Her-my-ninny

Chapter 6: Credit Cards are fun...
Hermione, Ron and Harry all arrived in the Leaky Cauldron to find in bristling with customers, there were old wizards and witches who had stopped for a mid morning tea and there were younger wizards and witches, like themselves, who had set out for a day of shopping. Looking around, Hermione saw a few friends from Hogwarts and waved at them from the fireplace. Harry looked in the direction she was waving and saw his friends Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnegan. He grabbed Ron’s hand and walked over to his friends.
“Hello mates, how are you all today?” Harry asked.
“Fine thanks Harry, Ron” Seamus said.
“Hello Hermione, how are you?” Dean asked.
“Fine thank you boys, what are you two up to today?”
“We’re to be meeting the Patil twins here in ten minutes” Seamus said in his Irish brogue.
“The Patil twins?” Ron asked raising his eyebrows.
“Yes, we’re going shopping with them” Dean said with a smile
“You two got roped into shopping with the two of them?” Hermione asked.
“Is there something wrong with that?” Seamus asked.
“Not at all” Ron said.
“As long as they don’t invite Lavender Brown” Hermione added.
“Do you think they would have?” Dean asked slightly scared.
“You never know, but boys we must be on our own way, lots of shopping to do” Hermione poked Harry in the ribs.
“Alright, we’ll be sure to see you both around; we’re off to Muggle London. Why don’t we meet around 5, go out for dinner and then to a film” Harry suggested.
“Alright mate, we’ll meet here at the Cauldron then at 5” Dean said.
“Right-o” Ron said clapping his friends on the back, grabbing Harry’s hand and with a nod to Dean and Seamus pulled his boyfriend from the pub.
“Until later then boys” Hermione said as she too walked away.
Hermione caught up to both Harry and Ron just outside the pub doors, she grabbed Ron’s arm and steered him off into the crowds of London towards her favorite mall.
Arriving at the mall a few minutes later Hermione led the way to her favorite store, Garage clothing, and entered the store. Once inside the store Hermione looked around in delight. She went to the first rack of jeans she saw and sighed as she picked up four pairs right there. She loved coming into this particular store, it always had the most amazing of clothing. As she walked around the store she began to grab this and that as she passed. Once she reached the changing rooms she dumped her choices on the chair inside one of the rooms and told her best-friends to wait outside while she tried everything on. Shutting the door behind her, she picked up the first of many outfits. She tried on the dark washed-out jeans and a camouflaged shirt. Looking in the mirror, she decided that it wasn’t what she was looking for and although she promised to model everything for the boys decided that she didn’t like the shirt with the trousers and slipped the shirt off to replace it with another one. This time she slipped on a white corset top which she’d loved right away. The light colour of the corset and the dark colour of the jeans contrasted perfectly.
“What are you doing in there Herms?” she heard Ron ask.
“I’ll be out in a second Ronald” she said as she unlocked the door.
She walked out and heard her friends gasp.
“That’s gorgeous Herms- you have to get it” Harry said, making Hermione’s choice easier.
“Alright, so this one is good. I have like ten more pairs of trousers, should I try them on?”
“Yes” Ron said
Hermione smiles knowing he wanted to say something along the line of
‘DUH!’
She walked back into the change room and picking up another pair of jeans slipped them on.
An hour later, Hermione was handing her credit card over to the clerk with not so much of a batting eyelash at the £379.00 purchase. The clerk bagged her new clothes and handed Hermione her card as well as they bags. Hermione thanked the clerk, Michelle and walked from the store, Harry and Ron following her.
“So boys, where to next?” she asked.
“Well there is this Calvin Klein store around the corner” Harry suggested.
“Sounds like a good plan, you two can get something sexy to wear tonight and then we can head over to the lingerie store I saw on the way in” Hermione said as the three of them walked towards the CK store. Once the boys entered the store they split up and went to find as many treasures as possible. In the end they spent a little under two hours browsing through the store and spending almost £700.00. Once they received their bags and walked out of the store Hermione suggested they go to a café for lunch.
“Didn’t you want to go to the lingerie store?” Ron asked.
“Yes, but there is a private boutique near the café I want to take you two to” she said.
Harry and Ron agreed to lunch and Hermione led them to this café about a block away from the mall. The three friends spent another hour sitting in the café eating and drinking mid-day cocktails while talking about their summers so far.
“So you and your parents had a fight and you walked out?” Harry asked.
“That’s basically what happened. So I was at the Burrow and had all my things laid out in your room Ron when the Headmaster walked in with Viktor. He’s in town for Quidditch and something to do with the Ministry and Dumbledore offered us Headquarters for the rest of the summer”
“And you and he just picked up where you left off a couple of years ago?” Ron asked.
“Not quite, you know the summer after fifth year, when I told you my parents and I went to Belgium?”
“Yes” they both said.
“Well, we really ended up going to Bulgaria and I met him at the mall one day. We sort of just got back together and then I ended up sleeping with him. It wasn’t as if he pushed me into it, it was my choice and I decided that we’d become lovers of sorts. I know I was only 16 but I loved him, and I still do” Hermione said as she took a sip from her drink.
“Do you really love him Hermione, or is it just the sex?” Ron asked.
“You know Ronald, sometimes you asked the most stupid of questions” Harry said.
“Yes you do Ronald, but yes I do love, but the sex is apart of it too. If he was horrible in bed, I’d still love him but this way it makes it more fun!” she said.
Harry laughed and finished his drink. He looked at his watch; it was 2:30 pm.
“Alright, if we want to get back to the Cauldron by five we should probably get to your store Herms and then take our bags all the way there” he suggested.
“Alright let’s go then” she pulled out a £50.00 bill and left it on the table. She shooed Harry and Ron out of the restaurant and led them down the street to a tiny boutique. She entered the boutique and was greeted by a sales assistant of the name Janet.
“Hello, welcome to Under Where? How may I be of assistance today?” Janet said.
“I am just going to look around I’ll be up at the counter soon enough” Hermione said. She walked to the back of the store and idled near the rack of bras and panties. She picked up several of them but was not very impressed.
“Do you have the newer line in yet?” she asked.
“Yes, if you’d like to follow me” Janet said.
Hermione followed the brunette through a curtain and into a more private area of the shop. Behind the curtain, there were hundreds of different types of undergarments. Hermione soon found several new sets of bras and knickers. She allowed Janet to take her selections and she walked towards the display of thongs. She’d seen the way Viktor had looked at her that morning before she’d slipped on her trousers. He’d enjoyed the tiny piece of fabric she’d being sporting. She selected about ten of the pieces and added them to the growing mountain on the checkout counter. It was four o’clock before she’d finished her shopping spree, adding sleep wear and teddy’s to her personal mountain. Harry and Ron were sitting on a small bench giggling to themselves while Hermione did her shopping. She spied the two sneaking peaks at the men’s department of the store so took a moment to walk into the area and scan to see if there was anything of interest. She spied several different types of interesting as she walked through the department. She grabbed a few of the items and added them to her pile. She pulled out her credit card, something her parents paid for and handed it to the young women behind the desk.
“Is that all for today ma’am?”
“Yes thank you” Hermione said with a smile as she bill popped out of the printer. She would have enjoyed her parents’ faces when they received the bill for today’s shopping spree. What she loved about her card was that although it was under her own name her parents had told the company that they would be paying the card. They were under contract to pay the card until Hermione turned 21, which was, unfortunately for them, two years from the present date.
Harry and Ron helped Hermione with her bags as they walked back passed the café, passed the mall and then into the Leaky Cauldron. By that time it was almost 4:30 pm and they decided they would rent a room for the evening, so as to put their belongings into the room while they went to a movie. Tom put them into a room on the bottom floor so they didn’t have to walk too far. He handed Harry the key as they passed the bar. Hermione dumped her things on the bed while the boys placed their things on separate chairs. Hermione pulled out the corset and a pair of jeans to wear that night. She also pulled out a thong and placed them beside on the bed.
“Bugger” she said.
“What now?” Ron asked.
“I forget to get shoes” she said.
“Just transfigure the ones you have on your feet” Harry said.
“It’s not the same” she said pulling her purse from beneath the pile. I’ll just have to run back to the mall. Will you two wait here for the others?” she asked.
“You’re not going out into Muggle London by yourself”
“You know I won’t be by myself” she said while opening the door.
“Kingsley” she called.
“Hello Hermione”
“You’re coming with me, you two... stay here and wait for the others” she ordered while grabbing Kingsley’s hand.
Feeling dazed and confused Kingsley was pulled behind Hermione until she found a shoe store.
She walked into the store and walked right up to the sales clerk.
“I need a pair of stilettos, in white or black, size 7, right now” she said.
The sales clerk with a smile ran and got a stylish pair of stiletto heels in both white and black and showed them to Hermione.
“Those are perfect; I also need a little black purse”
The sales clerk again ran and got Hermione what she needed.
Within fifteen minutes Hermione had two new pairs of shoes and a new purse. She’d also bought several pairs of earrings and a necklace to complete her ensemble. She handed over her credit card with glee and pranced all the way back to the Cauldron.


A/N: I know I told you all that there would be some awesome action going on at the end of this chapter but I figured it’s pretty long right now. So I am going to end it here and I will add another chapter on most likely tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed... R&R!
Cheers,
NotSoChickenLittle