Meet the Dursleys

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"So..." Harry began as they wandered around the bridal shop in search of the 'perfect white dress,' as Hermione put it.

"Harry, what do you think of this one?" Hermione asked, holding up a white dress with sparkles.

Harry looked at it in horror. "It..erm...I'm sure there are better looking ones than this." The dress would've been okay, but it was one of those old fashioned types where the lower part of the dress was big and puffed up.(A/N: Sorry I couldn't find any other way to describe it lol)

"Aw come on Harry, is any dress going to please you, or will you just keep saying no to each one?" Hermione pouted.

"Like I've told you so many times already, the dress that I prefer is the green one you wore to Ginny's wedding."

"And like I've told you so many times before, my parents want me to wear a white dress, not any other color," Hermione said.

"But have you even tried telling them about the green dress?"

"Well, no...but they probably won't allow me to, so why even bother trying?"

"Aha, see, you've gotta at least try asking them first. Who knows, they might say yes," Harry said. "Pretty please?" He stuck out his bottom lip and looked at her with the cutest face he could possibly make.

Hermione smiled. "You look way too cute. Fine, we'll give it a try, but I'm telling you, it'll take a load of persuading to get them to say yes."

"Then that's what we'll do," Harry said, smiling. "You said it yourself before that you would wear that one if it weren't for your parents right?"

"Yeah I did. So do you want to go now?" Hermione said.

"Sure, why not? It's only 5 right now, we've still got at least 2 hours left before we have to head home for dinner," Harry said. "But first let's reserve a dress from here, just in case they say no, okay?" Hermione nodded, and they picked a long sleeveless white dress with sequins and sparkles all over it, and they told the salesclerk to reserve it for a while.

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Harry and Hermione Apparated back to the Dursleys and put the green dress in a bag, then Apparated over to Mr. and Mrs. Granger's house and rang the doorbell.

Mrs. Granger opened the door. "Oh Harry, Hermione, what a surprise! We didn't expect you too today."

"I know Mum, but we'd like to ask you something about the wedding."

"Sure, come in, I'll go get your father." They stepped inside, went into the living room, and sat down on the couch.

"Harry, I have to warn you, Dad might be angry about this," Hermione said quietly. "I mean, he even wanted me to wear my grandmum's wedding dress at first, but Mum and I talked him out of that, so it's really his idea that I should wear a white dress, Mum just goes along with it."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it," Harry said, grinning.

Mr. Granger walked into the room, followed by Mrs. Granger, who was carrying a tray of coffee.

"Hello Harry, how are you doing?" Mr. Granger asked, shaking his hand.

"I'm fine sir, thanks," Harry replied. They all sat down.

"So Hermione, what brings you two here today?"

Hermione straightened up and took a deep breath before speaking. "We'd like to ask if we can change something about the wedding."

Mr. Granger's eyes narrowed slightly. "Continue."

"Yeah, erm..."

Harry glanced at Hermione and saw that she was beyond nervous, and her hands were clutching the bag so tightly that her knuckles were white. He decided to talk instead. "Mr. Granger, we were wondering if Hermione could wear this dress." He gently pried the bag from Hermione's shaking hands, and took out the green halter dress inside.

"Absolutely not!" Mr. Granger barked immediately. "Hermione is to wear a white dress, and that's final."

"Calm down dear," Mrs. Granger said quietly. "To be honest, I like the way this dress looks. It fits Hermione quite well."

"But-but," Mr. Granger sputtered. "Didn't we agree on white?"

"No, you agreed on white. We didn't," Mrs. Granger explained. "Come on David, let's just let her wear the one she wants. We've always been so controlling of her life ever since she was a child, I think now she's old enough to be making her own choices."

"Aw Mum, you weren't controlling. You were just...well...trying to be the best parents you could be for me," Hermione said, hugging her.

Mr. Granger took a huge, deep breath and released it slowly. The other three sat there watching anxiously. "All right. She can wear that," he said, surrendering.

Harry and Hermione beamed, and Hermione jumped up and hugged her father tightly. "Thank you so much dad."

"Well, we should get going now," Harry said, standing up and putting the dress back inside the bag.

"Okay then. See you soon!" Mrs. Granger said, showing them to the door.

"Bye Mum, bye Dad. And thanks again," Hermione said, hugging them one last time before they Apparated back to the Dursleys.

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Even though only 2 and a half weeks had passed since Ginny's wedding, it felt like 2 and a half years to Harry and Hermione. Finally, it was the last day of August, and Petunia told them all to be home by 4 that day.

Immediately after Vernon left for work and Dudley left to go...well somewhere, Harry and Hermione eagerly asked Petunia what Vernon had decided.

"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you two," Petunia said, smiling. "It's more fun keeping you in suspense, and I wouldn't want to spoil that fun."

So Harry and Hermione spent the whole day pacing around the house excitedly, and trying to ask Petunia questions that would trick her into telling them, but she was too smart for them and wouldn't say a word.

Finally, 4 o'clock rolled around, and Vernon and Dudley came bursting through the front door at the same time.

Harry and Hermione looked at each other worriedly as they all sat down in the living room. There was silence for a moment.

"Well...let me just start by saying that these past two months with you two have turned out quite nicely," Petunia said. "Don't you agree Vernon?" She nudged him hard in the ribs and he glared at her.

"Yes, yes, they've been...interesting," Vernon grunted.

"So what's your decision?" Hermione asked eagerly, not being able to stand the suspense anymore.

The 3 Dursleys glanced at each other for a moment. Then Vernon spoke. "Yes we've decided, and our answer would have to be...no."

"WHAT!"

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A/N: There you go, sorry if it was a bit short but I didn't wanna keep you guys waiting any longer! And my goal at first was to try and finish this story before school started, but I definitely won't be able to do that, since I start this Thursday, but now there's only 1 chapter left...and then this story will be done! So leave me reviews please, it'll only take a moment from your busy days lol:) Thanks so much for all the reviews I've gotten so far! Love you guys!

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