Chapter 2
Hermione rolled over onto her side and slowly opened her eyes. She blinked as her eyes adjusted to the light before throwing her covers back and hopping out of bed. She walked to the bathroom and hopped into a hot shower.
After washing her hair and body, Hermione hopped out of the shower. She wrapped a towel around her body and left the bathroom, passing a sleepy eyed Sophie who was heading for the shower. Hermione got dressed into a pair of jeans and a beige turtleneck before performing a few spells to put her hair up and to also add a light dusting of make up to her pretty face.
Hermione then picked up her bag and headed out of the dorm room. Calling out a quick goodbye to Sophie, Hermione headed down to wait for her friends at breakfast.
After putting some toast, bacon and eggs on her plate and some fruit salad and yoghurt in a bowl Hermione started to eat her breakfast. About 10 minutes into breakfast she was joined by Lily and Sophie who looked refreshed. The three girls continued eating and soon McGonagall came down from the Heads Table and gave the girls their timetables.
Hermione looked over at her timetable and smiled.
Monday;
9:00-10:00: Defense Against the Dark Arts (Ravenclaw)
10:15-11:15- Free Period
11:15-11:50- Lunch
12:00-1:00- Potions (Slytherin)
1:15-2:15- Free Period
2:30-3:30- Transfiguration (Ravenclaw)
3:45-4:45- Herbology (Hufflepuff)
5:00-6:00- Ancient Runes (Every house)
6:00-8:00- Dinner
Curfew- 10:30
Tuesday:
9:00-10:00: Potions (Slytherin)
10:15-11:15- Potions (Slytherin)
11:15-11:50- Lunch
12:00-1:00- Free Period
1:15-2:15- (Defense against the Dark Arts (Ravenclaw)
2:30-3:30- Charms (Hufflepuff)
3:45-4:45- Charms (Hufflepuff)
5:00-6:00- Transfiguration (Ravenclaw)
6:00-8:00- Dinner
Curfew- 10:30
Wednesday:
9:00-10:00: Transfiguration (Ravenclaw)
10:15-11:15- Transfiguration (Ravenclaw)
11:15-11:50- Lunch
12:00-1:00- Defense Against the Dark Arts (Ravenclaw)
1:15-2:15- Defense Against the Dark Arts (Ravenclaw)
2:30-3:30- Herbology (Hufflepuff)
3:45-4:45- Ancient Runes (Every house)
5:00-6:00- Potions (Slytherin)
6:00-8:00- Dinner
Curfew- 10:30
Thursday:
9:00-10:00: Free Period
10:15-11:15- Potions (Slytherin)
11:15-11:50- Lunch
12:00-1:00- Potions (Slytherin)
1:15-2:15- Charms (Hufflepuff)
2:30-3:30- Charms (Hufflepuff)
3:45-4:45- Transfiguration (Ravenclaw)
5:00-6:00- Ancient Runes (Every house)
6:00-8:00- Dinner
Curfew- 10:30
Friday:
9:00-10:00: Potions (Slytherin)
10:15-11:15- Herbology (Hufflepuff)
11:15-11:50- Lunch
12:00-1:00- Herbology (Hufflepuff)
1:15-2:15- Ancient Runes (Every house)
2:30-3:30- Charms (Hufflepuff)
3:45-4:45- Charms (Hufflepuff)
5:00-6:00- Defense Against the Dark Arts (Ravenclaw)
6:00-8:00- Dinner
Curfew- 10:30
Hermione folded up her schedule and turned to Professor McGonagall who was walking back to the heads table past them.
"Professor, would you like me to take the schedules for the boys? I'll give it to them when they get up." Hermione said.
"Thank you so much Hermione. I didn't fancy taking it to them myself." McGonagall said to one of her favourite students with a grin. She handed the three boys schedules to her and walked away.
The girls stayed in the Great Hall talking and eating for another 15 minutes before leaving the hall and heading back to the common room. When the girls got there, the boys were still asleep so Hermione decided to go and wake them up.
"Wait here guys." Hermione said.
"Hermione, you can't go up there. We aren't allowed." Lily admonished, going into Head Girl mode.
"Lils, can you and Soph go and wake James up please." Hermione said, ignoring Lily's tone.
Sophie grabbed Lily's arm and dragged her out of the common room. Hermione smiled before heading up to the boy's dorm. There were only 3 guys but the room was still extremely filthy. Hermione carefully opened the door and crept inside.
The empty bed belonged to the Marauders friend, Frank Longbottom. He was dating the girl's other friend Alice Jones and he had been since fifth year. The next bed she looked at was Remus'. He was awake and sitting on top of his covers. He smiled at her when she walked in and pointed to Sirius' bed.
"He's still asleep. I'll meet you down in the common room." Remus said before leaving the dorm.
Hermione turned to Sirius' bed and smiled. His hair was mused and a couple of strands were falling across his eyes.
He looks so sweet. I want to kiss him and never let him go. Why the hell am I thinking like this? Sirius is my best friend. Hermione thought.
She shook her head of the thoughts before taking a slight run up and jumping on top of Sirius.
"Ugh!" Sirius shouted when he felt Hermione's weight settle on his stomach.
"Wake up sleepy head." Hermione said, grinning from her perch atop Sirius.
"Can you get off me?" Sirius groaned from under Hermione. He didn't really mind that he had this beautiful girl on top of he, he just wanted her to get off.
"No." Hermione said with a grin.
"Fine then" was all Sirius said before grabbing Hermione by her waist, pulling her under him and tickling her mercilessly.
"Do you give?" Sirius asked as he continued his torture.
"Ok ok I give. I give!" Hermione shouted through her laughter.
Sirius stopped his torture and leaned back on his haunches staring at the girl underneath him. She was breathing heavily, her hair was in disarray and her face was red. There were tears of laughter running from her eyes so Sirius wiped them away with his thumbs.
Hermione's hand came up and brushed the strands of hair away from his eyes. Her hand then involuntarily rested on his cheek. Sirius moved his face to rest in her palm before kissing her palm.
Sirius felt himself lean down and Hermione licked her lips in anticipation. Their lips were about to touch when they heard James scream out "Padfoot, Whisper. Hurry up!"
Sirius started to curse under his breath and Hermione took his lapse in concentration to slide out from under Sirius and ran out of the room.
Sirius moaned and got off his bed. He went to the bathroom, had a quick shower and got dressed before heading downstairs to his friends. When he got there, Hermione was sitting on a lounge with Sophie and Lily, Prongs was trying to get Lily to talk to him and Remus was just laughing at his friend's antics.
Sirius walked down the stairs and sat on the seat opposite Hermione. She smiled at him and continued her conversation with Sophie.
"Oh boys, I got your schedules for you. Here." Hermione said pulling the schedules out of her bag and handing them to each of the boys.
The boys looked at their timetables and groaned.
"Why do we always potions with the Slytherins? Why?" Sirius said.
"Because, Dumbledore wants to punish us for all our pranks." James said.
"James, I think you're overreacting a little bit." Hermione said.
"Never! He is trying to punish us in our final year and I am standing by that." James said pouting.
The girls and Remus shook their heads before the boys put their schedules away.
"So guys, what's on the agenda for today?" James asked.
"Well, I was gunna head to the library and check the info I had written in my Potions essay that was set for the holidays." Lily said.
The Marauders and Sophie all groaned and Hermione said "Lily, we all know everything you wrote will be fine. It's the first day back of our last year. Have a break."
"But Hermione…" Lily started. Hermione held her hand up and said "I know for a fact that your essay is fine because we wrote ours together before we both went away."
Lily stuck her tongue out at Hermione and Hermione responded by sticking her own out.
"Very mature ladies, very mature." Sophie said. The reply she got was two pink tongues poking out at her.
Lily and Sophie decided to head to the Library and do some reading. They asked Hermione to come but Hermione declined saying that she wanted to go for a walk on the grounds. The boys decided to join her and the two groups agreed to meet up at lunch. About 10 minutes into the walk, Hermione wrapped an arm around James' waist and leant into him. "Fair Lady Whisper, what have I, a humble peasant done to deserve the honor of having your body resting on my own?" James said with a grin before wrapping his arm around her shoulders to pull her closer to his body. Sirius glared at him but kept his mouth shut.
Hermione giggled and said "Peasant Prongs, you have done nothing. I wish to tell you of an incident that occurred on the train yesterday. I may be in need of some protection."
The boys eyes hardened and smiles dropped when they heard that their girl may need protection from someone. Remus wrapped his arm around her other shoulder and Sirius stopped in front of her and lifting her chin to gaze in her eyes, bringing the four of them to a full halt.
"What happened on the train Whisper?" Remus asked looking down at the girl that he was his little sister in all but blood.
"Malfoy came to our compartment, insulted me and then I slammed the compartment door in his face. It's probably nothing but he was muttering something under his breath." Mya said.
"Did you hear anything that he said Whisper?" James asked. He noticed that Sirius' free hand was shaking with anger and Remus' flashed gold dangerously.
Hermione shook her head and said "It was probably nothing anyway. He was probably just calling me what he usually does when he sees me without you guys."
"What does he call you?" Sirius asked trying to control his temper. If Hermione was being called the word he was thinking, there would be serious consequences.
Hermione mumbled something under her breath that Sirius couldn't pick up, even with his canine hearing. Moony however did hear it.
"How dare he? I'm gunna go rip him limb from limb." Remus said. He dropped his arm from around Hermione and started back towards the castle. Hermione ran after him and pounced on his back.
"Moony, its ok. You can get him next time." Hermione whispered into his ear.
Remus calmed down a little bit however his eyes still flashed dangerously every so often. He grabbed onto Hermione's legs giving her a piggy-back ride and turned around. When he was back with James and Sirius he put her down and Hermione hugged him.
"Mya, what did he call you?" Sirius asked again, already knowing the answer.
"Mudblood." Hermione whispered.
Sirius started to see red as did James. Sirius was shaking even more now and James started to crack his knuckles.
"Boys, calm down. Please. I'm ok." Hermione tried to reason. When the boys didn't listen she grabbed the three of them around the necks and hugged them tightly to her. They wrapped their arms around her and took some deep, calming breaths.
"Are we ok now?" Hermione asked as the four friends broke apart.
The boys nodded and they all continued to walk, none of them bringing up the previous subject of Malfoy. Hermione could tell that the boys were planning something but she didn't want to interfere.
Hermione started to get tired halfway through their walk so she ran up and pounced on Sirius' back. He wrapped his arms around her long legs, adjusted her on his back and kept walking, talking to James. Hermione wrapped her arms around Sirius neck and turned to Remus to talk.
"So Moony, when are you gunna grow some balls and ask Soph out?" Hermione asked innocently.
Remus started to choke on air and the other three Marauders began to laugh.
"I don't know what you mean Hermione. Sophie is just a friend." Remus stuttered out.
The other three Marauders started laughing and James said "Moony, any man and his dog can tell you love her. Pads and I figured it out. We can be considered any man and his mangy, flea-bitten dog."
"Hey!" Sirius said, trying to defend his dignity.
"Fine, I like her but-"Remus started.
"Moony, if you start with this 'I am a werewolf so it would never work' crap, I'm gunna rip your head off and shove it up your arse." James said. Sirius and Hermione nodded in agreement and the werewolf knew he had lost the battle.
"Rem, I know that Sophie likes you. When the next Hogsmeade trip is scheduled, ask her to go. If she makes a comment about going in a group say that you would like some time away from the group with her. Just be your usual charming, wonderful, sensitive sort and you'll get her." Hermione said.
Remus smiled and the group decided to head back inside and play some Wizards Chess.
When they got to the common room they noticed that Lily and Sophie were sitting by the fire talking. They looked up when the Marauders entered and smiled.
"Hey. How was your walk?" Lily asked the Marauders.
"Good." Hermione replied, advising the others to keep their mouths shut.
"Did you guys see the notice for the Hogsmeade trip next weekend?" Sophie asked.
The Marauders all looked at Remus and Hermione said "Hey Sophie, Remus has something he wants to ask you. Lils can you come with me upstairs for a minute?"
A confused Lily nodded followed a smiling Hermione up the stairs. James and Sirius headed up to the Boy's dorms, leaving Remus and Sophie to talk.
"So what did you want to ask me Rem?" Sophie asked, a slight blush gracing her cheeks.
"Umm, I… um… would you… um." Remus stuttered out. After taking a deep breath to calm himself down, he looked Sophie in the eye and said "Would you like to come to Hogsmeade with me. As a date?"
Sophie looked shocked and Remus' heart fell. "You don't have to if you don't want to." He said dejectedly.
"No Remus, you just surprised me a little. I would love to go to Hogsmeade with you nest week as a date." Sophie said before she ran up and hugged him. He hugged her back and they pulled apart when they heard clapping.
They turned and saw their friends clapping and cheering for them. Lily and Hermione raced over to Sophie and hugged her whilst James and Sirius walked over to Remus and patted him on the back. Hermione hugged Remus and whispered "Told ya."
Remus whispered to his friend "Now all we need is for James and Lily to hook up and you and Pads and we're sweet" before walking away leaving a very confused Hermione standing in his wake.
"Huh? Sirius and me?" Hermione whispered.