Lucifer wasn't going to let her get away with it so easily, though.
He had a Snowball in his hand and looked over at her, watching her sit there as she looked at a pile of snow near the tree.
Instead of throwing it hard he lobbed it towards her and the look on her face when it hit the top of her head was priceless.
"Lucifer!" Hermione yelled, not angry, but definitely not happy with him.
Hermione gathered up some snow of her own for retaliation and threw one right at him.
With how far away she was, he easily dodged it, but as he sidestepped, he saw one got marched by Fred towards him.
Even Ron threw one at him. Harry threw the next one after that.
Then George and Ginny followed, with Hermione throwing another...
So many balls to dodge at once, for a moment time seemed to slow down for Lucifer and his eyes followed every single white piece of ball moving at a snail's pace towards him.
'Should I even dodge or let them have a bit of fun?'
Just when he was busy thinking, Lucifer was being ganged up on, and with clearly lack of motivation to prevent being hit, this was a losing battle.
He didn't go down without a fight, though, and hurled many more Snowballs before one caught him in the face, causing him to lose his balance and tumble to the ground.
Hermione was laughing, having a great time, and she walked over to him to help him up.
She held her hand out to him, which he took, but she saw the slightest look of deviance in his face, because when he grabbed her hand, Lucifer pulled her down onto him, laughing as he did.
Lucifer wrapped his arms around Hermione, and his laughter subsided, his breathing steady.
Hermione's head moved up and down with the rise and fall of his chest; it was a steady rhythm that she could easily have fallen asleep, had she not remembered there were outside.
Hermione quickly grabbed some snow and shoved it in his face, making him let go of her so she could stand up.
It was nearing Five o'clock in the afternoon and Hermione excused herself so she could go and get ready, telling Lucifer she'd meet him in the Entrance Hall when she was ready.
Lucifer watched her walk away, and he wandlessly and non-verbally stopped a Snowball that someone had thrown at him.
He let it drop into the snow before he turned away from Hermione's almost retreated figure.
"Does she really need three hours to get ready?" Ron asked aloud.
"You'd be surprised at how long it takes a girl to get ready for a formal event," Fred said.
Lucifer left them at Six-thirty to go and get ready himself.
It's not that it would take him an hour and a half to get ready, it was to make sure he let nothing be short of perfect for his Dress Robes, his hair, etc.
It only took him a half-hour to get completely dressed and fitted to perfection, and he spent another half-hour making sure any minor inconveniences or abnormalities were taken care of.
When he got fitted for the Dress Robes, he actually asked Madam Malkin to style it after an American Suit, so he didn't have the long outer robe going down to his feet.
It was a Black Suit, with a Black Blazer, White Vest, Black Undershirt, and White Bowtie, with Black Slacks, Black Socks, and Black Dress Shoes.
As he stared into the mirror, Lucifer felt like all he was missing was a Cigar in his mouth and Eve (his cat) in his arm as he petted it.
He felt every bit the typical Villain you'd see in American 80's movies, and he liked it.
He had finished getting ready, ignoring his dorm mates, and coincidentally getting done at the same time they did, but they all looked self-conscious about their looks.
Lucifer himself was feeling confident and his entire appearance just screamed Class.
Out of all of his fellow Fourth-Year Gryffindor guys, only Ron looked the most self-conscious, as he looked at himself with an appalled look on his face.
There was no denying that his Dress Robes looked more like a Dress than anything, and he looked like he'd rather run around in his Birthday Suit instead.
In a desperate attempt to make them look less girly, he used the Severing Charm on the ruff and lace cuffs.
It worked, sort of; at the very least, he was lace-free for the most part, but it wasn't done neatly and they had a jagged look to them.
Seamus saw Lucifer's outfit and had to comment, "Why are your Dress Robes different from ours?"
"I asked Madam Malkin to Custom Make mine to be a Suit that would be worn in America. After seeing how traditional Wizarding Dress Robes looked, I'm glad I went with this," Lucifer said, making sure his bowtie wasn't crooked.
Ron was lamenting his misfortune as they made their way down the stairs, "I still can't believe you got one of the two best looking girls in our year..." Dean voiced.
"Who? Weasely did?" Lucifer asked.
"Yeah... I asked Lavender at first, only to find out she was going with Seamus here... then I asked Parvati... but she said that her sister still had yet to find a date, so I'm going with Padma..." Ron said, but it didn't look like he was thrilled about it.
Dean may very well have thought Padma and Parvati were the best girls in their year, but that, of course, did not mean Lucifer had to agree with his classmate.
Lucifer looked around as they got to the Common Room; he saw a multitude of colors as opposed to the usual Black with Red and Gold accents that were the Gryffindor School Robes.
He almost expected to see Hermione, but when he didn't he assumed she was still getting ready.
He did see Lavender there as she greeted Seamus with a friendly hug, but her eyes mostly looking towards in direction....he ignored her.
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Lucifer saw in the Common Room, noticing many girls looking at him up and down, as he was wearing something different from everyone else.
He had one hand in the pocket of his slacks as the other lazily moved forward and backward with the sway of his walk.
When they arrived down at the Entrance Hall, it was packed, literally packed with students, all milling about, waiting for Eight o'clock, when the doors to the Great Hall would be thrown open.
Lucifer was the last to step off the Marble Staircase, and he saw both Parvati and Padma, both looked rather beautiful.
Parvati, who was standing there with Harry, was wearing a shockingly bright pink set of Indian inspired Dress Robes, while her sister Padma wore the same styled ones, only hers were Turquoise.
She didn't look that enthused about
having Ron as a partner, "Hi," she said to him politely.
"Hi," Ron said back, not paying attention to her.
'Nice, Weasley, nice,' Lucifer thought to himself.
He did notice that Padma was eyeing him, not that she was trying to hide it.
He saw Eve walking towards them with Madeline not moving a step forward and waited backwards for her dance partner.
"Excuse me for a moment ladies, gentlemen," he said and walked in Eve's direction.
She continued walking towards him, and when close enough, she embraced him, "Lucifer, you look so handsome. I wish, you had decided to go with me instead," she looked him up and down like Padma did, but her eyes looked more starved.
He looked at her dress, it was a stunning reddish satin, and it hugged her figure nicely, "You look quite beautiful yourself."
"Thank you, I can see you having many, many dances tonight with many girls," she said, glancing around.
He did too and saw that a lot of girls were indeed looking over at him, even through the crowded Entrance Hall.
"My feet are going to be aching by the time midnight rolls around..." Lucifer could already feel the soreness rising in the balls of his feet.
"Well, I will let you go for now. I will come find you for a dance or two later," Eve said, kissing his cheek and walking back to Madeleine.
Lucifer smiled, his eyes traveling down to her butt for a moment.
He stopped admiring the view and went back to his friends.
"Where is Hermione?" Ron asked again.
"Why does it matter?" Lucifer asked him.
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