A/N: Thanks for all the reviews!! I'm going to try and get the next chapter up in a week, but I'm very busy with school right now, so I'm sorry if it comes a bit late. Here's chapter 4.

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Chapter 4 – A Closer Look

A few days later Dumbledore called all the prefects into his office again. "The Halloween dance is next week," Dumbledore began, "You and a partner will be I charge of organizing a certain part of the dance. Mr. Malfoy and Miss Abbott will be in charge of food, Mr. Weasley and Mr. Goldstein will be in charge of music, Miss Granger and Miss Parkinson will be in charge of decorations, and Miss Patil and Mr. Macmillan will be in charge of advertising for the dance.

Each team will have a group of 5th year students who volunteered to help with the dance. If you have any questions ask the head boy or girl, they will be in charge. Here is a list of tasks you will need to complete before the dance." He handed out different sheets to each pair. Hermione looked down at her sheet.

Decoration Team

Team Leaders: Pansy Parkinson and Hermione Granger

Group Members:

Luna Lovegood

Theodore Nott

Ginny Weasley

Sam Heart

You must decide what decorations are going to be used and purchase them (money will be provided). On the day of the dance you will have to decorate the great hall. Breakfast will be served in the Great Hall lunch will be relocated and dinner will be served at the dance.

Hermione looked up smiling. Her task wasn't very difficult and she got to work with Ginny who was one of her best friends and now she has a reason to talk to Pansy. Dumbledore dismissed them and they all left his office.

Hermione was now walking alone, because Ron had to talk to Anthony about the dance. Hermione heard her name and turned around to see Pansy walking towards her, she stopped and waited for Pansy to catch up. "Hey, I was thinking about the dance, we have to go to Hogsmeade to buy supplies. So when do you want to go?" Pansy asked.

"Well I was thinking we could go …" Hermione started, "Um, Pansy what's wrong?"

"Oh it's nothing,"

"Oh okay, well maybe we could buy the supplies …"

"It's Malfoy!" she exclaimed, "He bothers me so much … I mean we used to be friends before we came to Hogwarts, but now he always wants to hang out with Crabbe, Goyle or Blaise. I don't want to interfere if they don't want me involved. But whenever Blaise and Draco are together I feel like a third wheel.

"Oh wow, um … Pansy I never knew. I'm sorry. Well since you have no one else to hang with, we can hang out together. I don't have any close girl friends except Ginny and most of our classes are together."

"Really, you'd do that for me,"

"Yeah, you're way too nice to hang out with Malfoy. You don't deserve to be treated like that."

"Thanks. Anyway how about we have a meeting with our group and we can discuss what we want to buy and we can buy it this weekend."

"Yeah that's a good idea." They continued walking talking about everything. Soon they started talking about girl stuff. Hermione realized she didn't get to talk about this stuff much and she was having fun. Suddenly Hermione got a great idea. "Do you know what would be fun?"

"No, what,"

"The dance is next Sunday and we get Friday off to buy an outfit, right. So how about on Saturday night we have a sleepover. You can come over to my dorm. Not many people will be in the common room 'cause a lot of people are taking the train and going home to buy outfits."

"Oh a sleepover! That would be fun. We can read magazines, paint our nails and do girl talk. This is going to be a blast!"

"Okay, I'll check with McGonagall tomorrow morning. And tomorrow at lunch we can have a meeting with our group in the library. I'll tell Luna and Ginny, can you tell Theodore and Sam?"

"Sure, see you tomorrow. Good night."

"Bye." Hermione walked back to her common room. Once she saw Ginny she hurried over to her and told her what happened and about the sleepover.

"Cool, a sleepover. Can I come?"

"Of course, Gin,"

"Who else is coming?"

"Well I'm going to ask Lavender and Parvati tomorrow morning. And I already asked Luna."

"Oh, cool, well 'bye Mione,"

"Bye Gin." Hermione walked up to her dorm and grabbed her potions book, parchment, ink and a quill and walked back to the common room. She settled down in an armchair next to the fire and started working on the essay. Harry walked over and sat beside her starting to work on his own essay. A few minutes passed then Ron came through the portrait and walked over to them. He pulled out his essay and started writing. After a while he put his quill down and sighed.

"I need a break," Ron declared, "Harry want to play chess,"

"Nah, anyway what do you guys want to do next Friday. We get the day off."

"Well I wanted to stop at Zonko's and Honeydukes, oh yeah and we have to get an outfit for the ball. What do you want to do Mione?"

"Well I was going to spend the day with Ginny, we're going to get our outfits and some nail polish and make-up. We wanted to have a girlie day."

"Oh cool, well you two can do that," said Harry sounding uninterested.

"Yeah, you two have fun … her trailed off and the three of them got back to work on their essays. Hermione was the first one done so she moved on to her essay for History of Magic. Over the next hour she finished her History of Magic, Transfiguration and Herbology homework. After that she went up to bed.

The Next Morning

Hermione woke up and dressed. She was extremely cheerful because it was Friday. She showered and dressed quickly. As she was brushing her hair Parvati and Lavender woke up. "Oh good you're up. I wanted to ask you guys if you wanted to have a sleepover next Saturday,"

"A sleepover, I love Sleepovers, who else is coming?"

"Us three Ginny, Luna and Pansy Parkinson,"

"Why did you invite Pansy?"

"Well I was talking to her and she's really nice so I thought I'd invite her."

"Oh ok."

"Well I'm going to ask McGonagall for permission,"

"What do we need permission for?"

"Well, Pansy's a Slytherin and she's going to be in our common room so I have to make sure it's okay and same with Luna."

"Oh yeah, also I forgot are we gonna' eat in the great hall or are we gonna' get food from the kitchens?"

"I'm going to get food from the kitchens so we can have good food like pizza and chips."

"Oh good idea, see you later." Hermione walked out of the common room and headed towards Professor McGonagall's office. She had ten minutes before she had to meet Harry and Ron in the common room, so she had brought her bag. She knocked on the door and Professor McGonagall opened it.

"Yes Miss Granger,"

"Um Professor McGonagall, I was wondering me and some other girls wanted to have a sleepover next Saturday, but we invited Pansy Parkinson and Luna Lovegood. So can we have permission to let them in to our common room and dormitories for Saturday night and Sunday morning?"

"Hmm a sleepover. Well since you are a model student and you are setting an example of House unity sure."

"Thank you, bye Professor McGonagall." Hermione hurried back to the common room. Harry and Ron weren't there yet so she hurried up to the dormitories and told Parvati, Lavender and Ginny that they had permission. Then she hurried down stairs and waited for Harry and Ron.

"Hey mione, what were you doing up so early?" asked Ron.

"Oh, me and some girls are having a sleepover next Saturday, we're inviting Luna and Pansy so we need permission to let he into our common room." Said Hermione.

"Wait, Pansy as in Pansy Parkinson?"

"Yes Pansy Parkinson, is there anything wrong with me inviting he?" Hermione knew Ron was going to say something mean and she glared at him.

"Um … Uh… no nothings wrong with you inviting her," Ron stuttered.

"Let's go to breakfast," said Harry quickly.

After Lunch

Hermione, Ginny, Luna, Pansy, Sam and Theodore met in the library for their meeting. Hermione and Pansy explained what they were going to do. Then the group made a list of items they wanted. After Pansy and Hermione went and showed Dumbledore the list, he provided them with the money and they decided the two of them would buy everything tomorrow.

The next day Hermione and Pansy met in the Entrance hall after Breakfast and took a carriage to Hogsmeade. They arrived and they stopped at the supply store. They spent nearly an hour getting balloons, streamers, etc. After they were done the stopped at The Three Broomsticks and got some butterbeer.

So who are you going to the dance with?" asked pansy.

"Ginny, Harry, Ron and I thought we'd go as a group."

"That's what we're doing too. We were going to all get outfits from the same movie," she explained, "but we don't have any movie ideas."

"How about you all wear costumes from Disney movies," Hermione suggested.

"Yeah that's a great idea then you guys could do that too!" she exclaimed.

"Yeah I'll tell Harry, Ron and Ginny.

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