The Snake Pit

8; To the Observation Tower

authors note: above is a picture of Vangie's dress, of course, if you don't like it you can imagine something else :) P.S. sometimes the writing gets really bad and then good again I write this a lot while I'm distracted which I shouldn't but I always have more than one thing on my mind lol, and not just this chapter like ones before this and probably after too so sorry about that I will probably fix them eventually

On the morning of December twenty-seventh my mum, Blaise, and I were headed to a wizard dress shop in town. Blaise never lets me buy any important clothes without his expert fashion advice, or so he says. When we got to the store and headed inside, Blaise and my mum started picking out dresses for me.

"Here, try these on," said my mum, handing me three dresses.

As I was getting in the dressing room Blaise yelled from a chair, "Don't forget to show us all the dresses."

The first dress was black, they are all black, it's for a black and white gala. The first dress was short, plain at the bottom with lace material at the top with a square neckline.

"Eh, boring. Next!" Blaise yelled which made my mother laugh.

"You didn't even give it a chance," I joked.

Blaise rolled his eyes. "Sorry. Do you like it?"

"No." That earned a laugh from him as I turned around to go and try on the second dress. This dress was longer, still black, except it was a halter top. It had a slightly open back and was a plain satin material.

"Oh this one is lovely," my mum clapped her hands.

I curled my lip at her, "I kinda hate it."

"I picked it out." She pointed her finger at me.

Blaise smirked at me, "Figured."

"Okay go on bring the last one out." My mum waved her hand to shoo me off back into the dressing room.

The third dress was sparkly with a triangle-shaped neckline. It had a modest slip on the right side and pockets.

"I love this one." When I looked over my shoulder I noticed both my mother and Blaise smiling at the dress. It was the perfect dress and buying it made me really excited for the New Year's gala. It was bittersweet excitement though, sweet because I love going to these kinds of parties with my best friends but bitter because Draco was taking Pansy instead of me.

We brought it up to the register, paid, and brought the beautiful dress home to hang up where it will sit until New Year's.   

After Blaise and my mum left me to be alone in my room I started thinking a lot about the gala. It was on New Year's eve which meant there would be people kissing at midnight. Of course Blaise, Theo, Draco, and I would be well into our antics up in the observation tower. Would Draco still join us like he usually does? Will he want to kiss Pansy at midnight? The thought of it all made me lightheaded so I decided to roll over in my bed and take a nap.

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New Year's eve came faster than I thought it would. It was over a week after we bought my dress but it only felt like a couple of days. To tell the truth about how I feel towards the party tonight I'm tired. Mother has been working me like some kind of house elf to help her decorate for it. It will pay off when all the guests are here but right now I just want to get the whole thing over with, this is usually how I feel when my mum throws these types of things. At least this time I will have a family crest to pin to my waist so that's a pro, I guess.

It's currently five thirty and we just finished eating dinner. The guests will start arriving around seven which means I have to be ready by six thirty. It's a tradition for the host family to greet every single guest that walks in the door, sometimes my parents stand there for two hours just saying hi to people. I am usually allowed to leave when the Malfoy's get here, but since he's bringing another date I have to wait until Blaise shows up and he is always 'fashionably late' as he says. To me, he's always just late.