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They Don't Matter	By : Jenxiaris Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 5485 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Hogwarts

As the weeks went by Anthony became more and more solemn. He replayed Alice walking away from him over and over again in his mind. He still couldn't believe even now six weeks later that they wouldn't be together anymore.

He was no longer listening in class, unable to concentrate on anything other than the beautiful blonde girl that was in every single one of his lessons. Fortunately he had inherited his mother's brains and his father's ability to come out on top without trying very hard so nobody had noticed yet.

Except for Jessica. She knew her brother better than anyone in the world and she knew right from the start of term that something was wrong with him, she just hadn't figured out what it was yet.

Sitting in the Gryffindor common room, resting back into Albus' chest she pondered what the problem could be.

"What's got you looking so perplexed sweetheart?" Albus asked her, running his hand up and down her arm in a comforting gesture.

"Nothing" she replied, Malfoy's didn't spill family secrets so easily.

"Come on Jess, I've known you since we were born, what's going on in that beautiful mind of yours" Albus pressed.

"Okay, have you noticed anything strange about my brother lately?" Jessica asked her boyfriend of nearly six weeks, turning around a little in his arms to look at him, just to be sure she wasn't imagining things.

"Well yeah, everyone has. Just nobody knows what. I figured you would tell me when you wanted to" Albus answered her, pushing a stray strand of curly hair from her face.

"That's the thing, I don't know either. Mum and daddy said not to worry myself and concentrate on school but…I'm sure something is wrong and Anthony and I have always been close, I can't just not worry about it"

"I don't really know what to say sweetheart. Why don't you speak to my brother about it? Or Alice and Brandon, they all hang out with Anthony and BJ, they might know" Albus suggested.

"That's a great idea. Alice!" she called across the room, where the older witch was sitting in deep conversation with Brandon.

Alice walked over to the couple along with Brandon and sat down "What's up?" she asked.

"We were just wondering if either of you had noticed anything weird about Anthony recently" Jessica asked the twins.

Alice stiffened at the question but thankfully nobody noticed and Brandon answered "well he's a bit quieter but I hadn't really given it much thought" Alice just nodded in agreement, she knew exactly what was wrong but there was no way she was going to tell anyone.

After all BJ was the only one who knew about the relationship, as he had walked in on her and Anthony kissing in an empty classroom one day, and Alice full intended on keeping it that way.

….

Down in the dungeons Anthony was sitting in a plush armchair, staring at as apposed to reading a book and again thinking about Alice.

"Ant. Ant. Anthony!" BJ called loudly, as speaking in a normal tone seemed to go straight over Anthony's head.

"Hmm…yeah…what?" Anthony asked, his head snapping up from the page he had been staring at for an hour.

"Mate, I've been calling your name for the last five minutes. What's going on in your head?" BJ asked him.

"Same as usual" Anthony shrugged.

"Figured as much. Have you decided who you're taking to the Halloween Ball yet?" BJ asked. For the first time in centuries the school had decided to throw a ball on Halloween night for all fifth years and up.

"I don't think I'm going to go" Anthony answered.

"Oh yes you bloody well are" BJ snapped, "I've had enough of this shit. So your girlfriend dumped you, get over it already"

"BJ no offence but shove off will you" Anthony grumbled.

"Anthony, if you don't find yourself a date and get your pale arse to that ball in two weeks with me and Amelia, I'm going to write to your mum and tell her what's going on" BJ threatened.

"You wouldn't!" Anthony replied, looking at his friend in shock.

"Wouldn't I?" BJ smirked.

"Fine, I'll go to the stupid ball…hang on did you just say Amelia? As in Amelia Goyle?" Anthony asked dumbfounded.

"Yes I did" BJ answered, with a smile across the common room at the girl who was the current topic of conversation.

"When did that happen?" Anthony enquired quietly.

"Two weeks ago mate. You've just been so wrapped up in Alice Weasley that you've noticed nothing else around you" BJ told him, bringing his gaze back to his friend.

"Wow, yeah I guess you're right. Sorry" Anthony mumbled, looking back over at his best friends…well girlfriend.

"It's alright mate. You really need to sort it out now though. Your sister has noticed and we all know she won't let it go until she finds out what's going on" BJ told his pale friend.

BJ got up and walked over to Amelia and put his arm around her. She was a small girl, barely five feet in height, but rather pretty considering her parents. Anthony always thought that she must have got her looks from some long gone relative because she definitely looked nothing like Gregory or Millicent Goyle.

Now to top off an already bad start to the year, he had to take some overly clingy, stupidly excited girl to a pointless ball. The biggest problem was... which stupid clingy girl was it going to be.

She had to be a Slytherin. He wasn't going to cross-houses for anyone but Alice. He looked around the common room; there weren't many girls in his year. Obviously Amelia, but she was quite clearly BJ's girl as he currently had his tongue stuck down her throat. There was Cassie Boot, Terry Boot and Daphne Greengrass' eldest and a girl called Aurora Mallet whose parents Anthony didn't know.

As Anthony looked around the common feeling even more sorry for himself at the slim pickings, he saw his saviour. He got up and headed over to the spiral staircase that went down to the dormitories and caught up with her.

"Liv. Can I talk to you for a second?" Anthony asked, catching her arm before she made her way down the stairs.

"Sure Ant. What's up?" she replied, turning to face him.

"Well, has anyone asked you to the Halloween ball yet?" he enquired.

"Yes, but I said no" she replied.

"Oh. Why?" Anthony asked knowing full well why.

"Come on Anthony. BJ would go mental; ever since mum left he's gotten so overprotective. It gets worse every year" Olivia replied.

"Well I think I have a solution that will suit everyone if you're up for it?" Anthony told her, "go to the ball with me"

"With you? What are you talking about Ant?" Olivia questioned, shocked that he asked her.

"Well I have to go to the ball and I'm not going with any of the idiots in this castle, and BJ won't complain if you go with me because he knows I see you like my little sister. This way we both go and everyone is happy. It's win," Anthony explained.

"Okay, I'll go with you, but on one condition" Olivia told him.

"What?"

"Tell me what the hell is wrong with you at the moment" she pressed.

"Okay, fine" Anthony sighed and they sat in the common room, where he explained all about his secret relationship with Alice.

…

As the two weeks running up to Halloween went by, all the older students could talk about was the ball.

Anthony and BJ were skipping Defence Against the Dark Arts again and were to currently be found hiding out in the Room of Requirement. The room was masquerading as their Defence classroom; quite clearly showing it's disapproval of them using it to miss lessons.

The two boys were sitting around talking about various things, the latest Puddlemere United result (they had thrashed the Crudely Cannon's 300-10), the fact that Brandon was now dating Katie Long bottom and the ball.

"Have you asked anyone yet Ant?" BJ asked.

"Err…I need to talk to you about that actually" Anthony replied, getting ready for BJ to explode.

"Don't even think about trying to get out of it. You are going to that ball. I'm not going to let you sit in the common room and brood while everyone else is out having fun" BJ told his best friend.

"I'm not trying to get out of it…it's just….well…..I'mtakingLivie" Anthony said the last bit very quickly, ready to duck.

BJ laughed, "You know what mate, it sounded like you just said you were taking Livie"

"Well..I am" Anthony winced, waiting for the reaction.

BJ stopped laughing…"Well obviously your talking about another Livie, because I know my best friend didn't just tell me he's taking my little sister to the ball" he said, anger seeping into his voice.

"BJ, before you go mental let me explain…you know I don't want to go with anyone but Alice, I'm only doing it because you've got me by the nuts and you know it. I figured this way I'll go and Livie can go without you worrying that some slimy little fifth year is going to try it on with her" Anthony explained, as quickly and plainly as possible.

"That better be the reason" BJ grumbled.

"Come on mate, you know I see her the way I see Jess, I'll look after her all night and you can concentrate on Amelia" Anthony assured, mentioning BJ's girlfriend so that his mind would go off topic.

"Okay fine…. but if I get even a whiff of anything funny, I'll hex you into next year, best friend or not!" BJ answered, before relaxing his posture, both boys relaxing in their seats and going back to talking about Quidditch.

….

Halloween Night

In the Gryffindor common room Brandon, James and Albus were waiting for their dates for the evening. The girl's were still upstairs getting ready.

"So James, kind of pathetic that your taking your cousin to the ball mate, what's going on?" Brandon poked at his cousin.

"You know full well that I don't fancy anyone in the castle, and Alice said she wasn't going to go. There was no way I was having that, and we'll all end up standing around as a group anyway" James answered back, perfectly calm, completely aware of what Brandon was trying to do.

Brandon wasn't having it, he had picked up the ability to irritate from his cousins Fred and Christopher and he knew he could make James squirm "Come on Jimmy, tell the truth, who did you ask and why did she turn you down?"

"Brandon, will you shut up. And don't call me Jimmy, my name is James" James replied, still keeping his cool, although he was itching to smack his annoying cousin around the head.

"What if I don't, Aunt Ginny isn't here now" Brandon replied, referring to a day during the summer holidays where Ginny had sent her infamous Bat Bogey Hex at both boys when they wouldn't stop bickering.

"You seem to forget that I have my mother's talent for jinxes dearest cousin, now shut it" James replied finally losing his cool.

Before Brandon could reply Katie came down the stairs in a pale pink, knee length dress. She came into the common room and Brandon forgot all about irritating James and walked over to her, pecking her on the lips before leading her out of the common room without another word to either of his cousins.

"You know, you shouldn't rise to the bait. If you do he'll only keep going, he's worse than Fred and Christopher" Albus told his big brother as they waited for Jess and Alice to come down the stairs.

"I know. He just really knows how to push my buttons" James replied, desperate just to get the evening over with.

The truth was James had asked a girl to the ball, a girl he really liked. But she had turned him down; she said she couldn't go although if she were going it would definitely be with him. Now he was taking Alice, so that the pair of them could just have fun for a night.

Next down the stairs was Jessica. She wore a pale blue floor length ball gown, which perfectly suited her pale skin; her curly hair was up in a French twist with little tendrils hanging down and she had very minimal make up on.

Albus went over and kissed her immediately, then blushed when he realised he had done it in front of his big brother. He took her hand and immediately led her to the portrait with a wave over his shoulder to James.

A moment later a vision in ivory appeared at the bottom of the dormitory stairs. Alice was wearing a strapless knee length ivory gown and ivory kitten heals. She had left her long blonde hair down and curled it a little and was wearing a little mascara and lip-gloss.

"Wow Alice, you look beautiful" James told her, trying to lift his jaw up from the floor.

"Thanks James" Alice replied, smoothing down her dress and taking a deep breath "come on lets get this over with"

"Alice, did you really not want to go?" James asked, worrying that maybe he had forced her into it.

"It's fine, you were right, it's silly not to go" Alice said, flipping her hair behind her back and moving towards the portrait to leave Gryffindor tower.

"Alice has this all been about Anthony?" James finally asked, he had known for a while, but didn't think it was right to say anything since neither of them had mentioned it to the group.

Alice spun quickly "How did you know about that?"

"Don't panic Alice, I just noticed a difference between you when you were around each other last year and now you guys don't even look each other in the eye when we're all together so being one of the more observant people you know, I knew straight away that something was wrong" James told her, running a hand through his jet black hair.

Alice groaned and sat down on one of the red and gold couches "Does anyone else know?"

"You're joking aren't you, Fred and Christopher are too busy causing trouble to even notice when girl's like them, and no offence but Brandon isn't the most observant of wizard's" James reassured her.

"Oh James I don't know what to do, I broke up with him at the start of term because I thought that the chances of us being paired up for the law were beyond small and after the law was repealed I didn't go back because lets face it all our dad's might be friends but really what do you think my dad would say if I told him I was in love with Anthony Malfoy"

"Hold on, did you just say in love?" James asked, sitting next to her.

"I am head over heals in love with him James" Alice replied, tears forming in her eyes.

James put his arm around his cousin to soothe her "you know, it could work out. Just look at Anthony's parents, they were sworn enemies and now they are as in love as my parents"

"No James, I can't, dad would never forgive me, Weasley's and Malfoy's cannot be together" Alice replied, shaking her head.

"Hate to break it to you but Albus, Lily and I are all Weasley's apart from the name thing, and Albus and Jess are doing just fine" James told her stifling a laugh as he watched realisation dawn that he was right.

He saved her from more confusion however by getting up and holding out his arm "Come on, let's go and be each other's date to the ball"

Alice smiled and wiped a stray tear from her eye. She took his arm and got up and they made their way down to the Great Hall.

….

Anthony walked up from the dungeons with Olivia on his arm. She looked lovely in a floor length green spaghetti strap gown.

They walked across the entrance hall and into the Great Hall. It was dark, with large spider webs on every wall that looked as though one of Aragog's many children had spun them. Pumpkin's with candles in them were throughout the room giving it an eerie feel and the usual dancing skeleton's were this year walking around the room dressed as waiters handing out drinks.

Anthony and Olivia each took a glass of pumpkin juice and looked around for BJ and Amelia. The first thing Anthony saw however was long blonde hair and an ivory dress, on the dancing floor with James Potter.

He couldn't take his eyes off of her as they slowly swayed and talked. Olivia had to roughly shake his shoulder to get his attention.

"Anthony, snap out of it, someone is going to notice" she hurriedly whispered to him.

"Olivia, dance with me?" Anthony asked, nodding his head towards the dance floor.

"This is a bad idea Ant, it's just going to ruin your evening if she says no again" Olivia answered as he practically dragged her on to the dance floor.

Anthony was a very skilled dancer, typical for a Malfoy. He glided his partner over to where Alice and James were dancing on the other side of the floor and tapped James' shoulder "May I cut in?" he asked.

"Yeah sure mate" James said, making to move towards Olivia. She may have said no to him, but he was still going to get at least one dance with her before the night was over, Madam Pomfrey could fix his face after BJ pounded on it later.

Anthony took Alice in his arms, with the ease of someone who had quite obviously held her before.

"Alice please just listen to me" he begged as she began to pull away.

"Anthony don't do this" she whispered, holding back a little but dancing with him so that no one noticed that there was something going on.

"I'm going to ask you this one last time and whatever your answer is, I will accept it. Alice Hermione Weasley, I love you, please take me back and be mine"

Alice looked him in the eye for the first time since their conversation behind Hagrid's hut. They swayed on the spot on the dance floor and she thought about everything that had caused her to end things in the first place, everything James had said to her tonight and everything she felt for the young man whose arms were around her.

"Anthony I…."
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