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Chapter Four: The Year-End-Ball (Part One)
"I can't wait till eight o'clock. Merlin, I still don't know what I'm going to wear. I don't even know how to do my hair," Lavender Brown said in a really excited tone of voice. It was so loud, it woke Hermione and Parvati up.
"What's up with you?" asked Parvati while sitting down half asleep in her bed.
"What time is it?" asked Hermione. She yawned and sat on her bed like Parvati did, and looked at Lavender.
"It's only eight o'clock in the morning but I've been up since six o'clock. Tell me, does this dress robe make me look fat?" she asked and wore a red velvet dress robe. "Or which of these go well with my complexion," she asked before either Parvati or Hermione answered her first question.
"You look fine, go back to sleep," Hermione suggested as she lay back down on her bed.
"Lavender, seriously, you didn't wake us up for that!! If I see bags on my eyes later, I'll seriously kill you!" Parvati said in a threatening voice.
"Codswallop! Get up!! Let's go to Hogsmeade and help me find a new dress robe. I'll probably sell my old dress robes in the second hand store for money," Lavender answered and pulled both Hermione and Parvati out of their beds.
"Hogsmeade isn't even open yet!! Go back to sleep and let go of me," Hermione told Lavender.
Lavender pretended like she didn't hear anything. "You first, take a shower and get out!!" she pushed Hermione in the shower. She took a black and white off shoulder top and a cute jean skirt, gave to Hermione and closed the door.
After 30 minutes, Hermione went out with Lavender's clothes, still half asleep. Her hair is bushier than before. It's very messy and has loads of tangles. Lavender took her wand and cast a spell and made Hermione's hair less bushy. Then Lavender pushed Parvati in the shower. She took a pink tank top and cute white skirt, gave it to Parvati and closed the door. She continued working on Hermione's hair. She brushed Hermione's hair and tied it back in a ponytail and pinned a black barrette on top.
Parvati took longer in the shower. After about 1 hour, Parvati went out wearing Lavender's clothes and also still half asleep. Her hair is less messy than Hermione. Lavender began working on her hair. She brushed Parvati's hair and pulled back some of her hair and secured it with a white barrette.
"Ok, you guys are done, wait for me in the common room, while I take a quick shower. We'll eat breakfast then we'll go. You might need your school robes," Lavender said and she took a white halter top and a cute above-the-knee flowery pink skirt. Lavender entered the shower and shut the door. Hermione and Parvati grabbed their robes and wore it, and then they went down to the common room.
In the common room, they saw Harry and Ron having a friendly game of Wizard Chess (as usual).
"Knight to – whoa!" Ron said interrupted at the sight of Hermione and Parvati. "Where are you guys going?"
"Well, if you want to know, Lavender was too excited for the ball, that she couldn't decide what to wear. She wanted to go to Hogsmeade to buy a new dress robe, and unfortunately, she dragged us with her," Parvati explained while she and Hermione sat down in one of the couches.
"Hogsmeade isn't even opened yet," Harry told them.
"That's what we told her, but she won't listen. We plan to get a spot of breakfast before we leave," said Hermione.
"Well, breakfast starts at ten-thirty, and Hogsmeade opens at eleven or twelve o'clock, I don't really know," Ron told them.
"What time did you guys woke up?" asked Parvati.
"About nine o'clock," Harry replied and then he and Ron resumed playing Wizard Chess.
About ten twenty-five, Lavender hasn't showed up yet.
"It's breakfast, want to go now?" Ron asked Parvati and Hermione as he and Harry stood up in front of the portrait hole.
"Thanks, but we'll just wait for Lavender," Parvati replied.
"We'll be down in a sec," Hermione added.
"Suit yourselves," Ron said as he and Harry began to exit the common room through the portrait hole.
Hermione and Parvati went back up to the Girls' Dormitory to look for Lavender. They saw Lavender taking all her stuff from her trunk and she's looking for something.
"Lost anything?" Hermione asked her.
"I can't find my red purse. That's where I keep all my money!!" she answered her.
"Then use a Summoning spell?" Parvati suggested.
"I tried but it wouldn't work! See," Lavender took out her wand and shouted. "Accio red purse!" There's a soft thud but nothing happened.
"We'll help you find it," Hermione told her and they started looking for Lavender's red purse. They searched everywhere but they couldn't find it. Hermione, who was standing in front of the bathroom door, got fed up. She took her wand out and shouted, "Accio Lavender's red purse," they heard a loud thud and Hermione jumped in surprise. She opened the bathroom door and then Lavender's purse came zooming in her hand.
"Oh, so that's where it went. Oh well, let's go eat!" Lavender said and skipped to the door. She opened it and looked back at Hermione and Parvati. Both rolled their eyes. They all laughed and resumed walking out of their dormitory and made their way to the Great Hall for breakfast.
After breakfast, Parvati, Lavender and Hermione went back to their dormitories and prepared to leave.
"Hurry up! We better go!!! I'm sure it'll take days to find you a dress!" Parvati said sarcastically and looked at Lavender. Lavender smiled and rolled her eyes. Hermione laughed.
"Hold on, I'm trying to put make-up on," Lavender told them as she finished putting some mascara and began putting some lip-gloss.
Lavender finally finished putting make-up on. She grabbed her old dress robes and they started walking out their common room. Together, they walked to the path leading to Hogsmeade.
"Want to grab something before we go?" asked Lavender, as soon as they got there.
"Maybe later, we just finished breakfast," Hermione replied.
"Twenty minutes ago!" Parvati added sarcastically. "Although I agree, I'm still full."
"Ok, we'll grab something before we go back to Hogwarts," Lavender agreed and they left Honeydukes.
"Hang on, is there even a robe shop here in Hogsmeade?" Parvati asked Lavender.
"That's what I was about to ask you! The only robe shop I can remember is Madam Malkin's at Diagon Alley," Hermione pointed out.
"Hey! How am I supposed to know! We'll just look for one," Lavender responded.
They roamed Hogsmeade for almost an hour looking for a robe shop, and finally found some. They stayed in each robe shop for almost one hour but Lavender couldn't find something she wants. Finally, they quitted and returned to Honeydukes.
"You woke us up at eight o'clock in the morning for nothing," Hermione told Lavender.
"I'm sorry," Lavender apologized.
"You better be! For that, you should buy us some sweets," Parvati ordered Lavender.
"Ugh, fine!" Lavender agreed. "What do you guys want?"
"Get me anything, I don't care. I'll go find us some seats," Hermione suggested.
Hermione left them and went to find a seat. Every seat is occupied except – ugh, the table beside Malfoy's. Hermione took it anyway.
"Whoa, Merlin!" Malfoy shouted in surprise.
"Shut up, Malfoy!" Hermione shouted back. Malfoy chuckled.
"I never knew Mudbloods could look so–"
"Pretty? I know," Hermione interrupted.
"No, hideous!" he laughed. Hermione glared at Malfoy. He smirked then looked away.
"Ugh," Hermione cried silently and rolled her eyes.
When Lavender and Parvati arrived, Malfoy started walking out. For some reason, Hermione ended up staring and smiling at him until he was out of sight.
I hate you but I love you
I can't stop thinking of you, it's true
I'm stuck on you — Stacie Orrico (Stuck)
Hey! What was that all about? Is Hermione gone completely mental? Find out in the next chapter — The Year-End-Ball (Part Two). Don't worry, the year-end-ball only has two parts, but I'm not going to post it till I get some honest reviews!!!
The little quote at the top by STACIE ORRICCO is actually part of a song if you don't know. It's not part of the story but a little extra sht for you. I picked it because I think it goes with the chapter (that's the only part of the song that goes with the chapter). I'm going to post more of these on later chapters. Like it or leave it!!!
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