Chapter 10 Hermione's Hen Night.
The rest of the academic year flew by after that and Harry, Ron, Draco, Hermione and the other 7th years took their NEWT exams. They all thought that they'd done relatively well, and so were pleased with that. Now that the NEWT's were out of the way it meant that they could concentrate on organising the wedding, the hen and stag do's and preparing for the birth of Draco and Hermione's first child. The scan had confirmed that the child was due in late August/early September, but Hermione had refused to find out whether the child was a boy or girl, although Draco had wanted to know. This had caused their first argument which when Hermione had pointed out that it was exciting to find out what the baby was when it was born Draco had given in and let her win. It was now July and Herman's pregnancy was obvious to everyone. This caused problems for her wedding dress as she wanted to disguise the bump a bit. However being so close to the due date it was difficult.
Because the baby was due at the end of August/beginning of September Draco and Hermione had set the date for the wedding as the first Saturday in August, but had decided to wait until after the baby was born before going on Honeymoon. So we find ourselves in the last Saturday in July a week before the wedding, and Hermione and the girls are in the Muggle part of London for the Hen Do. It was the morning of Hermione's hen do and she and her friends were really excited about it. They were staying in a London Hotel for the weekend, and they were deciding what to wear for the health-spa, lunch and shopping. The girls dressed for time at the health spa, and the shopping taking with them their swim wear so that they could spend time in the pool. When they reached the health spa (which by the way is Muggle) they paid the entrance fee of £20 each. The morning was enjoyed by all, and most importantly they just chilled out and relaxed in preparation for the evening ahead. They gossiped as they swam, and relaxed excitedly planning their afternoon. "Well after lunch", said Hermione "I think some serious shopping is in order", "I agree", said Lavender. "I think we should head into Oxford and Regent Street for Muggle shopping, and then into Diagon Alley for any magical things we might need", continued Hermione. "Sounds great – chimed the others.
At 1:30 P.M. redressed the girls headed to the nearest tube station and headed for Leicester Square. They quickly located Mr Wu's for lunch, and soon were talking, laughing and eating. Parvati and Padma Patil who had never eaten Chinese food before loved it. Once they had eaten all they could they walked into Oxford and Regent Street and begun shopping. Luna decided that they should get new dresses for that evening, and seeing a dress that caught her eye in the window of Jigsaw – dragged them in. They all found dresses they liked except for Hermione as Jigsaw had no maternity sizes and so couldn't find any that fitted her. Once they had bought their dresses they went to Blooming Marvellous to find a dress for Hermione to wear. They searched and searched until Susan let out a gasp "wow – look at this 'Mione – this is you – it's beautiful", she gasped. Hermione turned around to look at what Susan was holding it was a beautiful pink dress made of chiffon with white flowers embroidered on it, with a white sash just under the bust so that it showed cleavage but minimised the pregnancy bump nicely. "I love it", cried Hermione, And she ran to try it on – it was a perfect fit, and she decided that Draco would love her in it!. "After the baby's born I can alter it to wear again, and then change it back for next time", she told the girls. The dress cost £50, so they paid and then decided to go shoe shopping. They went to from shoe shop to shoe shop and each girl found a pair of sandals to either match or co-ordinate with their dresses, and they all bought the matching handbags to their new shoes.
When they had all the shopping they could take – their feet were aching they entered the leaky cauldron (the wizarding pub), and flooed back to the Hotel. There they rested for a while before showering, changing into their new dresses, tidying up their hair, and putting on their new shoes. They then caught the tube to the Prince Edward Threate 2 hours before the show Mamma Mia was due to start, and went to the Italian Restaurant over the road from it. They were shown to a large round table, and then they ordered and spent the next hour and a half eating talking, and laughing. Hermione ordered her favourite meal – Chicken Cacciatore with tagatelle pasta, salad and garlic bread – "yum" she exclaimed when her meal arrived. The meal was pleasant and the twelve girls really enjoyed themselves. When the meal was over, Ginny produced a large gift bag. " 'Mione this is a gift from all the girls and I, that we thought you'd like". Hermione looked inside the bag and found 2 beautiful white baby cardigans with matching booties, a box of chocolates, a book about bringing up children with everything from choosing names to dealing with unwanted behaviour. There were also 2 disposal cameras – "for lots of photos of tonight", explained Luna. Lastly there was a T-shirt with 10 different tasks that Hermione had to do during her hen night.
They went to the show, and Hermione saw Fred and George Weasley whilst they were on the way there. She wondered what they were doing in Muggle London "exploring the culture", they said reading the puzzled look on her face. In actual fact they were going to a strip club, but the girls were unaware of this. Remembering the 2nd task she walked up to them, and snogged firstly George and then Fred full on the lips. Shocked they were like "help", and ran away. There was much giggling from the Hen Party, but Ginny had a shocked look on her face, "look 'Mione I know you had to kiss the first guy who spoke to you but please, Fred and George, give me a break, they wont give me any peace now". "Sorry Gin", she said grinning. More giggling broke out from the hen party. Pavarti just got the Hen Night T-shirt and ticked of the second task as complete.
When they got to the theatre they saw 3 gorgeous guys sitting in the bar, and Hermione went up to each of them and asked for their phone numbers. They obliged willingly and gave their numbers for home, work, their mobile numbers, and email addresses. They asked her if it was her Hen Night and she nodded. They then pointed to Lavender, Ginny, and Pavarti and asked for their phone numbers in return. "Err sorry everyone on this Hen Party is spoken for" lied Hermione, she couldn't exactly say that they were all witches and only she had a mobile phone or indeed a home phone now could she !. Luna looked at the T-shirt (which by the way Hermione is not wearing for 2 reasons number 1: The dress code in Muggle London in the evening for dinner, clubs, and shows is dressy so the T-shirt goes against that, and number 2 it wouldn't fit over the bump either. Hermione off course was so big that many thought it was triplets – and a scan at a Muggle hospital confirmed this. St Mungo's the wizard hospital didn't have scanning equipment). Hermione then seeing another gorgeous guy, behind the bar winked at him and licked her lips most seductively. This caused a great deal more giggling from the Hen's. However it was time for the show to begin so the rest of the tasks would have to wait until they arrived in the night club.
They went into the Theatre and watched the musical Mamma Mia which featured songs by the 1970's Swedish group Abba. Hermione who was Muggle born was already familiar with Abba's music and so were some of her half-blood friends. Everyone of the 'hen's' enjoyed the show, and by the end they were all singing along and dancing as well. . Once the show was over the girls headed to the night club across the road. There was a que the girls joined the cue, and began singing loudly. They sang some of the Abba songs they had learnt, and then Hermione taught them the songs 'Chapel Of Love, and I'm Getting Married In The Morning'. That kept them busy until they got into the club. When They got into the club Hermione went to the bar and said, "11 shots of Sambucca, 11 shots of red After Shock, and 11 Tequila slammers please".
She then called the hens and said "I have a task that because of the triplets I can't participate in so I need you all to down these shots Tequila slammers first. "Ok 'Mione", they replied and they downed the 3 shots quickly. By this time the 'hens' were rather drunk, so they giggled a lot whilst downing their shots, and for most of the night afterwards. Hermione smiled to herself, the girls were having a brilliant time she thought that they should definitely have a girls night out/in more often as ticked off task 7 on her T-shirt. She then called the 'hens' over again and said, "I have a task for each of you girlies, to make tonight more fun. Ok task number 1 is for Ginny and she has to con one of the men into buying her a drink. She gets 10 points for every pound over £5 that it costs. Task number 2 is for Luna is wait until they play a song that we all agree is cheesy, and then you have to leap up on the stage and shout "I love this song", and then sing and dance like mad. If you get anyone else dancing with you especially if they don't know us then it's ten points for every person you get dancing. Task 3 is for Pavarti she has to tongue kiss anyone of us within the hen party" At this there was much giggling, and a groan from Pavarti, followed by more giggling from the 'hen's'. Hermione took a sip of lemonade and continued, "task 5 is for me and well you see what involves later as I don't have what I need for the task here. Task 6 is for Lavender and she has to get a free drink from the barman. Task 7 is for Susan and she has to ask any of the women for her telephone number." At this Susan looked confused, Hermione lowered her voice and explained about telephones and telephone numbers. Susan smiled and relaxed relived that her task wasn't too bad as she was rather shy at times. Hermione continued further and said "task 8 is for Hannah and she has too approach someone she doesn't know and talk to them as if she's known them for years, and talk about old times. The longer she keeps it going for the more drinks we all have to buy her for. Task 9 is for Mandy and she has to emerge from the toilets with her skirt tucked into her knickers and walk around like it for 10 minutes. If anyone finds out that this is a dare she will have to stand up on a table and sing Humpty Dumpty loudly, and then sing Hickory Dickory Dock walking down the road later. Task 10 is for Lisa and she has to kiss the oldest person she sees, kiss the youngest person she sees, and kiss a Muggle Policeman. Task 11 is for Padma and she has to find a married couple and ask them advice on sex. Lastly task 12 is for Ginny and she has to phone my Mum and tell her the wedding's off". At this there was much giggling and the 12 girls set about doing their tasks.
Hermione was also still doing the tasks which were printed on her T-shirt, and so that kept them busy and laughing also. She had to serenade someone but couldn't see anyone who looked like she would be able to serenade them as they were all dancing, so she decided to concentrate instead on her other remaining tasks. Suddenly she saw 3 gorgeous guys one of which was bald, great she taught and she went and did and really sexy slow dance with the 3 off them whilst Luna ticked off tasks 1 and 10 on the T-shirt. She then decided to blow kisses to the man behind the bar, and she then put her hand up her top and removed her bra at the same time. When the song Agadoo came on all the Hens agreed that this song was really cheesy, and Luna jumped up and began doing the dance to it. She was also singing along loudly, she was a hit because everyone in the club began to dance along, and Hermione completed her 5th task by dancing to it on a table. Now all that Hermione had left to do was to serenade someone "I know", giggled Hannah, "lets phone Harry Potter and Dean Thomas and serenade them", and "Seamus Finnigan, and Justin Finch-Fletchley " giggled Laveneder. (A/N Harry Potter is half blood because his father James was a pure-blood Wizard, but his Mum Lily was a Muggle born Witch – her parents were non-magical people, Dean Thomas is Muggle Born like Hermione as is Justin Finch-Fletchley, and Seamus Finnigan like Harry is a half-blood wizard. Therefore these 4 all have mobile phones and are easier to contact than the rest of the boys).
Tired but having had a great night out, they left the club and when they were far away enough they apparated back to the Hotel. Hermione got out her mobile phone and dialled Seamus's number. Seamus who was in a bar in Liverpool on Draco's stag night, answered after about 30 seconds. "We love you Seam", the girls said giggling down the phone. They then began singing "we love you baby, la, la, la, and then Hermione sang Holding Out For A Hero by Bonnie Tyler. I need a hero, I need a hero 'til the end of the night…". "Hermione what are you on you are supposed to be marrying Draco next week?", asked Seamus. "Oh, My God Draco", she screamed "we love you", "'Mione please don't scream down the phone like that" said Seamus. Next Ginny took the phone as she'd learnt from Hermione how to work it, and she dialled Harry's number. Harry answered and said "what's up 'Mione", "Harry this is Ginny", said Ginny "We love you Harry", the 'Hen's' screamed down the phone, and then they all began singing Celine Dion's Because You Loved Me (badly may I add because they are half-cut). They then sang Hot Chocolates 'You Sexy Thing'. They didn't stop singing even when Harry getting annoyed at the 'hen's' bad singing hung up on them, instead they just called Dean and Justin to serenade them as well. Then with their heads swimming, they attempted to go to sleep, and the next day awoke with the mother of all hang over's.