-1Chapter 19:

Getting Ready

Disclaimer: I own nothing, but I wish I owned Rupert Grint…or Daniel Radcliffe, I'm not picky really.

"Wake up Princess." It was the next morning and Jane was trying to gently wake her sleeping daughter. "Ugh" Hermione grunted and turned over in her bed.

"Come now darling, you don't want to keep Ronald waiting." Hermione shot up out of her bed. Finally, after all the preparations and planning, it was October twenty-fifth.

"Oh my gosh! Mom, what time is it? Did I sleep in too late? Where's my dress?" Hermione made to grab her dress, but her mother latched onto her wrist and stopped her.

"Hermione, sweetheart, calm down! You have three hours, it's only eleven." Hermione breathed in a deep breath.

"Come on Mum, I need some help getting ready. Mrs. Weasley, could you please take care of my bridesmaids? Don't stray too far though; I'm going to need your help as well." Molly smiled and nodded her head, and then she set off to find her daughter.

"Let's start with these bushy curls of yours darling. Do you want them straightened or would you rather that we just tame them a bit?" Hermione took a moment and contemplated her options.

"Mum, actually, I think I'd like a few opinions first. Could you get Daddy and have him ask Ron?" Hermione asked.

"Of course" and her mother set off to find her husband. Jane returned a few minutes later.

"Ronald says that your hairstyle is completely up to you, but he prefers your curls."

"Well, I'm glad that he said that, because either way, he was getting curls."

Jane Granger laughed, and set to using a special hairspray to tame Hermione's mane of chestnut curls. Hermione instructed her mother to pile the curls on top of her head. Jane held them in place with the tiara that she wore at her own wedding.

"Mum, if you don't mind, would you let Mrs. Weasley help you with my make up? I feel that I owe it to her to help too."

"Of course my dear." Jane called over to Molly, and together they set to Hermione's face.

"Um, not too much please" Hermione said as the two mother set out all of the cosmetics that Hermione had brought with her. At the time, Hermione didn't think anything of bringing all the beauty products that she owned, but now, this looked like an alarming amount of things to put on her face. First, they applied foundation and compressed powder as a base. Then, Jane applied a creamy peach blush to Hermione's cheeks. She also added a touch of shimmer. Molly then added a light cream eye shadow to Hermione's eyelids. Hermione applied her own eyeliner and mascara. Together, all three of them decided on a delicate rosy lipstick that made Hermione's lips pop with color.

"Oh wow" Ginny had walked in the room and caught sight of Hermione.

"Ron, eat your heart out" Luna exclaimed as she entered the room behind Ginny.

"What's left to do?" Ginny asked. She was already dressed and ready to go. The blue made Ginny's hair glimmer and brought out her deep eyes. Luna looked equally as lovely in her dress. It made her blonde hair glitter and her blue eyes seemed to penetrate the stone walls of the castle.

"Well, I need to put on my dress." Hermione smiled, and together, all five women walked toward the White Wonder that was hanging in the center of the room. Hermione slid into the dress easily with the help of everyone. She sat on her bed and slipped on a pair of silver stilettos. They were Ginny's, which she had lent to Hermione for the day. Hermione stood up and walked towards the center of the room. Ginny sauntered over and held out Hermione's bouquet. She took hold of it and then looked in the mirror.

"Oh bloody-"

"GINNY!" Molly yelled warningly.

"Sorry mum." The room burst out in a fit of giggles. They were interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Come in" Luna said between giggles.

"Am I interrupting something?" Henry Granger walked in the door, dressed in his finest tux.

"Oh, Daddy, you look so dashing!"

"Hermione darling you look stunning."

"Thank you Daddy." Hermione walked over to her father and gave him a tight squeeze. "I love you dear." He murmured in her ear. They broke apart and Henry turned to the rest of the room.

"Everyone else is down by the lake awaiting your arrival. It's a quarter to two and I do believe that I'm to be giving my little girl away in fifteen minutes. How am I supposed to do that if she's all the way up here?" Hermione laughed and said "You heard the man, I'm getting married! Let's go!" She led the way out of the room and down towards the entrance hall.

Harry, Neville, Mr. Weasley, and Charlie Weasley (Jane's escort down the aisle) were waiting by the door.

"It's about- WOAH." Harry stopped mid-sentence as he caught sight of Hermione coming down the Grand Staircase. "Oh put your eyes back in your sockets Harry" Ginny said as she appeared from behind Hermione. Harry blushed and turned around to look out the door.

"We'd better start now. Ron and the priest are already in place and all of the guests are sitting down in their seats" Neville stated, glancing at his watch.

"Mrs. Granger" Charlie offered his arm to Jane and they started out the doors. "Come dear" Molly said to Arthur and followed Jane and Charlie out of the Hall. Next, it was Neville and Luna's turn. Neville offered Luna his arm and she took it nervously. They shared an embarrassed glance and then set off down the aisle. Harry and Ginny stepped towards each other. There was no awkwardness in their touch and they smiled at each other warmly as though it were the rightist thing in the world.

Hermione and her father were now the only two in the entrance hall. "Are you ready to do this?" Henry asked his glowing daughter. Hermione nodded and hugged her father. She fixed her grip on her bouquet and checked that her hair was in place. Hermione slid her hand on her father's arm and heard the first few chords of the music. Together they stepped into the glorious October Day.