Hermione's admirer

Chapter 1

A/N this story is about Hermione growing up and getting into the whole dating ordeal. It's set in year 6 and is rated M just in case. Read and review! Please be gentle as this is my first fan fic .

TheAmazingPurpleNinja

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"Goodbye, Hermione," my dad shouted after me as I stepped onto the train. I blew him and my mum a kiss then turned to look for Harry and Ron. I walked down the aisle, looking through the compartment windows. Finally, I found them; they were sitting with Ginny and Neville. I opened the door and stepped in.

"Hi, guys," I said cheerily. They all looked up and smiled and I sat down next to Ginny. They all said hello then the boys went back to talking about quidditch. Ginny turned to me and smiled.

"Thank god, I thought you had left me to listen to thrilling stories of quidditch for the whole train ride." Ginny whispered. Ron must have heard, as he was sitting opposite Ginny; in between Harry and Neville and he looked at her with a frown.

"If you didn't want to talk about it Ginny, you should have said something." He said. Ginny shrugged.

"It doesn't matter now does it? I've got Hermione to keep me company," she said. Then she turned back to me.

"Wait. Don't you have to go to the prefect's carriage?" she asked. I gasped. I had forgotten completely! How unlike me. I grabbed Ron's hand and yanked him out of the compartment into the aisle. I ran towards the front of the train, dragging him behind me.

"Slow down, 'mione," Ron said; I didn't, I just went faster until we reached the door. Out of breath I pushed it open and walked inside, letting go of Ron's hand. I apologised to the head boy; Ben Haftly and head girl; Jasmine Truntwood, who were looking quite annoyed, and took a seat. Ron slumped down next to me. I started listening to Ben and Jasmine until the hairs on the back of my neck stood up and I felt like I was being watched. I looked around and saw Cormac McLaggen staring at me from the front of the carriage. I blushed and looked away, only half listening to Ben and Jasmines lecture. Deciding to be brave, I looked over to the "lady's man" again and sure enough he was staring, quite intensely, at me. As soon as he realised he had caught my eye, he smiled crookedly. Wow, he was actually quite good looking. What? Where did that come from? I gulped and looked to the floor and tried to concentrate on Ben and Jasmine, who were now giving out the badges. I took mine and smiled at Jasmine. She smiled back and moved on to Ron. I put it into my jacket pocket and did the button up, so I wouldn't lose it. Then I turned back to Jasmine and Ben to hear the rest of their talk. Unfortunately, Jasmine was standing next to Cormac, who was, yet again, looking at me. I looked at Ben instead and tried to listen.

"... which we will give each head of houses to put up in your common room. It should be up by tomorrow, ready for the first pair to patrol tomorrow night. That's about all, so you can go back to your friends now." Ben finished. Merlin! I had missed the whole lecture. I sighed and stood up with the other prefects and joined the queue to leave the carriage. Thank Merlin there was only three prefects from each house, not including Jasmine and Ben, so we were exiting quite quickly. I looked over to Cormac's chair one last time and saw that, weirdly, he was still sitting down, also that he wasn't looking at me. I just had to find out if I was disappointed or relieved. Oh, dear Merlin, what is wrong with me? I decided to walk past him quickly and get it over with. I did as planned but, just as I was walking past, the train lurched and caused me to lose my balance and fall directly into Cormac's lap. I looked at Cormac and he raised his eyebrows at me, fighting a smile. Jumping out of his lap, I muttered a quiet apology and got out of the carriage as quickly as I could. I walked down the aisle, practically running and when I heard Ron's loud chuckling I quickly threw my worst glare at him before running off towards the ladies. I went in and found that, thankfully, no one was in there. The train lurched again and I held onto a sink for support. Did we have a new driver or something? I looked into the mirror. Goodness, I made a beetroot look white I was so red. I ran the cold water tap and splashed some water onto my face, before patting it dry with the paper towels. I took a deep breath and looked into the mirror again. I looked a bit better, enough to go back anyway. I walked out then walked back to the carriage we were in earlier. I found it and was surprised to find Ginny, Luna and Cho in there, with none of the boys. I was actually relieved as I just knew that Ron would be telling them the story in a much more embarrassing version. Sliding the door open I stepped in before closing it behind me. They looked up and smiled. Ginny patted the space next to her.

"Hey, how was the meeting?" Ginny asked. She obviously hadn't heard then.

"It was fine, apart from falling into Cormac's lap when the train lurched." I winced from the memory. They all gave me a sympathetic expression and Ginny put her arm around me.

"Oh well, I'm sure everyone's forgotten already," Cho said. I smiled and nodded. Then I heard a voice coming from down the aisle, outside the compartment.

"Anything from the trolley, dears?" said the familiar voice. Luna smiled.

"Oh, good, the trolleys coming, that's sure to take peoples mind off your incident," she said. I smiled at her gratefully.

"Yeah," I said. I stood up and slid the door open. I stuck my head out and looked down the aisle. She was one compartment down. I came back in and shut the door.

"She's only one down," I said, sitting down. Luna looked thoughtful.

"I hope she has some chocolate frogs left, they always seem to be gone by the time she gets to me," she said. I decided not to mention the fact there was never any left because the trolley always came to her last, since Luna usually chooses the very end compartment. I just smiled.

"I'm sure she will," I said. The familiar face popped outside our window and she opened the door.

"Anything from the trolley, dears?" she asked. We all bought our stuff then she carried on. I started to close the door before seeing Ron walking up the aisle. I sighed and sat down, leaving the door open. He reached our compartment and poked his head in.

"Cho, Harry said that he's sorry he hasn't seen you yet but he's a bit occupied at the moment," he said. Harry and Cho have been going out for about five months, including the two they went without seeing each other over summer. Cho frowned.

"Occupied with what exactly?" Cho asked.

"He has to right a four paged apology letter to the driver for complaining about the lurching and jolting going on, it was quite funny actually," Ron said, "that's why he hasn't come to tell you himself," Cho nodded and carried on reading the quibbler.

"Ok, tell him I'll see him at the carriages," she said. Ron pursed his lips for a moment.

"Yeah, the thing is, no one's aloud to talk to him while he's writing it, so ..." he said. Cho sighed.

"Ok, don't worry about it; I'll just look around for him or something. Thanks Ron." Cho said. Ron nodded and looked at me. When he started laughing I got up, got my wand out and chased him down the aisle. I chased him half way to the end of the train, before he fell to the ground, laughing so hard he was doubling over and crying. I have to admit I was laughing quite a lot as well, so I leant back against the near window and slid down until I was sitting on the floor next to Ron. This was a great start to the year. If only I could forget about the prefect meeting...

I hope you enjoyed it please review! The next chapter should be up shortly.

TheAmazingPurpleNinja

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