Drarry- It Was All Just a Game (Old Version)

Chapter 8- The Yule Ball

The weeks leading up to the Yule Ball went by slowly. Harry would have dance lessons after classes, along with bundles of essays due he next day, so even thinking of meeting up with Draco was out of the question.

During lessons, Harry would find himself gazing at the other boy until on one of his friends or the professor would snap him out of it.

"What are you looking at Harry," Ron would say. And he would just say he zoned out thinking about the tournament, even though his pondering thoughts were of Draco Malfoy.

Harry hated the fact that they couldn't never be see each other in public without a crude stare or a flying hex. He wished he could have a relationship, without having to worry about Draco's family's finding out, or his image being obscured.

Finding a date for the Yule ball was difficult enough for Harry. No girl wanted to go with him, and that emphasized how much he wanted to go with Draco to begin with.

What also emphasized how much he wanted to go with Draco was when the blonde winked at him, or bit his lip in potions when he saw him... Harry thought that was really cute.

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It was the night of the Yule Ball. Harry was in the Gryffindor dorm, putting on his tie when Ron walked in.

"Hi." Ron hung his head down looking at his hideous dress robes in the mirror. They were laced in the ugliest pattern and no colors of the attire seemed to compliment one another.

Harry on the other hand had on classic pair of black robes with a classic white dress shirt and inky black bottoms. His hair was combed back with the left-over gel from Hermione sticking it in place. His glasses were cleaned to shine and his teeth were whitened by a simple charm. He looked great!

But he didn't care because he wasn't spending the night with Draco. All he could do was think about the blond. He imagined having his arms fastened around his own body, looking into his cool grey eyes, smelling his cologne. These thoughts were intoxicating and teased Harry and every fiber of his being until...

"Hey mate! You okay?" Ron snapped him out of his trance. "You've been really zoning out lately. You alright?"

"Yeah I'm, I'm fine" he said softly. He looked in the mirror one final time and went down to the chamber outside of the Great Hall to meet his date, Parvati Patil.  

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Draco looked in the mirror of his own bedroom. He was so thankful in times like these that the Slytherins had different sleeping chambers. It added a sense of privacy that the impatient snakes needed.

He examined his own appearance and the result ended him being pleased. His hair was combed back, with not a single strand out if place. His robes were stitched with a deep green fabric and sewn together with black thread. His tie was a classic black with diamond accents. In his pocket was his very special family heirloom: a silver pocket watch, embroidered with green emeralds in the shape of a coiled snake with its head on the bottom and it's tail freely moving on top. It had been passed down from generation to generation in the Malfoy family.

There was a knock on the door: Pansy. Draco had decided to go with her in the light of past events, torturing Harry and all. Besides he hasn't had the time or the energy to look for a girl in his tastes, if there were any in the school to begin with.

Draco opened the door to see the young girl in a purple gown. The shades transformed from lavender to a bruised plum and sparkles sprinkled the outer layer. It reached down to her toes where her shoes were. The high heels were based with black silk and had diamond run across from the tip to he back such as a slithering snake. Her hair was formed in a braid and then wrapped into a bun with a few strands hanging in the front of her face. The bun was accented with purple and silver jewels along with a violet clip holding the masterpiece together.