Changes Can Be Made
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Chapter 12: A Not so warm Arithmancy Welcome
Hermione, Lily and Remus made their way to Arithmancy.
"So, what were you and Snape talking about?" asked Remus.
"Yeah… do tell us dear Hermione?" winked Lily.
"Nothing much… really… I told him a little about me… you know… muggle-born and all… and, in return, he told me a bit about himself…" Hermione said carefully.
"And he said?" Lily continued.
"That's between us, and hey do you guys want to study with Sev and I?"
"Sev?" Lily asked shocked.
"Study?" Remus asked shocked more by the word than Hermione's nickname for Severus.
"Yes and… yes," Hermione replied simply.
"That nickname…" Lily said still stunned.
"Yeah, it just slipped and I liked it, he was shocked at first but he's okay with it now," she answered innocently.
"Oh… okay…" Lily trailed off.
"And moving back onto, what study group?" interrupted Remus.
Both girls looked towards Remus finally remembering his presence. They were now on the second floor around the corner of their classroom.
"OH! Right!" Hermione exclaimed not so loudly, "well, I asked Sev if he wanted to study advanced potions with me he said okay… And then I told him that I may invite a couple of friends… specifically you two…"
Their jaws dropped instantly.
"And he said?" Lily asked eagerly.
"He's okay with it."
Lily nodded slowly, "Okay, fine, I'll come study with you and Severus."
"I-if you and Lily are going to study with Severus… then I'll join too…" Remus mumbled.
"YES!" Hermione exclaimed. The whole corridor went silent and looked towards the trio by the corner, "Oops, sorry…"
Lily giggled and Remus blinked blankly at Hermione then smiled.
'She's so funny… and cute!' Remus thought as he gazed at her.
"Yay!" Hermione exclaimed quietly, "Now that that's settled, we should get to class, it's about to start any minute," she said as she started to hurry around the corner.
"Right!" replied Lily and Remus scarily at the same time. The two looked at each other in surprise then looked straight ahead to follow their suddenly enthusiastic friend.
As the three reached the room, everyone else had already seated themselves behind their desks. Hermione, Lily and Remus entered quietly.
"And Where have you three been?" asked a gentle yet stern voice.
Hermione swallowed hard. She had always hated to come late to class. In fact, she hated tardiness. This was the first and, hopefully, last time she would ever in here lifetime be late.
"I got lost, Miss… the staircases changed on me…" Hermione squeaked out, "but luckily Lily and Remus found me."
The teacher smiled, "Oh, it's understandable that you would get lost and I'm pleased that our reliable head girl and Mr Lupin helped a fellow student… Ten points to Gryffindor!"
The three were so relieved when they were let off the hook. Hermione did a quick sweep of the room, swiftly noting the students. There were quite a lot of Ravenclaws, some Hufflepuffs, one or two Slytherin's and finally, a handful of Gryffindor's. She noticed Peter among those Gryffindor's. He was sitting in the corner by himself. Hermione gave a smile and a small wave as she made her way over to him. He smiled back happily.
"Hey Peter," she greeted him happily.
"H-hi Hermione," he stuttered shyly.
"You didn't have to leave us at the front of the class you know," Lily huffed at Hermione.
Hermione gave both her and Remus a cheeky smirk, "And who was it that just saved us from detention?"
"Argh!" Lily snorted, but she soon smiled back at Hermione. The two truly did look like best friends who had known each other for their entire life.
Hermione suddenly remembered Harry, the way he would look at her and Ron, the look of kindness and love for his friends. That look was currently being reflected through his mother's eyes. Tears began to swell up in her eyes, 'oh Harry… Ron… I miss you both…' she wailed inside. She quickly blinked the tears away before anyone could notice.
"Oh and by the way, Miss Grace, I do not tolerate tardiness in my class so do be on time and don't let others be late on your account next time, understand?" the female teacher said rather harshly.
Hermione nodded in response and kept her eyes fixated on the lean, black haired woman.
"Now class, I am Professor Vector and welcome to Arithmancy," the woman announced. "Now, Miss Grace, since you are new I would like to ask, have you studied Arithmancy before?"
"I have had a few light lessons on this subject," answered Hermione. She could feel her usual self adjusting to the class. She felt as if this was another day with Harry and Ron in class. Though she knew, it was not.
"What do you mean, specifically, by 'light lessons'?" asked Professor Vector quizzically.
"Well, my tutor spent a few hours with me teaching me the basics… it wasn't very much though…"
Most of it was true, only the facts that she didn't have a tutor and, for some reason, the lessons of Arithmancy never really sunk into her; which was terribly unusual for Hermione. She actually found the subject to be considerably dull, and Hermione could tell by the way Professor Vector evaluated her from the moment she stepped foot in the door that the lesson this year was not going to be the least bit better. Hermione was sure that she was in for a long Arithmancy year…
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