Hey! Sorry for the 2 week wait, I've just had a lot to do. Yeah I know. Oldest excuse in the book. But whatever. Also, I always feel really bad when my chapters are under 2,000 words, so I'm gonna try. ENJOY!
Disclaimer: see every other harry potter fan in the world, and they will tell you.
(just so ya know, it is now the next day and draco and Hermione are home)
"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?" Draco said, watching me buzz around the room, gathering my things.
"Oh, it's not that I don't want you to come with me, It's ginny that will murder you if you do. Besides, you, harry and blaise are going to get tuxedos today." I said, watching him let out a heavy sigh.
"Ya know, you wouldn't have to keep looking for things if you would just move in with me." He said, looking at me frantically searching for my bag.
"Draco, we've gone over this. I don't want to make the same mistakes as last time. We are going to do this right, or-" I said, stopping my sentence before the words 'not at all' could slip out of my mouth.
"But Hermione, it's only for two weeks. And I promise I'll be good." He said seductively, moving over to me, putting his hands on my hips, and leaning in for a kiss. He kissed me gently at first, but I moved away from him when his hands made their way 2 inches under my shirt. I fixed my shirt, and wiped my now wet lips with my sleeve.
"Draco, if you keep doing that, I might accident;y break the 'no sex' rule." I said, as he got that stupid smirk on his face.
"That was kind of the point." He said, slowly moving over to me. I put my hands up to stop him, but he only wanted to kiss my cheek. "Are you sure you have to leave now? Harry and Ginny aren't expecting both of us for another hour." He said, poking his bottom lip out and putting on his puppy dog face. He was right, actually. It was only 9 o'clock.
"Yes, but unlike you, I like to be early. And if I know Ginny weasly, she is probably already at the bridal shop. Did I tell you she had the nerve to book us the rose field for our wedding?" I said, trying to change the subject from me leaving draco.
He smiled even wider. "Who do you think suggested it?"
I gasped in utter shock at his words. He knew I did not like to stick out. I wasn't nearly as brave about my appearance as The famous Luna Lovegood. She even wore a lion on her head for a quid ditch game. Which reminds me, I need to call her and see how she's doing. As these thoughts raced through my head, I almost forgot about the rose field thing. Almost.
"DRACO LUCIOUS MALFOY! You know I-" I said, when he put a finger over my lips, stopping my rant.
"You wanted to be early remember? We can talk about this later, okay?" He said, fearing the look in my eyes.
"but-"
"Well look at the time! I better be going! Bye, love!" He said, disappearing with a crack. I was completely and utterly shocked, and stood there for a good minute.
"Stupid Cute Blonde." I said, as I apparated to Weasly's Wizard Wheezes. One of the few places in diagon alley I could still apparate into. I hurried out of the shop so no one would see me here. Fred and George would surely question me. From the moment I stepped out side that store, I immediately wanted to go back inside. In the bridal shop, right across the alley, was ginny. There were at least 20 dresses hanging in front of ginny, and 10 more in the fitting room. I tried to go back inside the jokje shop, but Ginny must have seen me, for a very high and shrill 'Hermione' sould be heard all throughtout the alley. Everyone turned in my direction, and My cheeks immediately flamed with red. I walked through the crowd of people, keeping my eyes on my feet the whole time.
When I was safely inside the bridal shop, I saw that ginny was looking at me with a huge smile on my face. My eyes drifted around the room noticing several small things. James was in his crib by the couch, tonks was sitting my james, slowly rocking him, there was a stack of dresses laid out on the table, and luna was- wait, luna?
"Ginny, what's all this?" I said, getting up from my spot at the front. Ginny then smiled and came over and hugged me.
"This is boot camp. Bridal boot camp, that is." She said, motioning to the rest of the shop.
"Don't you think It's a little much?"
"Hermione, do you know how long I've wanted to watch my best friend try on wedding dresses?" She said, a serious look on her face.
"Are you pregnant?" I said, my brain reaching the wrong conclusion.
"Oh, no way! The doctor said harry and I can't have-" She said, before I put my hand over her mouth.
"I really don't need to know that about my best friends. Let's just get this over with. Oh, and um, not that I'm complaining of anything, nut why is luna here?" I said, low enough for only ginny to hear.
"She's your last bridesmaid, silly! It was either her or pansy." She said giving me a look that said 'You can thank me later'.
"Welcome to bridal boot camp, luna!" I said, thinking about pansy in a brides maid's dress. Ew. She made her way over to me, and gave me a small salute, then motioned for us to sit down. But before she could get a word out, ginny interrupted.
"This is so exciting! We are all going to be married! Hermione, what color do you want for the wedding? Do you want roses, lilies, or violets? Oh, do you want-"
"Ginny! One at a time! You'll overwhelm her!" Tonks said, patting my knee sympathetically.
After a full 20 minutes of ginny's babbling and james's crying, we decided on blue for the wedding, white lilies, steak for the reception at Hogwarts, a horse and carriage to carry draco and I to the reception, and we were going to the muggle world for our honeymoon, Jamaica to be exact. Now, it was time for the thing I had dreaded most: the dresses.
"Oh, come on Hermione! At least give me a little enthusiasm!" Ginny said, looking at my horrified face.
"I can't. Not in this." I said, referring to the hideous dress I had on. It was a huge ball gown, with a 1 ½ foot bow right on the butt. It also had big lace poofy things on the shoulders, and another bow on the chest.
"I look like a giant marshmallow." I said, turning to see the bow on my rear.
"Oh, come one Hermione. It's not that bad." She said, As I gave her one of my signiture looks. "Yeah, you're right, it's terrible. Let's get you outta that thing." She said, as I walked back into the fitting room.
27 dresses later… (yeah, I know it's a movie)
"I'm never going to find one." I said, as I walked out to show ginny and the rest another gown.
"Don't say that. You will." Luna said, trying to be supportive. "After all, my dress was the 32nd I tried on."
"Look, its late, and we can come back tomorrow." I said, stepping off the pedestal.
"Wait, I have one more I want you to try on." Ginny said, looking hopeful.
"Ginny-"
"Please?" She said, giving me a perfect puppy dog face.
"Fine. I said, walking in the fitting room. Once I had the dress off, I saw it. I seemingly perfect dress. But, I also said that about dress 23, 15, and 7. 'It's worth a shot' I thought, As I slipped the dress on. There was no mirror in the room, so I reluctantly made my way out into the lobby, where I heard three gasps. I stepped up on the pedestal, with my eyes closed, and listened to wat Tonks had to say.
"Hermione, It's…. It's… Breathtaking." She said, probably gawking at the dress.
This gave me the courage to open my eyes.
"Oh my gosh." I said, looking in the mirror. It was the most beautiful dress I had ever seen. It was a strapless mermaid style gown, with a small amount of beading at the top and around the bottom. It had a 2 foot train, and for that I was grateful. I had crystals on the hip that were shaped in a rose. The very last, and even more perfect touch to the dress, was that It had a silk piece of baby blue ribbon tied around the middle.
"Hermione, you look beautiful." Luna said, seeing my eyes start to water.
"Yes, you do." A man's voice said, catching us all by surprise. I turned around ever so slowly, afraid that the voice would match the man I was thinking of. I turned around to see my worst nightmare. Ron was standing in the doorway, in a blue tux that looked like it was from the 70's. I stepped off the pedestal, as ron made his way over to me. Ginny then jumped in front of me, and growled.
"How dare you come here Ron! After what you did!" Ginny said, getting into her momma bear mode. Ron did not seem the slightest bit affected by his little sister's harshness. He simply smiled and laughed really low.
"Ginny, it's okay." I said, as she slowly moved out in front of me. "What do you want ron? I'm kind of in the middle of something."
"I came to get you back." He said, as Luna started to growl.
"Ron, you-" I said before he cut me off.
"Just hear me out, okay? I've been a mess without you. I need you to come back. Don't marry him, marry me. Lavender was a mistake. A stupid, stupid mistake, and I never should have done that to you. I'm sorry, 'mione. Please, please take me back." He said, as he got down on one knee and pulled out my old ring. I then started to cry. He got a small smile on his face, thinking that I had just reconsidered. Oh how wrong he was.
"Ron, you listen, and you listen good. I know for a fact that you have not even thought about me until you heard I was getting married. From the looks of it, you were having a mighty fine time screwing lavender and fred and george's secretary." I said, as his eyes went wide. "You thought you hid that pretty well, didn't ya? I knew when I found her panties in the laundry! I mean, who puts there mistress's underwear in the laundry for their fiancé to wash? And as for taking you back, I have one word for you. NEVER! I am not going to waste my life on the likes of you. If you are ever so much as in the same room as me, I will have you thrown in jail for harassment. As a matter of fact, I'm getting a restraining order." I said, as it just dawned on me. How did ron know where I was?
"How did you know I was gonna be here? Are you stalking me or something? Seeriously, ron. GET OVER IT. And how dare you try to propose to me, while I'm trying on dresses for my wedding! I have rules, ron! And one of them is not to make me mad, and you just broke that rule." I said, beyond furious. My rage got to the point that I absolutely wanted to hit something. Good thing ron was here. Before he could even think about moving, I balled up my hand into a fist, wound my arm back, and punched ron square in the jaw. He then fell on the floor, knocked out cold, blood trickling out of his mouth. That was when I saw draco, flanked by harry and blaise, standing in the doorway, looking furious.
(this is wat draco and the guys were doing while Hermione was trying on dresses. This is from draco's pov)
"Draco, I think you should go with that one, but lose the cane. It makes you look like a pimp." Harry said, watching me twirl my cane in the air.
"I look Like a what?" I said, confused.
"Never mind. Muggle thing." He said, looking at his jacket.
We all had on the same clothes, except my jacket was a little longer than their's.
"I think we look hot." Blaise said, Staring at his butt.
"We'll take them. I need the pants hemmed two inches, Harry needs his jacket taken in 4 inches, and Blaise needs a portable mirror so he'll stop fogging yours." I said to the desk woman, who laughed when she saw what I meant. Blaise almost had his face on the mirror, he was standing so close to it. He then heard the laughter, and backed away, thoroughly embarrassed. She then excused herself, as I went to use her phone. I dialed the number ginny had given me, and waited for the bridal shop clerk to answer.
"Anne's bridal shop, how May I help you?" She before I heard a voice say 'how dare you come here, ron'. I then hung up the phone, and quickly turned to harry and blaise.
"We have to. Hurry, take off the suit and set it on the counter. Come on!" I said, watching harry and blaise tear themselves away from the mirror, and run towards the fitting room. I then rushed quickly (rushed quickly? Would've been cool to see him rush slowly, eh?) to the fitting room, and practically ripped off the suit. Harry and blaise were already at the front waiting for me, when I stepped out of the fitting room.
"Where are we going…..?" Harry said, looking confused.
"Just take me hand, now!" I said, as harry and blaise held both of my hands. In a second, we were in diagon alley, in front of the joke shop. I ran at full speed toward the bridal shop, which was a good 3 blocks away. It took me about 2 minutes to get there.
As I stood in front of the shop, I saw ron standing in front of my Hermione. I was about to go in and beat the freckles off his scrawny little face, when I saw Hermione wind her arm back, and punch the weasel right in the face. She looked graceful, yet terrifying when she was mad. The weasel was lying on the ground, a small puddle of blood forming on the carpet. I then saw this as my opportunity to come inside. Harry and Blaise had now caught up, and were standing at my side. I walked up to the doorway, with an angry look on my face directed at the weasel. Hermione then looked up, finally noticing I was here.
A/N: So? Was it worth the wait? This chapter has 2,605 words in it! Yay! So, sorry about the whole cliffhanger thing, but that's just how I roll. Thank you for reading, and please, for the love of all that's good and holy in this world, review. I haven't gotten one since chapter 10. So, review my lovelies!
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