((A. N. I'm so sorry I haven't updated! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! I'll do a much over due Christmas chapter soon ^.^ R&R please!
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Chapter 34
The day of the party had come round quicker than expected and seventh years were all in a flurry getting ready. Especially those who were helping out.
"Sirius, that's not green! It's purple!" Hermione frowned, walking forward and lowering his wand, which had purple streamers floating from the end.
"Oh," Sirius grinned "I knew that."
She rolled her eyes "Course you did. Green, not purple." She waved her wand and pointed it at the ceiling. Green streamers spurted from the tip.
"Show off." He muttered, creating silver to be paired with her green.
"There. That's the decorations done."
"Yep. Now we can go and get ready."
Hermione grinned, recalling how much fun she had had at the Yule Ball.
"Who are you going with?"
"No-one," he shrugged "Never got round to it."
"And you have broken many girls' hearts." She laughed.
"Oh well, honestly, none of them stood a chance."
She rolled her eyes, smiling.
"'Mione!" Lily called from across the room "Ready?" She grinned.
Hermione grinned back "Ready," she turned to Sirius "See you." And with that, she ran off to meet Lily, linking arms with her and walking out.
James walked over to Sirius "There's gonna be mistletoe, y'know." He said, rocking on his heels.
"Yeah, but she's Moony's date. I can't do that. It wouldn't be fair."
"Mate, I ddon't think he'd mind."
Sirius shrugged "But she's still going with him."
James sighed "You're so bloody stubborn."
"Lily, can you do my dress up for me, please?"
The two girls were in their dormitory, their party things sprawled on their beds.
"Yep." Lily smiled, walking over to the brunette, zipping up the dress at the back "Thisdress really does suit you, Hermione."
She smiled "Thank you. Yours looks amazing."
Lily grinned "D'you think James would like it."
"I'm sure he'll love it. You really do like him, don't you? You're perfect together, I can see you going far."
Lily blushed faintly "Really?"
Hermione nodded, smiling genuinely "Really. How're you having your hair?"
"In a knot at the bottom."
"That'll look nice," she smiled "I'm going to try to tame my hair so it's wavy."
She nodded "I know a spell that'll calm it down for a while."
"Fab." She grinned, pulling her necklace over her head "I got you something."
"What?" Lily looked up at her.
"I got you something." She pulled a box out from under her pillow and handing it to her.
Lily Tom the box and opened it, smiling.
"Thank you."
Inside was a silver ring, the shape of a leaf, which wrapped around the finger.
Hermione smiled "Shall I do your hair?"
Lily nodded "Yes please."
Hermione stood behind Lily and began on her hair, using her wand to set it in place.
After a while, the two swapped places. Lily murmured a spell and Hermione's hair became less frizzy, forming soft waves that cascaded down her back.
Hermione smiled and stood . She handed Lily her mask and said a spell, a semi-permanent sticking charm, which Lily repeated on her.
"Ready?" Lily asked, slipping her shoes on.
"Ready." Hermione nodded, doing the clasp up on her shoes.
The two grinned at each other and began to walk down the stairs, hearing rather agitated voices.
Sirius, Remus and James stood in the Common Room, all dressed in Musketeer costumes.
"Why isn't it staying on?" James grumbled as he attempted to push a plain black mask onto Sirius' face.
"OI!" He muttered, pushing him away "That hurts!"
Remus shook his head "If you listened, Lily gave us a spell."
"Oh."
Remus attached his mask to his face before attaching James' and Sirius'.
James was facing the stairs, leaning on the sofa as Remus and Sirius strolled around the room.
"Woah." He said, eyes wide as the two girls walked down the stairs.
Remus turned and saw the two "Wow." He breathed.
Sirius turned his head around and let out a low whistle, eyes locked on Hermione.
The two girls blushed and walked down the last the last steps.
James walked forward, scooping up Lily in his arms and spinning her around, planting a kiss on her forehead.
"Absolutely stunning." He murmured softly.
Remus walked over to Hermione, as did Sirius.
"You look beautiful, Hermione." Remus smiled down at her.
"You... Wow... Amazing... Look..." Sirius stared at her.
Remus clicked his fingers in front of his face "What Sirius is trying to say is that you look absolutely divine and he would like the first dance with you."
"Yeah..." Sirius murmured "That..."
Hermione blushed even more "I'd love to, Sirius."
Sirius' jaw dropped, and then his face cracked into a grin.
Hermione smiled.
"Well, well, well," James smirked "Moony the matchmaker. Right, now we need to get downstairs."
Sirius looked at Remus, who nodded, and oustretched a hand to Hermione.
She smiled and took it, lacing her fingers with his.
((A. N. I know Lily should technically have her own common room with James, but it's a FanFic, things can change.))