Chapter 3 - The Fight and the Answer
Author's Note: Hey, here's chapter 3, and more hugs and thanks go out to my reviewers. So, Thank you! Your good comments are what keep me writing, so the more good things you say, the faster I update. Well, read on!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or the song this story is based upon, so no suing me got it? ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Malfoy, you ferret! I'm gonna kill you!" Harry and Ron both shouted at the same time. Apparently, both Harry and Ron were thinking about asking Hermione. Suddenly, all three boys were thrown out the open door into the street. Hermione turned around to the woman behind the counter. She looked as if she were trying to contain a bit of laughter.
"There will be NO violence in my store!" the woman shouted, then turned to Hermione and said, "sorry 'bout that dear. I thought it might be easier for you to deal with them out there, anyway," She said, walking around the counter to see Hermione out the shop door.
"Oh, no, that's quite all right. I was planing on doing the same thing, but you beat me to It." she answered, pulling the shop door shut behind her. Walking down the store steps, she saw Harry and Ron kicking the shit out of Draco. He needed her help, and fast!
"Rictasempra! (Sp.?)," she shouted at Harry and Ron, causing them both to shoot backward about 10 feet. She then ran straight to Draco's side. Looking down at him, she saw that he had a bloody nose, and a black eye starting to form. She helped him up off the ground, so she could get him to the Hospital wing, back at Hogwarts. "45 points from Gryffindor for beating up the Head boy, and for getting involved in matters that are none of your concern!" She said, already starting towards Hogwarts.
"Madame Pomfrey! Madame Pomfrey!" Hermione yelled, bursting through the doors of the Hospital Wing. About half way from the school, Draco had passed out. Hermione became very worried. She was now had him floating in the air behind her.
"Hermione, dear. Being Head girl I would think that...Oh my! Bring him over here. Set him down gently. What happened to him?" She asked, now bustling around the wing, trying to collect medications and bandages. Hermione thought about helping, but then remembered she didn't know where everything was.
"He got into a fight...With Harry and Ron. About half way here, he fainted." She said, trying her hardest to stay calm, but not succeeding. "Madame Pomfrey? Can I help revive Draco?" She asked, tears starting to well in her eyes. There was no way she could deny what she felt for him now, but the situation wasn't really helping her feelings.
"Hermione...Dear, I don't think it's a good idea. Maybe you should inform Headmaster Dumbledore of what has happened. He may want to talk to you about what went on down in Hogsmeade. Besides, Draco should be up and around by the time everyone else gets back, just in time for the feast tonight." She said, trying to get Hermione to leave so she could revive Draco. She knew she would be able to get him up and repair him; she just wanted to make sure that he got some rest afterwards.
"All right, I suppose that's for the best," she replied, wiping the tears so Madame Pomfrey couldn't see them.
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"Harry, look, Hermione left her stuff here. See her dress and her bag. Maybe we should take it to her, do you think?" Ron asked, pulling Harry out of his dazed and out in space look.
"I guess so, Ron. I just want Malfoy to pay for thinking that he can steal 'mione from us." He replied, fire filling his bright green eyes.
"Don't worry, we'll make him pay. He'll wish to Merlin that he had ever thought twice about looking at her," he answered, trying to calm Harry while gathering Hermione's dress and backpack. "Jeez, what does she carry in here, bricks?!" He wondered allowed, pulling the bag up onto his shoulder, and handing the covered dress to Harry. "Let's go." Ron said, starting for the castle that lay at the top of the road.
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"Twinkling toe socks," Hermione whispered to the Gargoyle that lay in front of Dumbledore's office, one hour after leaving the Hospital Wing. She had to go recollect herself, after seeing Draco lying on that bed, peaceful, but also painful. The stairs started to spin when she heard a shout come from behind her.
"Hermione! Hermione!" Hermione twirled around at the approaching sound of her name. She saw Draco limping down the hall, but trying all the same to get there at full speed.
"What are you doing? I thought you were supposed to be in the Hospital Wing," she stated, going to help him walk the rest of the distance to the Headmaster's office. Getting up the stairs was going to be interesting, Draco thought, wrapping his arm around Hermione's shoulders, and using her help to the fullest, and smiling to himself about the way her arm was snaked around his waist.
"After you left, Poppy revived me, and healed my ribs and eye. After that, she told me that you were worried, but that I should stay there, to regain strength. However the second that I heard you were worried, I couldn't wait to get out of there. I informed her that if I wasn't released immediately, that I would start cursing things in the room. I think she turned about 4 shades of purple before she released me," he stated, and started chuckling at the horrified look on her face, as they reached Dumbledore's office. Then she broke out into a small smile, that looked as if she was trying to hide it. She reached up to knock on Dumbledore's door, but before she could it opened instantaneously.
"Draco, Hermione. You are both rights on time. Harry and Ron have been here for a little over five minutes. After I heard the predicament, about Hogsmeade, I decide I might get you all in here, and have a discussion about it."
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"Ron, Harry? You both do know that this will result in detention, and the privilege of going on the next Hogsmeade trip?" Dumbledore asked, loosing the rest of the twinkle that had been in his eyes. Both nodded, looking at each other, and trying not to smile. It looked to Hermione as if they were going to use the old cloak. The shine in Harry's eyes told her so. Then she looked back at Dumbledore to see if she could leave. Draco had been asked to stand outside, while Harry and Ron received their punishment. When she opened the door, she walked down the staircase to meet up with Draco. When she met him at the foot of the stairs, they both had smiles that could melt ice. Then she turned to Draco, a determined look upon her face.
"Yes," she stated simply. Draco looked confused, but then understood. She accepted his invitation to the Ball. He was so happy at that moment, that he could have kissed her. And, that's exactly what he did. He stepped forward and wrapped Hermione into her first real kiss. Yet, coming down the stairs was golden boy, and his sidekick, catching yet again, on the same day, a Hermione and Draco Kodak moment.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Author's Note: pulls out shine-y dagger and stabs writer's block. Die! Die! Stands up straight and ignores funny looks from fans. Okay, I'm done, so now, it's your turn to write. Give me a review. It doesn't even have to be about the story, you could just tell me if you had a good day or not. I don't care; I just like to know that I have readers. Well, I have to get started on the next chapter, and kill the rest of my damn writer's block. Well, bye!
Author's Note: Hey, here's chapter 3, and more hugs and thanks go out to my reviewers. So, Thank you! Your good comments are what keep me writing, so the more good things you say, the faster I update. Well, read on!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or the song this story is based upon, so no suing me got it? ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Malfoy, you ferret! I'm gonna kill you!" Harry and Ron both shouted at the same time. Apparently, both Harry and Ron were thinking about asking Hermione. Suddenly, all three boys were thrown out the open door into the street. Hermione turned around to the woman behind the counter. She looked as if she were trying to contain a bit of laughter.
"There will be NO violence in my store!" the woman shouted, then turned to Hermione and said, "sorry 'bout that dear. I thought it might be easier for you to deal with them out there, anyway," She said, walking around the counter to see Hermione out the shop door.
"Oh, no, that's quite all right. I was planing on doing the same thing, but you beat me to It." she answered, pulling the shop door shut behind her. Walking down the store steps, she saw Harry and Ron kicking the shit out of Draco. He needed her help, and fast!
"Rictasempra! (Sp.?)," she shouted at Harry and Ron, causing them both to shoot backward about 10 feet. She then ran straight to Draco's side. Looking down at him, she saw that he had a bloody nose, and a black eye starting to form. She helped him up off the ground, so she could get him to the Hospital wing, back at Hogwarts. "45 points from Gryffindor for beating up the Head boy, and for getting involved in matters that are none of your concern!" She said, already starting towards Hogwarts.
"Madame Pomfrey! Madame Pomfrey!" Hermione yelled, bursting through the doors of the Hospital Wing. About half way from the school, Draco had passed out. Hermione became very worried. She was now had him floating in the air behind her.
"Hermione, dear. Being Head girl I would think that...Oh my! Bring him over here. Set him down gently. What happened to him?" She asked, now bustling around the wing, trying to collect medications and bandages. Hermione thought about helping, but then remembered she didn't know where everything was.
"He got into a fight...With Harry and Ron. About half way here, he fainted." She said, trying her hardest to stay calm, but not succeeding. "Madame Pomfrey? Can I help revive Draco?" She asked, tears starting to well in her eyes. There was no way she could deny what she felt for him now, but the situation wasn't really helping her feelings.
"Hermione...Dear, I don't think it's a good idea. Maybe you should inform Headmaster Dumbledore of what has happened. He may want to talk to you about what went on down in Hogsmeade. Besides, Draco should be up and around by the time everyone else gets back, just in time for the feast tonight." She said, trying to get Hermione to leave so she could revive Draco. She knew she would be able to get him up and repair him; she just wanted to make sure that he got some rest afterwards.
"All right, I suppose that's for the best," she replied, wiping the tears so Madame Pomfrey couldn't see them.
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"Harry, look, Hermione left her stuff here. See her dress and her bag. Maybe we should take it to her, do you think?" Ron asked, pulling Harry out of his dazed and out in space look.
"I guess so, Ron. I just want Malfoy to pay for thinking that he can steal 'mione from us." He replied, fire filling his bright green eyes.
"Don't worry, we'll make him pay. He'll wish to Merlin that he had ever thought twice about looking at her," he answered, trying to calm Harry while gathering Hermione's dress and backpack. "Jeez, what does she carry in here, bricks?!" He wondered allowed, pulling the bag up onto his shoulder, and handing the covered dress to Harry. "Let's go." Ron said, starting for the castle that lay at the top of the road.
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"Twinkling toe socks," Hermione whispered to the Gargoyle that lay in front of Dumbledore's office, one hour after leaving the Hospital Wing. She had to go recollect herself, after seeing Draco lying on that bed, peaceful, but also painful. The stairs started to spin when she heard a shout come from behind her.
"Hermione! Hermione!" Hermione twirled around at the approaching sound of her name. She saw Draco limping down the hall, but trying all the same to get there at full speed.
"What are you doing? I thought you were supposed to be in the Hospital Wing," she stated, going to help him walk the rest of the distance to the Headmaster's office. Getting up the stairs was going to be interesting, Draco thought, wrapping his arm around Hermione's shoulders, and using her help to the fullest, and smiling to himself about the way her arm was snaked around his waist.
"After you left, Poppy revived me, and healed my ribs and eye. After that, she told me that you were worried, but that I should stay there, to regain strength. However the second that I heard you were worried, I couldn't wait to get out of there. I informed her that if I wasn't released immediately, that I would start cursing things in the room. I think she turned about 4 shades of purple before she released me," he stated, and started chuckling at the horrified look on her face, as they reached Dumbledore's office. Then she broke out into a small smile, that looked as if she was trying to hide it. She reached up to knock on Dumbledore's door, but before she could it opened instantaneously.
"Draco, Hermione. You are both rights on time. Harry and Ron have been here for a little over five minutes. After I heard the predicament, about Hogsmeade, I decide I might get you all in here, and have a discussion about it."
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"Ron, Harry? You both do know that this will result in detention, and the privilege of going on the next Hogsmeade trip?" Dumbledore asked, loosing the rest of the twinkle that had been in his eyes. Both nodded, looking at each other, and trying not to smile. It looked to Hermione as if they were going to use the old cloak. The shine in Harry's eyes told her so. Then she looked back at Dumbledore to see if she could leave. Draco had been asked to stand outside, while Harry and Ron received their punishment. When she opened the door, she walked down the staircase to meet up with Draco. When she met him at the foot of the stairs, they both had smiles that could melt ice. Then she turned to Draco, a determined look upon her face.
"Yes," she stated simply. Draco looked confused, but then understood. She accepted his invitation to the Ball. He was so happy at that moment, that he could have kissed her. And, that's exactly what he did. He stepped forward and wrapped Hermione into her first real kiss. Yet, coming down the stairs was golden boy, and his sidekick, catching yet again, on the same day, a Hermione and Draco Kodak moment.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Author's Note: pulls out shine-y dagger and stabs writer's block. Die! Die! Stands up straight and ignores funny looks from fans. Okay, I'm done, so now, it's your turn to write. Give me a review. It doesn't even have to be about the story, you could just tell me if you had a good day or not. I don't care; I just like to know that I have readers. Well, I have to get started on the next chapter, and kill the rest of my damn writer's block. Well, bye!
