Saturday morning. Hermione Granger woke up in her town house like any normal weekend morning. Stayed in her pajamas and had a cup of coffee to shake off the late night she'd had with Malfoy last night… woah, there's a sentence she never thought she'd think.
She couldn't shake the feeling that she was forgetting something…
Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
On her front steps stood a Weasley trio.
She thought Percy's eyes would bug out of his head when he saw her, and she pulled her robe tighter. But she should've known better; nothing shakes Percy except for his job, and that was what was appalling him at this moment.
"Hermione!"
"Percy!"
"Hermione!"
"Percy?"
"Fred!"
"Ginny!"
"Yes, thank you for that, Fred and Ginny. What is going on?"
Ginny snorted, and pushed past her brothers and into Hermione's house.
"Careful there 'Mione, I think you're giving Percy a heart attack."
"Yes, brother dear, I don't believe that shade of puce suits you very well."
With a sinking feeling Hermione realized that she definitely had forgotten something today. She accio'd her calendar, and cursed.
The first fundraising dinner.
The dinner she had scolded Ron for not sending out the invites for.
She bolted upstairs leaving two laughing and one very stressed Weasley in her foyer.
One hour later, and Hermione was as presentable as anyone planning to promote their political campaign for financial support should be. Tight bun, vaguely sexy but mostly professional dress, dark lipstick. She'd spelled away any frizz and blemishes for added effect and tried to make sure her tights didn't have any visible runs in them. Power heels? Power heels.
"See Percy? It's not so bad. Even Hermione Granger can't be on time and on top of everything 100% of the time, and we're only slightly late for preparations now. We've budgeted time for someone to be late to the prep stuff today… though I will say, I did not expect it to be Hermione…"
"Yes, thank you Fred. How are we getting there?"
"Enchanted car."
"Broomsticks."
"Not in this outfit."
"Apparating it is then. Does everyone know how to get there? It's the Muggle hotel by St. Mungoes, so just apparate to Mungoes apparation point and we can walk from there."
And in four loud cracks, they were gone.