AN: So here's the3rd chapter. Itmight get very boring, seeing as all we're doingis describing the girls day, and they go shopping, and all that shit xD Anyways,hope you enjoy. :D
SUMMARY: It's been six years since Phoenix had last seen the one who tore her down, and it was hard to deal with. Now that she's 23 and has her life on track, she's putting her family first by getting a job with the Quibbler after she quits her ministry job, and is the maid of honour at her sister's wedding. But when an unexpected guest arrives, Phoenix's feelings go on a turn...
DISCLAIMER: I don own, and never will, own Harry potter. The only character that belongs to me is Phoenix. The rest belongs to JKR. :)
Chapter 3!
Ron really wasn't joking about what he wrote in the letter to me. Hermione showed up at my door at 9:30 am, while I was still sleeping, with I giant wad of cash in her hand.
"I thought Ron told you we'd be going out. Sorry it was so last minute did you sleep well?" She asked. I groaned.
"Yes, I slept well. I was up until 3 in the morning trying to do papers for the ministry, even though I'm on break. I am SO quitting fro that place as soon as I can", I complained, "Just let me make breakfast for my dad. And get dressed. Then we'll go. You can stay in the living room", I smiled. Quickly sitting up eggs for him, my dad woke up on his own.
"Good morning Sunflower. And Hermione, nice to see you!" He exclaimed. He was always happy in the morning. Sometimes it could be weird.
"Hello Mr. Lovegood", she smiled, "Phoenix and I are having a girls day, hope you don't mind", and she smiled hopefully.
"If anything, Phoenix needs it. She's getting wrinkles from work stress", He laughed. I rolled my eyes and gave him his food.
"Well, you have a good day Daddy. I'll bring you back some nail polish", I said sarcastically. Running to my room I changed into something quickly and excused myself from the house, kissing my dad goodbye like I did when I was 11.
"So where did you want to go to first? Spa? Mall?" She asked. I smirked.
"How about breakfast?" I asked.
"Good idea! I haven' eaten yet", she smiled. The two of us walked to the Leaky Cauldron.
Yes, indeed, it served breakfast, now that Hannah was the Landlady. I guess it's a way of gathering for customers.
"Eggs and ham please", I said, and waited for 10 minutes of Hermione making up her mind about what to eat.
"And Coffee, please. 75% of a teaspoon of sugar", She smiled, satisfied. I shook my head and rolled my eyes.
"And you see, I think that why Ron's scared of you, she joked. Hermione sighed.
"Yes, I know. But it's his fault. He's the one who asked to marry me. And he should've known that I would want a baby eventually", She sighed. I felt bad for her. Seamus has a baby on the way, Neville has a daughter, and she craved for a baby.
"You know, the most beautiful of things come to those who wait. It's not like one day you get pregnant, and the next, you have a kid. There's a whole 9 months to wait. Plus, you have to thin about the money and stuff", I sighed.
"I've save 3000Galleons in the past 3 year", She mumbled, "That's plenty for raising children".
"You know, most people don't have kids until they've been married for 5 or 6 years. Maybe wait... Another year? Make sure you know what you want before you go popping out evil minions", I laughed.
"Guess your right", she said.
"Well, here's an example. Bill and Fleur didn't have kids until 2 years of marriage. Because of the Voldy nonsense. And now they have a little girl. And they're as happy as it seems. My mum and dad waited 6 years for me and Luna to come", I added.
"I get it Phoe, don't worry", She smiled assuringly. Our food had finally arrived, me being starved when it came.
I wondered around the mall with Hermione, first going to a beauty store, "I heard that organic is better now. We should go to the Body Shop", Hermione said. I nodded, following her.
[AN: The Body Shop is an actual beauty store. I really didn't want to make another store, so I apologize].
Looking at all the moisturiser, Hermione stopped to put one in my hand.
"Orange", she said.
"Come again?" I asked.
"That's Draco's favourite scent, orange", she smiled.
"And how do you know this!"
"I did some research. You know, Pansy Parkinson kept a list about things that Draco likes. And I found it a couple years ago, and kept it in case I would need to hold something against him", she explained, "So take orange moisturiser".
"Do you have muggle cash for this shopping spree?" I asked.
"Oh course I do. I have a few galleons for later, but mostly everything's Muggle cash", She said. I looked around the store, picking up other things that were orange scented. Hermione laughed as I clutched the million things that were in my hands.
The check out looked at me like I was crazy. She spoke in a heavy French accent.
"Orange? Beautiful scent", she said, still avoiding my eyes.
"Zat will be 65.70", she said, holding out her hand. I reached into my wallet to see I only had Galleons. Shit...
So I pulled out my card. Indeed, I carried around a credit card. I shared it with my father, in case he went out to get writing supplies.
"Vanks", she said, handing me a bag. I smiled and walked out of the store.
"She was very French", Hermione said. And I laughed.
"Of course she was. 'Vat vas vun", I mimicked. Hermione laughed. Nice to know I could cheer a friend up. We continued to walk around.
"So, anything special happening this weekend? I mean, besides that Lavender and Seamus are coming back from vacation?" Hermione asked.
"I'm going to another wedding", I said bluntly.
"Who's wedding? Do I know them?" She asked with curious eyes.
"Yes, I suppose. Lucius and Narcissa are renewing", I said. Her jaw almost dropped.
"Really? I didn't know that you would be invited", She smiled, "What else is happening this week?"
"Well, there's a dinner party I'm going to. Pretty singled out", I stated, she nodded,
"And I'm guessing it's with Draco and his parents?" She asked, I nodded Hermione was probably the most amazing when it came to reading in between the lines. She smiled, "then you need something to wear, do you not?"
She pointed to a window, where there was a dress shop. I nodded, seeing what she was thinking.
We skimmed through a few racks, "Is it formal?" she asked.
"Of course it's formal, this is the second Malfoy Manor I'm entering", I scowled. She shook off my behaviour, pulling out a few choices.
"This one, try it on", she said, motioning me into a dressing room.
"Why Black?" I asked. She shook off my question.
"Don't ask, okay? You're going to the Malfoy Manor, might as well match their colour scheme", She mumbled. I walked out.
"Thanks", I muttered, walking out of the change room.
"It's really pretty", she smiled.
"Just to make you happy, I'll take It.", I mumbled, stripping out of it [While in the dressing room].
Soaking my feet in the cherry Blossom water, Hermione decided to bring up some more Draco business.
"So he came up to you at the wedding and he just stirred up conversation? I find that so..." She trailed off.
"I know, it's really hard to believe he would do that after al this time. It's so... Not like him", I muttered.
"Well, people do change after a while, Phoenix. I mean, look at Ron. Never mind... He still chews like a cow", she mumbled. I laughed hysterically at this. A short woman finally came around.
"Are you ready for a pedicure and manicure?" She asked. Hermione and I nodded, "Yes please", continuing our conversation.
"So you actually think thing's will last?" She asked. I shrugged, trying not to laugh when the nail file tickled my skin.
"I want them to..." I sighed, "They will. I'm going to make it work".
"Now, that's the commitment in Phoenix Lovegood that I know", She smirked, "Hope you have a dress for the wedding", She sighed.
"Oh, indeed I do. It's a red one. Bright colours bring luck to weddings", I smiled.
"So, how was the girl's day Phoenix?" Xeno asked me as I glided through the doors.
"It was actually better than I expected it to be. I thought she would've been an emotional train wreck, but whatever", I said, opening a can of butter beer [AN: Yea, they come in cans now.]
"So, I see you bought a dress. What's the occasion?" Xeno asked. I froze a little bit. I'd forgotten to tell him where I was going on Thursday.
"I'm going to dinner... At Draco's house", I Muttered. Xeno nodded,
"Sounds good to me. I mean, come on, I want to throw another-",
"SHHH!" I hissed, and he laughed,
"Alright, guess I'll just go work on the Quibbler some more", I sighed. I wrote a little bit about the wedding of my sister, seeing as we always put family tied events. If other people wanted us to announce our wedding on this then we'd do it. They didn't even need to pay us.
Eventually I just got so tired, and bored of the Quibbler, that I stumbled off to my room. I hit the pillow s soon as I got there.
It was a bright, sunny morning at Hogwarts. Phoenix Lovegood, 3rd year, woke up and got ready to go to the Herbology class she had after breakfast. Putting on her robes, she followed the other students and her Prefect, heading to the dining hall.
She never had many friends at Hogwarts, let alone Slytherin. Most of the girls in her house thought she was a loony, though they had no proof. She also showed signs of being soft. She'd feel threstrals with her sister from time to time and talked with 2 people from Gryffindor; Neville Longbottom, a Seamus.
She took a seat on the bench, as far away from many people as possible. Pansy Parkinson had seemed to be glaring at her. She let out a small smile to her 'fellow' Slytherin, and took a piece f toast to eat. She looked around to see everyone talking with their friends, in jealousy. Phoenix though about it for a while... 'How can I make friends?
She sighed again, waiting for breakfast to finally end so she could get on with the worst class she had this term. She never liked Herbology.
"Well, class, d you remember dealing with Mandrakes last year?" Miss Sprout asked, and the entire class nodded, "Well, we'll be dealing with them again this time, except their louder. We have some 2nd years coming in so you can show them how it's done", She said. Phoenix looked over and smiled at Neville.
"You're lucky you have talent for Herbology", She muttered, in her thin Irish accent.
"Ready?" She asked. The whole class grabbed it by the hair, "Why don't you put on your earmuffs?" She asked Phoenix and Neville. Neville put his on. She didn't.
"Go!" She said, and the screaming was almost unbearable. In fact, I fainted after 2 seconds of it.
"Oh dear, bring her to the hospital wing... Malfoy! Come on Draco, don't be shy", she asked. Draco groaned before picking up Phoenix by the shoulder and dragging her to the hospital wing.
"Oh yes, stay there until Madam Pomfrey says she's ready to go", She added.
"Well, you seem to be lucky girl. Those were baby Mandrakes. I've never really liked Mandrakes much", Madame Pomfrey said to herself, taking Phoenix's temperature.
"Trust me, I don't either", she muttered. She looked over to see that Draco Malfoy was sitting in the chair beside her. Phoenix's eyes had widened in surprise.
"What are you doing here! Weren't you in class!" She asked, startled.
"Yes, until you fainted and I dragged you here", He said, "What do you eat, by the way? I mean, you've got no meat on your bones yet you're pretty heavy".
"Cake. I like Cake", She said. It was true. She didn't have boob, or a butt to count off her meatless body. She was a stick, pretty much. She didn't care about her eating habits at the moment though. She was wondering why Draco actually bothered to obey Miss Sprout's demand.
"Well, I don't think you know me. I'm Phoenix Lovegood", She said.
"Draco Malfoy. I've heard lots about you. How did you survive being friends with that Coward Neville, and that Half-blood Seamus?" she scowled.
"Don't call them that. I was starting to like you", She mumbled. Madame Pomfrey came walking back.
"Well, dear, you're free to go", She smiled.
[AN: In case you didn't know, that was a dream up there. Whenever I do bold and italics AND underlining, it's a dream. Whenever it's bold and italics, it's a letter, and when it's just bold, it's an Author's Note. Hope you all enjoyed, I've gotten 1 review! Yet! Please gimme more!]
[AN: If you're interested in what Phoenix's dress was like, here's a link to a dress I found. - . . And, as I noticed, the pictures for the wedding dresses, didn't show up. SoI'll have to send the links to those. X_X
Luna's Dress - .com/files/2011/06/23/4/1330/13309736/80b81e05756583f4_big_puffy_wedding_
Bridesmaids dress - ./_sUbLeE432vc/S4bBn5PzO8I/AAAAAAAAA9E/7kWtY3S9bPY/s400/Vera+wang+lavendar+label+silk+shantung+asymmetric+dress+cocktail+length+mustard+
And I think that's all for now. Hope you enjoyed :D