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Divas Las Vegas

Chapter 5

"I know you and I know your plans." I said, "Ginny I don't really think this is the time to mix both of them together."

"Why not?" Ginny protested, "It's the perfect time! No parents, no Ron or Harry, a suite all to ourselves and you're single!"

"Look at it this way, Ginny" I tried to explain, "What if we screw up?"

"Screw up?" Ginny tilted her head, as if she'd never heard the phrase.

"Yeah, and I won't be able to show my face around here…we can't leave the hotel!"

"God, Hermione, you are such a pessimist." Ginny smiled, "Leave it to me and you won't screw up. Trust me."

"No, I'm not leaving it to you. You are going to discuss everything with me. Don't think I've forgotten the embarrassment of last time."

"Fine." Ginny agreed, and held out her hand.

"Fine." I said. I shook it firmly.

"Get some rest, I'll brainstorm and then tell you in the morning." Ginny told me.

I raised my eyebrow. "Whatever." I clapped my hands. The lights switched off.

I sipped my orange juice through a straw.

"So?" I asked Ginny, who was struggling into a bikini.

"So?" She said, "I'll tell you a 'so', this bikini is so revealing."

"Yeah, but it looks good, I mean all those days playing quidditch kind of paid off, didn't they?" I said, inspecting myself in a bikini. It had a hot pink triangled top with a black outline and a black bottom with a hot pink outline. It was my favourite; I was hoping to turn heads. Okay fine, a head, but it had to be the head of that particular someone, and for once, I didn't mean Draco.

Ginny's forest green bikini really did look good on her; I don't know what she was complaining about. I would kill for thighs like hers.

"What I meant was…so what's the plan?"

"Well, I think we'll put it into action today."

"Yes. Well?"

"Oh right…the plan!" Ginny said, "It's nothing great, just that yesterday I saw him hanging out with this girl. She looked a lot like him, you know, black hair, green eyes, and then I realized they were brother and sister."

"So…?" I pressed.

"Well, I was thinking first we'll get to the sister. She looks around our age. And then maybe we can get together with them, like shopping trips or casino dates or whatever." Ginny paused for a second to allow herself to smile, "I can keep the sister entertained while you and the sexy guy click!"

"Sounds like a pretty basic plan to me." I said, not extremely impressed.

"The simplicity of it!" Ginny sighed, "That's the best part."

I scoffed, "Okay then."

I grabbed a sheer pink wrap around and led the way out of the room. Ginny followed me except she had a towel draped on one shoulder instead.

My sparkly pink flip flops made slapping sounds on the marble floor of the hotel lobby. Ginny peeked from behind a potted plant into the poolside area.

"He's there." She hissed.

"I can see that." I said, lowering my sunglasses to get a better look.

"He's better looking than I remember." Ginny said, "And look, there's the sister!"

I looked, and the family resemblance was unmistakable. They could have very nearly been twins, for all I knew.

"She's going over to the Cabana Bar. I'll meet her there." Ginny informed me.

"What do I do?" I asked.

"Stay here." Ginny said, "Don't let him see you, read a magazine. Wait, Don't read a magazine."

I stomped my flip flopped foot in frustration.

"Just stay here. When I give this signal. Walk out onto the poolside like you're a supermodel. Get it?"

"A supermodel?" I said, "What? Why?"

"Listen to me…just do it!" Ginny grabbed me by the shoulders. "The signal is this."

She did a weird flick with her hand.

"How am I supposed to see that from over here?" I asked.

"Just concentrate on me." Ginny said, "By the time I do the signal I'll probably be over there by the lounging chairs next to Sexy Guy, right?"

"Right." I said.

Ginny turned and walked out onto the poolside. She ordered the drink at the bar and sat next to the Sexy Guy's sister. Before I knew what was happening, they were engrossed in deep conversation. Ginny was nodding and the Sexy Guy's sister was laughing.

After a little while, they got up, with their drinks in hand, and went over to where the Sexy Guy was sitting, alone, listening to something called an Ipod. When they drew near, he took off his headphones and started talking to Ginny and his sister. Ginny sat down next to him and so did his sister. Soon all three of them were laughing and joking.

Then Ginny said something and casually flicked her hand. My body stiffened…the signal!

I checked my reflection in the lobby mirror and strutted out the door.

I sashayed down the poolside path like I was a model on a runway.

A model on a runway with a purpose. And that purpose was more than just concentrating on not tripping, although that was on my mind. In fact I was concentrating so hard I almost didn't hear Ginny shout my name across the pool.

"Hermione!" I heard her faintly.

I turned, flashed a brilliant smiled and walked towards her. I was still using the model on the runway walk.

Thank God for these sunglasses. This way the Sexy Guy can't see where I'm looking, which will probably be at him.

"Hey Ginny," I managed to say, without squeaking.

"Hermione, I'd like you to meet Juliana," she said, gesturing to the pretty, dark haired sister of the Sexy Guy, "And her brother, James."

I swiveled my hand at both of them, complete with the million dollar smile.

To my utmost pleasure I saw James smile sheepishly. Juliana jumped up suddenly.

"Hey, Hermione, want a drink?" She asked, she dangled an empty glass in front of me, "I've finished mine, so I'm going to get a refill, does anyone want anything while I'm up?"

"I'll come with you," Ginny jumped up. "I need a refill too." She sipped up the last bit of her pretty pink drink.

"I'll have the same thing as Ginny." I said.

"Nothing for me," James said. His voice did send tingles all over my body. This had to be something serious.

Ginny winked at me when she walked away with Juliana, leaving me alone with James.

"So Ginny asked Julie and I to come shopping with you'll today." He said, folding his arms over his head and looking at me.

"Did she?" I asked, averting my eyes from the hairy armpits of my new romantic interest.

"Yeah." He said, replacing his arms by his side. He must have noticed why I couldn't look at him. "So where do you think we should go?"

"I don't know," I said, "I've never been to Las Vegas before."

"Neither have I," he told me, "I live in New York, Julie and I wanted a holiday away from the parents, you know."

"Are you and Julie twins?" I asked, I had to say something or else I might seem boring.

"No," He laughed, "She's 18, I'm 19."

"Oh." I said shortly, blushing furiously, even though it wasn't such a big mistake.

"Don't worry," He said, "lots of people mistake us for twins."

At this point Ginny and Juliana returned with the drinks.

"Hermione, Julie and James are coming shopping with us, okay?" Ginny told me.

"Yeah, I know," I said, "James told me."

"So I was thinking we go to that new mall down the street. Beth told me it was really good." Ginny suggested.

"Sounds good." James said.

Juliana nodded, and so did I.

"It's really hot, isn't it?" Ginny said, fanning herself.

I sipped my drink in silence, not knowing what to say.

Ginny opened a bottle of water. While opening it the bottle lid fell and rolled a few feet away from me.

"Oh, Hermione, could you get that?" She asked.

Not thinking anything of the request, I got up and bent down to pick the lid up, when I returned to my seat Ginny had a secretive smile on her face.

After taking a long sip she said "How about we go up to our suite?"

I raised an eyebrow under my sunglasses.

"Cool! Come on let's go!" Juliana said.

"James got up off the deck chair. His stomach muscles rippled when he lifted himself up. I almost dropped my drink.

"Hermione, you coming?" James asked me, I must have been lost in fantasies of James and I together because I was just sitting there staring into space.

"Oh yeah," I left my drink on a table and walked with them back into the lobby.

After James and Juliana had made themselves at home in the room, I pulled Ginny aside to ask her why she was smiling the way she was at the poolside.

Ginny laughed.

"Hermione!" She squealed, "Don't tell me you didn't notice."

"Ginny I'm asking you only because I didn't notice, now tell me!"

"Okay, Okay," She looked over her shoulder to see what James and Juliana were doing: they were engrossed in some television program and stuffing greasy French fries into their mouths.

"I dropped that bottle lid on purpose and asked you to pick it up." Ginny confessed.

"Why?" I asked.

"Well, when you went to pick it up I watched James very closely and get this Hermione when you bent over he was staring at your butt!"

Realization dawned on me. I was silent.

"And I mean staring, Hermione, not looking, STARING!" Ginny hissed the last word

I groaned.

"He's a guy, Ginny, it doesn't mean anything." I said.

"Maybe, maybe not. But it does mean he thinks you're attractive." Ginny said.

"Fine, now let's go and join our guests." I turned back to join James and Juliana.

"Hey, where were you guys?" Juliana asked, not taking her eyes off a music video on TV.

"Just talking," Ginny said. She sat down on the couch next to Julie, leaving the only empty space next to James.

After we got bored watching TV, listening to music and talking, we decided it was time we left to go shopping.

James and Juliana left to go change clothes and so did Ginny and I.

"Wear that halter." Ginny pointed to a red halter that showed, in my opinion, way too much cleavage.

"God, Ginny," I said, "We're going to a mall, not a strip club."

"Strip Club, huh? That's a good idea; maybe we should head out to one after we finish shopping." Ginny smiled devilishly.

"Ginny," I said menacingly.

"I was only joking." She giggled.

All four of us met at the lobby. James, I observed, looked very good in just a white shirt and worn in jeans. I would have thought he just wasn't bothered about his appearance but then I noticed his perfectly styled hair.

We took the Hotel limousine to the recommended mall. We weaved in and out of the many shops and stopped for a coffee at Starbucks, something Ginny had never heard of.

"You've never heard of Starbucks?" James asked incredulously.

"Uh…" Ginny looked at me dependently, "What are you talking about? Of course I've head of Starbacks...I mean, Starbucks.

"I heard you telling Hermione you'd never heard of this place."

"No, I didn't say that."

"Yes, you did." James insisted.

"No, I didn't."

James was right of course, Ginny had said she'd never heard of the place, but I figured I'd let them fight it out.

"Yes, you DI-" James was interrupted when Juliana said randomly, "Hey, Hermione, there's a guy there with really, really light blonde hair and he's calling your name."

I turned around really quick.

I saw a familiar, pale, smiling face, framed with spiky blonde hair and an eyebrow ring.

"Hey, Hermione..."

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