Hermione could hear Ginny calling from the bottom of the stairs, the one person who was actually talking to her. She raised her head off of her pillow and walked to the door.
"One minute!" she yelled down, while pulling on her skirt and stockings. She looked quickly in the mirror and wiped her eyes. "Oh Merlin, I don't know if I can do this" she said to her reflection. Ginny called again and she walked slowly down the stairs.
"Er, Gin…" her friend looked at her and then sighed at the expression on Hermione's face. "Hermione, you have to get over this. It's not such a big deal. I mean, what? It was a couple of pictures. That's it. You need to calm down. No-one cares, it was ages ago."
Hermione gaped at Ginny's words. "How can you say that? It is a big deal! And it was only two days ago! How do you mean it was ages ago?" she was nearly crying now. "Look Ginny, people do care. What about Harry and Ron? They aren't talking to me and, and…" she gulped down the tears that were threatening to fall and said in a slightly calmer voice " I have to get revenge Gin, he can't get away with this. I can't just let him ruin my life and do nothing about it!"
She looked at her friend hopefully, staring with puppy dog eyes. Ginny sighed and then said in a resigned voice "Fine. But you can't do anything that will get you into trouble because it will just make it worse. Deal?"
Hermione squealed excitedly and hugged her. "Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! You don't know how much this means to me!" she paused and then asked anxiously, "So what am I going to do?"
Ginny looked thoughtful for a moment and then said "Look, I think first of all you need to scare him, let him know you mean business. You need to do something that isn't your revenge exactly…but will be a warning for him…" she stared into space while Hermione looked at her in eager anticipation.
"I've got it!" Ginny exclaimed "now, I know this isn't something you would normally do, but are you willing to go all out? I mean, your reputation is pretty much already ruined. What have you got to lose?"
Hermione looked at her worriedly. "Tell me first and I'll think about it." she said finally. Ginny leaned in and whispered to her. Hermione gasped, half in shock at Ginny's language, half at the idea of her doing this…and to Malfoy.
Oh, but this was going to be fun…If it shocked her, it would sure as hell shock him, he would be so frigging scared…
"Yes, I'll do it!" she said excitedly, and then a little calmer, "I have some ideas to add to it though…" Ginny looked at her expectantly and as Hermione told her, her smile widened and widened until she was grinning naughtily.
"Oh yes." She said. "Oh yes."