Together [HP]

"There is one thing I need to tell you." On Thursday night, all Slytherin students from the fourth year and above gathered in their common room, including a certain Graham who hadn't been seen after class for the past few days. m.Not because of anything else, just because they all saw a piece of news in the announcement class the day before yesterday that their Snake King, Headmaster, Professor Snape had something to tell them tonight.No one wants to put up with a king snake's venom spray.So when Snape came out of the fireplace in the Slytherin lounge in a black suit, all the students in the lounge put down their quills and gathered around.

"As the tradition of the Triwizard Tournament, there will be a dance at Christmas." Snape said, his voice was no higher than a whisper, but everyone looked at him nervously, "Only students above the fourth grade will participate, but you can Invite younger students."

Pansy immediately let out a piercing smirk, Jacqueline poked her immediately, Pansy covered her mouth tightly, and Snape gave her a look without reprimanding.

"Put on your gowns and robes," Snape went on. "The ball is in the Great Hall at eight o'clock on Christmas Day and ends at twelve midnight, which is also the time of the curfew. All but brave men can go alone, I'm glad I didn't see your desire to die."

His gaze swept over, and there was no sound in the lounge.

"Christmas is a chance for you to let your hair down and relax." Snape looked at the girls in the common room, "but if any of you embarrass your House during the period..."

He didn't need to say any more, everyone swallowed nervously, "I will lock you up until you graduate. Who has any problems."

Jacqueline immediately raised her hand.

"Graham." Snape nodded at her.

"Professor, can we not attend?" she asked.

"It's your own choice." Snape stared at her closely, seeming a little annoyed, but Jacqueline didn't know why. "But Professor Graham has written your name on the retention list."

Jacqueline felt a little confused, "Then what if..."

"You can go to the kitchen, but I wonder if the house elves are free to entertain you. You can go alone," Snape's voice was even more calm, "but you'd better find someone, so as not to lose you all The face of the family."

Jacqueline felt herself flush a little, her insides contorting and shriveling.

Snape took one last look at them and disappeared into the fireplace again.

After making sure their Headmaster couldn't hear them, the Slytherin common room exploded for the first time.

Boys and girls naturally divided into two sides, discussing who they want to invite, or who they are waiting for.

"How can I invite someone else?" Jacqueline asked in horror, "Besides, the only people I know are Malfoy, Goyle, Crabbe, and Zabini. One is male. I would rather invite the bloody Baron than invite these people."

"You wait for them to invite you, and then choose one you like." Pansy said impatiently, "and don't worry, someone will invite you. But I, I hope to invite Cedric or C Loom, but I think he probably has a crush on Granger. If it's Cedric..."

"Wait," Jacqueline immediately interrupted Pansy, "You just said someone has a crush on Granger."

"Krum," Pansy said, waving his hand, "don't you see that? Oh, yeah, you've been out of the library lately. Krum reports there every day. But don't worry, he hasn't done anything, just He took a few books and sat on the desk next to Granger to read. He attracted a lot of girls. But don't worry, I don't think Granger will agree to him. Well, you said that if I invite Cedric If so, will he agree?"

"First I think you have to let him know who you are," said Jacqueline, and Pansy cursed under her breath, "Library? Everyday?"

Pansy shrugged. "Go to bed early, Jacqueline. Because starting tomorrow, there will be a good show at Hogwarts. You know, if there are people who want to invite, you have to do it first, otherwise no matter how determined you are, you will be rejected." Someone else snatched it."

Jacqueline looked at Pansy, and she suddenly felt like going home, full of Hogwarts inviting people to the dance?She can't imagine.

"If anyone dares to stand in front of me and invite me." Jacqueline swallowed her throat, "I might cast some curse on him." Jacqueline said in fear.

Pansy looked at her and laughed loudly.

Jacqueline suddenly found that Hogwarts has become much smaller, and it may be that there are suddenly more students in Hogwarts.

Corridors, dining halls, classrooms, libraries, and even Slytherin's lounge, these holy places where Jacqueline used to study quietly, are full of people, and girls are everywhere they appear Giggling, whispering, excited exchanges of ideas about what to wear on Christmas Eve.Whenever a boy appeared, they laughed shrilly, as if they had seen a ghost, no, saw that person.Jacqueline thought truthfully in her heart.

"Don't worry," Pansy reassured as Jacqueline and Pansy were sitting together in the library studying at the table next to Hermione and Harry. She thought Jacqueline was worried that she wouldn't be invited, "You'll be invited," Pansy whispered, looking at Granger at the next table.

Jacqueline really wanted to tell Pansy that she really didn't want to be invited to eat and dance with a man, whether he was a stranger or an acquaintance, in a skirt?No, even as a woman, she couldn't imagine such a situation.So thanks, I don't want to go to the dance, but I want to have dinner.

Yes, Jacqueline returned to the library again, not because she wanted to, but because it was the only place that was relatively quiet. After all, it was a library, and no one would make noise there.It's just that there are groups of girls secretly leaving pink, red, various colors, and various shapes of small notes by Krum or Harry's side.Jacqueline was so taken aback by them that several times she wanted to run straight into Yuna's office and use the fireplace there to go straight home.

"You really don't have to be nervous." Pansy assured her again during dinner, "Someone will definitely invite you. You don't know how popular you are in school since the basilisk, and, Really, someone will come to invite you." Jacqueline stared at her tightly, holding the fork tightly in her hand.

"If there is no one else, I can barely accept it." Malfoy said arrogantly on the side, "At least you look normal, Graham."

However, in fact, many people wanted to invite Jacqueline to the ball, which greatly exceeded Jacqueline's belief.A Ravenclaw third-year dark-haired boy, whom Jacqueline swears she never knew existed, offered to invite Jacqueline to the dance with her outside the restaurant.Jacqueline was so taken aback that she froze until Pansy dragged her away.This made Pansy laugh all day.

The next day, another boy came to invite her, a sixth-grade boy from Hufflepuff. Jacqueline looked at him and really didn't understand what she did wrong. After several years of confinement by Professor Snape, should she use coma or petrify?

"I'm sorry, she has someone." Pansy stood beside Jacqueline and said indifferently.

The boy sadly left.

"He looks all right," Pansy said, smacking his mouth.

"I don't know him at all." Jacqueline said in shock, "I think I'd better tell Madam Pomfrey that I'm sick, and stay in the school infirmary until the dance is over."

"What are you going to say?" Pansy countered. "Afraid of going to the prom?"

"Dizziness, headache, dizziness, bad memory, and nausea. No, Pansy, I'm serious. Haven't you noticed that my appetite has dropped lately? I'm seriously thinking about whether I'm sick or not. "

"Merlin, you just haven't slept well recently."

"Or I should discuss it with my mother. She can't make such a hasty decision. It's about my life."

"It's not that exaggerated, Jacqueline. It's just a ball."

"It's four hours with someone I can't stand!"

Pansy looked at her, "Ah, if it's someone you can accept, then things are completely different?"

"I haven't thought of such a person yet."

After the last lesson of ancient runes this semester, Jacquiline stayed until the end.

"It looks like you have something to ask me, Miss Graham." Yuna looked at Jacqueline and nodded to her.

"I hope to be home for Christmas this year, Mom," Jacqueline said.

Yuna looked at her and blinked, "Oh, of course." She said cheerfully, "I'll tell Professor Snape that I allow you to go home."

Jacqueline breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's just that I won't go back, and your father...I already told your grandpa that there will be a dance at school this year, so they all used this opportunity to visit others, and at the same time asked Norm to close the castle. Of course , you can still stay in the town, I think Pete and they would be very welcome to stay in their hotel, or you can stay in our old house. But I'm afraid you have to clean it up yourself. You know, There has been no one living there for more than ten years.”

"I see, Mom." Jacqueline said listlessly. "I'll stay."

"I just hope you can communicate more with your peers, Jacqueline." Yuna looked at her, "It is rare to have the opportunity to meet students from the other two schools."

Jacqueline pouted, and shuffled towards her desk.

"By the way, it's going to be the prom soon." Yuna said when Jacqueline packed her schoolbag and was about to leave the classroom, "Did any boy invite you to go with me?"

"They're all people I don't know." Jacqueline shook her head, "So even if they invited, I didn't agree."

"Then is there anyone you want to invite?"

Jacqueline froze when she heard this question, thought hard, and shook her head.

Yuna glanced at her, put down the quill in her hand, and smiled, "Then, tell me, when you hear this news, who is the first name that pops into your mind? It doesn't matter which college he is in. "

"It's not him." Jacqueline's expression was a bit strange, "I don't know, but, to be honest, Hermione was the first thing I thought of just now."

This time it was Yuna's turn to be a little shocked, but soon, she controlled her expression and continued to ask gently, "Then, you will invite her, right?"

"Of course not." Jacqueline didn't hesitate at all.

"Because she's a Gryffindor?"

"Because she's a girl."

The two of them said at the same time, and then both of them were stunned.

"How could I invite a friend to the dance!" Jacqueline hurried out after finishing this sentence.Yuna sat on her chair, looked at the back of Jacqueline who seemed to be running away, and sighed softly,

"Another Gryffindor."

"To tell you the truth, she doesn't seem to be very interested in magical creatures," said Hagrid. This was in the last class of the term, Protection of Magical Creatures. Now, Hagrid finally gave up the practice of directly touching the snails. , which made them relieved.Today, they were just hiding behind Hagrid's hut, sitting at a trestle table preparing a fresh selection of food to whet the snail's appetite.On the other hand, Harry, Ron and Hermione asked about his interview with Rita Skeeter.

"She just wanted me to talk about you, Harry," said Hagrid. "Me, I told her we've been friends since the day I got you from the Dursleys." , do you never have to reprimand him?' she asked, 'has he never been mischievous in class?' I told her no and she looked very upset. She seemed to want me to speak badly of you, Harry .”

"Of course she does," said Harry, tossing a piece of dragon liver into a large metal bowl and picking up his knife to cut some more, "she can't always write about what a tragic little hero I am , that would be tiresome."

"She needs a new angle, Hagrid," said Ron wisely, peeling the Hydra's eggshell. "You should say Harry is a lawless delinquent!"

"But he's not!" said Hagrid, seeming completely stunned.

"She should interview Snape," Harry said angrily. "He's going to sue me in front of her one day. Potter has been breaking the school rules since he entered this school..."

"He said something like that, didn't he?" asked Hagrid, and Ron and Hermione were both laughing. "Speaking of which, you probably did break a few rules, Harry, but you've been doing pretty well. Yes or no?"

"Thank you, Hagrid," said Harry, grinning.

"Are you coming to the hapless ball on Christmas Day, Hagrid?" said Ron.

"I thought I'd drop by," said Hagrid gruffly. "I think it's going to be a lot of fun. You're going to have the dance, aren't you, Harry? Who are you taking?"

"No one yet," said Harry, feeling himself flush again.Hagrid didn't press further.

"And what about you two?" Hagrid asked. "I guess there's a lot of people rushing to invite you, Hermione. You're our second year."

"Indeed." Hermione looked at Jacqueline who was cutting up the food, "but there is someone I want to ask first."

"You should go talk to Professor Graham about your frequent nightmares," Pansy whispered.

Jacqueline gave her a blank look, she was still dissatisfied with Yuna cheating on her, and when Yuna was mentioned, she inevitably thought of their last discussion about the prom.

What girl would invite another girl to a prom?Jacqueline thought to herself.

But if it's two very good friends, maybe it's another matter.Yes, that's right.Jacqueline nodded involuntarily, friend.Hey, what has she been doing during this time?She can indeed invite her good friends to the prom, there is no rule that she can only invite people she likes to go together.

But in this case, she should be the first to invite Pan Xi.

"Pansy, would you like to go to the dance with me?" Jacqueline asked in a low voice.

Pansy was taken aback, "What did you say?"

"The ball," said Jacqueline, "you and me, shall we go?"

"Busley just asked me at lunch." Pansy's eyes widened. "You forgot so soon?"

"He asked?" Jacqueline was obviously even more surprised.

"You and Malfoy laughed heartlessly for a long time because I told him to think about it." Pansy looked at her slightly nervously, "Jacqueline, don't you even remember? Are you really okay? .”

"I have no problem." Jacqueline shook her head and continued to cut the food in her hand, "It must have been caused by the prom these days, you know, no matter where you go, you may meet people you don't know and ask each other Depending on who you invite to the prom, sometimes I really think it should be decided by lottery. Don't worry, when this boring prom is over, nothing will happen."

"Then are you going to go alone?" Pansy asked cautiously.

"Oh, I'm going to ask Hermione if Krum, Potter, and Weasley don't invite her. You know, there's no rule that my friends can't be invited, right?" Jacqueline Say it casually.

Pansy didn't answer.

"Will you go to the dance?" When Hermione's voice sounded above Jacqueline's head, Jacqueline was startled, and almost threw the knife in her hand.

"Will you go to the dance?" Hermione asked even louder, obviously angry, and everyone around them looked up at them, then lowered their heads and went about their business.

Jacqueline looked at her, and Hagrid, Harry, and Ron also looked over curiously.

"Of course." Jacqueline nodded cheerfully, "I can't go home, I can only stay here for the dance, unless I hide in the Slytherin lounge and wait to starve myself to death. And, I heard that the elf The food they prepare is not only British and French, but even Bulgarian. Speaking of elves, have you taken Harry and the others recently, last time Dobby..."

"Except for food?" Hermione interrupted Jacqueline, looking a little absent-minded, "Who are you going with? I mean, who is your dance partner?"

"No." Jacqueline glanced at Hermione quickly, then lowered her head a little blushing.Hermione looked like she was greatly relieved. "I've been invited, but I'm not interested in going with them, and I'm not interested in dancing either. I was just asking Pansy if he wanted to go with me before Professor Snape said we'd give the house Shame. But obviously she's been invited, so what about you?" She lowered her head, looking at the ground, "Will you go? I mean, everyone except Slytherin probably wants to invite you. If there is no one, we can go together and be friends," Jacqueline added.

"Krum invited me." Hermione squeezed her hand a little nervously, "I'm thinking."

"I think you should agree." Jacqueline raised her head, she felt that her voice was a bit dry, "Isn't he your idol?"

"You really think so?" Hermione looked up, seemingly surprised.Their eyes met, and then moved away immediately.

"Yes." Jacqueline nodded, "It's so nice to dress beautifully and go to the ball with my idol."

"Maybe," Hermione frowned and thought for a while, "it's true." Then she looked at Jacqueline and asked in an extremely soft voice, "That day, you will wear a dress too, yes ?"

"Of course." Jacqueline laughed at her question, "I don't think they'll let me in in my school uniform."

"That would be great." Hermione breathed a sigh of relief, "I'll go and talk to him."

Jacqueline nodded, nothing was going on in her mind now.

The author has something to say:

Before Hermione is said, the author wants to say something.

It was one thing to say vaguely that he liked Jacqueline in front of her and Jacqueline's friends.After all, only Pansy understood it.But going to prom with Jacqueline is another story.This is basically an announcement.At this time, I don't think Hermione has the courage to make such a choice.

So if Jacqueline said she didn't want to go, Hermione really might not go.If Jacqueline said that she agreed with other boys, Hermione would understand besides throwing a fit.

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