CHAPTER SEVEN
Hermione tried to shut out the noise that seemed to follow her around the hallways of Hogwarts non stop that evening. Everywhere she went people were talking about him. He was here. He was somewhere in the school at this very second, probably pre-signing photographs Hermione thought to herself as she tried to concentrate on the game of Wizards Chess she was having with Ron in the common room.
"Herms, I always win but tonight I'm winning even MORE easily," Ron said after removing one of Hermione's Knights from the board.
"What?" Hermione asked, still trying to shut out the chatter.
"Urgh, don't worry," Ron muttered under his breath as he waited for her to make a move.
"I'm tired," said Hermione after another minute of thinking (about something so obviously not Chess). "Can we finish this tomorrow?"
"Uh.. I guess."
"Thanks, sleep well," she said and quickly headed up to the Girls' Dormitory.
When she arrived at the top of the stairs she couldn't help but overhear Parvati and Lavender, the gossip queens of Hogwarts having a little discussion. Creeping silently around the corner, careful not to step on that one annoyingly creaky floorboard, Hermione tried to hear what they were saying.
"She is just so... so obviously in love with Harry!" she could hear Lavender say with a hint of bitchiness in her tone.
"I know! She prances around with Ron and Harry all day long stealing, well Harry, not Ron, away from all of the other girls. We don't bite but honestly, does she think she can keep him to herself forever?" Parvati replied, equally as snooty.
"And they're like 'Oh Hermione, will you help me with my homework?' or 'Hermione, do you know the answer to this question?'. Doesn't she understand they don't LIKE her. Her hair is just so bushy that it must block out any brain cells related to being human."
At that very moment, Hermione burst into the room and faced them.
"Uhh hello Hermione," Parvati said with a bright and fake happy smile on her face.
"Yeah er, Hi!" added Lavender with guilt written across her.
"Hi," replied Hermione. "I couldn't help but catch onto the last few words of your conversation. May I ask who were you talking about?"
"Umm..." thought Parvati quickly. "Crabbe. We were just saying how she always follows around Har-DRAco and Goyle. I mean HE, not she."
"Oh I see," replied Hermione, walking over to her bed. "Good night then," she said softly.
"Uh good night Hermione!" Lavender and Parvati chirped before heading downstairs to the common room.
Little did they know that Hermione spent most of that night awake, trying to stop the tears that were brimming in her eyes because every part of her was positive that what the girls had been saying was true.
Author's Note: Thanks for the nice reviews, please check out my other fics. If you're big on Oliver/Herm fics then check out 'Letters From Hogwarts' and it's sequel 'Wanna Be Where You Are'- both are completed and I'm dying for one of them to hit the 100 review mark. Come on peeps, WBWYA is at 91!!!
Author's Note 2: I just posted up a new fic, it's actually a play featuring a love triangle between Harry, Hermione and Oliver. It's full of original songs and romantic fluff and drama so please check it out and tell me what you think.
Hermione tried to shut out the noise that seemed to follow her around the hallways of Hogwarts non stop that evening. Everywhere she went people were talking about him. He was here. He was somewhere in the school at this very second, probably pre-signing photographs Hermione thought to herself as she tried to concentrate on the game of Wizards Chess she was having with Ron in the common room.
"Herms, I always win but tonight I'm winning even MORE easily," Ron said after removing one of Hermione's Knights from the board.
"What?" Hermione asked, still trying to shut out the chatter.
"Urgh, don't worry," Ron muttered under his breath as he waited for her to make a move.
"I'm tired," said Hermione after another minute of thinking (about something so obviously not Chess). "Can we finish this tomorrow?"
"Uh.. I guess."
"Thanks, sleep well," she said and quickly headed up to the Girls' Dormitory.
When she arrived at the top of the stairs she couldn't help but overhear Parvati and Lavender, the gossip queens of Hogwarts having a little discussion. Creeping silently around the corner, careful not to step on that one annoyingly creaky floorboard, Hermione tried to hear what they were saying.
"She is just so... so obviously in love with Harry!" she could hear Lavender say with a hint of bitchiness in her tone.
"I know! She prances around with Ron and Harry all day long stealing, well Harry, not Ron, away from all of the other girls. We don't bite but honestly, does she think she can keep him to herself forever?" Parvati replied, equally as snooty.
"And they're like 'Oh Hermione, will you help me with my homework?' or 'Hermione, do you know the answer to this question?'. Doesn't she understand they don't LIKE her. Her hair is just so bushy that it must block out any brain cells related to being human."
At that very moment, Hermione burst into the room and faced them.
"Uhh hello Hermione," Parvati said with a bright and fake happy smile on her face.
"Yeah er, Hi!" added Lavender with guilt written across her.
"Hi," replied Hermione. "I couldn't help but catch onto the last few words of your conversation. May I ask who were you talking about?"
"Umm..." thought Parvati quickly. "Crabbe. We were just saying how she always follows around Har-DRAco and Goyle. I mean HE, not she."
"Oh I see," replied Hermione, walking over to her bed. "Good night then," she said softly.
"Uh good night Hermione!" Lavender and Parvati chirped before heading downstairs to the common room.
Little did they know that Hermione spent most of that night awake, trying to stop the tears that were brimming in her eyes because every part of her was positive that what the girls had been saying was true.
Author's Note: Thanks for the nice reviews, please check out my other fics. If you're big on Oliver/Herm fics then check out 'Letters From Hogwarts' and it's sequel 'Wanna Be Where You Are'- both are completed and I'm dying for one of them to hit the 100 review mark. Come on peeps, WBWYA is at 91!!!
Author's Note 2: I just posted up a new fic, it's actually a play featuring a love triangle between Harry, Hermione and Oliver. It's full of original songs and romantic fluff and drama so please check it out and tell me what you think.