INTERLUDE TWO:

Hermione woke up groggy. She sat up and looked around. Realizing she was in the infirmary she swung her feet to the side of the bed, and wandered to the toilet. She went back to her bed when she was finished and found Ginny sitting there.

"Hey Gin."

"Hey, how ya' feeling?"

"perfectly lovely."

"liar"

"Fine, I'm starving, groggy, sore, have a headache, feel like tearing someone's head off, and I just want to go back to my dorm."

"better. So, Here's the work you missed today. What happened anyways?"

"I forgot to eat, and fainted leaving detention."

"Detention? With who?"

"Snape. Oh, and Malfoy I guess. He got detention for his misguided apology attempt."

"You mean the Gryffindor uniform?"

"Yes. I still don't know what got into him."

"I think I do..." Ginny pulled a piece of paper out of her pocket and handed it to Hermione. She unfolded it to reveal the drawing of her that Draco had done.

"Ginny, where did you get this?"

"Your bed. What is a drawing of you, nude, signed by Malfoy, doing under your pillow?"

Hermione sighed. "It's a long story."

"Get to telling it then."

After a long, long story, Ginny just stared at Hermione. "Are you fucking kidding me? You have fallen for the biggest pompous bloody git in the school!" Hermione winced as the girls voice rose on the last words. Madame Pomfrey poked her head out of her office.

"Keep it down ladies! OH, and Hermione, you can go after you take that last Pepper-Up Potion." The woman waved her wand and a glass of potion landed on the bedside table. Hermione picked it up and avoided Ginny's eyes while she drank it. She set the glass down with a grimace.

"Gin... you cannot tell the boys... Not even the twins. I would never hear the end of it. I will tell them when I'm ready."

"Well, at least Ron isn't here... Luckily he should be on tour with the team by the time he gets word."

"And I doubt he'd risk his professional quidditch career to come yell at me."

"Oh, somehow I doubt that. Lets go to the dorms so you can change, then we will head to lunch." Hermione nodded, and the girls linked arms and wandered out of the Hospital wing. As they passed the door, the curtain hiding the next bed cubicle pulled open. Fred and George looked at each other with a grin.

"Looks like we have mischief to cause mate." George smirked as he cast a disillusionment on him self. Fred followed suit with a laugh.

So, we didn't lose power, but it's been freaking cold! Welcome to winters in Washington State. Just a note, if your a Twilight fan... I have family in Forks. Even they say Forks is nothing but a smelly muddy logging town, especially this time of year. Also, to Husky713, the only time i mention a pencil is in the title of the chapter... Harry actually could be using anything to poke Draco... ((OH NAUGHTY CONNOTATIONS)) BTW guys... I desperately need more ideas to get them in trouble...