After the snake incident, Harry felt different around Hermione. When he saw her walking down the hallway his heart raced and the first thing he could think of was running far away. Often he ran to Hagrids hut and stayed behind before Hagrid had classes and then he ran afraid that he was going to have his hair burned off with the snot flamed living boxes.
During lunch he found himself on the stairways enjoying the movin ride when MCgonnagall walked down the stairway and looked down at him. "Mr. Potter," she said as flared ehr nostrils. "It it lunch and all students must be in the lunchroom at this time..." she started down the stairs.
"Wait, aren't you going to make me go?" he asked not moving. She sighed.
"Mr. Potter, with Albus's passing Being the headmistress is a stressful job I don't need to baby sit along with it. I'm already busy planning tonight and we need to get the students out of the lunch room, if youa ren't hungry just go to the common room and try not to cause ay rucus."
Harry nodded and ran up the stairs. He came to the portrait of the big woman.
"PAsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssWORD?" she asked in a sing-songy voice.
"FriggleGoop." said Harry and the hole opened at he climbed through. he sat down on the couch and looked at the ceiling.
The students had already started to come in and Hermione raced to Harry. "Did you hear?" she asked amost jumping on him.
"Hear what?"
"They gave us the whole afternoon off to get in the mood of normal students. Their bringing up the Televisions right now!"
"The televisons?" asked Harry sitting up and Hermione now sitting on her knees on Harry's lap. "Yes! They've got television shows from America, like MTV. We get to spend all afternoon waching it!"
Harry just looked into her deep brown eyes and saw himself. He wasn't alone, but he ws with her. And they where flying in the sky of her dark eyes. Together like birds.
"Harry?"
Harry's dream was interupted by Hermione's voice. "Harry aren't you excited?"
"Um, sure, excited." he forced a smile and Hermione jumped off his lap. "Ginny and I aren't goign to stay down here though, we're going up to the girls dormitories because we found a book of cosmatology." she pulled out a book from her purse and read the cover to him.
"Cosmotolagy for young witches," she flipped it open. "It's got spells for hair and makeup and dresses,"
"What's that?" asked Harry noticing the corner of a old picture int he back of the book.
Hermione snapped the book shut. "Um, pictures of the end results," she said. She frantically looked for Ginny and they raced up to the room.
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Hermione relaxed as she sat on the chair and felt Ginny play with her hair.
"Okay, um, 'to this book, our beauty learning tool, turn this witches hair cool.'" Ginny recited from the book and Hermione felt Ginny's grip release from her hair and felt the magic run through it.
"It's perfect!" Ginny breathed. She pushed over Hermione and scooted onto the chair. "Me next!"
Hermione picked out her wand and took a hold of Ginny's hair in three parts. Sht twirled the wand above it and them let go and watch Ginny's hair fold over itself.
"Good, now we're dressed, have our hair and make up, found the shoes, all we need is dates. I've got Neville, who do you have?"
"Um, I don't know. I'm going to try to meet someone at the ball..."
"Oh of course," said Ginny as she turned around and found a mask and slowly put it on Hermione. "It's a Masqerade,"
