It had been a week since Hermione started her studies at Hogwarts again, and everything had been going smoothly. She had yet to slip up with Ginny, not giving away any hints of who she really was, which even though was hurting Hermione, knew it was for the best.
"So, Serena, any cute boys in your life I should know about?" she giggled, and Hermione gaped at her.
"No! I wish. I don't think anyone-" she started to say, but Ginny cut her off.
"Shut up, you're gorgeous." she said, rolling her eyes taking a bite of her cereal. Serena smiled.
"Thank you, Ginny." she said. Ginny rolled her eyes again. They finished eating, and left about twenty minutes before Serena had to go and meet Neville for N.E.W.T. level Herbology.
"Oh, Serena, you're just go gorgeous!" said a high shrill voice behind them. Serena and Ginny looked behind them, and saw Pansy laughing and looking at them with sinister eyes.
"Ginny, so are you! I just want you so bad..." said her dog faced friend standing next to her. Pansy, along with some of her friends, laughed.
"Why do you have to be such a bitch, Pansy?" said Ginny, turning around.
"Ginny, stop. Just leave it." said Hermione, grabbing Ginnys' arm.
"How am I being a bitch? I'm just expressing the sexual tension you for each other. There's nothing wrong with being gay, Ginny." said Pansy, the last part practically yelling it out, making everyone around them look. Ginny walked over to Pansy.
"Shut your nasty little face before I shut it for you, Pansy. I don't take shit from idiots like you." she said, her face a few inches from Pansy. Serena stood up, trying to back Ginny away, but before she got to, the dog faced girl grabbed Ginny by the hair and threw her on the floor.
"Filthy blood traitor. Who the hell do you think you are, to talk to her like that? We're so much better than you, you are trash." she said, about to kick Ginny.
Hermione was about to grab the girl and pull her away from Ginny when Pansy grabbed Serena from behind and slapped her in the face.
Hermione felt her blood boil, and before her mind could say not to, she punched Pansy in the face.
"Hey, what the bleeding hell is going on here?" said a man behind them. Hermiones' hands flew up to her mouth, in shock of what she had just done. She turned around and saw Scabior, running alongside a few other men she had never seen before.
Scabior walked passed Hermione and picked Pansy off the floor, her lip bleeding and swollen. She looked at her hand, and her ring was covered in blood. He looked at Hermione, and saw his eyes lighten up in amusment.
"It's alright men, got it from here. Just a few girl in an argument, probably over a boy, it's nothing. Go back to your posts, the bell should be ringing soon." he said to the other men. They all stood there, looking at him as if they were waiting for him to ask someone to help him out with the girls. "Move." he said forcefully, and they all scurried off. "Idiots." he said, grabbing Pansy by one arm, and the other girl by the other, who's two front teeth were growing uncontrollably. He took one look at her and started laughing.
"Huw cin yu laff at mi?" the girl shrieked, barely able to talk.
"Oh relax, you'll be fine, done that a couple of time myself for a laugh. Come on, off to the hospital wing. You two," he said, looking at Hermione and Ginny, "Come along." he said, walking off.
He dropped Pansy and her friend at the Hospital wing, Madam Pomfrey looking annoyed but not asking any questions, and then Scabior walked off with Hermione and Ginny. He stopped by an abandoned hallway.
"I'd say that was brilliant, but if I did, I might lose my job." he said, looking admiringly at Ginny and Hermione.
"Thanks, I guess." said Ginny.
"Better go off to class, before they go and run off to that old hag and snitch." he said. He looked down at Hermione, and then at her hand. He out his hand in his pocket and pulled out a dirty handkerchief. He extended it to Hermione. "Clean off the ring." he said.
"Hey, Serena, I've got to get going to class, I'll see you later. Thank you for not reporting us." she said to Scabior, still a little unsure of him. He nodded, glancing at her for a moment. He reached into his jacket and pulled out a carton of cigarettes and his wand. Hermione looked at him, and shook her head.
"You shouldn't smoke, it's bad for your lungs." she said, handing back his handkerchief.
"A lot of things are bad for you, love. Like, fighting, for example. Gets you all violent and aggressive." he said, mocking her with his cigarette now lit in his mouth.
"Fighting won't kill me." she said, grabbing her bag. She looked up at him as she blew a cloud of smoke in her face. She grabbed his cigarette and threw it on the ground stomping on it.
"Honestly..." she said, turning away. He laughed.
"Told you it gets you violent!" he said, running to catch up to her. He inhaled from a new cigarette.
"Are you always this annoying?" she said, running down the stairs, trying to get from Scabior.
"Are you always this bitter and ungrateful?" he said playfully. She stopped and turned around. "Well, you haven't thanked me for saving your nice little ass, just pointing out here." he said, winking at her, as he leaned against the wall.
"First of all, that is no way to talk to a lady. And second, thank you. Now, go and do your job, you are paid for a reason." she said, turning around, and she didn't hear him follow her.
"Serena, right? What's your last name?" he said behind her. She turned around, and looked at him.
"It's Davis... Why?" she said, getting a bit afraid that he would now go to Umbridge and tell her about what happened. He smiled and let out smoke.
"No reason. Well," he said, bowing to her, "Have a good day, Serena Davis." he said, walking away. She rolled her eyes, and walked off, not being able to get him off of her mind.
Probably because he's such an idiot, honestly... But he is a bit cute...
No! He's an old, gross pervert. Well, he's probably not older than 30...
She groaned internally, and ran off to Herbology to meet Neville.
