Shortly afterward, she was caught up by Ginny, and then Cho joined them and the two other girls gushed to Hermione about how romantic the proposal had been, and how they'd never seen Malfoy look like that, almost as if he was human, and they were so happy for Hermione. They sat all three of them together in a private little corner down by the wedding arch, sipping at champagne and getting pleasantly tipsy and talking about ordinary, normal girly things – and for once, Hermione enjoyed that greatly. She didn't know if it was the champagne, or having been proposed to – being engaged – but this was one of the rare occasions when the girl-talk was welcomed. Eventually Ginny couldn't resist asking slyly what had happened to Hermione's hair, and Cho chimed in by inquiring where the rose had gone to, and why was Hermione's dress crumpled, and Ginny queried archly as to where Hermione and Draco had disappeared off to earlier, and what had they been doing...