A/N: Wooo. This has been fun. I just want to thank everyone who has stuck by this story from the very beginning, those of you who reviewed, you are wonderful :)
I know a lot of people don't read the authors notes but please read the one at the end, tis important! :)
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Hermione sent an owl to her mother and Narcissa the next week asking them if they were free to go dress shopping on Wednesday. They both quickly replied that they were. She was very excited but, naturally, Ginny was ecstatic.
"I just can't believe I'm your maid of honour!" she squealed for the eleventh time that morning.
"Well you are!" Hermione sighed, wondering how long this would continue. Luckily by the time Wednesday came around, she had calmed down a bit.
She, Ginny, Lavender and Luna made their way into London early Wednesday morning. For Hermione's mothers sake they had decided it would be best to shop in Muggle London, plus it's not as if Diagon Alley was full of Bridal Shops. When they arrived at the cafe her mother was already there.
"Morning ladies!" she chirped, running up to them. Clearly she was going to be just as bad as Ginny.
"Hey Mum." Hermione said, hugging her.
"Right then, where to first?" she asked, wanting to get started as soon as possible.
"Actually, we need to wait for someone else..." Hermione began. Only Draco knew that Narcissa had been invited. Her friends looked at her puzzled. "Narcissa."
"You invited her?" Ginny questioned. Hermione simply nodded.
"I don't mind her being here; I just wouldn't have thought she would have wanted to come to Muggle London!"
"Well, evidently she doesn't mind Muggles." Hermione smiled.
The little group grabbed a table outside the cafe and ordered coffee.
"So, have you made anymore plans yet?" Hermione's mother asked.
"We have a date, that's all."
Mrs. Granger clapped her hands. "When is it?"
"25th April." Hermione whispered, a big smile creeping across her face.
Before anyone could respond, Narcissa Malfoy appeared before them, sunglasses covering her eyes and a big smile covering her face. She pulled out a chair and sat down at the table.
"Sorry I'm late!"
"That's OK, thanks for coming." Hermione smiled, handing her a cup of coffee.
The six of them sat making small talk for a few minutes while everyone drank their coffee. When they had all finished, Mrs. Granger asked Hermione where they were going first.
"Um...I'm not sure really, I don't know where the best dresses are."
"Why don't I take you to the shop I bought my wedding dress from?" Hermione smiled and nodded, liking the idea of buying her wedding dress from the same shop her mum bought hers.
As they made their way down the high street, the four students walked behind the two adults, discussing what kind of dresses they would like. For a while Narcissa and Mrs. Granger walked in silence, neither really knowing what to say.
"So, you are a Muggle?" Narcissa questioned, seeing this as their only conversation starter.
"Yes..." Mrs. Granger said, unsure of what Narcissa was doing.
"Nice to meet you." she smiled and extended her hand, waiting for Mrs. Granger to take it. She did, smiling as well, and the conversation began to flow.
Within 5 minutes they were standing outside of a little bridal shop hidden away down one of the side streets. Hermione gazed through the window at the dresses and knew that her dress was in there.
As they entered, she told Ginny, Luna and Lavender, her other bridesmaids, that their dresses had to match but they could pick it themselves. So the three of them ran off to the side of the shop that had the bridesmaids dresses whilst Hermione, her mother and Narcissa stayed by the wedding gowns.
Having fun?
Hermione grinned as she heard Draco's voice. It had only been a few hours since she had last spoken to him yet she was beginning to miss his enchanting tone.
I have an enchanting tone?
"Ok, talk to me but don't read thoughts that aren't directed at you!" she thought-scolded him.
But you think I have an enchanting tone?
"I'm ignoring you now."
Fine, pretend I'm not here.
Hermione was just about to carry on scanning the dress racks with a clear mind when Draco began to hum. She sighed.
"That so isn't annoying!" she thought sarcastically.
I thought you were ignoring me.
"You are so..."
Lovely? Wonderful? Handsome? Kind? Charming?
"Immature."
Would you love me if I were anything but what I am?!
"Was there something you wanted to talk to me about or are you just in my mind to annoy me so that I get distracted and buy a hideous dress?"
Why would I want you to buy a hideous dress?
"Because that way you would look better than me!" she smirked.
Draco laughed. You will look better than me in anything you wear Hermione!
"So you aren't here to distract me, what are you here for?" Not that I mind you being here... she thought to herself.
Good, because I'm not going!
"Stop reading my other thoughts and answer my question!"
I wanted to ask you about a theme.
"A theme? For the wedding?"
Yes, had you thought about one?
"Not really, no. You?"
Well actually, I was thinking about a black and white theme. I thought it might look classy.
Hermione nodded. "Yes, I like that idea."
Good. I'll leave you to it then. Draco left her mind just as the sales woman came over.
"Hello, can I help you with anything?!" she chirped, flashing her teeth in the widest grin Hermione had ever seen.
"I think we are OK thank you."
"OK! Well I'll be right over there if you need me!" she flashed her teeth again and ran to the other side of the room, blinding another set of customers with her smile.
"I'm scared to ask for assistance now!" Hermione laughed. Her mother walked to her side.
"Found anything yet?"
"No, not yet." Hermione sighed. "This could take forever!"
"When you find the right dress you'll know!" Narcissa pitched in. Mrs. Granger nodded in agreement before looking through the racks a second time.
Hermione walked over to the other side of the store to see how her bridesmaids were doing. All three of them were sitting down, each with a dress in hand, looking thoroughly confused.
"Oh good, Hermione we need your help!" Ginny stated, jumping up from her seat. The other two did the same.
"We picked out three dresses and now we can't decide one which we want." Lavender moped, a sad expression crawling across her face.
"Ok, let's see them then."
The three girls ran into the dressing room, Ginny coming out a few minutes later. She wore an off the shoulder wrap around dress that touched the floor. It was beautiful but immediately Hermione saw something wrong with it. It was teal.
She shook her head and Ginny beamed at her.
"I didn't like this one too much!" she whispered, playing with a strand of her hair and putting it next to the dress to compare the colours. Hermione laughed, not bothering to tell Ginny that it wasn't the clashing colours that put her off the dress. It was the fact that teal wouldn't fit in with the black and white theme.
Ginny retreated back into the dressing room, Luna coming out in a new dress to take her place. She had to admit that Luna looked stunning in the dress. It was a floor length spaghetti strap dress, simple and plain but the magnificent sapphire colour brought out the colour in Luna's eyes and Hermione knew this was why she had picked it.
Sadly though, Hermione shook her head again and Luna walked back to the dressing room, sulking slightly.
Lavender came out and Hermione smiled. The dress was black. It was held up by off the shoulder straps and the sleek fabric became slightly ruffled as it descended into a mermaid tail at the bottom.
(A/N: I'm sorry if these sound a bit sucky, there was no dress that these were based on, I made them up and I had no idea how to describe them!)
As the other two were changed, they came out and stood next to Hermione as she nodded.
"That's the one!" she cried, running up to hug Lavender. Luna and Ginny also looked pleased, despite their dresses being shot down. It was then that Hermione told them about the theme. They all agreed it sounded perfect. She left them to find the dress in their sizes and returned to her side of the shop.
On the way back, she noticed a mannequin, slightly hidden behind one of the racks. She went over to it and parted the dresses in front so that she could see the one it was wearing. She gasped, causing Mrs. Granger and Narcissa to come over to her.
They beckoned over the sales woman, who was more than happy to help get the dress off of the mannequin and give it to Hermione. She quickly went and changed into it.
Her three bridesmaids, Narcissa and Mrs. Granger all stopped what they were doing and gathered around as she emerged, mouths open in awe.
She wore an ivory white strapless dress that descended to the floor. The top half was a wrap around bodice with delicate beading around the chest and back, whilst the bottom was split into two layers, creating a long train behind her. The beadwork also decorated parts of the layers.
"Oh you look beautiful!" the sales woman squeaked, running up to her. She placed a fascinator in Hermione's hair and pulled the veil that went with it over her face. The same colour beads that were on the dress were dotted around the fine mesh of the veil, making Hermione's vision somewhat impaired.
She lifted the bottom of her dress and shuffled around to look in the mirror. Ginny came running up behind her and lifted her veil so that she could see herself properly.
"You really do look beautiful! I'd hug you but I don't want to ruin the dress!" she said, running back down to join her fellow bridesmaids.
Hermione turned to face her mum, who had tears in her eyes.
"This is the one isn't it!?" she asked. Her mum just nodded, seemingly speechless.
She went back into the dressing room and took it off, handing it carefully to the sales woman when she came out, along with her money. Well, Draco's money. He had made her take it last night, despite her best efforts to tell him she was paying for it.
When all the dresses had been bought, they returned to the cafe they had sat in earlier.
"Draco and I made some more plans." Hermione said, turning to her mother and Narcissa.
"Oh?" her mother prompted.
"We're having a black and white theme."
"Oh that will be lovely! I guess I'll have to find a black dress then yes?"
"Well you can be in black or white. Only me, Draco, the bridesmaids and the groomsmen have set colours. Guests can wear either."
"Ok, I'll let you know when I find one."
"I will too." Narcissa said. Hermione smiled and returned to her coffee. Once they had all finished, they said their goodbyes and went different ways, the four students returning to Hogwarts.
On the way back to the Common Room, she saw Draco walking towards her. She carefully gave her dress to Ginny, who ran down an empty corridor with it, Luna and Lavender following her. Draco stared after them.
"Something I said?" he asked.
"No, they have my dress. I couldn't let you see it now, could I?!"
"Ah, so you got one then?"
"Yes I did. Thank you." she muttered before kissing him.
"You're welcome. Is it as beautiful as you?"
Hermione rolled her eyes. "You're such a cliché!"
"Um...thank you?" he pondered. Hermione just laughed and kissed him again.
"Come on," she said, pulling on his arm, "we have some planning to do!"
"Ah yes, planning..." he elongated the last words whilst winking at her. She hit his arm.
"I mean it, we need to plan! We have so much to sort out. We have the wedding cake, the location, the flowers, the guest list..."
Draco looked across to her and could see her mind whirring as she began to count something unknown on her fingers.
"You're going to be high maintenance for a while aren't you..."
"Haven't I always been?"
"Fair point." He sighed and pulled her in the direction of the Astronomy Tower. "Come on then, better get planning!"
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A/N: It's over.
That's it!
The end!
Fin!
Well it's not the end...it's the end of this story but THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL!! So, you all have to add me to your Author Alert lists so you know when I update! I will write a oneshot of their wedding and then I will start the sequel so, like I said, if you want to read it then add me to your Author Alert list. xD
By the way, I will be uploading the link of Hermione's engagement party dress and wedding dress on my profile soon so look out for them!
Thanks again to all of you who stuck by this story, I can't thank you enough. Big thanks goes out to xxxxCrazyChickxxxx who told me not to give up and an even bigger thanks goes out to Vikki Fish for just... well just being Fish! Couldn't have done it without her :P
God Bless You All and I hope to hear from you soon!
Holli x