Different Deep Down
by AngelzGaze
Soon it was time to go back to Hogwarts and Hermione was wearing one of her new outfits for the occasion, the black tank top and the matching jeans.
"Bye Hermione!"
"Bye Danielle! Thanks a bunch! Bye Mom! Bye Dad!" Danielle had come to the train station with her to say their goodbyes. When they were gone, Hermione went through the barrier and onto the train. Many people complimented Hermione's new look. They arrived at Hogwarts and Hermione went straight to the Gryffindor Common Room. She said the password 'Aphrodite' and stepped in the room.
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Chapter 7: Pictures Are Worth A Thousand Words
"Hermione? Is that you?" Parvati and Lavender ran right over to her.
"You look fabulous!" complimented Lavender.
"Yeah!" Parvati agreed. "You look amazing!" Lavender and Parvati went back and forth complimenting her.
"Do you know where Harry and Ron is?" interrupted Hermione.
"I think they're with Déssie somewhere,"answered Parvati.
"Oh, ok." Hermione went and sat on the couch waiting for them to come back. After a few minutes all three of them walked through the portrait.
"Harry! Ron!" she called and ran to them.
"Hermione?" Ron said in disbelief.
"No, I'm the Queen of France! Of course it's me!"
"You look magnificent!" said Harry.
"Exquisite!" agreed Ron. Déssie shot Hermione a nasty look. Hermione glared back.
"Ron! Harry! I have SO much to tell you! Here, come with me!" The boys followed Hermione, leaving Déssie behind. Déssie sneered and slowly followed, wondering what Hermione wanted to talk about. They went on the other side of the common room. Déssie blended in with Lavender and Parvati, talking to them, but still eavesdropping on Hermione, Harry, and Ron.
"Uh-huh," Déssie said, trying to act as if she was in Lavender and Parvati's conversation.
"Guys I have to tell you something about Déssie!"
"Is this about the name thing again? Hermione! I thought we talked about that!" said Harry.
"No! I wanted to tell you that she, well, threatened me once!"
"Are you sure?" asked Ron.
"Well, we'll talk about it with her, but I still don't know what you guys have against each other," replied Harry. "I think you're doing you're part. Since you did give her a Christmas present, that necklace, and she didn't even give you one. I'll just talk to her."
'They think just because I didn't give her a present and she gave me one, she's trying and I'm not!' Déssie thought. 'They're beginning to side with her. God, I've got to do something about this!' Déssie went up to Hermione and told her she needed to talk to her. Reluctantly, Hermione followed her to the Girl's Dormitory. Luckily, for Déssie, no one was in there.
"So, now that you got a make-over you think you can just turn Harry and Ron against me? Well, sorry, but it doesn't work that way. I told you not to mess with me, now you're going to regret that you ever told Harry and Ron that I threatened you. You know I'm going to win in the end. I told you I can turn them against you like 'that' and I will." Déssie turned around and walked out of the dormitory.
'Whoa!' Hermione thought. Then Hermione started to giggle slightly. She knew she was going to win. She smiled and thought nothing wrong could happen now. At midnight she was going to meet Draco. Draco still hadn't seen Hermione's new look and Hermione was eager to see what he thought about it. Soon midnight came and she grabbed Harry's invisibility cloak and went to the portrait of the man standing. Hermione touched the man's head, shoulders, knees, and toes and went inside to wait. Both of them decided to exchange gifts, not on Christmas, but on the day they both got back from vacation. Hermione had given him classic stories, by authors such as Shakespeare, Charles Dickinson, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and many more. Every since Hermione found out Draco and herself shared the passion of reading, she was anxious to give him some of the muggle books she loved.
Finally Draco walked in. Right away he embraced her with a kiss.
"So, what do you think?" asked Hermione.
"You're beautiful," he answered. "You've always been." Hermione smiled at Draco. She knew the make-over didn't matter to him. He'd have always thought she was beautiful.
"Thank you," she smiled again as he smiled back. "Here's your present. You open first." Hermione handed him the package as Draco handed her a small box.
"Thank you, Hermione! I'll read these right away. I've never read muggle books before, but I'm sure it'll be great! Open yours now," Draco said excitedly. Hermione slowly unwrapped the little box. Inside was a gold heart-shaped locket. She opened it. Inside of the locket was an inscription written in silver and a picture of the two of them. The inscription took Hermione back to the first Prefect meeting.
Ensemble pour toujours.
Together forever.
"Oh Draco, it's beautiful! I love it!" Hermione hugged Draco. "That day on the train, when we said the same suggestion for the password, that was the day when I discovered I had feelings for you! The inscription couldn't be more perfect! I love you Draco!" Hermione had said 'I love you' for the very first time. She didn't realize she said it until it came out of her mouth. She was worried Draco wouldn't say it back. Maybe he'd say nothing at all.
"I love you too, Hermione," Draco replied after a few seconds of silence. They kissed more passionate then ever.
"Lets go for a walk. No one's up this hour," Hermione said. Draco nodded. They walked out and around the school. They talked and after a while they stopped near the Great Hall. The kissed passionately for a while.
"We should go to bed," said Draco. Hermione agreed. They kissed one last time and left in separate directions. Hermione walked back to the common room. She said the password 'Whiskers' and stepped in. There in the middle of the room was Harry, Ron, and Déssie.
"How could you Hermione?" asked Harry.
"How could I what?" Hermione asked confused.
"You know what we mean!" Ron answered. The boys left the common room and went into their dormitory. Now Hermione was very confused. She focused her attention on Déssie. She knew Déssie had something to do with this.
"You know Hermione pictures, they say, are worth a thousand words. This one was only worth two. I won." Déssie tossed something at Hermione and left toward the girl's dormitory. Hermione picked it up and looked at it. It was a picture of Hermione and Draco kissing.
Disclaimer Poem:
I don't own Harry,
Hermione, or Ron
Hey I said it
I'm not an ex-con
I haven't stolen,
taken, or sold
Anything from JKR's
stories she has told
So please don't sue
I don't own anything at all
Oh and the box's on the bottom's
for reviews I recall!
*A/N* Did you guys like it? Hope so! I know... I used this disclaimer poem before, I'm too lazy! Anyways you guys probably don't care if I used the poem before. Hope so! I'm going to try to get up another chapter on Sunday (01-06-02), just before school starts again. And by the way, after school starts starting I won't be able to get up chapters as quick. I'll try at least a chapter each week. Hopefully I'll be able to. Who know's maybe I'll be able to do two chapters a week! Oh, and I know I promised this chapter on Wednesday... bad me right? Well thanks everyone! Thank you Tara, ????????????????, faeriegoddess, Icicle Black, Myst Enchantress, Piri Malfoy, ????, Marina, Chrissy, Icy Stormz, and Mariella! Thank you guys SO much!