Thank everyone for being patient. This will most likely be a short chapter but there is another one coming soon...
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Chapter 18:
Hogwarts was alive and buzzing with excitement about the upcoming festival. The students were spending the day at Hogsmeade to allow the prefects and professors to organise and set up the festival. At the breakfast table most of the female students were discussing what they were going to wear and the boys were discussing how many times they were going to visit the kissing booths.
"Morning" Sirius yawned as he, Remus and peter sat at the table with the girls. They all greeted him and continued eating.
"I'm sure Lily is running around like a maniac this morning. I don't think we will be seeing her or James until later tonight" Annie stated.
"Great" Bianca said but was quickly distracted by her younger cousin as was the rest of the group.
"Jamey, what are you doing?" Bianca asked raising her eyebrows.
"I'm making a banana smoothie" he replied with a mouth full of banana.
"I don't think that's how you make a banana smoothie. Do you want to explain it?" Candice stated, preparing herself for her cousins strange logic.
"Well if you don't have the things needed to make a banana smoothie you just take a bite of banana, chew it up until its mushy, take a sip of milk, swish it around in your mouth, chew a little more and finished. No mess to clean up and you can control whether it is too sweet or too milky so it's just right. How smart is that?" Jamey said demonstrating and smiling waiting for a reaction.
"That it by far the strangest thing I have ever seen" Annie said breaking the silence.
"And I thought Sirius was weird" Remus said shaking his head.
"Well I think it's a great idea. Quick and easy" Sirius said smiling and thinking, "Have you tried it with other fruit?"
"I tried with strawberries but it isn't as good. Banana is the sweetest" Jamey replied matter-of-factly taking another swig of milk and gargling it with his banana.
"Gross" Bianca and Candice tuned with faces of disgust.
Soon enough the Hall started to empty and the group followed, lining up to make their way to Hogsmeade for the day.
"I need to buy something to wear for tonight so you go do something with Peter" Candice ordered Sirius as she took her cousins hand and walked off. Sirius shrugged and made his way into Honeydukes for some treats, eagerly followed by Peter.
Annie and Remus walked hand in hand through Hogsmeade and promised to meet the others for butterbeers before returning to the castle. Chloe had been spending most of her time with Sam lately so of course she was with him.
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"Can I help you today?" a middle-aged witch asked as Bianca and Candice entered the first shop for the day.
"Yes" Candice said happily, "I'm look for an outfit that says 'I'm smart, elegant and slutty. Do you have anything?"
"Uh..." the shop assistant scratched her head.
"Actually I'm not that worried about the smart part... or elegant" Candice added with a cheekily grin. The shop assistant blushed, not knowing what to do or how to handle the request.
Bianca laughed, "Don't worry. We will have a look around", she said before pulling her cousin away. The shop assistant shook her head and sniffed before returning to the register.
"Next time just look around instead of giving an old lady a heart attack" Bianca told flicking through a few items.
"I am a paying customer. I am not paying her to judge me, I'm paying for the clothes so she should just suck it up and find me something slutty to wear" Candice said partially serious before grinning again. Bianca just rolled her eyes.
"Why do you need something new to wear anyway? You have so much clothes... and mine" Bianca said glaring at her cousin who would most likely end up wearing her clothes.
"Yeah but that's all old. I want something new. What are you wearing? You should get something new as well" Candice told with excitement.
"Maybe, if I see something I like" Bianca said.
Candice tried on a few tops and dresses. "Excuse me, do you have a smaller size?" she asked the shop assistant.
"That is the smallest size we have. It looks like a good fit" the lady answered looking at the dress Candice had on.
"No" Candice said turning around in the mirror, "It's not short enough"
"B-but its higher than mid-thigh" the lady said astonished.
"Yes but still. If you are going to have a short dress you have to go all the way. It needs to be just an inch shorter" Candice explained taking out her wand. With a quick flick of her wrist the hem of the dress was shortened an inch. "Like that" she smiled at her reflection. "I'll take it"
The shop assistant frowned as Candice changed back into her own clothes.
"We are not related" Bianca told the lady when they exchanged glances. Of course the lady didn't believe her; they were practically identical in looks.
After paying and leaving Candice looked around and frowned.
"What's wrong?" Bianca asked.
"It's too cold for a dress. I need a new outfit. Next shop!" She exclaimed running ahead to the next. Bianca sighed and followed.
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Lily, James, the prefects and professors worked hard ensuring all the spells were performed perfectly and the proper safety charms were added. Much to Lily's surprise to took much less time to prepare than she expected. The grounds were all set up and ready by 3 in the afternoon leaving time for her and James to have something to eat before getting ready and making their way back down to the grounds.
"Well done everyone. You may spend the rest of the afternoon relaxing and getting ready for the festival" Professor Dumbledore said, dismissing them and leading the professors back to the castle.
Lily eyed all her hard work one last time before leaving with James.
"I think tonight will be awesome" James said with a mouth full of food. The second they reached the kitchen, James practically ate a house elf due to the fact that Lily didn't allow him to eat until everything was perfect.
"Me too. I just hope the Slytherins don't give us trouble. They think it's a 'stupid mudblood idea'" Lily worried.
"Don't worry. The professors will all the supervising as well. Everything will be fine" James encouraged as they finished eating and made their way back to their dorm.
"I wonder how the other are doing at Hogsmeade" Lily wondered, collapsing on her bed and stretching out.
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"Candice that is skin-tight. Any tighter and you will be able to taste the denim" Bianca sighed as her cousin tried to charm a pair of jeans she was wearing tighter.
"How does my but look not?" Candice asked turning around.
"It looks fine. I just hope you know that once you take those jeans off you won't be able to get back into them" Bianca said folding a loose item beside her.
"I'll just charm them" Candice yelled from the changing room. "But the good news is I have found an outfit"
"Thank god" Bianca said as they both laughed and met the others for butterbeers. "Usually I am pretty patient when shopping with you but today was hell, no offense"
"Yeah I know. I hate shopping with me too" Candice stated sitting next to Annie.
The group sat talking for a little while before they were dragged back to the castle so Candice had enough time to get ready. Once they reached the common room they separated and moved to their dorms.
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"Hey Mandy" Candice said walking into the room and dumping her bags on her bed
"Hey guys. New outfits I see" she replied eyeing the collection on the bed.
"What are you wearing tonight?" Bianca asked raiding her trunk for an outfit. Of course she already had a few options chosen and now she just needed to decide on which one.
"I don't know. Jeans and maybe a purple top" Amanda said looking at what was on top of her trunk.
"I think I will the super tight dark jeans I just bought, my gold (for Gryffindor) bikini in case I decide to go on the water slide and my tight blue jumper" Candice said smiling as she took out the items.
"You mean MY blue jumper" Bianca said handing her cousin the jumper. The reason Candice liked it so much was because it sat just above her belly button showing off her piercing, it was tight so she didn't have to wear a top under it and it had gold stripes down the side. If Bianca was honest, that's basically the reason why she liked it as well.
"Whatever. Sister's share" Candice said before moving to change in the bathroom.
Bianca decided on an outfit very similar to her cousin which was bound to happen, because they both have the exact same taste in clothes. She wore her dark blue skinny leg jeans, white bikini and silver sequined jumper. The jumper had three-quarter sleeves, a hood and also sat just above her belly button revealing her matching silver piercing.
Once they were all ready they stuffed their wand and whatever else they may need in their pocket before moving to the grounds. They met Chloe who was wearing a white top, jumper and denim shorts and Annie wearing a pink strapless top and jeans.
"Hello everyone! The Head Boy and I would just like to say thank you for coming and we hope you have a great time" Lily said with her wand projecting her voice above the rest.
"This is going to be the best few hours or your life!" James added as the students cheered and separated.
They took that as their cue and made their way to the kissing booth to perform their lip-locking duties.
"Let's do this people" Chloe taking her seat and taking a dollar from her first customer.
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