Chapter 14

Hermione had just gotten back from Olivia's house and had just arrived at her house. She waved to Ron who was sitting on the couch. Hermione lugged herself and her bags over to him and plopped down on the couch beside him.

"So, what was that thing that you had to help my father with?" Hermione asked, nonchalantly.

"Uh…stuff that I don't think he would want you to know," Ron responded quickly.

"Oh," Hermione replied, "So, it's a secret now, is it? Maybe I'll go ask my father myself then."

Hermione got up from her seat, turned away from Ron and began to head to the stairs.

"N-n-n-no!" Ron spluttered. Hermione turned back to face him.

"Yes, Ron?" Hermione asked with a know-it-all tone, knowing that Ron would crack any second.

"Uh…I mean…they went out."

"Who did? My parents? Or Wen and Olivia?" Hermione started laughing at her own dumb joke.

Ron, seeing a way out of losing his cover for ditching the girls earlier, changed the subject, "So, how's Olivia and her, um, date…with Wen?"

Hermione knew what he was trying to do. Of course she did, she wasn't the clever intelligent one out of their trio for nothing after all. But, she decided to cut Ron some slack and let it slide…considering that he would have to deal with her for the rest of the summer and the oncoming school year. Besides, she was pretty impressed that he still hadn't broken down yet.

"Um, I assume it's going well. I just left her house. My aunt and I found her the perfect outfit and I did her make-up and hair. She looked very pretty when I left her. They are probably on their way or are already there. So, now it is just a waiting game."
"Yeah, okay," Ron replied. He glanced down at the ground and noticed the bags at Hermione's feet.

"What are those?" he asked.

"Nothing," Hermione nudged them farther behind her with her foot.

"So, who's being secretive now?" Ron asked, throwing her previous words back at her.

Hermione laughed a little and shook her head, "Fine, it's not that big of a deal. My aunt just gave me some clothes."
"Well, then let's see," Ron replied.

"You want to see?" Hermione asked, incredulously, "I thought you didn't like shopping or clothes…:
"Well, there's not much else to do, is there?"

"I guess not."

Hermione pulled out the dress and belt from one bag and the boots from the other.

"It's nice," Ron said.

The two fell silent.

"So, do you want to go dancing?" Ron asked quietly.

"What?" Hermione asked, trying to contain her excitiement.

"I mean you have a new dress that you shouldn't let go to waste. I probably have some nice clothes in my luggage somewhere."

"Okay," Hermione said, slowly, "Where would we go?"
"I'm sure you know of a place, somewhere, considering you live her. If not, we can just dance here. You have a working radio."
"All right, but I think I know of a few places. Let's go get changed then. And Ron…"
"Yes?"

"Are my parents really out?"

Ron hesitated then replied, "No, they are just upstairs."
"That's what I thought."

The two headed up the stairs to go change.

Hermione knocked on her parent's bedroom door.

"Come in, dear. We are just watching our program."

"Okay," Hermione replied. She pushed open the door and walked inside.

"Um, I just wanted to let you know that Ron and I are going to head out soon," Hermione said.

Hermione's mom turned to look at her daughter, "Darling it's almost 7:00 and almost dinnertime. What are you two going to be doing exactly?"

"We are going to go dancing. And, we can probably eat dinner while we are out, too."

Hermione's parents shared a knowing look. Hermione's mom turned back to her daughter.

"All right, but your father will drive you around. It's too late for two 14 year olds to be wandering around by themselves."
"That's fine. I'll just go change now then."
Hermione left her parents' bedroom and headed back to her own to change. She slipped on her new white dress and fastened the belt around her waist. Then, she slipped her feet into her new boots. She looked at herself in the mirror and shook her head, "Oh, my hair."
Hermione took a brush and began to comb the tangles out of her hair. When she finished, she straightened her hair and then she curled her hair with a curling iron. Then, she pulled her hair back into a half-ponytail.

She examined herself in the mirror again, "Better. Make-up? Maybe a little."
Hermione put on a glittery white eye shadow, mascara, pale pink blush, and some lip gloss.

"Done and ready."

Hermione headed out of her room and down the stairs where her father and Ron were waiting.

"Well," Hermione began after giving Ron a once over, "You clean up nicely."
Ron was wearing nice black pants, dress shoes and a dark blue button down.

"So do you."

The two smiled at each other. Hermione's father, not realizing he was interrupting a moment, said, "Let's go then, shall we?"
"I guess so," Hermione replied. The two teens followed Hermione's father out the door and into the car.

They began to drive along the road and a few minutes later they came to a complete stop.

They had reached their destination.

"So where are we?" Ron asked.

"We are at It's Entertainment," Hermione began, "a place to sing, dance and eat."
"My brother's restaurant," Hermione's dad added.

"Sing?" Ron asked, turning to Hermione.

"Yeah, there's karaoke," she replied.

The three of them walked into the restaurant and were escorted to a table.

As soon as they sat down, a man that looked similar to Hermione's father ambled over.

"Hello! My dear family!" He greeted Hermione and her father, "And, who's this?"

"Oh, Uncle Ned, this is my friend Ron."

"Nice to meet you, Ron," the two shook hands.

Chapter 14! Sorry I took so long to update this story, I feel like it's been a month or so. I never meant for it to be that long till I updated, but my teachers love to load me with homework, especially this past month. I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving holidays. I'll try to update everything else next week , but I had to update this. It was my first obligation. Well, read and review!

XOXOXO Bubblelina15

P.S. I decided to focus on Ron and Hermione this chapter. I felt like they weren't getting enough attention. We'll see next time whether or not the next chapter will include the rest of Wen and Olivia's date or the beginning of Ron and Hermione's.