(A/N:!!! You know what.I don't like the way the story was set up when I
finished it. Why won't it format the way it is when I do on my computer?
Could someone explain this to me? It's a pain in the ass! Sorry that this
took so long.. I went to the Ozzfest in Pittsburgh on Wednesday as surprise
birthday present. It was f*!cking awesome! I tried to get good pictures
but they all sucked because I was on the lawn. I had to sneak the camera
because you're not allowed to have them. I'm going to tell you where I had
to put it.Poor Ozzy seemed lost without his wife Sharon. (She has Colon
cancer, make sure you pray for her.) Well, when I got home, my head was
buzzing with only the bands playing, and Ozzy so I kinda forgot a bunch of
good ideas so give me time.Okay.you know I'm making this up as I go and I
can say I'm doing a good job at it. The idea sort of came to me last
week.Anyway, here's the third chapter of the story. )
Andrew W.K.
She Is Beautiful
I never knew girls existed like you
But now that I do
I'd really like to get to know you
The girl's too young
She don't need any better
It's all coming back
I can feel it
The girl's too young
She don't know any better
It's all coming back
I can feel it
[Chorus:] She is beautiful
She is beautiful
She is beautiful
She is beautiful
The girl is beautiful
You're giving me rules and hints from all sides
And when you hit my back, you rub my eyes
The girl's too young
She don't need any better
It's all coming back
I can feel it
The girl's too young
She don't know any better
It's all coming back
I can feel it
And though I never know you
I look at your face.
To tell you that I love you
Don't know what to say
Give everything I got to the beautiful girl
The only thing I live for in the whole wide world
[Chorus]
I ain't got nothing to lose (Nothing to lose)
Going to throw it away
And talk to you
She looks good
She looks good
And it's true
And it's true
The girl is beautiful
She is beautiful
She is beautiful
She is beautiful
Na na na na na na na na
X2
Na na na na na na na na
The girl is beautiful
She is beautiful
She is beautiful
Na na na na na na na na
X2
Na na na na na na na na
I ain't got nothing to lose (Nothing to lose)
Going to throw it away
And talk to you
She looks good
She looks good
And it's true
And it's true
The girl is beautiful
She is beautiful
[repeat]
Hermione sat straight up in her bed. Her heart was pounding and it was stifling hot in her room. Her long curly hair was sticking to her face and she was all clammy with sweat. She swung her legs over the side of her bed and stood up. She stood where she was for a moment and touched her fingers to her lips.
'That kiss.it.it felt so real. Why would I kiss Draco Malfoy, eww.' She thought. 'But.you liked it Hermione.' She told herself.
She shrugged it off. To her it was just another dream. She didn't like to dwell on them. She pulled her long brown hair out of her face and pulled it back.
"I really need to do something with this hair." She said out loud to herself. She dressed and walked out of her room.
DRACO'S HOUSE
Draco slowly opened his eyes and stared up at his ceiling. 'What a crazy ass dream! Me with that Granger, and I actually kissed her!' He thought.
He sat up in his bed and stretched, as he stretched he looked over to see who was sleeping next to him. Pansy was lying on her back, snoring the morning away.
"Ah!" Draco cried when he saw her, his legs got caught up in his blanket and he fell on his back onto the cold wood floor. 'Geez, if she wasn't there to scare me than I wouldn't be in this predicament. Great way to start my morning and weekend. '
He untangled himself and headed for the bathroom. He jumped in the shower quickly and got back out less than five minutes. He dressed in only his boxers for a moment while he brushed his teeth. As he was brushing his teeth, a dull shot of pain started to go through his right side. He didn't flinched but it hurt him.
'Why in the hell does this hurt? It didn't even happen!'
His mind became flooded with tons of questions but he knew he couldn't answer any of them but one of the images of the dream came back to him through all the mess in his head.Granger. Except she didn't look like the normal Granger. Something was wrong with her figure. From in front she was normal and skinny but when she turned to the side and sat down to help him her stomach was swollen.
It took Draco a moment than he realized,
"Granger's pregnant in the dream. Funny, I think she is the kind who rather study than get married or have kids. I think I'd actually feel bad for the bloke, if there is one, who marries that bitch."
He dressed and walked back out his bedroom. He didn't wake Pansy in fear that he'd have to put up with her annoying cooing over him. Her whining at other women who looked at him wanted to cause him to strangle her or maybe even Avada Kedavra her.
He walked out of his room and downstairs to breakfast. His house elves already had his breakfast ready for him. Just when he sat down his Owl came flying through the open window. He dropped a letter onto the table and landed on Draco's shoulder waiting for a treat. Draco handed him a sausage and he flew off again. Draco picked up the letter.
Draco,
Meet me in Diagon Alley tomorrow at 12:00 noon.
Your Mother,
Narcissa
'What does she want.' Draco thought angrily.
He didn't want to put up with her like had done the last seventeen years of his life. Weak, whiny and she hated him, along with his father. Narcissa and Pansy always got along because they were exactly alike. He doesn't know why he won't kick Pansy out. He didn't want to marry his mother's twin.
'Arranged marriages.who ever came up with them needs to be put in Azkaban.' He thought as he got up to start his day.
BACK TO HERMIONE
As Hermione walked downstairs, she heard voices in the Living room. She stopped and listened. It was her parents. They were having an argument over something. She hopped down the stairs and stood at the wall next to the entrance to hear better.
"I think that I should check the baby's tooth first." Her dad argued to her mom.
"No, I should. I make more money Jake." She replied.
Jake gaped at her and than said. " Well.I.at least I have patients who aren't afraid of me."
"My patients come back to me because I make their teeth perfect." She replied sarcastically.
At that point they started to squabble more about braces, teeth cleaning, and healthy smiles. Hermione rolled her eyes at the two and walked in.
"You know." Hermione started in a serious tone with a hint of sarcasm in it. She had gotten their attention. " There is a phone book here." She walked over to the drawer and pulled it out. " And I hear there are pretty good Psychiatrists in here." She threw the book at her dad and he caught it. " Find one and get help." She walked out with a grin on her face into the kitchen. Her parents followed her and shut their mouths.
"How are you doing this morning sweetie?" Jake asked sitting down to drink his tea.
"Fine. I had a weird dream last night." Hermione set a pan on the stove, and turned the stove on.
"Oh yeah?" her mom asked. "What was it about."
"Believe me, you don't want to know." Hermione grabbed eggs out of the fridge. "It had the Malfoys in it. That's enough to get the idea of what happened in the dream. You remember me telling you about them don't you?"
"Yeah, you said their family were evil and had that.Drano guy.umm.his dad was what do they call them.Death Sniper?"
"Eater mom.Death Eater and his name is Draco. Where in the hell do you get Death Sniper? That's a good one. Anyway.I think all the Malfoys are death eaters and I don't ever want to get mixed up in their crowd." Hermione continued while cooking eggs.
"Good for you honey." Her mom replied and that ended their conversation.
Hermione and her parents ate, and sat in silence for a while until Hermione broke it.
"I'm going to go and see Ron and Harry today."
Jake looked up at her. "Well, London is a bit of a way. How you going to get there?"
Hermione rolled her eyes. "Dad, its kind of hard to believe that you keep forgetting that I'm a witch."
Jake stared off into space for a minute and then the idea slowly came through his mind.
"Ohhh.Okay, I'm so slow today."
"Could've fooled me." His wife muttered standing up and scraping her breakfast into the trash.
"What was that Lisa?" Jake said looking up from his newspaper.
"Nothing." Lisa said winking at Hermione. She chuckled and stood up.
"Well, I better get ready to go. I'll see you later mum and dad." She started off.
"Wait!" her mom pulled out a list. "Could you get me a few things while you're out?"
"Sure mum, see you later." She walked out and upstairs to get ready.
Hermione pulled out her favorite day outfit. Usually jeans, and a black shirt. She slipped her sandals on and pulled her cloak over it. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed. A girl with hair that puffed out more than her own cat's fur stared back at her. She looked at her eyes to see what color they were today.
"Green today." She said. Some days her eyes changed from green, brown, and finally to hazel. They were usually hazel. She sighed at her image.
'Maybe it's time for a change. Might as well have one while I'm still young...I know...I'll cut my hair, and color it.' She thought with a grin.
"But first off to Ron's house and than Harry's." She said out loud and disappeared with a pop.
RON AND LAVENDER'S HOUSE
Hermione looked at Ron 's cottage with approval. He had done well for himself since he moved out of his parent 's home. He was part of the Department of Mysteries. He was an Unspeakable. Seems like her friends were into more dangerous stuff than she wanted them to been in but it of course was nothing unusual. His house was like any normal one on the street. A nice cottage with beautiful flowers everywhere, lush green grass, and a garden. It had Lavender's touch. You couldn't really tell that it was a wizard's house except for the gnomes scurrying this way and that. Muggles couldn't see them anyway. Hermione walked up the path and knocked on the door. It opened suddenly and Lavender was there to greet Hermione.
Hermione! What a lovely surprise! Please come in come in. Lavender ushered her in and asked her if she wanted a cup of tea. Hermione accepted the tea and sat down to relax.
Where's Ron? She asked puzzled.
I don't know, he should be around here somewhere. Hold on let me check the back yard. Lavender stood up and walked out to the sliding glass door.
Yep, he's back there. Why don't you go and see him. He's practicing Quidditch. Be careful of the bludger."
Lavender opened the door and led her outside.
Hermione walked outside into a huge open backyard. She looked up into the air find Ron. She turned her head to the side just in time because a bludger went flying right past her face.
Sorry about that! She heard someone call. She looked up near a tree and saw Ron floating on his broom looking back at her.
Hermione! Is that you? Ron called down as he floated down next to her.
He stood up to his full height and Hermione found her self looking up at him. He was at a foot taller than she was. She was 5 '4'' and he was 6' 4''.
She grinned at him and hugged him.
"The one and only." She replied. "How are you doing?"
"Fine, fine. At least I can say that I'm not poor anymore." He chuckled.
"Yes, It's a beautiful place you have here." She said looking at Ron and than over at Lavender.
They thanked her and all sat down at the porch.
"I haven't had the chance to see your house yet Mione." Hermione stopped smiling and looked disturbed at what he said.
He frowned. "I'm sorry if I insulted you or something Mione."
"No, no, it's not that Ron. It's just that I left Kevin...he was cheating on me.
Ron scowled. "I knew that rat was good for nothing. Even if he seemed nice I didn't like him one bit. I'm sorry about all this Hermione."
Hermione gave a reassuring smile. "Well my motto is...If you can't beat them, leave them."
" Seriously though, I have something important to tell you that you might like." Hermione said looking at the two of them. "I'm going to have a baby."
Ron got a stupid grin on his face, and jumped up and hugged her like her father did when she told him the night before. Lavender congratulated her but stayed in her seat.
"And..." Hermione continued. "I want you two to be Godparents. You up for the challenge?"
"We'll be honored to do so. Thanks Hermione. I'm really excited for you. Have you told Harry yet?" Ron asked.
"Nope, which is what I'm going to do after I leave. I'll be off to London after my visit with you."
Ron was about to say something when he flew backwards out of his chair and into the wall. A bludger had hit him right in the stomach and flew off ready to strike again. This time it was coming straight at Hermione. Ron quickly got back up and dodged in front of Hermione and grabbed the bludger and fell to the ground. He struggled with it for a moment while crawling over to the case and strapped the bludger back and shut it.
"Whew! Sorry bout that Hermione. I completely forgot about the bludger. The last thing I want to happen is for you and the baby to be hurt." Ron said rubbing his stomach. "Boy! I bet I'm going to have a black bruise here for weeks."
Hermione shook her head and laughed. "No, it's my fault silly. I distracted you from your workout. Well, I'm terribly sorry about leaving so soon but I have things to do today, and I have to go back to work in a couple of days. She stood up and clasped her cloak back on.
"Well hey, if I don't see you around soon, we'll see each other at the Ministry Ball in a couple of months right?" Ron asked.
"I didn't even know there was going to be a ball. See this is what I get, I lose track of everything, and I'm in disarray. Yes, thank you for the tea Lavender. Ron, I'll see you soon, owl me when you can." Hermione replied.
"I'll send Pig with a letter when I get the chance." He said waving.
"Alright. Bye lovebirds!" Hermione said as she apparated with a pop again.
LONDON
Hermione popped into Diagon Alley and looked around. Wizards, Witches, Goblins, and all that you could think of were crowded in this alley, it of course was busy and of course it was raining as always.
'What would you expect of Britain anyway?' She thought as she was turned around and started for the entrance of the alley.
She took her cloak off and walked through the Leaky Cauldron and continued out onto the streets of London. She walked for about ten minutes until she came up to a set of lovely apartments crowded next to each other. She ran up the stairs to Harry's apartment and knocked on the door. She waited for awhile and knocked again.
'Harry's probably at work.' She thought. She turned around and walked down the stairs.
"Well, I guess I should check over the errands. If it's all food I'm doing that last. I need a hair cut!" She said to herself. She pulled out the list of things her mom wanted her to get.
"Let's see. eggs, milk, bread, strawberries, yeast, well, looks like it's only food so I might as well go to the market down the street later."
She stuffed the list back into her pocket and continued to Kayla's Beauty Salon. Kayla was a good friend of Hermione and probably the only other muggle aside Kevin and her parents who knew she was a witch. She was a wonderful Cosmetologist but never did anything with Hermione's hair before.
She walked into the Salon and was greeted with the fumes of hair spray, perm chemicals, and the welcoming scattered chatter. She walked up to the counter and a girl with purple hair looked up and greeted her.
"Hey! Welcome to Kayla's Beauty Salon. How can I help you?" She opened the appointment book ready to get Hermione's.
"Hi Frankee.Is Kayla here?" Hermione asked looking around the place for the redhead.
She looked at Hermione for a moment. "Hermione is that you?"
Hermione smiled. "Yep it's me. I recognized you the moment I saw your hair. Your hair always colored no matter what.even when you were ten, and was always long with barely there bangs."
"Wow! I was wondering why you knew my name. You know I was disappointed when you left school. You always helped me get through and you were a good friend. Where did you go anyway?"
"A different school in Liverpool. Mum and dad wanted a change so they moved me there." Hermione said truthfully and lied along with it. "Is Kayla here?" She asked again.
"Yeah. She's in the back taking care of a customer. You can go back." Frankee showed her the way.
"Could you keep this behind the counter?" Hermione showed Frankee her cloak.
"Sure I can." Frankee took the cloak and set it under the counter.
"Thanks. See you in a few."
Hermione walked into the back. Many men and women were all standing over customers chatting away while cutting their clients hair. Blow dryers were also going all over the place.
Hermione gazed around for a moment until she spotted Kayla.
"Kayla!" Hermione called. She started to walk over to her. Kayla looked up at who called her. A big grin cracked on her face.
"Hermione! How are you?" Kayla asked. She wasn't able to hug Hermione because she had gloves on with coloring all over them.
"Just fine Kay. Life's being a bitch though." Hermione sat down in the chair next to Kayla.
"Oh, why is that?" Kayla asked.
Hermione whispered to her the whole story including what she did Jamie and that she was pregnant.
Kayla laughed. "Got Kevin back didn't you? So when's the baby due.?"
"October 13.it's so far away and yet so close. Hey, I was wondering if you have time if you could do my hair? Color it and cut it."
"Sure. After I finish this client's hair I'm free for the rest of the day. You know.it's about time you let me do something with your hair. I'm sorry to say this but do you know how much it's bothered me all these years? I've always wanted to shave your head when you stayed at my house every summer.
Hermione laughed. "Yeah, I finally realized how much I hated it too."
"I didn't do anything or mention it in the fear of getting cursed." Kayla whispered sarcastically.
"Don't worry." Hermione replied. "You'll know when I'm mad." Hermione grinned.
Kayla and Hermione chatted until Kayla was finished.
"Sit here while I sweep this hair out of the way." Kayla said grabbing the broom and cleaned up the place.
Hermione sat where the other women had been. Kayla walked back over.
"So what color do you want?"
Hermione thought for a moment. "How about blue.dark blue."
"You're joking right?" Kayla's eyes widened.
"Nope. I'll color back to a regular color before the ministry ball. I want to go wild for once."
"Alright." Kayla said skeptically, she grabbed a new pair of gloves.
"Oh, one more thing Kay. I want you to pick a new style for me. I don't want to see it though. I want to be surprised.
"Cool beans Mione. Hold on a second while I go and get the mix." Kayla walked away.
'What am I doing?!' Hermione screamed at herself. 'Chill Hermione. It's all good. You're still a teenager. You can do whatever you want before you life gets even more complicated. YOU NEED A CHANGE ANYWAY!'
Kayla walked out with the stuff and a strip of black cloth.
"You said you didn't want to see the hair style so when I'm done with your color I'm done with your color I'm putting this on you."
Kayla began with Hermione's hair. It took awhile because Hermione's hair was past her shoulder blades and Kayla had to go back a few times to get more color. When Kayla was done, she washed out the color and Hermione grinned at the results. The dark blue contrasted from her pale skin.
"This is a good look for you Hermione. Thank God you didn't choose pink or than I'd have shaved you head dyed you skin to make you mad at me. I hate pink. Alright time for the blindfold."
She wrapped the blindfold around Hermione's neck, pulled her hair out of the way and tied it underneath so she could work with the mass of curls.
"I'm going to straighten you hair. It should take at least an hour and than I can start chopping your locks off. You should be out of here at least 3:00 PM seeing that it's already 12:30"
Hermione groaned but agreed to it. So Kayla began her mission. She straightened her hair and than put the blindfold over Hermione's eyes to begin. When Kayla began cutting at Hermione's hair, she felt as if a mass of weight had lifted from her shoulders.
At 2:45, Kayla finally took the blindfold and apron off Hermione. Hermione had her eyes closed afraid of what she'd see.
"Hermione open your eyes." Kayla said grinning.
Hermione slowly opened her eyes and looked into the mirror. She gasped and grinned. The person staring back at her certainly wasn't Hermione.
Her hair was short up to her ears and layered. She had a part and it was zigzagged straight down her head. The ends of her hair were razored and spiky, sticking out every which way. Her choppy bangs sloped down on the right side of her face until they reached halfway down her jaw.
"Oh my gosh!" Hermione reached up to feel what was left of her hair. It was soft and feathery.
"I can't believe that's me." She stood up and hugged Kayla. "Thank you Kay. You did a wonderful job."
"I'm glad you like it." Kayla replied grinning from ear to ear. "You know you look like the perfect rocker chick now!"
"Good. I like it. So how much do I owe you?" Hermione asked as they walked up to the front desk.
"Oh it's on me." Kayla replied. "A present from me to the mother to be."
"Thank you. Hey when do you closed shop?" Hermione asked.
"7:00 tonight. I always close early on Fridays. Why?"
"I just wanted to know if you wanted to come with me to see my friend Harry. I told you about him didn't I?" Hermione asked.
Yeah. You told me about him. Handsome, tall, green eyes black hair, very nice, Wizard. Right?"
Hermione laughed. She knew Kayla was the only one to remember a guy's description. "Yep. That's him. So can you come?"
"Yeah sure I can. Why would I miss an opportunity to speak to a guy? I'll meet you tonight at the market around 7:30 okay?"
"Sure." Hermione replied. "I'll talk to you later."
"See you Mione. Oh, tomorrow, come back down at 12:00 and we'll go clothes shopping for you and the baby alright?"
"Cool with me Kay." Hermione waved at her as she turned and disappeared in to the Salon.
Hermione walked up to Frankee. She had her CD player out and you could tell what she was listening to because it was cranked up to Max. Frankee began to belt out "Thoughtless" from KoRn when she looked up at Hermione and smiled. She turned to CD player off and stuffed it under the counter.
"Hi how can I help you?" Frankee asked apparently not recognizing Hermione at all.
"Frankee.it's me."
Frankee's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open.
"Hermione! That's you? You said you'd only be few minutes. At least three hours later you come out and I don't even know it's you! It's a great look for you. Kayla do it for you?"
"Yeah. She did a brilliant job didn't she?"
"Oh yeah." Frankee agreed.
"I got to leave now. Can I have my cloak please." Hermione politely asked.
"Yeah sure. You know.it seems that you are the only person I know now who wears a cloak. Why is that?" Frankee asked.
"It's my fashion." Hermione replied. "I love cloaks because they are gothic like and I love things gothic." She came up with a reasonable answer for it.
Frankee shrugged. "Cool. Well see you later Hermione."
"Oh, okay. See you in a few weeks." Hermione said walking out. Frankee didn't hear her because she already had her headphones back on.
LEAKY CAULDRON/DIAGON ALLEY
Around 4:00 Hermione's arms were full with bags of food. She made sure she had all that was on the list. She was done so she set off for the Leaky Cauldron.
She walked into the smoky pub and greeted Tom.
"Hi Tom! Can I have a glass of water please." Hermione asked setting her bags on the floor and sitting at the counter.
"Sure." He said. Grabbing a glass. He paused for a moment. "Do I know you?"
"Why of course. I'm Hermione. Harry Potter's friend."
He nodded and smiled. He turned for a moment and did a double take. "Hermione.bushy hair, short, really smart,"
Hermione blushed. "Well, still short and smart but I got rid of the bushy hair only today."
"Oh. Great job." Tom said. He gave her glass of water and what about his business.
She drank her water, and left for Diagon Alley. She pushed her way through the crowds to the bookstore. She set her things on the side of the room and looked about. She found the section on children and pregnancy.
"How to raise a child in both the Muggle and Wizarding worlds. By Tenora Snaggle." Hermione muttered to herself. 'Sounds interesting. I think I'll buy it."
She walked up to the front and purchased the book. "Well, I guess it's time to go." She gathered up everything and headed out the door.
Draco was hurrying down the street looking behind him every few seconds trying to see if he lost Pansy. When he turned again he accidentally bumped into another person and they fell to the ground with bags in their hands.
DRACO POV
I bumped into somebody and knocked her down on the ground. I stopped and looked down. My eyes met with her beautiful eyes. They were hazel. I focused to the rest of her face. She was beautiful with no ordinary color hair. Her hair was short, spiky, and blue. She looked really spunky. Her clear pale skin shone bright against the dark hair. Her lips were luscious and deep red. She was very skinny but strong looking with curves in all the right places. Her bags were scattered all over the place.
I squatted down and grinned at her. "Sorry about that. You alright?"
She looked at me quizzically and answered. "Y-yeah. I'm fine thanks."
"I didn't mean to do that. I was running away from somebody." I said looking back again for Pansy somewhere.
I offered my hand and she took it. She stood up and her head reached my shoulders. She looked up at me and thanked me again. She bent down and started to pick up her things. I helped her. I picked up a book, looked at the cover but couldn't really get a good look at it because I heard someone screeching my name.
"Draco! Where are you!" Pansy was yelling at the top of her lungs.
I looked at the girl and my worries about getting caught melted away. I handed her book back.
"Listen." I said to her. " I want to ask you."
"Draco!" I turned my head a second to see how far Pansy was from us. I turned my head back to the girl but she was gone.
".Your name.Damn it!" I punched the wall next to me. It started to bleed but I ignored it. 'I'll probably never see her again. I don't know her name.' I thought. Pansy came running up out of breath.
"There.you.are Draco." She noticed my hand. "Your hand sweetie.. What did you do?"
"It's none of your concern Pansy. Let's go." I walked on down the street.
HERMIONE'S POV
I fell to the ground and got very pissed off. I was ready to shout the guy's head off but when I looked up I couldn't speak. Draco Malfoy's cold gray eyes stared back into mine. Apparently he didn't recognize me either because he squatted down with a grin on his face.
"Sorry about that. You alright?"
I was still pretty speechless. "Y-yeah. I'm fine thanks."
"I didn't mean to do that. I was running away from somebody." He turned his head for a moment. He held his hand out and I grasped it. He helped me up and I looked up at him.
"Thanks."
I bent down to pick up everything and he helped me. He handed me my book last when we heard someone screaming for him.
"Listen." He continued. " I just wanted to ask." He turned again and there I panicked and apparated home.
I leaned into the front door, breathing heavy. He was probably going to ask me for my name. If I told him he'd probably turn on me or insult me like old times. I walked into the kitchen and put everything away. Took my book upstairs and set it on my dresser. I laid on my bed and just stared up at the ceiling for what would seem for ever.
Draco changed. He was a scrawny, short kid as what I could remember. But I didn't notice while we were in school that he had grown. He was way taller than me now probably at least six inches taller. He grew out too. Muscles.probably could beat anyone to a pulp in seconds. Something else was different thought.he sounded like he had compassion but than again I'm Hermione Granger. The mudblood.he'll freak. I guess I was tired because I fell asleep and woke up at 6:00.
Hermione hopped out of her bed with a little more energy. She got a shower, dressed, brushed her teeth, fixed her hair the way Kayla did and put clear lip gloss and mascara on. By the time she was done it was nearly 7:00. She had time so she grabbed her book and walked downstairs to read for a few minutes. Her parents were in the kitchen so she went in a greeted them. When they saw her hair they were shocked all right.
"And I thought when you got your eyebrow pierced was bad well, this is different." Her dad said looking at Hermione.
"You know dad.thanks for reminding me about that. I think I'll go and get my eyebrow pierced again. Kevin didn't like it so I took it out. Now I can do what I want."
Jake scowled at her but didn't say anything.
"Well I'm off. See you guys tomorrow." Hermione said waving.
She popped out of the kitchen into Diagon alley. She walked out into the dark streets and waited down at the market for Kayla. Kayla arrived panting. It was 7:45.
"Sorry for keeping you waiting." She said straightening herself up.
She looked extra snazzy. She curled her hair, put make up on and changed her clothes. She had on flare jeans, and a ruffled shirt.
"Dressing for the occasion are we?" Hermione grinned at the blushing girl. They walked down the street to Harry's apartment and knocked. He opened the door and looked at the two.
"Hi Harry." Hermione said.
"Hermione? You look different. I like it." He grinned and picked her up and hugged her. He invited the two girls in and they all sat down in his Living Room.
"You're the only one who recognized me Harry. Harry, this is my friend Kayla. She owns that Beauty Salon down the street. She did my hair for me. Kayla I told you about Harry."
"Yeah, nice to meet you Harry." Kayla shook his hand. He only gave her a stupid grin and a nod.
"How's work treating you Harry?" Hermione asked.
"Oh."Harry sighed. "Now that Moody is back in from retirement to help us find the Death-Eaters it's been hell. We knew where the majority of them were but when they heard Moody was back they all scattered. Now we're trying to." Harry paused and looked over at Kayla. "Are you a witch?"
"Nope. Sounds like an interesting life you wizards and witches have. Continue." Kayla replied leaning in to listen.
"Well.anyway, Now we're trying to locate the guy who is responsible for continuing the work of Voldemort. We believe it's Lucius Malfoy but we can't locate his house anymore.almost as if he moved the whole manor to a different location."
Hermione nodded. She didn't want to mention anything about her little encounter with Draco. Harry would probably freak or something.
"You look exhausted Harry. How many hours you at work today?"
"I got up this morning around 1:00 AM and I've been running all day to one Department to another and out trying to catch the damn Death Eaters. Moody is much help but he is still jumpy and attacking everything in sight. Today he conjured up a knife and about got Corey Jinks in the face. Lucky it went into the wall next to him." Harry sighed and rubbed his face tiredly.
"Well, we'll be leaving soon so you can get some sleep. I want to ask you first before we leave if you'll be the Godfather to my baby." Hermione asked him. He looked up at her dumbfoundly for a moment.
"You're going to have a baby?"
Hermione nodded. He had the biggest grin on his face. "Congratulations! Of course I'll be the Godfather. I'd love to. How does Kevin take to the news?"
Hermione shook her head. "He doesn't know nor will he ever know. We're getting a divorce. I left him yesterday after I found out he was cheating on me."
"Don't you think that's a bit selfish?" Harry replied.
"Well, yes but you know what, I put my life down the drain for him and he's got to go do something like that. I think that's selfish. I moved to the U.S for him, I grew up for him. When a person who changes me, and pulls shit on me like that it's bye-bye loser." Hermione calmly explained.
Harry didn't say anymore. Hermione, when she gets pissed, she gets pissed. He's suffered enough in school to know what it's like.
"So.. How far along are you?" Kayla said changing the subject a bit.
Hermione's other half, disappeared back into the depths of her self and her face lit back up. "Almost a month. No signs yet, no sickness, no nothing." Hermione replied.
"I'm going to be an Aunt!" Kayla said happily. She walked over to Hermione, leaned down to her stomach. "Hurry it up will you!" She said laughing.
Harry and Hermione cracked up. They chatted for at least for another hour and Kayla and Hermione decided to leave Harry so he could get some rest.
"You working tomorrow Harry?" Hermione asked him.
"Yeah." He sighed.
"Sorry buddy. I have a week off of work. I'm not rubbing it in your face but I wanted to come visit you again. I was thinking about having a little get together with Ron and his family, and mine. If I do you can bring the Dursleys." She said sarcastically.
"No thanks.I'll pass on that." Harry replied leading them to the door. "I don't have work next Saturday. See if you can get everyone together and we'll have that get together. I haven't seen Ron in at least half a year."
"Alright." Hermione replied. "We'll see you later Harry." She pecked him on the cheek and walked down the stairs of the apartment.
"So, what did you think of him Kay?" Hermione looked over at her smiley friend.
"Well let's see.your description of him was.COMPLETELY CORRECT Damn it! He is wonderful. He his so handsome and nice and." Kayla babbled on and on.
"Okay, Okay.I get the idea." Hermione laughed.
"You were HIDING him from me weren't you!?" Kayla said sarcastically.
"No, he was hiding himself from everyone else. I think he's been a bit overworked. Maybe you should meet Ron and his family. You'll simply die when you meet them. They are the most hilarious family you can meet and the nicest." Hermione said excitedly.
'At least she found someone I KNOW for a fact isn't a jerk, and trustworthy.' Hermione thought.
She looked over at her friend. She was positively glowing. Hermione smiled and nodded at her babbling friend but didn't pay attention to her.
'Now if I could only find someone so trustworthy.' Hermione sighed.
"You alright Mione?" Kayla stopped and looked at the sullen looking girl.
"Yeah.yeah. I'm fine Kay. I think I want to go home now. I'm pretty tired. Is that alright with you?" Hermione tiredly asked.
"Yeah sure." Kayla replied.
They walked to Kayla's apartment. They went in and had some tea before she was to apparate home.
"Did I tell you about my little encounter today?" Hermione asked lying down on Kayla's couch.
"Nope. Do tell." She replied putting her feet up on the coffee table and leaning back in her chair.
"You know that Lucius Malfoy that Harry was talking about?" Hermione looked over at Kayla.
"Yeah I remember. Why?"
"I bumped into his son today."
"You're kidding!" Kayla sat up. "What's he look like?"
Hermione rolled her eyes at Kayla. Only Kayla would want a full-blown description of a guy who hates her best friend.
"Alright, alright." Hermione sighed. She sat up. "Well, he's tall, at least 6 ft., white blonde hair, sea gray eyes, and he's built but still pretty skinny."
"Sounds pretty hot!" Kayla grinned.
Hermione rolled her eyes once more. "Believe me Kay.if you saw the way he treated me in school than you'd probably want to kill him. He wasn't rude to me at all today because he didn't recognize me. I actually think he was kinda hitting on me."
Kayla frowned. "Oh wonderful! Wait.a bullying git.hitting on you who do not like you.that's not right. Why is it that all the hot guys are bullies! Can't I get someone normal?"
"But you do have someone normal Kay. Harry.remember? And who said YOU were normal? Besides he doesn't like mudbloods or muggles. I'm a mudblood. He was raised hating anyone who wasn't pureblooded."
"Why is that?" Kayla asked.
"How should I know? His father is demented and he decided "Oh! I know if I ever have a child, I want him to be as demented as myself. Oh How lovely!" His father is like that because he's a Death Eater and worked for the evil wizard Voldemort, who Harry killed. I bet Draco is a Death Eater too.did I mention that Voldemort was a mudblood?"
"Okay Hermione, I think you need switch off for awhile. Thank you for the information. Go home get some rest. I feel bad for your kid already." Kayla stood up.
Hermione threw a pillow at Kayla and smacked her right in the face with it.
" Okay, thanks for coming with me tonight." She stood up and put her cloak back on. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye Hermione."
Hermione apparated into her room with a big sigh. She washed her face, got into her pajamas and crawled underneath her covers. Crookshanks hopped up onto her stomach.
"Hey Crookshanks.what a day." Hermione whispered softly. She slowly closed her eyes, and fell asleep.
DRACO'S HOUSE Draco sat down in his armchair and sighed from frustration. He didn't want to meet with his mother tomorrow but he had to. It probably had something to do with his dad. He got up and began to walk around the house in mere boredom. He knew his father still wanted him to become a Death Eater but he wasn't going to summit to his father's rule.
He was suppose to be initiated in to the group three years ago but he point blank refused. He got a severe beating for refusing too. Ever since than Lucius continuously pestered him, threatened him, beat him, and performed the Cruciatus and Imperius curses on him. Draco battled off both of the unforgivable curses.
Lucius finally shut his mouth after Draco said he'd go to the Ministry and give them the whole story on what he'd did and what he was. Lucius than said he'd kill him if he even tried to do that. TWO YEARS AGO
"Don't even tried it Draco. " Lucius' face was twisted in fury.
"And why not?" Draco said calmly.
"Because no one will care if I kill you. You have no friends, and it wouldn't matter to anyone." Lucius replied.
"You don't know me, even if I am your son." Draco replied.
Lucius laughed. "Oh I think I do know you son. I think I do. Just don't try anything or you'll end up like your grandparents did."
Lucius turned around with a flip of his robes and disappeared out of the Den. He grabbed the door and slammed it shut.
(END OF FLASHBACK)
Draco sighed yet again. He rolled the conversation over in his head. He never knew his grandparents. Lucius killed them when Draco was two. He could easily kill Draco too. And it was true. He didn't have friend, to much to his disappointment. He had changed but he still had the image of a cruel, sadistic prick. He didn't want anyone to get to close to him. It was dangerous. He's father could easily kill them like that. He wants to mess with Draco's head still.
All worries disappeared from Draco's foggy mind when he focused in on a short blue haired girl. He smiled and looked down at his hand. He healed it after he slammed it into the wall but he still had tiny little scars on his knuckles.
'What is this girl doing to me?' Draco thought.
'I only looked at her and I felt as is my insides practically melted. She was beautiful, I didn't get a chance to talk to her.' He dwelled on her image for a moment.
'What did that book say again?' He tried to bring the book's image up but he couldn't remember what it said.
A knock from the outside his den door shook him from his thoughts. He walked over to the door and opened it. Pansy's ugly self framed the door.
She cracked a grin at him. "Aren't you coming to bed sweetie?"
"No Pansy! Quite putting on this act of being the loving girlfriend because I don't want to put up with you bullshit anymore. You just want to marry me for my money. You can go whine to my parents all you want because I don't give a shit. Now you can stay the night here but tomorrow you are leaving for good to find another rich guy to marry. Now fuck off and leave me the hell alone!" Draco slammed the door in her face. He sighed and smiled. He finally told the bitch off.
"Boy that felt good! She better be gone tomorrow or I'm going to have a conniption."
He walked back over to his armchair and sat down in a better mood.
(A/N: THAT TOOK FOREVER I had writer's block and I was blank for at least three days, which sucked because I didn't want you guys to get mad at me. DAMN OZZFEST DID THIS TO ME. Well, it was still AWESOME! Well, please be nice in the reviews. I'm going to bed and I'll start on the next part tomorrow morning. GOOD NIGHT!)
Andrew W.K.
She Is Beautiful
I never knew girls existed like you
But now that I do
I'd really like to get to know you
The girl's too young
She don't need any better
It's all coming back
I can feel it
The girl's too young
She don't know any better
It's all coming back
I can feel it
[Chorus:] She is beautiful
She is beautiful
She is beautiful
She is beautiful
The girl is beautiful
You're giving me rules and hints from all sides
And when you hit my back, you rub my eyes
The girl's too young
She don't need any better
It's all coming back
I can feel it
The girl's too young
She don't know any better
It's all coming back
I can feel it
And though I never know you
I look at your face.
To tell you that I love you
Don't know what to say
Give everything I got to the beautiful girl
The only thing I live for in the whole wide world
[Chorus]
I ain't got nothing to lose (Nothing to lose)
Going to throw it away
And talk to you
She looks good
She looks good
And it's true
And it's true
The girl is beautiful
She is beautiful
She is beautiful
She is beautiful
Na na na na na na na na
X2
Na na na na na na na na
The girl is beautiful
She is beautiful
She is beautiful
Na na na na na na na na
X2
Na na na na na na na na
I ain't got nothing to lose (Nothing to lose)
Going to throw it away
And talk to you
She looks good
She looks good
And it's true
And it's true
The girl is beautiful
She is beautiful
[repeat]
Hermione sat straight up in her bed. Her heart was pounding and it was stifling hot in her room. Her long curly hair was sticking to her face and she was all clammy with sweat. She swung her legs over the side of her bed and stood up. She stood where she was for a moment and touched her fingers to her lips.
'That kiss.it.it felt so real. Why would I kiss Draco Malfoy, eww.' She thought. 'But.you liked it Hermione.' She told herself.
She shrugged it off. To her it was just another dream. She didn't like to dwell on them. She pulled her long brown hair out of her face and pulled it back.
"I really need to do something with this hair." She said out loud to herself. She dressed and walked out of her room.
DRACO'S HOUSE
Draco slowly opened his eyes and stared up at his ceiling. 'What a crazy ass dream! Me with that Granger, and I actually kissed her!' He thought.
He sat up in his bed and stretched, as he stretched he looked over to see who was sleeping next to him. Pansy was lying on her back, snoring the morning away.
"Ah!" Draco cried when he saw her, his legs got caught up in his blanket and he fell on his back onto the cold wood floor. 'Geez, if she wasn't there to scare me than I wouldn't be in this predicament. Great way to start my morning and weekend. '
He untangled himself and headed for the bathroom. He jumped in the shower quickly and got back out less than five minutes. He dressed in only his boxers for a moment while he brushed his teeth. As he was brushing his teeth, a dull shot of pain started to go through his right side. He didn't flinched but it hurt him.
'Why in the hell does this hurt? It didn't even happen!'
His mind became flooded with tons of questions but he knew he couldn't answer any of them but one of the images of the dream came back to him through all the mess in his head.Granger. Except she didn't look like the normal Granger. Something was wrong with her figure. From in front she was normal and skinny but when she turned to the side and sat down to help him her stomach was swollen.
It took Draco a moment than he realized,
"Granger's pregnant in the dream. Funny, I think she is the kind who rather study than get married or have kids. I think I'd actually feel bad for the bloke, if there is one, who marries that bitch."
He dressed and walked back out his bedroom. He didn't wake Pansy in fear that he'd have to put up with her annoying cooing over him. Her whining at other women who looked at him wanted to cause him to strangle her or maybe even Avada Kedavra her.
He walked out of his room and downstairs to breakfast. His house elves already had his breakfast ready for him. Just when he sat down his Owl came flying through the open window. He dropped a letter onto the table and landed on Draco's shoulder waiting for a treat. Draco handed him a sausage and he flew off again. Draco picked up the letter.
Draco,
Meet me in Diagon Alley tomorrow at 12:00 noon.
Your Mother,
Narcissa
'What does she want.' Draco thought angrily.
He didn't want to put up with her like had done the last seventeen years of his life. Weak, whiny and she hated him, along with his father. Narcissa and Pansy always got along because they were exactly alike. He doesn't know why he won't kick Pansy out. He didn't want to marry his mother's twin.
'Arranged marriages.who ever came up with them needs to be put in Azkaban.' He thought as he got up to start his day.
BACK TO HERMIONE
As Hermione walked downstairs, she heard voices in the Living room. She stopped and listened. It was her parents. They were having an argument over something. She hopped down the stairs and stood at the wall next to the entrance to hear better.
"I think that I should check the baby's tooth first." Her dad argued to her mom.
"No, I should. I make more money Jake." She replied.
Jake gaped at her and than said. " Well.I.at least I have patients who aren't afraid of me."
"My patients come back to me because I make their teeth perfect." She replied sarcastically.
At that point they started to squabble more about braces, teeth cleaning, and healthy smiles. Hermione rolled her eyes at the two and walked in.
"You know." Hermione started in a serious tone with a hint of sarcasm in it. She had gotten their attention. " There is a phone book here." She walked over to the drawer and pulled it out. " And I hear there are pretty good Psychiatrists in here." She threw the book at her dad and he caught it. " Find one and get help." She walked out with a grin on her face into the kitchen. Her parents followed her and shut their mouths.
"How are you doing this morning sweetie?" Jake asked sitting down to drink his tea.
"Fine. I had a weird dream last night." Hermione set a pan on the stove, and turned the stove on.
"Oh yeah?" her mom asked. "What was it about."
"Believe me, you don't want to know." Hermione grabbed eggs out of the fridge. "It had the Malfoys in it. That's enough to get the idea of what happened in the dream. You remember me telling you about them don't you?"
"Yeah, you said their family were evil and had that.Drano guy.umm.his dad was what do they call them.Death Sniper?"
"Eater mom.Death Eater and his name is Draco. Where in the hell do you get Death Sniper? That's a good one. Anyway.I think all the Malfoys are death eaters and I don't ever want to get mixed up in their crowd." Hermione continued while cooking eggs.
"Good for you honey." Her mom replied and that ended their conversation.
Hermione and her parents ate, and sat in silence for a while until Hermione broke it.
"I'm going to go and see Ron and Harry today."
Jake looked up at her. "Well, London is a bit of a way. How you going to get there?"
Hermione rolled her eyes. "Dad, its kind of hard to believe that you keep forgetting that I'm a witch."
Jake stared off into space for a minute and then the idea slowly came through his mind.
"Ohhh.Okay, I'm so slow today."
"Could've fooled me." His wife muttered standing up and scraping her breakfast into the trash.
"What was that Lisa?" Jake said looking up from his newspaper.
"Nothing." Lisa said winking at Hermione. She chuckled and stood up.
"Well, I better get ready to go. I'll see you later mum and dad." She started off.
"Wait!" her mom pulled out a list. "Could you get me a few things while you're out?"
"Sure mum, see you later." She walked out and upstairs to get ready.
Hermione pulled out her favorite day outfit. Usually jeans, and a black shirt. She slipped her sandals on and pulled her cloak over it. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed. A girl with hair that puffed out more than her own cat's fur stared back at her. She looked at her eyes to see what color they were today.
"Green today." She said. Some days her eyes changed from green, brown, and finally to hazel. They were usually hazel. She sighed at her image.
'Maybe it's time for a change. Might as well have one while I'm still young...I know...I'll cut my hair, and color it.' She thought with a grin.
"But first off to Ron's house and than Harry's." She said out loud and disappeared with a pop.
RON AND LAVENDER'S HOUSE
Hermione looked at Ron 's cottage with approval. He had done well for himself since he moved out of his parent 's home. He was part of the Department of Mysteries. He was an Unspeakable. Seems like her friends were into more dangerous stuff than she wanted them to been in but it of course was nothing unusual. His house was like any normal one on the street. A nice cottage with beautiful flowers everywhere, lush green grass, and a garden. It had Lavender's touch. You couldn't really tell that it was a wizard's house except for the gnomes scurrying this way and that. Muggles couldn't see them anyway. Hermione walked up the path and knocked on the door. It opened suddenly and Lavender was there to greet Hermione.
Hermione! What a lovely surprise! Please come in come in. Lavender ushered her in and asked her if she wanted a cup of tea. Hermione accepted the tea and sat down to relax.
Where's Ron? She asked puzzled.
I don't know, he should be around here somewhere. Hold on let me check the back yard. Lavender stood up and walked out to the sliding glass door.
Yep, he's back there. Why don't you go and see him. He's practicing Quidditch. Be careful of the bludger."
Lavender opened the door and led her outside.
Hermione walked outside into a huge open backyard. She looked up into the air find Ron. She turned her head to the side just in time because a bludger went flying right past her face.
Sorry about that! She heard someone call. She looked up near a tree and saw Ron floating on his broom looking back at her.
Hermione! Is that you? Ron called down as he floated down next to her.
He stood up to his full height and Hermione found her self looking up at him. He was at a foot taller than she was. She was 5 '4'' and he was 6' 4''.
She grinned at him and hugged him.
"The one and only." She replied. "How are you doing?"
"Fine, fine. At least I can say that I'm not poor anymore." He chuckled.
"Yes, It's a beautiful place you have here." She said looking at Ron and than over at Lavender.
They thanked her and all sat down at the porch.
"I haven't had the chance to see your house yet Mione." Hermione stopped smiling and looked disturbed at what he said.
He frowned. "I'm sorry if I insulted you or something Mione."
"No, no, it's not that Ron. It's just that I left Kevin...he was cheating on me.
Ron scowled. "I knew that rat was good for nothing. Even if he seemed nice I didn't like him one bit. I'm sorry about all this Hermione."
Hermione gave a reassuring smile. "Well my motto is...If you can't beat them, leave them."
" Seriously though, I have something important to tell you that you might like." Hermione said looking at the two of them. "I'm going to have a baby."
Ron got a stupid grin on his face, and jumped up and hugged her like her father did when she told him the night before. Lavender congratulated her but stayed in her seat.
"And..." Hermione continued. "I want you two to be Godparents. You up for the challenge?"
"We'll be honored to do so. Thanks Hermione. I'm really excited for you. Have you told Harry yet?" Ron asked.
"Nope, which is what I'm going to do after I leave. I'll be off to London after my visit with you."
Ron was about to say something when he flew backwards out of his chair and into the wall. A bludger had hit him right in the stomach and flew off ready to strike again. This time it was coming straight at Hermione. Ron quickly got back up and dodged in front of Hermione and grabbed the bludger and fell to the ground. He struggled with it for a moment while crawling over to the case and strapped the bludger back and shut it.
"Whew! Sorry bout that Hermione. I completely forgot about the bludger. The last thing I want to happen is for you and the baby to be hurt." Ron said rubbing his stomach. "Boy! I bet I'm going to have a black bruise here for weeks."
Hermione shook her head and laughed. "No, it's my fault silly. I distracted you from your workout. Well, I'm terribly sorry about leaving so soon but I have things to do today, and I have to go back to work in a couple of days. She stood up and clasped her cloak back on.
"Well hey, if I don't see you around soon, we'll see each other at the Ministry Ball in a couple of months right?" Ron asked.
"I didn't even know there was going to be a ball. See this is what I get, I lose track of everything, and I'm in disarray. Yes, thank you for the tea Lavender. Ron, I'll see you soon, owl me when you can." Hermione replied.
"I'll send Pig with a letter when I get the chance." He said waving.
"Alright. Bye lovebirds!" Hermione said as she apparated with a pop again.
LONDON
Hermione popped into Diagon Alley and looked around. Wizards, Witches, Goblins, and all that you could think of were crowded in this alley, it of course was busy and of course it was raining as always.
'What would you expect of Britain anyway?' She thought as she was turned around and started for the entrance of the alley.
She took her cloak off and walked through the Leaky Cauldron and continued out onto the streets of London. She walked for about ten minutes until she came up to a set of lovely apartments crowded next to each other. She ran up the stairs to Harry's apartment and knocked on the door. She waited for awhile and knocked again.
'Harry's probably at work.' She thought. She turned around and walked down the stairs.
"Well, I guess I should check over the errands. If it's all food I'm doing that last. I need a hair cut!" She said to herself. She pulled out the list of things her mom wanted her to get.
"Let's see. eggs, milk, bread, strawberries, yeast, well, looks like it's only food so I might as well go to the market down the street later."
She stuffed the list back into her pocket and continued to Kayla's Beauty Salon. Kayla was a good friend of Hermione and probably the only other muggle aside Kevin and her parents who knew she was a witch. She was a wonderful Cosmetologist but never did anything with Hermione's hair before.
She walked into the Salon and was greeted with the fumes of hair spray, perm chemicals, and the welcoming scattered chatter. She walked up to the counter and a girl with purple hair looked up and greeted her.
"Hey! Welcome to Kayla's Beauty Salon. How can I help you?" She opened the appointment book ready to get Hermione's.
"Hi Frankee.Is Kayla here?" Hermione asked looking around the place for the redhead.
She looked at Hermione for a moment. "Hermione is that you?"
Hermione smiled. "Yep it's me. I recognized you the moment I saw your hair. Your hair always colored no matter what.even when you were ten, and was always long with barely there bangs."
"Wow! I was wondering why you knew my name. You know I was disappointed when you left school. You always helped me get through and you were a good friend. Where did you go anyway?"
"A different school in Liverpool. Mum and dad wanted a change so they moved me there." Hermione said truthfully and lied along with it. "Is Kayla here?" She asked again.
"Yeah. She's in the back taking care of a customer. You can go back." Frankee showed her the way.
"Could you keep this behind the counter?" Hermione showed Frankee her cloak.
"Sure I can." Frankee took the cloak and set it under the counter.
"Thanks. See you in a few."
Hermione walked into the back. Many men and women were all standing over customers chatting away while cutting their clients hair. Blow dryers were also going all over the place.
Hermione gazed around for a moment until she spotted Kayla.
"Kayla!" Hermione called. She started to walk over to her. Kayla looked up at who called her. A big grin cracked on her face.
"Hermione! How are you?" Kayla asked. She wasn't able to hug Hermione because she had gloves on with coloring all over them.
"Just fine Kay. Life's being a bitch though." Hermione sat down in the chair next to Kayla.
"Oh, why is that?" Kayla asked.
Hermione whispered to her the whole story including what she did Jamie and that she was pregnant.
Kayla laughed. "Got Kevin back didn't you? So when's the baby due.?"
"October 13.it's so far away and yet so close. Hey, I was wondering if you have time if you could do my hair? Color it and cut it."
"Sure. After I finish this client's hair I'm free for the rest of the day. You know.it's about time you let me do something with your hair. I'm sorry to say this but do you know how much it's bothered me all these years? I've always wanted to shave your head when you stayed at my house every summer.
Hermione laughed. "Yeah, I finally realized how much I hated it too."
"I didn't do anything or mention it in the fear of getting cursed." Kayla whispered sarcastically.
"Don't worry." Hermione replied. "You'll know when I'm mad." Hermione grinned.
Kayla and Hermione chatted until Kayla was finished.
"Sit here while I sweep this hair out of the way." Kayla said grabbing the broom and cleaned up the place.
Hermione sat where the other women had been. Kayla walked back over.
"So what color do you want?"
Hermione thought for a moment. "How about blue.dark blue."
"You're joking right?" Kayla's eyes widened.
"Nope. I'll color back to a regular color before the ministry ball. I want to go wild for once."
"Alright." Kayla said skeptically, she grabbed a new pair of gloves.
"Oh, one more thing Kay. I want you to pick a new style for me. I don't want to see it though. I want to be surprised.
"Cool beans Mione. Hold on a second while I go and get the mix." Kayla walked away.
'What am I doing?!' Hermione screamed at herself. 'Chill Hermione. It's all good. You're still a teenager. You can do whatever you want before you life gets even more complicated. YOU NEED A CHANGE ANYWAY!'
Kayla walked out with the stuff and a strip of black cloth.
"You said you didn't want to see the hair style so when I'm done with your color I'm done with your color I'm putting this on you."
Kayla began with Hermione's hair. It took awhile because Hermione's hair was past her shoulder blades and Kayla had to go back a few times to get more color. When Kayla was done, she washed out the color and Hermione grinned at the results. The dark blue contrasted from her pale skin.
"This is a good look for you Hermione. Thank God you didn't choose pink or than I'd have shaved you head dyed you skin to make you mad at me. I hate pink. Alright time for the blindfold."
She wrapped the blindfold around Hermione's neck, pulled her hair out of the way and tied it underneath so she could work with the mass of curls.
"I'm going to straighten you hair. It should take at least an hour and than I can start chopping your locks off. You should be out of here at least 3:00 PM seeing that it's already 12:30"
Hermione groaned but agreed to it. So Kayla began her mission. She straightened her hair and than put the blindfold over Hermione's eyes to begin. When Kayla began cutting at Hermione's hair, she felt as if a mass of weight had lifted from her shoulders.
At 2:45, Kayla finally took the blindfold and apron off Hermione. Hermione had her eyes closed afraid of what she'd see.
"Hermione open your eyes." Kayla said grinning.
Hermione slowly opened her eyes and looked into the mirror. She gasped and grinned. The person staring back at her certainly wasn't Hermione.
Her hair was short up to her ears and layered. She had a part and it was zigzagged straight down her head. The ends of her hair were razored and spiky, sticking out every which way. Her choppy bangs sloped down on the right side of her face until they reached halfway down her jaw.
"Oh my gosh!" Hermione reached up to feel what was left of her hair. It was soft and feathery.
"I can't believe that's me." She stood up and hugged Kayla. "Thank you Kay. You did a wonderful job."
"I'm glad you like it." Kayla replied grinning from ear to ear. "You know you look like the perfect rocker chick now!"
"Good. I like it. So how much do I owe you?" Hermione asked as they walked up to the front desk.
"Oh it's on me." Kayla replied. "A present from me to the mother to be."
"Thank you. Hey when do you closed shop?" Hermione asked.
"7:00 tonight. I always close early on Fridays. Why?"
"I just wanted to know if you wanted to come with me to see my friend Harry. I told you about him didn't I?" Hermione asked.
Yeah. You told me about him. Handsome, tall, green eyes black hair, very nice, Wizard. Right?"
Hermione laughed. She knew Kayla was the only one to remember a guy's description. "Yep. That's him. So can you come?"
"Yeah sure I can. Why would I miss an opportunity to speak to a guy? I'll meet you tonight at the market around 7:30 okay?"
"Sure." Hermione replied. "I'll talk to you later."
"See you Mione. Oh, tomorrow, come back down at 12:00 and we'll go clothes shopping for you and the baby alright?"
"Cool with me Kay." Hermione waved at her as she turned and disappeared in to the Salon.
Hermione walked up to Frankee. She had her CD player out and you could tell what she was listening to because it was cranked up to Max. Frankee began to belt out "Thoughtless" from KoRn when she looked up at Hermione and smiled. She turned to CD player off and stuffed it under the counter.
"Hi how can I help you?" Frankee asked apparently not recognizing Hermione at all.
"Frankee.it's me."
Frankee's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open.
"Hermione! That's you? You said you'd only be few minutes. At least three hours later you come out and I don't even know it's you! It's a great look for you. Kayla do it for you?"
"Yeah. She did a brilliant job didn't she?"
"Oh yeah." Frankee agreed.
"I got to leave now. Can I have my cloak please." Hermione politely asked.
"Yeah sure. You know.it seems that you are the only person I know now who wears a cloak. Why is that?" Frankee asked.
"It's my fashion." Hermione replied. "I love cloaks because they are gothic like and I love things gothic." She came up with a reasonable answer for it.
Frankee shrugged. "Cool. Well see you later Hermione."
"Oh, okay. See you in a few weeks." Hermione said walking out. Frankee didn't hear her because she already had her headphones back on.
LEAKY CAULDRON/DIAGON ALLEY
Around 4:00 Hermione's arms were full with bags of food. She made sure she had all that was on the list. She was done so she set off for the Leaky Cauldron.
She walked into the smoky pub and greeted Tom.
"Hi Tom! Can I have a glass of water please." Hermione asked setting her bags on the floor and sitting at the counter.
"Sure." He said. Grabbing a glass. He paused for a moment. "Do I know you?"
"Why of course. I'm Hermione. Harry Potter's friend."
He nodded and smiled. He turned for a moment and did a double take. "Hermione.bushy hair, short, really smart,"
Hermione blushed. "Well, still short and smart but I got rid of the bushy hair only today."
"Oh. Great job." Tom said. He gave her glass of water and what about his business.
She drank her water, and left for Diagon Alley. She pushed her way through the crowds to the bookstore. She set her things on the side of the room and looked about. She found the section on children and pregnancy.
"How to raise a child in both the Muggle and Wizarding worlds. By Tenora Snaggle." Hermione muttered to herself. 'Sounds interesting. I think I'll buy it."
She walked up to the front and purchased the book. "Well, I guess it's time to go." She gathered up everything and headed out the door.
Draco was hurrying down the street looking behind him every few seconds trying to see if he lost Pansy. When he turned again he accidentally bumped into another person and they fell to the ground with bags in their hands.
DRACO POV
I bumped into somebody and knocked her down on the ground. I stopped and looked down. My eyes met with her beautiful eyes. They were hazel. I focused to the rest of her face. She was beautiful with no ordinary color hair. Her hair was short, spiky, and blue. She looked really spunky. Her clear pale skin shone bright against the dark hair. Her lips were luscious and deep red. She was very skinny but strong looking with curves in all the right places. Her bags were scattered all over the place.
I squatted down and grinned at her. "Sorry about that. You alright?"
She looked at me quizzically and answered. "Y-yeah. I'm fine thanks."
"I didn't mean to do that. I was running away from somebody." I said looking back again for Pansy somewhere.
I offered my hand and she took it. She stood up and her head reached my shoulders. She looked up at me and thanked me again. She bent down and started to pick up her things. I helped her. I picked up a book, looked at the cover but couldn't really get a good look at it because I heard someone screeching my name.
"Draco! Where are you!" Pansy was yelling at the top of her lungs.
I looked at the girl and my worries about getting caught melted away. I handed her book back.
"Listen." I said to her. " I want to ask you."
"Draco!" I turned my head a second to see how far Pansy was from us. I turned my head back to the girl but she was gone.
".Your name.Damn it!" I punched the wall next to me. It started to bleed but I ignored it. 'I'll probably never see her again. I don't know her name.' I thought. Pansy came running up out of breath.
"There.you.are Draco." She noticed my hand. "Your hand sweetie.. What did you do?"
"It's none of your concern Pansy. Let's go." I walked on down the street.
HERMIONE'S POV
I fell to the ground and got very pissed off. I was ready to shout the guy's head off but when I looked up I couldn't speak. Draco Malfoy's cold gray eyes stared back into mine. Apparently he didn't recognize me either because he squatted down with a grin on his face.
"Sorry about that. You alright?"
I was still pretty speechless. "Y-yeah. I'm fine thanks."
"I didn't mean to do that. I was running away from somebody." He turned his head for a moment. He held his hand out and I grasped it. He helped me up and I looked up at him.
"Thanks."
I bent down to pick up everything and he helped me. He handed me my book last when we heard someone screaming for him.
"Listen." He continued. " I just wanted to ask." He turned again and there I panicked and apparated home.
I leaned into the front door, breathing heavy. He was probably going to ask me for my name. If I told him he'd probably turn on me or insult me like old times. I walked into the kitchen and put everything away. Took my book upstairs and set it on my dresser. I laid on my bed and just stared up at the ceiling for what would seem for ever.
Draco changed. He was a scrawny, short kid as what I could remember. But I didn't notice while we were in school that he had grown. He was way taller than me now probably at least six inches taller. He grew out too. Muscles.probably could beat anyone to a pulp in seconds. Something else was different thought.he sounded like he had compassion but than again I'm Hermione Granger. The mudblood.he'll freak. I guess I was tired because I fell asleep and woke up at 6:00.
Hermione hopped out of her bed with a little more energy. She got a shower, dressed, brushed her teeth, fixed her hair the way Kayla did and put clear lip gloss and mascara on. By the time she was done it was nearly 7:00. She had time so she grabbed her book and walked downstairs to read for a few minutes. Her parents were in the kitchen so she went in a greeted them. When they saw her hair they were shocked all right.
"And I thought when you got your eyebrow pierced was bad well, this is different." Her dad said looking at Hermione.
"You know dad.thanks for reminding me about that. I think I'll go and get my eyebrow pierced again. Kevin didn't like it so I took it out. Now I can do what I want."
Jake scowled at her but didn't say anything.
"Well I'm off. See you guys tomorrow." Hermione said waving.
She popped out of the kitchen into Diagon alley. She walked out into the dark streets and waited down at the market for Kayla. Kayla arrived panting. It was 7:45.
"Sorry for keeping you waiting." She said straightening herself up.
She looked extra snazzy. She curled her hair, put make up on and changed her clothes. She had on flare jeans, and a ruffled shirt.
"Dressing for the occasion are we?" Hermione grinned at the blushing girl. They walked down the street to Harry's apartment and knocked. He opened the door and looked at the two.
"Hi Harry." Hermione said.
"Hermione? You look different. I like it." He grinned and picked her up and hugged her. He invited the two girls in and they all sat down in his Living Room.
"You're the only one who recognized me Harry. Harry, this is my friend Kayla. She owns that Beauty Salon down the street. She did my hair for me. Kayla I told you about Harry."
"Yeah, nice to meet you Harry." Kayla shook his hand. He only gave her a stupid grin and a nod.
"How's work treating you Harry?" Hermione asked.
"Oh."Harry sighed. "Now that Moody is back in from retirement to help us find the Death-Eaters it's been hell. We knew where the majority of them were but when they heard Moody was back they all scattered. Now we're trying to." Harry paused and looked over at Kayla. "Are you a witch?"
"Nope. Sounds like an interesting life you wizards and witches have. Continue." Kayla replied leaning in to listen.
"Well.anyway, Now we're trying to locate the guy who is responsible for continuing the work of Voldemort. We believe it's Lucius Malfoy but we can't locate his house anymore.almost as if he moved the whole manor to a different location."
Hermione nodded. She didn't want to mention anything about her little encounter with Draco. Harry would probably freak or something.
"You look exhausted Harry. How many hours you at work today?"
"I got up this morning around 1:00 AM and I've been running all day to one Department to another and out trying to catch the damn Death Eaters. Moody is much help but he is still jumpy and attacking everything in sight. Today he conjured up a knife and about got Corey Jinks in the face. Lucky it went into the wall next to him." Harry sighed and rubbed his face tiredly.
"Well, we'll be leaving soon so you can get some sleep. I want to ask you first before we leave if you'll be the Godfather to my baby." Hermione asked him. He looked up at her dumbfoundly for a moment.
"You're going to have a baby?"
Hermione nodded. He had the biggest grin on his face. "Congratulations! Of course I'll be the Godfather. I'd love to. How does Kevin take to the news?"
Hermione shook her head. "He doesn't know nor will he ever know. We're getting a divorce. I left him yesterday after I found out he was cheating on me."
"Don't you think that's a bit selfish?" Harry replied.
"Well, yes but you know what, I put my life down the drain for him and he's got to go do something like that. I think that's selfish. I moved to the U.S for him, I grew up for him. When a person who changes me, and pulls shit on me like that it's bye-bye loser." Hermione calmly explained.
Harry didn't say anymore. Hermione, when she gets pissed, she gets pissed. He's suffered enough in school to know what it's like.
"So.. How far along are you?" Kayla said changing the subject a bit.
Hermione's other half, disappeared back into the depths of her self and her face lit back up. "Almost a month. No signs yet, no sickness, no nothing." Hermione replied.
"I'm going to be an Aunt!" Kayla said happily. She walked over to Hermione, leaned down to her stomach. "Hurry it up will you!" She said laughing.
Harry and Hermione cracked up. They chatted for at least for another hour and Kayla and Hermione decided to leave Harry so he could get some rest.
"You working tomorrow Harry?" Hermione asked him.
"Yeah." He sighed.
"Sorry buddy. I have a week off of work. I'm not rubbing it in your face but I wanted to come visit you again. I was thinking about having a little get together with Ron and his family, and mine. If I do you can bring the Dursleys." She said sarcastically.
"No thanks.I'll pass on that." Harry replied leading them to the door. "I don't have work next Saturday. See if you can get everyone together and we'll have that get together. I haven't seen Ron in at least half a year."
"Alright." Hermione replied. "We'll see you later Harry." She pecked him on the cheek and walked down the stairs of the apartment.
"So, what did you think of him Kay?" Hermione looked over at her smiley friend.
"Well let's see.your description of him was.COMPLETELY CORRECT Damn it! He is wonderful. He his so handsome and nice and." Kayla babbled on and on.
"Okay, Okay.I get the idea." Hermione laughed.
"You were HIDING him from me weren't you!?" Kayla said sarcastically.
"No, he was hiding himself from everyone else. I think he's been a bit overworked. Maybe you should meet Ron and his family. You'll simply die when you meet them. They are the most hilarious family you can meet and the nicest." Hermione said excitedly.
'At least she found someone I KNOW for a fact isn't a jerk, and trustworthy.' Hermione thought.
She looked over at her friend. She was positively glowing. Hermione smiled and nodded at her babbling friend but didn't pay attention to her.
'Now if I could only find someone so trustworthy.' Hermione sighed.
"You alright Mione?" Kayla stopped and looked at the sullen looking girl.
"Yeah.yeah. I'm fine Kay. I think I want to go home now. I'm pretty tired. Is that alright with you?" Hermione tiredly asked.
"Yeah sure." Kayla replied.
They walked to Kayla's apartment. They went in and had some tea before she was to apparate home.
"Did I tell you about my little encounter today?" Hermione asked lying down on Kayla's couch.
"Nope. Do tell." She replied putting her feet up on the coffee table and leaning back in her chair.
"You know that Lucius Malfoy that Harry was talking about?" Hermione looked over at Kayla.
"Yeah I remember. Why?"
"I bumped into his son today."
"You're kidding!" Kayla sat up. "What's he look like?"
Hermione rolled her eyes at Kayla. Only Kayla would want a full-blown description of a guy who hates her best friend.
"Alright, alright." Hermione sighed. She sat up. "Well, he's tall, at least 6 ft., white blonde hair, sea gray eyes, and he's built but still pretty skinny."
"Sounds pretty hot!" Kayla grinned.
Hermione rolled her eyes once more. "Believe me Kay.if you saw the way he treated me in school than you'd probably want to kill him. He wasn't rude to me at all today because he didn't recognize me. I actually think he was kinda hitting on me."
Kayla frowned. "Oh wonderful! Wait.a bullying git.hitting on you who do not like you.that's not right. Why is it that all the hot guys are bullies! Can't I get someone normal?"
"But you do have someone normal Kay. Harry.remember? And who said YOU were normal? Besides he doesn't like mudbloods or muggles. I'm a mudblood. He was raised hating anyone who wasn't pureblooded."
"Why is that?" Kayla asked.
"How should I know? His father is demented and he decided "Oh! I know if I ever have a child, I want him to be as demented as myself. Oh How lovely!" His father is like that because he's a Death Eater and worked for the evil wizard Voldemort, who Harry killed. I bet Draco is a Death Eater too.did I mention that Voldemort was a mudblood?"
"Okay Hermione, I think you need switch off for awhile. Thank you for the information. Go home get some rest. I feel bad for your kid already." Kayla stood up.
Hermione threw a pillow at Kayla and smacked her right in the face with it.
" Okay, thanks for coming with me tonight." She stood up and put her cloak back on. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye Hermione."
Hermione apparated into her room with a big sigh. She washed her face, got into her pajamas and crawled underneath her covers. Crookshanks hopped up onto her stomach.
"Hey Crookshanks.what a day." Hermione whispered softly. She slowly closed her eyes, and fell asleep.
DRACO'S HOUSE Draco sat down in his armchair and sighed from frustration. He didn't want to meet with his mother tomorrow but he had to. It probably had something to do with his dad. He got up and began to walk around the house in mere boredom. He knew his father still wanted him to become a Death Eater but he wasn't going to summit to his father's rule.
He was suppose to be initiated in to the group three years ago but he point blank refused. He got a severe beating for refusing too. Ever since than Lucius continuously pestered him, threatened him, beat him, and performed the Cruciatus and Imperius curses on him. Draco battled off both of the unforgivable curses.
Lucius finally shut his mouth after Draco said he'd go to the Ministry and give them the whole story on what he'd did and what he was. Lucius than said he'd kill him if he even tried to do that. TWO YEARS AGO
"Don't even tried it Draco. " Lucius' face was twisted in fury.
"And why not?" Draco said calmly.
"Because no one will care if I kill you. You have no friends, and it wouldn't matter to anyone." Lucius replied.
"You don't know me, even if I am your son." Draco replied.
Lucius laughed. "Oh I think I do know you son. I think I do. Just don't try anything or you'll end up like your grandparents did."
Lucius turned around with a flip of his robes and disappeared out of the Den. He grabbed the door and slammed it shut.
(END OF FLASHBACK)
Draco sighed yet again. He rolled the conversation over in his head. He never knew his grandparents. Lucius killed them when Draco was two. He could easily kill Draco too. And it was true. He didn't have friend, to much to his disappointment. He had changed but he still had the image of a cruel, sadistic prick. He didn't want anyone to get to close to him. It was dangerous. He's father could easily kill them like that. He wants to mess with Draco's head still.
All worries disappeared from Draco's foggy mind when he focused in on a short blue haired girl. He smiled and looked down at his hand. He healed it after he slammed it into the wall but he still had tiny little scars on his knuckles.
'What is this girl doing to me?' Draco thought.
'I only looked at her and I felt as is my insides practically melted. She was beautiful, I didn't get a chance to talk to her.' He dwelled on her image for a moment.
'What did that book say again?' He tried to bring the book's image up but he couldn't remember what it said.
A knock from the outside his den door shook him from his thoughts. He walked over to the door and opened it. Pansy's ugly self framed the door.
She cracked a grin at him. "Aren't you coming to bed sweetie?"
"No Pansy! Quite putting on this act of being the loving girlfriend because I don't want to put up with you bullshit anymore. You just want to marry me for my money. You can go whine to my parents all you want because I don't give a shit. Now you can stay the night here but tomorrow you are leaving for good to find another rich guy to marry. Now fuck off and leave me the hell alone!" Draco slammed the door in her face. He sighed and smiled. He finally told the bitch off.
"Boy that felt good! She better be gone tomorrow or I'm going to have a conniption."
He walked back over to his armchair and sat down in a better mood.
(A/N: THAT TOOK FOREVER I had writer's block and I was blank for at least three days, which sucked because I didn't want you guys to get mad at me. DAMN OZZFEST DID THIS TO ME. Well, it was still AWESOME! Well, please be nice in the reviews. I'm going to bed and I'll start on the next part tomorrow morning. GOOD NIGHT!)