A/N: Okay...this is a h/h story! Don't hate me! If you don't enjoy these types of stories stop here, .:waits for readers to hit the back button:. Okay, thanks to all of you who kept reading! They're in the 7th year. enjoy, read and review! Bye!

Chapter One

Hermione Granger sat in an armchair, by the fireplace. Her homework was done, and she had done all the studying that she could stand, (which was a lot for her!) So, she just sat there in the chair, thinking about the upcoming ball, no one had asked her yet.

"Hey, Hermi." Harry Potter entered the common room, throwing his Firebolt in an empty armchair.

"how did Quidditch practice go?" Hermione asked.

"Good I guess," he smiled, "I'm surprised to see you're not behind a book."

"Harry Potter, is that all you think I do?" Her brown eyes flashed dangerously.

"That's not what I meant!" Harry said quickly, "It's just that midterms are coming up next and...I thought you'd be studying."

Hermione decided to be bold, "Harry?"

"Yes?"

"Do you have a date to the ball...yet?"

Harry smiled, "no I don't, do you."

"No," she answered quickly. They sat in silence for in silence for a minute.

"So," Harry said, breaking the quiet atmosphere, "Should we go together? Just as friends?"

Hermione was half thrilled he asked her, half disappointed that he wanted to go just as friends. Oh well, she reminded herself, they were JUST friends.

"That would be great Harry."

"Cool," he flashed her his one million-dollar smile.

Hermione went outside and trudged through the snow. By the time she reached the edge of the forbidden forest, her jeans were wet from the knees down.

She sat back against the trees. The ground was snow less due to the thick trees. She took out her diary, and a quill and wrote neatly.

Dear diary,

Today Harry Potter asked me to the ball! I said yes, he mentioned that we were only going as friends though. Oh well. Ron asked Lavender, and dean asked Professor Cho Changs little sister May. I need to travel to Hogsmead with Ginny tomorrow to pick up a dress. I studied for midterms all I could, and I feel prepared. I think I am going to go send an owl to my family. So tomorrow dress shopping, girt shopping and a Quidditch match against Ravenclaw. Good luck Harry!

Hermi

She walked over to a large blueberry bush. She pushed away its branches, slipping it inside. She felt it was safer here than a dormitory where snoopy girl lurked around. She put her quill in the pockets of her dark blue robes.

Ginny was lying on her bed, read a new issue of Magic Teen Magazine. She greeted hermione and tossed it aside.

"Guess what?"

"What?"

"Justin Finch-Fletchley just asked me too the ball!"

"Potter just asked me!"

Ginny looked a tad jealous but picked up the magazine and started to read again.

"oohh, "she sighed, "Rita Skeeter is writing gossip articles for this magazine now..."

A/N: Okay, please review, don't flame, I warned you. The next chapter is picking out dresses and getting caught up with May Chang's and her sister. Thanks!

Disclaimer: None of the characters belong to me, they are property of the brilliant J.K. Rowling. But hey, Magic Teen magazine belongs to me...*flips through magazine, hey look, 101 ways to dress up your wand!"