A/N: Here's the next chapter! I hope you like it! REVIEW if you want me to continue this story! Thanks to all who have reviewed!
Not That Different Chapter 5
Beautiful
Hermione awoke the next morning to the sun shining through her window, she quickly got up, took a shower, got ready, ate breakfast. She even had time to write a quick letter to Draco, which she sent with her owl, Aria that Harry had gotten her for Christmas in their seventh year. After she sent the letter she turned to leave, only stopping to feed Crookshanks before apparating to St. Mungo's. Hermione walked into the employee's lounge for a cup of coffee only to see Liz there doing the same thing. "Liz?" Hermione asked, "what are you doing here? I thought you didn't work until the late shift tonight?" Liz merely shrugged, "I don't know, they flooed me this morning to tell me that they needed me to come in. I guess Frank had a meeting and they needed us both here since he couldn't be, so he is going to cover my late shift and I got moved up." "Awesome!" Hermione exclaimed, "you can come shopping with Ginny and I once our shift is up, I know she won't care!" Elizabeth just stared at her, "what are you so excited about?" "Well," explained Hermione, "I got my invitation for my 5 year Hogwarts reunion, and I desperately need new dress robes for the occasion and so does Ginny." "Wait a minute," Liz stated, "I thought Ginny was in the year below you, why is she going?" "Oh, well she is dating Blaise, Draco's best friend from school, and is going with him as his date. He was in my year." Elizabeth smiled, "well that's cool, but I need a new set of robes as well." Hermione looked at her strangely, "Harry asked me to accompany him, I get to go too!" "Oh my gosh! This is going to be so much fun!" Hermione shrieked before asking, "are you and Harry dating?" Elizabeth smirked, "not yet…" Hermione simply laughed and said, "lets just get to work."
After a long shift of tiresome work that would have normally led Hermione straight home to a long candle lit bath. The two girls apparated to Hermione's flat to change out of their work clothes and then quickly apparated over to Harry and Ron's where they had arranged to meet Ginny. "Hello!" Hermione announced her arrival and walked into the kitchen to meet Harry who was starting to take out things Hermione guess were to start dinner. "Hey Harry," Hermione said cheerfully as she leaned over his shoulder and kissed his cheek. "Hey 'Mione, how are you?" Harry asked back. "Great," Hermione answered as she started putting back all of the materials that Harry was getting out. "What are you doing that for 'Mione?" Harry asked and Hermione smiled at him, "You can't be that daft to expect to cook your own dinner when Liz, Ginny and I are going out! You can meet us in a couple hours at that club you belong to, The Hippogriff, and we'll all eat there after we are done shopping… Oh, and bring Ron too." Harry smirked, "are you asking me out on a date Ms. Granger?" Hermione gave him one of her famous McGonagall looks and said, "No, Mr. Potter, I'm ordering you on one." Both Harry and Hermione then both started laughing as Liz and Ginny walked into the kitchen, "Hermione," Liz started hands on her hips, "are you ready to go?" "Yep, I am," she turned to Harry, "see you there at 6:30, call ahead our reservation ok?" He nodded and the three girls apparated to the Leaky Cauldron to enter into Diagon Alley.
Two hours and what seemed like 50 dress robes later the girls finally settled on one for each of them. Hermione's were gold with silver trim all the way around the sleeves and brought out her beautiful brown hair and the gold specks in her brown eyes beautifully. It was a classic Hermione fit too, not too tight but tight enough to show off her perfect figure. Elizabeth settled on a navy blue set of robes that shimmered beautifully under the light, it too hugged her perfect curves just right and brought out her blue eyes beautifully. Ginny found robes that were the opposite colors of Hermione's, silver with gold trim around the neckline and sleeves, but Ginny's had little rhinestones sewn into it in various places. Also hugging her in all the right places. After the girls found their jewelry to match they made sure their robes were well hidden and walked across the street to find Harry and Ron waiting outside of the club waiting to escort the girls in.
After dinner she bid farewell to Harry, Ron, Liz and Ginny and apparated home only to find Aria sitting on her table with a note attached to her leg. Hermione detached the note and read:
'Mya,
Hey beautiful! I hope you had fun shopping. I went to St. Mungo's but they said you had already left. I also let them know that you will be unable to work next Friday through Monday because we will be at Hogwarts. I also got a letter that said that Professor Dumbledore would like to speak with you me and Potter when we arrive for the reunion so I expect we will have to leave a little earlier than expected. If you get home in decent time you can apparate on over, if you are not feeling up to it then I will see you tomorrow at the hospital. I love you and hope I see you when you get home!
Missing you,
Draco
Hermione smiled when she finished the letter and quickly went to the bathroom to fix her appearance in the mirror before she apparated straight to Draco's house.
She arrived at the house to find Draco soundly asleep on the couch. She quietly walked over to him snuggled up next to him and leaned in and gave him a kiss before closing her eyes and falling asleep next to him. Draco opened his eyes and looked down at Hermione in his arms, leaned down and kissed her on the forehead before laying his head down and once again falling asleep, but, not before whispering in her ear, "Goodnight my beautiful, I love you."