For most Hogwarts students, the Triwizard Tournament Yule Ball was something new, because they had never attended such a grand occasion. But for children from families like Draco's, it was nothing special; they did not even need to prepare formal attire especially for it.
Georgiana spotted Charles dancing with Alice in the crowd. In truth, if one looked closely, he did not resemble Cedric all that much, and Alice looked nothing like Cho Chang either.
Even Ravenclaw, famed for its intelligence, could not avoid such scenes. But as long as Cho Chang said nothing, no one would notice. Fortunately, this "prank" ended with the ball. Perhaps it was because the girls had found a new target for their jealousy—Hermione Granger, dancing with the Bulgarian hunk. Even Ron was jealous.
As for Harry's partner, Padma, she might not have been an especially good dancer, but she skillfully controlled Harry. Perhaps Harry's tendency to be controlled by others helped as well. But women were mostly like that—"Today is my big day, so don't you dare ruin it." A groom would face the same sort of bride on his wedding day. She would even diet for a month just to squeeze into the wedding dress she had had her eye on for ages, all to achieve the perfect wedding she had planned.
Women possessed an extraordinary force of presence in certain matters. Smart people knew not to oppose them at such times and simply cooperate. At the very least, it would prevent her from dragging the matter up and nagging about it for the rest of their lives.
Before she learned that Albus and Grindelwald had that kind of relationship, she would never have analyzed such a possibility. But now, perhaps she truly had nothing better to do, so she considered which of