The Worst Way to Miss Someone
"The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them."
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except Jordan and this plot. JK Rowling owns the rest.
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A/N I'm sitting here eating a raspberry popsicle and trying to write this chapter. Believe me, it is not easy to type and suck on a popsicle at the same time. So, basically, feel lucky. If I had to choose between the two, I would choose the popsicle and you guys would have to wait for this chapter! And here I go babbling again. Enjoy!
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Chapter Three: Shopping with Ginny
"Wake up, Hermione dear," said Ginny in an annoying voice. "Time to wake up and go shopping."
Hermione groaned. Suddenly the memories of the previous night rolled over her. She grabbed the pillow from under her head and took a swing at Ginny. Ginny stumbled and almost fell back.
"Hey!" she exclaimed. "What was that for?"
"That," Hermione said, "was for making me make out with Harry."
"Ha! Actually you're lucky. I was considering making you take off your shirt and bra and make out with him topless," Ginny said with an evil grin.
"Oh, you are sooooooo evil!" exclaimed Hermione. "If you had done that, I would have strangled you, not just thrown a pillow at you!"
"Yeah, well. What's done is done. Get up. Get showered. Get dressed. We're leaving to go shopping in one hour. If you aren't dressed by then, you're coming naked."
Ginny left the room. Hermione sat up. She pulled her legs out from under the covers and set them on the floor. She thought about what Ginny had said. Have her make out with Harry topless? 'Well,' she thought, 'It wouldn't be the first time he had seen me that way.'
Hermione sighed. The past was over and gone. What had happened between her and Harry could never be changed. She was still a virgin, she would not let Harry take that from her, but so much had gone on between them that she deeply regretted. She sighed again and got out of bed and into the shower.
When Hermione got downstairs, Ginny was already sitting at the table eating breakfast.
"Come, eat," Ginny said, inviting Hermione to take the seat next to her.
"No thanks. I think I would be sick if I tried to eat," Hermione said.
"Okay then, do you think that you are well enough to go shopping?" asked Ginny.
"Yeah," said Hermione. "Duh! Like I would miss this just because I was sick!"
"Alright," Ginny said, rolling her eyes. "Let's go."
Ginny and Hermione picked up their bags. They said goodbye to Mrs. Weasley and walked out into the morning air. It was seven o'clock. Nothing would be open until at least eight, so Hermione and Ginny set off down the street talking about what kind of clothes they would buy.
"Okay, now remember. The whole point is to make you look like a girl a guy would want to go out with," Ginny said.
"I've already had a boyfriend, so it isn't like I can't draw the guys in," said Hermione.
"Yeah, but that didn't work out too well," said Ginny quietly.
"And besides, I don't want a boyfriend that is so shallow that he looks only at how hot I am," said Hermione.
"Yeah, and you do have a great personality. But the guys aren't gonna look for that when they start. Remember, what's outside brings them in, and what's inside keeps them there," said Ginny.
"Who are you, Aristotle? Oh never mind, just keep talking," Hermione said, rolling her eyes.
"You know, you have a great figure," said Ginny. "But you don't dress the way you should to put the accents on your strong points."
"Okay, so what are my strong points and how do I 'put the accents' on them?" said Hermione.
"Well, let's start at the bottom and work our way up," said Ginny. "For starters, your feet are small and delicate. Guys like that. So you should be barefoot as much as you can be. Even when you are outside, if you are on grass, be barefoot. When outside and not on grass, wear flip-flops. When it's cold, wear tennis shoes outside, light sandals inside, and be barefoot while in the common room."
"All that just for my FEET?" said Hermione. "I wonder how long the speech will be for the more interesting parts of my body."
"Moving on. Your legs are thin, but not too thin. You should wear shorts as much as possible during the summer, and kapris a lot in the winter. Wear pants as much as you do kapris, though, 'cause they will give you a change once in a while. The only problem I see with your legs is that you are totally white. So we will have to get you some sunless tanning oil. Not muggle stuff, it wears off after like one shower. But the magical stuff will stay on for a month, unless you remove it on purpose," said Ginny, stopping to catch her breath.
Hermione took advantage of the pause. "So, basically I'm getting a total boy-friendly-body makeover?"
"Yeah. Moving on. Your hips are perfect in proportion to the rest of your body. Your butt is amazing. Most girls use magic to make their butt bigger, but yours is great. So you need to wear tight pants a lot. They will give you a little shape, and then your lower section will be perfect. On to the midriff."
"Wait just a second, so on the butt should I ever wear like bikinis or anything?" Hermione asked.
"We'll get onto that after the basic overlook. This is just for basic, everyday clothing. That falls under the category of 'special interests' which I will cover in a minute," said Ginny.
"Okay, onto the midriff," said Hermione.
"Your tummy is flat and your waist is tiny, which is good. Your chest is perfect in every way. So you should wear tighter clothes than you do now." Ginny said.
"Well, just for you, I will give up my baggy t-shirts," Hermione said.
"That's good to hear, moving on up. Your shoulders and arms are totally okay, thin but strong. And your neck is okay too, thin, but with strength. Your hair and face could do with a little work," Ginny said.
"Okay, but what kind of work," said Hermione.
"I'm thinking for your hair we should cut it, straighten it, and then give you lighter highlights," said Ginny.
"Why the highlights?" asked Hermione.
"Because highlights are really 'in' at this time, and I don't know of a girl that has a good boyfriend that doesn't have them. Besides, you'd look really cute with some light streaks. And the whole point here is to make you look cute, remember?" Ginny said.
"Whatever," Hermione said, rolling her eyes. Secretly, though, she was really looking forward to the highlights. She had always wondered what her hair would look like with a little color.
"Okay, and your face. I DO NOT want you to apply major makeup. No foundation. You may wear lip gloss, but no lipstick. You can wear eye liner and shadow, but nothing really dark. Mostly just neutrals. And no blush, no zit cover-up. You are to use a magical cloth, which we will buy, every morning on your face. It will remove grime, dirt, sweat, all zits, and it will bring out your natural color. This is why you won't be using all the other makeup," said Ginny, in a 'Sir, yes sir!' kind of voice.
"Sir, yes sir!" said Hermione, and they both laughed.
Hermione and Ginny went a long the street, buying tons of clothes: shorts, kapris, pants, tank tops, spaghetti strap tank tops, tube tops, t-shirts, and long sleeve shirts. They also bought what seemed to be zillions of shoes. At least twelve pairs of flip-flops, three pairs of leather sandals, a pair of tennis shoes, and a pair of black high heels, in case there was a formal occasion that year. They went home for lunch and deposited their buyings.
As they dropped their stuff off, Hermione said, "You know Ginny, we have a dress code at our school. I can't wear any of this stuff to class."
"Yeah, but class only makes up about 1/3 of weekdays and none of weekends. You will get to wear them more than you think." Hermione rolled her eyes.
When they returned to town, Ginny led the way to a store called 'The Vain Witch'. It was a beauty store, but contained much more than just make-up.
Ginny walked up to the hair salon. "My friend here needs a cut, a permanent straighten, and highlights in various shades lighter than her normal color," she said to the women behind the desk, who looked at an open black notebook in front of her.
"Follow me please," she said courteously and walked back into a room which was full of chairs and witches.
"Janet will be your hair stylist today," said the women who had sat at the desk.
"Hello dear," said Janet. "Shorter, straighter, and light highlights?"
Hermione nodded.
"Okay, now sit here and lean back," Janet said gesturing to a slightly raised chair beside her. Hermione did so. Janet whispered some words under her breath and tapped her wand on Hermione's head. Hermione felt a touch of magic and her head felt lighter.
"Okay, you can open your eyes now," said Janet. Hermione opened her eyes and looked into the large mirror in front of her. The girl peering back at her had smooth, straight hair, which fell just past her shoulders. The dark hair had streaks of browns and blondes in it. The girl was beautiful. It took Hermione a minute to recognize that the girl she was staring at was herself.
"Do you like it?" asked Janet.
"Oh yes, very much," replied Hermione, slightly out of breath.
"That will be six sickles then," Janet said. Hermione fished the coins out of her purse and handed them to Janet.
"It's worth all of that and more," said Hermione. Janet smiled and Hermione went back out to where Ginny was waiting.
"Wow! You look absolutely awesome Hermione!" Ginny exclaimed loudly. Hermione hugged her.
"Now, onto the rest of the beauty supplies," Hermione said.
"Right," Ginny replied. She and Hermione walked over to the makeup. Ginny picked out around 16 different shades of eye liner and shadow, and about 25 different shades of lip gloss.
"These are the ones I think match your skin tones the best and the ones I think would look the most wild," Ginny said.
"Do you think you got enough?" said Hermione sarcastically.
"Yep," replied Ginny and both girls laughed.
"Okay let's go pay for it all," Hermione said. She and Ginny made their purchases and left the store.
They walked home, feeling good about what they had bought. Ginny would pause every now and then, looking into a new store window.
"Don't ya think we've already bought enough for the day?" Hermione said.
"Yeah, I guess so," Ginny replied.
When they returned home, they stealthily crept up the stairs and hid their new stuff under the beds.
"I can't believe you talked me into this," said Hermione.
"What do you mean by 'this'?" asked Ginny.
"All of it, the clothes I bought, the hair, the makeup, everything," Hermione said.
"Well, you look great and I thought you liked it," Ginny said.
"Yeah, I guess I kinda do, but still, we spent a ton of money," Hermione replied.
"Yeah well, at least we had fun today," Ginny said and the girls went down to dinner.
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A/N So there ya have it. I am not totally sure how this whole thing will end out, except it will turn out Draco/Hermione, so anyone that has any suggestions, I welcome them. Review please! And thanks so much to my reviewers! Chapter four will be the train ride back to Hogwarts and the start of term feast.
I'm really sorry this is so slow, every time I tried to get onto Fanfiction, my brother kicked me offline or Fanfiction wouldn't let me on or something.
Thanks to my reviewers!!! Y'all get kudos. I'm gonna respond to two of them, just 'cause they helped me the most or asked me a question.
rising waves: She was trying to find someone that she wouldn't mind kissing, so she was pretending to kiss Malfoy
Dragonfires: thank you so much! You helped me a lot. These three chapters were written before your advice, so they may not be as good, but thanks
"The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them."
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except Jordan and this plot. JK Rowling owns the rest.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
A/N I'm sitting here eating a raspberry popsicle and trying to write this chapter. Believe me, it is not easy to type and suck on a popsicle at the same time. So, basically, feel lucky. If I had to choose between the two, I would choose the popsicle and you guys would have to wait for this chapter! And here I go babbling again. Enjoy!
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Chapter Three: Shopping with Ginny
"Wake up, Hermione dear," said Ginny in an annoying voice. "Time to wake up and go shopping."
Hermione groaned. Suddenly the memories of the previous night rolled over her. She grabbed the pillow from under her head and took a swing at Ginny. Ginny stumbled and almost fell back.
"Hey!" she exclaimed. "What was that for?"
"That," Hermione said, "was for making me make out with Harry."
"Ha! Actually you're lucky. I was considering making you take off your shirt and bra and make out with him topless," Ginny said with an evil grin.
"Oh, you are sooooooo evil!" exclaimed Hermione. "If you had done that, I would have strangled you, not just thrown a pillow at you!"
"Yeah, well. What's done is done. Get up. Get showered. Get dressed. We're leaving to go shopping in one hour. If you aren't dressed by then, you're coming naked."
Ginny left the room. Hermione sat up. She pulled her legs out from under the covers and set them on the floor. She thought about what Ginny had said. Have her make out with Harry topless? 'Well,' she thought, 'It wouldn't be the first time he had seen me that way.'
Hermione sighed. The past was over and gone. What had happened between her and Harry could never be changed. She was still a virgin, she would not let Harry take that from her, but so much had gone on between them that she deeply regretted. She sighed again and got out of bed and into the shower.
When Hermione got downstairs, Ginny was already sitting at the table eating breakfast.
"Come, eat," Ginny said, inviting Hermione to take the seat next to her.
"No thanks. I think I would be sick if I tried to eat," Hermione said.
"Okay then, do you think that you are well enough to go shopping?" asked Ginny.
"Yeah," said Hermione. "Duh! Like I would miss this just because I was sick!"
"Alright," Ginny said, rolling her eyes. "Let's go."
Ginny and Hermione picked up their bags. They said goodbye to Mrs. Weasley and walked out into the morning air. It was seven o'clock. Nothing would be open until at least eight, so Hermione and Ginny set off down the street talking about what kind of clothes they would buy.
"Okay, now remember. The whole point is to make you look like a girl a guy would want to go out with," Ginny said.
"I've already had a boyfriend, so it isn't like I can't draw the guys in," said Hermione.
"Yeah, but that didn't work out too well," said Ginny quietly.
"And besides, I don't want a boyfriend that is so shallow that he looks only at how hot I am," said Hermione.
"Yeah, and you do have a great personality. But the guys aren't gonna look for that when they start. Remember, what's outside brings them in, and what's inside keeps them there," said Ginny.
"Who are you, Aristotle? Oh never mind, just keep talking," Hermione said, rolling her eyes.
"You know, you have a great figure," said Ginny. "But you don't dress the way you should to put the accents on your strong points."
"Okay, so what are my strong points and how do I 'put the accents' on them?" said Hermione.
"Well, let's start at the bottom and work our way up," said Ginny. "For starters, your feet are small and delicate. Guys like that. So you should be barefoot as much as you can be. Even when you are outside, if you are on grass, be barefoot. When outside and not on grass, wear flip-flops. When it's cold, wear tennis shoes outside, light sandals inside, and be barefoot while in the common room."
"All that just for my FEET?" said Hermione. "I wonder how long the speech will be for the more interesting parts of my body."
"Moving on. Your legs are thin, but not too thin. You should wear shorts as much as possible during the summer, and kapris a lot in the winter. Wear pants as much as you do kapris, though, 'cause they will give you a change once in a while. The only problem I see with your legs is that you are totally white. So we will have to get you some sunless tanning oil. Not muggle stuff, it wears off after like one shower. But the magical stuff will stay on for a month, unless you remove it on purpose," said Ginny, stopping to catch her breath.
Hermione took advantage of the pause. "So, basically I'm getting a total boy-friendly-body makeover?"
"Yeah. Moving on. Your hips are perfect in proportion to the rest of your body. Your butt is amazing. Most girls use magic to make their butt bigger, but yours is great. So you need to wear tight pants a lot. They will give you a little shape, and then your lower section will be perfect. On to the midriff."
"Wait just a second, so on the butt should I ever wear like bikinis or anything?" Hermione asked.
"We'll get onto that after the basic overlook. This is just for basic, everyday clothing. That falls under the category of 'special interests' which I will cover in a minute," said Ginny.
"Okay, onto the midriff," said Hermione.
"Your tummy is flat and your waist is tiny, which is good. Your chest is perfect in every way. So you should wear tighter clothes than you do now." Ginny said.
"Well, just for you, I will give up my baggy t-shirts," Hermione said.
"That's good to hear, moving on up. Your shoulders and arms are totally okay, thin but strong. And your neck is okay too, thin, but with strength. Your hair and face could do with a little work," Ginny said.
"Okay, but what kind of work," said Hermione.
"I'm thinking for your hair we should cut it, straighten it, and then give you lighter highlights," said Ginny.
"Why the highlights?" asked Hermione.
"Because highlights are really 'in' at this time, and I don't know of a girl that has a good boyfriend that doesn't have them. Besides, you'd look really cute with some light streaks. And the whole point here is to make you look cute, remember?" Ginny said.
"Whatever," Hermione said, rolling her eyes. Secretly, though, she was really looking forward to the highlights. She had always wondered what her hair would look like with a little color.
"Okay, and your face. I DO NOT want you to apply major makeup. No foundation. You may wear lip gloss, but no lipstick. You can wear eye liner and shadow, but nothing really dark. Mostly just neutrals. And no blush, no zit cover-up. You are to use a magical cloth, which we will buy, every morning on your face. It will remove grime, dirt, sweat, all zits, and it will bring out your natural color. This is why you won't be using all the other makeup," said Ginny, in a 'Sir, yes sir!' kind of voice.
"Sir, yes sir!" said Hermione, and they both laughed.
Hermione and Ginny went a long the street, buying tons of clothes: shorts, kapris, pants, tank tops, spaghetti strap tank tops, tube tops, t-shirts, and long sleeve shirts. They also bought what seemed to be zillions of shoes. At least twelve pairs of flip-flops, three pairs of leather sandals, a pair of tennis shoes, and a pair of black high heels, in case there was a formal occasion that year. They went home for lunch and deposited their buyings.
As they dropped their stuff off, Hermione said, "You know Ginny, we have a dress code at our school. I can't wear any of this stuff to class."
"Yeah, but class only makes up about 1/3 of weekdays and none of weekends. You will get to wear them more than you think." Hermione rolled her eyes.
When they returned to town, Ginny led the way to a store called 'The Vain Witch'. It was a beauty store, but contained much more than just make-up.
Ginny walked up to the hair salon. "My friend here needs a cut, a permanent straighten, and highlights in various shades lighter than her normal color," she said to the women behind the desk, who looked at an open black notebook in front of her.
"Follow me please," she said courteously and walked back into a room which was full of chairs and witches.
"Janet will be your hair stylist today," said the women who had sat at the desk.
"Hello dear," said Janet. "Shorter, straighter, and light highlights?"
Hermione nodded.
"Okay, now sit here and lean back," Janet said gesturing to a slightly raised chair beside her. Hermione did so. Janet whispered some words under her breath and tapped her wand on Hermione's head. Hermione felt a touch of magic and her head felt lighter.
"Okay, you can open your eyes now," said Janet. Hermione opened her eyes and looked into the large mirror in front of her. The girl peering back at her had smooth, straight hair, which fell just past her shoulders. The dark hair had streaks of browns and blondes in it. The girl was beautiful. It took Hermione a minute to recognize that the girl she was staring at was herself.
"Do you like it?" asked Janet.
"Oh yes, very much," replied Hermione, slightly out of breath.
"That will be six sickles then," Janet said. Hermione fished the coins out of her purse and handed them to Janet.
"It's worth all of that and more," said Hermione. Janet smiled and Hermione went back out to where Ginny was waiting.
"Wow! You look absolutely awesome Hermione!" Ginny exclaimed loudly. Hermione hugged her.
"Now, onto the rest of the beauty supplies," Hermione said.
"Right," Ginny replied. She and Hermione walked over to the makeup. Ginny picked out around 16 different shades of eye liner and shadow, and about 25 different shades of lip gloss.
"These are the ones I think match your skin tones the best and the ones I think would look the most wild," Ginny said.
"Do you think you got enough?" said Hermione sarcastically.
"Yep," replied Ginny and both girls laughed.
"Okay let's go pay for it all," Hermione said. She and Ginny made their purchases and left the store.
They walked home, feeling good about what they had bought. Ginny would pause every now and then, looking into a new store window.
"Don't ya think we've already bought enough for the day?" Hermione said.
"Yeah, I guess so," Ginny replied.
When they returned home, they stealthily crept up the stairs and hid their new stuff under the beds.
"I can't believe you talked me into this," said Hermione.
"What do you mean by 'this'?" asked Ginny.
"All of it, the clothes I bought, the hair, the makeup, everything," Hermione said.
"Well, you look great and I thought you liked it," Ginny said.
"Yeah, I guess I kinda do, but still, we spent a ton of money," Hermione replied.
"Yeah well, at least we had fun today," Ginny said and the girls went down to dinner.
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A/N So there ya have it. I am not totally sure how this whole thing will end out, except it will turn out Draco/Hermione, so anyone that has any suggestions, I welcome them. Review please! And thanks so much to my reviewers! Chapter four will be the train ride back to Hogwarts and the start of term feast.
I'm really sorry this is so slow, every time I tried to get onto Fanfiction, my brother kicked me offline or Fanfiction wouldn't let me on or something.
Thanks to my reviewers!!! Y'all get kudos. I'm gonna respond to two of them, just 'cause they helped me the most or asked me a question.
rising waves: She was trying to find someone that she wouldn't mind kissing, so she was pretending to kiss Malfoy
Dragonfires: thank you so much! You helped me a lot. These three chapters were written before your advice, so they may not be as good, but thanks