Chapter Seven: Realization

After Hermione made it on to the Quidditch team, there wasn't anything new for her. Life was stable and she liked it. She was doing well in school and time passed by fairly quick. Before she knew it, Winter Break was only two weeks away.

Hermione and Blaise got along quite well. If it wasn't for the fact that Hermione was very slow when it comes to love, she would have already discovered that she had a tiny tiny crush on him. However she simply believed that she liked him quite much as only a friend.

On this specific Saturday, Hermione woke up bright and early.

"Good, still 1 whole hour before I have to meet Ginny at the Great Hall." She thought to herself while rubbing her eyes and sitting up from bed.

Since they were now allowed to go to Hogsmeade whenever they liked, Ginny decided to go do some serious shopping on that day, and of course, had to drag Hermione along.

Hermione lazily got up. After a shower, she decided to curl her hair slightly for a change. She applied some light makeup and chose out a pair of jeans and a small jacket. She then began walking down to the Great Hall.

On her way, Hermione saw a few girls giggling at the corner of the hall.

"He's so cute!"

"…and has such a hot body…"

"any girlfriends?..."

Hermione glanced that direction for a few seconds and saw that they were holding up a picture of Blaise. She looked at them for a while and continued walking, laughing to herself a little.

Blaise? Cute? That guy isn't cute. Pshh...

Hermione thought while Blaise's image flashed through her mind.

Hermione saw Ginny waiting at the door and as soon as they greeted each other, Hermione asked Ginny,

"Hey Gin? Do you think Blaise is cute?"

Ginny abruptly looked up. She looked at Hermione for a while as if trying to decipher while she was joking or not. After a few seconds, she busted out laughing.

"Are you kidding?"

Hermione sighed with relief, so I'm the only one that DOESN'T think he's absolutely gorgeous. And as if reading her mind, Ginny half-shouted,

"He is so amazingly gorgeous!"

Hermione's eyes shot up.

"WHAT?"

" He is probably the cutest guy in our year..no, the whole school! Well maybe except for Malfoy and Harry."

Hermione stared at Ginny, horrified. It was as if she saw a new side of Ginny she has never seen before.

"Gin…are you out of your mind?"

"C'mon Hermione, everyone thinks so. Hello?! His amazing jawline and that hair?" As she was speaking, Ginny grabbed Lavender who was standing somewhat near her.

"Lavender, rate Blaise Zabini from 1-10, 10 being the best"

Lavender didn't seem to even think about and said, "ten…no..twelve!" She smiled and walked away.

Hermione just stood, never realizing how popular the person she was sharing dorm with is.

While she was deep in her thoughts, Franner Geldman walked up to them coolly.

Franner and Ginny had started going out about 2 month ago and Ginny was crazy about this guy while Hermione always found him to be a little bit of a jerk.

"Uh, hey baby, can I talk to you for a sec?" Hermione heard Franner say.

Ginny's face lit up.

"Sorry Herms, this should only take a sec, I promise."

She saw the lovebirds walk of to a little corner.

Ginny's smile was so wide, Hermione wonder how much she loved Franner. She also wondered what it would be like to fall so deeply in love. She stared at the two of them.

Suddenly, she saw Ginny's smile fade. Then the rest happened so quickly. Franner walked away and Ginny began to tear.

Hermione ran over.

"Gin! What happened?"

"Franner just… he just…broke up with me." Ginny said as a tear drop fell onto Hermione's arm.