Chapter 4: The Confronting And An Announcement
Disclaimer: I don't own anything that you recognise from the Harry Potter books, they are owned by the wonderful writer, J.K. Rowling! I don't own Avril Lavigne, or her songs Unwanted, Losing Grip and Too much to Ask!
(A/N Thanks to EclipseKlutz, Oriencor and Nolwe who reviewed the 3rd chapter of Three's A Crowd! And a big thank you to Eliza, who got me out of my writer's block! When you see this: *~*~*~* that shows the beginning/end of one of Eliza's ideas! Thanks to both of you! Please please please review! Please! I'll put your user name on the top of the next chapter.lol! I will! Hope you like this chapter! Enjoy!)
(Hermione's POV) I woke up late the next day. 11:49. Lucky it was the weekend! Then I remembered what happened yesterday, and I wanted to forget it all. I would have to talk to Harry today.I would have to face him. At that point, I wanted to stay in bed all day, just stay in my room and never leave. But then I heard a voice. It was Dumbledore, and it sounded as if he were talking through a P.A. system, only there wasn't one. The voice said:
"Good afternoon students. I see most of you have slept in and missed breakfast. That is perfectly alright after yesterday, but I would like all 7th years to come to the Great Hall at 2:00 for an important announcement. Thank you for your co-operation. That is all."
The voice disappeared and I got out of bed. What to wear, what to wear.ah! I took a pair of white hip-huggers out of my closet, along with a light blue tank top and blue flip-flops. Plus a pair of blue tinted sunglasses, of course. I got changed and looked in the mirror. Perfect. I muttered a spell that changed my hair to blonde and wavy, then walked into the main room.
Luckily Draco wasn't there, I wanted to talk to Harry before I talked to Draco. I ran through the corridors, and came to the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Hello, Hermione! Haven't seen you in a while!" said the Fat Lady.
"I'm Head Girl, so I have a different common room."
"Oh! Congratulations!"
"Thank you. Ummm...is the password still Quidditch?" I guessed.
"No, but since you're Head Girl, you can go in, dear!" the Fat Lady replied, and then swung open.
"Thank you!" I entered the familiar common room and looked around. Harry was sitting in his chair playing chess with Ron, and from the look on Harry's face I could tell he was losing. I saw Ginny sitting in my chair, or what had been my chair, watching them. Ginny had skipped a year, only because she had no friends in the 6th year. In other words, she just wanted to have classes with Harry.
"Hi Harry, Hi Ron." I said as they looked up. "Hi Ginny."
"Hey Mione!" Ron answered, then taking Harry's rook. "Your turn!" Harry and Ginny just stared at me, like I was some space alien.
"I just came for a visit." I said. Harry and Ginny obviously thought that I was coming back and staying in the 7th year rooms again. Harry smiled slightly.
"Oh, hi Hermione!" he said, like nothing was happening. I guessed Ron didn't know, since he didn't look tense like Harry and Ginny.
"So, uh.did you want to talk to us about something, Herm?" Harry asked nervously.
*~*~*~* "Ya, actually, there was something. I saw you and Ginny having some fun yesterday, at the beach?" Harry and Ginny went silent. Ron looked at me, very confused. I continued.
"So much fun, in fact, that I don't think you need me anymore, Harry." With that said, I turned and walked out the portrait before Harry, Ginny or Ron could say anything. *~*~*~*
I went back to the common room and looked around for Draco. It was almost 12:45, 15 minutes until we needed to be in the Great Hall. I knocked on Draco's door and it opened almost instantly.
"Oh, hi Hermione. I was wondering where you went." He said, turning down his music. It was, surprisingly, Avril Lavigne's Unwanted! That was exactly how I felt that moment.
You don't know me
Don't ignore me
You don't want me there
You just shut me out
You don't know me
Don't ignore me
If you had your way
You'd just shut me up
Make me go away
I just stood in the doorway, looking in his room. As I suspected, it was the same as mine, only all green and silver instead of red and gold. It was also very messy, typical boy.
"You can come in, you know." He said as he started picking things up off the floor. Books. CDs. Magazines. Shirts. Loose Socks. Empty 'Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans' packages. 'Droobles Best Blowing Gum' wrappers. Broken Quills. Scrap paper. And.drawings? Drawings? In Draco Malfoy's room? I walked in and sat down on the end of his bed.
"So.do you draw?" I asked, looking at all the drawings on the floor.
There were drawings of everything! People, animals, the castle, portraits around Hogwarts, rooms in Hogwarts and just ordinary things, like wands, food and some of the things in his room. But they were mostly of snakes, all kinds of snakes.
"Uh.ya." Draco blushed. "Ya, I draw, sometimes."
"Really? I love to draw!"
"Really?"
"Ya!"
"Cool!"
"Ya.so, you like Avril Lavigne?" I asked as Losing Grip came on.
Draco blushed even more. "Ya, I can relate to a lot of her songs."
Are you aware of what you make me feel, baby
Right now I feel invisible to you, like I'm not real
Didn't you feel me lock my arms around you
Why'd you turn away?
Here's what I have to say I was left to cry there,
Waiting outside there grinning with a lost stare
That's when I decided
Why should I care
Cuz you weren't there when I was scared I was so alone
You, you need to listen I'm starting to trip,
I'm losing my grip and I'm in this thing alone
"Me too.." I said, realising how much we had in common. I looked at the clock. It was 12:58! "Oh! We should get down to the Great Hall! I totally forgot!"
"Dammit! I forgot too! Let's go!" he said, almost running out the door. I followed him down to the Great Hall. Once we got there, we saw only two of the long tables in the room. Both were sideways, opposite to what they normally were. Draco and I sat down on chairs beside each other at the table closest to the Head Table.
"Now that we are all here, we will begin." Said Dumbledore from his seat. "We will be starting a new tradition here at Hogwarts this year. The teachers and I will choose up to ten 7th years who are the smartest in their classes. These chosen will stay at Hogwarts for another year if they wish to. They will help the teachers in preparing classes, handling classes and helping students with homework. They will be called Assistant Teachers. Any questions so far? Mr. Weasley?"
"Ya, what if there isn't enough smart students to help out? Or if there is so many you can't choose?"
"Good question. If there is not very many smart students, we will take second best. And if there is too many, we will pick the ones who did best in past tests. Any other questions? No? Then I will read out the list of names who qualify to be Assistant Teachers. Now, this year there is 10. If I call your name, please come up here and line up in the order I call you in. And this is in alphabetical order...Lavender Brown, Cho Chang, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Parvati Patil, Harry Potter, Virginia, or Ginny Weasley and Ronald Weasley. Please come up here. Thank you."
I walked up next to Draco. I couldn't believe I had made it! I couldn't believe Harry and Ron had made it! And Ginny! How did she get on? She's a year younger! They were mostly Gryffindors, in fact. Professor McGonagall must have had a good argument!
"Now, the rest of you may go, and good luck in your final year at Hogwarts!" Dumbledore called after the students. "Is there anyone who does not want to be an Assistant Teacher next year?"
Justin Finch-Fletchley was the only one who raised his hand.
"Ah, Justin. You may leave if you do not wish to be an Assistant Teacher." And that's exactly what Justin did.
"I can't believe someone not wanting to be one!" I whispered to Draco. "I mean, it's an honour to be chosen!" Draco nodded in agreement.
(End of POV)
"Ok, you will stay in your normal dormitories, but every Friday, you will come to the Staff Room and discuss what class you will be helping out with on Monday." Dumbledore continued. "You will help out in one class each week. You will work in partners, and since there is an odd number, one of you will have 2 partners and will have to go to 2 classes. Any volunteers?"
Hermione put up her hand, and was the only one who did.
"Ah, Miss Granger! I think you would be perfect for this job! Since you will have two partners next year, you may choose a partner first."
Hermione smiled and answered "Uhhhh, Draco I guess."
"And next Mr Potter may choose."
"Ginny." Harry replied, not taking his eyes off her. Ron looked furious.
"Mr Weasley?" Dumbledore said, not noticing the evil glares being thrown across the room. Ron glanced at Hermione pleadingly and she nodded.
"Hermione." He answered confidently.
"And I assume Miss Brown and Miss Patil will want to be partners? Am I correct?"
Lavender and Parvati nodded.
"Then I guess Miss Chang and Miss Parkinson are left together." Dumbledore concluded. Cho looked like she was going to be sick, while Pansy had an evil grin on her face.
"Thank you everyone, and I'm sure you are all excited about next year! Now, off you go, dinner will be soon!"
(Hermione's POV)
Draco and I walked back to the Common Room together. Once I got there, I sat down on the couch and read a book I had found in the library.
Draco came in and sat down beside me.
"So..that Assistant Teacher thing sounds pretty cool, huh?" he said.
"Ya." I replied, not looking up from my book.
"Uh, why did you pick me as your partner?"
This caught my attention and I put down my book.
"Well, I.well, since yesterday...." I trailed off. It was so hard to explain! I started again. "Well, after all that happened yesterday..and I didn't want to be with Harry or Ginny and I thought Harry would probably pick Ron, and Lavender and Parvati are always together, and me and Cho aren't really good friends and-" but Draco cut me off.
"Ok, I get it!" he laughed. I started laughing too and soon we were both laughing hard. After we caught our breath, Draco suggested we listen to some music. I agreed and soon Too Much to Ask was blaring out of speakers on either side of the room.
Its the first time I ever felt this lonely
I wish someone could cure this pain
Its funny when you think its gonna work out
Til you chose weed over me, you're so lame
I thought you were cool until the point
But up until the point you didn't call me
When you said you would
I finally figured out you're all the same
Always coming up with some kind of story
Everytime I try to make you smile
You're always feeling sorry for yourself
Everytime I try to make you laugh
You can't
You're too tough
You think you're loveless
Is that too much that I'm asking for?
I thought you'd come around when I ignored you
So I thought you'd have the decency to change
But babe, I guess you didn't take that warning
'Cause I'm not about to look at your face again
Can't you see that you lie to yourself
You can't see the world through a mirror
It wont be too late when the smoke clears
'Cause I, I am still here
But everytime I try to make you smile
You'd always grow up feeling sorry for yourself
Everytime I try to make you laugh
You stand like a stone
Alone in your zone
Is it too much that I'm asking for?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Can't find where i am
Lying here
Alone I fear
Afraid of the dark
No one to claim
Alone again
Can't you see that you lie to yourself
You can't see the world through a mirror
It wont be too late when the smoke clears
'Cause I, I am still here
Everytime I try to make you smile
You're always feeling sorry for yourself
Everytime I try to make you laugh
You can't
You're too tough
You think you're loveless
It was too much that I'm asking for
Not long after, Draco and I fell asleep on the couch in each other's arms.
(A/N Hope you liked it! Please review! Thanks for reading everyone!)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything that you recognise from the Harry Potter books, they are owned by the wonderful writer, J.K. Rowling! I don't own Avril Lavigne, or her songs Unwanted, Losing Grip and Too much to Ask!
(A/N Thanks to EclipseKlutz, Oriencor and Nolwe who reviewed the 3rd chapter of Three's A Crowd! And a big thank you to Eliza, who got me out of my writer's block! When you see this: *~*~*~* that shows the beginning/end of one of Eliza's ideas! Thanks to both of you! Please please please review! Please! I'll put your user name on the top of the next chapter.lol! I will! Hope you like this chapter! Enjoy!)
(Hermione's POV) I woke up late the next day. 11:49. Lucky it was the weekend! Then I remembered what happened yesterday, and I wanted to forget it all. I would have to talk to Harry today.I would have to face him. At that point, I wanted to stay in bed all day, just stay in my room and never leave. But then I heard a voice. It was Dumbledore, and it sounded as if he were talking through a P.A. system, only there wasn't one. The voice said:
"Good afternoon students. I see most of you have slept in and missed breakfast. That is perfectly alright after yesterday, but I would like all 7th years to come to the Great Hall at 2:00 for an important announcement. Thank you for your co-operation. That is all."
The voice disappeared and I got out of bed. What to wear, what to wear.ah! I took a pair of white hip-huggers out of my closet, along with a light blue tank top and blue flip-flops. Plus a pair of blue tinted sunglasses, of course. I got changed and looked in the mirror. Perfect. I muttered a spell that changed my hair to blonde and wavy, then walked into the main room.
Luckily Draco wasn't there, I wanted to talk to Harry before I talked to Draco. I ran through the corridors, and came to the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Hello, Hermione! Haven't seen you in a while!" said the Fat Lady.
"I'm Head Girl, so I have a different common room."
"Oh! Congratulations!"
"Thank you. Ummm...is the password still Quidditch?" I guessed.
"No, but since you're Head Girl, you can go in, dear!" the Fat Lady replied, and then swung open.
"Thank you!" I entered the familiar common room and looked around. Harry was sitting in his chair playing chess with Ron, and from the look on Harry's face I could tell he was losing. I saw Ginny sitting in my chair, or what had been my chair, watching them. Ginny had skipped a year, only because she had no friends in the 6th year. In other words, she just wanted to have classes with Harry.
"Hi Harry, Hi Ron." I said as they looked up. "Hi Ginny."
"Hey Mione!" Ron answered, then taking Harry's rook. "Your turn!" Harry and Ginny just stared at me, like I was some space alien.
"I just came for a visit." I said. Harry and Ginny obviously thought that I was coming back and staying in the 7th year rooms again. Harry smiled slightly.
"Oh, hi Hermione!" he said, like nothing was happening. I guessed Ron didn't know, since he didn't look tense like Harry and Ginny.
"So, uh.did you want to talk to us about something, Herm?" Harry asked nervously.
*~*~*~* "Ya, actually, there was something. I saw you and Ginny having some fun yesterday, at the beach?" Harry and Ginny went silent. Ron looked at me, very confused. I continued.
"So much fun, in fact, that I don't think you need me anymore, Harry." With that said, I turned and walked out the portrait before Harry, Ginny or Ron could say anything. *~*~*~*
I went back to the common room and looked around for Draco. It was almost 12:45, 15 minutes until we needed to be in the Great Hall. I knocked on Draco's door and it opened almost instantly.
"Oh, hi Hermione. I was wondering where you went." He said, turning down his music. It was, surprisingly, Avril Lavigne's Unwanted! That was exactly how I felt that moment.
You don't know me
Don't ignore me
You don't want me there
You just shut me out
You don't know me
Don't ignore me
If you had your way
You'd just shut me up
Make me go away
I just stood in the doorway, looking in his room. As I suspected, it was the same as mine, only all green and silver instead of red and gold. It was also very messy, typical boy.
"You can come in, you know." He said as he started picking things up off the floor. Books. CDs. Magazines. Shirts. Loose Socks. Empty 'Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans' packages. 'Droobles Best Blowing Gum' wrappers. Broken Quills. Scrap paper. And.drawings? Drawings? In Draco Malfoy's room? I walked in and sat down on the end of his bed.
"So.do you draw?" I asked, looking at all the drawings on the floor.
There were drawings of everything! People, animals, the castle, portraits around Hogwarts, rooms in Hogwarts and just ordinary things, like wands, food and some of the things in his room. But they were mostly of snakes, all kinds of snakes.
"Uh.ya." Draco blushed. "Ya, I draw, sometimes."
"Really? I love to draw!"
"Really?"
"Ya!"
"Cool!"
"Ya.so, you like Avril Lavigne?" I asked as Losing Grip came on.
Draco blushed even more. "Ya, I can relate to a lot of her songs."
Are you aware of what you make me feel, baby
Right now I feel invisible to you, like I'm not real
Didn't you feel me lock my arms around you
Why'd you turn away?
Here's what I have to say I was left to cry there,
Waiting outside there grinning with a lost stare
That's when I decided
Why should I care
Cuz you weren't there when I was scared I was so alone
You, you need to listen I'm starting to trip,
I'm losing my grip and I'm in this thing alone
"Me too.." I said, realising how much we had in common. I looked at the clock. It was 12:58! "Oh! We should get down to the Great Hall! I totally forgot!"
"Dammit! I forgot too! Let's go!" he said, almost running out the door. I followed him down to the Great Hall. Once we got there, we saw only two of the long tables in the room. Both were sideways, opposite to what they normally were. Draco and I sat down on chairs beside each other at the table closest to the Head Table.
"Now that we are all here, we will begin." Said Dumbledore from his seat. "We will be starting a new tradition here at Hogwarts this year. The teachers and I will choose up to ten 7th years who are the smartest in their classes. These chosen will stay at Hogwarts for another year if they wish to. They will help the teachers in preparing classes, handling classes and helping students with homework. They will be called Assistant Teachers. Any questions so far? Mr. Weasley?"
"Ya, what if there isn't enough smart students to help out? Or if there is so many you can't choose?"
"Good question. If there is not very many smart students, we will take second best. And if there is too many, we will pick the ones who did best in past tests. Any other questions? No? Then I will read out the list of names who qualify to be Assistant Teachers. Now, this year there is 10. If I call your name, please come up here and line up in the order I call you in. And this is in alphabetical order...Lavender Brown, Cho Chang, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Parvati Patil, Harry Potter, Virginia, or Ginny Weasley and Ronald Weasley. Please come up here. Thank you."
I walked up next to Draco. I couldn't believe I had made it! I couldn't believe Harry and Ron had made it! And Ginny! How did she get on? She's a year younger! They were mostly Gryffindors, in fact. Professor McGonagall must have had a good argument!
"Now, the rest of you may go, and good luck in your final year at Hogwarts!" Dumbledore called after the students. "Is there anyone who does not want to be an Assistant Teacher next year?"
Justin Finch-Fletchley was the only one who raised his hand.
"Ah, Justin. You may leave if you do not wish to be an Assistant Teacher." And that's exactly what Justin did.
"I can't believe someone not wanting to be one!" I whispered to Draco. "I mean, it's an honour to be chosen!" Draco nodded in agreement.
(End of POV)
"Ok, you will stay in your normal dormitories, but every Friday, you will come to the Staff Room and discuss what class you will be helping out with on Monday." Dumbledore continued. "You will help out in one class each week. You will work in partners, and since there is an odd number, one of you will have 2 partners and will have to go to 2 classes. Any volunteers?"
Hermione put up her hand, and was the only one who did.
"Ah, Miss Granger! I think you would be perfect for this job! Since you will have two partners next year, you may choose a partner first."
Hermione smiled and answered "Uhhhh, Draco I guess."
"And next Mr Potter may choose."
"Ginny." Harry replied, not taking his eyes off her. Ron looked furious.
"Mr Weasley?" Dumbledore said, not noticing the evil glares being thrown across the room. Ron glanced at Hermione pleadingly and she nodded.
"Hermione." He answered confidently.
"And I assume Miss Brown and Miss Patil will want to be partners? Am I correct?"
Lavender and Parvati nodded.
"Then I guess Miss Chang and Miss Parkinson are left together." Dumbledore concluded. Cho looked like she was going to be sick, while Pansy had an evil grin on her face.
"Thank you everyone, and I'm sure you are all excited about next year! Now, off you go, dinner will be soon!"
(Hermione's POV)
Draco and I walked back to the Common Room together. Once I got there, I sat down on the couch and read a book I had found in the library.
Draco came in and sat down beside me.
"So..that Assistant Teacher thing sounds pretty cool, huh?" he said.
"Ya." I replied, not looking up from my book.
"Uh, why did you pick me as your partner?"
This caught my attention and I put down my book.
"Well, I.well, since yesterday...." I trailed off. It was so hard to explain! I started again. "Well, after all that happened yesterday..and I didn't want to be with Harry or Ginny and I thought Harry would probably pick Ron, and Lavender and Parvati are always together, and me and Cho aren't really good friends and-" but Draco cut me off.
"Ok, I get it!" he laughed. I started laughing too and soon we were both laughing hard. After we caught our breath, Draco suggested we listen to some music. I agreed and soon Too Much to Ask was blaring out of speakers on either side of the room.
Its the first time I ever felt this lonely
I wish someone could cure this pain
Its funny when you think its gonna work out
Til you chose weed over me, you're so lame
I thought you were cool until the point
But up until the point you didn't call me
When you said you would
I finally figured out you're all the same
Always coming up with some kind of story
Everytime I try to make you smile
You're always feeling sorry for yourself
Everytime I try to make you laugh
You can't
You're too tough
You think you're loveless
Is that too much that I'm asking for?
I thought you'd come around when I ignored you
So I thought you'd have the decency to change
But babe, I guess you didn't take that warning
'Cause I'm not about to look at your face again
Can't you see that you lie to yourself
You can't see the world through a mirror
It wont be too late when the smoke clears
'Cause I, I am still here
But everytime I try to make you smile
You'd always grow up feeling sorry for yourself
Everytime I try to make you laugh
You stand like a stone
Alone in your zone
Is it too much that I'm asking for?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Can't find where i am
Lying here
Alone I fear
Afraid of the dark
No one to claim
Alone again
Can't you see that you lie to yourself
You can't see the world through a mirror
It wont be too late when the smoke clears
'Cause I, I am still here
Everytime I try to make you smile
You're always feeling sorry for yourself
Everytime I try to make you laugh
You can't
You're too tough
You think you're loveless
It was too much that I'm asking for
Not long after, Draco and I fell asleep on the couch in each other's arms.
(A/N Hope you liked it! Please review! Thanks for reading everyone!)