A Black And A Weasley.

Part 23

We were in the Great Hall for studying with Snape watching us. The Yule Ball continued to get closer and Harry and Ron still hadn't found dates. I looked up and noticed that Fred had thrown a note to Ron. I looked over and it said: Get a move on or all the good ones will have gone.

" Oh yeah, who are you going with then?" Ron whispered. Fred smirked and threw a scrunched up piece of parchment at Angelina. She turned to him and mouthed 'what?'. he mouthed back with the help of movement so get his point across 'do you want to go to the ball with me?' to which she said yes. Fred looked back at his younger brother and gave him a wink.

" I'm not going to lie to you Ron, you're rather pathetic." George whispered over to him.

" Well who are you going with then?" Ron whispered back harshly. Hermione rolled her eyes and muttered 'oh my gosh'.

" My girlfriend, obviously." George whispered back, Ron went slightly pink at his moment of stupidity.

" Hey Hermione, you're a girl." Ron said.

" Oh my Merlin." I gasped looking down at my parchment. Snape reached across the table hitting my head with a book before walking down a bit to do it to Harry and Ron too. We watched as Hermione left the hall after being upset by Ron. " You're going to die alone." I told him, Fred and George nodded in agreement before we looked back down at are parchment.

I was sat up in my dorm with my friends Alicia and Angelina that evening. It was a week until the Yule Ball. Alicia had decided not to go however Angelina and I were going with the twins. " Have you got a dress yet Shauna?" Angelina asked as she showed us hers.

" No not yet, I haven't really had the time." I told her. Out of nowhere there was a pecking noise at our window. Alicia got up from her bed, that was closest to the window, and opened it. An owl swooped in and landed on my bed. It had a large box held in it's talons. I reached over to my nightstand and gave it an owl pellet and it flew back off into the night. " Well what could you be?" I asked out loud to myself. Angelina and Alicia were watching curiously. I lifted the lid up and saw a lot of tissue paper. On top there was a letter. It said:

This belonged to a dear, beautiful friend of mine. Marlene McKinnon. She looked stunning in it and I'm sure you will too. I love you, Dad xx

" It's from my father." I giggled as I pulled away the tissue paper. Sat inside the box was a beautiful deep purple dress. I pulled it out and held it against me. Angelina and Alicia gasped in awe. It had a petal effect skirt with black flowers decorating the strapless bodice. It was beautiful.

" You are going to look gorgeous!" Angelina exclaimed.

The night of the ball finally arrived. Angelina helped do my make up and my hair. I had put the dress on and I was wearing the necklace that George gave me as I always do. Angelina and I walked down the stairs to the Common room to meet the twins together. Once we got down there both their jaws dropped. George quickly walked over to me and took my hand. " You look b-beautiful love." He stuttered slightly and kissed me. Angelina took a picture of us kissing without us noticing and then one with our attention. We all made our way down to the Great Hall and waited for the Champions. Eventually they all came in, Cedric was with a Ravenclaw in Harry's year, Cho Chang. Fleur was with another Ravenclaw in our year and the Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain, Roger Davies. Harry was with Parvati Patil and Viktor with Hermione. I could hear Ron's denial from a mile away. The music began and the Champions started the dancing. Soon people began joining in. " Would you like to dance my love?" George grinned offering me his hand.

" I would love to." I replied, he guided me to the dance floor where we danced for ages. He held me close and we swayed in time to the music. I couldn't keep the smile off my face. Soon the music got faster and I found myself jumping around dancing to Do The Hippogriff with George. We stumbled out of the crowed laughing like idiots. We walked over to get some drinks and stood there looking over the ball. I saw George's eyes wander over to where Ron and Harry were sat with Padma and Parvati. " Those poor girls." I said to George. He chuckled and replied:

" Yup, not only have they managed to ruin their night but also theirs." We laughed and talked for a while before we decided to go outside and walk. We went down to the Black Lake where it was quiet. You could still see the warm glow from the Great Hall and the buzz of people. A smile formed on my face as I recalled the memories from the night. It had all gone by so quickly. I didn't want this night to end. George and I were sat on the bank. My head was leaning on his chest whilst his arms were wrapped around my body. The cold winter air suddenly made me shiver. George pulled away for a moment and took of his jacket wrapping it around me.

" No love, wont you get cold?"

" I don't mind. I don't want you getting sick." He told me and we returned to our original sitting position. I started pointing out random constellations and stars to George that I could spot in the sky. "You've always been really good at astronomy. What's your secret?" 

" Well you pretty much just have to memorise about 99 percent of my family tree and then work from there." I laughed quietly whilst he chuckled. We kept drifting in and out of comfortable silence.

" Hey, your necklace is purple." George whispered in my ear.

" Well then, my true love, wherever he is must be feeling particularly loving." I giggled quietly.

" I bet he is." George whispered before our lips came together, both of us instantly melting into the kiss. This moment was perfect and nothing could ruin it. I knew I could always rely on George no matter what. I love him.