Chapter Three: Mending Hearts
Draco had been running for what seemed like an eternity, the stairs just kept on coming and going. All he wanted to do was find Hermione, talk to her: what he had expected to be the beginning of a string of good days, turned out to be heart wrenching, he had no idea she had felt that way about the war. Hermione must have lost a lot, do to this unforgiving event.
He had almost reached the Head Room, when he was turning the corner there was something causing him to trip and go flying into the wall. His head was throbbing when he had come to, it must have only been a few seconds because Hermione still had tear marks on her red puffy face; she was looking down at him trying hard not to giggle.
"I'm glad you think this is funny." His voice was grumpy and mean; he had tried to sit up, only to fall back down.
"I, huh, am, huh, so, huh, sorry." There were gaps of breath and laughter as she sputtered out the words.
"Well, apart from the pain in my right temple, I am glad that you have your smile back." She had noticed the flirtation and his trademark smirk, which had caused her to blush.
"Yeah, well with what's goin on and all, smiling just isn't a priority anymore."
"Well it should be, haven't you ever heard that if you smile at someone and then they smile at one person, everyone will be smiling."
"What happened to the good, well bad old Draco I could count on to make me feel worse, and want me to be in a bad mood?" She smiled as she lent down grabbed one of his hands and yanked him off the ground.
"Damn girl, what do you do, lift weights or something?"
"No, I honestly think that it's the books. Kind of funny if you think about it."
"Funny, but not all that surprising. Anyways back to business, I still need to talk to you."
"Oh yeah, it had completely slipped my mind." They walked into the room and sat down by the fireplace before they began.
"Well, to get straight to the point, Dumbledore wants us to plan something for Halloween."
"Like what?'
"Anything I guess, what I was thinking was a dance, though that's what we always do for events."
"We could spice it up a bit."
"How?"
"What about having a live student band for one thing?"
"Ok, what else?"
"Seeing how it's Halloween it could be a costume dance, or a themed one, you know something where people could be free to dress with a bit of spunk and personality."
"But that really isn't all that original."
"Well that is up to the students, depending on how they dress, plus we only have so long and such."
"True, so I think that we should get some people to help, and get their opinions. Oh, what if we somehow made the dance a surprise?"
"Yeah, but what about the costumes? Unless, we had Dumbledore say that we were having a mandatory costume contest, and first prize won something, and then we really could have the contest."
"This is going to be great."
"Now what about the performing band, and they wouldn't want o sing al night?"
"Just leave that all to me."
"It's settled then, just getting people to help it what's left, what about school prefects, you know that way every house is involved? You know what?"
"Huh?"
"Why do you think we were made Head Boy and Girl a year early?"
"I don't know, I've thought about it though, what do you think?"
"No idea, but you know Dumbledore, he always has something up his sleeve."
"Too true, well if that's all, I am going to find Ginny."
"Alright, I'll see you later I guess."
"See you."
And with that Hermione ran out of the room through the portrait hole and down a flight of stairs. Oh damn, where would she be, besides with Harry, shit, I hope they're in Gryffindor Tower, from the she ran straight to the tower.
"Password?" Asked the Fat Lady.
"Umm..."
"It's Lioness Instant Roar." The voice had startled Hermione causing her to jump as she wheeled around to see Neville.
"Thanks." She said as Neville and she passed through the portrait hole.
"Ron where's Ginny?"
"At the Quidditch pitch."
"Why aren't you there too?"
"It was only Harry and Ginny that went down."
"So, that has never stopped you before."
"Oh, well, umm... I am meeting up with someone."
"Who?"
"If you must know it's Pansy." His face had now turned a distinctive shade of pink, in which lead Hermione to believe that Ron really liked her and was over his ex girlfriend from the summer, and she shouldn't push the subject, at least not without Harry and Ginny here.
"Ok, thanks, see you later."
At this point Hermione was dead tired on her feet, from running around all day, she took a quick glance at her watch and realized that they were serving lunch already. So she slowed down her pace a bit on the way down to the Great Hall; when she arrived this morning's events played through her head, so she started pacing back and fourth trying to choose to go in or not go in.
"Are you going to stand here all day Miss. Granger or go and eat something?" It was Professor McGonagall.
"Sorry Professor, I just don't know if I want to go in or not."
"Well why not? Because of this morning, well I think that what you said was quite right, and so did many of the staff and students. I don't think anyone will bother you about it."
"Thank you, you're right, and I am starving." With that they both walked in, and everything was normal, no one gave her any looks or whatever.
"Gin, look I really need to talk to you about JB." Hermione had taken her normal spot next to Harry and across from Ginny.
"Sure, how bout after lunch?"
"Who's JB?" Harry asked curiously, trying not to look jealous.
"No one. Anyway after lunch we can go up to my room, ok Gin? And no Harry you can't come."
"Well it just so happens I didn't want to come, I want to talk to Ron."
"Ok, Hermione, that'll work, Talk to Ron about what?"
"Secret guy stuff."
"Well good luck, he's busy, and I think he might be for a while." Ginny and Harry just looked at her like 'what they hell', so she went on. "He has made himself a new friend, and that is all I can say, because that is all I know."
"Bull, who is Herms?"
"Yeah, I am his sister, is it a girl?"
"When Ron is ready to tell us everything, he will. Now if you don't mind I am going to eat now, because Gin you and me have got a lot to talk about."
"Ok."
"Fine."
They had went on eating and briefly talking about whatever, for about an half hour. Hermione had finished first, because she was very anxous, but the other to had taken a little longer. After they had seen her face, they had decided to hurry; Ron had never showed, and neither did Pansy.
"Is that Neville and Luna snooging?" Ginny couldn't help but stare as she spoke.
"No way hun, you must be, wow!"
"It looks that way, glad to know hearts are being mened everywhere. Gin you ready?"
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"It means that I am asking you if you are ready to leave."
"She meant the thing before that about hearts."
"Oh, you'll see in do time." And with that she grabbed Ginny's arm and dragged her out of the Great Hall.
Ok , what ya think? Right now I am testing something for an up coming chapter.... Oh yeah, school starts in three days, so it may start slowing down for me, but I'll try and upload...
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