[2 days later. Hogsmeade Weekend.]
Hermione's POV
*I have to break up with Harry, and fast. I have to do it today, after we get back from Hogsmeade. * Hermione was determined.
She sat between Ginny and Harry in the Great Hall, mindlessly playing with her breakfast. First pushing the eggs all to one side, then pushing it to the other side. Her head was supported in her palm.
"Hermione? Are you sure you are feeling alright?" Ginny looked concerned.
"Yea, sure. Why?"
"Well, you have been playing with your eggs for the last half an hour. Are you sure you feel well enough to go buy our dresses today?"
"Of course!" Hermione snapped, but when she saw Ginny's smile start to quiver she immediately reprimanded herself for speaking so harshly to her 6th year friend.
"I'm sorry, Ginny. I would love to go get our dresses today."
"Ok, good, 'cause for a moment there, I wasn't too sure." Ginny smiled.
Draco's POV
"Drakypoo, when are you going to ask me to the ball?" Pansy giggled from next to him.
"Never. I would never take you to another ball in a million years."
"Fine, then who are you going with?"
"Hermione Granger."
"What?! That know-it-all bitch?! I thought you hated her?"
"I thought so too."
"Hmph." Pansy grunted and turned to talk to her little posse.
Draco sighed and looked over at the Gryffindor table. He watched Hermione pushing her eggs around her plate. *Thank God I am going with her instead of 'Pansypoo', even if she may not feel that way. * He thought, mimicking the way Pansy had said his name.
Hermione's POV
Hermione felt someone watching her and looked up. Malfoy was watching her intently. When he saw her look up, he started motioning at Pansy and making a slitting movement across his neck. Then she saw him disappear under the table and pop up again, smiling in a goofy way. She saw Crabbe ask Draco something, and he rolled his eyes. Hermione smiled half-heartedly.
Harry's POV
Harry saw Hermione smile and followed her gaze to the Slytherin table where Malfoy sat. *In the name of Merlin, what is going on? I haven't been able to get Hermione to smile for the past two days, and now she is smiling at Malfoy?! *
He glared at Malfoy, but didn't dare to pick another fight. He didn't want to risk making Hermione angry at him again.
"Hermoine?" Harry whispered.
"Hmm?" Hermione looked like she had just snapped out of a trance.
"Who are you smiling at?"
"No one."
"I saw you looking at Malfoy." Harry furrowed his eyebrows.
"Harry, he is really a nice person. Trust me."
Harry sighed.
Dumbledore stood up and announced, "As you know, today is our monthly visit to Hogsmeade. For the 3rd to 6th years, there are carriages waiting for you outside. For the 7th years, I have decided you need practice apparating, so the professors and I have temporarily charmed the Great Hall to allow you to apparate. You are to take the carriages back. Enjoy your day at Hogsmeade. I bid you adieu." He smiled and sat back down.
Hermione's POV
"I guess I will meet you there than. In front of the shrieking shack." Ginny gave Hermione a hug and walked out of the Great hall with one of her friends.
"Hermione, ready?" Harry looked questioningly at her.
"Yea."
"Edaemsgoh!" They both said with their wands above their heads.
(bzoop)
Hermione and Harry arrived at Hogsmeade in front of the Three Broomsticks.
"Hey, listen," Harry grabbed Hermione around the waist. "I got to go pick up some things for Ron, ok? Meet you back at school." He kissed her lightly on the forehead and ran off.
"Ok, see you then." Hermione cringed, every second was bringing her closer to telling Harry that they had to break up. She looked around, and seeing that the other students hadn't arrived yet, she went inside the Tree Broomsticks, and ordered a mug of Butterbeer. 10 minutes later, she saw a swarm of Hogwarts 3rd years invading Hogsmeade, and she walked to the Shrieking Shack to meet Ginny.
"Hermione! I'm over here!" Hermione looked over and saw Ginny's head bobbing above the little third years. A second later, Ginny was standing next to her.
"You have any idea what kind of dress you want?" Hermione asked Ginny.
"Nope, but then again, I haven't seen much. I do come from a wizard family."
"Oh, right. Let's go."
They walked towards the stores. Looking for any store that sold muggle clothes.
"First stop. Madame June's Muggle Wear."
Ginny and Hermione stepped into the store and they were hit by a wave of perfume. "How may I 'elp you?" A voice droned from the corner.
"We are looking for dresses for a ball."
"Ogay. Dere on da bhack wall."
"Thank you."
The voice grunted, and they wandered to the back of the store. Ginny gasped. There were piles and piles of dresses. Blue ones, black ones, and any other color imaginable.
"Ok, start digging," Hermione strained to move a pile of dresses.
An hour later, they both had their dresses. Hermione's dress was burgundy. [She had found the color burgundy brought out the red in her hair.] It was spaghetti strap, with sequins all along the bodice and sprinkled across the dress. The hem began at about knee length and slanted down diagonally to the middle of the right calf. It fit perfectly, probably because it was charmed with a 'fitting spell', and showed off her long tanned legs. She also chose a pair of black sandals, with heels that were 3 inches high and elongated her already long tan legs.
"Malfoy's jaw is going to drop when he sees you in this. You look gorgeous!" gushed Ginny. "Why don't we go to that jewelry store around the corner and look for a necklace to go with your dress and maybe a decorative pin to hold back your hair?"
"Sure." Hermione laughed. They paid for their dresses and waltzed out of the store. In the midst of her happiness she didn't see Draco, and accidentally bumped into him, knocking her off her feet. Draco caught her right when she was about to hit the ground.
"Hermione, gee, watch where you're going, will ya?" Draco smirked.
"Leave her alone you bas..did you just call her.." Ginny was interrupted by Hermione.
"I'll remember that." Hermione smiled at Draco. "We have to go."
"No kiss for you date?" Draco snickered.
"Uh." Sighed Hermione. "Don't push it."
[In the Jewelry store]
"What was that about?" Ginny asked Hermione.
"What?"
"Malfoy called you Hermione. No mudblood or some other name."
"Yea, he's not that bad once you get to know him."
"You mean if you ever get to know him."
"Yeah, that too." Hermione laughed.
Another half hour later, Hermione and Ginny emerged from the store with their dresses, shoes, and accessories. This time, Hermione had gotten a black beaded necklace, and a pin decorated with blood red gems and black trim around them.
The two of them chatted and laughed all the way to the carriages and rode back to the school. Hermione though, was a little less joyful. She was going to the Gryffindor common room to break it off with Harry..
Hermione's POV
*I have to break up with Harry, and fast. I have to do it today, after we get back from Hogsmeade. * Hermione was determined.
She sat between Ginny and Harry in the Great Hall, mindlessly playing with her breakfast. First pushing the eggs all to one side, then pushing it to the other side. Her head was supported in her palm.
"Hermione? Are you sure you are feeling alright?" Ginny looked concerned.
"Yea, sure. Why?"
"Well, you have been playing with your eggs for the last half an hour. Are you sure you feel well enough to go buy our dresses today?"
"Of course!" Hermione snapped, but when she saw Ginny's smile start to quiver she immediately reprimanded herself for speaking so harshly to her 6th year friend.
"I'm sorry, Ginny. I would love to go get our dresses today."
"Ok, good, 'cause for a moment there, I wasn't too sure." Ginny smiled.
Draco's POV
"Drakypoo, when are you going to ask me to the ball?" Pansy giggled from next to him.
"Never. I would never take you to another ball in a million years."
"Fine, then who are you going with?"
"Hermione Granger."
"What?! That know-it-all bitch?! I thought you hated her?"
"I thought so too."
"Hmph." Pansy grunted and turned to talk to her little posse.
Draco sighed and looked over at the Gryffindor table. He watched Hermione pushing her eggs around her plate. *Thank God I am going with her instead of 'Pansypoo', even if she may not feel that way. * He thought, mimicking the way Pansy had said his name.
Hermione's POV
Hermione felt someone watching her and looked up. Malfoy was watching her intently. When he saw her look up, he started motioning at Pansy and making a slitting movement across his neck. Then she saw him disappear under the table and pop up again, smiling in a goofy way. She saw Crabbe ask Draco something, and he rolled his eyes. Hermione smiled half-heartedly.
Harry's POV
Harry saw Hermione smile and followed her gaze to the Slytherin table where Malfoy sat. *In the name of Merlin, what is going on? I haven't been able to get Hermione to smile for the past two days, and now she is smiling at Malfoy?! *
He glared at Malfoy, but didn't dare to pick another fight. He didn't want to risk making Hermione angry at him again.
"Hermoine?" Harry whispered.
"Hmm?" Hermione looked like she had just snapped out of a trance.
"Who are you smiling at?"
"No one."
"I saw you looking at Malfoy." Harry furrowed his eyebrows.
"Harry, he is really a nice person. Trust me."
Harry sighed.
Dumbledore stood up and announced, "As you know, today is our monthly visit to Hogsmeade. For the 3rd to 6th years, there are carriages waiting for you outside. For the 7th years, I have decided you need practice apparating, so the professors and I have temporarily charmed the Great Hall to allow you to apparate. You are to take the carriages back. Enjoy your day at Hogsmeade. I bid you adieu." He smiled and sat back down.
Hermione's POV
"I guess I will meet you there than. In front of the shrieking shack." Ginny gave Hermione a hug and walked out of the Great hall with one of her friends.
"Hermione, ready?" Harry looked questioningly at her.
"Yea."
"Edaemsgoh!" They both said with their wands above their heads.
(bzoop)
Hermione and Harry arrived at Hogsmeade in front of the Three Broomsticks.
"Hey, listen," Harry grabbed Hermione around the waist. "I got to go pick up some things for Ron, ok? Meet you back at school." He kissed her lightly on the forehead and ran off.
"Ok, see you then." Hermione cringed, every second was bringing her closer to telling Harry that they had to break up. She looked around, and seeing that the other students hadn't arrived yet, she went inside the Tree Broomsticks, and ordered a mug of Butterbeer. 10 minutes later, she saw a swarm of Hogwarts 3rd years invading Hogsmeade, and she walked to the Shrieking Shack to meet Ginny.
"Hermione! I'm over here!" Hermione looked over and saw Ginny's head bobbing above the little third years. A second later, Ginny was standing next to her.
"You have any idea what kind of dress you want?" Hermione asked Ginny.
"Nope, but then again, I haven't seen much. I do come from a wizard family."
"Oh, right. Let's go."
They walked towards the stores. Looking for any store that sold muggle clothes.
"First stop. Madame June's Muggle Wear."
Ginny and Hermione stepped into the store and they were hit by a wave of perfume. "How may I 'elp you?" A voice droned from the corner.
"We are looking for dresses for a ball."
"Ogay. Dere on da bhack wall."
"Thank you."
The voice grunted, and they wandered to the back of the store. Ginny gasped. There were piles and piles of dresses. Blue ones, black ones, and any other color imaginable.
"Ok, start digging," Hermione strained to move a pile of dresses.
An hour later, they both had their dresses. Hermione's dress was burgundy. [She had found the color burgundy brought out the red in her hair.] It was spaghetti strap, with sequins all along the bodice and sprinkled across the dress. The hem began at about knee length and slanted down diagonally to the middle of the right calf. It fit perfectly, probably because it was charmed with a 'fitting spell', and showed off her long tanned legs. She also chose a pair of black sandals, with heels that were 3 inches high and elongated her already long tan legs.
"Malfoy's jaw is going to drop when he sees you in this. You look gorgeous!" gushed Ginny. "Why don't we go to that jewelry store around the corner and look for a necklace to go with your dress and maybe a decorative pin to hold back your hair?"
"Sure." Hermione laughed. They paid for their dresses and waltzed out of the store. In the midst of her happiness she didn't see Draco, and accidentally bumped into him, knocking her off her feet. Draco caught her right when she was about to hit the ground.
"Hermione, gee, watch where you're going, will ya?" Draco smirked.
"Leave her alone you bas..did you just call her.." Ginny was interrupted by Hermione.
"I'll remember that." Hermione smiled at Draco. "We have to go."
"No kiss for you date?" Draco snickered.
"Uh." Sighed Hermione. "Don't push it."
[In the Jewelry store]
"What was that about?" Ginny asked Hermione.
"What?"
"Malfoy called you Hermione. No mudblood or some other name."
"Yea, he's not that bad once you get to know him."
"You mean if you ever get to know him."
"Yeah, that too." Hermione laughed.
Another half hour later, Hermione and Ginny emerged from the store with their dresses, shoes, and accessories. This time, Hermione had gotten a black beaded necklace, and a pin decorated with blood red gems and black trim around them.
The two of them chatted and laughed all the way to the carriages and rode back to the school. Hermione though, was a little less joyful. She was going to the Gryffindor common room to break it off with Harry..