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Costumes

The weeks went by fairly well, and for everyone, the weeks going by fast was a good thing, mainly because on that day, there was a Hogsmede trip.

Hermione and Ginny walked down the road to a shop that sold dresses of all kinds. When they entered, they both gasped; you couldn't see a single patch of wall anywhere, for the whole shop was filled with dresses, even muggle dresses.

Ginny instantly pulled Hermione to different places shoving dresses in her hands while mumbling "No, this isn't right" or "This one looks beautiful" or "Oh my goodness. That so does not look good on you".

When they had picked the dresses wanted, Ginny pushed Hermione into a changing room and said, "When you put on a dress, come out here and show me how you look".

Hermione mumbled an "Okay" before changing.

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Hermione had tried on all the dresses, but she liked none of them. She sighed and sat down next to Ginny.

"Why bother fussing over me when you don't have a costume Ginny?" Hermione asked.

Ginny said, "Well that's where you're wrong 'Mione, I do have a costume, I'm going as a lady in that muggle King Henry the 8th's court."

Hermione looked at her with wide eyes, "But when? This is the first Hogsmede trip of this year! And this is the first shop we went into, I never saw you buy a dress!" She said.

"I found the perfect dress while you were trying on the others." Ginny replied.

"That quick?" Hermione asked.

"Well-" Ginny started, but at that moment, Ginny spotted a dress that she thought would look perfect on Hermione.

She rushed over to it, yanked it off the hanger and shoved it in Hermione's hands.

"Put it on, now!" Ginny yelped.

"O-okay" Hermione stuttered.

Hermione put it on and looked at herself in the mirror, she had to admit, Ginny found the perfect dress. It was a corset with a large puffy dress attached to it. It was a light crimson colour with gold patterns on it. She came out of the changing room holding the dress to her body.

"Ginny, could you help me tie the straps up at the back?" She asked.

Ginny complied, tightened the straps, and then tied them up. Hermione was gasping for air by the time Ginny was done.

"Why do they have to be so tight?" Hermione managed to say.

Ginny walked round to face Hermione, "So it can show lots of cleavage." She replied simply.

Hermione hurried to the mirror and her face paled when she saw herself.

"Gin, my boobs are practically spilling out of this dress! This corset doesn't need to be so tight!" She yelled.

Ginny rolled her eyes and said, "It does if you want Ron to notice you."

Hermione's eyes widened for the second time that day and she pulled Ginny into the changing room.

"How do you know that I like Ron?" Hermione asked.

"Oh come on 'Mione, it's not like it's not obvious." Ginny said.

"Is it that obvious?" Hermione whispered.

"Well you're showing all the signs that I showed when I liked Harry." Ginny answered.

She carried on and said, "Ron likes you, there's no doubt about that, he just needs a nudge in the right direction."

Hermione thought about that for a moment then asked, "But how will this dress help Ron ask me out?"

"Showing all this cleavage will not nudge Ron to ask you out; it will literally pull him to you and make him beg you to go out with him!" Ginny said enthusiastically.

Hermione sighed and said, "Okay then, let's buy this dress and get a mask to match."

Ginny nodded and they left the changing room.

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When they got back to Hogwarts, Hermione and Ginny met Ron and Harry in the Gryffindor common room. Both Ginny and Harry said that they needed to go put away their things. Hermione knew that what they were really doing was making out in Harry's room, but Ron seemed to believe them.

"So Ron, who are you going as on Friday to the masquerade ball?" Hermione asked.

"I'm going as a knight. I didn't know what to go as so I asked Fred and George this afternoon when I dropped by the store, they told me that they had this suit of armour that I could wear. Since it was the only thing available, I agreed." He replied.

Hermione giggled and said, "You, in a suit of armour, at a ball; that is something I have got to see."

Ron scowled, "You are going to. In fact, everyone is going to see a suit of armour walking amongst people in dresses and bloody fine robes! You know what, now I regret even agreeing to wear the suit of armour to the ball. Everyone will know it's me!"

By now, Ron was standing up and panting slightly. He dropped back down into the chair, put his head in his hands and groaned.

"Everyone's going to laugh at me." He said.

Hermione sighed and said, "You're being so stupid Ron, no one will know it's you, remember? It's a masquerade ball. No one will know who anyone is because we're all wearing masks."

This made Ron feel better so he smiled at her.

"Okay 'Mione." He said.

The moment Ron smiled at her, her heart fluttered in her chest. Oh how she wished Ron would smile like that to her every single day. But that moment was stopped when a grumbling was heard from Ron's stomach.

The tip of Ron's ears went pink and he said, "Oh sorry. Is it lunch time already? Well, better get to the Great Hall; don't want to keep my stomach waiting."

Hermione laughed and nodded at the same time, and together they walked out of the common room joking and laughing.


Well, that's the end of that chapter. Hope you liked it.

Oh, just to clarify something: Fred and George opened another shop in Hogsmede. That's why Ron says that he dropped by the store at Hogsmede.

Oh yea, if you had found any mistakes in the chapter, please point them out to me. It's because my beta's computer sort of stuffed up so she couldn't beta this chapter.

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