Hello everyone! I'm so sorry about not getting a new chapter up until now, I feel terrible about it. But I haven't really had the chance until recently. I hope you can forgive me, seeing as the chapter is up now :) Thanks again for all the lovely reviews and favorites and alerts and what not. I hope y'all like it!
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Hermione awoke the next morning and began to get dressed. She pulled on a knee-length skirt and a baggy sweater over a white button shirt. When Ginny had finished dressing, she scanned her eyes over Hermione's outfit.
"Please tell me you're not going to wear that," Ginny said with a hint of disgust laden in her voice.
"Why not? It's what I always wear," Hermione replied, taken aback by her friend's comment.
"Exactly! It's so plain! How do you expect to seduce Malfoy looking like that?"
"What? Who said anything about trying to seduce him?"
"You did! Yesterday! You said you were going to give it a shot!"
"Yeah! A shot! As in I would give him a chance to woo me."
"Clearly you don't speak English. By giving it a shot that means you're going to attempt to win him over."
"You're the one who doesn't speak English, that is most definitely not what it means to give it a shot."
Ginny groaned, "Please, Hermione. You're 17 now, you really need to stop dressing like an old grandmother. I swear, even my grandma dresses better than you and she's 57!"
"I'm hurt Ginny, you're insulting the way I dress!"
"Oh stop being a baby! I'm insulting the way you dress because it needs to change! I mean, it's not like you don't have a nice body. You have absolutely nothing to hide."
"So you're suggesting that I go out with my boobs and butt hanging out."
"Yes!"
"Gross. That's like going out in nothing but my undergarments."
"Woah now, save that for the bedroom," Ginny winked.
"GINNY! Control your hormones! How can you be so sex-driven so early in the morning?"
"Are we having this conversation again?" Ginny sighed, exasperated.
"Yes."
"Look Hermione, we both know that by the time we finish arguing, I'm going to win and you're going to change that outfit of yours. So why don't we save ourselves some time and just skip to the end."
Hermione groaned because she knew it was true. Ginny always won. She was so damn pushy. "Fine. I'll shorten my dress a little bit, and I'll wear a tighter shirt, but that's it. Take it or leave it."
Ginny giggled triumphantly, "Ok! Let's get to work!"
The Great Hall was buzzing with noise as it always did before Hermione entered.
"Ginny," Hermione complained, "I can't go out there looking like this!"
"Too late. We're not going back. Look, if it makes you feel any better, I'll walk in with you."
Hermione sighed in defeat and took a deep breath before she walked in.
The doors to the Great Hall swung open and revealed the two girls standing there. Slowly, a gasp began to spread throughout the entire Hall. Muffled whispers transferred from table to table as Hermione made her way to her seat.
Harry raised his eyebrows when Hermione sat down, "Wow 'Mione, you look different. In a good way," he added hurriedly.
"See I told you, you look good!" Ginny exclaimed, slipping an arm around her boyfriend's waist.
Hermione blushed and kept her head down. Ron openly stared, his jaw hanging down.
"Gee Hermione, you look…" Ron began before trailing off.
Fred and George approached her and gave her an appraising look.
"What our dear brother means to say," Fred began.
"Is that you look amazing." George finished.
"Beautiful,"
"Stunning,"
"Hot,"
"Sexy."
Fred and George each took turns saying a different words to describe her new look.
"I mean, who knew you were hiding all that under your baggy clothes?" George said suggestively, waggling his eyebrows.
Hermione blushed even further and continued eating after muttering a small "thanks."
On the other side of the Great Hall, all the boys from the Slytherin table stared at Hermione, drool trailing out of their mouths.
"Damn, she looks hot," Blaise said, his eyes filled with lust.
Draco didn't say anything, as he was still in shock. He had woken up with a feeling that today was going to be different, but he hadn't expected it to be quite this different. Abandoning her usual attire of a baggy sweater and a knee-length skirt, Hermione had walked in wearing a her skirt at the length of a miniskirt, a tight blouse with a few of the buttons undone, and she had her tie and cloak draped casually upon her body.
"I'd tap that," Goyle said.
Mhmm, Draco thought to himself in agreement. Merlin, he thought catching himself, Blaise is getting to me. But he was feeling something more than lust. Draco found an urge to want to cover her up, to keep anyone else from seeing her. In his heart, he didn't want anyone else to want her, otherwise he would be overcome with jealousy. He didn't want anyone else to realize how beautiful she was, although he had known it all along. He was content with her baggy clothes, because it kept all the others from realizing how beautiful she truly was. It kept away his competition. He wanted her for himself. Sadly, Draco's mind had trouble accepting what his heart had already chosen, and known. His heart knew who he loved, but his mind was still lost as it searched for the answer.
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