A Single Tear

Chapter 1

Hermione granger walked through the halls at Hogwarts, excited as she could ever be, it was the end of her 7th year at Hogwarts, she had waited for this ever since she found out she was a witch. Across the hall she spotted her boyfriend Draco Malfoy, much of the school was shocked to find that they were together but since the war, even though Harry had not been able to defeat Voldemort, Hermione realized something had changed in him.

She ran up to him and enveloped him in a hug, he leant down and kissed her on the cheek. "Hey." Draco said. "Hey." Hermione responded. "So did you want to go to Hogsmead today seeing as we both have the afternoon off?" He asked. "Sure I think that is a wonderful idea Draco." She said happily.

Professor McGonagall walked through the halls and stopped to raise her eyebrow at Hermione and Draco. Hermione immediately let go of Draco and blushed.

"So I have one more class, and then can you meet me at the edge of the forrest?" He asked. "Why the forest?" She questioned. "Just because, please I want to show you something." "Fine." She said smiling. "Oh I have to go before Professor Snape finds me and gives me a detention." Hermione said. "I wondered when you would notice the time." Draco laughed. "Haha very funny I have to go see you by the forest later." She was about to turn and rush off to class when he caught her wrist and said "Wait." "What Draco I have to go." She said. "Please come here for a half a second." "Fine what?" He swooped her down and held her in his hands, the stared in her eyes and kissed her softly, everything around them melted away and they were absorbed in the moment, the kiss lasted longer than he thought it would, seeing as everyone was staring. They parted, hugged and said I love you. "I'll see you in potions I just have to talk to Dumbledore about something, okay?" Draco said. "Okay." Hermione replied then Hermione rushed off to Potions. She ran through the halls towards the dungeons, and slipped into class before Professor Snape arrived.

She sat at her table, set her books down and Professor Snape walked in. He sat at the front of the class and summoned Hermione to speak with him, she stood up and glided to his desk. "Yes Professor?" She asked. "Where is Mr. Malfoy, Miss. Granger?" Snape asked. "He went to go talk to the headmaster about something , he said he would return shortly after class began." As if on que Draco walked through the doors to the potions room. "You may take your seat Miss. Granger." Hermione turned around and walked back to her seat beside Draco.

When she sat down Snape yelled to the class "Your assignment is on the board have it done by the end of class or I will dock you marks." And just like that it appeared on the board. It said 'Look in your textbooks on page 78 for the Advanced Living Death potion.'

Hermione and Draco did as instructed and got the ingredients that were needed. "Draco can you pass me the gurdyroot please." Hermione asked. "Umm… sure here." "So Hermione…"."Yes Draco?". "Before you meet me by the forest, I'm going to go get something, so you don't have to rush it will probably take me about 45 minutes, is that okay?" He asked. "Yes that's fine Draco that way it gives me time to get ready." She smiled.

They finished the potion in about 25 minutes and they had the rest of class to talk, so they sat and talked, and joked about how people are doing things wrong, and laughed when like every other potion this one blew up in Seamus' face. Before they knew it the class was over and everybody was flooding the halls to go to the Great Hall for lunch. Draco disappeared among the students and Hermione headed toward her dormitory to get ready to go to Hogsmead.

Lavender and Parvati had come to drop of their books and asked Hermione if she wanted to eat with them, of course she told them she was going to Hogsmead with Draco, which was a big mistake. At the same time Lavender and Parvati sqealed and said "You didn't think we'd let you get ready by yourself now did you?" They pushed her and made her sit on her bed they went to the closet to find something for her to wear and they picked out a beautiful and flowing summer dress with green and blue.

They told her to try it on and shrieked with excitement as they saw how great she looked. Next they went over to their own makeup tables because Hermione rarely wore makeup. They looked at eyeshadow colors, liners, mascaras, blush and of course lip stick and gloss.

They put a stunning metallic green on her eyelids with black in the outer corner and a silver liner with an lengthening and volumizing mascara one Hermione's eyes and a peachy blush on her cheeks, then for her lips they put a nude/pink lipstick and a clear gloss.

"Oh my god!" Lavender said. "Hermione you look stunning!" Parvati said. Hermione stood up and looked in the mirror she did indeed look stunning but she still thought it was a bit much. "Guys don't you think this is a bit much though?" She asked them. And in unison they responded "Of course not Hermione you look great!"

Then Parvati looked as if she had been hit with a stunning spell then she said "Oh my gosh! Lavender we almost forgot… SHOES!" Parvati exclaimed. They then rummaged through all of their shoes and found the perfect pair, they were a pair of heeled silver sandals with swirls that went around her ankle and above her toes.

They pushed her out of the room and she went down the stairs through the corridors and walked towards the forbidden forest.