"I can't wait for the Yule Ball!" Says Adeline.
"I know!! It does seem fun. But I can't go unless someone asks me. I'm third year remember." Luna replies.
"Oh yes, I wonder who'll ask you." Adeline giggles.
"I'm not sure who to ask.. I don't know if anyone will ask me. That's the thing." Adeline tells her.
Luna smiles. "Let's go to Hogsmeade!"
As they walk down the Hogsmeade path, a great lump of snow falls on top of the pair of them.
"Argh!" Adeline shouts.
Luna laughs. "It's cold!"
"Yes.. Let's get warm butterbeer to warm up!" Adeline suggests. "I woder if they'll have the fire on in the Three Broomsticks today."
They walked down to the Three Broomsticks and drank their butterbeer.
"Hi, Adeline!" Harry, Hermione and Ron sit down.
"Oh, hello!" Adeline replies, wiping her mouth. "Who're you guys asking to the Yule Ball?"
"Not sure." Ron says. "I know who Harry wants to take, though!"
Adeline giggled. "Whoooo?"
"He wants to take Cho Chang." Hermione replies.
"Oh! Good luck." Adeline smiles.
"So I'll need luck to get her to come with me?" Harry pancakes.
"No! I meant like-" Adeline stutters, "Never mind."
"Come on, mate, let's go to Honeydukes. I'd like some jelly slugs." Ron tells Harry.
Hermione goes trailing after them, arms folded.
"We should head back to the castle." Luna says.
"Alright." Adeline replies, getting up.
***
Adeline wrote to her mum, explaining the Yule Ball, in hope she'd send her a dress.
Dear Mum,
There's a ball coming up, a dance.
I have nothing to wear, haha. Could you send me something? It doesn't have to be perfect.. Just pretty:)
Love,
Adeline x
Adeline sealed the letter and sent it off with an owl.
On her way back to the castle, she bumped into George.
"Oh, hi George!" Adeline smiled.
"Hello. Who'd you write to?" George asked.
"Just my mum." Adeline told him. "Have either you or Fred gotten a date to the Yule Ball yet?"
"Fred has. He's going with Angelina. Asked her right in front of Snape!" George told her.
"Ohh. Luna's going with Blaise, that's all I know so far though. She protested against me saying 'It's only because I can't go otherwise.' But I know she's happy with him." Adeline smiled.
"Do you want to go together, then? Considering neither of us have a date." George asked her.
"I'd love to." She smiled. "Hopefully you won't be wearing something like Ron.."
George laughed. "Yeah.. Fred and I are earning money so we'll buy something normal."
"Great." Adeline laughed. "I'll see you."
***
On the night of the Yule Ball, Adeline put her dress on. It was pale and long,
Luna was wearing a pale blue dress, up to her knees. "Wow! You look beautiful, Adeline!"
"Thank you! You look stunning!" Adeline told Luna. "If I don't see you after the Yule Ball, I think I know where you'll be.." Adeline joked.
"Shush!" Luna says. "Ooh! Here comes Neville."
"Hi Luna, hi Adeline!" Neville says.
"Did you find a Yule Ball date?" Adeline asked.
"Uh, Hermione turned me down, Ginny said yes!" Neville blushed.
"Ooh! Nev!" Adeline joked.
"Ginny's dress is lovely!" Luna adds.
"Have either of you seen George?" Adeline asked. "I mean for all I know he could be here, but I think that's Fred over there with Angelina.."
"Yes. I just spoke to him" Neville says. "He said George went to the toilet before."
"Oh. Okay!" Adeline says, making sure her hair's okay.
***
"Wow, Hermione looks beautiful." Adeline says.
"She does." George replied. "Ron looks moody as ever."
Adeline laughed.
"Apparently he asked Fleur out. But he screamed." Adeline said.
"He did, great at getting the ladies.. You see?" George teases. "He ended up with Padma though."
"I share a dorm with Parvati, her sister. They seem nice enough." Adeline points out. "Hopefully he treats her alright though.."
"Ron? Be bad with ladies... Neverrr!" George jokes.
"Let's dance, now." Adeline says.
"Of course, I mean it is a dance." George adds.
Adeline could see Draco looking over at her, a look of sorrow on his face. Adeline ignored him and tried to enjoy the evening.
A bit later, George went to get drinks.
"Hannah! Susan! How are you too?" Adeline asks.
"Good." They reply.
"Adeline, who did you take to the ball?" Hannah asked.
"George. He asked me on the way back from the owlery." Adeline replied. "Who did you two take?"
"We went with each other." Susan explained.
"Awh!" Adeline replied.
"I'm back!!" George shouted. "And I brought drinks."
George passed a drink to everyone.
"Thank you!" They all said.
***
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Secrets (D.M)
Romance"i know you'd comfort me, now. and tell me it's not my fault. but it'll live with me forever." Adeline Smith, a 'muggle-born' witch attends Hogwarts. Enemies to lovers.
