black and white ✰ g.w.

CHAPTER FOUR

George entered his bedroom in time to see his fiancé throw her head back and groan whilst standing in front of her closet.

"Everything okay in here?" he asked her.

Olivia looked over at him, a grumpy expression on her face. "I'm just now realizing I'm going to have to go dress shopping for this damn wedding," she told him.

George walked over to the closet and looked inside, confusion on his face. "All that's in here is dresses, darling."

"And yet none of them are suitable for a wedding." When she looked up at him and saw that he still didn't understand, she sighed and continued, pointing out the various dresses in her closet. "Look. All of these sundresses are too casual. The dress I wore to the Yule Ball is much too formal. And I don't know about you, but I feel like it would be a bit inappropriate to wear the same dress to my future brother-in-law's wedding that I did to Dumbledore's funeral."

"Yeah, that could potentially be problematic. But you've still got tomorrow to shop before we go to Harry's party."

"Right. I get to put it off for one more day." Olivia smiled at the thought of being able to procrastinate even more. "Excellent. I think I'll just go to bed then. Care to join me?"

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The next morning, Olivia had only been awake for an hour or so when she heard knocking on the shop door.

"It's not even eight in the morning, who the hell...?" she muttered to herself, going to answer the door. A confused expression appeared on her face as she saw the person on the other side through the glass. "Alicia?" she said as she opened the door.

"Hi, Liv!" Alicia responded in a cheery voice.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to go dress shopping with you."

"How did you know I need to go dress shopping?"

"Because I know you."

"Okay, fair enough. Um... let me just get my things and I'll be right out."

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The two women entered Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions and though they weren't surprised to find it void of any customers, it was an eerie feeling, as they had never once in their 19 years been in the shop when it was empty. It was all just another cold reminder of the war they were living through.

"Hello!" Madam Malkin greeted them in a cheery voice, grateful that finally someone had entered her shop. "What can I do for you two lovely ladies today?"

Olivia looked to Alicia to do the talking, as she simply could not handle the shop proprietor's extreme cheeriness this early in the morning.

"We're in need of some new dress robes," Alicia told Madam Malkin. "We've got a wedding to attend tomorrow, you see."

"Oh, how exciting!" said Madam Malkin, though it was obvious she was wondering who in their right mind would be getting married when the world was in such a state. "I believe I have just what you're looking for. Come, come!"