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Chapter 2
Date
As Hermione entered the Great Hall the next morning, she took a seat between Ron and Ginny. And as she did so Dumbledore stood up and said, "I would kindly like to tell you all that the first Hogsmead visit will be this afternoon. Thank you." When He was finished Hermione stole a look at Malfoy who was clearly looking at her.
"Permission slips please!" rang Professor McGonagall's voice. Hermione gave her slip to the professor and made her way into Hogsmead. At around ten-to twelve, she made her way to Zonko's Joke Shop, where she found Malfoy waiting for her.
"Hi" she greeted him with a smirk that imitated his own. "Hey" he greeted back. "Well do you want to head down to the Three Broomsticks?" he offered.
"Yeah, let's go" Said Hermione. As they made their way there, they walked rather closely together and made small talk. Finally they reached the bar. They went in, gave their orders, and sat down in a little two-person booth in the back of the bar for some privacy. While waiting for their drinks, Draco asked, "So what exactly happened last week, with Harry?"
Hermione thought a moment before replying "Well, I went to the bathroom and when I came out I heard Ron asking Harry if he still fancied Cho, and well, he said yes and then I started yelling at Harry. I do believe I went just a bit overboard however, and that's when I ran into you. And by the way, thanks again for saying that to Harry. It was very..skillful of you." She concluded.
"Wow, and your welcome, I guess." Said Draco as Hermione smiled brightly.
"So what made you change your mind about me?" Hermione questioned him, realizing that her foot was touching his.
"Well, I for some reason kept thinking how stupid it was for me to call you those stupid names, and why I hadn't befriended you now that You-Know-Who is back. Everyone thinks that I want to be a Death Eater, but that isn't true. I think my father is a baboon's arse for being one. Anyway, so I thought that if I got a chance to befriend you this year I would. But it came a lot sooner than I thought it would."
"Wow that was deep." Hermione said thoughtfully as Draco paid for their butterbeer when it arrived.
About twenty minuets later after a little more small talk, Draco asked "Do you want to walk with me to the store? I need to buy some ink; mother forgot to get me some."
"Sure!" said Hermione getting up, and to her surprise Malfoy extended his hand for her to hold. "Won't this ruin your reputation?" She questioned.
"What happened to 'we won't hide this'? And no it won't ruin my rep."
"Okay, in that case then." So she clasped his hand in hers, (or maybe it's the other way around! lol) and together they exited the bar.
"Next Hogsmead visit do you want to meet me again?" asked Draco
"First, answer this, are we officially dating now?" she said looking at him.
This took him almost by surprise, but then he remembered HE was the one who asked HER out wasn't he? "Umm...yeah" he said letting go of her hand and putting his arm around her waist instead.
Hermione, blushing said "Then yes I will meet you next Hogsmead visit." As they passed back by Zonko's, quite a few people stared at them in astonishment, and whispers followed them everywhere. As they walked into Flourish and Blotts, (is that the name of the store with ink and stuff?) they ran into Harry, who by the look on his face was horrified that Hermione had turned him down for Malfoy, but he soon must have realized it because he then put on a determined sort of expression.
And to Hermione's horror Harry started towards them and said surprisingly civilly to Malfoy, "Can I talk to Hermione for a moment please?"
Draco looked over at Hermione who nodded her agreement. "I'll be over here." said Draco as he allowed Hermione to be led away.
"Um.Hermione, I'm not here to rag on you about your date but I was wondering if we could still be friends like before we were going out. I won't hold the fact that you're going out with Malfoy against you. Please Hermy, let's put this behind us."
Hermione stood looking at Harry as if waiting for him to say more, before saying, "Is that everything then? 'Oh sorry lets be friends again'? I don't think so." She said sarcastically. "You think I can just forget what you said and go back to normal? No. That's not the way it works in my book. So if that's all that you have to say, I'm going back to my date, because if you didn't notice I was really good time. When I want to be friends with you again I'll ask. Oh, and don't ever call me 'Hermy' again, it sounds like the name of an owl." And with that she turned back to Draco, and this time it was Harry who was left bewildered.
As she walked back over to Draco she thought to herself wow girl that was pretty bold of you. She knew that last year she never would have done anything even remotely like that. But then again, she thought, you are a lot different then last year. There was something she just couldn't bring herself to tell anyone. The reason she was being such a bitch to Harry, and why, was one. She was not going to put up with him this year, and he bloody well better figure that out!
Hermione was snapped out of her trance as Draco said "Hermione, do you need any ink? I'll buy you this one; it flashes different shades of blue when you write."
"Only if you want to" she replied with a big smile. For some odd reason, her row with Harry made her feel so much better.
"Well I do want to, so obviously, I will" he replied laying the right amount of change on the counter.
"Well we should probably get going back to Hogwarts" said Hermione
"Okay" he said taking her hand again and walking out of the store. "Hey we should meet somewhere tonight."
"For what?" she replied with a trace of excitement in her voice.
"Not that!" he said with a burst of laughter looking at the quizzical expression on his girlfriends face. "I just want to be somewhere alone with you to talk and stuff."
Hermione thought a moment before saying "Hey what about the Room of Requirements? I've used it before, last year when Harry was teaching us-"
"I know" he cut her off "remember, Umbridge found out and then we chased everyone out of there?"
"Oh yeah" said Hermione "Well what do you think? I think it would be perfect!"
"Alright, but don't get caught. That would be just a lot hard to explain to someone. So then around 11:30?" he asked.
"Yes, I'll see you there. Just remember you have to walk by it and concentrate really hard on what you want." Hermione said. As they reached the castle it was already drawing near 7:00 pm, so Hermione decided she would go to Gryffindor and sleep until 10:00. Then she would wake up, do some home work and then leave.
"I'll see you later then Hermione." Draco said, then left.
11:15 That Night
Hermione decided that it was time to leave so she left the common room and headed toward the Fifth Floor corridor. When she reached the end of the hallway she saw a door that she guessed must be the Room of Requirements. When she entered it she gasped aloud with pleasure. The carpet was a dark silver color, and the walls were a kind of dark maroon. In the center of the room was a big black couch that looked comfortable enough to sleep on. And the walls were decorated with non-moving pictures and places. And on the wall left to her was a book case that looked centuries old, and in front of the couch was a massive fireplace just waiting to be lit. She walked over to it, muttered a few words and it was brought to life with a great whoosh! And suddenly the room was warmed to the perfect temperature.
"Wow" she said aloud. As Draco was obviously not here yet she decided to look at some of the book titles and see what there was to read. She found books on all her different interests, and she wondered if the room could even have books of requirement, so to speak. She also came across a few titles that she thought were probably Draco's interests. She then started to walk around the room admiring the beautiful artwork and statues. After a while she started to get a little worried that he wasn't going to show. But maybe he had to wait for someone to leave the common room, she contradicted herself.
She made her way over to the couch and sat down. She lifted up her pant leg to her knee. She looked at her shins and ran her hand over them and winced with pain. Great! They are still purple and black! I hope they don't leave scars! She thought, and mentally cursed. Just as she was about to put her pant leg down, Draco emerged from the door. She tried to cover up her legs but he was to fast for her.
He ran over to her side and sat down concern written all across his face. "What the hell happened to you Hermione?" Draco said. Looking at the gigantic bruises and cuts on her legs.
"It's not what you think" she stammered.
"What happened to Hermione? Who did this?" He said, not shouting, but with immense love.
"It-it-it's n-not what it l-looks like" she stuttered
"Hermione, is someone beating you? Who is it?" he pressed on.
"Well it's......"
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Chapter 2
Date
As Hermione entered the Great Hall the next morning, she took a seat between Ron and Ginny. And as she did so Dumbledore stood up and said, "I would kindly like to tell you all that the first Hogsmead visit will be this afternoon. Thank you." When He was finished Hermione stole a look at Malfoy who was clearly looking at her.
"Permission slips please!" rang Professor McGonagall's voice. Hermione gave her slip to the professor and made her way into Hogsmead. At around ten-to twelve, she made her way to Zonko's Joke Shop, where she found Malfoy waiting for her.
"Hi" she greeted him with a smirk that imitated his own. "Hey" he greeted back. "Well do you want to head down to the Three Broomsticks?" he offered.
"Yeah, let's go" Said Hermione. As they made their way there, they walked rather closely together and made small talk. Finally they reached the bar. They went in, gave their orders, and sat down in a little two-person booth in the back of the bar for some privacy. While waiting for their drinks, Draco asked, "So what exactly happened last week, with Harry?"
Hermione thought a moment before replying "Well, I went to the bathroom and when I came out I heard Ron asking Harry if he still fancied Cho, and well, he said yes and then I started yelling at Harry. I do believe I went just a bit overboard however, and that's when I ran into you. And by the way, thanks again for saying that to Harry. It was very..skillful of you." She concluded.
"Wow, and your welcome, I guess." Said Draco as Hermione smiled brightly.
"So what made you change your mind about me?" Hermione questioned him, realizing that her foot was touching his.
"Well, I for some reason kept thinking how stupid it was for me to call you those stupid names, and why I hadn't befriended you now that You-Know-Who is back. Everyone thinks that I want to be a Death Eater, but that isn't true. I think my father is a baboon's arse for being one. Anyway, so I thought that if I got a chance to befriend you this year I would. But it came a lot sooner than I thought it would."
"Wow that was deep." Hermione said thoughtfully as Draco paid for their butterbeer when it arrived.
About twenty minuets later after a little more small talk, Draco asked "Do you want to walk with me to the store? I need to buy some ink; mother forgot to get me some."
"Sure!" said Hermione getting up, and to her surprise Malfoy extended his hand for her to hold. "Won't this ruin your reputation?" She questioned.
"What happened to 'we won't hide this'? And no it won't ruin my rep."
"Okay, in that case then." So she clasped his hand in hers, (or maybe it's the other way around! lol) and together they exited the bar.
"Next Hogsmead visit do you want to meet me again?" asked Draco
"First, answer this, are we officially dating now?" she said looking at him.
This took him almost by surprise, but then he remembered HE was the one who asked HER out wasn't he? "Umm...yeah" he said letting go of her hand and putting his arm around her waist instead.
Hermione, blushing said "Then yes I will meet you next Hogsmead visit." As they passed back by Zonko's, quite a few people stared at them in astonishment, and whispers followed them everywhere. As they walked into Flourish and Blotts, (is that the name of the store with ink and stuff?) they ran into Harry, who by the look on his face was horrified that Hermione had turned him down for Malfoy, but he soon must have realized it because he then put on a determined sort of expression.
And to Hermione's horror Harry started towards them and said surprisingly civilly to Malfoy, "Can I talk to Hermione for a moment please?"
Draco looked over at Hermione who nodded her agreement. "I'll be over here." said Draco as he allowed Hermione to be led away.
"Um.Hermione, I'm not here to rag on you about your date but I was wondering if we could still be friends like before we were going out. I won't hold the fact that you're going out with Malfoy against you. Please Hermy, let's put this behind us."
Hermione stood looking at Harry as if waiting for him to say more, before saying, "Is that everything then? 'Oh sorry lets be friends again'? I don't think so." She said sarcastically. "You think I can just forget what you said and go back to normal? No. That's not the way it works in my book. So if that's all that you have to say, I'm going back to my date, because if you didn't notice I was really good time. When I want to be friends with you again I'll ask. Oh, and don't ever call me 'Hermy' again, it sounds like the name of an owl." And with that she turned back to Draco, and this time it was Harry who was left bewildered.
As she walked back over to Draco she thought to herself wow girl that was pretty bold of you. She knew that last year she never would have done anything even remotely like that. But then again, she thought, you are a lot different then last year. There was something she just couldn't bring herself to tell anyone. The reason she was being such a bitch to Harry, and why, was one. She was not going to put up with him this year, and he bloody well better figure that out!
Hermione was snapped out of her trance as Draco said "Hermione, do you need any ink? I'll buy you this one; it flashes different shades of blue when you write."
"Only if you want to" she replied with a big smile. For some odd reason, her row with Harry made her feel so much better.
"Well I do want to, so obviously, I will" he replied laying the right amount of change on the counter.
"Well we should probably get going back to Hogwarts" said Hermione
"Okay" he said taking her hand again and walking out of the store. "Hey we should meet somewhere tonight."
"For what?" she replied with a trace of excitement in her voice.
"Not that!" he said with a burst of laughter looking at the quizzical expression on his girlfriends face. "I just want to be somewhere alone with you to talk and stuff."
Hermione thought a moment before saying "Hey what about the Room of Requirements? I've used it before, last year when Harry was teaching us-"
"I know" he cut her off "remember, Umbridge found out and then we chased everyone out of there?"
"Oh yeah" said Hermione "Well what do you think? I think it would be perfect!"
"Alright, but don't get caught. That would be just a lot hard to explain to someone. So then around 11:30?" he asked.
"Yes, I'll see you there. Just remember you have to walk by it and concentrate really hard on what you want." Hermione said. As they reached the castle it was already drawing near 7:00 pm, so Hermione decided she would go to Gryffindor and sleep until 10:00. Then she would wake up, do some home work and then leave.
"I'll see you later then Hermione." Draco said, then left.
11:15 That Night
Hermione decided that it was time to leave so she left the common room and headed toward the Fifth Floor corridor. When she reached the end of the hallway she saw a door that she guessed must be the Room of Requirements. When she entered it she gasped aloud with pleasure. The carpet was a dark silver color, and the walls were a kind of dark maroon. In the center of the room was a big black couch that looked comfortable enough to sleep on. And the walls were decorated with non-moving pictures and places. And on the wall left to her was a book case that looked centuries old, and in front of the couch was a massive fireplace just waiting to be lit. She walked over to it, muttered a few words and it was brought to life with a great whoosh! And suddenly the room was warmed to the perfect temperature.
"Wow" she said aloud. As Draco was obviously not here yet she decided to look at some of the book titles and see what there was to read. She found books on all her different interests, and she wondered if the room could even have books of requirement, so to speak. She also came across a few titles that she thought were probably Draco's interests. She then started to walk around the room admiring the beautiful artwork and statues. After a while she started to get a little worried that he wasn't going to show. But maybe he had to wait for someone to leave the common room, she contradicted herself.
She made her way over to the couch and sat down. She lifted up her pant leg to her knee. She looked at her shins and ran her hand over them and winced with pain. Great! They are still purple and black! I hope they don't leave scars! She thought, and mentally cursed. Just as she was about to put her pant leg down, Draco emerged from the door. She tried to cover up her legs but he was to fast for her.
He ran over to her side and sat down concern written all across his face. "What the hell happened to you Hermione?" Draco said. Looking at the gigantic bruises and cuts on her legs.
"It's not what you think" she stammered.
"What happened to Hermione? Who did this?" He said, not shouting, but with immense love.
"It-it-it's n-not what it l-looks like" she stuttered
"Hermione, is someone beating you? Who is it?" he pressed on.
"Well it's......"
A/N: Now don't you just love me? Gotta love cliff hangers! I do! Like I said before, I live for reviews so if you read this and want more then you have to review. If I don't get at LEAST 5 more reviews I won't post as fast so come on you know the drill!
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