Hermione woke up the next morning and remembered that tonight was her date with Harry. Hermione groaned when she remembered that she promised Violet, Daphne, and Pansy full rein of anything they wanted to do with her. But she wanted to look like herself and be beautiful for Harry at the same time.

Hermione saw that she was the only one in the dormitory, so she feared that they were planning what she would look like and what they would do for torture.

"Hey Hermione," Samuel said when she walked down the stairs to the Common Room and saw that only her friends and herself were still there and no one else.

"Hey Sam, Theo, Draco, Blaise, Kaliban, Violet, Daph, and Pans. What's going on?" Hermione asked naively but she knew what Violet, Daphne, and Pansy had planned for her.

"Well, the boys are going to play Wizard's Chess and Exploding Snap, while we are going to look through our wardrobes and try to find you a pretty dress to wear and talk about makeup and how you want your hair styled" Daphne explained in great detail and Hermione prepared herself for a very long day ahead of her, but she was comforted that it would all be worth it tonight.

"Okay, let's go upstairs and look through the wardrobes," Hermione suggested and the girls looked thrilled at her sudden suggestion.

The girls walked upstairs and started by going through Hermione's wardrobe and when they saw nothing that looked formal enough, they looked through Violet's wardrobe and saw this beautiful violet dress and they pulled it out.

The dress was knee-length, dark purple, and had straps that tie around the back of the neck. Hermione gasped when she saw the dress and the girls knew she absolutely loved it.

"Well, we found the dress now let's talk about makeup and hair," Violet suggested and everyone agreed with that.

"What kind of makeup do you usually wear?" Pansy asked Hermione.

"I usually only wear some lip gloss," Hermione admitted and her friends looked shocked.

"Well you're going to be wearing eye shadow, lip gloss, blush, and mascara tonight and you can't protest about anything," Daphne reminded her and Hermione nodded while wearing a look of defeat on her face.

"What about your hair?" Violet said while trying to get back on track.

"I normally just wear my hair strait, but while occasionally curl it for a special occasion," Hermione said and her friends looked long and hard at each other.

(Time skip to preparing for the date)

Hermione sat down patiently as Pansy start to work on her newly washed and dried hair.

Pansy got Daphne's help and they started to pull her hair back. Hermione felt like asking them to stop, but she had no control over what they do to her hair, or makeup.

"We're done!" Daph and Pans exclaimed before Violet came to do Hermione's makeup.

Hermione sat still for 15 minutes before Violet finished.

"Okay, I hope you like your hair and makeup Hermione," Violet said as she turned the chair around and when Hermione saw herself, she gasped loudly.

Pansy and Daphne had pulled her long black hair into a very high, elegant, and intricate bun with only a few strands of hair they curled framing her face.

Violet had applied dark purple eye shadow to her eyelids and a light blue highlight under her eyebrows. She also put on pink blush to the apples of her cheeks, and black mascara to her eyelashes. Finally, Hermione noticed that she had a medium colour pink lip gloss on her lips that tasted a little bit like watermelons.

"I love it, thank you so much," Hermione said as she carefully hugged her best girl friends so she wouldn't mess up her hair or makeup.

"Now, let's get that dress on because we only have 30 minutes before Harry gets here and we want you to be ready," Pansy said and Hermione walked to Violet's closet and the girls helped her get her dress on without ruining all their hard work.

When Hermione looked in a full body mirror after getting her dress on, she gasped because she never felt so pretty before and she knew that Harry would be wowed by her look for that night.

Blaise knocked on the door and said that Harry was there waiting outside for her. Hermione hugged her girl friends on last time and stepped outside to show the boys her look. Blaise gasped because his sister looked so beautiful, Kaliban and Theo smiled, and Draco and Samuel wolf-whistled.

"You look beautiful sis, now go have a good time and don't snog for too long," Blaise joked and everyone laughed until Hermione slapped him upside the head.

"See you all later," Hermione said simply and walked out of the portrait door and saw Harry waiting for with a dozen red roses in his hand.

"Hey Harry," Hermione said.

" Hi Hermione, wow you look so beautiful," Harry said as he handed her the red roses.

"Thanks for the compliment and the flowers Harry. They are my favorite kind," She said she grabbed his arm and he began to escort her outside the castle.

"Where are we going Harry?" Hermione asked, she was a little confused.

"To someplace special where we can be alone," Harry answered vaguely and it made Hermione smile.

Hermione gasped when they reached a little table near the Black Lake and saw that there were 2 candles lit up.

"Oh Harry," Hermione started.

Harry led her closer to the table and let go of her arm so he could pull out the chair for her.

"My Lady," Harry said as Hermione walked closer and sat down on the chair.

"Thank you, Sir," Hermione joked the same way Harry had and they both laughed.

"What are we eating?" Hermione sounded puzzled.

"Dobby begged if we could cater for us. I agreed only after I persuaded him to let me pay him for tonight," Harry said and Hermione smiled when he talked about Dobby.

"You remembered S.P.E.W and the rights of elves, didn't you?" Hermione asked and Harry nodded.

Throughout the night, Dobby came and went as he catered for them and complimented how beautiful and grown up Hermione truly was.

After supper, Harry stood up and walked over to Hermione's side of the table.

"Care to dance Hermione?" Harry said gently and Hermione saw that there was a smooth place for them to dance.

"Of course Harry," Hermione graciously took his hand and they walked over to the spot where the forest floor was totally smooth and bump free.

Harry put his right hand on her waist, and Hermione put her right hand on his shoulder. They grabbed each other's left hand and began to dance a muggle ballroom dancing style.

Hermione was surprised at how easily Harry led her around the dance floor and they seemed to know each other's steps before they made them, so they didn't step on each other's toes or feet.

At the end of the dance, Harry pulled away and kissed Hermione's left hand.

"Hermione, we have known each other for 4 years and I was wondering if you wanted to be my girlfriend?" Harry asked nervously and Hermione was shocked.

She truly cared about Harry and she figured that she did really love him.

"Yes, Harry I will be your girlfriend. I do truly love you," Hermione said and Harry leaned towards her.

When they kissed, Hermione couldn't stop smiling and Harry escorted her back to her dormitory.

He said goodnight and she went to bed after hearing her squealing friends after she told them the story. But Hermione felt like Ron would cause problems if he ever found out about the date, kiss and she knew he would hear about her being Harry's girlfriend very soon.