So this chapter was written in a Target parking lot, with the exception of the first couple of sentences.
The weekend came swiftly for Hermione. She talked to Lance during classes but they hadn't hung out again just yet. She was happy about that though. She wanted things to go slow. After all she just met this guy.
She smiled at her reflection in the mirror. She was wearing a dark aqua old navy t-shirt, that hugged her every curve and a plain pair of dark wash boot cut jeans. She had slipped on a pair of strappy black wedges that took they outfit from casual to dressy casual. Her hair feel in beachy waves and she had two small strands of hair that were braided, crossed, and pinned back to keep hair from her face. She thought she looked just good enough for her father.
It hadn't started to get very cold out yet. She was glad she didn't have to worry about a jacket or wearing boots. When she left her room she saw Draco, Blaise, Lance, and Theo sitting on the couch eating breakfast. Blaise, Theo, and Lance looked like they had just seen a ghost. Draco seemed to just give her a couple of glances and went back to his breakfast.
"What are you all starring at?" She was kind of confused. These were people that hated her. Did she have something on her face?
"Mia you look awesome." Lance was the first to say something. His reaction made her smile. She had to admit that she had been covering up for a long time. Spending so much time with Harry and Ron made Hermione miss out on the girlly part of being well a girl. She never had gone shopping for form fitting clothes before. That of coursed changed this past summer when her family took a trip to America to see her uncle and his family. He had a daughter that was Hermione's age and she was outraged when she saw Hermione's clothes. She took her shopping most of the time they were there. Florida had a lot of malls. Hermione felt like she was getting a tour of malls on her vacation instead of the tour of theme parks they planned on.
"Thank you Lance. I'm meeting with my dad today. You guys going to Hogsmeade?" She directed the question mostly to Lance seeing as he was the only one to talk to her so far.
"No actually we aren't." Blaise managed to say as Theo tried to stop salivating.
"Oh well then I guess you'll probably be here when I get back. See you then." She walked straight out of the common room and liked the reaction she was getting from them. She had never been starred at by so many boys at once. Guys noticed her, but never stopped dead in their tracks for her.
Draco's POV
Hermione left and suddenly she was all his friends were talking about.
"I've never seen Hermione look like that. She looked to die for." Theo seemed to finally pipe up.
"I know, I mean I know I've had fantasies of her but I never thought her body was exactly as I imagined it." Blaise had never admitted his dreams of Hermione, but he knew he was going to have to do something with someone tonight. Seeing her in form fitting clothes made him think of her in a short school girl skirt, sexy bra, and her punishing him to no end.
"Ew you've had fantasies of her?" Draco was discussed by his friends. It was like they had never seen a hot girl before.
"Draco have you looked at her lately? Did you even look at her today? Hermione is the perfect catch. She's smart, you can hold a conversation with her about more than just lip gloss, she's a pureblood, and she's grown into that body so well. I'm so glad I was nice to her on the train."
"Why?" Blaise was confused why he would be so glad to be the first to be nice to her.
"Because now I'm way ahead of you blokes to date her." He chuckled.
Hermione's POV
On the way to Hogsmeade, Hermione had gotten stares from more guys, including Ron and Harry. She wished more than anything that she could walk with them to Hogsmeade.
Her father was sitting at a table in the middle of the Three Broomsticks. She walked over and sat down with him. "Hello Mia." He gave her a smile when she sat in front of him.
"Hello."
"So how's your final year going?"
"It's ok, I miss my old friends."
"Oh Mia, I'm sure you've found many other friends in Slytherin though."
"Not really, about the only person who has really talked to me is Lance Avery. He's actually very nice."
"Well I'm sure the others will come around. Why didn't you bring Lance with you?"
"Well he's having a guy's day with Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zambini, and Theodore Nott. Actually they were in the Head's Common Room eating breakfast, when I left."
"Oh well that's nice. You should try to talk to them. They may be a little intimidated by you."
"Yeah that's it." She mumbled under her breath. He was blind if he couldn't see that the other Slytherins hated her because she was Hermione Granger. They probably thought she was some sort of spy for Harry or the Order. Thankfully the waitress came before he could say anything. They ordered and Antonin seemed to get a sour look on his face.
"Mia sweetie, I'm sorry that I injured you two years ago. If I would have known you were my daughter, I wouldn't have. In fact if I knew you were my daughter, you wouldn't have even been there. You would have been raised properly and would have been in Slytherin this whole time. Honey I want to make it up to you. I want to give you everything and anything you want. I also would like it if you and your mother came to stay with me over Winter Break."
"What about my dad? We can't just leave him at home. I will agree to stay with you part of Winter Break but I want to spend Christmas with mom and dad. Muggle or not he's still my dad."
"Fine." It was very apparent on his face that he was displeased with that decision.
"And I'm taking off a couple of days in November to visit my cousin in Florida. We are going Black Friday shopping."
"What is Black Friday?" He was very confused; he figured it was a muggle thing.
"It's the day after Thanksgiving, which is an American Holiday, where stores have crazy sales. I quite enjoy shopping with her and to get stuff on a really big sale is very fun."
"Mia you know money isn't an object. You can buy anything you want whenever you want, sale or not."
"Yes well I was not raised that way. I don't mind spending money, but I don't like spending a ton of money on things. Clothes should always be at reasonable prices and a lot of times they aren't. Hence the sales, Jennifer even got a pair of Christian Louboutins for $50 one year. We're going to have a contest on who can find the best sale. I was going to offer for Ginny Weasley to come with me, but I know you wouldn't approve of her."
"You would be right by that. What about Pansy? She's a girl and probably would like to shop." Her father had to be kidding.
"I'm sorry but Pansy and I have never gotten along and probably never will."
"Oh never say never Mia." He gave her a reassuring smile. "I will allow you to take as much money as you want from my vault, only if you take someone from Slytherin with you." He was driving a very hard bargain.
"I'll have to get back to you on that one. I'm not sure if my mom has told them everything and I can't go bringing a friend and tons of money if they don't know about you. They know I'm a witch but I doubt they know mom is."
"I'll even pay for your stay in a nice hotel, all nice restaurants, and a car service."
"Jenny can drive and she has her own SUV."
"Well then those are the conditions. You take a girl from Slytherin and I pay for everything. I'll even set up a Muggle credit account so you don't have to worry about carrying around money."
"I'll see if I can work with those terms." This lunch was turning into more of a business deal than a lunch with her father.
"Well you can owl me when you decide. Now I regretfully have to go. I will pay the bill and you can get back to school. I'm sure you have homework to do. I've been informed that you do a lot of homework, by your own free will. I like that; it shows me you will go above and beyond to do something you want to. Good bye Mia." He threw money down on the table, kissed her on the cheek and left.
She figured that was her cue to go. She saw Harry and Ron in the corner, but also saw Slytherin girls a couple of tables away from them. She figured they were reporting to their fathers what she was doing, who in turn probably reported to her father. She gave her old friends a small smile before heading back to the school.
Ok I lied. The next chapter will skip a month. This one is already like 1,500 words. I try not to make my chapters too long because I know it's a pain to ready long chapters, especially because you guys usually aren't waiting that long for an update I think the longest you've had to wait is 5 days. Which is good for most Authors. I hate when authors do short chapters and then don't update for weeks because by then you've probably read like 10 other stories and forgot what the story is even about.
Remember to review and chapter 8 is waiting on a message back from someone because I want to use an idea from another author and I can't if she says no. I want to write but I don't want to write a whole chapter and then have to rewrite it because she's not ok with me using her idea.
