In Her Eyes
Madammarauder
Ch19: Another Trip To Hogsmeade
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"Hey you guys. What's up?" Ginny asked happily, sitting down in the empty seat next to Harry. The moment Harry noticed she was sitting beside him, his stomach tied on knots, his palms began to sweat, and his heart seemed to be beating somewhere near his Adam's Apple.Ron remembered their conversation from the night before. So, once he got Harry's eye contact he gave him a wink. This only made Harry feel more uncomfortable. So he blushed and took another bite of
his toast.
"Why is Ginny Weasley, of all people, making me feelthis way?" Harry asked himself.
"Hello, Harry!" Ginny exclaimed, waving her hands in front of Harry's face. Hermione nudged him hard in the side.
"Ow-Augh-Um . . . "Harry mumbled, completely tounge-tied. "Toast?" Harry said stupidly, holding up the piece of his half-eaten toast.
Ginny giggled,"No thanks. I was wondering what your first class is today?"
"Um . . . "Harry started to say, throwing the piece of toast back on his plate.
"Charms."Hermione answered for Harry, "What's yours?"
"Potions."Ginny replied with a frown."Actually, I'd better be going. You know how pissed off Snape gets when someone's late for his class." And with that, Ginny stood up to leave, but without thinking, Harry grabbed her hand and pulled him back down next to him.
"Ginny, will you go to Hogsmeade with me?" Harry asked quickly, anxiety ringing in every word.
Ginny looked completely taken back. Then, her look of surprised became very puzzled.
"Oh P-L-E-A-S-E don't tell me you have another date."Harry begged to himself.
"Of course I will go with you, Harry." Ginny exclaimed, kissing Harry on the cheek. This time,
Harry was completely taken back.
"Really-I mean, that's awesome!"Harry exclaimed with a grin across his face. Ginny then grinned and then
looked down at her watch. "Oh, crap. I really do have to be going."So, once again, Ginny got up to leave. But, once again, Harry pulled her back down. But, this time, Harry kissed her gently on the lips. Both Hermione and Ron's jaws dropped in shock. Actually, Harry was quite surprised with himself that he had kissed her.
"I'm really sorr-" Harry started to say once they had pulled apart. But, this time, Ginny silenced him with a kiss of her own. When Ginny and Harry finally pulled apart again, they were both grinning.
"I cant believe it is raining!" Hermione said with a shiver from the temperature change as she, Ron, Harry, and Ginny walked into the Three Broomsticks looking like wet dogs, but compared to all of the people sitting around tables, and at the bar, they looked like super models It had been a very clear night, and in the early morning when they first woke up there was not a cloud in the sky. But, as soon as they reached Hogsmeade it started pouring rain..
"I wonder where Madam Rosemerta is at?" Ron said as the four of them sat down at the bar next to a man that looked like he had just gotten in a fight with a were wolf! His hair was all matted, surprisingly reminding them all of Hagrid, his clothes looked like they were centuries old with tares, and stains, and finally, he was in dior need for a shaving.
"I'm right here!" A merry lady said, popping her head out of the kitchen that was behind the bar.
"Hold on. I'll be there in a sec." As the four of them waited for Rosemerta, they heard a loud smashing of glass back in the kitchen, and then they heard Madam Rosemerta's voice, "Oops. Sorry Bert! I clean that up in a second." Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Harry couldn't help but laugh at Rosemerta as she stumbled out of the kitchen, clearly shaken. When she noticed that the four of them were in fits of laughter, she grinned and walked over to them with a grin on her face.
"Okay, I can't help it that I'm clumsy, but I am sure I can help my favorite costumers. Okay, would you stop laughing!" She said, trying not to laugh herself, but her efforts failed as she laughed along with the four of them. Ron gave a blush at Rosmerta's emphasis on the word favorite. He had always fancied Rosemerta's shapely body. But, Hermione nudged him in the side and then gave him a seductive smirk that made them both laugh.
Once all of them finally calmed down, Rosemereta then asked, "Okay, seriously, what can I get you all?"
Harry answered for them,"We'll have four butterbeers."
Rosemerta nodded, and pulled out four, very dusty and dirty mugs that looked like they hadn't been washed in years. Then, she pulled out her wand. And with a single flick, butterbeer poured out of the end of her wand into the mugs. Once finished, she pushed them across the bar to Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny. The first sip made their bodies tingle with warmth.
When their mugs were drained, and they didn't have any more topics of small talk, Rosemerta cleaned their mugs with a rag that only made their mugs dirtier while Ron turned to the other three and said, "Okay, what are we going to do first?" Ron asked, looking around at the other three whom only looked at each other, completely clueless.
"How about we get this damn shopping out of the way so that we can grab something to eat." Harry suggested, watching Madam Rosemerta place the dirty mugs back under the counter.
"How about Madam Malkin's?" Ginny suggested.
"Lord, no." Hermione replied, "That place is so small. When we went there it stank and I felt totally claustrophobic . Ron chuckled.
"That was only because Malfoy was there." Ron said coldly. Harry and Ginny laughed, but for some reason Hermione couldn't bring herself to laugh. Ever sense her and Malfoy had become 'friends' she tried not to think badly about him. Luckily neither Ginny, Ron, nor Harry noticed that she wasn't laughing because Ginny made another suggestion.
"Oh! I heard there is a new store somewhere near the post office."
"Oh yeah."Hermione said, waving her index finger around, "I heard they have got brand new dress robes. We should go check it out."
"Sounds good to me." Harry said with a shrug.
"Fine by me." Ron sighed, waving goodbye at Rosemerta. Then, the four of them stood up and made their way to the door.
"Oh, wait!" Harry said, turning back around. Then, he rushed back to the bar and gave Madam Rosemerta six sickles.
"Thanks." Rosemerta said with a cheery grin, looking up from the other set of mugs that she was cleaning. Harry just nodded and gave a half grin. Then, he turned around and walked rushed to the door where Ron, Ginny, and Hermione were waiting for him.
"Wait!"Rosemerta shouted from the bar. "You gave me two extra sickles!"
"Your tip!" Harry yelled with a grin. Finally, he, Hermione, Ginny, and Ron finally left the Three broomsticks as they had intended to minutes before. Madam Rosemerta's "Thank You" was silences as Harry closed the door behind him.
The new wizardwear store, called madam Mansin's, was actually not as crowded as they had expected. But, as a new store, they were guessing that not everyone had heard about it yet. Quite relieved that the store wasn't too crowded, and they wouldn't have to fight people for the decent priced items, Harry, Hermione, Ginny, and Ron walked around, looking for a new outfit. Every once and a while they would pick out something that they could try on.
After they were in the store for about twenty minutes, both Harry and Ron got sick of shopping and left to go the Honeydukes, which was not far from Madam Mansin's.Before Harry and Ron left, Harry pulled Ginny aside.
"Here." Harry said, pulling a handful of gold out of his pocket, holding it in the palm of his hand for Ginny to take. "Buy yourself something really nice." Ginny just looked up at him, her mouth open.
"Harry . . . " Ginny started to say, but Harry silenced her with a kiss. When Ginny finally pulled away she sighed. "Really, Harry. I don't want you to have to pay for it."
But, instead of a kiss, Harry silenced her when he took her hand and placed the gold in it. "Ginny, it's nothing. I want you to buy yourself something nice and surprise me with it at the ball." Ginny sighed, still not completely happy about Harry paying for a dress. When Harry noticed her frown he smirked, and poked her in the side (knowing that she was ticklish there) causing her to erupt in giggles as she tried to swat Harry's hands away helplessly. Harry just laughed at her and finally stopped. Then, once Ginny had calmed down she sighed again.
"Fine . . . But I am NOT happy about it!" Ginny said, giving Harry a little peck on the lips. With a grin, Harry turned around, and rushed after Ron who was waiting for him outside of the store. Ginny watched Harry leave with a grin, then when she heard the bell above the door go off, signaling that they had left, she walked over to where Hermione was standing.
"God I love him . . . " Ginny sighed, still looking at the door as if Harry would walk back through the door.
"You love him? Are you crazy? " Hermione asked, looking at Ginny with awe.
"No, I'm not crazy. I have always liked Harry, as you know, but now that I know he likes me I can't help but love him."
"Don't you think that is a little...Extreme?" Hermione asked Ginny, hardly able to contain herself at the fact that Ginny had said she LOVED Harry.
"Well, it would be if i didn't mean it."Ginny replied with a shrug.Hermione just stared at her in amazement. HOW COULD SHE SAY SHE LOVED HARRY?THEY WERE TO YOUNG TO HAVE FEELINGS LIKE THAT! WEREN'Y THEY?... Hermione though to herself, but she was sidetracked when Ginny grabbed her pile of dresses and said ," Okay, I am going to try on these dresses, tell me what you think of them." Hermione just nodded, still in her own little world.
The first dress Ginny came out with was very plane. It was a solid, black, v-neck dress that was pretty loose around her breasts and her waiste. Her facial expression of 'to boring' clearly said that she didn;t want that dress. Hermione nodded at Ginny's decision and said, "You need a dress that is a little more slimming on you to show your curves."
Ginny nodded and went back into the dressing room. The next Ginny came out with was definitely better, but still not for her. It was a dark-green dress that was very shapely, ankle length, and it wrapped around her neck. With a shrug she looked at Hermione for her opinion.
"I love the dress but I hate the color." Hermione said, still observing the dress.
"Yeah, your right. It's to . . . Slytherinish." Ginny chuckled as she went back into the dressing room once more.
"Ready?" Ginny asked Hermione from the other side of the dressing room door.
"Yep." Hermione said with a grin, waiting for Ginny to come out. The doorknob opened slowly and the door swung open. Hermione gasped at Ginny. The dress she had on was clearly the dress for her. It was a burgundy, sleeveless, slim cut that was very tight from her breasts to her waist, but from her waist down it goofed out. When she walked to the mirror to look at herself, the dress gracefully flowed behind her.
"Ginny, it's stunning!" Hermione breathed, watching Ginny examine herself in the mirror.
"Really? It's not to . . . "
"It's perfect!" Hermione exclaimed completely taken back at how stunning Ginny looked.
"So I should get it?" Ginny asked, taking her eyes away from the mirror to look at Hermione.
"Definitely." Hermione said with a grin. Hermione was hopeful that she could fund a dress that was as perfect for her as the dress was for Ginny. Ginny grinned happily as she walked back into the dressing room to undress. While she did this, Hermione quickly grabbed the dresses that she had picked out, anxiously awaiting her turn to try hers on. When Ginny walked out, holding her dress as if it were a precious child in order not to get it wrinkled, Hermione quickly rushed past Ginny to get to the dressing room. Ginny just laughed and sat down on a bench outside of the dressing rooms, placing her dress right next to her.
"Okay, "Hermione breathed from inside of the dressing room, "How about this?"Hermione flew the door open, and stepped out of the room to observe herself in the mirror. "Yuck!" Hermione exclaimed, looking at herself in the mirror. The dress that she as wearing was a dark brown, knee length dress that tied with a string around her neck.
"What, I kind of like it?" Ginny said, looking at Hermione. "But I don't think it is . . . you."
Hermione nodded, "Definitely. It looked a lot better on the manakin over there." Hermione laughed, pointing to the naked manakin across the store.
Ginny laughed and rolled her eyes. Hermione shrugged and went back to change into another dress.
"How about this one?" Hermione asked a few minutes later when she stepped out of the dressing room. This time she was wearing a peach colored, floor length dress with gold sequins on the sleeves.
"I like it." Ginny said, nodding her head. Hermione took her reply in as she looked at herself in the mirror.
"I don't know . . . " Hermione said, pressing down the wrinkles in the center, "It is kind of to . . . old time."
Ginny shrugged."Whatever you say. I still like it on you." Hermione itched her head for a few moments with a look of confusion.
"I think I want something else." Without waiting for Ginny to reply, she rushed back into the changing room. The door gave a click behind her.
For the third time, Hermione opened the door wearing a new dress. Now, this dress was very unique. It was a red dress with pale pink lining. The dress was a little big for her, but it was decent.
"How about this one?" Hermione asked, turning to where Ginny was sitting. Then, Hermione pursed her lips together when she saw Draco Malfoy, and Pansy Parkinson arm in arm, (Well, more like Pansy pulling Malfoy along beside her) walking to the cashier. In her hands just happened to be the EXACT dress that Hermione was wearing!
"No, no, no. Definitely NOT!"Hermione said, rushing back into the dressing room before Pansy spotted Hermione with 'her' dress on. Ginny gave a look of confusion as she watched Hermione rush back into the dressing room. Then, she turned around to where Hermione was looking. At first she didn't notice anything unusual, but then she noticed the rather young cashier at the counter put the exact same dress as Hermione's in a bag that was handed to Pansy Parkinson. Ginny immediately realized why Hermione was so anxious to get the dress off.
After just a few seconds Hermione's door clicked back open. Ginny expected that Hermione would walk out in another dress, but instead the door only cracked open.
"Ginny!Ginny! Come here!" Hermione whispered harshly. Ginny jumped up and went to the door.
"What is it?"
"Um . . . " Hermione said with a laugh, "I kind of forgot that was my last dress to try on, and now I am naked and dressless. Could you go and pick me out something to try on?"
Ginny giggled, "Sure." Then she took off to find Hermione a dress. When she returned a few minutes later, she knocked twice on the door, When Hermione opened Ginny handed Hermione the dress through the ajar door.
"Hurry up, 'Mione! I want to see it!" Ginny yelled at Hermione anxiously.
"All right..."Hermione said, opening up the door. When she stepped out Ginny grinned broadly. She had picked out a pale pink dress that was, also, sleeveless. Hermione's dress wasn't as poofey as Ginny's. Instead, it was even shapelier than Ginny's, but at the bottom it frayed out and was in layers reaching the floor. At the top there were hundreds of silvery beads that glistened in every step Hermione took. When Hermione turned and looked at herself in the mirror she couldn't help herself from gasping. The dress was exactly what she was looking for.
"Wow." Hermione said as she examined herself in all of the angles the mirror could reach. "Damn, Ginny. You have great style. Have you ever considered designing?" Hermione asked looking at Ginny behind her with the reflection.
"Well, not really. I have always loved fashion." Ginny said, seriously considering the fact of designing.
"Well, you should. You have great taste." Hermione said, looking back at herself. "So, I should get it?" Hermione asked, this time turning around to look at Ginny.
Ginny grinned and said just as Hermione had, "Definitely."
"Hi!" Ginny and Hermione exclaimed as soon as they saw Harry and Ron walk out of Honeydukes. Harry and Ron were surprised that Hermione and Ginny had finished shopping before them. "What did you guys get?" Hermione asked once Harry and Ron took their seats on the bench next to each of their girlfriends.
"The usual. A few boxes of Berty Bott's; a few chocolate frogs; a few liquorice lozenges . . . " As Ron kept listing the things that he and Harry had bought Harry walked over and sat on top of Ginny.
"Harry!" Ginny gasped with a giggle as she attempted to push Harry off of her. Harry grinned and stood up. Then, Ginny caught the hint and stood up too. Allowing Harry to sit down. Next, she sat down on his lap like Harry wanted. Harry leaned up and whispered in her ear.
"What did you get?" Harry asked, attempting to look into Ginny's bag with the dress in it. Ginny slapped his hand playfully.
"Nope. You won't see it until the night at the ball." Ginny laughed at Harry's pouting face. "And that's final!" Harry then grinned and kissed Ginny's cheek.
"...And that's all." Ron finished after he had listed nearly half of Honeydukes sweets. Hermione laughed and kissed Ron on the lips. "But I am the sweetest."
"True." Ron said with a nod. Then he grinned and wrapped his arms around Hermione. They could hear Hermione giggle and then she said something that sounded a lot like. "We need to get studying!"
Ginny, Harry, and Ron chose to ignore this. But, they all knew that they had tests to study for. Harry, Hermione, and Ron had to study for N.E.W.T.S while Ginny still had to study for O.W.L.'s. Finally, Ron released Hermione and she caught her breath. Still giggling. Then, once calm, she said again. "We really need to start studying."
With sighs, and words of argument, Ginny, Harry, and Ron all agreed that they needed to study, and they all made their way back to the castle with their pockets lighter than they had come with and their hands full of goodies.
A/n: Hey everybody! I am soooo sorry that it took so long to update. But, he it is a pretty long chapter, eight pages to be exact. Remember, REVIEW! Thanks so much. O yeah, btw. Hermione job options ( as requested by sf-former-mk ;-) ) lol
1. Auror
2.Healer
3.professor
4.Jobless
5. Designer
Those are a few! If you have any more let me know, and if u think it should be one of these let me know! Whichever one gets the most votes it what hermione will be (if it works with my next story of course) Thanks!