"The yule hall.. Has been a tradition of the Tri-Wizard tournament since it's inception. On Christmas Eve night, we and our guests gather in the great hall for a night of well mannered party. As representatives of the hosts I expect each every one of you to put your effort in to putting your best foot forward and I mean this literally because the Yule Ball is a dance" Profesor McGonagall announced as the room filled with whispers. The girls were seated on the left side of the room and the boys were seated on the right. The girls looked excited versus the boys who seemed to groan.

"Silence! Now to dance, is to let the body breathe. Inside every girl, a secret swan lives. Inside every bot a lordly lion prepared to prance. Mr Weasley?" Professor McGonagall looked towards Ron.

"Yes?"

"Will you join me please?"

Ron walked up towards Professor McGonagall as the Weasley twins mocked him.

"Place your right hand on my waist, extend your arm.. Mr. Filch if you'll please" Profesor McGonagall guided Ron's hands as the music started to play. I've been to many balls, including the Malfoy ball. Formal dancing was something I learned as a child and I was confident in it.

"One two three..." The two started to dance as the Weasley twins continued to mock Ron.

"Everybody come together! Boys, on your feet!" The girls got up fast while the boys stood sitting down avoiding eye contact except Neville. He stood up and walked up to Ginny asking her to dance. Followed by his lead the boys started to get up one by one asking to dance.

"Would you like to dance with me?" Seamus offered me his hand. From behind him, I met Harry's eyes when he stopped walking towards me hesitating.

"Actually Seamus, I already have a partner" I smiled a little and walked past him towards Harry who looked at me with a smile.

"Evelyn I-uhm, would you like to dance with me?" He asked nervously. I let out a soft laugh, it wasn't even that he was asking me out to the Yule Ball but I still felt happy.

"Sure" I replied with a smile. He returned the smile and walked closer, placing one of his hands on my waist and the other on my shoulder. I led the dance moving with the music, he was a horrible dancer.

"Sorry" He said as he stepped on my foot for the 6th time, it had only been 10 seconds.

"You're a terrible dancer Harry"

"You're brilliant at it"

In this moment it felt like time had stopped. Everyone except the two of us had faded away and it was only Harry and I dancing. Him staring into my eyes and me staring into his getting lost in each other's. Going to the Yule Ball with Harry would complete this. This feeling was short lived for my smile quickly faded remembering Harry being star struck by Cho Chang.

"Are you alright?" He asked. I slowly stopped dancing looking back towards the ground before pulling away.

"I heard Cho is a great dancer Harry" I whispered giving him a light smile before walking away.

***

I sat on my bed inside the girl's dormitories reading when Hermione walked in with a huge smile, a little past curfew to my surprise.

"Where were you?" I asked placing my book down looking at her.

"Viktor Krum just asked me to the Yule Ball"

"And did you say yes?"

"Well I said I'd think about it.." She said sitting down on my bed excitedly, "You know I want to go with Ron"

"You fancy him!" My eyes widened as a smile formed around my face. I always knew she did but now she really admitted to it.

"What about you Evelyn? Who do you want to go with?"

"Harry" I paused for a second before answering. Her eyes widened just like mine had and let out a quiet squeal.

"I knew it"

"But he wants to take Cho"

"CHO! I seriously don't get what he sees in her"

"Tell me about it" I sighed resting my head on her shoulder.

"Ron wants to take Fleur. I don't get it, she's so-" she paused looking down at me, "um.. too good for him"

"Merlin what if I end up going alone"

"You could go up to anyone random and ask them. They'll 100% say yes" She scoffed going back on her bed laying down.

***

"This is mad.. We're the only ones without a partner" Ron muttered in the great hall during study time. Some days passed ever since our dancing lesson. Lots of the girls were sitting grouped up with each other and Hermione Ron Harry and I sat in a row. "Well.. Us and Nevil" Ron continued after being shushed by Snape.

"Mind you, Neville's already got a date" Hermione whispered.

"Now i'm really depressed"

The Weasley twins threw a note at Ron distracting me from doing my homework for Profesor Snape's class.

"Who are you going with then?" Ron whispered to the twins. I watched as Fred threw a crumbled paper at Angelina Johnson, the Gryffindor Quidditch captain.

"You.. Go.. Ball.. With me?" Fred mouthed as he gestured toward her.

"Yeah" She gave him a little thumbs up smiling at him. I looked back down at my homework finishing it up sighing. I had rejected countless boys so far just for one guy to ask me who to my luck, already has someone in mind.

"Oi Hermione, you're a girl" Ron nudged her. Immediately my eyes shifted up towards Ron and Hermione.

"Well spotted"

"Come with-" Ron never got to finish his sentence when Profesor Snape came around hitting Hermione and Ron's head with a soft cover book.

"It's one thing for a guy to show up alone, for girls it's just sad" Ron raised an eyebrow at Hermione. I coughed straightening my back hoping Ron would get the hint and just shut up by now.

"I won't be going alone, believe it or not someone's asked me already" Hermione snapped at him. It was true but technically she didn't say yes or no yet. She quickly got up out of her seat handing Snape her homework and stomped back to Ron, "And I said Yes". I guess Hermione will now go say yes to Viktor, Ron truly is an idiot.

"Who's she going with?" He asked me furrowing his eyebrows.

"Not a clue" I kept my eyes on my homework sighing.

"Wait you're a girl, who are you going with?"

"No one yet, I'm waiting for someone to ask me"

"Really, Cedric?"

"No. The guy I want to go with wants someone else" I said looking back up from my homework staring at Harry. He looked at me confused, what an idiot.

"Well just ask them, who would say no to you?"

"Someone" I muttered getting out of my seat handing Snape my homework before stomping out of the great hall.

***

"Evelyn!" I heard a voice call out from behind me. I turned around to see Cedric be pushed by his group of friends towards me running with a smile.

"Hi Cedric" I took a deep breath in smiling at him.

"I was wondering, do you want to go to the Yule Ball with me?" He asked standing in front of me smiling ever so brightly. I was a little taken back of course, but flattered nonetheless.

"I'm sorry Cedric but I'm waiting for someone to ask me" I said giving him an apologetic look.

"That's alright, I understand" He's smile quickly faded away as he looked down to the ground, "I guess I'll have to say yes to Cho Chang"

"Cho Chang?"

"I rejected every other girl. I was really building up courage to ask you"

I felt so guilty, I know what it feels like to want to take someone to the Yule Ball but them not wanting you, truly heartbreaking. But on the other hand, Cho needs to choose between Cedric and Harry.

"I'm sorry Cedric, I really am" I grabbed his arm giving it a light squeeze.

"It's fine but I get to take you to Hogsmeade after I win the Tri-Wizard tournament?" He said with a slight smile on his face.

"Yeah, it's a deal"

"Cool! I'll uhm.. See you later" His smile turned into a frown once again as he turned his back towards me walking back to his friends. Cedric was charming but he was just a friend to me, I fancied someone else. I turned around sighing in frustration and headed back into the Gryffindor common room to see Harry just laying in the couch aimlessly staring into the wall.

"Harry?" I called out walking in as he jumped up sitting upwards on the couch, "Are you alright?"

"Evelyn! Yeah um I'm fine"

"What happened?" I asked taking a seat beside him.

"Cho already has a date" Cedric, he really did take her didn't he.

"It's okay Ron, It's okay" Our attention was drawn to Ginny who pulled Ron inside along with a bunch of other girls.

"What happened to you?" Harry asked him as Ginny sat him down on a couch. Hermione too came down from the girl's dormitories and hurriedly stood beside him.

"He just asked Fleur to the Yule Ball" Ginny replied trying to calm Ron down.

"What?" Hermione said kneeling in front of him.

"What did she say?" Harry asked also getting up and crowding Ron.

"No of course!" Ron shook his head at Hermione. I quickly jumped up out of my seat in front of Ron who was in absolute shock.

"She said yes?!" I asked a little surprised, no offense to Ron. And besides, the thought of my best friend who was like a brother to me taking my sister out was disgusting.

"Don't be silly. She was walking by, you know I like it when they walk. And then it just- sort of slipped out" Ron almost whispered keeping the same shocked expression on his face.

"Actually he sort of screamed at her" Ginny corrected placing her hand on his shoulders.

"I ran for it afterwards, I give up Harry" Ron whispered again looking back up at Harry.

"Hi Harry" Harry's head snapped towards the Patil sisters walking by with their arms linked smiling at him.

"Hey!" He called out for the two. The twin sisters stopped and turned to look at Harry who rushed over to them, "Do you two want to go to the Yule Ball with Ron and I?" He asked. Hermione looked at me sympathetically as I just watched the scene unfold.

"Sure" The two smiled in unison giggling. I quickly brushed passed Harry and the twins rushing out of the common room. It was almost curfew but that wasn't my concern, I just need some air now. The first place that came to mind was the astronomy tower and I quickly ran there feeling a single tear drop from the side of my face.

***

I leaned on the balcony watching the stars wiping another tear that had fallen. Now I really didn't have a date to the Yule Ball, I'll be going alone because I was too stupid and waited for something that never came.

"Get rejected by your date?" A voice called out from behind me. I turned around to see Draco walking by and leaning against the Balcony beside me.

"Shove off Draco, have fun with Pansy" I assumed he would take Pansy Parkinson, he's supposed girlfriend.

"I don't have a date"

"You?" My eyes widened as I turned to face him. Even though he was very annoying, he was good looking. If Cedric was Hufflepuff's heartthrob, Draco was Slytherin's.

"Shut up, you don't have a date either" He scoffed, "You know, we could go together. Like the Minister told us back at the Malfoy ball, we do make a great pair"

"Have you gone mad?" I furrowed my eyebrows.

"Would you rather go alone? The ball is right around the corner and everyone has a date. We'd be the best pair in the ball" He said and he was right, we definitely would be eye catching. Malfoy and Clermont. Not to forget it would be ever so embarrassing for me to show up by myself. But it was Draco. Hermione Harry and Ron all despised him..

"Sure" I looked up at him. He looked at me surprised like he was expecting me to yell at him. I really would've but my choices were limited. Besides, I wanted Harry to see.