A/N1: Thank you so much for all the positive reviews!! (Sobs in amazement) I was supposed to update Lightning next...but I had to get this chapter out faster. See reviews DO motivate me!! Please keep them coming.

Disclaimer: Of course Harry Potter is mine. That's why Hermione ended up with Draco. (Please note my oozing sarcasm) NO I don't own Harry Potter. JKR does.

Story note: Hermione deserves a chick night after all I've been putting her through. (and all that I'm planning on) Here are some OC's that are here for chick night. I despise MarySues so therefore, they are not MarySues. I promise. They have flaws; so don't review complaining that they are MarySues please.

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When Hermione got to the Astronomy tower, she was extremely flabbergasted upon looking in. There were two tables in the corner. One was piled with junk food, and the other was loaded with all of the typical chick night stuff. Makeup, face masks, nail polish, cucumbers, and a whole bunch of magazines: both Wizarding and muggle. On the floor, lay dozens of pillows. Hermione saw Ginny fixing something in the corner and called out to her.

"Hey, Ginny!" The youngest Weasley turned around and squealed at the sight of her friend.

"Hermione!!!" She ran and gave her a huge hug, as if they hadn't seen each other for years when in reality...they saw each other a couple hours ago at lunch.

"Ok. Ginny, let me go. I can't breathe."

"Right, sorry." She let go of Hermione and smiled gleefully at the tower. "Don't you love it!? Tonight's going to be brilliant!!"

"Yeah Ginny, but don't you think that this is too much stuff for just the two of us?"

Ginny looked at Hermione incredulously. "Just the two of us?? Are you kidding? It's hardly a chick night with only two people. I invited everybody of course."

By 'everybody' Ginny meant their group of friends, three 5th years in some of Ginny's classes, and three 6th years in some classes with Hermione. The thing that was remarkable about their group was that they were all in different houses; Hermione and Ginny were the only Gryffindors.

Hermione became close friends with Alyssa Cordera and Spencer Ives, a Ravenclaw and a Slytherin who where surprisingly great friends despite rivalries, while they were in the library studying for last year's O.W.L.s; and Ginny met Marie Hollis and Elaine Smith on the train to Hogwarts before they were sorted and knew of house rivalries. Even though Ginny became a Gryffindor while Marie was a Hufflepuff and Elaine was a Ravenclaw, they stayed close.

Naturally, Hermione and Ginny brought all of them together, so they all have chick nights every once and awhile...much to Hermione and Elaine's dismay, for they weren't ones for sleepovers. They would so much rather read books in solitude.

"Really?" Hermione asked in dismay. I had only been planning on telling Ginny about the thing with Malfoy and I. Now I guess I'm going to have to tell everyone.

"REALLY, REALLY!" Three voices chimed simultaneously at the entrance to the tower with enormous bags with what looked like there were clothes in. Ginny squealed again and ran towards the newcomers. Elaine slipped away quietly right before Ginny got there, and sidled up to Hermione.

"Any way we could ditch without them noticing?" she whispered.

"Nope, not a chance; Ginny's gone all out on this one." Hermione gestured to the two tables, and Elaine's eyes lit up. "A fondue fountain!!! And goldfish!!" She ran to the table and immediately mixed the two.

"I changed my mind Hermy; I'm staying here."

"Traitor." Hermione muttered. "And don't call me Hermy."

Alyssa and Spencer, having heard the last part ran over to Hermione and chanted loudly, "Hermy, Hermy, Hermy," while skipping around her in a circle.

Oh boy, this is going to be a looong night.

After loading up on junk food, and catching up on current wizard and muggle fashion magazines, the group (minus Hermione who was tied up to a chair waiting for impending misery), grabbed makeup, and the hair products, and Elaine grabbed her book.

"I call straightening Hermy's hair!!" Spencer gleefully yelled.

"Please don't call me Hermy!" How long will that horrid nickname be repeated???

"Hermy, Hermy, Hermy." Spencer chanted again while Hermione groaned.

"I am going to read Pride and Prejudice in a corner while gorging myself on junk food and staying away from this!!" Elaine claimed.

"Elaine you traitor!!!" Hermione shrieked. "You're supposed to bail me out!"

"Sorry Hermione, but I don't think it'll be possible. You're on your own." She shrugged nonchalantly while going off in her corner and opening the classic Jane Austen book.

"I'll do fingernails and toenails!!" Marie grinned.

"I'm doing makeup!!" hollered Ginny happily.

"I guess I'll pick out her outfit!!" Alyssa shrugged agreeably. It was a tradition every chick night to dress up one of them in an outfit and hairstyle that was totally opposite of what they would normally wear. This night, it was Hermione's turn to be turned to a human doll. Then she would be paraded around the halls to the Great Hall to make an entrance and sit down, but she wouldn't eat though for having filled up on junk food 20 minutes before.

Spencer would watch for Slytherin guy reactions, Alyssa would watch for Ravenclaw guys, Marie, the Hufflepuffs, and Ginny the Gryffindors. This was one of the benefits of having friends in every house, it wouldn't be right to have a Gryffindor checking out the Slytherin guys. Once everyone was back, then they would compare notes to see who was staring at whom while eating more chocolate covered snacks and doing facials.

"Hurry you guys; we don't have too much time. There's 30 minutes left of dinner. We need to be down there in 10 minutes!!" yelled the always meticulous, Alyssa.

The finished product of the groups' toil was a very disgruntled, yet gorgeous Hermione. Her hair was pin straight and hung down to her mid-back, something she had never managed to achieve with her muggle straightener without it getting puffy and frizzy, she was wearing a ruby red 'V' neck halter top (which according to Alyssa would compliment her complexion and hair without washing her out completely), a dark blue denim skirt that was 5 inches above her knees, a pair of black ballet flats, and to complete the ensemble, a ruby teardrop shaped pendant that glittered gorgeously when it caught the light.

"Oh my gawd, Hermy!!" Ginny squealed. "You look fantastic! Ron is going to eat his heart out when he sees you." The others murmured in agreement. "Ok," Alyssa commanded, taking charge. "Let's go. And Hermione..."

"Yes?"

"Get that look off your face. The whole outfit will be ruined if you don't look confident and happy." And we really wouldn't want that now would we? Hermione thought sarcastically.

"Don't slouch!" Marie barked. Hermione heeded their orders and then the six headed to the Great Hall.

"Ok, so Elaine and I will enter first and go to our table." Alyssa instructed, "Marie and Spencer will go to their separate tables, and then Ginny and Hermione, you come in after 5 seconds. Got it? Oh and one more thing..." Yes dictator. This would be so fun...if I wasn't the one who will get all the attention. I really don't like having people focus on me.

"Did you hear that, Hermione?" Crap. I tuned her out. Now I have no idea what that last part was. Oh well, knowing Alyssa, it probably wasn't too important.

"Yeah, I heard you."

"Right, let's go already. I want to come back and start reading again."

"No way Elaine. No more reading for you. You got lucky enough already." Elaine pouted, but quickly got over it. They quickly made their way to the Great Hall and the first group entered, then the second group. 5...4...3...2...1...here it goes.

Hermione and Ginny walked in and nothing happened. How anticlimactic. The two Gryffindors sat in their regular spots by Ron and Harry and waited for a reaction. Still nothing. Ginny got impatient and started talking to them. "Hey Harry; Ron." The boys glanced her way and said 'Hey' simultaneously before returning to their discussion of Quidditch. Suddenly Ron did a double take and yelled loudly, "Bloody birds of menace!! Hermione, what happened to you?" Her eyes narrowed angrily at him not only for causing the whole Hall to crane their necks at the commotion, but for the implied insult. Mutters traveled along the house tables and Hermione blushed. I can't wait until I get the signal to leave, this is utter insanity!! Wait, what is the signal?? Maybe I should have paid more attention to Alyssa.

"Nothing happened to me, Ronald." He winced; whenever she called him 'Ronald' she was angry.

"In the spirit of the upcoming Christmas holiday, I decided to dress up and wear red. Do you have a problem with that?"

"N-n-no, of course not. It's just not norm—"

"Ignore him, Hermione. You look fantastic." Hermione smiled at Harry.

"Thank you Harry." She heard Ginny cough very fakely, and Hermione turned her gaze to the door, where Elaine was just exiting.

"Ok, sorry to eat and run guys, but its chick night. Bye!" Ginny and Hermione stood up to leave, and they heard Ron protest behind them. "But you didn't even eat!"

After they left the Hall, Hermione leaned against the wall. "That was ridiculous. I am never doing that again." Elaine stood next to her. "Now you know how I felt last month." She shuddered at the memory. Just then, Alyssa, Marie and Spencer walked out the Hall and towards them.

"C'mon, let's go!! We have some major news for you, Hermy!!" Said Spencer; her face aglow with mischief.

"STOP CALLING ME HERMY!!!"

TBC…

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A/N2: Wow—one of my longest (and most pointless) chapters yet!! Cool. And we will see some Malfoy and the end of chick night next chapter. But before that, I want 88-98 reviews. After the response for chapter 9, I'm positive you guys can do it! No flames!!!

Lovelove, Amanda