Hermione looked at the bride's maid dress, horrified. It was pink, frilly, and had six different kinds of ribbons on it.
"What are you looking at that dress for?
Hermione whirled around to find that standing behind her was George. But he wasn't the brilliant light he used to be. Two years ago, he had lost his other half, his best friend, his brother, his twin.
"This is the bridesmaid dress." Hermione said with a small smile.
George almost choked. "You're kidding. Bloody hell, I always thought my sister had good fashion sense. Maybe I was wrong all those years."
Hermione smiled. "Me too."
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Oliver opened his hazel eyes up to the sky as he stood in the stands, trying to enjoy himself at the Puddlemere quidditch stadium. This was his second most treasured place in the world, he felt most at home here.
"Aye Wood." Jeremy Print yelled, waving from the stands.
"Let's play one last game this season as a whole team." Trevor Reins yelled holding up two brooms. Behind him stood the rest of the team including the reserve.
Oliver's team won. James and Thompson high fived each other while they hooted. The others joined except Oliver who flew to the other side.
"My teammates are acting like underfed owls." Oliver made a face while Trevor and the others had a good laugh.
"You my boy will make an excellent captain, it's like you were destined to follow my footsteps."
"Way to make us all feel good Capt." Cody said.
"Yeah, yeah, you'll get over it Cody." Trevor just shook his head.
Oliver laughed but stopped when he spotted the press. "What the bloody hell is the press here for?" Oliver growled eyeing the ant sized crew in distaste.
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Hermione sat down with a long sigh. Oh god the bridesmaid dress was horrendous. Ginny really didn't expect her to wear that in front of the whole wizarding world to see did she? It was truly ungodly…U-G-L-Y.
When the door to the apartment slammed open. Hermione winced, the poor door had been slammed more this month than she could count with her fingers and toes.
"Oh my god Hermione I messed up really bad!" Ginny cried.
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"What are you people doing here. The season's over and we already had a press conference." Oliver stared down the press, he was pretty infamous for how much he did not like the press, they drew too much attention away from what really mattered, from the game to frivolous gossip.
No one answered.
"Mr. Wood how do you feel having an array of women in front of you?"
"Why does one of the most sought after bachelors in this world need to go on a show to find his one?"
"Mr. Wood is it true you are to appear on the Ultimate Bachelor 3?"
All these questions were fired at Oliver at once. He caught bits and bits. Some kind of show, lots of women, Ultimate Bachelor. Oh hell they didn't! Oliver thought horrified. "James Palay, Cody Cormac, Jeremy Print!" Oliver thundered.
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"Oh Hermione I didn't think I'd get picked. It was just to spite Harry, you know, but they actually picked me. And I signed a contract binding me so I can't marry anyone til I fulfill the contact or find someone better. But who's going to be better than Harry Potter's fiancé when I suddenly knew who."
Hermione listened that whole time and knew what she meant at the end. "Ginny NO. I can't, I'm not going on some stupid show with nineteen other women for one man. That goes against all my feminine pride."
"But Hermione, I'll do anything please. I'll even let you do your own makeup for the wedding. I know how much you hate it when someone messes with your makeup." Ginny said as Hermione made a face because Ginny tended to like to go overboard when it came to her.
Hermione thought about it for a second. Ginny was her best female friend, but Harry was her truest friend and this wedding meant the world to him, she couldn't be the one to ruin it. But maybe she could at least get something good out of this. "Ginny about the bridesmaid dresses..."