The Valentine's Day Party

Chapter 2

The Valentine's Day

Ron awoke to the sound of rustling clothes. He opened to see Harry struggling to get his Gryffindor shirt over his head. He spotted Ron and stopped what he was doing. He looked very odd in that position the shirt was messing up his hair even more than it was and the shirt was incredibly wrinkly. The shirt was on his face so that it made his nose look like it was turned up.

"Harry..." said Ron slowly; "you may want to unbutton your shirt before you put it on."

"I know Ron!" said Harry, who seemed to be very frustrated. "Now will you stop playing Doctor Obvious and help he get this shirt off!"

Ron went to help his friend. He tugged hard on the shirt and it eventually came off.

"What were you doing?" asked Ron, after Harry had unbuttoned and put on his shirt.

"The shirt got stuck!" said Harry.

"Well I could see that," said Ron, "but why?"

"I was trying to look my best!" said Harry, trying to smooth out his hair, and very much failing.

"Well you were going about it all wrong!" said Ron, as Harry wrestled with a particularly stubborn spot of spiked hair.

"Here," said Ron, reaching into his trunk.

He came out with a sort of hair gel on the label it read, "Magical Mousse, Magical Hair Care that's always there!"

"What's this?" asked Harry looking at the bottle.

"Magical Mousse," said Ron, "it really helps with bed head!"

Harry not needing to hear more put a large amount on his head and started working it in. After about 5 minutes the gel had dried and Harry looked at himself in the mirror.

"Wow! This stuff is great!" said Harry, looking at his perfectly smooth, silky soft hair. "Could I have this?"

"Yeah sure," said Ron tossing him the bottle. "I don't really need it."

"Thanks!" said Harry, and then he looked at Ron. "Aren't you going to get a least a little dressed up today?"

"No, not really" said Ron. "What's the point?"

"The point is for your lady friend," said Harry giving Ron and nudge with his elbow that made Ron scowl.

"Just cause she's my 'lady friend' doesn't mean I have to impress her!" said Ron. "Why should I?"

"Well if you want her to like you back..." started Harry.

"What do you mean like me back!" bellowed Ron.

"Oh! Come off it Ron! You can tell me," said Harry. "Do you really like Hermione or not?"

"Well..." Ron got very quiet, Harry just smiled.

"I knew it!" said Harry grinning from ear to ear.

"Shhh! Keep it down!" hissed Ron. "I don't want the world to know."

"Well the world will know tonight," said Harry still grinning.

"What do you mean?" said Ron. "I am not going to tell her, it might ruin our friendship."

"Oh! Love is all about taking chances. Now come on! I'll help you get ready!" said Harry; "we can eat breakfast up here."

With a flick of his wand six buttered rolls and two glasses of juice appeared.

After they gulped down their food Harry helped Ron. He washed his hair with some of Ginny's special fragrant shampoo and soap. Harry told him he should also use conditioner, so he used more of Ginny's bath items. Ron then put on his best shirt with Harry had magically made stain-free. He put on nice ironed black pants and his black robes, which looked very clean, thanks again to Harry.

Finally when they were done Harry had to admit, Ron looked good!

"Ready to go and face Hermione?" asked Harry, who looked pretty good himself, thanks to Ron's gel.

"I think so," said Ron and they began down the stairs to their first class.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Hermione awoke very early. Lavender was shaking her awake!

"Hermione!" she was hissing, "Hermione Granger, get up this instant!"

Hermione moaned and rolled over. Lavender got very irritated.

"Parvati!" she groaned irritably. "I can't get her to move!"

"Oh!" Parvati said putting her hands on her hips. "Hermione get up please."

Hermione slowly sat up.

"What?" she asked, getting very annoyed.

"We are going to help you get ready for Ron," said Lavender.

Just then all three of them heard the bathroom door creak. It was Ginny.

"I can't find my Herbal Essence!" she said looking very upset. "Shampoo, Conditioner, or Body Wash. And it was my favorite scent too, Vanilla Splash!"

"I have Rose Bush!" said Parvati, digging through her trunk and pulling out four bottles. Each labeled Shampoo, Conditioner, Body Wash, and Body Lotion.

From there began the first salon experience Hermione had ever had. She was forced to take a shower and use the shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. Then she was told to put lotion on her arms, legs, and other various parts. When this was done, Lavender, Parvati, and Ginny all were looking through her closet. They took out her best school shirt and magically made it wrinkle free and spotless. After she put that on they took out a skirt, Hermione had never won a skirt in school before, just her dress robes so it felt very awkward when she walked out of the bathroom with a miniskirt on. Lavender, Parvati, and Ginny however thought she looked gorgeous.

"Oh Hermione!" said Lavender. "You should get dressed up more often!"

Then they took her robes and did the same thing to it that they had done with her shirt. Then Lavender took out a small trunk from under her bed, opened it and started digging around inside. When she emerged she was holding a pair of pitch black, high-heel sandals that looked very grown-up. On front little lines of leather curved together and in the middle made the shape of a crescent moon.

"Try them on Hermione, try them on!" Ginny was saying.

Hermione took them from Lavender and she tried them on. They actually felt very comfortable. She admired her feet and showed them to everyone else.

"Very pretty Hermione," said Parvati.

"Now your hair," said Ginny.

"My hair," said Hermione and she took a few strands of her damp hair in her hands, "what's wrong with my hair, all that needs to be done with it is to dry it."

"No," said Lavender, "we get to do your hair today."

They said a couple of spells and they made Hermione close her eyes. They were walking her in front of the mirror, she could tell. Then they all yelled at the same time, "Open your eyes!"

When Hermione opened her eyes she couldn't help but smile. They had not only dried her hair. They had also straightened her hair and curled a few strands of hair by her face. She looked very different.

"Oh Hermione!" cooed Ginny, "you look beautiful."

"You really think so?" asked Hermione still grinning like an idiot.

"Of course," said Ginny happily, "Ron won't be able to take his eyes off you."

Hermione blushed and everyone crowded around her.

"You do like him, don't you," said Lavender and Hermione looked in her eyes for any trace of name calling or teasing. But she looked dead serious, they all did.

"Um..." started Hermione, and they all seemed to take one step even closer. "Yes, yes alright! I like him!"

"We knew it!" said Parvati, patting Lavender and Ginny on the back. "That's why we did this!"

Lavender, Parvati, and Ginny all did themselves up quickly and they still looked very, very nice.

"Well come on then its time for breakfast," said Lavender, "let's go!"

They went to the Great Hall and much to Hermione's disappointment Ron had not showed up. And when Hermione saw the look on Ginny's face, it seemed that Harry hadn't either. Then the small bell rang and it was time for class. Her first class of the day was Artithmancy. A class sadly without Ron. To Hermione's amazement she got a lot of compliments from people saying how nice she looked. Neville even stopped her in the hall to say that she looked very pretty today. She thanked him and then was set on going to her next class. Transfiguration. A class with Ron. She was the first one there and so she took her usual seat in the middle of Ron and Harry. She was taking out her quill, ink, and parchment and had just began to hover over the paper writing the notes on the board when she heard Ron's voice as he entered the classroom.

"So as I was saying," he said coming down the isles on seats only a few away from his own next to Hermione, "I think that the Cannons have a shot...at...the...world..."

His sentence trailed off. He had spotted Hermione. Harry saw him take a huge gulp and looked to see what he saw. That's when he spotted Hermione as well. Her straight hair glistened in the nearby candlelight and when she looked and smiled her shrunken teeth glinted as she smiled.

"Hello Ron!" she said clearly and brightly, "Hi Harry!"

"Hello," said Harry. Hermione turned to move her books to make room for them. Harry looked over and saw that Ron has his mouth open. Harry looked over at him strangely and took his hand and pushed his jaw back into place. Hermione turned to look at them.

"I...um...Hello," he said stammering over every word.

"Hello," said Hermione, "Ron are your all right, you look all red, did something happen? Is that why you weren't at breakfast?" She looked really nervous.

"No," said Harry quickly, speaking for Ron. "We just ran all the way here."

"You can all take your seats," commanded a voice coming from the front of the classroom.

Everyone took their seats. Ron sat on the seat to the very left, Hermione sat in the middle, and Harry sat to the very right.

"Now, today in light of the holiday," started Professor McGonagall. "We will be turning sticks into flowers."

Ron blushed he knew what Hermione's favorite flowers were, she loved roses, she loved everything about them, except the thorns.

Hermione blushed as well, she knew Ron's favorite flowers were daisies, he told her so when Hogwarts was being decorated for Spring and the Great Hall was covered in Daisies.

"Now," continued Professor McGonagall, "there are different spells for each type of flower. All you have to do is choose what type of flower you would like to make and then tap the stick like so!"

She went over to a large stick tapped it three times and then said in a loud clear voice, "Bloomious Orchid."

And the stick shriveled up and then there was a burst of sparks and there on the desk laid an orchid.

"Now you try," she said and smiled as everyone took their wands out.

On the tables in every place a student was sitting an old ugly stick appeared.

Hermione cleared her throat, she wanted to impress Ron.

"Bloomious Daisy!" she said and the stick shriveled up and bursts of sparks rose up and there on the desk was a daisy.

Ron felt the same way.

"Bloomious Rose," said Ron and the same thing happened to his stick, though a red rose appeared not a daisy.

Ron raised his hand, he remembered during Christmas that Hermione had once told him that the most beautiful kind of roses were white ones.

"Yes Mr. Weasley," said Professor McGonagall.

"Say you want to make a flower that can come in more than one color?" asked Ron, "like this rose, it could be pink or even yellow."

"An excellent question, Mr. Weasley, ten points to Gryffindor!" commented Professor McGonagall. "Everyone! Ron made an excellent point. What if you want a variety in your color?"

A little bit of whispering in agreement was heard around the room, it seemed that Ron was not the only one that wanted to know this.

"All you have you do, when you are conjuring the flower is say this," she said and she walked over to her orchid, "Bloomious Rose Pink."

Instantly in place of the orchid was a pink rose.

"And there you are," said Professor McGonagall with a smile.

Ron cleared his throat.

"This is for Hermione," he thought.

"Bloomious Rose White!" he said and the red in the rose started to fade away and quickly the rose was left white.

Hermione let out a very quiet gasp. But Ron heard it.

Hermione was amazed. Ron had remembered. She didn't even think that he had heard her when she told him about white roses. She remembered their conversation well. They were walking in the gardens on the last day of their 4^th year when Harry was busy elsewhere.

"Ron are you alright you have been so, quiet, after what happened with Cedric I can understand, but, is something else wrong?" she had asked.

"Don't be silly Hermione," said Ron softly, not looking her in the eyes. "I'm fine!"

"OOHH!" said Hermione and she ran over to an edge by the castle where a bush of white roses grew. Ron followed slowly behind.

"How beautiful," said Hermione. "White roses are the best kind of roses."

Ron just looked at them. Quiet. Hermione thought he was ignoring her, or just not listening, but she continued.

"White roses are very important to me," said Hermione.

"Why is that?" asked Ron.

Hermione knew he wasn't listening for he was drawing things in the dirt with a small stick.

"White roses were the type of flowers that I shot out of my wand when I was in Olivander's before our first year. It's always kind of symbolized me in the magic world; it was the first kind of magic I performed. It also is..."

Hermione grew quiet.

"What?" asked Ron.

"Right after I met you, after I walked away from your car my wand kind of went haywire and white roses sputtered out of it," Hermione said.

"Uh-huh," said Ron his eyes still fixed on the dirt below. Hermione rolled her eyes, but it was nice to tell someone about this whether he was listening or not.

"Then again white roses out of my wand when Professor McGonagall gave me my Time Turner, and she said something interesting."

She paused but Ron didn't say anything so she sighed and said, "she said it looks like white roses come out of your wand every time you really want something and you get it and when your really happy."

After she said this Seamus was in sight so she fell silent, she knew Ron hadn't been listening to a word she said.

Hermione's thoughts were disrupted when Professor McGonagall began to speak again.

"And before you go," she said, "Gryffindors, remember if even one person from Gryffindor is left out of that party, it is off!"

With that all the students got up and walked out of the classroom.

"So Harry?" asked Hermione to get her mind off Ron, "What kind of flower did you make?"

"A red carnation," said Harry, "it's a girls favorite that I know."

He blushed wildly.

They made their way to lunch and sat and talked. That's when Fred and Angelina walked in hand in hand. And then George and Alicia hand in hand; they had been an item since last night.

"Hello all!" said Fred, "Wow Hermione!"

He had seen her.

"You look nice!" said Fred, then he turned toward Angelina, "Angelina you had better watch out, I don't mind going out with someone two years younger you know!"

Angelina eyed him angrily, but only in play.

"So everyone excited for the party tonight," said George.

"Yeah," said Hermione, "I can't wait!"

"Well if anyone can sneak a little bit of food up to the tower we would be most grateful," said Fred, "we already did a great deal of negotiating with the house elves and they agreed to make food, and we have lots of candy from Honeydukes too, thanks to Ron!"

"Yeah, but I didn't know what you needed it for," laughed Ron.

"Yeah," said Harry. "You asked me to take all my money and give it to you guys! I think not!"

Ginny walked in and Harry smiled at her.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

That night at dinner the Gryffindor table was gushing with juicy rumors about the party.

"I heard that they are going to make all the guys choose a girl to dance with," said Neville, then his eyes grew large with horror. "Oh God! I can't dance!"

"That's nothing!" said Parvati. "I heard that we are all going to have to say who we like, in front of everybody!"

She and Lavender burst out into giggles and everyone rolled their eyes.

"All I know," said Ginny, "is that is probably going to be loads of fun."

She was eyeing Harry when she said this and when his eyes met hers she felt her ears go red.

"Well Ron what do know?" asked Dean, "you gotta know something! Fred and George are your brothers for crying out loud!"

"Well actually they haven't told me anything," said Ron, "Lee is their best friend and he only knows a little and he certainly isn't telling anybody!"

Hermione looked over and saw Fred, George, and Lee talking quietly on the left side of the table.

"I wonder what their up to," Hermione murmured to herself, but obviously everyone else heard her.

"I have no idea," answered Ron, "They love doing this to people, all the suspense. Making them wonder what their up to. Making people pester them, trying to get them to tell them stuff. It one of their favorite pastimes."

"Still, it would be nice to know what their talking about over their," said Lavender. "I just can't wait!"

Dean and Seamus both looked over at a big clock that was set up in the Great Hall, there was twenty minutes left until the feast was over.

"Only twenty minutes left," said Dean turning back to face the table.

"Still will seem like forever," said Seamus who was stuffing his mouth full of chicken.

"I don't know, if we have to dance I can wait!" said Neville lifting a spoonful of pudding to his mouth.

"Fred and George certainly are proud of themselves," said Angelina walking over to them and sitting down beside Hermione.

"Why?" asked Ginny, "have they told you anything!"

"As if!" said Alicia, "they wouldn't tell Lee most of the things they were doing."

"Probably dancing!" cried Neville in despair and put his head in his hands.

"Oh! Neville!" said Parvati exasperated. "Stop complaining. I am sure you will live through the night!"

Neville looked own at his plate and concentrated very hard on a piece of treacle fudge. Ron smiled.

"Yay!" he thought to himself, "I'm not the only one that's nervous!"

Professor Dumbledore stood up and tapped his fork on his glass. The sound echoed through the Great Hall and everyone grew silent.

"Love is in the air!" he began.

Ron's eyes darted automatically sideways to Hermione who met his gaze; they both quickly looked down at their plates and then back up at Dumbledore.

"And now the feast is drawing to an end," he announced, "and at this time the Gryffindors can leave and go quietly to their common rooms."

The whole Gryffindor table burst into yells and excited cries and all jumped up from the table and ran for the great double doors all at once. Ron, Harry, and Hermione all looked over at the other tables as they were walking. The Ravenclaws still looked like they were having a very good time, just talking to each other at their table. The Hufflepuffs were all looking at them like they were torn between wanting to go and wanting to stay right where they were. Yet the Slytherin table was all glaring at them like they were going to try and fry them with fire that was going to shoot out of their eyes. Soon all the Gryffindors were packed into the hallway all slowly making their way toward the Gryffindor common room. They finally reached the portrait hole and Lila Dlornan, head Gryffindor girl, stepped forward.

"Unicorn hoofs," she said and the Fat Lady opened the portrait hole and gasped to see all the Gryffindor students trying to get through the portrait hole all at once.

"I can't wait!" said Ron as the line of Gryffindors tried to get in.

Once every Gryffindor from 1^st through 7^th year was inside everyone saw that the room looked no different than usual, at all! There wasn't even any food laid out! There were looks and sighs of disappointment that was flooding through the room. That's when Fred and George stepped onto two chairs.

"Now everyone don't look so glum!" cried George cupping his hands around his mouth.

"Everyone will go back to their rooms and get themselves all ready and dressed up for the party!" said Fred, winking at Angelina.

"As Fred, Lee, and myself all set everything up!" added George.

Everyone's spirits were lifted and smiles were growing through out the room.

"You see everyone!" said Fred, "there's no need to fear, Fred and George Weasley are here!"

Everyone groaned and laughed as they made their way up to their rooms.

~*~*~*~*~*~

"Harry, do you think I should wear my new dress robes," asked Ron pulling his new shiny, dark blue dress robes.

"Sure," said Harry taking a quick glance in Ron's direction as he turned to his own trunk. "I'm wearing mine."

He pulled out his green dress robes he had worn last year, "They still fit!"

"I'm really gonna try and look really nice tonight for," started Ron but lowered his voice as Dean, Neville, and Seamus walked in, "for...you know."

Harry nodded and walked toward the shower rooms. He grabbed his towel and motioned for Ron to come too. Ron came over to Harry's bed and Harry took out the Herbal Essence "Vanilla Splash" shampoo, conditioner, and body wash.

"This isn't really the kind of manly thing we want the others," he paused and tilted his head toward Dean and Seamus who were both trying desperately to magic their clothes neat, "to know about," he finished.

"You got that right! Let's go!" said Ron and they went into the double shower room.

On one side of the room there was a long mirror that hung above the sink and then a separate door that lead to the toilets, then where was the shower at the end of the room. The other side looked exactly identical. It was very nice, but it would do. Between the two showers there was a high stool that was just in reach for both people in the showers. Both Harry and Ron got into the showers and put the shampoo, conditioner, and body wash on the stool and took turns using the products.

When Ron stepped out, Harry was still in the shower. And from what Ron could hear, Harry was definitely out of tune singing the Rubber Ducky Song!

Ron went over to his clothes, which was lying on the floor in a heap. He took each article of clothing and magically ironed them to make them look neat, put them on, and then went over to the mirror over the sink. He put a comb through his wet, tangled hair.

Just then Harry stepped out of the shower, Ron however did not notice because he was in mortal combat with a particularly tough knot. Harry did what Ron had with his clothes and then took Ron's Magical Mousse to try and tame his hair.

Ron walked over to Harry, he was brushing his teeth.

"So, you fancy Ginny?" asked Ron kinda uneasy, with his toothbrush still in his mouth.

"Yeah," said Harry, who had managed to give himself a decent part in his hair, "I reckon I do."

"Well," started Ron leaning over Harry's sink and spitting out the toothpaste foam, "I just wanted you to know you have my full blessings, my sister is pretty lucky!"

"Thanks mate!" said Harry, grinning from ear to ear, "now!"

He put everything down onto the sink "lets go and finish getting ready to impress our girls!"

~*~*~*~*~*~

Hermione panicked.

"What's wrong Hermione?" asked Ginny walking into the dorm, "you look very pale!"

"I can't do it!" said Hermione, very tempted to bite her nails. "I can't impress him! I just know it!"

"Oh! Hermione!" said Lavender coming out from the open bathroom. "You will look fine when we are through with you."

"Again!" said Hermione, her heart lifting. "You guys will help me!"

"Of course," said Parvati who had just come out from blow-drying her hair with 'Wicked Fast Dry' hairdryer. She was smiling so wide that Hermione thought her face would rip.

"Come on then we only have 2 hours until Fred and George call us all down," said Ginny, then she turned to Lavender. "You still have your Herbal Essence."

"Yep," said Lavender.

"Okay then," said Parvati. "Lets get at it!"

They took Hermione in the bathroom for the second salon treatment she had ever received in her life. They shampooed her hair and conditionder her hair. They even put special hair treatment that would make her hair VERY soft and silky. They then had her wash her body with the body wash. Then as Ginny was brushing Hermione hair getting ready for a hairdo spell Lavender and Parvati went to make adjustments to her new lilac dress robes.

"What are they going to do?" asked Hermione nervously as Ginny softly brushed her hair.

"Not much," said Ginny. "Don't worry, I wouldn't do anything too drastic and I helped make the design for the spell."

"What if they don't follow the spell you made?" asked Hermione.

"They have to, it would take five hours for the spell to work if they used a different one," said Ginny with confidence.

"Hermione! Ginny! Come out the robes are done!" said Lavender so happily you would have believed that Seamus had already kissed her!

"Alright close your eyes," said Ginny

She put her hands over Hermione eyes and walked her out of the bathroom. When Ginny took her hands away all she saw was Lavender and Parvati standing in front of her bed with the curtains drawn closely shut.

"Are you Ready?" asked Parvati.

"Yes Already!" said Hermione anxiously.

Lavender drew the curtains and Hermione stared. Her dress robes were now an elegant gown. The long sleeves were made even longer and made out of some see through material that was soft to the touch. The dress itself was made longer and it would now weep the floor were she walked. The neckline was now lower and there was a beautiful, very thin, belt of silver butterflies going across the stomach. The design on the dress was also different. Rather than it being an engraved with little flowers, it was now just plain with little lilacs at the hem of the dress. When Hermione picked up the back she realized what Ginny meant by not too drastic. The back would go down to almost the end of her back.

"At little much on the back," said Hermione.

"We can fix that," said Ginny who had obviously been expecting this and with a flick of her wand the back was brought up so it would go to the middle of her back. Yet Ginny could see this still bothered Hermione.

"Hermione!" she said putting away her wand. "You have to live a little."

Hermione went into the bathroom and tried on her dress. The dress fit perfect, like a dream.

"And it does indeed," Hermione thought and blushed, "compliment my curves."

She did indeed look much older in this dress and she liked it. When she walked back into the room she was meant with a chorus of "wows" and gasps.

"Hermione!" said Ginny and her mouth flopped open like a fish, "Hermione!"

Ginny was at a loss for words. Ginny, at a loss of words!

"Wow!" thought Hermione. "I must look good!"

"Hermione!" said Lavender and she sounded angry, Hermione turned to her.

"What Lavender?" she asked almost hurt.

"Now Seamus will never kiss me!" she said and started laughing.

Hermione smiled.

"Now for your hair!" said Parvati. "And make-up!"

Hermione cringed. She had never worn make-up before.

"Close your eyes!" said Ginny and Hermione obeyed.

It seemed like forever, Hermione was lost in her own thoughts but they were drowned out by a course of spells and tingling feelings that she had.

"OH MY GOD HERMIONE!" said a voice that sounded like...Harry's!

Hermione opened her eyes and saw Harry in the doorway holding...Ginny's Herbal Essence products!

"Harry!" screamed Parvati and made an attempt for the door but tripped.

Lavender tried to help Parvati up but tripped as well.

At the same time Ginny screamed and threw herself onto Hermione's bed for she only had on her bra and a skirt.

"Oh my gosh!" stumbled Harry. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. Its just Ginny will probably be wanting these back."

Ginny popped her head out from the curtains from around Hermione's bed.

"Here," said Harry, holding them out to her.

Ginny blushing furiously, ran at Harry (still in her bra and skirt) grabbed the products from his hands and said a very rushed "Thank You!" and slammed the door. When the three-second fiasco had ended Hermione saw Ginny had on her hand on her heart panting, her chest moving heavily up and down with her back to the door.

"Oh my god, he might tell Ron!" said Hermione worriedly.

"Don't worry," said Ginny smiling and she yelled through the door. "HARRY IF YOU TELL RON ANYTHING I WILL TELL THE WHOLE OF GRYFFINDOR THAT YOU SAW ME IN MY BRA! AND TRUST ME! RON, FRED, AND GEORGE WILL NOT BE HAPPY!"

"That will take care of everything!" said Ginny and then they heard a yell.

"RON I DIDN'T MEAN TO!" screamed Harry in an incredibly girly shriek and there was a sound of rushing feet and then they heard another yell.

"RIGHT! YOU'RE GOING TO TRY AND GET INTAMATE WITH MY SISTER! GO ON SOME SORT OF SEX CRAZE!" bellowed Ron at the top of his lungs.

"RON NO!" said Harry, still in that very girly shriek and the rush of feet could still be heard, the chase was still on, "I SWEAR! I JUST WALKED IN YOU TOLD ME TO GIVE THEM BACK!"

"BUT DID I TELL YOU TO STARE AT MY SISTER...NO!" said Ron and the rest of his angry screams were drowned out by the sounds of footsteps going upstairs.

Hermione, Ginny, Lavender, and Parvati all exchanged glances and burst out laughing! By the time they were done, Ginny was on the floor, Lavender and Parvati were holding on to each other for support and it was all Hermione could do to do the same.

"Hermione," Lavender breathed between giggles and laughs. "Look at your hair before it's ruined."

After that she started laughing uncontrollably again.

"Oh my!" said Ginny wiping a tear from her face, and they all heard a pig noise come out from Ginny, "please, don't tell, I snort when I laughed really hard!"

They all promised but burst out laughing again. After they had all composed themselves again and they had redone Hermione's hair and make-up spells. Hermione looked at herself. She looked like one of those princesses in muggle fairy tales.

"Wow!" breathed Lavender, "forget kissing, Seamus won't even look at me!"

"I doubt it," said Hermione still looking at herself and spinning around like she had seen in old muggle films.

"Oh dear!" said Parvati, "only thirty minutes left!"

With that the three other girls got themselves ready. Hermione offered to help but they would let her do anything in her new dress.

"Wow!" thought Hermione. "Tonight will be a night to remember!"