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Disclaimer: "Not. Gonna. Say. It." "But you have to!" "Shut up inner voice! Ugh. Fine. I don't own harry potter. Happy?" "Why yes, yes I am." "Shut up." (my inner monologue)
(Friday, December 7 - day before the wedding)
(Hermione pov)
"Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh." I said, frantically pacing Draco's living room, pulling on my hair as I went.
"Hermione, calm down. If you keep this up, you'll be bald. We'll figure something out." Draco said, in an icily calm voice, which made me even more mad.
"How the hell can you be so calm? The caterer cancelled, the flowers didn't get ordered, The seamstress broke her hand so she can't fix my dress, and the wedding is tomorrow! I AM PANICING!" I screamed, successfully pulling out seven strands of hair. Draco, being his calm self, slowly walked over to me, and put his hands on my shoulders, stopping my panic attack.
"Hermione! Shh! Sit down, and I'll tell you the solution." He said, as I started to object. "Would you rather panic or fix the problem?" I debated for a moment, before allowing him to lead me to his couch.
"Okay, here's my solution. Ms. Weasly would be overjoyed if you gave her the opportunity to cook for the wedding, my cousin happens to be a florist so she can take care of the flowers, and my mother happens to be an excellent seamstress. She made all of my robes from scratch. So please, stop panicking. Let me just make a few calls." He said, leaving the room. I then pulled out my phone, and called my best friend.
(this is the phone conversation)
RING! RING! RING!
"Hello?"
"Hey, harry, you got a minute?"
"Ummm…. Hold on just a sec." Harry said, as I heard him walk somewhere, and a door slam. "Okay, I've got about two minutes before Ginny comes and finds me. What's up?"
"Um, harry, was I interrupting something?"
"Well, actually, ginny is talking to the doctor and he is about to tell her that we can-"
"Harry, no offense, but I really don't need to hear anything about your sex life."
"Oh, well then, you go ahead. What did you need?"
"Are you still gonna walk me down the aisle?"
"Of course 'mione! Why wouldn't I? What with your parents not knowing….. Um…. Sorry. I shouldn't have said that."
"No no. It's okay."
"Great. So what brought this up?"
"Well, its just that everything about the wedding is falling through, and I wanted to make sure You were still in."
"Hermione, I wouldn't miss my best friends wedding for anything. Besides, I wanna be able to tell Malfoy that I'll beat him up if he hurts you."
"Harry!"
"What?"
"You would do that."
"Yeah, I would. So, looks like someone's having a bridezilla moment." He said, laughing at my 'whatever'.
"No. I just….. Want everything to be perfect."
"Mione, you don't have to be embarrassed about it. Ginny was a mess the day before our wedding. She called everyone twice and had a full scale panic attack."
"Yeah, I know. I was there. She threw up all over my couch she was so nervous."
"Yeah, well at least you're not that bad. So, I-" Harry said, before ginny's voice interrupted him.
"Harry! Guess what the doctor said!" Ginny yelled, her footsteps getting closer to harry's phone.
"Um…. 'Mione, I'll call you back later. It's just that its been a month and-" He said, as Ginny opened a door and called for him.
"Harry! There you are! Come here!" Ginny said playfully.
"Bye 'mione!" Harry said, hanging up on me before I could get another word out.
(end phone conversation)
"Wow. Crazy people." I said, putting my phone in my pocket as draco walked back in. He came over and sat by me on the couch, taking my hands in his.
"So, I got it all worked out, but we are going to have to find someone to do the flowers. Turns out my cousin is pregnant, and Her shop is closed till she has her baby." Draco said, calm as ever. But unfortunately, this made me panic just a little.
"Ha. Wow." I said, thinking I was crazy for laughing at a time like this.
"What are you laughing at?" Draco said, thoroughly confused.
"Oh, just my crappy life is all. It seems like nothing ever works out the way I planned. Um…. I think I can get some flowers from Neville. He might be willing to help. But now onto more important matters. What are you doing for your bachelor party?" I said, concerned that my soon-to-be husband could be going out to some trashy strip club.
"If I tell you, do you promise you won't laugh?"
"Pinky promise." I said, and held out my pinky. He reluctantly pinky shook with me, and took a deep breath.
"We're going to play paintball." Draco said, a small smile forming on his graceful features. I then let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding.
"Why would I laugh? It's not that bad! After all, Ginny is taking me to some "exotic" restaurant, and I'm completely scared. But, don't you think Men with guns shooting each other with compressed paint is a little barbaric?" I said, a huge smile forming across my face.
"Of course not! This way I can shoot harry and Blaise without actually killing them. And…. "exotic"? What do you mean by that?"
"Nothing! Its kind of…. Foreign I guess."
"Well as long as everyone keeps the clothes on, I'm good. Um…. Do you want to talk about it now?" Draco said, which made my smile disappear from my face.
"Not really. There's nothing to talk about." I said, trying to avoid this subject at all costs.
"Okay, if that's how you feel. I won't pressure you into telling me anything. But can I say one thing?" He said, putting on his puppy dog face. I laughed hysterically and told him to go ahead. "You are one hard core girl! Seriously! The force you put behind your arm when You punched that weasel…. Priceless! Ya know, I do love a girl that looks great, and can draw some blood when she needs to." Draco said, putting his arm around me, which made me burst out laughing.
"What's with guys and fighting all the time?"
"It's like….. I don't know. Like a test of our manliness or something. All I know is that it gets the adrenaline going." Draco said, running in place to demonstrate.
"Okay okay. Don't hurt yourself. You r-" I said, glancing at the clock. It was already a quarter to 6. "Oh my gosh! We have to leave, or we're gonna be late!" I said, pulling draco up off the couch as I ran to gather my things. "Hurry up!"
"I'm going as fast as I can love!" Draco said, pulling on his shoes. He then ran to where I was standing, and then we apparated to the paintball place.
Harry, Blaise, Neville and Remus we in black jumpsuits, with helmets on and guns in their hands. Ginny, Luna and Tonks were standing beside them, oggling their retarded looking husbands.
"Suit up Malfoy! Its gonna be one heck of a game." Harry said, tossing Draco his suit, helmet and gun. He kissed me on the cheek, and then ran to the bathroom to change. I then walked over to the group of giggling girls and started to chat.
"Hey guys." I said.
"Hey." They all said, in unison.
"Is it just me, or does Harry look kinda hot with a gun In his hand?" Ginny said, bitting her bottom lip.
"Hey Neville looks pretty good too." Luna said, eyeing Neville up and down.
"Speak for your selves. Remus is who I'm staring at." Tonks said playfully.
"Seriously people! Snap out of it!" I said, snapping my fingers for added effect. They all averted their eyes from their "boy toys" and looked at me.
"Are we gonna go or what?" I said, just as Draco came and stood behind me.
"Oh yeah, we better go. Our reservation is at 6." Ginny said, as all the girls grabbed their purses. I said goodbye to draco, and then all four of us girls apparated in front of the "restaurant."
"Oh my gosh. You didn't." I said to ginny, who was laughing hysterically.
"Oh, but I did." Ginny said, looking at my horrified expression as I stared at the suprising thing before me.
A/N: Sorry this chapter is so small, but I thought I'd give you a little taste of what is to come. The next chapter will be Draco and Hermione's bachelor and bachelorette parties, and then after that, the wedding!
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