Discliamer: I'm still not J.K.
a/n: First off I'd like to thank every one who reviewed, and I would like to explain why I haven't updated in so long, well two weeks before this I was finishing the final draft for my History Term Paper and that was much more important to me than my fic, sorry guys! Ok, the week after that I went to one of my friends houses and left my fiction notebook at her house and I didn't want to rewrite everything, and then I went to Gulf Shores with my other best friend Vicky and I've just been to church and I've got my note book back so without further ado here is chapter three of Another Piece of Fabric.
~*~*~*~*Another Piece Of Fabric*~*~*~*~
~*~*Chapter 3: I'm Gonna Be A Supermodel*~*~
It had been yet another stressful day Ginny, for starters Neville had tried to keep his promise to not keep Colin up; however, Colin wasn't going down without a fight and eventually helped Neville break his promise and as a result they were an hour and fifteen minutes late when they walked in for show preparations backstage, on top of all that Colin was being a prick and refused to tell Ginny anything about her blind date he just kept telling her that they would meet each other when the right time arose. But at the current moment it was just an hour before show time and Ginny was making a few last minute preparations………..
all right I'll tell the truth Ginny was freaking out… again.
Back Stage at the Ampathiatra Magicus…
"Parvati!, Padama!, your dresses are on wrong those straps should wrap around your necks and cross in the back with the rhinestones facing out."
"Alright Gin we'll fix it" the girls quickly replied in unison; at that very same moment Neville scooted up to Ginny Clad in all black wearing a mike connected to a head set.
"Ginny Look at this!" he yelled shoving (model/ actress) Millicent Bulstrode ( A/N: she got really pretty during her 7th year) up into her face, "Look Gin the dress is not laying on her right her hips are too small and that makes it go lopsided!"
"Alright then send her too my mom she's working as the show seamstress tonight! You know that!" Ginny yelled with an exasperated tone in her voice
" Gin I can't!" said Neville pleadingly
"Why not?" said Gin, getting angry at Neville for bothering her so much
" Because she'd sewing up Cho's jacket, and then she's got Colin's and Seamus' pant suit pants to hem up, as well as Colin's blue dinner cloak!" said Neville a pain stricken expression on his face " Alright then, " said Ginny with an extremely thoughtful look on her face.
" I guess there's only one thing to do!" and with that she whipped out her wand pointed it at Millicent and said " Now Millicent you've got to stand still I want to slice up the dress not you" and with a flick of her wand a long diagonal cut made it's self down the front of Millicent's dress
"Gin are you sure about that? I mean that's a pretty high cut!" called Neville from her side
" Shhh!," Ginny screamed "Not while I'm designing! Millicent dear would you turn around slowly for me? Yes that's it slowly now… done!" and with a final flick, the extra fabric had been clipped and was lying on the floor, and Gin finally took a second to step back and admire her work, and after a few minutes she said
"It's still missing something… I know! Neville bring me those lace up sandal stilettos and that bag of crystals."
" Here they are Gin!" Neville said handing the items over to her
" Thank you Nev!" and with that she raised her wand again along with the bag of crystals and muttered a scattering charm on Millicent's dress causing the crystals to rain down and attach themselves at different intervals on her dress, she also caused the larger crystals to form a crystal trim on the bottom of the dress and with another flick of her wand the stilettos began lacing themselves up Millicent's legs.
"It's brilliant Gin!" cried Millicent when she looked herself over in the mirror
"I thought so too, If I do say so myself!" replied Ginny
"Gin it's beautiful but you've got 30 minutes left until show time and no one's gotten into line up yet!" Said Neville pointing at his watch
"Ok! Ok! Neville start line up and remember it goes casual wear, evening wear, lingerie, and closing presentation got it?" Ginny asked a serious expression on her face, and eyebrow rising.
"Got it! Gin I'll call you five minutes before the start of show so you can give us a pep talk but right now you need to get your dress on and go to makeup!"
"Alright I'm going right now, don't forget to call me, now get to work!" said Ginny
"Aye, Aye Capitan!" said Neville saluting, and with that they went their separate ways to finish preparing for the show
Meanwhile at The Lair (A/N:otherwise known as Draco
and Blaise's apartment)
"Draco! Get your stuffy ass down here!"
"Damn it Blaise I'm going as fast as I can, I know I was born with these strikingly good looks and all, but just for the sake of all the other ugly men… I mean "normal" men I can at least pretend to make myself look even better, although we both know that's absolutely impossible" said Draco smiling at his reflection in the mirror
"Yeah, whatever you say, Draco! Whatever you say!" Blaise called up to him
In truth Draco was taking his time because he was just the slightest bit apprehensive about this whole "blind date" thing I mean what if she was beautiful? Or what if they really hit it off? What if she really wanted to keep it "strictly business" as Blaise had stated earlier, well Draco wasn't able to ponder his thoughts of Love and destruction for much longer because, he was pulled from his mental thinking place by the sound of Blaise's voice coming up from the stairs of their flat.
"Damn it Draco I'm giving you 5 seconds to get your ass down here! Or I swear I'm leaving you, and you know I'll do it I'll arapparate to the limo and drive off without you!" and with that Blaise began to count backwards from 5
Well after hearing that Draco slicked down his now shoulder length hair, splashed on his favorite cologne Davidoff Cool Water Man (A/N: may I just say that this is the most awesome cologne for guys in the world, it makes me so hot.)
and arapparated down to the limo got in and situated himself in the shadows just seconds before Blaise got there…
10 seconds later…
"Draco I'm gone you know where to find me!" Blaise spoke out loud to the wind as the limo driver helped him into the car, after mixing himself a martini Blaise was about to tell the driver to pull off when the intro to "Numb by Linkin Park" began to play on his Blackberry 6280 Wireless Handheld, and he paused his plans to pick it up and answer it
"Hello, Blaise Zabini speaking"
"Hello Blaise." said a voice in a drawling tone "just how far did you think you would get without me?"
"Draco?!?, how did you.. Never mind I already know, now hang up and talk to me were wasting our minutes!"
"So Blaise how long will this show thing last?"
"About and hour, and then there'll be an after party where you'll get to meet your date!"
"Right, and about my date what's her name?"
"Remember the golden rule "Don't ask, don't tell", sorry but I am not allowed to give out that information at this time." Said Blaise in a very mechanical voice
"Well if you won't answer that then tell me why in the world you wanted to be early?"
"Well it's because of a guy." Said Blaise trying to hide the blush creeping up on his cheeks
"Blaise it's always about a guy what's his name? Oh wait it wouldn't happen to be that Creevy kid that we used to make fun of in school would it?"
"And so what if it was? Why should it matter?" said Blaise indignantly
"It matters because you're pining over that fling you had with him last year, and that is significant because you never pine over anyone" said Draco finishing with a smirk
"Masters we will be arriving at the Ampathiatra Magicus in exactly two minutes" cried their apartment elf Tobby from the drivers seat "Masters may want to check themselves over before gettings out though for they will be walkings down the purple carpet."
"Draco threw Tobby a questioning glance when he said the part about checking themselves over, and after a few seconds of seeing Draco's piercing gaze through the rear view mirror he quickly corrected and redeemed himself by saying
"Masters may be wantings to freshen up not that they be needings it."
"That's better." said Draco nodding up at the elf in the front of the car, then after a brief silence he heard Blaise say
"So?"
"So." Replied Draco leaning back in his seat and letting out a shuddering breath
" What do you mean with that blah attitude? I said so because, I would think you'd at least be a little excited about your date, I mean you haven't been on a real date in oh say 5 five years, and I know the only reason you've been acting so up tight lately is because you've already banged most of the women in out complex and they all know that your scheming little bastard and won't go out with you anymore, so I thought that naturally you'd be a little bit excited." Blaise finished is a very matter of fact way, and taking a sip of his drink
"Blaise," Draco answered
"Yes Draco?"
"Shut up, you worthless prick." Draco said a scowl forming across his face
"meow!" Blaise called after hearing Draco's (in Blaise's opinion) totally uncalled for remark
After hearing this Draco began contemplating what would be the cleanest and easiest way to off Blaise, because it was times like this that reminded Draco of how narcissistic Blaise could be at times but as it would happen Draco's mind was pulled from it's thoughts of homicide when he heard Tobby the apartment elf announce that they were fast approaching their destination
"Sirs we are being here sirs," Tobby called out in a barely audible voice, and at that Draco looked over at Blaise his famous smirk on his lips and said
"So you ready for the purple (a/n: purple is a symbol of importance) carpet?" said Draco looking out of his tinted window at the growing crowd, and paparazzi
After hearing this Blaise looked over at Draco and flashed his award winning smile and replied
" After you…" and the doors to the limo swung magically open, and they stepped out and onto the carpet raised their sunglasses to their eyes and were greeted with the sound of Thoia Thoing by r-Kelly playing in the background, as well as a wave of camera flashes, screams for interviews, and autographs, as they made their way to the V.I.P. entrance, and just as they were about to enter they were stopped and practically thrown into an interview done by none other than Rita Skeeter,
"Hello Mr. Malfoy, Mr. Zabini! How does it feel to be the two of the most eligible bachelors in all of the wizarding world" Rita said wearing a very fake smile, as she waited a few seconds for one of them to answer but after waiting for less than 3 seconds she proceeded to shower Draco and Blaise with questions
until she began to say,
"So Mr. Malfoy I understand that you are here looking at the new fashion talent that will be here tonight, especially the talents of a young Virgi." And that's when Blaise decided that this interview had gone on long enough and said,
"Ms. Skeeter I'm sorry but Mr. Malfoy and myself are very busy and we have a few more things to do concerning P.R. before we take our seats so I'm afraid we're just going to have to get going." Blaise said hurriedly never letting his smile falter
"Well um ok then, maybe I'll get another interview with you after the show."
It was Draco that answered this time, for he too was getting tired of the Skeeter woman
"Yes well, Blaise's right we are very pressed for time so we'll have to chat with you later, Good evening, Ms. Skeeter" and with that the two quickly found their way to their company's table and began to chat with the other members of their office, but after a few minutes Blaise just had to leave claiming to need to use the bathroom and grab a drink from the bar, but you and I know the bathroom was exactly where Blaise was headed but to be more precise he was headed for the Backstage Dressing Rooms. On his way he pulled out his Nokia 2260 cell phone and called his love interest/accomplice
"Colin? Are you there?"
"Yes Blaise, what do you want?"
"Now Colin don't toy with me are you asking me why I called or what I want? Because the answer's easy I want you naked on the floor and…"
"Blaise!"
"What?"
"Stay focused"
"Oh, right, Uh… Draco's getting suspicious, I don't know what to do about it and Colin whatever you say, I'll most certainly do it, whatever you say." Blaise said pointedly
"Blaise I said cool your jets, ok! This is really important!"
"Ok I'm sorry Colin, go on.." Blaise said waiting patiently for Colin to come up with answer
"Well I must admit I thought this might happen, unfortunately for us Draco's not as blind as Ginny can be, hmmm let me think… I've got it! Now listen all I want you to do is keep him in the dark until the after party and then we'll get them both sloshed and pair them up, it'll be magical!" said Colin eyes twinkling
"Genius Colin, pure Genius! If I were with you I don't know what I'd do… wait yes I do, I think I might kiss…"
"Hold It right there Blaise you will not come backstage if you don't want to be carried out by wizard security, and besides I have to go on in about 5 minutes."
"Alright, Alright I won't, but you have to promise me you'll dance with me at least once at the after party, promise? Said Blaise, sound pitiful and dejected over the phone
"Ok Blaise, one dance." Colin said a smile forming on his face
"And besides if I'm gone much longer Draco will really get suspicious." Said Blaise a triumphant note in his voice
"Bye Blaise."
"Bye Colin, and Colin…"
"Yes Blaise?"
"Good Luck" and with that he hung up his phone and began his walk back to his seat. When he arrived Draco greeted him with a look that said what took you so long but Blaise pointedly ignored it because his mind was already formulating a new plan to spice up his best friend's love life.
Meanwhile on the other side of the stage Ginny was giving her group a last minute pep talk,
"Ok guys and girls, we've come this far and now there's no turning back ok so really all I can say is remember our motto" Ginny said as she raised her fist into the air and led her group in their chant
"Be the best that you can be, and don't suck!" One minute and 30 seconds later the show had begun as Supermodel by Jill Souble began to play.
A/N: This chapter was 8 pages long yea for me! I know it has been a really long time since I last updated and I'm really, really sorry, and I also started another story so please forgive me anyway the next chapter will DEFINITELY have some Draco/Ginny interaction, now do what you do best and Review!'