Hogsmeade
A/N: I only own the plot. I don't own Wal-Mart nor do I own Harry Potter.
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Hermione woke up at 8:00am Saturday morning. She put on a pair of hipster jeans and a pink t-shirt. Over top of her shirt she put on her blue sweater with pink skulls and zipped it up while stepping into her grey and pink skater shoes. She tried to comb her hair but it was just as frizzy as ever. The only time her hair was actually curly was when it was wet. She was about to leave her dorm room when she realized she had forgotten to put socks on. She quickly took of her shoes and put on some baby pink fuzzy socks before putting her shoes back on her feet.
As she was making her way down to the Great Hall for breakfast she walked right into the path of Draco Malfoy.
"Watch where you're going you filthy -" Malfoy suddenly cut himself off, sneered at Hermione and shoved his way past her to continue to where ever it was he was going.
Hermione stared blankly at where he had been standing before shrugging to herself and continuing on her way to breakfast.
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When she entered the Great Hall she made her way over to her friends and sat down beside Ginny who was wearing black jeans, a blue modestly low cut shirt with light blue flowers on it, her dark blue skater shoes and a nice silver watch. Her vibrant red hair was pulled back into two French braids. Ron and Harry were sitting across from them and as usual they looked like they had just thrown themselves together without any thought.
Ron was hovering over his food as usual while Harry was trying to use his manners as best as he could in an effort to impress Ginny.
The four friends discussed over breakfast what their plans for the day were going to be. They finally decided that they would join their classmates on going to Hogsmeade and pick up some candy(for Ron and Harry), some books and extra quills(for Hermione), and some makeup and hair product(for Ginny). They went to go get their money and made their way to the carriages, thankful for the opportunity to spend the day together with no worry about work and homework.
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As they were walking through Hogsmeade they came across Malfoy and his two shadows.
"So what are you losers doing here? I don't see how you two Weasleys even have spending money considering where you live and the clothes you wear," Malfoy sneered as he cast his eyes over Ron's moth eaten wool sweater. "And you Potter," he spat. " I am surprised you can even get anything since I don't see how your parents had the opportunity to leave a will or any inheritance for you before the Dark Lord removed them from your life. And you Granger. You should not even be privileged to have any wizarding money since you are just a filthy little muggle."
Ron's ears and neck were rapidly turning as red as his hair. Harry was ready to knock Malfoy to the ground while Ginny was trying her best to restrain him by clenching the back of his sweater. Hermione on the other hand just stood there wondering what happened to Malfoys frequent use of the term Mudblood.
Malfoy sneered at them all and shoved his way through them to continue on his way.
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Other than their encounter with Malfoy, their day was pretty much uneventful. Harry and Ron had bought more candy than was necessary, Ginny bought some hairspray, mousse, and chi cream along with some eyeshadow, eyeliner, and mascara. Hermione of course bought more books than she intended to(six instead of two) and also two new quills. Harry joked that she should have gotten new ink instead since most of it ended up staining her hands instead of on her paper. Hermione just laughed.
They decided that they would walk back to the school instead of taking the carriages since it was such a nice day. So they shrunk their packages and stuck them into their pockets and started their walk. Along the way they had a lengthy snowball fight; Ginny and Hermione against Ron and Harry. So when the eventually arrived back at the school, they were covered in light cool snow with pink cheeks, just in time for the evening meal. They stuffed their scarves, mitts, and toques into a cubby behind a tapestry since they did not have time to go up to their dorms, and made their way into the Great Hall.
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Once again, back to work. Hermione let out a heavy sigh. Sometimes she enjoyed her job. Other times not so much. She liked going to work and basking in the light that Ginny cast her in when Malfoy was nice to her. That was the good part of work.
What she didn't like at work was other Associates talking about her when she was not around. She knew it was no different than when students talked about her at school, but it still stung her deep inside to know that she was still talked about, even by people who barely knew her.
She grabbed her vest out of her locker and grudgingly swiped in.
One thing she could smile about was Dumbledore was slowly starting to end the class. It just was not working out the way he had planned. Students were constantly getting fired, in fact, Lavender had just gotten fired before the weekend. Students were also slacking off at work and at their studies, so excuses were being thought up so the students could have legible reasons to quit.
Hermione grinned happily, checked her schedule and squared her shoulders to go out onto the floor and start her shift.
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Ginny beckoned Hermione to come over and hide in the Shoe department. Hermione looked both ways to make sure that she would not get run over by a receiver before crossing the action alley over to Ginny.
As Ginny opened her mouth to speak, the girls heard squeaky wheels coming and turned to see Draco pulling his skid down the aisle. The two girls then did an immature thing; they followed him with unblinking eyes and giggled softly.
Hermione turned to Ginny. "You know, Malfoy is almost like Jekyll and Hyde. He is fairly nice and civil at work, yet almost his old self back at school. It actually kind of sucks."
Ginny nodded in agreement. "Well, I heard that he is quitting because he is getting a job in a place called Canada."
Hermione blinked. "For what?"
"Carpentry."
"Oh."
"Yup."
Hermione leaned closer to Ginny and whispered in her ear. "Who thought up that idea?"
Ginny whispered back. "Dumbledore."
Hermione wandered back over to Intimates, hooked some bras onto her vest pockets and gradually got to work. She had decided to quit a few weeks after Ginny, who happened to be quitting a few weeks after Malfoy.
Hermione grinned happily at Alyscia who was walking by and thought about how happy she would be to only have school work to worry about.
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