When Hearts Take Control-Draco Malfoy love story #Wattys2016

The dance

The next afternoon, about three hours before the dance, Hermione and I were dancing around our dorm room with Ginny. We were all giggling madly. 

"I can't wait, I can't wait!" Ginny squealed.

"Calm down." I said, whacking her with a pillow as she feel on the bed. "We can't get over-excited or else we'll use up all our energy for tonight."

Ginny whacked me back. 

"You could've asked without hitting me!" She whined, smiling.

I laughed back. Hermione jumped onto the bed. 

"We have to think about what we're going to wear tonight."

"Seriously?" I said to her, unbelievably. "Isn't that something we did when we had the Yule Ball?"

Hermione shrugged back easily. 

"Well, if you're so shy about what you're wearing, I'll show you my dress." 

She took out a dress from her trunk. It was so fabulous. Ginny and I walked up to it to look at it. 

"It's so pretty, Hermione!" Ginny said to her. "Where did you get this?"

"My mum bought it for me." Hermione mumbled, putting it back in her trunk.

Ginny and I sat down on my bed.

"Well, I'm wearing a red dress tonight." Ginny said to us happily.

"Gee that helps." I replied sarcastically. "I'm not really sure what I'm wearing yet." I said timidly. 

Hermione and Ginny nodded back understandingly. 

"I wonder what the boys are up to." Ginny said. "Do you want to go find out?" She suggested, looking from Hermione to me.

"Why not?" I shrugged back, grabbing Hermione's arm and dragging her with me as I followed Ginny out the room and into the Gryffindor common room. I found Ron and Harry playing with a pack of explosive cards. They were being super careful as they built a small tower that they didn't notice us three walking down the stairs up to them. 

"Hey guys!" Ginny said loudly. 

Ron and Harry screamed as the cards exploded right that minute. It wasn't Ginny's fault of course, but that's what the cards did from time to time. 

"Ginny!" Ron said angrily. 

"What?" Ginny asked back, looking annoyed.

She fell back into a couch as Hermione and I sat on the floor next to the table, helping Ron and Harry gather up the cards which were all over the place now. We put the cards back on the table and Harry and Ron started all over again, trying to build the tower. I looked at them, my eyebrows raised. 

"You do know it'll blow up after a while, don't you?"

"Yeah, so that's why we have to make it as quick as possible before it blows up! That's the point!" Ron explained quickly, putting another card gently on top of another. 

"There's no point! It'll blow up and you have to start all over again." I said, throwing my arms up in the air. 

"Exactly! That's the fun of it!" Ron laughed back. 

I dropped my arms. There was no use telling them. I slumped back in the chair, kicking my feet up. 

"Hey, do you have dates yet?" Hermione asked very suddenly. 

Harry and Ron froze and looked up at her. 

"You have to have dates for this too? I thought that was only for the Yule Ball." Harry said to her.