In the Garden of Eden

Part 2

A/N Many people have been criticizing me about how Eden just comes out and says"My parent's were murdered." This will make more sense later in the story, so please stop making comments about that.

Disclaimer: J.K.R. owns all the characters and places from the books. I own everything else.

Everyone thought that Hermione went right to sleep. She didn't. She had never been more awake then she was at that moment. How could she thought Hermione she must have realized that Ron and I are dating. Hermione rolled over onto her other side and tried to calm herself. Even if she does like Ron, he doesn't like her. Oh! Who are you kidding Hermione? You saw the way he was staring at her.

Hermione sighed. She was in for a long night.

"Are you all right, Hermione?" Asked Ron the next morning at breakfast.

Hermione nodded, and tried to keep her eyes open. " I just didn't get much sleep last night.'" She said truthfully.

"Good luck getting through History of Magic."

Hermione groaned. History of Magic was the most boring subject at Hogwarts. The teacher, Prof. Binns, was a ghost, and apparently liked the sound of his own voice, since he droned on and on and on. It was hard enough to stay awake in his class on a full night's sleep. After what Hermione went through the night before, she'd be out like a light in seconds.

And then, to make Hermione feel even worse, a fully rested, still gorgeous, even in her school robes, Eden sat down next to her. "Hi. Hermione, right? Is anyone sitting here?"

Hermione didn't reply. Instead, she just started to hit her head against the table, trying to wake herself up from the nightmare she was sure she was in.

" What's wrong with her?" Eden asked Ron in a stage whisper.

" I don't know. She didn't get that much sleep last night I guess."

" Does she always act like this after a bad night's sleep?"

Ron shook his head. "I've never seen her like this before. " He looked at his watch. " Stop banging your head against the table Herm. We've only got five minutes to get to History of Magic."

" Wake up Herm!" Someone was shaking Hermione. She looked up and recognized Ron. She slowly picked up her books and they left the classroom together.

" Why don't you take a nap before lunch?" Hermione thought this was a great idea. Ron escorted her up to the common room. " Night Ron." Hermione stood on her tiptoes and kissed him briefly before starting up the stairs to bed.

Hermione slowly opened her eyes. She looked at the clock. 1:15. She sat strait up in bed, not believing she had slept through lunch, and now, she had about five minutes to get to Potions.

"Hermione?" A tentative voice came from the doorway.

"Shut up Eden."

"Ron asked me to warn you that's its almost time for Potions. But maybe you should get more sleep."

Hermione got up and picked up her books off her table. "Let's go."

After Potions, Hermione almost wished she had stayed in bed. By the time she and Eden got to class, they were the last ones to arrive. Everyone already had a partner, so Hermione had no choice but to work with Eden. They set up their caldron next to Harry and Ron.

" Feeling better?" Ron asked.

Hermione nodded, and started to reply but was cut off by the arrival of Prof. Snape, the Potions teacher. " Today we'll be working on a Talent Potion. Does anyone know what the side effects of this potion are?"

Eden's hand went up, and so did Hermione's, of course. Snape was so startled that someone besides Ms. Granger was volunteering an answer that he momentarily forgot to call on someone. After a moment he regained his composure and called on Eden.

"The main side effect is discontent."

Hermione, who was shaking her head through what she thought was a wrong answer, was more shocked than anyone when Snape said " Correct Ms. Hueds." And then he smiled at her!

But what came next scared Hermione even more. She and Eden were standing over their boiling potion, and Hermione was about to add the Hesparca root, when Eden stopped her. "What?!" Demanded a startled Hermione.

"You only need one Hesparca root, not three." Eden told her gently.

This was too much for Hermione. She exploded. " Stop showing off you bitch! It's bad enough that you're trying to steal my boyfriend! I don't need you flaunting the fact that you're smarter that me!" And with that she ran from the room trying in vain to hide her tears. Ron ran out after her calling her name and getting nothing in response.

When they was gone, Prof. Snape, in an effort to quiet the class yelled " Five points from the house of the next person who talks!"

Everyone shut up immediately, and got back to working. " What was that about?" Harry asked Eden in a whisper.

Eden shrugged as Snape yelled "Five points from Gryffindor!"

End of part 2

What happens next? I'm not gonna tell you. I just wanna make you suffer till I post the next part. ha Ha HA!