"My Heart Will Go On" Chapter 7: Events, Listening, & Sugar
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The next couple of weeks went by, a bit more exciting, no, wait, a lot more exciting than the first day of school. Now, the prefects & the heads started preparing for the events to come. They were only focused on the Halloween Ball & the cruise. The others still didn't know about the cruise, so the prefects had to keep quiet about it. It was going to take place at the Bahamas, going around all of the islands & would stop at 3 of them. That's why their cruise was going to be 2 weeks long.
For Hermione, these pass couple of weeks have gone by smoothly with a couple of bumps. Ron still didn't turn around yet, trying to make her & all of her friends' lives hectic. He even started to owl poisonous letters to Dean, her, & Harry. 'He's being such a baby,' Hermione thought angrily to herself as she once again received an owl from her in poison. She quickly produced a pair of pillars & took the letter & quickly threw it into the fire. The fire turned an acidly green. "Great, now acid," Hermione exclaimed, throwing up her hands. It was now October, & the prefects & heads were having a meeting at 7. It was already 6, so Hermione sat & thought about what to do with her Dean situation. She & Dean had been getting closer during these pass weeks, since she saw more of him than Harry. He really understood her, even though she didn't tell him about not believing in love that much anymore, since it looked like he did. When they would go on the balcony together, he would always look up at the stars with a dreamy, wanting looking on his face. She always wondered what he was thinking about. She then decided to go look at the stars. When she got up there, she heard someone already up there. It sounded like Dean, so she ran to her window, since it was closest to the balcony, & listened in on what he was saying.
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Dean was sitting under the stars for the 7th night in the row, but without Hermione. He just couldn't get his mind off of Hermione. "She probably doesn't even like me. I mean, we just became better friends this year, & here I am, liking her for years. I can't just change her mind about me so quickly. There's gotta be a way, but probably not," he said out loud to himself. He looked up at the stars again. "Please, show me that Hermione might like me too. I don't wanna ruin anything, but...but...I care about her too much to show that I'm just a friend. I love hanging out with her, she's great. I just want to show her that I'll always be here for her & she doesn't have to worry about anything. I'll be there for her...but she doesn't know that. One day, maybe she will." He then looked at his watch & saw it was 6:45, so he headed down to the common room. He thought he heard a gasp from Hermione's room, but he just kept to his path to the common room.
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"He...he...cares about...me?" Hermione gasped, just hearing everything he said. She never knew he liked her for years, even liking her. Then he said he cared about her, more than a friend could. Now she was so confused, but she decided to make it look like she didn't hear anything. Her heart was telling her differently. It was telling her to tell him she cared about him too. She now finally realized that she cared about him too, but she couldn't tell him now. Just...not now. Soon, but not now. She then headed to the common room, where she was sure Dean was at.
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Dean was gazing into the fire, thinking about Hermione when someone plopped next to him. "Hey Dean," she greeted. Dean was startled, surprised that Hermione was there, & replied, "Hey." "Guess what I got today?" "What?" "An acid letter from Ron." "Again?! Doesn't he know when to quit?!" Dean exclaimed, getting mad, "He has no right to do that!" "We can't stop him though Dean. He is who he is. He'll get over this sometime." "But he's going too far Hermione! Don't you see?! He can't be just sending acid letters to us!" "I know....but-" "No buts Hermione. He shouldn't be doing it. Period. End of statement." Hermione did something that surprised him once again. She leaned her head on his shoulder & whispered, "Thanks." Dean just sighed, happily, & did the one thing that seemed right at the moment. He wrapped his arms around Hermione's waist, & they just gazed into the fire. He was now tingling all over. This felt way too much for him. He wondered if she felt the same way.
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Hermione felt very weird. There she was, her head on Dean's shoulder, & Dean now having his arms wrapped around her waist. This was way too much for her to handle, so she reluncently lifted her head & said, "We can't go gazing into the fire. Everyone's going to be here any minute." He removed his arms around her, rather slowly, & replied, "Yeah. We can't go dozing off with a meeting any minute." She then had a great idea. "Be right back!" She ran up to her room, leaving a surprised Dean, & dug through her trunk, finally finding a bag. She ran back down & plopped next to Dean. "What's in that bag?" Dean asked. "Candy!" "Alright! Bring on the sugar!" They started digging into the bag, grabbing onto whatever candy they could find. They were just laughing, eating candy. Finally, Angelina & Lee appeared, giving Hermione & Dean a weird look. "What?!" they both exclaimed in laughter. They just shook their heads & shoved Hermione & Dean to the other end of the couch. Pretty soon, all of the other prefects came in & the meeting began.
An hour later, the meeting was over, & it left a while to work, but not tonight. They talked about the plans about the Halloween Ball, & came up with that it should be a costume ball, & the couples could go in matching outfits, if they wanted to. They were also going to have large, floating pumpkins around the Great Hall & floating candles & flying bats also, & they were going to have wizard music. It was going to be great. They then talked about the cruise. The heads decided that everyone was going to go, so they were going to need a huge cruise ship, to fit all of the Hogwarts students, then Beauxbatons bstudents, then Durmstrang students. It was going to be on a wizard cruise ship anyway, so it wouldn't be that bad, since they could just enhance it by magic to make it bigger for everyone. Hermione was still awake, since she & Dean ate all of that candy, she decided to go back & look at the stars. Suddenly, as she got up, she felt weak, & everything went black.
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The next couple of weeks went by, a bit more exciting, no, wait, a lot more exciting than the first day of school. Now, the prefects & the heads started preparing for the events to come. They were only focused on the Halloween Ball & the cruise. The others still didn't know about the cruise, so the prefects had to keep quiet about it. It was going to take place at the Bahamas, going around all of the islands & would stop at 3 of them. That's why their cruise was going to be 2 weeks long.
For Hermione, these pass couple of weeks have gone by smoothly with a couple of bumps. Ron still didn't turn around yet, trying to make her & all of her friends' lives hectic. He even started to owl poisonous letters to Dean, her, & Harry. 'He's being such a baby,' Hermione thought angrily to herself as she once again received an owl from her in poison. She quickly produced a pair of pillars & took the letter & quickly threw it into the fire. The fire turned an acidly green. "Great, now acid," Hermione exclaimed, throwing up her hands. It was now October, & the prefects & heads were having a meeting at 7. It was already 6, so Hermione sat & thought about what to do with her Dean situation. She & Dean had been getting closer during these pass weeks, since she saw more of him than Harry. He really understood her, even though she didn't tell him about not believing in love that much anymore, since it looked like he did. When they would go on the balcony together, he would always look up at the stars with a dreamy, wanting looking on his face. She always wondered what he was thinking about. She then decided to go look at the stars. When she got up there, she heard someone already up there. It sounded like Dean, so she ran to her window, since it was closest to the balcony, & listened in on what he was saying.
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Dean was sitting under the stars for the 7th night in the row, but without Hermione. He just couldn't get his mind off of Hermione. "She probably doesn't even like me. I mean, we just became better friends this year, & here I am, liking her for years. I can't just change her mind about me so quickly. There's gotta be a way, but probably not," he said out loud to himself. He looked up at the stars again. "Please, show me that Hermione might like me too. I don't wanna ruin anything, but...but...I care about her too much to show that I'm just a friend. I love hanging out with her, she's great. I just want to show her that I'll always be here for her & she doesn't have to worry about anything. I'll be there for her...but she doesn't know that. One day, maybe she will." He then looked at his watch & saw it was 6:45, so he headed down to the common room. He thought he heard a gasp from Hermione's room, but he just kept to his path to the common room.
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"He...he...cares about...me?" Hermione gasped, just hearing everything he said. She never knew he liked her for years, even liking her. Then he said he cared about her, more than a friend could. Now she was so confused, but she decided to make it look like she didn't hear anything. Her heart was telling her differently. It was telling her to tell him she cared about him too. She now finally realized that she cared about him too, but she couldn't tell him now. Just...not now. Soon, but not now. She then headed to the common room, where she was sure Dean was at.
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Dean was gazing into the fire, thinking about Hermione when someone plopped next to him. "Hey Dean," she greeted. Dean was startled, surprised that Hermione was there, & replied, "Hey." "Guess what I got today?" "What?" "An acid letter from Ron." "Again?! Doesn't he know when to quit?!" Dean exclaimed, getting mad, "He has no right to do that!" "We can't stop him though Dean. He is who he is. He'll get over this sometime." "But he's going too far Hermione! Don't you see?! He can't be just sending acid letters to us!" "I know....but-" "No buts Hermione. He shouldn't be doing it. Period. End of statement." Hermione did something that surprised him once again. She leaned her head on his shoulder & whispered, "Thanks." Dean just sighed, happily, & did the one thing that seemed right at the moment. He wrapped his arms around Hermione's waist, & they just gazed into the fire. He was now tingling all over. This felt way too much for him. He wondered if she felt the same way.
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Hermione felt very weird. There she was, her head on Dean's shoulder, & Dean now having his arms wrapped around her waist. This was way too much for her to handle, so she reluncently lifted her head & said, "We can't go gazing into the fire. Everyone's going to be here any minute." He removed his arms around her, rather slowly, & replied, "Yeah. We can't go dozing off with a meeting any minute." She then had a great idea. "Be right back!" She ran up to her room, leaving a surprised Dean, & dug through her trunk, finally finding a bag. She ran back down & plopped next to Dean. "What's in that bag?" Dean asked. "Candy!" "Alright! Bring on the sugar!" They started digging into the bag, grabbing onto whatever candy they could find. They were just laughing, eating candy. Finally, Angelina & Lee appeared, giving Hermione & Dean a weird look. "What?!" they both exclaimed in laughter. They just shook their heads & shoved Hermione & Dean to the other end of the couch. Pretty soon, all of the other prefects came in & the meeting began.
An hour later, the meeting was over, & it left a while to work, but not tonight. They talked about the plans about the Halloween Ball, & came up with that it should be a costume ball, & the couples could go in matching outfits, if they wanted to. They were also going to have large, floating pumpkins around the Great Hall & floating candles & flying bats also, & they were going to have wizard music. It was going to be great. They then talked about the cruise. The heads decided that everyone was going to go, so they were going to need a huge cruise ship, to fit all of the Hogwarts students, then Beauxbatons bstudents, then Durmstrang students. It was going to be on a wizard cruise ship anyway, so it wouldn't be that bad, since they could just enhance it by magic to make it bigger for everyone. Hermione was still awake, since she & Dean ate all of that candy, she decided to go back & look at the stars. Suddenly, as she got up, she felt weak, & everything went black.