Hermione's POV

Hermione woke up to the sound of someone yelling "Reducto!"

That some ran into her room squealing and then jumped on her bed landing just beside her

"HERMIONE WAKE UP THE BALL IS TODAY!!!"

"I woke up when you blew up my door Roxy" Hermione said dryly

"Oh sorry about that I couldn't open it"

"I wonder if there's a charm for opening doors hmm" Hermione tapped her head in mock thought

"Oh yeah" Roxy said

Hermione rolled her eyes "What time is it?" She asked

"Umm, like five." Roxy confirmed, checking the clock.

"Why'd you wake me up at five in the morning?" Hermione complained

"We need to get ready." Roxy said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world

"I really don't think it will take me thirteen hours to get ready Roxy." Her mind flickered back to the Yule Ball. She had been late getting there. Maybe she did need the extra time.

"Whatever" Roxy spoke, rolling her eyes. "Hermione get your dress and anything else and meet me in the Gryffindor common room in five."

Hermione gathered up all her stuff and shoved it in a bag and slowly sauntered towards the Gryffindor common room

6:00 that night

"Do I look okay Mione?" Roxy asked anxiously

"You look great Roxy" Hermione replied "Do I look good?"

"Better than good. Greater than good. And then more fantastic looking than that." Roxy told her

"Ok let's go Roxy" Hermione said her voice shaking slightly from nerves

"I'm so nervous Mione" Roxy confessed.

"Me too" Hermione agreed. Tom would be waiting. How would he like her dress? She couldn't help but wonder if he was using her for something. He was the man whose name couldn't be spoken, where she came from. How different was he now?

They left the common room and walked to the great hall

The decor was beautiful it looked very similar to the Yule Ball except they had ice sculptures everywhere like Fleur Delacour had bragged that Beaxbatons had.

Hermione searched for Tom among the crowd of students and saw him waiting for her at the bottom of the stairs

Oh gods he looked so handsome

Tom's POV

Tom searched for Hermione and saw her at the top of the stairs his jaw almost dropped, she looked so beautiful, she was wearing a green dress with silver designs on it and her hair was straightened

She was with the female Weasley whatever her name was and she was looking around

He met her eyes and she smiled

He climbed up the stairs to meet her

Weasley looked at him and said "He's your date, really"

Hermione just rolled her eyes "Whatever Roxy go find Charlus" and she gave her a little shove

"Hello Mione" Tom smiled

"Hello Tom" Hermione said and smiled back

Tom offered his hand and she took it he lifted it to his mouth and brushed his lips across her fingers

He looked up, she was blushing, he smirked, which only made her blush harder

Tom laughed at the colour her face had become

"What!?" She asked

"Your face" he replied

Hermione's POV

"Wow" she said and hit him on the arm gently

"I see you've got your Slytherin pride in tonight" he said

Hermione grinned "Trying to change the subject are we Riddle"

Tom chuckled "Shall we" he asked in a pompous voice that reminded her of Percy Weasley

"We shall" Hermione replied in the same voice

She took his arm and he led her down the stairs and they started to dance

About ten minutes later

Tom spun Hermione around and she saw a familiar make redhead staring at her

"Tom" she said worriedly

"What" he asked

She jerked her head in the direction of Ron

"Don't worry Mione" Tom said "I won't let him hurt you"

"Thank you Tom" she said and laid her head on his chest

I'm back!!
I hope you liked this chapter I was trying to finish it fast so that you guys would get an update faster so the next chapter will also be at the ball
Thanks for reading😜