The next morning Harry found he was awake earlier than usual. Since he couldn't go back to sleep Harry decided to go see if Hermione had left to talk to Antoinette already. Harry was surprised at himself, he normally never thought about Antoinette, well not this much anyway. Maybe it was because he had never known anyone who'd actually talked to her before.
Harry climbed out of his four-poster and tied his robe around him and headed down the stairs into the common room, quietly. He was just in luck! There was Hermione walking quietly to the portrait hole. Harry hurried over as quietly as possible and sneaked out of the hole as she did. He almost tripped into her when she stopped suddenly to listen to the noise. Harry guessed Hermione was as excited as he was to talk to Antoinette. The halls were very dark and it was a little hard to see but Harry's eyes were already getting used to the darkness as he hid behind a statue.
Hermione stopped a few feet away from the statue and tapped her foot anxiously. She stopped and looked straight forward as she heard the noise of feet shuffling. It was Antoinette. And even though it was dark, Harry could still make out every curve on her. She was dressed in her robes just like he was. She had on a shiny royal blue night gown and a see-through blue robe that flowed as she walked. Antoinette was one to match the Ravenclaw colors to her outfits, and she always looked nice doing it. Harry smiled and watched her as she flipped her mid-back-length shiny brown hair over her shoulder as she stopped in front of Hermione.

"Hello!" Antoinette smiled brightly, and whispered. She hugged Hermione as she always did to all her friends.

Harry watched intently at the girls' every move.

"Hi, Antoinette, wow you look… hmm, you look gorgeous." Hermione stumbled over her words.

"Aw, thanks, and you look fabulous yourself, that Gryffindor robe looks fantastic on you." She looked at the robe closely and realized that it wasn't as great as she said it was.

"Oh, thanks." Hermione blushed lightly, good thing it was dark.

"Well, anyway, Hermy, I called this little meeting because, as you should know, the girl I normally spend my time with got suspended." Antoinette sighed and looked at her beautifully manicured nails as she spoke.

Hermione nodded.

"Well, since you're such a sweetie and what not I wanted to know if it was alright if I spent my time with you when we go to Hogmeade today." Antoinette asked, as if it were nothing.

Hermione's face burnt brightly. How could this happen? Her? Antoinette Strauss was asking to hang out with Hermione! This was a secret dream Hermione wished for but never spoke of.

"Oh, um… erm… yes! Sure! Of course!" Hermione finally muttered.

Harry couldn't even believe his own ears. He would get to spend an entire day with Antoinette, his friends, and talk to Oliver! This was going to be fantastic. And with a little luck, Harry hoped, he could spend some alone-time with her.

"That's fantastic, Hermy," Antoinette blew her a kiss and turned to walk back to the Ravenclaw house. She waved without looking back at Hermione.
Hermione was too shocked to speak. Wow. She turned to walk and immediately tripped over someone. It was Harry, who forgot he was in hiding and had been inching towards Antoinette as they spoke.

"Harry!" Hermione hissed, "What are you doing?!"

Harry fumbled back to his feet, "I just wanted to see what was going on."

Hermione rolled her eyes and figured now was not the time to get upset. She walked back to the Gryffindor house, leaving Harry alone in the dark.

'Wow' was all he could think. He couldn't wait to tell Ron.