Wednesday December 7, 2005
18 Days until Christmas

4:12 PM

I know that work just ended, but Draco and I are absolutely thrilled. Madame Derwent sent back an owl saying that the potion we have so far worked miraculously and the patient remembered what had been forgotten within the past 6 hours of his life. Today, everyone sat in the library and did research quietly. I don't think words had been exchanged at all while we sat there. We were all so excited from the news that we just wanted to get more information to finish the potion off. I have a good feeling that we are going to finish the project way before January 20th comes around.

Well, Ginny and I are about to head out to Target, that department store I saw, to pick up some things to decorate with. I'm thinking about putting lots of lights on the ceiling, so when the lights are off, it will look like a star-lit sky. We also need to buy a huge tree to put up. It's going to be a fake one because Draco mentioned he's allergic to pine trees; and I thought he was perfect…

Later,
Hermione

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8:43 PM

I'm overly ecstatic at the moment. Us girls have finally finished decorating everything and without the help of the guys. Of course we did everything, well almost everything, with magic. Levitating charms are lifesavers, or else I don't know how we would have gotten all the lights up to the ceiling. Professor Flitwick had once taught me the charm to make the "fairy lights" that he would put all around the Great Hall, and it definitely came in handy tonight.

Our tree looks amazing and it's filled with lights and decorations all in silver and green. Ginny and I decided that we would go with Slytherin colors this year since Mrs. Weasley has decorated everything since I've known her, in Gryffindor colors.

Draco and Blaise have decided to treat us to something very special for all of our hard work. So they are working hard themselves in the kitchen trying, or actually succeeding, in making dinner for all of us. It's about time to eat, so I'm going to wash up to devour their wonderful cooking skills.

Night,
Hermione

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11:15 PM

I wasn't planning on writing anymore today, because I imagined that nothing eventful would happen as we were going to just watch TV.

Something has come to my attention while eating dinner, though. Ginny, the overly conscious girl who constantly worries about her body, has been eating a lot more lately. I know that it's nothing to worry about, but it's very odd behavior considering she's always going on about how fat she thinks she is. I'm just going to forget about it because I know that she's only acting this way because she's comfortable around Blaise and he won't be leaving her anytime soon. Aren't they adorable?

Buonanotte,
Hermione

P.S. Blaise has been teaching me a bit of Italian, and that means good night. It's quite remarkable to have someone around who speaks another language. Well, at least a language I don't know.