A/N: I think this is one of my better chapters… I am sorry for such a long wait but I am moving so whenever I get time…
Chapter 16: The Wedding Dress
"Ginny, Let me in!" Hermione said trying to get through the half opened door.
"No, it's not ready go away!" Ginny replied.
"Ginny it's my flat and wedding dress for that matter" she said finally pushing her way through the door.
"NO! It will be, but for now it is my wedding dress, and its not ready"
"Does it look like my dream dress, like Vera Wang meets Snow White?" she asked plopping down on the couch.
"No… It's better"
"Yay!" Hermione Squealed.
"This is so exciting!"
"But the dress still isn't ready, so you need to find something else to do with yourself, chop! chop!"
"You're such a grouch when Blaise isn't around, how long till he get's back?"
"A couple of hours…" popping her head out from behind the curtain, "Just in time for your rehearsal party, which like your dress is a total surprise."
"I hate surprises" Hermione groaned.
"Not these you don't. I promise" she said sweetly, then added "Now, get out of here"
A couple hours later Hermione was back to see the dress, blindfolded she stated, "okay this is weird normally it's the groom who can't see the dress, not the bride"
"Okay, quit whining. Now are you ready?"
"Yes please"
"Alright! Hermione Jean Granger I now pronounce you," pausing to take the blind fold off, "fabulous!" Hermione looked in the mirror her eyes wide, and her mouth opening and closing like a gaping fish… only one word could describe it. Hideous.
"Do you love it?"
"…"
"You're speechless!!! I knew you would be!!!"
"Wow… wow Ginny this is ummm…" she said clapping her hands together.
"You're Welcome, Thank you so much for asking me to be your maid of honor. I LOVE WEDDINGS"
Hermione clamped her hand over her mouth tears streaming from her eyes.
Hermione stood in front of the mirror long after Ginny left… it was just so… ugly.
"Wow… sorry I'm not supposed to see you're wedding dress," Draco said opening the door, "right?"
"Its okay, this is not my wedding dress."
"It isn't?"
"No, it's supposed to be, but there is no way that I am getting married in this frock, I asked Ginny to make me something simple and elegant and instead she makes me something that is so… Ginny!"
"Well maybe you should wear it anyway," getting an incredulous look from Hermione he explained, "Ginny is your maid of honor, and you did ask her to make the dress right?"
"Sooo…" Hermione said with a drooping face.
"So she would be crushed if you didn't wear it."
"Oh no." She said falling on the couch.
"Well it doesn't matter what you wear because either way you are going to look beautiful," he said kissing her on the cheek.
Then picking up the fluff at the bottom of the dress, "Except for maybe in this thing…"
"Oh shut up!" she said pushing him away.
A few minutes later Ginny walked in, "Hey buddy, I know I said I was done with the dress, but I came up with a fantastic idea, it involves feathers, but tasteful feathers, so don't freak out."
"I'm just going to leave you two alone now." Draco said backing away from Ginny and towards the door.
"Okay… ummm… I need to talk to you about the dress"
"Okay…"
"I know you worked really hard on this," pausing when Ginny nodded her head in appreciation, "and I love you for it, I just don't know if its me…"
Ginny's smile faded, "You don't like it?"
"NO! It's not that I don't like it, its just that it's a little… maybe you could take it down a notch, you know?"
"I worked really hard on this."
"I know you did, like I said…"
"and you hate it!"
"I don't hate it, I just want something simpler."
"It is simple"
"Ginny your putting feathers on it!" she said on the verge of tears
She got off the couch, "Fine, why don't you wear that stupid green hat and a pair of slacks for all I care."
"Ginny you don't need to get nasty--"
"You can insult my fashion sense, but I can't insult yours?"
"All I'm saying is that I want something a little closer to the picture."
"Right, a little closer to the picture…Okay so if you want to go shopping and get something a little closer the picture why don't you go to Walmart I am sure they are having a sale!" stomping towards the door.
"Oh!!!! Well you would know wouldn't you!"
SLAM!
"DON"T BREAK MY DOOR!!!!!!!"
Pow. Womp.Woosh.
"Wow…" Draco had walked into the room only to find Hermione beating up a punching bag, "Anyone I know?"
"Mostly me, I talked to Ginny!" still beating up the bag.
"Merlin"
"I have never seen anyone go from so thrilled to so hurt to really mean so quickly," grabbing water from the fridge, "and that was just me!"
"So what are you going to do? I mean besides pretending she's a big fluffy bag and beating all the fluff out."
"I'm going to apologize and hope she forgives me."
"That's my 'Mione"
"Come on get dressed we got to go."
"Where?"
"The rehearsal party"
"Oh snap, I forgot"
Ginny walked into the club where everyone was preparing for the rehearsal party.
"Well, well, as usual Ginny Weasley shows up when all the work is done," Luna said sarcastically.
"Sorry I had some things to take care of."
"What happened a crumple horned snorkack chased you down."
"No—"
"I think I am going to go hide the knives" Luna said as Hermione walked in the door.
"Hey"
"Hey"
"I'm sorry," they said in unison, hugging awkwardly.
"I was being selfish, I wasn't listening to you."
"And I was so wrapped up in what I wanted the dress to be that I freaked out a little, I would love to wear your dress."
"that's really nice but, I think you might want to save the love until after the dinner tonight."
A/N: please R&R