Chapter 11

Hermione and Ginny walked down Diagon Alley arm in arm. Hermione still loved the Alley, as it reminded her of the first time she found out she was not a freak, but a witch. She loved looking at all the different magical shops. Hermione paused in front of Flourish and Blotts, but Ginny quickly pulled her on. They were there on a mission, and Ginny refused to let Hermione get distracted. Ginny had told Hermione it was time they figured out their wedding dresses and bridesmaid dresses. It was a week after George and Padma's wedding and Hermione was still glowing from how amazing the day had gone. George had owled the Burrow to let everyone know they were having an amazing honeymoon and they would be back in three days.

Ginny led Hermione into Madame Malkins. Hermione had argued with Ginny about this, she had wanted to get a muggle dress. Ginny had eventually persuaded her to at least look in Madame Malkins. Hermione wished Pansy and Astoria had come too. The 2 purebloods had decided to stick to pureblood tradition and would be wearing their mother's dresses, which had been worn for generations.

Ginny immediately ran over to the wedding robe display, looking through them. Hermione reluctantly followed and started looking through the robes.

"Hello Miss Granger, Miss Weasley." A strange woman said smiling as she walked up to the women.

"Who are you?" Ginny asked, annoyed at being interrupted. She eyed the woman up and down, noticing the parchment and self-writing quill floating subtly behind her.

"I couldn't help but notice you were looking at wedding robes. The Prophet has been wondering who you would be marrying? Could I get an interview?" The woman asked.

Hermione felt her anger rise, and Ginny looked like she was going to hex the woman. Could they not get any privacy in the wizarding world anymore?

Hermione grabbed Ginny's arm and turned to the reporter. "No, you may not have an interview. We want to be left alone, if you would. Oh, and our weddings will be warded to keep out uninvited guests."

The woman looked shocked, as if she expected the war heroines to spill every secret for the Wizarding World to know. She quickly recovered and smiled sweetly at the girls.

"Oh, are you unhappy with your match? Do you not want people to know because you were matched with someone not worthy of the Golden Girl of the Golden Trio?" The reporter asked a little darkly.

"I am extremely happy with my match, I do not feel that anyone is not worthy of me. If anything I am not worthy of him. I know what you are trying to do. If you report anything that I do not approve of first I will report you to Minister Shacklebolt. I don't care if you think you have some right to make my life a living hell, but you do not want to mess with me. If you doubt my sincerity you may want to talk to your colleague, Rita Skeeter. If I see any stories about my wedding, or Ginny's, or any of my close friends or family you will regret it." The venom in Hermione's voice was clear to anyone who was around them. The reporter's smile immediately dropped off her face. Hermione smiled sweetly at the woman before steering Ginny out of the store.

Ginny's face was almost as red as her hair. Hermione could almost see the steam coming out of her ears from her anger. "Can you believe her? We haven't heard from reporters in a year! Why couldn't they just let us be?" Ginny cried. As the duo walked away from Madame Malkin's Ginny's face began to return to the right colour. Suddenly, a huge smile split face from ear to ear as she turned to Hermione. "That was incredible! You put that b- rat in her place!" Hermione smirked at Ginny's attempt not to swear in front of her. "Seriously, I should take you with me more often if it means I get to see angry Mione on the loose!"

Hermione smiled and put her arm around Ginny, "I'm afraid we are going to have to get used to never being left alone by the press. I can give you some of my tricks for dealing with them if you want."

Ginny sighed and leaned into Hermione, "Let's go to Muggle London, maybe we can be left alone there." Hermione nodded and led Ginny down to the entrance to Muggle London.

After leaving the reporter behind the day went a lot better. Ginny loved looking at all the different dresses the Muggles have for weddings. At each store the girls chose 5 dresses they really liked and then tried them on at the same time.

It was the third store when Ginny found her dress. It was a huge princess ball gown. The top was coated in crystals, making her sparkle with every step. But what made the dress perfect was the way Ginny couldn't stop smiling. Hermione felt tears in her eyes.

"Oh Gin, that's it. You have to get it," Hermione ran to her best friend and hugged her.

Ginny laughed, "Do you think Harry will like it?"

Hermione gave Ginny the "look", the one all best girlfriends had for the times when the other was being ridiculous. "He won't like it Gin, he'll love it! You look gorgeous!"

Ginny hugged Hermione back, a happy smile gracing her face. Needless to say Ginny had agreed to buy the dress.

Two stores later, Hermione finally found hers. It was mermaid style with cap sleeves and a sweet-heart neckline. It was corset, which gave Hermione an hourglass figure. Hermione had never felt more beautiful than when she wore the dress. When Ginny saw Hermione her jaw hit the floor.

"Mione, you look stunning! My brother will lose his mind when he sees you!" Ginny cried as she ran to hug her best friend.

Hermione looked at her reflection in the mirror, "You don't think it's too much? I don't want to look like I'm trying too hard. I like it, I really do, but I don't know if it will look good on the day." Hermione nervously bit her lip.

Ginny snorted, "You look drop dead gorgeous. If anything I should be second guessing my dress. There is no way I can follow your wedding if you look this stunning."

Hermione turned and looked at Ginny with a small smile. "I think I found my dress," Hermione said, smiling at her reflection in the mirror. Ginny hugged Hermione tight. For the first time, Hermione was actually excited that her wedding was so soon.

A/N: YAAAYYYY! Pat on the back! I actually updated when I said I would ;)

Thank you so much for the reviews after my last update, I have received quite a few responses saying they would like to see a Padma/George centric story. Thus, your wish is my command. It may be a while (knowing my writing and updating history) but there will be a George/Padma story in the future.

As I have said many times (and still mean from the bottom of my heart) YOU ARE ALL AMAZING! I love reading your reviews and knowing that you are still sticking with me even with my spotty updating history.

I am going to strive to have the next update done by the end of next week. It is going to be (hopefully) another 2 chapter update. This will include a bit of Daily Prophet trouble AND the next Weasley wedding - ASTORIA AND PERCY :) This was an interesting match to write as well, but I don't think it will be it's own story (unless my lovely readers change my mind ;) ). The wedding will be from Percy's POV to change it up again.

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