A/N: Hey y'all! Well, thanks to all of you who reviewed, I really
appreciated it! Here's the next chapter!
Disclaimer: Do you really think I'm JK?
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The Autumn Ball was approaching, and Hermione realized that she had yet to pick a dress for the ball. She decided to go out and get a dress on the next Hogsmeade weekend with Ginny and Padma.
Meanwhile, Draco had the same thoughts. He always wondered where he could get some Muggle clothing in an all wizard town. Deciding on going with Justin to find a suit, Draco went in search of his Hufflepuff friend.
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The Hogsmeade weekend came much quicker than expected. Hermione, Ginny, and Padma had set out to find their own dresses, while Justin and Draco went in search of theirs.
"Uh, Hermione?" Ginny asked, "Do you think we can find Muggle clothing in Hogsmeade?"
"Of course! In fact, there's the store that sells dresses." Hermione replied, pointing to a small store hidden behind the Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. The trio made their way over to it, glad to find that it was practically empty, save the two workers.
Ginny had made her way to the pale green dresses, while Padma searched the lavender dresses. Hermione herself went through different racks, searching for the perfect dress. She looked over her shoulder and spotted Ginny eyeing a pale green dress, which fell just below her knees. Hermione then called out to her.
"Ginny, that dress is absolutely gorgeous! Go try it on and see if it fits." Ginny nodded and disappeared behind a royal blue curtain. Hermione noticed that Padma was still searching, but had moved to the black dresses.
Hermione moved from rack to rack, still looking for a nicely cut dress. She wanted something that was classic, simple yet sexy. Finally, she reached a rack that held the perfect dress. She picked it up and moved to the dressing room, noting that Padma had already found her little black dress.
Hermione slipped on her dress, noticing that it seemed to fir her figure perfectly. Her dress went just below her knees. It was a spaghettis strapped pale blue dress. The dress was simple, but it seemed so sexy on Hermione and it screamed perfect. Hermione smiled at her reflection and it replied.
"Honey, you look perfect! I hope you buy this dress, it looks fantastic on you!" Hermione blushed and mumbled a thank you. She stepped out of the dressing room to find that Ginny was admiring herself in the mirror. Hermione cleared her throat and Ginny whipped her head around.
"Oh, Hermione! You look so beautiful! Wow, that color really suits you!" Ginny exclaimed, taking in the sight of her friend.
Hermione smiled and said, "Thanks, Gin. That dress is really beautiful on you! It brings out the light green color in your eyes. Are you going to get that one?"
Ginny looked at herself in the mirror again, twirling around and finally said, "Yeah, I think I'll get this one. You know, now that we have enough money. After Fred and George made money in their joke shop, they've been sending me money. Are you going to buy that dress?"
Hermione considered herself in the mirror again and replied, "Yes, I'm going to buy this one." Looking around, Hermione added, "Have you seen Padma? I thought she went into the dressing rooms but she isn't here."
Ginny looked over Hermione's shoulder and smiled. Hermione turned around and was met by a beautiful blonde woman wearing a slinky black dress.
"Padma! You look beautiful! Wow, you'll knock Justin off his feet once he sees you!" Suddenly remembering her date, Hermione sighed. "You know, I don't know why Dumbledore would want the prefects to go together. He never did it last year."
Ginny, looking thoughtful, said, "I think it's because he wants those inter- House relationships going on. You know, he's been encouraging that ever since your fourth year and when the Sorting Hat warned us in my fourth year."
"Yeah, yeah, I guess that's why." Then Hermione added under her breath so neither girls could hear her. "Well, it's not as if I mind." Hermione then blushed and giggled, causing the other girls to eye her strangely.
"Erm, yeah. Let's get going, shall we?" Padma said. "We should go and get lunch." Checking her watch, she then added, "I'm supposed to meet Justin at the Three Broomsticks." With a small wink she said, "He's bringing Malfoy."
Hermione's face flushed again and said, "So? Why would you wink at me?"
Padma shrugged and said slyly, "Well, you know, I walked downstairs a couple of days ago and I noticed a certain someone hugging a certain someone."
Ginny, who had been silent for most of their conversation, now had her motuh hanging open and her eyes widened.
"You hugged -Malfoy-? After all he's done over the years, you actually hugged him?" Ginny asked, shocked.
Out of the corner of her eye, Hermione noticed Padma looking very smug. "Well, I was just thinking of, you know, Harry and Ron, and I got a bit emotional, so I needed some comfort and Dra- Malfoy was the closest person there. Besides, what does it matter if I hugged him? He had just said that he was a friend and I needed someone like that." Hermione added huffily.
"Well," Ginny said, "At least you have got a new friend. My brother and Harry have been nothing but slimy gits since the beginning of the year. Hanging out with those sluts Lavender and Parva-" Ginny cast a quick glance at Padma and was surprised to see she wasn't lashing out in anger, then continued, "I mean, they aren't sluts! I meant that they changed those two, especially Harry."
Hermione had been quiet during Ginny's little rant. She felt like crying again, but she knew that she had Ginny back as her best girl friend. And she had Padma, too.
'No need to cry, you have got new friends now. Besides, maybe Ron and Harry will come around.' Hermione gave a great sniff and nodded. She then made her way to the counter to pay for her new dress. Setting it carefully on the counter, Hermione opened her purse and paid the witch running the store.
Making their way to the Three Broomsticks, the trio of witches chatted happily about the Autumn Ball. They finally reached it and entered, looking around for Draco and Justin. Hermione immediately spotted a pale and brown head sitting in a booth in the back. The girls made their way over and sat down, greeting both boys. Hermione sat next to Ginny and Draco while Padma and Justin sat on the other side.
Hermione looked around the bar and made a face of disgust. Sitting right across from their booth was two couples that she didn't want to see. In that booth sat a redhead snogging a brunette and a boy with unruly black hair sitting with a blonde, identical to the one sitting across from Hermione, in his lap.
Noticing Hermione's look of total and utter disgust, everyone turned to what she was looking at and made some sign of sympathy. Ginny laid her head on Hermione's shoulder, Padma gave her a look of sympathy, Justin patted her arm awkwardly, and Draco, feeling strange, reached out and held Hermione's hand for a couple of seconds, then let go. Hermione smiled at each of them in return, thanking them silently.
"Guys, it's ok. I know there's a reason for all this." Everyone gave her doubtful looks, but she carried on, "Honestly, I'm going to be fine, I promise." Smiling again, Hermione sipped her butterbeer and talked to Justin.
"So, did both of you get outfits for the ball? You know, since it's coming in about two weeks."
Justin looked at Draco and laughed, "Yeah, we found our clothes. Draco here," Justin pointed at Draco, whose face was flushed. "didn't even know what a Muggle suit looked like. He followed me throughout the entire store looking at whatever I picked up and trying to find something exactly like it."
"Whatever, man. I am *so* going to look better than you! After about two hours of watching Justin pick clothes, I got the hang of it. Um, Hermione, since you're going to be my date, do you want to tell me what kind of dress you got?" Draco said.
Hermione shook her head, smiling, "No way, I won't show you until the night of the ball. And you won't show me. Deal?" Hermione held out her hand, waiting for Draco to shake it.
Draco took her hand and replied, "Deal."
Forgetting all about Harry, Ron, and their two poor excuses of girlfriends, Hermione chatted happily with Ginny.
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In high spirits, the five magical teenagers boarded the carriages and went back to Hogwarts.
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A/N: Blech! I hated this chapter! I thought I wrote it pretty crappily. Oh well. The chapter after next will be the Autumn Ball, I promise. I need to do something for the next chapter. Once again, thanks to all of you who reviewed my last chapter! Oh yeah, I've decided to add shout outs to everyone who reviewed the chapter before starting with this one. And, I almost forgot, does anyone know how to do italics and bold? My brother told me it's like this b Bold /b But I don't think it works. The italicize doesn't work for me too. My brother told me it's like this, i Italics /i And, I'm not sure if that one works either. Well, anyone who tells me I would really appreciate it!
Selita-Malfoy: Thanks, I wasn't really sure if it was too fast or not.
Dannisgirl: Wow, thank you!
Mooni: Heehee, I think I'm a long way from finishing this, but I'll try to do it as fast as possible. Besides, my brother is using the computer most of the time but I can write when he's at summer school.
blackdragonofdeath: Thank you! I'm a first time writer and a compliment like that really means a lot to me!
Fiery-chan: YAY!! Thank you for even looking at my story!
Meg: Yeah, about what you said, to find out you'll have to read the entire story! And, yes, I have read Order of the Phoenix and I absolutely loved it!
Neon silver: Thankies so much for loving my chapter!
Severus' Purple Goddess: Erm, yeah, most people thought it wasn't going too fast but I'll try to slow it down. And thanks for reviewing every single chapter! I'm going to include that song because I love Michelle Branch! Thanks for reviewing my other story. It was pretty cool that you reviewed in tagalog! I don't live in the Philippines, do you? I had a little trouble figuring out what you said.I understood most of it. Ok, I'm supposed to be thanking you for reviewing in this story so I'll stop talking about the other one. Thanks again!
RianSapphire9: Wow, another compliment that made me feel really good! I love hearing simple little compliments!
A/N: Whew, that took a bit. I need to think of better ways to thank my reviewers because my thanks really sucked! Well, if you want me to email you whenever I update, just put your email in a review and I'll email you whenever I update. Oh yeah, have you read my bio? About the new stories? Well, I'll just post them here in case you're too lazy to go and look!
Cry- D/Hr: Songfic to Mandy Moore's Cry. Listen to the song to find out the plot line.
Everything You Want- Harry/Ginny: Harry is everything Ginny wants, and she knows it, but why does she deny her feelings for him? Songfic to Vertical Horizon's Everything You Want. I recommend on listening to the song to find out more about the plot line
Forbidden Love- Draco/ Hermione: A tale of two feuding houses and two young lovers. Based on Romeo and Juliet.
If Only- Harry/Hermione (I don't like these pairings but it fits in with what happened to me): Hermione became friends with the Slytherins, but finds that they just used her except for one of them. Can she get Harry back with the help of Ginny and Ron?
Yeah, I need your help because I plan on writing all of them, I just need to find out which one I want to start with first, since I discontinued Living in America.
Disclaimer: Do you really think I'm JK?
*~*~*
The Autumn Ball was approaching, and Hermione realized that she had yet to pick a dress for the ball. She decided to go out and get a dress on the next Hogsmeade weekend with Ginny and Padma.
Meanwhile, Draco had the same thoughts. He always wondered where he could get some Muggle clothing in an all wizard town. Deciding on going with Justin to find a suit, Draco went in search of his Hufflepuff friend.
~*~*~*~*~*~
The Hogsmeade weekend came much quicker than expected. Hermione, Ginny, and Padma had set out to find their own dresses, while Justin and Draco went in search of theirs.
"Uh, Hermione?" Ginny asked, "Do you think we can find Muggle clothing in Hogsmeade?"
"Of course! In fact, there's the store that sells dresses." Hermione replied, pointing to a small store hidden behind the Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. The trio made their way over to it, glad to find that it was practically empty, save the two workers.
Ginny had made her way to the pale green dresses, while Padma searched the lavender dresses. Hermione herself went through different racks, searching for the perfect dress. She looked over her shoulder and spotted Ginny eyeing a pale green dress, which fell just below her knees. Hermione then called out to her.
"Ginny, that dress is absolutely gorgeous! Go try it on and see if it fits." Ginny nodded and disappeared behind a royal blue curtain. Hermione noticed that Padma was still searching, but had moved to the black dresses.
Hermione moved from rack to rack, still looking for a nicely cut dress. She wanted something that was classic, simple yet sexy. Finally, she reached a rack that held the perfect dress. She picked it up and moved to the dressing room, noting that Padma had already found her little black dress.
Hermione slipped on her dress, noticing that it seemed to fir her figure perfectly. Her dress went just below her knees. It was a spaghettis strapped pale blue dress. The dress was simple, but it seemed so sexy on Hermione and it screamed perfect. Hermione smiled at her reflection and it replied.
"Honey, you look perfect! I hope you buy this dress, it looks fantastic on you!" Hermione blushed and mumbled a thank you. She stepped out of the dressing room to find that Ginny was admiring herself in the mirror. Hermione cleared her throat and Ginny whipped her head around.
"Oh, Hermione! You look so beautiful! Wow, that color really suits you!" Ginny exclaimed, taking in the sight of her friend.
Hermione smiled and said, "Thanks, Gin. That dress is really beautiful on you! It brings out the light green color in your eyes. Are you going to get that one?"
Ginny looked at herself in the mirror again, twirling around and finally said, "Yeah, I think I'll get this one. You know, now that we have enough money. After Fred and George made money in their joke shop, they've been sending me money. Are you going to buy that dress?"
Hermione considered herself in the mirror again and replied, "Yes, I'm going to buy this one." Looking around, Hermione added, "Have you seen Padma? I thought she went into the dressing rooms but she isn't here."
Ginny looked over Hermione's shoulder and smiled. Hermione turned around and was met by a beautiful blonde woman wearing a slinky black dress.
"Padma! You look beautiful! Wow, you'll knock Justin off his feet once he sees you!" Suddenly remembering her date, Hermione sighed. "You know, I don't know why Dumbledore would want the prefects to go together. He never did it last year."
Ginny, looking thoughtful, said, "I think it's because he wants those inter- House relationships going on. You know, he's been encouraging that ever since your fourth year and when the Sorting Hat warned us in my fourth year."
"Yeah, yeah, I guess that's why." Then Hermione added under her breath so neither girls could hear her. "Well, it's not as if I mind." Hermione then blushed and giggled, causing the other girls to eye her strangely.
"Erm, yeah. Let's get going, shall we?" Padma said. "We should go and get lunch." Checking her watch, she then added, "I'm supposed to meet Justin at the Three Broomsticks." With a small wink she said, "He's bringing Malfoy."
Hermione's face flushed again and said, "So? Why would you wink at me?"
Padma shrugged and said slyly, "Well, you know, I walked downstairs a couple of days ago and I noticed a certain someone hugging a certain someone."
Ginny, who had been silent for most of their conversation, now had her motuh hanging open and her eyes widened.
"You hugged -Malfoy-? After all he's done over the years, you actually hugged him?" Ginny asked, shocked.
Out of the corner of her eye, Hermione noticed Padma looking very smug. "Well, I was just thinking of, you know, Harry and Ron, and I got a bit emotional, so I needed some comfort and Dra- Malfoy was the closest person there. Besides, what does it matter if I hugged him? He had just said that he was a friend and I needed someone like that." Hermione added huffily.
"Well," Ginny said, "At least you have got a new friend. My brother and Harry have been nothing but slimy gits since the beginning of the year. Hanging out with those sluts Lavender and Parva-" Ginny cast a quick glance at Padma and was surprised to see she wasn't lashing out in anger, then continued, "I mean, they aren't sluts! I meant that they changed those two, especially Harry."
Hermione had been quiet during Ginny's little rant. She felt like crying again, but she knew that she had Ginny back as her best girl friend. And she had Padma, too.
'No need to cry, you have got new friends now. Besides, maybe Ron and Harry will come around.' Hermione gave a great sniff and nodded. She then made her way to the counter to pay for her new dress. Setting it carefully on the counter, Hermione opened her purse and paid the witch running the store.
Making their way to the Three Broomsticks, the trio of witches chatted happily about the Autumn Ball. They finally reached it and entered, looking around for Draco and Justin. Hermione immediately spotted a pale and brown head sitting in a booth in the back. The girls made their way over and sat down, greeting both boys. Hermione sat next to Ginny and Draco while Padma and Justin sat on the other side.
Hermione looked around the bar and made a face of disgust. Sitting right across from their booth was two couples that she didn't want to see. In that booth sat a redhead snogging a brunette and a boy with unruly black hair sitting with a blonde, identical to the one sitting across from Hermione, in his lap.
Noticing Hermione's look of total and utter disgust, everyone turned to what she was looking at and made some sign of sympathy. Ginny laid her head on Hermione's shoulder, Padma gave her a look of sympathy, Justin patted her arm awkwardly, and Draco, feeling strange, reached out and held Hermione's hand for a couple of seconds, then let go. Hermione smiled at each of them in return, thanking them silently.
"Guys, it's ok. I know there's a reason for all this." Everyone gave her doubtful looks, but she carried on, "Honestly, I'm going to be fine, I promise." Smiling again, Hermione sipped her butterbeer and talked to Justin.
"So, did both of you get outfits for the ball? You know, since it's coming in about two weeks."
Justin looked at Draco and laughed, "Yeah, we found our clothes. Draco here," Justin pointed at Draco, whose face was flushed. "didn't even know what a Muggle suit looked like. He followed me throughout the entire store looking at whatever I picked up and trying to find something exactly like it."
"Whatever, man. I am *so* going to look better than you! After about two hours of watching Justin pick clothes, I got the hang of it. Um, Hermione, since you're going to be my date, do you want to tell me what kind of dress you got?" Draco said.
Hermione shook her head, smiling, "No way, I won't show you until the night of the ball. And you won't show me. Deal?" Hermione held out her hand, waiting for Draco to shake it.
Draco took her hand and replied, "Deal."
Forgetting all about Harry, Ron, and their two poor excuses of girlfriends, Hermione chatted happily with Ginny.
~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
In high spirits, the five magical teenagers boarded the carriages and went back to Hogwarts.
*~*~*~
A/N: Blech! I hated this chapter! I thought I wrote it pretty crappily. Oh well. The chapter after next will be the Autumn Ball, I promise. I need to do something for the next chapter. Once again, thanks to all of you who reviewed my last chapter! Oh yeah, I've decided to add shout outs to everyone who reviewed the chapter before starting with this one. And, I almost forgot, does anyone know how to do italics and bold? My brother told me it's like this b Bold /b But I don't think it works. The italicize doesn't work for me too. My brother told me it's like this, i Italics /i And, I'm not sure if that one works either. Well, anyone who tells me I would really appreciate it!
Selita-Malfoy: Thanks, I wasn't really sure if it was too fast or not.
Dannisgirl: Wow, thank you!
Mooni: Heehee, I think I'm a long way from finishing this, but I'll try to do it as fast as possible. Besides, my brother is using the computer most of the time but I can write when he's at summer school.
blackdragonofdeath: Thank you! I'm a first time writer and a compliment like that really means a lot to me!
Fiery-chan: YAY!! Thank you for even looking at my story!
Meg: Yeah, about what you said, to find out you'll have to read the entire story! And, yes, I have read Order of the Phoenix and I absolutely loved it!
Neon silver: Thankies so much for loving my chapter!
Severus' Purple Goddess: Erm, yeah, most people thought it wasn't going too fast but I'll try to slow it down. And thanks for reviewing every single chapter! I'm going to include that song because I love Michelle Branch! Thanks for reviewing my other story. It was pretty cool that you reviewed in tagalog! I don't live in the Philippines, do you? I had a little trouble figuring out what you said.I understood most of it. Ok, I'm supposed to be thanking you for reviewing in this story so I'll stop talking about the other one. Thanks again!
RianSapphire9: Wow, another compliment that made me feel really good! I love hearing simple little compliments!
A/N: Whew, that took a bit. I need to think of better ways to thank my reviewers because my thanks really sucked! Well, if you want me to email you whenever I update, just put your email in a review and I'll email you whenever I update. Oh yeah, have you read my bio? About the new stories? Well, I'll just post them here in case you're too lazy to go and look!
Cry- D/Hr: Songfic to Mandy Moore's Cry. Listen to the song to find out the plot line.
Everything You Want- Harry/Ginny: Harry is everything Ginny wants, and she knows it, but why does she deny her feelings for him? Songfic to Vertical Horizon's Everything You Want. I recommend on listening to the song to find out more about the plot line
Forbidden Love- Draco/ Hermione: A tale of two feuding houses and two young lovers. Based on Romeo and Juliet.
If Only- Harry/Hermione (I don't like these pairings but it fits in with what happened to me): Hermione became friends with the Slytherins, but finds that they just used her except for one of them. Can she get Harry back with the help of Ginny and Ron?
Yeah, I need your help because I plan on writing all of them, I just need to find out which one I want to start with first, since I discontinued Living in America.