~OF LOVE AND SHOPPING~

SATURDAY:

(2:00 am)

Hermione suddenly woke up in the dead of night. She sat up to check the source of the noise but could find nothing. Must have been from the forest she thought. Voices do get carried easily in the night.

She laid down again and turned to face Draco who was fast asleep.

She couldn't help but marvel how goregeous this man was. Draco's platinum blond hair fell past his forehead and on his closed eyelids. She had always felt that a guy having eyelashes that great is unjust. His perfect pink lips wore a tiny smile and in the moonlight he took her breath away. He has become her life in all this time they have been together and it'd shatter her if he ever left. She was gently caressing her smiling lips when he slowly opened his eyes. His gray eyes which she loved the most. The unusual colour of molten silver and the clarity of crystal.

"Something wrong Mione?"

"Nothing will ever be until you are with me baby."

She kissed Draco heartily and hugged him the best she could.

"You know Mione having you in my arms is better than the dream I was having."

"Which was?"

"Having Pansy in my arms."

Hermione punched him in the guts and Draco burst out laughing.

"Kidding my love!"

And as they both fell apart and the dreams that came could not match how splendid their real life was.

(Morning)

"Well well well. This just gets better and better. First kissing, now this. God knows what all my eyes will have to suffer next!"

"Maybe you can keep your eyes away from us Weaslette" muttered Draco sleepily.

"Hey Gin, Good Morning! What brings me the pleasure of your presence?" smiled Hermione.

"And to my displeasure..." Draco added.

"Cap it ferret. Hermione come to shopping with me! Harry and I are going together to this party together and you need to dress up too right?"

For once Draco felt grateful towards Ginny. She can take care of Hermione for today while he can prepare for Sunday.

"Gin, I really don't like shopping and you know this. I would much rather stay here."

"And then what will you wear Ms. Head Girl. Surely you don't have a lioness costume stashed somewhere?"

"Mione go with her no? As far as I know you don't a dress to wear tomorrow. Going with her would also give you a girl's opinion."

Hermione looked at Draco and then at Ginny.

"Oh what the hell! I'll come along."

Both the girls made their way through Diagon Alley and Hermione was caught up in Ginny's enthusiasm.

"Hermione! The boys will shop till we drop alrighty? It'll be epic! We'll find the perfect dresses and the perfect jewellery and the perfect shoes to go!"

She bounded into a shop named 'Le belle fashion'. It was Ginny's latest discovery and she asked the owner to show us some classy dresses.

After a lot of trials and finally some fittings, they found their perfect dresses and even Hermione thought that it was a great choice, Draco would love it.

They stopped for Lunch at the Three Broomsticks and sat down to chat.

"This week is fabulous don't you think? I know my dad is a big enthusiast of all things muggle but to get to see it the way Draco is doing is mind blowing. I am enjoying myself so much! Even Harry is all caught up. He never really enjoyed his life back at his Aunt's but now he wants to go back to his world their and live it in a new way. I am really happy to see him getting over his past." Ginny stated.

"I know Gin, Draco is going the extra mile to make this week a success and even though he is focusing mostly on me but I know he deeply believes in what Dumbledore said about unity and degrading prejudices. I actually so proud of him for taking my friends and my world as his own and loving it. He never really shows it out rightly but he has come to trust you guys and he really imagines Harry and Ron to be his 'bro's so to speak. I can't tell you Gin how warm that makes me feel inside."

"You are lucky Hermione. I am happy for you. He is perfect and I know he'll prefer to die before he lets you down."

Hermione felt over-whelmed by the conversation they were having and she decided to steer the conversation to another direction.

"Well, my love story is overly popular really. Tell me about you and your certain Mr. Potter, Ginny. I hear he is quite a catch and everything" Hermione winked at Ginny.

Their afternoon was effectively taken up by that. Later on they went on the second round of shopping for their shoes and matching accessories.

Meanwhile Draco was busy preparing and practicing for his stint on Sunday. It was a finale and he wanted it to beat the other days of the week. This was the final showdown and he had just the right thing planned.

When in the evening the girls returned to the Gryffindor common room, they looked fully spent.

Draco, Harry and Ron sat by the fireplace and playing Wizard chess. Draco was new at this and sat beside a pile of broken pieces of rock.

"Hey girls what did you get today?" asked Ron.

"Neither of us got anything for YOU, you know." Ginny retorted as she knelt down to kiss Harry.

"How can you kiss my best friend with that disrespecting mouth of yours?" Ron glared.

"Like this watch." And Ginny proceeded to fully snog Harry to Ron's immense displeasure.

Draco and Hermione laughed. They always enjoyed witnessing their bickering.

"Come Draco let them sort this out." Hermione led him out of the common room.

Draco waved Ron goodbye and laughed bemusedly as he saw Ginny and Harry still pissing off Ron.

"You go Harry! My man!" and Harry could just show a thumbs up.

On their way back Draco tried to sneak a peek at all the bags Hermione was carrying but was prevented by her.

"It is a surprise you moron! Patience is virtue."

The rest of the night Draco continued to practice and Hermione prepared her dress.

They went to bed as their hearts pumped with anxiety and expectation.

"Will Draco like me in that dress?"

"Will Hermione like what I have prepared?"

The description of the dresses in the final chapter and Draco outdoes himself! R & R! ^_^