Hemione's Rival
Chapter 1: 10 Reasons to hate her
Hermione looked at the other end of the Gryffindor common room. Since the new American students joined their year, and house halfway through September, things had changed. They were really popular, not because they were rich (which they weren't) or American, but because they were themselves. Nobody knew that Hermione had a secret, burning hate for one of them. Oh, Christian, Tiffany, Toby, Brandon, Jessica, Spencer, and Shira were OK. It was Michelle she hated. From her dark, wavy hair, and golden skin to the tip of her, more often than not painted toes, Hermione did not like Michelle. Michelle was also talented. She was just as good as Hermione at lessons, and had actually been offered a move up to fourth year, but rejected it because she didn,'t want to leave her friends. They were a very close knit group. The way she could sing "Don't Fence Me In" or "Country Roads" or something like that perfectly in tune. They way she could do nearly any dance, like she was doing now, across the common room, be it square, ballet, tap, freestyle, majorette, modern,or jitterbug, Michelle could do it. She could also play the clarinet, and do the splits both ways. Perhaps it was because Hermione was taking so many new subjects, combined with the fact that she now had a rival, who was really talented, Hermione's temper was often at breaking point. Plus the third years in Gryffindor were organising a dance, which Hermione also didn't like.
A shout made her look up. Michelle was dancing jitterbug with Christian. Everybody was clapping and cheering. The music stopped, and with flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes, Michelle came over to sit with Hermione.
"Hermione, you alright?'' Michelle asked in her American accent.
"Fine," Hermione replied stiffly, in a way to make Aunt Petunia proud. Then she felt like she needed to be friendly. "Which part of Ameica are you from ?"
"We're all from Minnesota. Me and the others are in this club thing, and every year, we go on a camping trip and stuff like that ,it's great fun."
Michelle left to dance some more.Hermione watched her leave and then marched into the girls dormitory.