They had not, however, factored that Hermione would spring the date upon them less than five days in advance. NEWTs took care of distracting her Tuesday through Thursday and then Sirius had booked Hermione a surprise spa day on Friday to "congratulate her on finishing her studies". Remus and Draco thankfully had already gotten the ring sorted, but still needed to plan out the actual proposal. The woman wasn’t just the brightest witch of her age, she was the brightest witch Remus had ever encountered, period, and he wasn’t naïve enough to think she didn’t know what was going on, but she played along with their antics anyway.