Chapter 6~ Realization

Harry sat alone in Hermione's bedroom. He was thinking about what happened earlier. He could hear muffled voices coming from the common room.

That reminded him to think of Blaise.

"Man, she is pretty damn hot," he whispered to himself. Then he snapped out of it.

"What the heck am I thinking!" he shouted by accident. He heard the voices outside falter.

"Who knows..." said the very faint, but distinct voice of Malfoy.

"Shut up!" he shouted again, "And... continue your conversation!" then he whispered to himself, "What was that about?! Flippin' heck..."

"Look," he told himself quietly- he didn't want the others thinking he was REALLY mad, "You have a beautiful and sexy girlfriend who idolises you and loves you more than the whole wide world. Not to even MENTION that you've been friends for years, so Why do you think your worst enemy's girlfriend is HOT?! You prat, Harry!"

"Uh...coz she is?" said a very annoying voice at the back of his head.

"Aaarrrggghhh!!!" he yelled and buried his face in Hermione's pillow. Now the other three, situated in the room next door, WERE beginning to think he was mad.

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'KNOCK KNOCK'

"Um, can I come into my own bedroom?" Hermione asked quietly whilst squinting into the darkness.

"Huh? What? Oh...yeah, 'course," said a confused Harry. Hermione sat down on the bed, a rested Harry's head on her lap.

"You fell asleep," she whispered and leaned over to kiss him. Harry, grabbing his chance, pushed her back on to the bed and lay back down beside her. "What are you doing?" Hermione giggled.

"What do you think?" he replied while his hand slipped up into her top.

The next morning, all four of them had a free period.

Before Harry had woken, Hermione tiptoed into the common room where Blaise was waiting.

"Hi!" Hermione beamed.

"Hi! I see you also spent the night with your partner." Blaise replied mischievously.

"Tell me about it! Ready to go?" The two girls had planned to spend their free period in Hogsmeade to continue chatting, as they both were rather starting to like each other's company.

"Yep. All set."

"Well, then. Let's grab some brekkie and go!" They had just reached the door when Hermione remembered something.

"Wait! Have you got his diary?"

"How could I forget?"

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20 minutes later, the two girls were walking down the street. "So. You never did tell me why you cast that Imobilus on him." Hermione casually mentioned. Blaise flicked her red-gold hair and looked uncompassionate.

"Well, no one knows, but he's scared of heights, and lately, he's been blackmailing me to stay with him, so that he doesn't get a bad reputation, so I just wanted to get my own back. Anyway, how's he going to find out?" She winked. Hermione grinned in return. Then she realised that she should be doing this.

"Umm... Blaise? No offence, but our houses aren't exactly best of friends, so if anyone sees us..." Hermione's voice trailed off, as Blaise put her hand up.

"Already thought of that." She swished out from under her travelling cloak, an invisibility cloak. "Whenever we see anyone, one of us will just chuck it on, and it'll just seem like the other is talking to herself. Come on- there's a load of discounts at that 'Look Like Stardust' shop." Rapidly changing the subject, she dragged Hermione towards the girl's shop that had opened last year.

Once inside, they proceeded to continue talking about the boys of Hogwarts whilst seemingly occupied with trying on different outfits. In between each change of clothing, they would be dressed in the most ridiculous combination of robes, and reading large sections of Draco's private life. Hermione was surprised by some of it. For instance she never knew that,

"I am extremely worried'- worried? Draco? Those two do NOT go!" giggled Blaise. Then she continued, "about my eagle owl. He seems to be sick, and cannot manage long journeys very well. I may have to purchase a new one.' So why's he worrying? Honestly. Ok, ok, here's another bit. 'MY GIRLFRIEND, AS YOU COULD CALL HER, SEEMS TO BE WITH CHILD. HER FIGURE HAS EXPANDED SLIGHTLY. I SHALL HAVE TO THINK OF A NAME. What?! Hasn't he ever heard of contraception?! Jeez!" and various other things that unveiled that the High- and-Mighty Draco Malfoy did have feelings.

Both girls were extremely disappointed in the fact that they only had a single period free, and so didn't manage to read the whole thing. They were still giggling over an extremely funny part that started with, I THINK THAT I MAY HAVE FEELINGS FOR THAT SEXY MUDBLOOD- sexy had been crossed out several times and so had various other words, meaning much the same thing. Nevertheless, they managed to make their way to Potions, which was always the lesson that they seemed to have next, just when they were enjoying themselves.

Making sure that they went in at different time, the girls swept elegant to their respective places, next to their partners. This year, Snape had made out a long list, and everyone had their own partner, who they had to stay with for the whole year. Not surprisingly, the Dream Team had been split up, and Harry was with Draco, as always. Hermione was with Terrence Higgs, a quiet but still not particularly nice Slytherin. Blaise had been in despair when she found out about her partner- Neville. Thankfully, they had only managed to make one explosive potion this year, and that was because 'someone' had thrown octopus powder into the potion, and when mixed with dried flobberworms, it tends to detonate.

For once, the lesson went past without too many points being taken from Gryffindor- twenty-five, and not too many being given to Slytherin- fifteen. But it was too much to ask for to have the whole day peaceful.

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