Chapter 3: Beautiful Girls
The week passed slow. This was the first week of my life I actually didn't want to go to classes. I know, it's a shock. I was just so excited to go to my first real dance with Ron, the boy of my dreams. From the way he was acting around me, he seemed really nervous and that made the girls and I laugh every time he did something stupid. I thought it was cute.
Finally, it was Saturday. We went to breakfast in jeans and t-shirts and then retreated into my room. We could hear the boys-the Gryffindor ones at least-in the Head Common Room laughing and talking. First, we decided to get into the partying mood and turned on some music. Everyone pooled their favorites, so we had some Jonas Brothers, Weird Sisters, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, and Katy Perry.
We had a pretty interesting dance party until Kacey saw the clock.
"Aaaah!" She screeched. "We only have four hours to get ready!"
"Alrite, alrite!" I called with a laugh, turning down the music. "Let's do hair first." We all changed into shorts and tank tops and took out our combined hair supplies. "Let's all do each others in an updo."
"Good idea." Sarah said. "We'll do like a French twist bun with some curls hanging out and bangs clipped back."
"Oooh...that will look pretty." Ginny said with a grin. "Let's get started." We all got into a circle and did each other's hair all at once. When we were done, we all looked gorgeous, with the same basic hairstyle and different variations on it depending on who had done who's hair.
"Alrite, what's next? We all look beautiful, so how can we enhance this beauty even more?"
Sarah POV
"Let's do nails, then get in our dresses and do makeup." Hermione grinned.
"Alright," Ginny said. "Shall we all do French manicures? After all, our hair is up in variations of the French twist, so it only seems right that our nails are French too."
"I agree, but let's paint our French tips in different colors." I suggested.
"Yes!" Kacey exclaimed. "That's a cool idea."
"Let's partner up! I call Kacey!" Ginny exclaimed.
"Alright, that puts us together, Hermione."
Hermione grinned at me in response and we all got started. Another hour later, after several coats of nail polish, we opened up the door a crack to air out the room.
"Who's hungry?" Ginny asked as we air-dried our nails, speeding up the process with our wands.
"I think we all are, but just how are you planning to leave this room without letting the boys see you? They're right outside." I pointed out.
Ginny smiled slyly. "I'm not planning to leave the room. Harry ordered Kreacher to come when I call."
"Kreacher comes when you call?" Hermione asked incredulously. "B-but you don't even live with him! Ron and I have lived in Grimmauld Place since two weeks after the Final Battle and he doesn't come for us."
Ginny shrugged. "I guess we'll have to hit the books on that later. For now, it's time to put on our dresses."
We all pulled on our dresses and did each other's makeup fairly quickly. When done, we had five minutes to spare before we were supposed to meet the boys in the Entrance Hall. Ginny, Kacey, and Hermione had told their dates to meet them in the Entrance Hall instead of the Head common room because Draco couldn't very well come in there and they wanted us all to meet our dates together.
"Alright, are we ready to go?" Hermione asked, slipping on her shoes. We all followed suit and Hermione opened the door slowly to make sure all of the boys were definitely gone. "Let's get down there." She said with a grin.
We took our time walking down and as we were approaching the last staircase, I could see the boys waiting in a corner, Draco standing off to the side.
"Well, girls, let's go." Ginny grinned at us all as we started descending the stairs.
The boys had seen us coming and made their way to the bottom so they met us when we got there. As I walked towards him, Draco walked to meet me and pulled a rose from behind his back.
"Hello, Sarah. You look beautiful." He said quietly.
"Thanks." I said shyly, taking the rose and smelling it. "And thank you for the flower, it smells beautiful. And...you look quite good yourself." I said, admiring the way he looked in all black.
Kacey, Ginny, and Hermione also got flowers from their dates and were exchanging similar pleasantries. I spelled mine to my dorm so it would stay alive on my nightstand and I wouldn't have to worry about it all night.
"Shall we go in?" Draco asked, holding out his arm.
I smiled at him. "Yes."
Kacey POV
Jose handed me a daisy with a low bow and a grin when I reached him, then stood and kissed me on the cheek. "You look gorgeous, Honey-bear."
"Thank you." I said with a grin back.
"Shall we go and dance?" Jose asked.
"Of course." I smiled. "You do know how to dance, right?"
"Oh!" Jose pretended to look offended. "Si, Senorita, of course I do! I can do the salsa and the tango and any other dance you can think of, including the macarena." He grinned cockily at me and I giggled.
"I think everyone can do the macarena, honeybun." I replied, taking his hand but letting him lead me into the Great Hall.
Ginny POV
"Hey, Harry." I said with a smile.
"Hello, love." Harry smiled, taking my hand and kissing it then pulling me in to give me a real kiss. When he pulled away he handed me a boquet of flowers.
"Mmmm, Harry, they're beautiful."
"Just like you." Harry said with a charming grin.
"Oh, shut up." I said, hitting him on the arm.
Harry laughed and put his arm around my waist. "Let's go in."
Hermione POV
"Hi, Ron." I said, kissing my boyfriends cheek.
"Hermione...y-you look gorgeous." Ron said with an awed look.
"Thanks," I said, blushing.
"Well, let's go in. I think they're serving dinner first." Ron said, grabbing my hand.
"Is food all you think about?" I asked with an incredulous look.
"No." Ron looked afronted. "I'm merely stating the facts."
I rolled my eyes as we walked into the Great Hall.
