Story of a Girl
Chapter 1
"Oh hell," Hermione Granger growled and slammed her trunk shut. "Mum, have you seen Hogwarts A History?"
"It was on your desk last night!" her mother shouted back from downstairs. "Did you pack it already?"
"No, Mum!" Hermione glanced at the empty dresser and sighed. Where had her book gone?
Well, no time to look for it now. Her parents were taking her out for a special dinner before she left for her fifth year at Hogwarts, and she had to finish getting dressed anyway. She was running around her room in jeans and a tee shirt, which she couldn't exactly wear for a night out.
She slid into the blue sundress and high-heeled white sandals she had bought for the occasion. The past three months had changed her a lot, and in the little sundress it was obvious that she was starting to fill out. Her hair, more curly than bushy now, went up into a ponytail.
There. She looked perfect.
When her mother shouted up that it was time to go to the restaurant, she hurried downstairs and ran out to the family's new car. Her parents weren't very rich, but they made a lot of money for dentists. That was why Hermione had the new sundress. Her mother had decided to take her shopping while she was home and she had actually enjoyed buying new clothes.
Even though she almost wouldn't admit it to herself, she was hoping she would have a chance to wear the sundress in front of a certain someone.....
Maybe she would be able to get his attention, if he wasn't blind or interested in someone else.
The restaurant was very crowded, so Hermione was glad that her father had made reservations. While they sat at one of the outdoor tables and waited to order their food, her parents talked about how happy they were that Hermione was a prefect. Hermione was very happy too, because she had worked hard for four years. She didn't know who the other prefect for Gryffindor was. Ron had written to her and said that he didn't know either. Neither of them had gotten a letter from Harry for a long time.
Hermione picked at her food. She tried to tell herself that she didn't have a reason to worry about Harry, but she did. Voldemort was back. No one knew what the evil wizard and his followers were going to do. Hermione knew that she was going to be in danger because she was Harry's friend and because her parents were Muggles, but she was worried about Harry more.
"Will you be okay at school?" her father asked. Her parents knew that something bad was going to happen soon, but she hadn't told them everything. She didn't want to scare them and she was afraid that they would make her stay home if they knew how dangerous Hogwarts might be.
She nodded and poked her food with her fork. "I need to go," she said. "Harry needs me. He needs his friends."
Her mother and father looked at each other. She didn't know what their expressions meant.
"All right," her mother said. "We won't make you stay home, but you have to promise that you'll be careful."
"We want you to write to us as often as you can," her father said.
Her mother smiled. She had that funny expression again. "I know you'll take good care of Harry. Don't worry."
Hermione felt her cheeks get very hot. She kept picking at her food and so she wouldn't think about Voldemort or Harry being in danger, she imagined that certain someone's face when he saw her in her new sundress.
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Any guesses who the someone is? ^_^ Pleeeeease review if you like it!
Chapter 1
"Oh hell," Hermione Granger growled and slammed her trunk shut. "Mum, have you seen Hogwarts A History?"
"It was on your desk last night!" her mother shouted back from downstairs. "Did you pack it already?"
"No, Mum!" Hermione glanced at the empty dresser and sighed. Where had her book gone?
Well, no time to look for it now. Her parents were taking her out for a special dinner before she left for her fifth year at Hogwarts, and she had to finish getting dressed anyway. She was running around her room in jeans and a tee shirt, which she couldn't exactly wear for a night out.
She slid into the blue sundress and high-heeled white sandals she had bought for the occasion. The past three months had changed her a lot, and in the little sundress it was obvious that she was starting to fill out. Her hair, more curly than bushy now, went up into a ponytail.
There. She looked perfect.
When her mother shouted up that it was time to go to the restaurant, she hurried downstairs and ran out to the family's new car. Her parents weren't very rich, but they made a lot of money for dentists. That was why Hermione had the new sundress. Her mother had decided to take her shopping while she was home and she had actually enjoyed buying new clothes.
Even though she almost wouldn't admit it to herself, she was hoping she would have a chance to wear the sundress in front of a certain someone.....
Maybe she would be able to get his attention, if he wasn't blind or interested in someone else.
The restaurant was very crowded, so Hermione was glad that her father had made reservations. While they sat at one of the outdoor tables and waited to order their food, her parents talked about how happy they were that Hermione was a prefect. Hermione was very happy too, because she had worked hard for four years. She didn't know who the other prefect for Gryffindor was. Ron had written to her and said that he didn't know either. Neither of them had gotten a letter from Harry for a long time.
Hermione picked at her food. She tried to tell herself that she didn't have a reason to worry about Harry, but she did. Voldemort was back. No one knew what the evil wizard and his followers were going to do. Hermione knew that she was going to be in danger because she was Harry's friend and because her parents were Muggles, but she was worried about Harry more.
"Will you be okay at school?" her father asked. Her parents knew that something bad was going to happen soon, but she hadn't told them everything. She didn't want to scare them and she was afraid that they would make her stay home if they knew how dangerous Hogwarts might be.
She nodded and poked her food with her fork. "I need to go," she said. "Harry needs me. He needs his friends."
Her mother and father looked at each other. She didn't know what their expressions meant.
"All right," her mother said. "We won't make you stay home, but you have to promise that you'll be careful."
"We want you to write to us as often as you can," her father said.
Her mother smiled. She had that funny expression again. "I know you'll take good care of Harry. Don't worry."
Hermione felt her cheeks get very hot. She kept picking at her food and so she wouldn't think about Voldemort or Harry being in danger, she imagined that certain someone's face when he saw her in her new sundress.
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Any guesses who the someone is? ^_^ Pleeeeease review if you like it!