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The two arrived in an empty classroom one after the other, and Ron looked around carefully to make sure that there was no one in it.Ginny shook her head helplessly, waved her wand, cast a silence spell on the surroundings, and then looked at Ron: "Okay, I guarantee that there is not even a single fly within a hundred miles, you can safely say Bar."

Ron looked forward to Ai Ai, hesitant to speak, and finally seemed to have made up his mind, blushing and said: "Ginny, please do me a favor and invite Hermione to be my dance partner."

Sure enough, this was the case. Ginny leaned against the wall and asked with a smile, "Ron, why don't you invite it yourself?"

"Ginny!" Ron looked at her with a smile on his face, a little annoyed, "Am I still your brother?"

"Okay, Ron, let me give you some practical advice." Ginny put away her joking attitude, and looked at Ron seriously, "Girls don't like boys who don't even dare to express their feelings." Son. If you want to invite Hermione, even if you just use the simplest language, it is better to tell her that you want to invite her than to invite her through me. As long as you let her see your sincerity, Hermione is not a vain girl She will be delighted, my child."

Ron hesitated for a long time with a tangled expression. Under Ginny's encouraging eyes, he finally gritted his teeth and nodded: "Well, I'll try tonight, at least I can't lose to that Krum."

Ginny smiled and patted him on the shoulder to give him confidence, then turned and left the classroom first, leaving only Ron still there, constantly doing self-psychological construction.

That night, when Hermione was studying Moody's recent special training content with Ginny, Ron walked back and forth in the common room a few times, and finally made up his mind to stand in front of Hermione: "That , Hermione, can I ask you a question?"

"Okay, is it today's Potions homework?" Hermione said casually without looking up.

"No, it's about the prom." Ron's voice was as thin as a mosquito, but when Hermione heard it, she raised her head in disbelief and said with a flushed face: "Ah, what, the prom? Oh , ok, tell me."

Just as Ron was about to speak, George and Fred appeared out of nowhere and put their hands on his shoulders: "Merlin, what did I hear? Dear little brother Ron, are you inviting Herr?" Is Min your partner?"

Ron's face turned red in an instant, and he stared angrily at the two brothers who were jokingly smiling, but he was speechless and unable to refute.Seeing this, Hermione stood up suddenly: "Let's go out and talk." Before Ron could answer, she lowered her head and stopped him before rushing out of the common room.

George whistled behind them: "Cool, Hermione is doing great." Then he turned to look at Ginny, "Where's our little Ginny, do you want to go to the dance? Choose between me and Fred, we are very honored to be your dance partner, as the knight who protects the princess."

"No, no need." Ginny shook her head with a smile, while Fred bumped George with his elbow, and said in a mysterious way, "Brother, why are you so confused about the situation today? Little Ginny Naturally, someone will invite you, will it be our turn to be affectionate?"

"Oh, I see, I'm so stupid." George clapped his hands, smiled ambiguously, and looked at Harry, who was secretly peeping here not far away.

Under the gaze of the twins, Harry simply put down his book and walked over: "Ginny, can you go out for a while, I also have something to tell you." He seemed to be trying his best to keep calm, but these few words Still stuttering a bit.

"Okay." Ginny glanced at the twins who were waiting to see the good show, and the surrounding students who seemed to have their ears pricked up, ready to listen to the gossip of the warriors, and agreed that it would be better to go outside and talk.Harry, on the other hand, followed Ginny in surprise, and walked out of the common room under the ambiguous eyes of the twins.

As soon as she left the warm environment of the common room and came into contact with the cold air outside, Ginny shivered unconsciously. She pulled out her wand and cast a warming spell on herself, and cast the same spell on Harry beside her.Harry smiled at her gratefully, and then blushed slightly: "Ginny, can I ask you to be my dance partner at this Christmas ball?"

Ginny hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Of course, I am very willing." Perhaps, it was also good for her to attend the Yule Ball with Harry, so as to completely draw a line with Tom and show that she position.

"Thank you, Ginny!" Harry's green eyes sparkled with excitement, and then he seemed to summon up courage, and took Ginny's hand, "Then let's go back, it's too cold outside."

Ginny nodded without objection, and followed Harry the way he had come.When they walked to the door of the common room, they met Ron and Hermione.When Ron saw them, he nodded triumphantly at Harry, and the two exchanged an encouraging look, until Hermione seemed a little shy in such an atmosphere, suddenly pulled Ginny over, and ran directly into their room without looking back. In the bedroom.

In the next few days, even Hermione, who has always been stable, seemed a little uneasy. Every night, she would play with her hair in the mirror for a long time, trying to find a magic spell to get rid of her somewhat messy brown hair. At the same time, she Also refer to the book "How to use magic to make a perfect makeup", constantly trying all kinds of makeup magic.Although Hermione's behavior is obviously a bit unusual, but she is not the most special one. In fact, these days, Harry and Ron, and even most of the students, are full of excitement and anticipation. Waiting for the arrival of the Christmas ball, looking forward to a romantic night.Even Hagrid was absent-minded and made frequent mistakes in Care of Fantastic Beasts class, and the weird cologne smell on his body was getting worse every day.

When Christmas finally came, Hermione hid in her bedroom almost all day, dragging Ginny to try on the dress, do the finishing touches, and finally managed to make her long hair very smooth and tie it behind her head. Her hair was in an elegant bun, and when she put on the light purple light blue gown that was ironed extremely smooth and flowing by her magic, she seemed to be a different person, full of elegance and nobility. breath.

Under Ginny's admiring gaze, she urged with some embarrassment: "Ginny, it's your turn. Hurry up and put on a dress and put on some makeup. Let's go downstairs together."

Ginny nodded with a smile, and also got up and changed into a dress robe.Her dress is a waistless backless dress, which is also light purple in color, but it is different from Hermione's bright blue. Her purple is more pink. There is a slight warmth and ambiguous atmosphere.And her bright red long hair was only half raised, and was loosely tied into a bun, and the rest just covered □'s smooth back, revealing a little inadvertent charm in the elegance.

When she and Hermione came down from upstairs and walked towards Harry and Ron who were waiting below, not only the two of them, but almost everyone looked at them with some surprise, which was different from their usual Feel.Hermione still tried to calm down, and walked up to the two boys with Ginny.

It wasn't until Ginny took Harry's arm that he seemed to have just reacted, and praised, "Ginny, you are so beautiful tonight." Ginny smiled and thanked him for his compliment.

It's just that, compared to Harry and Ginny's unnaturalness, Ron and Hermione immediately returned to their usual way of getting along after a moment of awkwardness.Hermione cast a few beautiful cutting spells on the edge of Ron's robe, which was made rougher by using the Cutting Charm to remove the wrinkles and lace, and finally made his robe look much neater.Then, she said in a stern tone: "Ron, you must have cast the spell incorrectly, leaving so many rough edges. The key to the cutting spell is to find the right place and recite the spell coherently."

Ron moved his mouth, as if he wanted to say something unconvinced, but after seeing Ginny put a finger on his lips, as if implying that he should not talk nonsense, he finally remembered today's special situation. A few days ago, Ginny had specially taught him how to deal with this situation.

So, he tried his best to squeeze out a smile: "I see, Hermione, your spell is really good, you can tell me about it tomorrow." Although his tone was still a bit dry, flattering It was extremely unnatural, but Hermione nodded in satisfaction, and then put his arm on his arm: "Then let's go, it's getting late."

Ginny smiled secretly, and Harry looked at her questioningly: "Then shall we go too? Professor McGonagall asked me to arrive earlier, and the warrior needs to dance at the ball."

Ginny nodded with a smile, "Okay, I'm fine." Then, she followed him down the long stairs to the hall.Along the way, many people looked at Harry beside her curiously. Many girls had envy or even jealousy in their eyes, but Ginny just kept a polite smile as if nothing had happened.

When it reached eight o'clock, the oak door of the hall was opened on time, and all the students couldn't wait to rush in, while Professor McGonagall, dressed in a red plaid robe, stood in front of the door: "Warriors, please come here first." !"

Harry and Ron greeted each other, said, "See you later!", and walked up with Ginny on their arms.Ginny looked around, and found that Cedric was holding a beautiful girl with black hair and black eyes. The typical oriental appearance made her feel more familiar. Obviously, she should be Ravenclaw's Qiu Zhang.And Fleur unexpectedly stood with Krum, but Krum's eyes were a little gloomy, and he was looking at Hermione, who was holding Ron's arm not far away.

The warriors nodded and greeted each other.After Professor McGonagall waited for everyone to take their seats in the auditorium, he asked the warriors and their dance partners to line up two by two, followed her in, and walked towards the big round table where the referee was sitting at the front of the auditorium. The people applauded enthusiastically.

After arriving at the guest table, Dumbledore still had a very kind smile as always, and Mrs. Maxime on his right showed a reserved expression, watching them walk in proudly.Next came Bagman, still showing a bright smile as usual, and clapping his hands as enthusiastically as all the students.Karkaroff timidly sat in the corner, and just glanced at Krum holding Fleur's hand in disapproval.There is also Crouch, who still has a serious expression on his face as always, and it is impossible to see what he is thinking.As for Umbridge, she maintained her usual pink style, wearing a gown covered with lace and lace, with a self-confident smile on her mouth, but the large and vicious eyes in her eyes could not be concealed.

The last one was also the one on Dumbledore's left. Ginny sighed helplessly, but still raised her head and met his gaze.After seeing her standing next to Harry, Tom's eyes were always filled with a dangerous light. When he noticed that Ginny was looking at him, his eyes were slightly cold, and he looked straight into Ginny's face with a sense of warning. fundus.Then, when he saw Ginny quickly lowered her eyes under his gaze, covering up the unusual emotion in her eyes, and tried her best to appear indifferent and reserved, he suddenly hooked the corners of his mouth, showing an inexplicable expression. smile.

At the next sumptuous dinner, the guests at the guest table had different minds, all thinking about their own affairs.Only Dumbledore didn't seem to notice the weird atmosphere among the crowd. After eating some main courses, he kept ordering several desserts, and recommended them to everyone from time to time, so that everyone could try them too.

When everything was finished, Dumbledore stood up and told the students to stand up too.Then with a flick of his wand he pushed all the tables against the walls, cleared the space in between, and conjured up the stage and the instruments.The Weird Sisters rushed onto the stage together, and thunderous applause erupted from the audience.Harry squeezed Ginny's hand nervously and stood up, and slid into the center of the open space with the other warriors one by one, signaling the official start of the dance.At the end of the music, when more and more people entered the dance floor, Tom suddenly stood up, politely invited a girl who was sitting on the side, and then slid onto the dance floor in an elegant dance. central.

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The author has something to say:

The Christmas ball has officially started, so let's see who can't bear it more and who gets jealous first, hehe...