Hermione, Ginny and Lizzie all sighed in content as they continuously pointed at shop windows. The boys rolled their eyes and talked about everything from Quidditch to the band to even magazines. As they reached a café Hermione stopped and turned to face the group.

"Ok so here's the plan. Dan and Alex, you two can help this lot find the right clothes for the gig. You know what sort of stuff they need." She said as she pointed towards Harry and the Weasley boys. They nodded as confirmation to her order.

"And Gin, Liz and I will find the clothes we need. Whoever finishes first, just go to wherever the changing rooms are for those people. 'Kay?" they all nodded. Charlie looked at Hermione.

"Hermione, are we wandering around looking for clothes? I don't mean to be completely obvious but none of us can speak French." He stated as he pointed to his little group. Hermione smiled in response.

"Don't worry. We're only going to use this shop here. I've got you covered; I know the owner." She said as they entered the store.

As they entered Lizzie and Ginny gasped in awe; the shop was filled with the latest fashion but was completely empty; giving them the perfect amount of space for browsing through the items of clothing. Hermione walked up to the counter and rang the bell sitting on the desk. Thirty seconds later she heard some shuffling and shouting as a girl made her way downstairs.

"Yeah well at least I know how to play Monopoly and don't cheat!" she yelled up the stairs. A male voice from above soon answered back.

"I don't cheat! You're just jealous because you suck at Hungry, Hungry Hippos!"

"Am not! I beat you three times at that you numbskull!" she yelled back. She groaned loudly.

"Hey Marie. How's it going?" Hermione asked, trying not to laugh at her little argument with her flatmate. Marie whirled round and grinned at the group.

"Hermione! I was wondering when you were going to come back. Clive won't shut up about his bloody board games. This is what I have been reduced to; a twenty-one year old woman playing Hungry, Hungry Hippos with her flatmate. How bad is that?" she asked exasperatedly.

Hermione laughed. "Extremely."

"Although I'm sure you're brilliant at Monopoly and don't cheat." Harry said grinning his head off at the situation. Marie grinned back.

"Hey Clive, you hear that, Hermione's friend says I'm fabulous at Monopoly." She yelled up the stairs.

"You still can't play Hungry, Hungry Hippos though! Wait Hermione's here? Jesus Christ!" two seconds later, Clive came bounding down the stairs and crashed into Marie at the bottom. The whole group laughed whilst Marie looked extremely uncomfortable.

"Get off me you great lump!" she yelled.

"Sorry Ari. Hermione!" he said as he got up. He went and hugged Hermione with so much force she thought she was going to pop.

"Clive…I can't breathe…needing air…NOW!" she gasped out.

"Oops…sorry." He apologized as he let go. He glanced at the group with a thoughtful expression.

"Clothes? For all of them?" he asked disbelievingly. Hermione nodded.

"You can help them find the right clothes. You know what sort they need. Thanks for offering! You're a star." She said smiling at him. He rolled his eyes.

"Yeah well, you owe me big for this. I'm talking lunch AND dinner."

Hermione smiled.

"Love you Clive! Come girls; let's get shopping!" and with that, the girls wandered off and started picking out a dozen different types of outfits all at once.

Clive sighed loudly as he watched. He turned to the boys.

"Guys, you are going to be in here for a long time." He said as he led them to the male clothes section. The group of males, excluding Alex and Dan, all looked at each other nervously, having never been on a shopping trip with Hermione of all people. Clive soon spoke up.

"Right then…let's get shopping."


On the other side of the shop Hermione, Ginny, Lizzie and Marie were all giggling and sighing at the different outfits. Hermione quickly marched over to the tops rack and pulled out a forest green shoulder top that had light blue tropical flowers on it in the corner.

"Lizzie, this top is definitely you. It will go great with your hair." Although Hermione wasn't keen on shopping, she did have a good fashion sense and always knew what suited her friends according to their different appearances.

"Wow it's gorgeous! I'm going to try this on. Can I pick out some more as well?" she asked looking at Hermione with pleading eyes. Hermione looked at her and sighed.

"You're not going to let me out of here anytime soon are you?" Lizzie shook her head I response. Hermione groaned.

"Fine. But if the boys start yelling at me and threatening to kill me, I'm sending them over to you. Got it?"

"Crystal clear Mia." And with that Lizzie took off to the other racks and selected many other pieces of clothing. Ginny stared in amazement.

"Wow, she's worse than me." she remarked. Hermione laughed.

"That, in itself, is a tremendous feat." Ginny just glared in response.

"Right I don't want to be here all day. Let's get shopping." And with that, Hermione and Ginny also started picking out items of clothing, with help from Marie.

Two and a half hours later the boys were done and still waiting for the girls and the Weasleys were getting slightly hungry. Charlie stood up from his seat and went into the girls changing rooms.

"Are you almost done? We're starving." He complained to Ginny, Lizzie and Marie, who were standing outside one cubicle that had Hermione in it.

"Charlie for goodness' sake, stop whining. Hermione is almost done. We just had to get her to try on this dress. After that we can go." Ginny said, glaring at her brother's annoying impatient form.

"Fine." He said, whilst crossing his arms and pouting slightly.

"Honestly Charlie, you're as bad as Ron when he doesn't get what he wants." Hermione said as she stepped out of the cubicle.

"Hey! I heard that!" Ron shouted from outside the changing rooms.

"Good. You were meant too!" she shouted back, smiling.

"Hermione you look stunning! You pull off that dress like a charm." Lizzie commented sighing at her best friend's natural beauty.

"Oh my god Hermione, you have to buy it. You look gorgeous in it. Doesn't she Ginny?" Marie exclaimed admiring Hermione's dress.

"Absolutely. Charlie what do you think?" Ginny asked turning to her second eldest brother. But Charlie didn't respond.

He couldn't believe this was the same Hermione Granger he had met just last year. The dress that she was wearing left little to the imagination. It was made with a mixture of satin and silk. The bodice was a silk embroidered corset with thin shoulder straps and the skirt part was floor length with chiffon silk hanging over the skirt. The colour of the dress, which was wine red, made Hermione's hair seem more luxurious and sleek and brought out the colour in her eyes.

"Charlie? You there Charlie? Earth Charlie?" Ginny said waving a hand in front of his face.

"It's no use Ginny, he's hypnotized. Nothing's going to save him now." Lizzie said whilst Marie was giggling next to her. Hermione however, was blushing like a tomato at the acquired attention.

"Guys what is taking so long in there?" Ron asked as he and the rest of the males stepped into the changing rooms.

"Charlie's been hypnotized." Ginny explained smiling brightly at her brother.

"By what?" Ron asked confused.

"By me, apparently." Hermione said as stepped around Ginny and into the view of the other males.

It was so silent you could have heard a pin drop. The boys were speechless just like Charlie. After a few seconds, Harry caught his breath and spoke.

"Hermione you look…wow." He stammered out. After that compliments came from all around, including Charlie, who had now snapped out of his trance. Fred and George came right up to Hermione and started circling her.

"You know what Forge?"

"What Gred?"

"I think our little Hermione has grown up." Fred dramatically put his hand over his heart and pretended to cry.

"We're so proud of our little Mione." Hermione rolled her eyes, knowing exactly where they were heading.

"If you even think about it, I'll make sure you'll never be able to produce children for your mother to fuss over." Hermione threatened as they started closing in on her. They looked at each other before shrugging.

"We'll take our chances. SANDWICH HUG!" they screamed before enclosing Hermione in between them.

"Guys…suffocating…can't…breathe!" Hermione choked out as she had done when Clive had basically hugged her to death. Soon enough the twins let go of her and smiled.

"We're done now." They said together. Hermione glared at them.

"When I get out of this dress, you'll be more than done…you'll be bloody well dead! So you better start running now or so help me I will curse you both into next century!" Hermione yelled at them. They smiled back, edging towards the door.

"We love you Mione!" they chanted, before sprinting off to find a hiding place. Hermione groaned.

"Bloody arseholes." They group laughed and ten minutes later after paying for everything and finding Fred and George, they decided to head over the street to get some lunch.