Chapter 9
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, songs etc. except for the plot line. Uncle Snape was an idea borrowed from Slytherin Girl and I have permission to use it.
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Hermione walked into one of the little take places in Diagon Ally. She didn't know what she wanted but what she found certainly wasn't it.
She went up to the counter, ordered and paid. They told her that it would be a few minutes and that she could just sit and wait at one of the tables. She turned around and ran straight into someone.
"Oh, I'm." she trailed off when she looked up and saw it was Harry. "Oh, well sorry"
She turned to sit and wait, but for the second time that day felt herself stopped.
"Wait, Hermione" Harry saw the look in her eyes and immediately let go of her arm. Ginny had told he and Ron about how much Hermione had changed over the years but he certainly wasn't prepared for what he saw. Because what he saw was a cold demeanour, icy expressionless face and steady, controlled movements. In other words, what he saw was what he had always imagined the female version of Malfoy.
"No Potter, I don't have to wait for you or anyone else" icy calmness radiating off her but her eyes told him that if he knew what was good for him he would leave her alone.
Harry took a deep breath and reached to stop her again. He had never backed down to Malfoy and there was no way in hell that he was going to back down to Hermione. She wasn't his best friend anymore, so he had no reason to be nice to her but in essence, he had no real reason to want to stop her and try to talk to her now.
"Hermione, come on. Please just talk to me for two minutes. If you still feel like you never want to talk to me again than fine. But please, two minutes of your time is all I ask" he pleaded with her.
Hermione stood there for a few minutes thinking. The air that she breathed in seemed to be creating ice crystals down her throat, melting as she exhaled. Her heart seemed to be hardening again and she honestly didn't think it could harden much more now. Finally, letting out a finally breath, she answered "Fine Potter. But you have two minutes and that's all. But you, Patil and the Weasley's can never, and I mean never, bother me again."
"That's fair Hermione. Now please, don't interrupt me" he paused as Hermione nodded. "Please, Ginny feels awful. She didn't know that it would hurt you that bad. I know that sounds stupid but its true. Padma feels bad too. Almost every time we see them they're crying now.
"And Ron and I haven't talked to you since seventh year. You refused and I still don't know what we did. Now, I would ask someone else, but you and Malfoy were the only ones that seem to know that story in whole. Hermione, we miss you so much. Please, just give us another chance, please" Harry stopped and studied the expression on her face, or lack of expression as the case may be.
Hermione turned over everything that he had just said. She longed for a friend, but after what had happened last time she honestly didn't think that she could trust them. And she wasn't going to take the chance.
Just as she went to answer, Draco, Blaise and Justin came around the corner. "Don't!" was the first thing heard.
Harry whirled around at the voice and got a disgusted look on his face when he saw who it was. He then turned around to look at Hermione again, to see her reaction. He knew what had happened back in seventh year (or at least on Grad night) and his eyes wandered to her neck to see that she wore that chain and ring that both Ginny and Padma wore. Then he looked at her face and saw the first bit of expression that had passed over it ever since he had stopped her.
Draco immediately wished he had just bit his tongue. This could get him and lots of other people into A LOT of trouble. But it was out there was nothing that he could do about it now, so he just continued.
"Look Mia."
"DON'T call me that. You lost the privilege a long time ago" Hermione snapped.
"Fine. Hermione, I know that I have no right whatsoever to say this but I'm going to. Don't trust him, and I know that you don't trust me, but you have to on this. You don't have the support to get over them again and you know. Look at how you dealt with it the first time. And look at how you're dealing with the loss of the other two. Please, for your sake just don't so it"
"He's right Hermione" Blaise cut in. "Don't take him or any of the others back. They hurt you too much without any reason. They had no reason to do what what they did to you. And if Ginny and Padma deny knowing what happened back then, well that shows that at least they're a bit loyal to you and to us still"
"Hermione, come on. Trust us this one last time. We had a reason to hurt you the way we did, though I know that we had the option of talking to you guys about it. After today, you'll probably never say more than towards to any of us again. But please, don't ruin your life by going back to them"
"Hermione just please trust us like you used too. Think of what the ring stands for. The one that the six of us still wear. Even if we're split up, we still have to fall back on what it symbolizes every once and awhile. This is one of those times" Draco finished off
The four boys had they're eyes on Hermione. Draco knew instantly the look that was flashing in her eyes. It was one thing that she had never learned to hide. It was a mix of fear, confusion and angry and most of all pain. It was the look she used to get before she lashed out. 'Please don't let her do that' Draco prayed to anyone listening.
Hermione was feeling these emotions and so many more. She saw hope on all they're faces but she no longer knew who she should trust. Was it worth the risk of getting hurt again to trust Harry again or should she trust the ring she wore around her neck, the beating heart in her chest and the other three boys standing in front of her that she still loved.
"S'cuse me, ma'am, your meals ready" the guy at the counter said. Hermione turned to the counter and grabbed her bag, then turned back to the boys.
She took a deep breath before speaking. "You know what, I can honestly say that I was in a semi-happy mood when I came in here. Now, not so much. You know what Potter, you can go back to your friends and tell them that it failed and that they are never to bother me again. Tell them I said good- bye and that they should think of the consequences of their actions next time. That's for you too. Also, never, and I mean ever, touch me again. You are to never touch me or come within ten feet of me again. You had a chance, until you said that you didn't know what you did. Like hell you don't, but I'm not going to waste any energy trying to explain it to your slow little mind.
"And you guys," she said focusing her attention on the other three, " I have to say thanks for the help but I didn't need it. And you were right, I don't have any reason to trust you and guys did have options to choose from. Too bad you choose the wrong one. I really did love you all at one point and I still think that I do in some way but the one that should ever speak to me again is Malfoy, and that is only on a professional bases. You guys are risking more than just your own asses here by even talking to me and I don't really feel like dying. At least not yet." She headed to the door and walked out.
She left the four absolutely stunned. They hadn't seen any of that coming. The first to speak was Blaise. "Geez, man, I never realized just how much she was like you Malfoy. I mean sure in seventh year but I watched that evolve so I never noticed that it had gotten quite this far. But, you know what? I think she has the expressionless face and eyes down better then you do"
Justin let a low whistle and looked up to see Draco reaction. But what he saw wasn't expected. He saw many different expressions covering Draco's face. They sure weren't things that were usual for a Malfoy.
"Hey, Malfoy, are you okay?" Justin asked, his row wrinkled slightly in worry.
"Huh. . . Oh, yeah, yeah I'm fine" He turned to Harry and said one last thing to him, "You ever go near her again, I swear on the ring that holds my past, present and future, I WILL kill you." He then apparated from the spot a faint pop filling the air.
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IM SOO SORRY!! I got a new computer that doesn't have word is has same other gay thing so I have to go through hooking up the other one to post. Chapter's 8 and 9 have yet to be approved but I just thought I would upload them to give you all something. If they change I'll let you know.
Also I'm willing to send emails for updates and theres another site that I'm posting on and though it doesn't have everything for this story yet it will soon. The address is -- -- if you want to get quicker updates then this.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, songs etc. except for the plot line. Uncle Snape was an idea borrowed from Slytherin Girl and I have permission to use it.
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Hermione walked into one of the little take places in Diagon Ally. She didn't know what she wanted but what she found certainly wasn't it.
She went up to the counter, ordered and paid. They told her that it would be a few minutes and that she could just sit and wait at one of the tables. She turned around and ran straight into someone.
"Oh, I'm." she trailed off when she looked up and saw it was Harry. "Oh, well sorry"
She turned to sit and wait, but for the second time that day felt herself stopped.
"Wait, Hermione" Harry saw the look in her eyes and immediately let go of her arm. Ginny had told he and Ron about how much Hermione had changed over the years but he certainly wasn't prepared for what he saw. Because what he saw was a cold demeanour, icy expressionless face and steady, controlled movements. In other words, what he saw was what he had always imagined the female version of Malfoy.
"No Potter, I don't have to wait for you or anyone else" icy calmness radiating off her but her eyes told him that if he knew what was good for him he would leave her alone.
Harry took a deep breath and reached to stop her again. He had never backed down to Malfoy and there was no way in hell that he was going to back down to Hermione. She wasn't his best friend anymore, so he had no reason to be nice to her but in essence, he had no real reason to want to stop her and try to talk to her now.
"Hermione, come on. Please just talk to me for two minutes. If you still feel like you never want to talk to me again than fine. But please, two minutes of your time is all I ask" he pleaded with her.
Hermione stood there for a few minutes thinking. The air that she breathed in seemed to be creating ice crystals down her throat, melting as she exhaled. Her heart seemed to be hardening again and she honestly didn't think it could harden much more now. Finally, letting out a finally breath, she answered "Fine Potter. But you have two minutes and that's all. But you, Patil and the Weasley's can never, and I mean never, bother me again."
"That's fair Hermione. Now please, don't interrupt me" he paused as Hermione nodded. "Please, Ginny feels awful. She didn't know that it would hurt you that bad. I know that sounds stupid but its true. Padma feels bad too. Almost every time we see them they're crying now.
"And Ron and I haven't talked to you since seventh year. You refused and I still don't know what we did. Now, I would ask someone else, but you and Malfoy were the only ones that seem to know that story in whole. Hermione, we miss you so much. Please, just give us another chance, please" Harry stopped and studied the expression on her face, or lack of expression as the case may be.
Hermione turned over everything that he had just said. She longed for a friend, but after what had happened last time she honestly didn't think that she could trust them. And she wasn't going to take the chance.
Just as she went to answer, Draco, Blaise and Justin came around the corner. "Don't!" was the first thing heard.
Harry whirled around at the voice and got a disgusted look on his face when he saw who it was. He then turned around to look at Hermione again, to see her reaction. He knew what had happened back in seventh year (or at least on Grad night) and his eyes wandered to her neck to see that she wore that chain and ring that both Ginny and Padma wore. Then he looked at her face and saw the first bit of expression that had passed over it ever since he had stopped her.
Draco immediately wished he had just bit his tongue. This could get him and lots of other people into A LOT of trouble. But it was out there was nothing that he could do about it now, so he just continued.
"Look Mia."
"DON'T call me that. You lost the privilege a long time ago" Hermione snapped.
"Fine. Hermione, I know that I have no right whatsoever to say this but I'm going to. Don't trust him, and I know that you don't trust me, but you have to on this. You don't have the support to get over them again and you know. Look at how you dealt with it the first time. And look at how you're dealing with the loss of the other two. Please, for your sake just don't so it"
"He's right Hermione" Blaise cut in. "Don't take him or any of the others back. They hurt you too much without any reason. They had no reason to do what what they did to you. And if Ginny and Padma deny knowing what happened back then, well that shows that at least they're a bit loyal to you and to us still"
"Hermione, come on. Trust us this one last time. We had a reason to hurt you the way we did, though I know that we had the option of talking to you guys about it. After today, you'll probably never say more than towards to any of us again. But please, don't ruin your life by going back to them"
"Hermione just please trust us like you used too. Think of what the ring stands for. The one that the six of us still wear. Even if we're split up, we still have to fall back on what it symbolizes every once and awhile. This is one of those times" Draco finished off
The four boys had they're eyes on Hermione. Draco knew instantly the look that was flashing in her eyes. It was one thing that she had never learned to hide. It was a mix of fear, confusion and angry and most of all pain. It was the look she used to get before she lashed out. 'Please don't let her do that' Draco prayed to anyone listening.
Hermione was feeling these emotions and so many more. She saw hope on all they're faces but she no longer knew who she should trust. Was it worth the risk of getting hurt again to trust Harry again or should she trust the ring she wore around her neck, the beating heart in her chest and the other three boys standing in front of her that she still loved.
"S'cuse me, ma'am, your meals ready" the guy at the counter said. Hermione turned to the counter and grabbed her bag, then turned back to the boys.
She took a deep breath before speaking. "You know what, I can honestly say that I was in a semi-happy mood when I came in here. Now, not so much. You know what Potter, you can go back to your friends and tell them that it failed and that they are never to bother me again. Tell them I said good- bye and that they should think of the consequences of their actions next time. That's for you too. Also, never, and I mean ever, touch me again. You are to never touch me or come within ten feet of me again. You had a chance, until you said that you didn't know what you did. Like hell you don't, but I'm not going to waste any energy trying to explain it to your slow little mind.
"And you guys," she said focusing her attention on the other three, " I have to say thanks for the help but I didn't need it. And you were right, I don't have any reason to trust you and guys did have options to choose from. Too bad you choose the wrong one. I really did love you all at one point and I still think that I do in some way but the one that should ever speak to me again is Malfoy, and that is only on a professional bases. You guys are risking more than just your own asses here by even talking to me and I don't really feel like dying. At least not yet." She headed to the door and walked out.
She left the four absolutely stunned. They hadn't seen any of that coming. The first to speak was Blaise. "Geez, man, I never realized just how much she was like you Malfoy. I mean sure in seventh year but I watched that evolve so I never noticed that it had gotten quite this far. But, you know what? I think she has the expressionless face and eyes down better then you do"
Justin let a low whistle and looked up to see Draco reaction. But what he saw wasn't expected. He saw many different expressions covering Draco's face. They sure weren't things that were usual for a Malfoy.
"Hey, Malfoy, are you okay?" Justin asked, his row wrinkled slightly in worry.
"Huh. . . Oh, yeah, yeah I'm fine" He turned to Harry and said one last thing to him, "You ever go near her again, I swear on the ring that holds my past, present and future, I WILL kill you." He then apparated from the spot a faint pop filling the air.
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IM SOO SORRY!! I got a new computer that doesn't have word is has same other gay thing so I have to go through hooking up the other one to post. Chapter's 8 and 9 have yet to be approved but I just thought I would upload them to give you all something. If they change I'll let you know.
Also I'm willing to send emails for updates and theres another site that I'm posting on and though it doesn't have everything for this story yet it will soon. The address is -- -- if you want to get quicker updates then this.