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A/N well here it is, wedding day! although this is not the actual wedding chapter, that is next. Sorry for dragging it out, but the wedding chapter is quite long, so I didnt want to lump it with this. Enjoy and dont forget to hit that review button.
Wedding Day…
The common room was just how we had left it almost 2 months ago. All the memories I had in this room flooded my mind. Our first kiss. Our Christmas Eve date, laughing, crying and falling in love. Precious memories. I walked up to my old room. I could still smell his scent in there, and when I walked into the bathroom, I remembered all the times we had together in that huge tub. I smiled as I turned on the faucets so I could begin getting ready. I poured in a generous amount of vanilla jasmine bath beads and when the tub was filled I disrobed and climbed in. I knew Ginny, Lavender and Pavarti were dressing in my room and then would come in here to do hair, and make up. Within fifteen minutes, they all clamored into the bathroom, with me still up to my neck in bubbles.
"Hermione, aren't you out of that tub yet?" Ginny exclaimed.
"I will be in a few minutes," I said closing my eyes and inhaling the scent of the bubbles. "Do you all like the new dresses?" I said, eyeing them over the foam.
"They are beautiful Hermione, I'm so glad you changed your mind on those other horrid things." Lavender said making a gagging noise.
"Sorry about that, I thought they were cute." Ginny made some kind of noise that replicated vomiting.
I grabbed a towel and wrapped myself in it and stood up. I had a little over 2 hours to get ready. I sat at the vanity and looked in the mirror. I needed help.
"Girls, I need to look perfect. HELP!" I was all of a sudden desperate.
"Ok Hermione, calm down." Ginny took out her wand and started working with my hair. It curled into large ringlets, and piled on top of my head. She pulled some of the ringlets down.
"Perfect" she said looking over her work. She then placed my tiara on my head, leaving off the veil until right before the ceremony. I looked over the dresses I picked out for them. They were midnight blue silk, flowing and loose, with silver embellishments, and a low slung neckline. They all had their hair up in simple twists with rhinestone hair pins holding it up. They had simple silver chains with a single blue opal hanging in the middle, and matching earrings. They were wearing strappy silver sandals, and their toes were painted in a French manicure, matching their fingers. They all looked so beautiful, I felt very emotional.
"You three look so beautiful you put me to shame." I said tearing up.
"Oh, Hermione, you are going to look perfect. Your beauty will surpass us a million times." Lavender said soothingly as she put on my makeup carefully. She lined my eyes with a smokey blue eye shadow, and a silvery shadow on the lids. Two layers of mascara followed, waterproof of course, and then she shaped my brows. Then some shimmery blush on the apples of my cheeks. Finally she lined my lips with a wine colored liner, and filled them in with a rich mauve color. Then she sprinkled my whole body with a silver body powder that shined and sparkled. And sprayed my hair with some glitter as well. With a wave of her wand my finger and toenails were painted with a French manicure. I had a white strapless bra and the white lace thong on I bought earlier in Hogsmead. I slid the thigh high stockings onto my legs. I was finally ready for my dress.
"Oh Hermione, you picked a beautiful night for your wedding, look at the sky." Lavender sighed.
I looked out the window and saw a beautiful vanilla sky, with stars just beginning to show themselves in the indigo skyline. Ginny opened the window and a cool summer night breeze filled the air in the bathroom. The four of us inhaled deeply. This would be a night to remember. I stood on the edge of the tub so I could put my dress over my head without it dragging on the ground too much. I slid into my shoes and looked at my self in the mirror. I was a bride. I looked like a fairy princess, sparkling in the setting sun light. I walked into my bedroom and Ginny fixed my veil onto my tiara. When we walked down the stairs to the common room, my mum was waiting there for me. I ran and hugged her. She had tears in her eyes.
"My little girl is getting married, I can't believe this day has come." she hugged me tighter.
"Did dad come?" I asked hopefully.
"I'm sorry, he said he just couldn't accept this." she said quietly.
I felt like crying, like someone stabbed me in the heart. My own father had abandoned me on what was meant to be the happiest day of my life. I tried to pull myself together, so I took a deep breath and looked my mum straight in the eye.
"It's his loss." I said, not really meaning it, fighting back tears.
"Its time Hermione, lets get down to the entrance hall, my dad is meeting us there." Ginny said softly, trying to keep my spirits up.
"I love you mum, see you down there." I said as I walked out the door.
Ginny, Lavender and Pavarti held my dress off the ground as we made our way down the many steps of the castle. Mr. Weasley was waiting for us down by the front door.
"Oh, Hermione, you look beautiful!" he exclaimed. Hugging me and kissing me on my cheeks. "I have always thought of you as a daughter, and it is my honor to be giving you away this evening. We all love you." Tears flowed freely again. Their family was always so warm and loving, even through the hardest of times. Just to have him here meant the world to me. The girls lined up before me, each holding a bouquet of roses and gardenias. The entrance hall doors opened, and slowly they walked out onto the lawn and down to the lake. Candles lined the walkway. And I waited for Ginny to reach the last row of chairs before we started walking into the warm summer air.
"You ready?" Mr. Weasley whispered to me.
"I have never been more ready." I said with some conviction.
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