ACT I, Scene 3: The Gryffindor Common room.
Its chaos in the Gryffindor common room.
Everyone is hurrying to get ready for the Yule Ball. Even Professor McGonagall is getting anxious. She ran into Ginny Weasley.
"Ginny, where is Hermione? Tell her I want to see her."
"I swear by my life, I called her a year ago!" Ginny exclaimed as she ran up the stair in the girl dormitory. "Hey, Ladybird! Oh, come on!!! Where is she?! HERMIONE!!!"
At that moment, Ginny bumped into Hermione.
"Who wants me?" Hermione asked.
"Professor McGonagall," and with that, Ginny grabbed Hermione's hand, and led her down to the common room. Hermione then spotted Professor McGonagall
"I here, what is it?" she asked the old Professor.
Professor McGonagall smiled and led Hermione to the sofa to sit down.
"Here's what I want to talk to you about. Ginny, would you excuse us for a while, this is private-" Ginny huffed and tuned around, hurt by the exit. McGonagall then had a change of heart. "Wait, come on back. We don't have any secrets from you. You know my Hermione's growing up."
"She older than me, of course she is."
"She hasn't yet turned 18."
"How long will it be till September 19th?" Ginny asked
"A week or so."
"I heard stories of when you're mother used to breast feed you," Ginny smiled. "They wanted to stop breastfeeding you, so your mom put some bitter stuff on her nipple and when you tasted it, they said you had this look on your face and spit it out!!!"
"Enough already, give it a rest," McGonagall laughed. So did Ginny.
"Could you two please shut up about that?" Hermione said, getting embarrassed.
"Okay, okay, I'm finished. But your parents always said that you would become the prettiest baby ever. I hope I live to see you get married."
"Speaking of that," McGonagall began. "That's what I wanted to talk to you about. What do you think, Hermione? Are you ready to be married?"
"I never really thought about it."
Ginny jumped up.
"Never thought about ?! If I didn't know that I was your only best friend, I would say that you got some wisdom from me."
McGonagall hushed Ginny up.
"Well, it's time to think about it: socially proper witches here in Hogwarts who are younger than you are already mothers. If I remember, I had you when I was about your age, while you're still a virgin."
Hermione looked at McGonagall weirdly: this was WAY too much information.
Professor McGonagall went on.
"Here's the point: brave Justin Finch-Fletchley would like to marry you."
"What a man, girl!!!" He's a babe!!!" Ginny squealed
"There's not other guy in Hogwarts to compare," said McGonagall
"He's perfect!!" jumped in Ginny. "Merlin, absolutely perfect!!"
"So what do you say?" asked the Professor. "Could you love him? You'll see him tonight at the Yule Ball. Read Justin Finch-Fletchley's face like a book, and you'll find happiness written there with a pen of beauty. Look over all his features and see how they all look perfect together. Anything that seems hidden in a 'book' like Justin you can find revealed in his eyes. He's like a beautiful book of love: all he needs is the cover. Like beautiful fish live in the beautiful sea, his beautiful outside hides his beautiful heart."
"Hope! Not less!" Ginny put in "Women get bigger shortly after they're married!" Professor McGonagall dismissed Ginny's words and looked at Hermione.
"So what do you think, could you love Justin?"
Hermione considered this.
"I'll look him over, if that'll help me decide. But I won't go any farther with him than would be proper in public."
Right then, Neville entered the common room.
"Professor, the guests are arriving, the food is ready, and Dumbledore is asking for you and Hermione. Apparently they're cussin' out the house elves in the kitchen 'cause their not helping, and everything is ready."
"We're coming," was McGonagall's reply. Neville nodded and left the room.
The professor turned to Hermione
"Hermione, your 'Prince Charming' is waiting!" and with that, McGonagall left the room.
Hermione looked perplexed as to go about this situation. Ginny's words of wisdom helped.
"Go, girl. Some nighttime fun and daytime happiness is in your future."
She turned to Ginny and hugged her.
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That's it for Act I: Scene 3. R/R!!!
Its chaos in the Gryffindor common room.
Everyone is hurrying to get ready for the Yule Ball. Even Professor McGonagall is getting anxious. She ran into Ginny Weasley.
"Ginny, where is Hermione? Tell her I want to see her."
"I swear by my life, I called her a year ago!" Ginny exclaimed as she ran up the stair in the girl dormitory. "Hey, Ladybird! Oh, come on!!! Where is she?! HERMIONE!!!"
At that moment, Ginny bumped into Hermione.
"Who wants me?" Hermione asked.
"Professor McGonagall," and with that, Ginny grabbed Hermione's hand, and led her down to the common room. Hermione then spotted Professor McGonagall
"I here, what is it?" she asked the old Professor.
Professor McGonagall smiled and led Hermione to the sofa to sit down.
"Here's what I want to talk to you about. Ginny, would you excuse us for a while, this is private-" Ginny huffed and tuned around, hurt by the exit. McGonagall then had a change of heart. "Wait, come on back. We don't have any secrets from you. You know my Hermione's growing up."
"She older than me, of course she is."
"She hasn't yet turned 18."
"How long will it be till September 19th?" Ginny asked
"A week or so."
"I heard stories of when you're mother used to breast feed you," Ginny smiled. "They wanted to stop breastfeeding you, so your mom put some bitter stuff on her nipple and when you tasted it, they said you had this look on your face and spit it out!!!"
"Enough already, give it a rest," McGonagall laughed. So did Ginny.
"Could you two please shut up about that?" Hermione said, getting embarrassed.
"Okay, okay, I'm finished. But your parents always said that you would become the prettiest baby ever. I hope I live to see you get married."
"Speaking of that," McGonagall began. "That's what I wanted to talk to you about. What do you think, Hermione? Are you ready to be married?"
"I never really thought about it."
Ginny jumped up.
"Never thought about ?! If I didn't know that I was your only best friend, I would say that you got some wisdom from me."
McGonagall hushed Ginny up.
"Well, it's time to think about it: socially proper witches here in Hogwarts who are younger than you are already mothers. If I remember, I had you when I was about your age, while you're still a virgin."
Hermione looked at McGonagall weirdly: this was WAY too much information.
Professor McGonagall went on.
"Here's the point: brave Justin Finch-Fletchley would like to marry you."
"What a man, girl!!!" He's a babe!!!" Ginny squealed
"There's not other guy in Hogwarts to compare," said McGonagall
"He's perfect!!" jumped in Ginny. "Merlin, absolutely perfect!!"
"So what do you say?" asked the Professor. "Could you love him? You'll see him tonight at the Yule Ball. Read Justin Finch-Fletchley's face like a book, and you'll find happiness written there with a pen of beauty. Look over all his features and see how they all look perfect together. Anything that seems hidden in a 'book' like Justin you can find revealed in his eyes. He's like a beautiful book of love: all he needs is the cover. Like beautiful fish live in the beautiful sea, his beautiful outside hides his beautiful heart."
"Hope! Not less!" Ginny put in "Women get bigger shortly after they're married!" Professor McGonagall dismissed Ginny's words and looked at Hermione.
"So what do you think, could you love Justin?"
Hermione considered this.
"I'll look him over, if that'll help me decide. But I won't go any farther with him than would be proper in public."
Right then, Neville entered the common room.
"Professor, the guests are arriving, the food is ready, and Dumbledore is asking for you and Hermione. Apparently they're cussin' out the house elves in the kitchen 'cause their not helping, and everything is ready."
"We're coming," was McGonagall's reply. Neville nodded and left the room.
The professor turned to Hermione
"Hermione, your 'Prince Charming' is waiting!" and with that, McGonagall left the room.
Hermione looked perplexed as to go about this situation. Ginny's words of wisdom helped.
"Go, girl. Some nighttime fun and daytime happiness is in your future."
She turned to Ginny and hugged her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
That's it for Act I: Scene 3. R/R!!!