~~~~~~~~~~**********~~~~~~~ Hermione's view.
I woke up in the 7th year girls' dorm still in Lavender's bed.
"Morning Mione." Lavender was sitting on the floor painting her
toenails.
"What time is it?" I asked her.
"Well, Dumbledor excused us from classes, and since you were still
sleeping, I didn't wake you up. It's lunch right now." She shut the bottle
of polish.
I sat up. "I missed two classes and breakfast and lunch. Can I borrow
some clothes?" I asked. She already had put some jeans, a t-shirt and a
pair of socks on the bed.
"Dumbledor made an announcement that the rest of the year can be what
ever we want to wear. Only 7th years can." She smiled. I went and hopped in
the shower, and pulled on my clothes.
"Are my eyes still red?" I asked her as I started putting on some
make-up.
"A little, but not too much. We had lunch sent up." She said as she
handed me a sandwich and a bowl of soup.
"That's nice to know. About both." I told her as I ate.
"Harry stopped by. To see how you were." Lavender looked up at me. I
thought I was going to cry again.
"I hope you sent him away, fast." I told her. "I don't feel like
talking to him any time in the near present. It's still too strange." I
finished eating. I grabbed some eye shadow and mascara.
"What color will help make the red look less noticeable?" I asked.
"A neutral color. Peach." She told me. "Dang I dripped soup on my
shirt." She pulled out a blue one from the closet. I couldn't see any soup
on the one she had been wearing, but oh well. I looked at the clock.
"We better get going to Charms. I want to beat the hallway rush if at
all possible. Avoid stares." I told Lavender. She passes me my bag.
"Malfoy gave this to Ginny in the hallway this morning. He said he
put your Charms essay, book, and the things for Care of Magical creatures
in there as well. He also copied his notes for you from Arithmacy."
Lavender said as we headed down the stairs to Professor Flitwicks room.
Lunch was still going on, so the hallways were nearly empty. We took our
seats in Charms. I started looking over the notes Malfoy had left.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~***********~~~~~~~ Harry's View
They weren't at lunch. Ron sat as far from me as possible. Parvati, Dean
and Ginny sat near me. Dean and Ginny still didn't know why Ron was so
angry, but I was in no mood to tell them.
"Harry." I looked up. Dean was standing.
"Yeah?" I asked him.
"We've got charms now. We better get going or we are going to be
late." Dean said. I grabbed my stuff.
"We still have practice tonight. Right?" Seamus asked as he came up
to me.
I smacked myself on the head. "Yeah. Will you spread the word? We
really have to practice in order to win against Slytherin in the last game.
Right now we are tied for the Quidditch cup, and we are currently behind
them by 20 points in the House cup. Practice will run from 5:30 until
8:00." I told Seamus as we headed into the Charms room. I saw Lavender and
Hermione, already seated in the back. Lavender wasn't kidding when she said
she would wear a certain shirt color. It is probably the brightest blue I
have ever seen. I took a seat in the front. Seamus and Dean sat near me. We
handed in our essays, and listened to Flitwick talk and talk. We reviewed
more for the NEWTS and then practiced the color charms on our tablemates.
We changed their shirt colors, eye colors, and hair colors. Soon Flitwick
dismissed class and we all headed outside for Care of Magical Creatures.
Hagrid was bringing out a surprise today, he told us. I just hope it
doesn't breath fire or anything.
~~~~~~~***********~~~~~ Hermione's View point
He looked at me when he walked into Charms and I almost started to cry
again. He looked so confused. As class was letting out Lavender leaned
towards me.
"Mione? Are you sure you want to go to Care of Magical creatures? We
can skip out and go someplace else if you want." Lavender said as we picked
up our bags.
"I'll be fine." I told her as we headed outside.
"Ok. If you want to head in, just tell me and we can leave." Lavender
said as we approached the place that Hagrid had told us to all meet near.
Most of the Gryffindors had already congregated, as well as the Slytherins.
I saw Malfoy standing near his girlfriend, Blaise.
"Hey Malfoy, thanks for dropping off my stuff for me." I told him.
"It was no problem. I also cleared up the rumor that I had
impregnated you. Blaise and I were starting to get a little sick of that
particular rumor." He smiled. " What creature do you think our surprise
will be? A Dragon?" The four of us laughed.
"No, probably a three-headed cat. We already have met the three
headed dog." I told him. Soon Hagrid walked out with a fairly large box.
"'Ello Class. I've got yer surprise here. Class will be cut short
today, somethin' came up that Dumbledor needs my help with." He opened the
box and started to pull out cages of owls. "It's customary for us to give
you owls when you graduate, in case you didn't have one before. And if you
did, oh well, now you've got two." He started to pass out cages to each of
us. He handed me the one that had my name on the cage. It was a pretty
white owl, the same kind as Harry's.
"What should I name her?" I asked Lavender.
"Something interesting." She said.
"Galinda. The good witch of the North." I told her. She had seen the
Wizard of Oz a few summer's back.
"That's cute." She said as we headed back to the castle owlery.
Shelves with our names had already been placed in the room. I set Galinda
on my shelf and helped Lavender find hers. Soon Harry walked in with Dean
and Seamus. Ron was walking behind them, shooting looks at the three.
Lavender and I stayed to one side of the room while the boys put their owls
away.
~~~~~********~~~~~~~~~ Harry's PoV
Lavender and Hermione were in the owlry when we went up there, to put our
new owls away. Dean, Seamus and I decided that since we now had a free 2
hours before dinner, we would all go and have a good fly around the pitch.
I watched the two girls as they moved to the far side, putting Lavender's
new owl on her shelf.
"Harry." I turned. Seamus and Dean were standing near the door.
"Let's go man." They said. I followed them out of the room, with a glance
towards Ron. He hadn't moved since he followed us up there. The three of us
made our way to the pitch. There was no one around, so we had the whole
pitch to ourselves. I grabbed my broom and shut my locker. All of a sudden
Dean pulled my broom from my hands.
"Harry. Seamus and I will not let you fly until you tell us exactly
what is going on. Something is bothering you, we can tell, and it involves
either Lavender or Hermione, judging by the way you keep staring at the two
of them." Dean set my broom on one of the benches.
"Harry. You can tell us. We are willing to listen." Seamus said as he
set his broom down as well. "We have a feeling it has to do with those
nasty rumors that are being spread about Hermione."
"They are true." I told them as I sat down on the bench, sinking my
head into my hands, running my fingers through my hair.
"Which ones? We have heard like 7 different versions." Seamus said as
he sat near me.
"She is pregnant. It's some evil plot from You-Know-Who. That's
probably why Hagrid had to go today. And I somehow found out that I am the
father of Hermione's baby, yet we are both virgins." I told them. "I am a
little spaced out right now, Hermione won't talk to me. Ron gave me a black
eye and won't speak to either of us now. He thinks that I slept with
Hermione." I told them.
"That sucks." Dean said.
"Yeah it does." I told them as I got up and started to walk around.
"And there is nothing I can do to fix this mess. That's the hard part." I
told them. "Can we go fly now?" I asked.
"Yeah." Dean tossed me my broom. "You need to do something fun for a
while."
Seamus spoke up. "You don't think Ron would try to do anything to
Hermione?" He asked with a slightly worried expression. "He can get mad,
but would he ever get that mad? Remember when he found out that Ginny dated
Malfoy for a little while. I thought he was going to kill Malfoy."
I thought for a moment. "No. Ron would never be violent towards
Hermione. It's just like he would never hurt Ginny. May threaten, but would
never hurt her." I told the two as we walked outside. No one was out there.
We started to fly around for a while. ~~~~~~~~~~~*********~~~~~~~~ Hermione's viewpoint. Dean, Seamus and Harry left the owlry, however Ron stayed behind. Lavender and I fed our owls, and were walking out of the room when Ron turned towards us. "Lavender. Why are you hanging around Hermione? She is just backstabbing trash. I thought you liked Harry, aren't you pissed?" If looks could kill, I would be nothing but a puddle of blood on the floor. "No Ronald. I got over Harry in 5th year. You know darn well that I got over him. Furthermore, Hermione is not backstabbing trash you and I both know that. So grow up Ron. You are a prick, face facts." Lavender pulled my arm and we hightailed it out of the owlry. Lavender yelled back. "Don't forget that we have practice tonight." Lavender, Ginny, Ron, Harry, Seamus, Emma Dobbs and Dennis Creevey made up the team; the reserves were almost all third years and one fourth year. Emma and Dennis were only third years, but were really good. Seamus and Dennis were beaters, Emma was Keeper, and Ginny, Ron and Lavender were chasers. "Lavender, do you mind if we go to the library for a little while. I need to study these Arithmacy notes." I asked Lavender as we headed down towards the room. "Sure, as long as you don't mind that I am going to read a trashy romance novel. Seeing as how my love life is at a low point." Lavender said. "Well, I though there was that thing with Jeremy Dorny (A/N J. Dorny is listed in the cover of Quidditch through the ages.) a while back." I asked, lowering my voice as we went past Madame Pince. "I realized that Goyle was smarter than he was." She told me as we sat down at a table. "You're not serious." I whispered. "I think the only book he has ever read is Quidditch Through the Ages." She said. "What happened to you and Seamus?" I asked as I took out the notes that Malfoy had copied for me. "I'm not too sure. I still have him on the back burner of my mind. I think I still like him, but I'm not sure." She said, turning a slight shade of pink. "Well, I say that you still like him and just don't know what to do about it." I told her. "And your love life isn't something to brag about." As soon as she said it she winced. "I shouldn't have said that." "What? It's the truth. I have no boyfriend, and for the near future, I highly doubt one will come around. All of the boys seem to be staying ten yards away from me, they seem to think I have some disease." I told her. "Malfoy is the only to step inside the 10 foot barrier, and he has a girlfriend." "Someone will come when you least expect it. Who knows, it could be the next person to walk in the door." She said. Just then the door opened. A little Gryffindor 1st year named Kaleb Broadmore walked in. "I think not." I giggled with Lavender. "Yeah. A little too short for you." She and I were almost in tears. "We better get to work." I whispered. I started reading the notes that Malfoy had taken. It was review of The Pirtuan System and the Okevn theorem. A headache was a better term for what we were currently reviewing. We sat for almost an hour before we finished. "We should head to dinner." Lavender said. "I hear we are having fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing and other stuff for dinner." She said. "Sounds good to me. I hope that the stares aren't too horrific." We packed up our things and headed to the Hall. We weren't the first ones there, but it wasn't crowded yet. We grabbed seats at the huge Gryffindor table. There were only a few Gryffindors seated already, so we had a good choice of seats. I chose to sit with my back to the Ravenclaw table, seeing as they were much worse than the Slytherins. Soon students started to trickle in a few at a time. The stares were awful from the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws, but the Slytherins hardly looked in my direction. Soon most of the Gryffindor table had been filled. Save for the three seats across from myself, Lavender and Parvati. Parvati had switched from Care of Magical Creatures to an advanced Divination class, and her class had still taken place. Soon, Dean, Seamus and Harry came in, slightly sweaty and red in the face. They looked around for seats, but the only empty ones were across from us. Dean immediately took the one next to Ginny and Seamus sat across from Lavender, leaving Harry. ~~~~~~~~~~***********~~~~~~~~~ Harry's viewpoint. Across from Hermione. Since Dean and Seamus had to sit down first, the only other empty seat was across from Hermione. She looked at me for a moment then looked at her plate. I have all the luck in the world. The bad luck of course. "Hi Harry." I looked up from my plate. Hermione had said Hi to me. "Hi Hermione." I said back to her as the tables started to fill with food. "Harry!" I turned and saw Emma Dobbs coming up to me. "Yes Emma." I said as I placed a few pieces of chicken on my plate and passed the platter to Dean. "Are we going to work on those new plays tonight?" Ron and I had come up with a few plays to work on. "Sure, why not. They might help us in the game against Slytherin." I told her. "Thanks." She walked off. "You are all coming to the game right? It's the Friday after the NEWTS, they canceled afternoon classes that day." I told the table. "Harry. Most of us know that." Lavender said. "Remember, we play on the team." She laughed. "What do you think I am stupid, I knew you played on the team? I was saying that to the benefit of the people sitting near us who don't play for the team." We all had a laugh over that one. I looked at the clock. "Hurry up you guys. And girls, I want to start practice as soon as possible." Lavender and Ginny rolled their eyes at me. Seamus ate a bit faster. I finished my chicken and went to work on my potatoes. I noticed that Hermione had hardly touched anything, except her water. "Eat." I told her as I gave her the sternest look I could. She just laughed. "You expect me to be intimidated by you when you have gravy on your nose?" She laughed. I reached up and wiped it off. "Eat." I said to her again. This time she listened and started to eat some of her mashed potatoes. She also took a bite of her chicken. "That's better." I told her. I finished my plate of food and looked around for dessert. There were 6 or seven different types of pie set around the tables. I looked around for my favorite, pumpkin. I spied a tin towards the end of the left side. I got up to go grab the tin and bring it to our end. ~~~~~*******~~~~~~ Hermione's PoV. He was acting like my father. I suppose he had a point, the only thing I had eaten was a bowl of soup and a sandwich, plus a few cookies. I did eat some potatoes and some of my chicken. Soon Harry had finished eating. He looked around for a moment and then walked to the end of the table grabbing something and bringing it back. It was a covered pie tin. "My favorite kind. Pumpkin." He opened the tin. "Just enough for the seven of us friends." He waved the tin under my nose. I felt the familiar waves of nausea run over me. "Excuse me." I said as I got up, trying to walk as fast as possible with out being noticed. I hightailed it towards Myrtle's bathroom, knowing that I couldn't hold it in too much longer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*******~~~~ Harry's PoV. Hermione got up from the table. I thought she was sick of sitting near me. "Is it just me or did Mione look a tad green after you opened the pie tin and waved it under her nose." Seamus asked, as our small group all noticed her sudden absence. "Shit." I got up from the table. The spices in the pie probably made her sick. Lavender got up after me. I walked into the hallway and opened the Marauder's map. Hermione was in Myrtle's bathroom again. I walked as fast as I could towards the bathroom. There was no one else's dot in the room so I walked in right away. "Hermione?" I called out. "Go away Harry." She said from the third stall. "No." I told her. I heard more retching. "Please?" She whimpered. "No. I did this to you." I told her as I tried to open the door. She had locked it. "Just leave!" She said again a bit louder this time. "Harry." I turned. Lavender had entered, carrying her and Hermione's bags. "I think I would be the best if you left now." She started to push me towards the door. "I may be a little late for practice." "Fine." I shut the bathroom door a bit loudly and stomped off towards the pitch.
We started to fly around for a while. ~~~~~~~~~~~*********~~~~~~~~ Hermione's viewpoint. Dean, Seamus and Harry left the owlry, however Ron stayed behind. Lavender and I fed our owls, and were walking out of the room when Ron turned towards us. "Lavender. Why are you hanging around Hermione? She is just backstabbing trash. I thought you liked Harry, aren't you pissed?" If looks could kill, I would be nothing but a puddle of blood on the floor. "No Ronald. I got over Harry in 5th year. You know darn well that I got over him. Furthermore, Hermione is not backstabbing trash you and I both know that. So grow up Ron. You are a prick, face facts." Lavender pulled my arm and we hightailed it out of the owlry. Lavender yelled back. "Don't forget that we have practice tonight." Lavender, Ginny, Ron, Harry, Seamus, Emma Dobbs and Dennis Creevey made up the team; the reserves were almost all third years and one fourth year. Emma and Dennis were only third years, but were really good. Seamus and Dennis were beaters, Emma was Keeper, and Ginny, Ron and Lavender were chasers. "Lavender, do you mind if we go to the library for a little while. I need to study these Arithmacy notes." I asked Lavender as we headed down towards the room. "Sure, as long as you don't mind that I am going to read a trashy romance novel. Seeing as how my love life is at a low point." Lavender said. "Well, I though there was that thing with Jeremy Dorny (A/N J. Dorny is listed in the cover of Quidditch through the ages.) a while back." I asked, lowering my voice as we went past Madame Pince. "I realized that Goyle was smarter than he was." She told me as we sat down at a table. "You're not serious." I whispered. "I think the only book he has ever read is Quidditch Through the Ages." She said. "What happened to you and Seamus?" I asked as I took out the notes that Malfoy had copied for me. "I'm not too sure. I still have him on the back burner of my mind. I think I still like him, but I'm not sure." She said, turning a slight shade of pink. "Well, I say that you still like him and just don't know what to do about it." I told her. "And your love life isn't something to brag about." As soon as she said it she winced. "I shouldn't have said that." "What? It's the truth. I have no boyfriend, and for the near future, I highly doubt one will come around. All of the boys seem to be staying ten yards away from me, they seem to think I have some disease." I told her. "Malfoy is the only to step inside the 10 foot barrier, and he has a girlfriend." "Someone will come when you least expect it. Who knows, it could be the next person to walk in the door." She said. Just then the door opened. A little Gryffindor 1st year named Kaleb Broadmore walked in. "I think not." I giggled with Lavender. "Yeah. A little too short for you." She and I were almost in tears. "We better get to work." I whispered. I started reading the notes that Malfoy had taken. It was review of The Pirtuan System and the Okevn theorem. A headache was a better term for what we were currently reviewing. We sat for almost an hour before we finished. "We should head to dinner." Lavender said. "I hear we are having fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing and other stuff for dinner." She said. "Sounds good to me. I hope that the stares aren't too horrific." We packed up our things and headed to the Hall. We weren't the first ones there, but it wasn't crowded yet. We grabbed seats at the huge Gryffindor table. There were only a few Gryffindors seated already, so we had a good choice of seats. I chose to sit with my back to the Ravenclaw table, seeing as they were much worse than the Slytherins. Soon students started to trickle in a few at a time. The stares were awful from the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws, but the Slytherins hardly looked in my direction. Soon most of the Gryffindor table had been filled. Save for the three seats across from myself, Lavender and Parvati. Parvati had switched from Care of Magical Creatures to an advanced Divination class, and her class had still taken place. Soon, Dean, Seamus and Harry came in, slightly sweaty and red in the face. They looked around for seats, but the only empty ones were across from us. Dean immediately took the one next to Ginny and Seamus sat across from Lavender, leaving Harry. ~~~~~~~~~~***********~~~~~~~~~ Harry's viewpoint. Across from Hermione. Since Dean and Seamus had to sit down first, the only other empty seat was across from Hermione. She looked at me for a moment then looked at her plate. I have all the luck in the world. The bad luck of course. "Hi Harry." I looked up from my plate. Hermione had said Hi to me. "Hi Hermione." I said back to her as the tables started to fill with food. "Harry!" I turned and saw Emma Dobbs coming up to me. "Yes Emma." I said as I placed a few pieces of chicken on my plate and passed the platter to Dean. "Are we going to work on those new plays tonight?" Ron and I had come up with a few plays to work on. "Sure, why not. They might help us in the game against Slytherin." I told her. "Thanks." She walked off. "You are all coming to the game right? It's the Friday after the NEWTS, they canceled afternoon classes that day." I told the table. "Harry. Most of us know that." Lavender said. "Remember, we play on the team." She laughed. "What do you think I am stupid, I knew you played on the team? I was saying that to the benefit of the people sitting near us who don't play for the team." We all had a laugh over that one. I looked at the clock. "Hurry up you guys. And girls, I want to start practice as soon as possible." Lavender and Ginny rolled their eyes at me. Seamus ate a bit faster. I finished my chicken and went to work on my potatoes. I noticed that Hermione had hardly touched anything, except her water. "Eat." I told her as I gave her the sternest look I could. She just laughed. "You expect me to be intimidated by you when you have gravy on your nose?" She laughed. I reached up and wiped it off. "Eat." I said to her again. This time she listened and started to eat some of her mashed potatoes. She also took a bite of her chicken. "That's better." I told her. I finished my plate of food and looked around for dessert. There were 6 or seven different types of pie set around the tables. I looked around for my favorite, pumpkin. I spied a tin towards the end of the left side. I got up to go grab the tin and bring it to our end. ~~~~~*******~~~~~~ Hermione's PoV. He was acting like my father. I suppose he had a point, the only thing I had eaten was a bowl of soup and a sandwich, plus a few cookies. I did eat some potatoes and some of my chicken. Soon Harry had finished eating. He looked around for a moment and then walked to the end of the table grabbing something and bringing it back. It was a covered pie tin. "My favorite kind. Pumpkin." He opened the tin. "Just enough for the seven of us friends." He waved the tin under my nose. I felt the familiar waves of nausea run over me. "Excuse me." I said as I got up, trying to walk as fast as possible with out being noticed. I hightailed it towards Myrtle's bathroom, knowing that I couldn't hold it in too much longer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*******~~~~ Harry's PoV. Hermione got up from the table. I thought she was sick of sitting near me. "Is it just me or did Mione look a tad green after you opened the pie tin and waved it under her nose." Seamus asked, as our small group all noticed her sudden absence. "Shit." I got up from the table. The spices in the pie probably made her sick. Lavender got up after me. I walked into the hallway and opened the Marauder's map. Hermione was in Myrtle's bathroom again. I walked as fast as I could towards the bathroom. There was no one else's dot in the room so I walked in right away. "Hermione?" I called out. "Go away Harry." She said from the third stall. "No." I told her. I heard more retching. "Please?" She whimpered. "No. I did this to you." I told her as I tried to open the door. She had locked it. "Just leave!" She said again a bit louder this time. "Harry." I turned. Lavender had entered, carrying her and Hermione's bags. "I think I would be the best if you left now." She started to push me towards the door. "I may be a little late for practice." "Fine." I shut the bathroom door a bit loudly and stomped off towards the pitch.
