A/N: Hey everybody! I got a great idea for this chapter from one of my reviewers (you know who you are, thanks a bunch!) So I'm going to use it right now. Sorry I took so long to get the last chapter up, but this one should be much quicker! Please review!

Chapter 8

Hermione looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a light pink spaghetti srap tanktop, her favorite denim capris, and a pair of white flip- flops. Her fingernails and toenails were painted a glittery pink (to match the tank, of course) and a dolphin toering was placed on her left foot to match the dolphin necklace she wore around her neck. Her hair consisted of perfect curls, rather than the bushy thing that once grew upon her head. As for make-up she wore only pink sparkly eye shadow and a slightly tinted lipgloss.

'There,' she thought. 'I'm ready.'

It had been nearly two weeks since Charisma had called, and finally it was the day of the concert. Hermione had spent the last two hours getting ready, making sure she looked absolutely perfect, and now she was excpecting Charisma and her mother to pick up her and Draco at any moment.

"Honk, honk!!" came the sound of a car horn from the driveway. Hermione jumped with a little squeel, and rushed down the stairs, where she nearly crashed into Draco at the bottom.

"Excited, are we?" he asked with a smirk.

"Duh!" she replied playfully before pushing past him and rushing out the door.

Not much had happened between Draco and Hermione since the kiss. Draco had been acting like nothing happened, and Hermione played along under an unspoken agreement. She figured that as long as Draco remained civil and friendly towards her it would be best to keep the peace between them.

"Hurry up, Draco!" shouted Charisma from the backseat of the car where she was sitting next to Hermione.

Draco laughed. "We have plenty of time to get there. Really, it's not that far away," he said good naturedly as he climbed into the passenger seat.

"And we're off!" shouted Charisma's mother. "Are you guys excited?"

"YES!!!" exclaimed Charisma and Hermione in unison.

The two could barely contain their excitement during the hour and a half drive it took to get there. They were practically bouncing up and down in their seats and they talked non-sotp, unintentionally ingnoring Draco, who was happier to be discussing nearly anything else with Charisma's mother.

Finally, when Hermione thought that she was about to burst because she couldn't take it anymore, they made it to the stadium where the concert was being held.

"EEEEK! We're here!" Charisma yelled, jumping out of the car before her mother had properly shut off the engine. Hermione was out of her own side only a heartbeat later. Draco and Charisma's mom had to run to catch up to them.

"Slow down girls!" Charisma's mom said. "We still have over a half hour to get inside, we'll be fine."

She ushered the three teens into the stadium, showing the tickets to a ticket man, and locating their seats.

"Oh my gosh Risma, look how close we are!" Hermione squeeled with delight. "Fourth row, I can't believe this!" She threw her arms around her best friend and enveloped her in a hug.

"I know Mione! This is so great!"

"You girls want anything?" Charisma's mom asked, pulling out her wallet.

"A diet cola."

"A rootbeer for me, please."

"Draco, you want anything."

"No, thank you." he said politely.

"Kay. You three stay here and I'll be right back."

"So Draco," said Charisma, squeezing inbetween Draco and Hermione. "Are you excited?"

"Yeah, kind of," he replied casually. "I'd never even heard of Avril Lavigne before you called Mione about the tickets, but she let me listen to her cd a couple of times."

"Really? You've never heard of Avril! Wow! What kind of music do you like to listen to?"

"Oh, anything really."

'She's flirting with him!' Hermione suddenly realized. 'What does she think she's doing? Course, it's not like I care... I don't even like him!' But all the same she was feeling pretty jealous.

"Oooh, Mione, look!" Charisma said suddenly, pulling Hermione out of her train of thought. "The opening band is onstage."

"Who are they?" Hermione asked, becoming excited once again.

"Says here that they're called 'Screaming Silence,'" Draco told them, looking at a flyer.

"Never heard of them before... I wonder if they're any good?"

"They have to be good! They would never be performing with Avril otherwise." Charisma said, as if it were obvious.

The three rocked out to a really loud alternative type song, followed by a slightly slower type of song played by the five awesome guys on stage who made up Screaming Silence. When it was over, one of the vocalists/guitarits came up to the microphone. "Hey everyone, my name's Matthiew. I hope you enjoyed our music. If you'd like a copy of our cd, you can pick it up after the concert for only $8.99. Now here's what you've all been waiting for... Ladies and gentlemen, here's Avril Lavigne!!"
Kay, that's it for now. My dad's kicking me off in five minutes, and I want to get this chapter up before he does. The rest of the concert will be in chapter nine. Expect that to be up in a within the next couple of days.