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When the first Hogsmeade trip came around that weekend, everyone was almost bursting from excitement. Dani had forgotten all about what had happened in Draco's Manor and was now simply worrying about what dress she was going to wear and who she was going to go with.
"Look! That shop over there has gorgeous dresses!" Jackie exclaimed after a while of exploring Hogsmeade, grabbing Bri and Dani's arms and dragging them over to the shop she had spoken of.
As they stepped through the doors, they froze. Almost every other girl from Hogwarts was in there and the noise level was immense. There was a scream from the side of the room and the three friends watched in horror as two seventh year girls fought over a dress which they both obviously wanted.
"Maybe we should come back later?" Bri suggested cautiously, beginning to turn back to the door.
"No way!" Jackie and Dani yelled at the same time. Then Dani said, "If we leave now, they'll take all the good dresses! Come on!"
"I don't want to fight over dresses!" Bri complained as Jackie and Dani dragged her through the crowd.
"What's your colour Jackie?" Dani asked.
"Definitely red!" Jackie said with a grin. "What about you?"
"I'm liking red as well, today," Dani laughed. "Bri?"
"I'm a blue girl." Bri said with a smile.
There was another sudden scream and two girls went rushing through the crowd, a dress in the hands of the girl in front.
"This is dangerous." Bri said, worry on her face as she followed the two arguing females with her eyes.
"Don't worry about it," Dani said, still smiling. "If we want something enough we'll get it and no one will be able to stand in our way." Jackie nodded in agreement whilst Bri put her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow.
"I told you I don't want to fight over dresses!" she complained, but then her eye caught something and she 'ooh'ed before going over to see what it was. Dani laughed.
"Let's find the red dresses," Jackie said, linking arms with Dani and heading over to where the red dresses were all kept. The area around the dresses was as crowded as everywhere else and it was difficult to get a good look at the items of clothing.
"Isn't weird how they've got the colours sorted in gradients around the room? Like right here it goes from red to a pinky-red to pink and then onwards." Jackie pointed out.
"I guess it makes it easier to find a colour you want." Dani shrugged.
"Good point!" Jackie said with a grin, pushing to the side where the red dresses merged with the pink ones.
After a good half an hour, Dani was sure she'd only managed to look at five different dresses. She had managed to decide that she did like red though, so she was looking in the right place.
A particular conversation held between two girls walking by caught Dani's attention and she paused in trying to reach another dress so that she could listen.
"I had to fight four people for this dress," Dani recognised Katie's voice instantly. "But it was definitely worth it. I'm going to stand out and Draco's going to be blown away. He was the one that told me he liked Zebras."
"I can't wait to see it!" gushed Pansy Parkinson. "But I hope he likes my green dress. I thought I'd stick with the Slytherin colour, you know?"
They walked out of earshot then and Dani sighed, going back to looking through the red dresses.
But almost a moment later, Bri appeared by her side with a scowl plastered on her face and one hand on her hip, while the other hand clutched onto a blue dress that looked good from what Dani could see of it.
"What happened?" Dani asked.
"Your sister happened!" Bri exclaimed, before suddenly biting her lip and forcing herself to calm down. It wasn't very nice to go up to someone and tell them their sister was a horrible person. "She tried to steal this dress off me, saying it would look better on her than it would on me. Thankfully I managed to divert her attention though."
"Really?" Dani gasped. "But she just walked past saying she had the best dress."
"Yeah, the one I distracted her with." Bri rolled her eyes.
"Well, are you going to try it on?" Dani questioned, glancing over at the changing rooms. Bri followed her gaze and sighed.
"Maybe if the crowd dies down." she said.
"That's a good idea." Dani nodded. "Well, do you want to help me look for a dress while you wait?"
"Sure! Seen any you like yet?" Bri asked, turning her eyes to look at the red dresses and raising her eyebrows as two girls lunged for the same one at the same time, screaming at each other and claiming they saw it first.
"Plenty, but as you just saw, they quickly got taken from me." Dani laughed. "It's okay though, when I see the one that's perfect for me I won't let anyone take it from me."
"That's the spirit," Bri said sarcastically. "Allow yourself to be sucked into the world of clothing wars."
"Um, have you got anyone in mind that you want to go with yet?" Dani asked, changing the subject effectively and causing Bri to blush.
"Of course!" she whispered.
"It's Dayn, isn't it?" Dani asked with a giggle and Bri nodded, smiling. "Well, do you think Harry would consider me?"
"Consider you? Dani, you two have been eyeing each other for the past three years!" Bri exclaimed.
"Only three?" Dani pouted, causing Bri to laugh at her.
"Before that you weren't too interested in him, as I recall." Bri raised an eyebrow and Dani rolled her eyes, shoving her friend playfully in the arm. "Oh, but you'll have to fight with Ginny to get him. I've seen her looking at him quite a bit as well."
"Really? Ginny?" Dani said, her mouth falling open in shock. "I don't want to fight with her! She's too cute!"
The two friends laughed again and Bri was just about to say something else when Jackie appeared between them, holding up a peach coloured dress with ruffles that almost knocked Bri onto the ground. Admittedly, though, Bri's dress had larger ruffles than Jackie's.
"Watch it!" Bri said, steadying herself by holding onto a clothes rack.
"Sorry! But you have got to look at this!" Jackie exclaimed, twirling her dress around to show her two best friends. It was absolutely gorgeous and was something that would definitely suit Jackie.
"That's perfect for you!" Bri said with a grin.
"I know, right?" Jackie laughed. "I saw Parkinson looking at it a while ago but she left it to go look at the green dresses so I figured I'd pick it up and see if it was any good."
"Whoa, Parkinson has good taste!" Dani joked.
"Jackie, like mine?" Bri asked, holding up her blue dress. Jackie quickly nodded her head, her eyes going wide as she looked up and down the dress.
"I'm amazed you got your hands on it!" Jackie said.
"Yeah, would you like to help me look for a dress before the good ones all disappear?" Dani asked teasingly. Her friends agreed though and they all set to work looking for the perfect red dress.
It wasn't long before Dani realised that her perfect dress was in the hands of three other girls who were all admiring it. She silently let Jackie and Bri know what she was thinking and then began making her way over to them.
"Hey, could I have a look at that?" she asked innocently, joining the three girls.
"We saw it first!" said one of the girls defensively.
"I just wanted to take a look at the size, that's all." Dani said, a grin beginning to spread across her face. These girls looked like fourth years.
"Oh, okay." another one of the girls shrugged and allowed Dani to take a look at the size.
"Ah, just as I thought," Dani sighed. "I really don't think this is going to fit any of you because it's too big."
"What? Can't we just..." one of the girls trailed off and bit her lip.
"Sorry girls, but you should look at the smaller sizes unless you want to turn up to the Great Hall in a dress that looks like a tent on you. Just a bit of advise." Dani pointed out. She began reaching out for the dress and, thankfully, the other three girls allowed her to take it.
"Thanks for letting us know." one girl said before they all walked away.
Dani walked back over to Bri and Jackie with a smile on her face and held up the dress to show them.
"Perfect!"
"It's got 'you' written all over it!"
"Ha, come on, let's go get a spot in the line for the changing rooms to see whether these jewels actually fit us."