapped stilettos that stopped below her knees.

Her hair and makeup truly made her even more beautiful. Her hair was how she said she was going to put it and her makeup matched the colors of her dress. She squealed as she looked at Ron.

He grinned. “You look amazing!” she said while hugging him. “Thank you. You look so beautiful. Um…” he murmured a couple of words and summoned a single red rose. She gasped.

“Here you go.” he said nervously. She laughed. “Thank you.” she said before placing a kiss on his lips. He laughed nervously. Dumbledore appeared in front of the door.

“It is now time for your entrance. I will be announcing your names, if you don’t mind. I’ll see you inside.” he said and then disappeared. The doors opened and cheering began. It was indeed time for our entrance.

AN: Longest chapter yet. I love a man in good lookin’ suit! But anywho, Completa obscurita’ means ‘complete darkness and Luminoso means not dark. Kinda sounds like ‘lumos’… That is all…… JussMee