Hermione's POV
Today, we were going to Danica's house to have our dress fitting. The tailor was going to her house to have the needed measurements for our gowns to be adjusted from a French girl's size to an English girl's size..
When we arrived and met Danica, she greeted us warmly and invited us inside. The tailor Marina and the dresses were already inside so we started the fitting at once.
If there was one thing learned while being fitted, it was there was no difference between a French girl's and English girl's size. They fitted perfectly, the dresses.
After Marina left, we had tea time and cookies while talking about the upcoming wedding. The cookies were delicious, a homemade recipe from France by Danica's grandmother. They were the crunchy on the outside and chewy in the inside kind of chocolate chip buttered cookies.
We asked questions about the wedding and Danica answered them without hesitation.
As she talked, we could all see that she was really and crazily in love just by how she smiled unconsciously at the sound of the groom's name.
A while later, when Danica was talking about the flower arrangement, A question I forgot to ask Ginny and was curious about popped into my mind.
"Hey, Danica," I said in a curious voice as she looked at me, "do you know who were assigned to the position of the groomsmen?"
"Yeah, I know the names. Originally, the four were Luciano, Blaise, Angelo, and Vicente."
"What do you mean originally?" I asked quite confused. The other girls nodded in agreement, apparently looking interested.
"Well, Luciano went into a pub with his friends a few nights later. He had an overdose of firewiskey and wasn't feeling like himself. I don't know what happened after that because I wasn't quite listening when Matteo told me about it. Well, now Luciano is in St. Mungo's sporting a few broken bones."
"Oh, that's terrible. Who's filling in for his position now?"
"Blaise Zabini, Matteo's cousin, since he doesn't have any brother."
"Oh, we know him, alright, he went to school with us in Hogwarts, best friends with the famous Draco Malfoy,' Ginny told Danica.
"Wow," Danica said, blinking," I didn't know you were friends with him and Draco Malfoy."
"We're not," Ginny replied, then she pointed at me, "but Hermione here was friends with them and a good friend to Draco Malfoy."
"Good friends?" Danica raised her eyebrow.
"Yeah, as in really close." I glared at Ginny and she stopped talking.
"Well, that's just amazing," Danica said.
"Yeah, I was good friends with Draco," I said to Danica," but I haven't had any contact with them ever since we graduated from Hogwarts."
"Oh, that's alright, I'm sure you'll meet each other someday."
That sentence reminded me of the night of graduation when I last saw Draco and he said almost the same words but the same meaning. I became a bit happier when we called on a truce. I miss him so much. I'd give anything to meet him again and just anywhere and anytime.
"So basically," Danica said as I continued listening to the conversation, "the groomsmen are Blaise, Angelo, Vicente, and a mystery guy."
"Is there going to be someone in that position?"
"Yes, I assigned Blaise to find the person."
I did a bit of thinking and finally said, "So basically, Blaise will be the best man and the guy he will get will be filling his position."
Danica smiled, impressed, "That's right, now I know why they call you the Brightest Witch of Her Age."
I blushed at her praise.
We asked more questions and talked more. Another question popped up in my mind.
"What's the arrangement when we walk down the aisle?" I asked.
"Well...," Danica stopped for a while, thinking, "Matteo will go first, followed by Blaise, and...oh, you're gonna be paired up with the mystery guy," she said to me then continued," then Ginny and Angelo, then lastly, Luna and Vicente."
We talked until the cookies and tea were all gone. We went home an hour later.
We were each given a copy of the wedding invitation to take home. Luciano's name was crossed from the list of secondary sponsors.
After she crossed out the name and handed the invitation to us, We helped her call every single person she invited and told them Luciano wasn't going to be the best man anymore.
We didn't know why we still have to do it because the guests will be finding out at the wedding anyway, but Danica said that the people might accuse her and Matteo on giving them false information.
So I went home feeling very tired, but at least not as tired as when we had to go find and destroy the Horcruxes.
Even if I felt tired, I can't help but wonder who will replace Blaise on his position. I'm sure the guy is going to be Blaise's friend, scratch that, best friend. There's a chance he's going to be Draco, and I'm going to see him again, but he could also be Theodore Nott, that's also ok with me.
It was still early as I finished changing into my cotton pajamas. I decided to read a book.
I walked to the bookshelf and considered my choice, Hogwarts, a History.
I got into bed and sterted reading it for, like, a millionth time, to me, it never grows old, I could practically be a talking edition of it, seeing as I memorized every line.
I really miss Hogwarts. I'd love to go back.
I also miss Draco, I'd love to meet him again.