flashback:
"Maybe, you're completely wrong. Maybe she was talking about something else. Maybe comparing boyfriends?" Harry tried to comfort his friend.
"Boy-FRIENDS? as in plural?" Ron groaned and flopped down on his bed.
chapter 5: makeovers?
The next day, a Friday of a Hogsmeade weekend. Ginny had an urge to go out. She had a specific idea on her mind: makeovers. She really wanted to boost her friend's low self confidence, and a new look could do just that, as well as help her thick idiot of a brother to notice her.
"Oh, come on! It'll be fun! Shopping, maybe getting our hair and nails done, maybe getting a new look…You know, Ron might be interested in the Hermione outside of school…"Ginny let her words dangle over Hermione.
"Ginny, the temptation is oh-so-great, oh believe me, it truly is," Hermione began sarcastically, "but who knows? Maybe Ron would prefer me the way I am. Maybe they'll screw up with my hair-And let's be honest, it can't take much more screwing up. Then I'd just be worse off!" Hermione answered worriedly.
"'Mione, you know Ron is thicker than whole milk. He might only notice you if you try to be noticed. Plus, even if he doesn't, other boys will, and that he's bound to notice. Also, we don't have to cut your hair, we could just style it, and if you don't like it, we can fix it with this handy spell I picked up from Mum's florist. Sound good?" Ginny looked down at her best friend.
"Oh…all right! I'll do it! But only if you do something for me, which I will name later."
"What? You can't make conditions! I don't have to do any unknown little 'thing' for you!" Ginny felt Hermione's trap closing in all around her.
"Then I don't have to get a makeover." Hermione replied smugly.
Ginny groaned. Whyever had she taught the art of debate and subtle trap setting to Hermione, the smartest witch in Hogwarts? It certainly hadn't been a wise decision.
"Fine. Deal. But it can't be anything I have to do in front of the family, okay? 'Cause that I flat out refuse, just in case." Ginny said narrowing her eyes.
"That's fine. Shake" and Hermione held out a hand. Ginny took it hesitantly and shook it, as if she expected her hand to go up in flames from Hermione's mere touch.
"I've signed us up for a weekend session with Lavender, Parvati and Colin, they're free, as long as we spread the word about their new buisness venture into makeovers. They work on schedules. Tonight we meet at Saffy's for the makeup phase-"Ginny was cut short.
"What! I thought you said it would just be the two of us! Phase? New? Schedules? Saffy's? Buisness? Session? Makeup? Venture? Tonight?-" Hermione began to hyperventilate.
"There! There you go! What did I say about blood pressure? DID you listen to me? You let your emotions go wild, and then you get over-excited, and now this!'
When Hermione finally calmed down, Ginny continued.
"Yes, Hermione, we're doing this the right way. Now tonight is only makeup. Saturday and Sunday are for clothes, because it takes more time to select clothes than makeup. Now, I don't care whether or not you can handle it, cause you're doing it whether you like it or not, and we shook on it."
"Fine! Gawsh."
Several hours later…
"Gin-ny! Can we stop now! We've been working for hours!" Hermione whined.
"In a minute!" Lavender said crossly.
"Seriously, as if you don't enjoy shopping" Parvati
"But I'm tired. And I wanna shower, and, and-" Hermione was interrupted.
"Fine! But you do realize we're coming back first thing tomorrow, right?" Ginny said, smiling evilly
"NOO!" Hermione whispered loudly in a conversational scream.
"Yes!" Ginny said smugly.
"But-" Hermione tried to say.
"No buts!" Ginny said firmly, "Come on, we'll have showers and watch a movie with Colin and the guys in our new outfits!"
"WHAT! A-I never said anything about keeping those outfits, and B- how are we gonna watch a movie?" Hermione was curious.
"Well Colin's charmed V-V-R/D-C-D player, duh"Ginny tried to act all Muggle-smart unsuccessfully.
"You mean, VCR/DVD player, right? And how did he manage to charm them?" Hermione was itching to know.
"Well, maybe you can find out when we're watching the movie tonight, and you WILL be in an outfit of my choosing!" Ginny said, first teasingly, then resolutely.
"But I never said I would-"
At the Portrait of the Fat Lady…
"Password?" the Fat Lady asked.
"Dragostea Din Te" Ginny said as matter-of-factly as she could manage. She and Hermione had been laughing non-stop all the way from Hogsmeade to Gryffindor Tower. They walked in, and collapsed as they caught sight of…