When I got up to the common room, Ginny was practically having a heart attack.
"Where were you! Ron and Luna are on a DATE!" Her eyes bugging out of her head, she pulled me into the dormitories.
"What happened?"
"Ok, Ron and Luna were sitting on the couch and talking right? So i started talking to them too, and they have so much in common. I couldn't stand it they
were so cute together. So I took Ron aside and told him to ask Luna out. Turns out he's had a crush on her for the past week."
"What did Luna say?"
"She didn't seem surprised, ironically, surprising me. She just agreed, and off they went."
"Wow. Guess we don't need the notes anymore right?" I smiled.
We continued chatting for awhile and the next day, I woke up feeling great. That wasn't a feeling that lasted long.
I had forgotten to get rid of the letters.
The day had started out as normal, and when I got up, I got ready and rushed out the door up to the great hall.
Meanwhile, Luna had just found the letters. She actually wasn't upset, and brought them out into the common room. Quietly reading them, in a chair near the
fireplace, she smiled to herself.
(LUNA POV!)
These letters are really cheesy. What was Hermione thinking? I chuckled to myself, and shoved them into my bag, getting ready to go up to the great hall
for breakfast. I decided not to say anything, because after all, no harm had been done. I put on my favorite pair of radish earrings to ward off twindle-doos,
and slipped on one of my new robes, to head off down to the hall for some breakfast.
Wandering down the hall, my bag spilled over, and I waved my wand, piling everything back in. I was glad to know the spell, seeing as Ron was also quite
clumsy. I guess I haven't perfected it yet, because I hadn't managed to get everything.
(BACK TO HERMIONE POV)
Chowing down on some biscuits, with a glass of orange juice and some eggs and bacon next to me, I wondered where Draco could be. I was feeling rather
embarrassed about what I had done last night. He probably doesn't even like me. He was probably just being friendly, I told myself. I tried to push those
thoughts away, forcing myself to think of homework problems.
As I was finishing up a particularly easy problem, I heard Ron yelling something in the distance. Looking up, I saw that he was yelling at Ginny. Panic rose in my
chest, as I immediately thought of the love letters we had written. My heart beating in my chest, I slowly rose from the table and headed over to where they stood
each yelling.
"What's going on Ginny?" I asked hesitantly.
She turned towards me, eyes wide, and said "Ron found the letters."
By then, Ron's face was beet red. I attempted to explain to him, "Ron, listen, we never sent the letters, no harm was-"
"No harm! For all I know I could be under a love potion right now!"He glared at Ginny.
"Ron, calm down. You're not under a love potion." Ginny replied, obviously trying to keep calm.
"Listen Ron, I swear we didn't plan to send the letters. It was just a stupid little plan we made up in case you didn't ask Luna out."
"What are you talking about?" He looked at me dazedly. Glad that he was too confused to be angry, I continued to explain.
"Luna had a crush on you, and we thought you too would be cute together, that's all."
"What! Y-you guys knew Luna liked me, and didn't decide to tell me until AFTER we start dating?!"
"Don't blame this on us, me and Hermione were just trying to be good friends." Ginny answered.
Realizing no harm had been done, his face began to cool down. "So how long did you guys know Luna liked me?"
"Hmm. About a week?"
"Oh. Well." He gave up a goofy sort of smile. "Does Luna know about this?"
"That we set you two up? I'm not really sure. At least, I don't think so."
"Ok. Thanks Ginny. -He paused- AND Hermione." He smiled.
I gave him a quick hug, feeling a lot better. A couple seconds later, Ron and Luna were eating breakfast together down the table. I gathered all of my books,
feeling pleased with what Ii had done. Now if I could just find Malfoy. I was thinking that I could get him to help with the next club meeting thingy. This was
a real chance to promote inter-house unity, and I was not about to miss out on it.
Walking up and down corridors where I thought Malfoy would most likely be, I thought about all that had happened that week. First, me and Malfoy had actually
gained some sort of friendship. I blushed a little at the thought of him pecking me on the cheek. Also, me and Ginny had formed that little club. The first
meeting had, of course, been fantastic. Go inter-house unity. Ron and Luna are going out now. What a week. Things were looking up, I could barely believe
I had been sitting all alone, with nothing to think about but homework. Malfoy had changed all that, and not in a bad or good way. Just strange, for now. But
that doesn't mean I wanted it to stop.
Turning into a corridor that was just behind the hall, I quickened my pace. This hall was the top make out point for Hogwarts students. Its perfect for privacy
seeing as its oddly secluded from the other halls. You would think the Hogwarts founders wanted this to be the make out spot.
The warning bell rang, and I gave up on the Malfoy search. Running up to my first class, I spotted Malfoy come out of a closet, looking quite disheveled.
"Malfoy?"
"Oh. Um... Hi Granger. Should-shouldn't you be in class."
"I could say the same about you. What are you doing?"
At that moment, Pansy came out after him. She wasn't disheveled looking like Malfoy, but her face was slightly red. I looked from her to Malfoy, then back again.
Time had seemed to slow down completely.
"Hermione its not what it looks like. I swear."
Pansy looked like she was about to strangle me. "Shut up Malfoy!" She stalked off.
"Malfoy?" I felt like running away, fast as I could, but I knew that doing that would just make it worse.
"Granger, it-um." He looked like crying. Exactly how I felt.
He ran his hands through his hair, and did a kind of pace in the middle of the hallway.
"Malfoy, let's just not talk about it ok. I know you guys were kissing in there. You don't need to explain." I kept my face blank, and took a breath to stop myself
from crying.
He just looked at me, and I started to run off, thinking it was all done and over with. It was only just beginning.
