Oh wow, I feel really bad for being this late. I would've written, I really would've but I’ve been at guard camp all week and really tired afterwards. It’s good you're extending it, though b/c I really wanted to write. Vicki, Bridget was going to bring Oliver for a date so I guess when we put ourselves into the story we can just bring the dates in too. For reference: Brittany is going with Charlie on dragon back, we don’t know who Cass is going with yet, Bridget is going with Oliver, and I’m going with Sirius :lol: . Okay, but you can really pick anyone you want to go with if you want to be in the story and all except for Fred and George because they’re going with ermm… I forgot! Okay, anyways, I’m going to attempt to continue with the story that you guys already did a great job with
… oh, and Vicki, I’m adding you into the story, I hope you don’t mind.
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Hermione looked at herself in the mirror. Not bad, considering it took her two hours of constant reapplying
Sleak-Eazy's Magical Hair Potion to get her hair looking this good. Her usually curly locks were now straightened and twisted up into a knot at the back of her head. She finished her make-up and went down the staircase to meet up with Ginny.
“Where’s Harry and Ron?” Hermione ventured, seeing neither in the Gryffindor common room.
“No idea. Let’s go early and see who these ‘special guests’ are Dumbledore keeps on hinting are coming.”
Hermione is still skeptical because usually it’s the guys who are waiting for them, but with Ginny’s urging she goes, anyway.
“I think it’s pretty pitiful how we both don’t have dates,” Ginny says regrettingly. “I feel like I might as well have said ‘yes’ to Neville. Just after the last Yule Ball, I didn’t think my feet could take any more pain!”
“We still have each other. Plus, the special guests, just might be some guys looking for a date” Hermione winks at her companion.
“You just keep telling yourself that, Hermione.” Ginny rolls her eyes exasperatedly.
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Cho slowly turns around to look at her roommate. Vicki looks
amazing, as always. She’s wearing the new Marc Jacobs dress that she ordered out of a Muggle catalog. Her curly, blonde hair is falling lightly on her shoulders framing her face and her signature sunglasses. Cho never did figure out why Vicki always wears sunglasses, but oh well, it fits her.
“Are you sure you don’t want to borrow anything of mine to wear tonight?” Vicki inquires gesturing at her immense wardrobe full of clothes of all styles.
“Of course, not. I look fine,” Cho snaps back, looking resentfully at the dull gray robes that hung about her shoulders. “Michael used to say I looked good in gray,” she started to whimper.
“Now, Cho, dear, haven’t we been over this a million times? You broke up three months ago, for goodness sakes! Stop moping already!” Vicki replied while applying her mascara. “It’s not the end of the world. There are other fish in the sea.”
“That’s easy for you to say. You’re going with the captain of the Ravenclaw quidditch team. I have no one. Not Michael. Not Harry. Not C-Cedric.” Cho gulped back tears. She couldn’t cry again, not now. It had only been an hour since her last breakdown.
“Well, you still have quidditch to play, don’t you? Don’t keep on reliving the past, Cho. How many times do I have to tell you? It’s only bringing you down. Think positive. Did you read that book I gave you for Christmas, yet?”
Cho simply glared at her. She could fill Hogwart’s library with all the books Vicki gave her. She reads even more than Harry’s “friend” Hermione. And now she’s asking if she's read the massive book she gave this morning? "I was dropped from the quidditch team last week. They said I needed to shape up." Cho added mournfully.
“Oh, dear. I'm so sorry! You poor thing. Well,” Vicki plowed on, oblivious to Cho’s reproachful stares, “I thought
The Power of Positive Thinking would simply be a life-changing book for you. What a pity. Now anyways, if you aren’t going to borrow any of my robes, will you at least borrow a pair of my shoes?”
“It’s not like I’m going to have much of a choice this time.” Cho answered jealously eyeing Vicki’s mountain of shoes in her wardrobe.
“Okay, well, I was thinking these black ones would look perfectly, beautiful on you!” She responded brightly holding up a pair of dark, strappy, heels.
“Oh fine!” Cho grabbed the heels quickly and jammed them onto her feet. “Let’s just get this ball over, already!”
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okay, now I had to add vicki, and I picture you by your av, so I just went by that. Now, this is really a pitiful excuse for an addition to the story, but I felt the need to show other people getting ready because the guys got ready. So soon I guess we’ll proceed to the actual ball :lol: