A/N: Hope you enjoy the story. R&R-Cherokee

Chapter 2: Shopping with a Friend

The next morning Hermione woke up with the sun. She was happy that she was going to be visiting with Ginny. She hadn't seen anyone from the wizarding world in over two months. There was only just so much that letter could do for a person.

She walked down the stairs and started on breakfast for herself and her parents. She had decided to do this for them after her talk with her mother.

"What's this?" Her father asked as he sat down at the table and she handed him a cup of coffee.

"I just thought that I would make breakfast for everyone." Hermione said with a smile. She turned back to the eggs and bacon on the stove, while her father turned to his paper.

"What is smelling so good down here?" Jean said as she entered the kitchen dressed and ready for the day. She sat down and Hermione handed her a cup of coffee and said, "Just cooking everyone some breakfast. Couldn't sleep anyways."

"Ah yes. Busy day for us all. What time are you supposed to meet Ginny at the Leaky Cauldron?" Jean asked her daughter.

"We'll be meeting there about eight. We wanted to get an early start. Just lucky none of the boys are coming or we wouldn't be on time for anything." Hermoine said laughing.

"Well boys don't normally like shopping for clothes." Her father said smiling over his paper. The three sat down and ate their breakfast. At seven Mr. and Mrs. Granger left for work at their practice. Hermione quickly cleaned up and walked down to the subway station. She lived on the outskirts of town so she couldnt walk to the Leaky Cauldron. After switching a few trains she finally made it to down town London and made her way for the pub. When she got there she found Ginny and Bill waiting for her.

"Hey Ginny hows it going?" She said walking up to them. Ginny turned around and hugged her friend.

"Good. Mum had Bill wait with me. She said it is still not safe for one of us to be alone." Ginny said as she let go of Hermione.

"Safety in numbers. To many people wanting to talk to us that we dont know. And with some Death Eaters still out there its not safe to be on our own." Hermione said agreeing.

"Well I have to get going or I will be late for my appointment with the headmistress. See you two later." Bill said hugging Ginny and waving to Hermione. After he had left the girls turned back to each other.

"So where are we going first?" Ginny asked her friend.

"I was thinking going to the muggle world first then we can go to Diagonally. I know of a few muggle stores that have some cute clothes and Professor McGonagall changed the rules up. We are allowed to wear any clothes in our free time. Just not during class." Hermione said smiling.

"Sounds great. Lets get going then." Ginny said grabbing Hermione's hand. Hermione took Ginny through the subway to the mall on the south side of London. The first store that they went in had a lot of club clothes.

"Are we going to have time to wear these at school?" Hermione asked pulling out a pair of tight black pants.

"Sure, free time. Never know when we will want to show off." Ginny said laughing. Hermione shook her head and laughed with her friend. Hermione took the pants and found a tight pink shirt. When Ginny had found her outfit, tight red pants with a gold tube top, they went back to the fitting room. Once they changed both came out to show each other.

"Very cute. I don't think the shirt fits you though. Not your color. Pants are hot though." Ginny did a spin in front of the mirrors after looking at Hermione.

"That deffinately fits you, even Gryffindor." Hermione changed back and went to find a different top, and maybe more outfits. When she joined Ginny back at the changing rooms she had a new shirt to go with the pants and two more outfits for her and one for Ginny. The outfit she had for Ginny was a black mini skirt that was laced up the side, and a white courset top with black ribbon. Hermione's shirt for her first outfit was red with a black ribbon going around the middle.

"Deffinately a better top. Whats the other outfits that you found?" Ginny asked.

"I only like one of them. It is blue shirt with a white skirt. like your outfit just different colors." Hermione said. Each girl bought the two outfits and headed for the next shop, which happened to be for shoes. The girls ended up with four pairs of shoes and five more outfits from the mall. Around one o'clock they decided to head back to the Leaky Cauldron for lunch.

"I think we got a some to begin with!" Ginny said with a laugh as she set her bags down. Hermione nodded.

"We're not even done yet either. Still got to get things in Diagonally." Hermione added. The girls sat at a table and waited for Tom to bring out their order. On the table between them was a paper flashing a headline.

Minister Dead

Minister Scrimgour was murdered last night at his home in south London. After not being seen for two hours today at work his secratery called the aurors in and had them go check on the minister at his house.

When they arrived they found the minister and his wife at the kitchen table. One auror said it looked like they had just sat down for dinner when someone entered the home and killed them. It is said that the DMLE suspect it was one of the few Death Eaters that has yet to be captured. Once the news spread in the ministry there was a emergency meeting of the Wizengmot held to decide on a temporary Minister of Magic, till an election could be held. As of noon when this paper was put out there had been no decision on the matter. There has already been much speculation on who will run in the up coming election. Some people say that Mr. Potter should run but where he is going to be returning this year to Hogwarts that is highly unlikely and impossible. Other people believe that Kingsley Shackbolt, head Auror, and member of the Order of the Pheonix should be the next minister. More on this story with the evening edition.

Hermione shook her head at the article. Harry would not like it. He hated being talked about in the paper. He even went as far as saying he wanted a normal life. If there was anything such as a normal life.

"I can't believe that they brought Harry in to this even though this has nothing to do with him." Ginny said as Tom brought them their lunch.

"They will do anything to sell papers. Where Harry hasn't done anything worthy to write about lately they have to do stuff like this." Hermione said. The girls quickly ate their lunch and made their way to Diagonally. They didn't want to be out much longer. With everyone talking about the article there was a chance that news writers would bug them while they shopped.

The girls didnt stay long and shortly after starting their shopping they decided to head back home and wait to go with everyone else in a few days time. They figured with a bigger group they were less likely to get bothered.

"Write and let me know when Harry and Ron decide to go. I will tag along then." Hermione said, just before Ginny walked through the floo.

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