Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, and everything in this story belongs to JK Rowling except the characters/spells/and other things you find in the HP books...finaLLy

"Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have." – Hermione Granger

A/N: Longest chapter yet – Read and Review! Enjoy! I LOVE MY REVIEWERS!

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Draco layed back on his green satin covered bed, staring up at the ceiling, making friends with the eerie shadows that danced across the walls. He closed his eyes, wishing his mother was here, wishing the only person who he received love from was by his side.

A tapping noise disturbed his thoughts. He got up reluctantly from his soft bed and strolled over to his large window. He pulled back the curtains, letting the light flow into his room, blinding him for a second or two. As he blinked his eyes over and over again, trying to get accustomed to the light, the tapping noise grew louder.

He looked out the window and his eyes practically fell out from inside his head when he saw a gorgeous black owl, with beautiful piercing eyes staring intently at Draco. The tapping once again broke him away from his thoughts, and he opened the window to let the owl inside.

Draco just realized the letter tied to the owl's leg, and took the burden from the owl. As Draco opened the letter, he let the owl snack on his English muffin sitting on his small table.

A bulge in the envolope caught his attention. Curious, he was about to rip apart the envelope, the thought of using a letter opener never occuring to him, when a not so subtle knock on his door stopped him.

Grudgingly, Draco got up once more, leaving the envelope carelessly on his bed, and opened the door. There stood a way too happy Amber in white pants and a blue sweatshirt thrown on top.

"What the hell do you want?" Draco asked, narrowing his eyes at Amber.

Amber smiled, being very jolly, at Draco and replied with a straight-forward "It's Hogsmeade weakend you idiot."

"What?" Draco answered looking like the stupidest idiot ever.

Amber rolled her eyes. "I wonder if all guys are this stupid..." she asked herself, her right elbow balanced on her left hand, her pointer finger tapping her cheek lightly, as she looked up at the ceiling pondering the question over.

"HEY!" protested Draco his voice loud.

The door on the right of Draco's opened and Blaise shuffled out sleepily in pajama pants and a bare chest.

"Who died?" he asked, his eyes squinting to get a better look of the scene before of him, that and the light was blinding him.

"You will, if you and your friend here don't get ready in the next 5 minutes!"

Amber exlcaimed, getting annoyed with the confusion, "and Blaise put a shirt on."

"Why?" Both Blaise and Draco asked.

"ARG! JUST DO IT!" Amber screamed, clutching air with her fists, balling them up.

A soft laugh from behind Amber caught the three's attention.

"What's she doing here?!" Blaise and Draco asked in confusion, pointing at Ginny, who was standing innocently behind Amber, her hands behind her back, and her toe tracing lines on the deep lush carpet. Blaise covered his chest protectively. This made Ginny blush but also laugh even harder.

Amber gave a coy smile. "I brought her with me. As much as she didn't want to go to Hogsmeade with you bums, I dragged her along."

"We're going to Hogsmeade?" Blaise asked, glancing over at Draco, who was glancing at Ginny who was in some blue jeans, a black t-shirt, and a red sweater, looking beautiful all the same.

Draco added, "And this is the Slytherin common room!" he said, his spitefulness returning. "Go away." He added flatly to Ginny.

Ginny stood with a smirk, a mirror image of Draco's smirk. Blaise looked completely out of place.

"We're bums?" he asked scratching his head questionably.

Amber sighed, "You guys, it's not that hard. Draco, you promised me that you would buy me whatever I wanted the first Hogsmeade weekend, and one other friend whatever she wanted. Blaise, you promised me you'll come shopping with me, and hold all my stuff for me. And I chose Ginny as my friend, so you guys are coming with us."

"When was this?" Draco asked, suspecting a lie.

"Last summer remember? When you used my owl over and over again because your owl was injured?" Amber asked raising an eyebrow.

"Uh..." Blaise commented, his eyes shifting to the ground.

"Right, now go, you've got two minutes." Amber commanded, pushing both of them back into their rooms.

Draco stole a glance at Ginny who was playing with her jacket zipper, "Why did you have to pick her? A Weasley? Why not Pansy or something?"

"Would you really want that?" Amber smirked.

"Uh, no." he replied, sighing in defeat.

Draco stormed into his room. He was trying his best to be angry that the Weaslette was coming shopping with them, but he wasn't that mad. He kind of minded that she was going to be hanging around with them, and he didn't want to think of what Potter and Weasel were gonna do if they saw them, but otherwise he didn't care as much as he should.

He sighed and climbed out of his clothes, and into cargo pants, and a black t-shirt. He grabbed his wallet, popped it into his right pocket, and stepped outside, way too lazy and tired to slick back his hair and wash his face.

He found Blaise already outside in long shorts and a white t-shirt. Amber and Ginny were sitting against the wall outside of Draco's room giggling every now and then. Blaise kept opening his mouth as if to say something rude to Ginny but then cowered under Amber's gaze, although she was one year younger than he was.

He would've been meaner to Ginny if he could've but all in all he was scared of Amber also. Amber cast mean bat boogey hexes, and she said that Ginny was the one who taught her, and that Ginny was ten times better than herself. Draco did not want to experience that.

Soon after, they left the school, and after Filch checked them off the list, they made their way to Hogsmeade, Ginny looking apprehensive about going to Hogsmeade with a Malfoy and a Zabini, other than Amber that is.

Amber and Ginny were frolicking about ahead on the path to Hogsmeade, while Draco and Blaise slumped behind them by a few feet. As soon as they reached Hogsmeade Amber rushed to a big clothing store called Marie's Fitters, the newest hottest fashion store, Ginny walking briskly behind her, and Draco and Blaise slouching inside the lovely pink and yellow store.

The two boys took two seats near the back of the store, following the girls with their eyes.

A pretty woman that looked like she was in her late 20's entered the store from a door behind the counter. "Hello girls!" she said in a sweet, casual voice. The girls immediately liked her. "What can I do for you two beautiful girls today?"

"Oh nothing really, we're just looking around, Mrs..." Ginny answered, smiling sweetly.

"Oh don't bother with the Mrs. or Ms. I'm not that old you know. Marie will do just fine."

"Okay Marie, thankyou." Amber replied.

"No problem dears, you go ahead and look around, have fun, and ask if you need anything!" Marie replied to their already retreating backs, just waiting to explore the store eagerly.

Amber raced over to a large rack full of muggle clothes. "Look Gin! A muggle section! They only have them in Diagon Alley, and Muggle London, now we can buy them in Hogsmeade also!"

Ginny rushed over and soon both girls were digging through the piles of clothes, trying on everything every time they had a chance. Soon they were over by the ball gowns.

Ginny had convinced Amber that buying the Ball Gowns now was the sensible thing to do, because when a ball comes up, all the gowns will be either sold out, or all the good ones will be out.

Amber held up a long purple glittery longsleeved dress, with a long sash following behind. "How's this look Gin?" Amber asked, pushing the dress against her body.

Ginny tilted her head for a few seconds, looking over Amber's choice. "It's not that bad, but I don't think purple's your greatest color. Try navy blue, it'll look nice with your hair and your blue-purple eyes."

Amber nodded in understand and once again began digging through the stacks of ball gowns. After what seemed like hours of looking, Amber held up a dress just as Ginny held up hers.

"How do you like it?" Amber asked Gin, looking at the dress she was holding up, a long strapless gown in a dark blue color, with silver glitter trailing up, and turning into the shape of a beautiful flower. Simple, but dashing.

"I love it! It's beautiful Amber!" Ginny exclaimed, smiling at her friend's shining face.

"Now all I need is a date worthy of this dress for the next ball, and I'm set to go." Amber joked, smiling slightly, loving the time she was spending with her best friend. Ginny laughed.

"How about mine?" Ginny said, holding up her dress, making Amber gasp. It was a beautiful emerald green color, with speghetti straps and slight ruffles throughout the dress. On Ginny, it would reach to a little above her knees.

"Wow" Amber breathed in, "It's great Gin. I mean it, if anyone could make that dress more beautiful than it already is, you would be the one! Now try it on!" She added enthusiastically.

Ginny left to try on the dress, while Amber stood looking at even more dresses.

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Draco sat straight and stared ahead, tilting his head side to side, to get all the cricks and cramps out of his body. Blaise sat next to him, his head leaned back, snoring slightly, somewhere off in dreamworld.

What Draco saw next was enough to make his mouth drop in awe. There stood Ginny, in a beautiful green gown, stopping a few inches above her knees, hugging her figure perfectly, her red hair strewn about and her brown eyes looking down at her dress critically.

"Gin, you have to buy it! You're a natural in it! It looks great!" he heard Amber say. He had to agree, she looked like the sweetest angel he's ever seen.

He saw Ginny smile and heard "Thanks Amber."

Ginny went back inside the stall and changed, coming back out in her jeans, t-shirt, and sweater. She held up the dress, and checked the price tag, which was hanging loosely off the side of the dress.

He watched as Ginny's face fell. She silently put the dress back on the shelf.

"Amber go ahead and pay." Ginny told Amber, as she took her purse.

"Gin! Why aren't you getting that gown?" asked Amber looking as confused as ever.

"It's just..." Ginny blushed slightly, "it's a bit, you know, expensive."

Amber rolled her eyes. "Is that all? I can just call one of those sleeping bimbos over there and let them pay for – "

Ginny interrupted, "No! It's okay, I don't want to do that. Spend your own money, I'll find another nice ball gown."

"No really Gin, let me go wake up – "

"Just don't, it's okay! I mean it."

Amber sighed, "Fine..." she accepted defeat.

Draco sighed and shook his head. He looked to his right once again, where he saw a snoring Blaise. He got up lazily from his chair, and walked over to where Ginny was.

He held out, and not looking at her directly in the face, but instead to his right at the small bird clock on Marie's counter, he held out his hand to Ginny and said, "Give me the dress."

Ginny was angry at first, thinking that this was some practical joke. Then confusion came over her features, not knowing exactly what he was thinking. Finally, realization dawned on her.

"No, it's fine – "

Draco sighed, and took the dress easily from the shelf behind her, considering how much taller he was than she was, and stalked over to the counter.

He held out the dress, and emptied ou his wallet for Marie. After Marie placed the dress in a bag, he walked back to where Blaise was, shoving Ginny the bag roughly on the way back.

He grabbed Blaise, waking him up suddenly, and left with the jingle of the bell on the door, a confused Blaise following closely behind.

Ginny stood clutching the bag close to her chest, wondering what all that was all about. Soon they both left to have lunch at the Three Broomsticks, both of them carrying a beautiful ball gown.

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A/N: Oh hoy there folks! Yeah – scary isn't it? I'll remember never to do that again. Here's the story, this is the longest chapter yet! Yay! I would've made it longer, but I decided to keep you in suspense on what the dun dun dun dun letter with the "secret bulge" in it was! Sorry if the update took long, but I really wrote this chapter all in one day cuz I have the day off. And now it's the weekend, two days of school and then voila! Back to thanksigving weekend! So I'll definitly cram in as many chapters as I can then!

Now as much as you don't want to, and I know how lazy you guys can be – including me – like once I was just waaaaaaaaay to lazy to get up and get the phone, so I just let them leave a message....right anyways – my point is:

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