Wow my second chapter today! Yay I hope I finish the story soon because I'm sure you guys don't want me to stop just because I've done two chapters because you've been waiting at least a year for me to finish it!

Chapter 29

Hermione's POV

As the days passed after that dreadful evening, everyone was still getting used to the fact that Dumbledore was no longer with us. Harry was healing nicely, and so was Cassi. But Ron, Katie, Harry and I were going to stay at Hogwarts for the rest of the year since there was only a month left. Exams had been cancelled, but we also wanted to stay to see Dumbledore's funeral.

Most of my time was spent wandering the grounds with Ron, visiting Hagrid and planning our wedding.

"Well, Ginny is going to be my maid of honor, and Katie, Lindsay, Cassidy, Fleur, Alicia, and Angelina can be bride's maids. Their dresses will be a light shade of blue or green. The flower girls will be Karla (A/N: if you don't remember who these girls are look back in chapter 19) Avril and Cadence." I reeled off to Ron, who smiled at my precise planning.

"Okay, Harry will be my best man, and my groomsmen will be Fred, George, Bill, Shane, and Austin. They will wear…hm…I don't know, Mione. Oh, geez, I think my brains going blank. I've forgotten everything I've ever learned about weddings! Whatever will I do?" He wailed, and I slugged him playfully on the arm. He wrapped me up in a kiss, and I was completely lost in the moment.

"Okay, it's all better. I remember now. Groomsmen wear their birthday suits." He stated triumphantly, looking as proud as a child who had just been potty trained.

"C'mon, Ron, be serious, now. We have only a month before the wedding and we barely have anything planned! I want this to be perfect." I said, leaning my head against his.

"Okay, okay. I'm serious now, really. Ask me anything."

"Okay, are we going to have sausages or hot dogs for the kids?" I asked. He took one look at me and burst into fits of laughter. Rolling my eyes at how immature guys could be, I stood from the patch of grass that I had been sitting on with Ron and took off running, with a recovered Ron chasing behind me.

Cassidy's POV

I was leaning over my load of homework that I didn't finish because of the kidnapping. My teachers told me that I didn't have to do it, that it was almost the end of the year and there weren't any exams anyways, but I did it anyways. It was the only thing to keep my mind off of Dumbledore.

I ran my fingers through my greasy, tangled that hadn't been washed in days. I didn't care what my appearance was anymore. Actually, if it wasn't for Lindsay, I'd probably go to classes naked. I was really grateful to Lindsay, Haley, Shane and Austin to not have dumped me yet (in Austin's case, literally). In fact, they were quite the opposite. They were completely supportive and wouldn't leave me alone even when I was being a complete butt and didn't want to be with people.

"Hey, Cassi, why don't you take a break from your homework for a second? Take a shower and meet me in the girl's common room in 10 minutes." I looked up to see Lindsay staring down at me, determination in her eyes.

"But my homework, I have to finish it!" I protested, surprised at how scratchy my voice was.

"No you don't, it's not due until Monday, hun." She said even though we both knew darn well that I never really had to turn it in.

I didn't protest beyond that. I stood, feeling a bit dizzy for a second (I hadn't eaten barely anything in two weeks) and then recovering and making my way up to the girl's common room showers. Getting undressed and stepping in one, I let the warm water pound on my disturbingly dirty head and fall down my back like a waterfall.

After scrubbing myself till my skin shone, I wrapped a fluffy crimson towel around my body and walking into the dorm room where Lindsay had set out an outfit for me to put on. Right then she was over at the vanity that we shared picking out makeup to put on me. I dressed quickly. The outfit was a light green spaghetti strap top with white and turquoise stripes, a white terry-cloth zip-up sweater and a pair of turquoise gauchos.

I sat down in the vanity stool and let Lindsay work her magic. First, she curled and blew my hair dry with her wand. Then she sprayed some glitter into the loose ringlets. She outlined my eyes with light eyeliner, and applied mascara. She used light blue eye shadow on my eyelids, and brushed a small bit of coloring on my cheeks. She swept some darkish-red lipstick over my lips and covered it with a clear gloss.

"Finished! Look at yourself, Cassi!" Linds exclaimed, and I opened my eyes and looked in the mirror. I gasped loudly. This was the best I had looked since the Halloween Dance. As I looked at Lindsay, I noticed that she looked really nice also. She wore her jet-black hair slicked back into a low ponytail, and wore a soft pink v-neck t-shirt with a light brown colored cami underneath. Her bottoms were a 6-inch long jean skirt with small tears dotting it. She handed me a light green suede purse and we walked slowly downstairs.

There, waiting for us, were Shane and Austin. I should have known. Austin, eyes glistening happily, and he held out his arm to me.

"You ready for a night off? We thought you might like one." He whispered in my ear, causing goose bumps to rise on my arm. I grinned thankfully. They were just trying to help, and I was really grateful for it. Why should I sit around doing homework that I don't even need to hand in? That's the sort of thing only my mom would do. And I realized that I wasn't the only one hit hard by this. Just because Lindsay, Haley, Austin, and Shane weren't sitting around smelling like hogs didn't mean that they weren't hurting too, it just meant that they had a different way of handling it.

We spent the whole night at Hogsmeade, having the time of our lives. At the end of the night, Austin and I saw Lindsay and Shane looking at each other embarrassedly, and I looked at Austin questioningly.

"Shane broke up with Sapphire a while ago. She was flirting with too many other boys, and then when he found her making out with his cousin in a broom closet he cracked. Then, Linds broke up with Ian while you were in your weird state, and something's been going on with them ever since." He said, shrugging. I grinned evilly.

"Well, if they're not going to move it along, we're just going to have to do it for them." Now it was Austin's turn to be confused, but I whispered the plan in his ear and he grinned and nodded.

We snuck up behind them, me behind Linds, and Austin behind Shane, and on the count of three, we gently pushed them together until their lips met soundly. I could tell that Lindsay wanted to pull away out of embarrassment to yell at us, but as soon as Shane kissed her again, she was lost. She wrapped her fingers in his longish, dirty blonde hair. I grinned, and turned to Austin to kiss him. He wrapped his arm around my waist, and I pressed my lips to his.

The four of us didn't get back to Hogwarts until at least 1:00am, but we didn't care. Lindsay and Shane had been really close and cozy since they kissed, and Austin and I were pretty proud of ourselves.

The minute we got back to Hogwarts, though, we traipsed back up to the Gryffindor Common room. The first thing I saw was mom and dad on the couch, sleeping…together. Ugh how embarrassing!

Lindsay and I kissed our respective boys, and tiptoed up to our dorm.

It was only when I had gotten into bed that I realized that Dumbledore's funeral was…tomorrow.

Awww, how sweet! A little cliché, but don't you think that Lindsay and Shane are cute together? Please review!