Planning
Jack's POV
I sit with the boys as McGonagall faces all us Gryffindors fourth years and up. Harry and Ron are goofing around beside me. "Potter! Weasley! Will you pay attention?" McGonagall demands. They stop goofing around. "Now that Potter and Weasley have been kind enough to act their age" she says addressing us. I have something to say to you all" she states.
"The Yule Ball is approaching a traditional part of the Triwizard Tournament and an opportunity for us to socialize with our foreign guests. Now, the ball will be open only to fourth years and above although you may invite a younger student if you wish" she explains.
Lavender Brown let out a shrill giggle. Parvati Patil nudged her hard in the ribs, her face working furiously as she too fought not to giggle. They both looked around at Harry, Professor McGonagall ignored them. "Dress robes will be worn, and the ball will start at eight o'clock on Christmas Day, finishing at midnight in the Great Hall. Now then The Yule Ball is of course a chance for us all to, let our hair down" she tells us.
"But that does NOT mean, that we will be relaxing the standards of behavior we expect from Hogwarts students. I will be most seriously displeased if a Gryffindor student embarrasses the school in any way" she states.
"It's also a chance to let the body breathe, inside every girl a secret swan slumbers longing to burst forth and take flight. Inside every boy a lordly lion prepared to prance. Mr Weasly, will you join me" she says and pulls him into the center of the room. "Now, place your right hand on my waist" she tells him.
"Where?" he asks.
"My waist, Mr Weasley" she tells him. He places his hand on her waist and a wolf whistle comes from the crowd. "Now bend your arm" she tells him. She nods to Mr Filch and he starts the music. "One two three, one two three, one two three" she counts as she waltz with Ron.
"Oi! Never gonna let him forget this are you?" Harry asks the twins.
"Never" they say.
"Everybody come together" McGonagall says. The girls instantly stand and walk forward, the boys are all still seated. "Boys on your feet" she says. Neville gets up first and goes dance with Hermione. As mores boys got to their feet. I sneaked away from the room.
"Thought you could sneak away" Fred says.
"Didn't really like being in that room" I state.
"Understandable, but this ball provides us the perfect opportunity" he says with a smirk.
"What do you mean?" I ask confused and he pulls me into an empty classroom.
"To tell the school who you really are" he states.
"But Dumbledore..." I try to say.
"No offense to him, but you said yourself Voldemort already knows" he states.
"I didn't tell you that so that you could use is against me" I grumble. In one of my more recent dreams that I shared with Harry. Voldemort said that Harry's sister must be kept from interfering in his plan for Harry.
"Come on, you did your identity to protect yourself from him and now he knows" he states. "The best way to protect you is for everyone to know" he adds. "Besides how can I escort you to the ball in this form?" he asks.
"You want to be my date?" I ask blushing.
"Yes, I do Jackie" he says with a smile. "So will you be my date?" he asks.
"We'll have to plan" I tell him.
"Why do you think we're here?" he asks heading over to the teachers desk. "Now according to my brothers. the Weird Sisters will be playing at the Ball" he states.
"Your family know the Weird Sisters?" I ask surprised as I drop my disguise.
"Yep, they played at a party at the Burrow a few years ago. Our parents don't know" he tells me. "Anyway, we'll have them announce us" he states.
"Really?" I ask.
"Yep, we'll go to the ball separately and when they appear on stage. They'll call us up and we'll reveal who you really are" he states.
"It'd diffidently make an impression" I state.
"That's the idea" he tells me. "But you'll need dress-robes" he adds.
"Hermione and Ginny can help me with that" I tell him. "I'll transfigure them to male robes until the reveal" I state.
"Excellent, then we dance the night away and have fun" he states.
"Sounds good" I tell him. "But I have to ask, are you going with me just for the reveal? Or because of something else?" I ask him. He looks up at me and tucks a loose strand of hair behind my ear.
"I know it maybe hard to believe, but I care about you Jack. And I'd like to see where this goes, I'm not going with you just for the reveal" he tells me. I blush lightly.
"I like you Fred" I tell him and he smiles.
"Then lets take this one step at a time" he tells me.
"Ok, but we keep it a secret until we understand what this is" I say gesturing between us.
"Of course, now lets plan" he says with a smile. So we continue to plan. Until it was dinner time, I put my disguise back up and we rejoined the population. I sat with Ginny and Hermione. I talked to them in whispers about the plan. They agreed to help straight away.
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Gif above of Fred winking and picture on the external link of the Gryffindor dance lesson.
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