Book Club
A.N; Hey welcome to my newest fic, I know How Do You Feel About That? and the rest aren't finished and I've just started Pureblood Pride but I'm a little frustrated that most of my fics are pretty dark so here's a little mood lightener with Book Club.
I hope you enjoy it.
Summary; Hermione and the girls put all their differences aside and form a book club, mainly because the majority of the girls are failing in some subject or another and Hermione offered a few helping hands. But Book Club wasn't going to plan and the girls ended up gossiping away so now once a week they reveal a little more. Little do they know the lads can hear every word.
Chapter One;
"Fuck! I'm failing again, I promised my mum I'd do really well this term and she's going to kill me." Lavender's face turned to absolute shock, "Oh my good gosh she's actually going to kill me." She stared into space and held her piece of paper out wide.
Hermione took the paper from her hand and looked at her grades, she gulped.
"It's not that bad," She lied to her upset friend after seeing the T on her page, "It's only an estimated grade, you could easily bump that up." Which was true, she could if she really wanted to, but Lavender wasn't the most focused girl in the world and when it came to concentrating she was a little challenged.
"No I can't. How could I? I haven't read the books I was meant to, I didn't hand in the essay I was given and I haven't been to class in a couple of days!"
"Well considering that – you actually done pretty well." Hermione smiled.
"For anybody else that would have been funny, I am going to die in half term and you're joking about it." Lavender was clearly upset.
"I'll help you out." Hermione rolled her eyes, this was exactly what Lavender wanted to hear.
She looked up through her wet eyelashes, "Thanks, you're such a babe!" She gave Hermione a hug and offered her a sweet to which Hermione took.
"Hermione, how on earth are you going to help me?" Lavender asked as they wondered through the corridors.
"I'll start up a book club, we can read the books you were meant to read and then we'll have little discussions about it. I've seen them on films a few times and always wanted to do it. So in a way, thanks for flunking." Hermione smiled.
Lavender smiled back, an uneasy smile, "A book club?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Yes Lavender a book club." Hermione folded her arms.
"Me and you, reading."
"Well I'm sure a few other people would like a bit of help – Har-"
"No!" Lavender said before Hermione could finish.
"What?"
"I'm not having Harry and Ron sit there and take the piss. I'd much rather Pansy Parkinson-"
"What?" Pansy snapped as she walked past them hearing her name.
"Sorry?" Lavender asked.
"You said my name, what?"
"I was just saying I'd rather you sit in on our book club than Harry and Ron." Lavender said blankly – in as little a bitchy ton as possible.
"A book club?" Pansy mocked. Then she pushed Hermione and Lavender into a corner where there was no body around.
"What-" Lavender and Hermione squawked
"Shut up! I'm failing astrology already, will you cover that?" Pansy said desperately.
"Sure, Hermione knows that kind of stuff." Lavender said.
"But I don't want to get-" Hermione started.
"Thanks, I'll meet you here in about two hours." Pansy said and walked in the other direction.
"Lavender – for fuck sake! I offered to help you out because I know your stuff, if I fail because I'm snowed under with people too lazy to go to class I hold you personally responsible." Hermione snapped
"Sorry Hermione, you're smart though and I mean how often is it we see Pansy Parkinson coming to us for help!" Lavender said.
"Help for what?" Ginny asked Hermione
"Oh, hi Ginny." Hermione said, "I've apparently started an ever growing book club for people who are already flunking." Hermione smiled.
"Like what subjects?" Ginny asked.
"All of them I guess." Hermione shrugged.
"Defence against the dark arts?" Ginny asked.
"Are you failing already too Ginny?"
"Don't tell my mum, she thinks I may be the one hope she has." Ginny pleaded with her eyes.
"I'm sure we'll cover that."
Ginny sighed relief, "When's it starting?"
"We're meeting Pansy over there in two hours, be there." Lavender said.
Hermione looked around and Lavender smiled.
"Thanks Hermione!" Ginny smiled.
Hermione smiled back, this term was going to be hard.
Hermione and Lavender carried on walking, past a few windows and then to a door way to the outside where the sun was shining. Everyone was sat outside catching some rays and a few girls were huddled up in the shade holding their preliminary test results. They didn't look very excited. They were Ellie and Maise Cattermole, Violetta Burg and Hannah Abbott, Lavender was pretty close to all of them and sat next to them. Hermione felt a little uneasy but she sat down because Lavender had a hold of her sleeve.
"Hey girls, you okay?" Lavender asked.
"Mmhmm." Was the response given by all the girls.
"Ellie, you're always happy what's up?"
All the girls handed Lavender their sheets of paper. She looked down, the twins both were failing Muggle Studies, Violetta wasn't doing too bad but she had a pretty low grade in History of Magic and Hannah wasn't doing too well in either flying or Divination. Lavender shook her head and showed Hermione the papers.
Hermione rolled her eyes but nodded her head anyway and Lavender smiled.
"Girls, I may have a solution."
All of them whipped their head up, "Hermione started a book club. She'll be covering all of these things. We're meeting in an hour and a half opposite the Library – come if you want. Hermione is great with stuff like this."
All of the girls smiled. Hannah asked, "Who's going?"
"You girls, Lavender, Ginny, Pansy and I." Hermione said.
"Can I come Hermione? I'm rubbish at Divination." Neville popped up after hearing their conversation and asked.
Hermione was just about to agree and then Lavender butted in, "Sorry Longbottom – no boys allowed."
They had a history together but Lavender finished with him and eternally hated him for not asking her back out again, but Lavender genuinely only wanted girls to attend the book club. It would be far more relaxed that way anyway.
"Sorry Neville – girls only." Hermione agreed. "I'm going to get a few books for the library Lavender, out side the Library please in an hour and fifteen minutes. I've got to go find a spare room too."
Lavender and the other girls waved her off.
Hermione wondered off back into Hogwarts and made her way up to the library – she knew it like the back of her hand by now so finding the books she needed wouldn't be a task – just finding a room to hold her little book club in would be an issue.
"Granger." Hermione heard, she thought nothing of it and carried on, "Granger!" She heard again a little louder, she turned around to see Pansy stood there.
"What?" Hermione asked, she was clearly doing something.
"It's Millicent, she's asked me what I'm doing in a bit because I told her I couldn't go down to Hogsmeade with her."
"So?"
"So I told her about it and she told me that she needs a bit of help in charms. Could she come?" Pansy asked.
"Sure." Hermione smiled, "We're meeting opposite the library in about an hour."
"I've found a place to hold it by the way – I'll show you when we meet up. It is only me, you, Lavender, and Millicent isn't it?" Pansy asked.
"No." Hermione shook her head.
"Who else is coming?"
"Lavender, you, Ginny, Ellie and Maise Cattermole, Violetta Burg, Hannah Abbott and now Millicent." Hermione said.
"Oh okay – no boys?"
"No Lavender decided it was a strictly female thing." Hermione said in a frank kind of way.
"Good." Pansy waved briefly and walked off.
She had fifteen minutes to waste and went for a little wonder around all the hundreds of aisles in the library with the millions of books and all the knowledge that surrounded her, she looked briefly at her favourite section of old spells, she'd tried a couple out before and nothing seemed to have worked for her in the past but she was determined to show some the idiots attending her bookclub a decent thing that would impress their teachers for years, Her teachers always seemed pretty impressed with what she had managed to do with a couple of books and about twenty minutes, fingers crossed an hour a week would do the rest of the girls a favour, but she couldn't promise anything after all; if she started to decrease in her grades – Book club was over.
By the time she'd finished staring at her favourite spell book it was time to go and meet the rest of the girls, she wondered through the library passing a rather out of place Draco Malfoy on the way, with his friends Blaise, Crabb and Goyle. They were smirking and had quite literally just finished an apparently very amusing story. Hermione rolled her eyes at them and carried on.
"Mudblood's got a book club now," Draco said, "Weaslette is the only person attending. Typical of Gryfindor's failing already." Draco laughed, it was echoed by his other buddies.
"Actually Malfoy, not like it's any of your business but Pansy and Millicent, who I believe are from the mighty Slytherin are also attending. Along with the 'smartest' of houses Ravenclaw. It honestly wouldn't surprise me if you were failing either." Hermione turned around and began to carry on walking.
Draco got up and walked in front of her, followed by his other friends.
"Me, failing." He gave a laugh, "A funny Mudblood. Almost even more sickening." As he turned around his shoulder his her arm and she dropped a few of the books she had been carrying. Draco, Crabb and Goyle carried on but Blaise waited until they disappeared around the corner and picked up a few books for her.
"Any room for me?" He asked her
"Sorry, girls only. Not my rules. I'm sure you and I could meet up in the library though. How's that?" Hermione suggested.
"Sounds okay, please don't let anyone know." Blaise begged with his eyes, "If he found out I'd be a laughing-stock."
"He's a prick, why are you friends with him?" Hermione asked as he passed her the books she had dropped.
"Jus because…" He began to walk off but walked back and pecked her on the cheek, "See you tomorrow around this time."
Hermione blushed a little bit, she definitely hadn't expected that. It was completely out of character for someone to do that to her, but she just assumed that it was because she was helping him out and just let it go. She was doing a lot for people this term and she hoped that she'd get a few favours back, but the chances were slim.
She checked the clock on the wall and saw she was five minutes late, she jogged to the library door and saw the girls waiting there, they looked so odd stood with each other. Hermione stood at the door and gave a cough, for someone to help her with all her books, Lavender volunteered and they all followed Pansy to the room she said she had found.
Harry was already a little suspicious of what Hermione had been doing, he hadn't seen her nearly all day and wanted to know what was going on with pansy and Millicent. They clearly weren't friends, and when he saw Ginny was in on it, and his present girlfriend Lavender he demanded answers.
"What the fuck is going on Ron?" He asked.
Ron gave a shrug and took a sip of water, "Couldn't tell you mate."
"It's your sister, why don't you know?"
"it's your fucking girlfriend, surely you talk!" Ron responded.
"No yet."
"Oh for Merlin's sake, come on." Ron stood up and began to walk in the direction of Hermione and her friends.
"Hermione – What's going on?" Ron asked.
Hermione turned around.
"Um, we're starting a Muggle Studies physical team for Rounder's." Hermione said, the girls looked at each other, but smiled and agreed.
"Can we come?" Harry asked.
"No sorry babe, its girls only." Lavender said.
"Can we not watch?" Ron asked Hermione.
"Sorry, closed practice."
"Fine." Harry and Ron crossed their arms – almost seemed rehearsed.
The girls carried on and as soon as they got round the corner, Harry and Ron stalked them. They were determined to find out what was going on. Pansy said 'buttercup' to a photo who was a little merry for everyone's liking with a glass of wine in her hand she welcomed them in. It lead to a small room divided into two with a few chairs in a circle.
"We need to use the left section, that way we wont get disturbed with the door opening and closing. There's a window into the other room but I don't think anyone can hear anything." Pansy said, she grabbed the first chair.
Ron and Harry dashed back to Harry's dorm and grabbed his invisibility cloak then returned, going into the opposite room and watching what they were doing. Pansy was wrong – you could hear every word.
A.N; End of chapter one.
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