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your feedback. Um... id just like to say that I'm sorry for leaving this
as a cliffhanger, but there was no other way to tie this and the next
chapter together. Also, if you'd read my bio you'd know that I'm in
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7...hope you enjoy.
Chapter 7: Padma
That weekend, the four friends set out to Hogsmeade to buy new dress robes for the feast. It took the girls ages to find their robes, for they both had already decided what their dress robes should look like, and they had to get their specific dress. While they ravaged through the stores for the perfect dress, the boys went through the surrounding stores purchasing things like a new chess set and a few chocolate frogs.
After they all found their robes and various other gadgets for the feast, they headed to the Three Broomsticks for a butterbeer.
"Are you guys coming?" Harry asked the two girls, whom he had noticed were lagging behind them. He turned around and saw them staring through the window of a store a little ways back.
"You guys go ahead," Ginny remarked while pushing the guys toward the pub, "We've got to go into one more store really quick. You know how it is." She then grabbed Hermione by the neck of her robes and pulled her into the store.
"Why'd we come in here again Ginny? This is a stationary store, there's nothing in here we need for the feast?!" Hermione asked while remaining in the doorway.
"Just get in here will you! C'mon." She walked to the back of the store and stood behind a large shelf. "I think Ron's going to ask you Hermione."
"Ask me what?" She picked up a quill and began examining it.
Ginny grabbed the quill form her hand and slammed it back into its place. "The feast! I heard him and Harry talking about it."
"You did?"
"Yea, wouldn't it be great if you went with Ron and I went with Harry?" Ginny had that far off, dreamy look in her eye again. It often appeared when Harry was the topic of conversation.
"I don't know Ginny, I mean, well, it would be great, but the chance that Ron will ask me is about as big as me failing the OWLS."
"HERMIONE! Have you looked into the mirror lately? You are a rather attractive person, Ron would be nuts not to ask you!" Ginny was practically jumping up and down in frustration.
Hermione's cheeks slowly blushed. "I'm just not going to get my hopes up." She headed toward the front of the store. "I don't want to get hurt, like last year."
"Come one Hermione, use your imagination." She placed a hand on her shoulder, and spun Hermione around so she was facing her. "Do you know how perfect everything would be?"
"Yea, I know. It's just."
"No buts. Lets go back there and claim our men!" Hermione laughed. Ginny always knew what to say to make her feel better.
"Ok, we'll go" Ginny practically dragged Hermione out of the store and into the Three Broomsticks. "Hey guys!" Ginny bounced herself into the chair across from Harry. Hermione sat in the chair next to her. "What's up?"
"Not much." Ron said, taking a swig of his butterbeer. "Where'd you go?"
"Oh, does it matter? They didn't have what we were looking for anyway." She eyed Hermione to make sure she was going along. Ron too looked over at Hermione and she shrugged. "I seem to have a problem getting what I want lately." She suggestively looked Harry in the eye, he immediately turned a shade of dark crimson.
Catching Ginny's every move, Hermione spit her butterbeer all over the table in front of her. "Uh, I'll be right back." She got up and walked towards the bathroom. 'That's just like me, to spit butterbeer all over my robes when I'm supposed to be attracting Ron.' She thought to herself. Hermione opened the door to the restroom and ran directly into Lavender and Parvati.
"Hey Hermione! Oh my gosh! Did you get new robes today? We did. I'm so excited, aren't you excited?" Lavender said, all in one breath. Hermione was exhausted just listening to her speak.
"Yea." Hermione walked over to the sink and began wiping the stain with a towel.
"Great! You and Ginny HAVE to come up to the room, and we'll compare!" Parvati squeaked, almost as fast as Lavender. They had to be the most giggly, girly people she'd ever met.
"OK." Hermione continued to blot out the stain.
"Great!" They both said before heading out the door.
Hermione sighed. 'What are you doing Hermione?' she asked herself. 'You're a witch.' She got out her wand and in a second any trace of the butterbeer was gone.
Meanwhile, back at the table Harry, Ginny and Ron sat talking. "So, Ron. Who are you going to ask to the dance?" Ginny asked, careful not to sound too intrigued.
"I dunno. Maybe I'll ask Lavender again." He studied the bubbles in his drink.
"WHAT?!" Ginny practically jumped out of her seat and into her brother's face. "Dear brother.why would you want to do something like that?"
"Well I don't know.I don't want to mess things up with well, you know who. And I've already gone with Lavender before and.I just don't know." He continued to stare into his drink.
"Ron," Harry said, "You're not going to mess things up with Hermione by asking her to the feast." He couldn't believe his ears.
"Besides, she already thinks you're going to ask her!" She smacked her brother upside his head.
"Ginny! What'd you do? Uh, I just need to think a little more ok?"
"You can't afford to screw this up Ron." Harry looked over at him.
"Yea.so who are you going to ask Harry?" Ron remarked, knowing full well that he wanted to ask Ginny.
Harry turned a light shade of pink. "Well, I, um." He looked up at Ginny. "I'm not sure yet." He too studied the bubbles in his glass.
"Not sure about what?" Hermione asked while sitting back down in her chair.
"His date for the feast." Ginny answered, raising her eyebrows at her female friend.
"Oh, that." She smiled, thinking how perfect it really would be if the two went together.
Harry stood up from the table. "Well, it's getting dark, we should probably head back."
They quickly finished off their drinks and got up to leave. Padma Patil squealed with delight as the fab four left the Three Broomsticks. She had been sitting in the booth directly behind them and had listened to their whole conversation. As soon as she heard Ron was going to ask her twin sister, she ran off to find her. She thought if a hunk like Ron wanted to take her sister out, she had the right to know as soon as possible.
A/N It should probabally be a week before the next chapter's up. I'm going to try and get them up every Friday or Saturday. Also, I've got a D/H story titled All I Really Want. I'm really putting as much effort into it as possible, it's my baby, so if you like "complicated" D/H stories please check it out. Thanks -Sorceress019
Chapter 7: Padma
That weekend, the four friends set out to Hogsmeade to buy new dress robes for the feast. It took the girls ages to find their robes, for they both had already decided what their dress robes should look like, and they had to get their specific dress. While they ravaged through the stores for the perfect dress, the boys went through the surrounding stores purchasing things like a new chess set and a few chocolate frogs.
After they all found their robes and various other gadgets for the feast, they headed to the Three Broomsticks for a butterbeer.
"Are you guys coming?" Harry asked the two girls, whom he had noticed were lagging behind them. He turned around and saw them staring through the window of a store a little ways back.
"You guys go ahead," Ginny remarked while pushing the guys toward the pub, "We've got to go into one more store really quick. You know how it is." She then grabbed Hermione by the neck of her robes and pulled her into the store.
"Why'd we come in here again Ginny? This is a stationary store, there's nothing in here we need for the feast?!" Hermione asked while remaining in the doorway.
"Just get in here will you! C'mon." She walked to the back of the store and stood behind a large shelf. "I think Ron's going to ask you Hermione."
"Ask me what?" She picked up a quill and began examining it.
Ginny grabbed the quill form her hand and slammed it back into its place. "The feast! I heard him and Harry talking about it."
"You did?"
"Yea, wouldn't it be great if you went with Ron and I went with Harry?" Ginny had that far off, dreamy look in her eye again. It often appeared when Harry was the topic of conversation.
"I don't know Ginny, I mean, well, it would be great, but the chance that Ron will ask me is about as big as me failing the OWLS."
"HERMIONE! Have you looked into the mirror lately? You are a rather attractive person, Ron would be nuts not to ask you!" Ginny was practically jumping up and down in frustration.
Hermione's cheeks slowly blushed. "I'm just not going to get my hopes up." She headed toward the front of the store. "I don't want to get hurt, like last year."
"Come one Hermione, use your imagination." She placed a hand on her shoulder, and spun Hermione around so she was facing her. "Do you know how perfect everything would be?"
"Yea, I know. It's just."
"No buts. Lets go back there and claim our men!" Hermione laughed. Ginny always knew what to say to make her feel better.
"Ok, we'll go" Ginny practically dragged Hermione out of the store and into the Three Broomsticks. "Hey guys!" Ginny bounced herself into the chair across from Harry. Hermione sat in the chair next to her. "What's up?"
"Not much." Ron said, taking a swig of his butterbeer. "Where'd you go?"
"Oh, does it matter? They didn't have what we were looking for anyway." She eyed Hermione to make sure she was going along. Ron too looked over at Hermione and she shrugged. "I seem to have a problem getting what I want lately." She suggestively looked Harry in the eye, he immediately turned a shade of dark crimson.
Catching Ginny's every move, Hermione spit her butterbeer all over the table in front of her. "Uh, I'll be right back." She got up and walked towards the bathroom. 'That's just like me, to spit butterbeer all over my robes when I'm supposed to be attracting Ron.' She thought to herself. Hermione opened the door to the restroom and ran directly into Lavender and Parvati.
"Hey Hermione! Oh my gosh! Did you get new robes today? We did. I'm so excited, aren't you excited?" Lavender said, all in one breath. Hermione was exhausted just listening to her speak.
"Yea." Hermione walked over to the sink and began wiping the stain with a towel.
"Great! You and Ginny HAVE to come up to the room, and we'll compare!" Parvati squeaked, almost as fast as Lavender. They had to be the most giggly, girly people she'd ever met.
"OK." Hermione continued to blot out the stain.
"Great!" They both said before heading out the door.
Hermione sighed. 'What are you doing Hermione?' she asked herself. 'You're a witch.' She got out her wand and in a second any trace of the butterbeer was gone.
Meanwhile, back at the table Harry, Ginny and Ron sat talking. "So, Ron. Who are you going to ask to the dance?" Ginny asked, careful not to sound too intrigued.
"I dunno. Maybe I'll ask Lavender again." He studied the bubbles in his drink.
"WHAT?!" Ginny practically jumped out of her seat and into her brother's face. "Dear brother.why would you want to do something like that?"
"Well I don't know.I don't want to mess things up with well, you know who. And I've already gone with Lavender before and.I just don't know." He continued to stare into his drink.
"Ron," Harry said, "You're not going to mess things up with Hermione by asking her to the feast." He couldn't believe his ears.
"Besides, she already thinks you're going to ask her!" She smacked her brother upside his head.
"Ginny! What'd you do? Uh, I just need to think a little more ok?"
"You can't afford to screw this up Ron." Harry looked over at him.
"Yea.so who are you going to ask Harry?" Ron remarked, knowing full well that he wanted to ask Ginny.
Harry turned a light shade of pink. "Well, I, um." He looked up at Ginny. "I'm not sure yet." He too studied the bubbles in his glass.
"Not sure about what?" Hermione asked while sitting back down in her chair.
"His date for the feast." Ginny answered, raising her eyebrows at her female friend.
"Oh, that." She smiled, thinking how perfect it really would be if the two went together.
Harry stood up from the table. "Well, it's getting dark, we should probably head back."
They quickly finished off their drinks and got up to leave. Padma Patil squealed with delight as the fab four left the Three Broomsticks. She had been sitting in the booth directly behind them and had listened to their whole conversation. As soon as she heard Ron was going to ask her twin sister, she ran off to find her. She thought if a hunk like Ron wanted to take her sister out, she had the right to know as soon as possible.
A/N It should probabally be a week before the next chapter's up. I'm going to try and get them up every Friday or Saturday. Also, I've got a D/H story titled All I Really Want. I'm really putting as much effort into it as possible, it's my baby, so if you like "complicated" D/H stories please check it out. Thanks -Sorceress019