A/N- You could almost skip this chapter if you wanted to. (Don't! I'm just saying you ALMOST could.) It's really fluffy, and I hated writing it because it has girly stuff in it. I'm not a girly-girl, so excuse me if the whole dresses and makeup thing didn't make sense. I don't have a sense of fashion.

This chapter is for stephhe, my 200th reviewer! Thanks! I never thought I'd get so many!

Chapter 14- Of Green and Silver Dresses

The next day was Friday, the due date of the Muggle Studies paper. Hermione had successfully produced a four-and-a-half page paper, and Draco a three page. Content, she turned it in, relieved to be finished with the project. She was, however, rather disappointed that she wouldn't have and excuse to work with Draco anymore. Admittedly, she had enjoyed his company, but it was clearly obvious that he didn't return her feelings.

Little did she know that sitting right next to her, Draco was thinking the exact same thing.

"Well, Hermione, it was nice working with you." Draco said, holding out his hand.

Hermione cocked an eyebrow. "Shake?"

"Hey! I'm trying to be friendly. You might as well accept- it won't be offered again."

Hermione grinned, then shook it. "I'm going to hold you to that."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Someday, you'll be married, having kids, being friendly to everyone. And I'm going to remind you about how you said you'll never be friendly." Hermione grinned a little sadly- she didn't like to think about Draco being married to anyone else. After reading dozens of fics where they ended up married, it seemed… wrong for him to end up with anyone else.

"Ew. You make me sound like a sap."

"Every true man has a sappy side to them."

"Hermione, that just ruins the meaning of the word 'man'."

She rolled her eyes.

"Well!" Professor Merridew said. She had just finished collecting the papers. "I like the look of these! They look quite interesting, I'm looking forward to reading them. Since you worked so hard, you may have a free period."

The class began to shuffle their seats backward.

"Ah-ah-ah! No moving. You all have Hogmail, there is no need for you to group up and make a ton of noise, okay?" Professor Merridew said. The class groaned, but sat back down.

Hermione logged on, and noticed that Ginny, Harry, and Ron were already together in a chat room.

Me- Hey guys!

RW- Hi Hermione

HP- Hi Hermione

GW- 'Sup.

HP- Why aren't you talking to Malfoy?

Me- What's that supposed to mean!

HP- You're always talking to him.

RW- You TALK to him?

HG- We were partners, Ron! How am I not supposed to talk to him?

RW- You just… don't. You're smart. You could've done it yourself.

HG- Ron- really?

RW- He's a bloody Death Eater!

DM- *Groans*…. Can we just get OVER that already?

RW- Malfoy?

GW- Ooo, this oughta get good.

RW- What do you want, ferret?

DM- What, I can't have a conversation with you people?

HP- No.

DM- Well, you guys are just right little rays of sunshine, aren't you?

RW- Shut up.

HG- Draco, what do you want?

RW- Oh, so he's Draco now?

HG- We were PARTNERS Ron! Draco, what do you want?

DM- I'm bored! You're sitting right next to me, chatting, and I'm alone.

RW- Gee, I wonder why.

"Draco, get off." Hermione said, turning to him. She could feel Ginny, Ron, and Harry's eyes on her back. "You're going to make him mad!"

"I know." He gave an evil grin. That's what he gets for dating Hermione!

HP- He's such an idiot.

RW- Tell me about it.

HG- Can we stop it with the Draco-bashing?

RW- Draco-bashing?

HG- Never mind, it's a FanFiction term. People actually use it a lot about you.

RW- Hey!

HG- You don't even know what it means, you can't complain.

BZ- Hello people!

DM- Ha! I have back-up now!

HP- We have been invaded by Slytherins!

PP- Draaaaaakie!

DM- Oh God.

BZ- Well, you have fun with Pansy, mate. I'm out.

GW- You all do realize there are different chat rooms to join?

HP- Let's go!

Ginny Weasley has joined ChatRoom2.

Harry Potter has joined ChatRoom2.

Ron Weasley has joined ChatRoom2.

Hermione Granger has joined ChatRoom2.

HP- We're free!

GW- Hey, Hermione, Parvati and I have set a date today for Hogsmeade.

RW- What are you guys doing?

GW- Prettying her up for the dance tomorrow.

RW- Oh! I forgot about that! Hermione, will you go with me?

GW- *Rolls eyes* Ron, you are so pathetic.

HG- Sure, Ron.

RW- Kay, good.

HP- Oh, there's the bell.

RW- Bye.

HG- Bye.

HP- Bye.

GW- Peace.

DM- Bye.

HG- Malfoy?

DM- You know, there's a way to log into these things without anyone knowing. Oh-and I'm looking forward to seeing you 'prettied up' for the dance! ;) (I seriously have to thank Blaise for teaching me those.)

Hermione Granger has logged out.

DM- Oh, that's nice.

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"Come on, Hermione! They're waiting!" Ginny grabbed Hermione's wrist as she was pulling on her shoes and dragged her down to the common room.

"Ginny, you're going to make me sprain my ankle." Hermione complained as she stumbled onto a couch and bumped into someone. She turned around- it was Padma Patil.

"Hello, Hermione." She said in her slight Indian accent.

"Hello. Who forced you here?" Hermione knew she didn't come on her own free will- Padma was a Ravenclaw, and put studies before looks.

"Parvati," she said as she gestured to her sister, who was chatting with Ginny. "Apparently, we are their 'special projects'."

"Been there, heard that."

"Alright, let's go!" Ginny said as she pulled her faux fur-lined jacket tighter. Even though she was bundled up to face the cold, she still managed to look cute. "We've got a lot to do, and so little time."

"This is going to be so much fun!" Parvati gushed as they exited the Gryffindor common room. "Too bad Lavender's not here. She's too busy pining after Ron."

"Really?" Hermione said.

Parvati's eyes widened. "Oops! I forgot!"

"Oh, it's no problem." Hermione reassured her. She really didn't care. Lavender could have Ron for all she cared.

The whole way to Hogsmeade, they made small talk. It was times like these that Hermione would regret making two boys her best friends. It had deprived her of some good girl conversations.

"So… where are we going?" asked Padma, snow crunching under her boots.

"Madam Tiffany's." Parvati answered.

Hermione groaned. "Seriously? That's, like, the girliest place ever!"

"Exactly." Ginny said with a grin. When they stepped into the large building, Hermione was met by three things she despised:

Pink.

Perfume.

And frills.

Padma screamed. "I am leaving now!" But her sister caught her by her upper arm. "Oh, no you don't."

"Parvati!" A high-pitched French voice gushed from the far side of the room. Hermione turned to look, and was greeted by the sight of a fat woman, dressed in completely pink, rushing towards Parvati. She smelled overbearingly of perfume. "How are you?"

Parvati gave her air kisses. "Hello Tiffany! I'm fine. Well, here they are: Hermione and Padma." Madam Tiffany turned to them, twirling a blonde ringlet with a chubby finger.

"Ah, we hahve work to do! Zis will be fun!" Tiffany snapped her fingers. "Marlene! Jessica! Come!"

Two much skinner, much younger girls rushed to her side. They were dressed in matching pink and yellow ribbony uniforms. "Yes?"

"Marlene, you will take zeese two girls to look at dresses along wiz Ginny. Jessica, I weell come wiz you and Parvati to deescuss make-up and hair, okay? We will make sure zeese two have special day!" Tiffany clapped her hands together and smiled wide. "Alright!"

Marlene came up to Hermione and Padma. "You both are petite, so we'll take you to that section. Follow me." The three girls followed her to the back of the studio, which was white. Hermione's eyes thanked her.

Ginny spoke up. "What colors do you two want?"

"I was thinking a gold, bronze or royal blue." Padma said. "I'll be a true Ravenclaw."

"Cut?" Marlene asked.

Padma thought for a moment. "Nothing floor length- I'll trip. I don't want strapless either."

Marlene took out her wand and levitated a couple dresses to Padma in varying lengths, colors, and styles. "Through that door right there- trying rooms." She directed.

"What about you, Mione?" Ginny asked.

"Hmm…" Hermione thought for a moment. "I'm not quite sure." She looked to Marlene for help.

"Well, your skin is rather light, and you this hair will look nicer when curled. Hmm… Maybe a pale blue, or lavender?"

"No…" Ginny said. "She wore periwinkle to the Yule Ball and lilac to Bill and Fleur's wedding."

"Ah… What about sea foam green? Or a darker blue? Perhaps even a red." Marlene suggested.

Hermione nodded. "Blue or red sounds nice… but not green!" Her mind quickly shot to Draco.

Ginny smiled. "She'll try all three." Hermione glared as Marlene piled four dresses onto her arm. She walked over to the room where Padma had gone and stepped in.

The first dress was a strapless red one that was floor-length. It had gold swirls embroidered onto the bodice, and poofed a bit. Hermione instantly hated it- it was like a princess.

The second was a deep blue, spaghetti-strap, and right above the knee. It was simple, and flared a bit. She liked it, but when she tried it on, it fit in all the wrong places. It looked simply incorrect.

The third and fourth were both sea foam green. One was strapless and plain, it just hung straight down and ended at her ankle. The other had a spaghetti strap and ended at the knee, and it had more of a design that was in silver. She instantly liked it- it wasn't too prom-y, and it fit perfectly. As she was twirling in the mirror, something dawned on her- it was Slytherin colors. She inwardly groaned.

"Hermione?" Ginny knocked on her door. "Are you done? Let me see!"

"Um…" Hermione said. Oh, it was pointless to try and hide it. "Okay." She unlocked the door and stepped out.

"Eee!" Ginny squealed. "It's perfect!" She herself was wearing a turquoise gown that brought out her eyes and complimented her hair.

Hermione grinned. "Thanks…you look great yourself. But you don't think this is too… Slytherin?"

Ginny smirked. "No way." It's just Slytherin enough.

"Hermione, you look wonderful." Padma stepped out of her dressing room, wearing a deep royal blue dress that looked nearly identical to the one Hermione had discarded. On Padma, it looked great.

"So do you!" Hermione said.

"We all do." Ginny agreed. "Now let's change back before we ruin these and go see where Parvati went."

A few minutes later, Marlene was leading the trio to the opposite side of the room, where Tiffany, Jessica, and Parvati were chatting in front of mirrors. "Here they are!" she announced.

"Did you guys pick out your dresses?" Parvati asked. The girls nodded. "Great! Time for make-up and hair!"

"Wait- how are we going to keep it on? The dance is tomorrow night." Hermione pointed out. Padma nodded in agreement.

Ginny laughed. "Hermione- magic?" She said in a 'duh' tone.

"Oh." Hermione hadn't thought about beauty spells, but they probably did exist. "Okay then."

"Oh, you two make me laugh." Tiffany said. "So, for zeese one," she pointed at Hermione, "we weel do a light makeup job. Nozing big. And zen on zeese one, we weel do same, but more on eyes. Make zem pop!"

Jessica nodded, then pulled out various cases and began. She put a light layer of make-up, just as Tiffany had instructed, some pretty eyeshadow, and a little lip gloss. Hermione grinned at her reflection. She usually hated makeup, it was so unnatural, but this was okay. When Jessica was done with Padma, she looked simply stunning. Her eyes truly did pop.

"Now onto hair." Tiffany said. "I will take care of Miz Patil, Jessica, you take the other."

Jessica walked up to Hermione and grimaced slightly at her hair. "Well, you certainly have volume!"

Hermione grinned apologetically. "Yeah, it's bushy. It's usually tamer, but this is what cold weather does to it. It gets all static-y."

Jessica nodded. "Well, it's wavy, so it'll curl nicely. Do you want anything fancy, or…"

"Actually, I don't. Could you just leave it down?"

"Of course." Jessica said, slightly surprised. "You're not one for girliness, are you?"

"How'd you know?" Hermione joked. "Yeah, the redhead dragged me here."

"Oh." The two conversed about the dance and such things as Jessica curled Hermione's hair and placed a pretty green and silver pin in it. Hermione wanted to smile and cringe at the same time. It was so pretty, yet so… Slytherin.

"Alright." Jessica finally said. "We're done." Hermione looked in the mirror and gasped. Her hair was done in elegant ringlets that weren't overly unnatural, but not too informal. On one side, it was pulled to the side with the pin.

"It's gorgeous!" She said. She'd never be as pretty as Ginny or Parvati, but at least she could look good.

"Yep! So, I'm going to get rid of it now. But to bring this whole look back tomorrow, you'll have to wave you wand in a circle around your head and say Memoris Vultus."

"Alright." Hermione said as Jessica wiped away the hair and makeup and brought back frizzy Hermione. "Thank you!"

"You're welcome." Hermione leapt off the chair and ran to her friends, who were done as well.

"Let's go then!" Ginny said. And they did.

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"Draco is going to love her." Ginny whispered as Hermione ran up to her bunk.

"I know." Parvati agreed. "Now I just have to get Lavender to-"

"Shh!" Ginny interrupted. "Someone might hear. We both know the plan. We don't need to risk talking about it."

"Okay. We might as well go to bed now too."

"Yeah… right after I email Blaise and recap."

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To: italianman

From: SilverEyes

Subject: Me

Hey mate, guess what? I won the Muggle's MTV movie Best Villain Award! I am totally awesome. Even they love me.

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To: SilverEyes

From: italianman

Suject: You

I question how you even know about the MTV movie awards in the first place.

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A/N- Sorry about that last part… couldn't resist! I love how Tom Felton won. He totally deserved it! He's such a great actor, personally, I think he plays Draco better than Dan plays Harry.

Anyway, I think I only got three or four of you who asked for a sequel. (Okay, you begged.) I don't think that's enough, so I'll give you a little peek into what it'll be about: it's going to be based off of A Very Potter Musical because I LOVE that play, and have wanted to write a fic on it.

The next chapter will also have AVPM in it. Deal with it if you don't like it! (Although I don't know why you would.)

Arrgh! This is long again! Whatever. Bye! REVIEW! Please.