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Rushing into her room still caked in mud, she was too nervous or excited to notice Lavender and Parvati sitting cross-legged on Lavenders bed. Hermione was also too distracted to notice that the minute she burst into the room, Lavender and Parvati made a mad dash to hide all the papers strewn about the floor. Trying to act casual the two girls watched suspiciously as Hermione bustled around the room, gathering the things she would need for a shower and especially amused at the fact that their roommate was COVERED in mud head to toe, yet grinning dreamily.
They were about to ask her what was up, but without turning her head, Hermione said "Ill tell you later" and closed the door to the bathroom.
Parvati and Lavender shrugged amusedly at eachother and went back to what they had been doing privately before Hermione burst in.
"I though she was supposed to be with Ron and Harry seeing Hagrid?" Lavender explained, attempting to straighten up the papers in front of her.
Parvati just giggled and said, "Well apparently her plans had changed. I'm sure they didn't include being covered in mud for whatever reason" She then pulled out a Teen Witch magazine from under the bed and flipped to the page it had been opened on moments before. "Plus it doesn't matter, she looks a little distracted, if you know what I mean." Then it was Lavenders turn to giggle.
"True she did have that look.....maybe MAYBE.....Oh who am I kidding!" Lavender said exasperated. It was obvious to Parvati what she was hinting at but it was perhaps the most obvious thing to everyone who knew 'The Trio' that Ron was upright infatuated with Hermione; but despite his increasing self confidence over the years he failed to do anything about it. Lavender and Parvati noticed all the things he did which were oblivious to Hermione - walking her to class, carrying her books, staring fixedly at the back of her neck in Potions, etc ( all the terribly kiddie romance things Lavender and Parvati lived for). But anyone could tell you that Ron would probably much rather spend a voluntary week of detentions with Snape then risk the chance of telling Hermione how he felt and being shot down.
"Well she DID look rather happy..." Parvati added, grinning as she shuffled the papers in front of her so they were in their previous order. They heard the shower start and Hermione turn on the muggle radio she was so keen on playing each time she showered. Her two roommates didn't mind as they seemed to love the muggle music Hermione charmed to always be playing.
Both girls knew full well that Hermione was as keen on Ron as he was. Oh she would never admit it of course, for reasons they were still unsure of -always keeping busy with homework, or finding somewhere to rush off to when things got too heated- Ron was after all one of the most eligible and best looking bachelors at Hogwarts. Many a girl had been trying to win his attention since the fifth year when he had come back to school a full head taller and fit as a fiddle. Replacing the previous Keeper on the Gryffindor Quidditch team did nothing to help either. But, as every girl was not so apt to admit, Rons attention and affection were solely upon Hermione and no matter how hard they tried, it was fixed. The most obvious thing to everyone in Hogwarts was the Ron/Hermione love dilemma, to all but the two protagonists and nobody was really eager to attempt solving that problem with a ten foot pole, including the infamour matchmaker team of Parvati and Lavender.
"Think shell be in there long?" Parvati asked, eyeing the door to the bathroom/
"Oh yeah for sure...... so where were we?" Lavender asked, surveying the papers.
"Well.... Witches Weekly published the poems right? And the producer for Wizarding Wireless set something up with you....for what?" Parvati asked again, unsure of how Lavenders meeting had gone in Hogsmeade the previous night, having been too preoccupied with summer/winter cleanout.
"He was interested in writing some music to them" Lavender said quietly, but thoroughly excitedly, "Can you beleive it?!? So I was thinking, and he agreed, if we could get a couple of us, you know 'the troop" and see if we could actually hit some of these notes....." Lavender began handing Parvati a bewitched music sheet which produced a hushed instrumental tune with Lavenders poems flourishing across the page at the right moment to the music, "then maybe we could make, you know whatcha-ma- callit......a demo, and send it to him! I showed him a picture of you, me, Hannah, Padma, Gin and Sarah and her said we defo have the look" she squealed, and Parvati hushed her excitedly.
"Do you REALLY think? Nahh!! It only happens in the movies" Parvati said a little bit more excited than she should be.
"I think so! Come on! It would be fun even if we didnt make it! Come on what do you say?" Lavender squealed, ,clutching Parvatis hand, a twinkle in her eye. Parvati nodded grinning ear to ear.
"Im in for sure!"
"In for what?" A voice came from the dorm door which startled the two girls.
It was Ginny and Sarah, coming back from outside. Lavender and Parvati exchanged glances and quickly let the two of them in on the plan.
All four squeling excitedly, they sat for a moment before Sarah brought up a very important fact.
"Sure it would be fun and all, but honestly, have you heard any of us sing? I love you guys and everything but we arent that great....."
"Hmm... true, but maybe....." and Lavender trailed off, looking around anxiously before her eyes fell on the bathroom door where Hermione continued her shower, "Maybe Hermione knows a few charms or spells or SOMETHING to get us to hit the notes we cant?"
All seemed to be in agreeance, and because they were just so excited, wasted no time in rushing to the bathroom, caring nothing about interrupting Hermiones much needed shower.
Meanwhile, grinning happily to herself , Hermione did as good a job as she could with the mud and stepped out. Wrapping a towel around herself and then her hair, she was amused at the fact that she was just not angry at all. In fact, fatter the way Ron had acted just 15 minutes earlier, had put her in such a good mood she didnt think anything could make her upset. She wasn't exactly sure why he always got her in such a good mood, but made her so angry at other times, but right now it was just....okay. She would deal with all those sticky feelings later.
Just to supplement her mood, her favourite song came on the radio and beginning to dry her hand she just couldn't resist and began belting out the words, perfectly in sync to the music. (A/N I am sure we ALL know what is about to happen). Getting perhaps a little too carried away (she had locked the door after all?) she picked up her brush and ad libbed like it was a microphone. Oh dear! How horribly embarrassing it would be if your roommates AND a couple of your housemates would happen to walk in on you at this very moment? Of course this is also Hogwarts and that would happen.
Unbeknownst to Hermione; Ginny, Sarah, Lavender and Parvati entered the room silently, staring awe-struck at their roommate and Head Girl. Each and everyone was torn between breaking out into giggles at the sight, or just listening in astonishment to the perfect harmony Hermione held with the music.
"Wow shes really pretty but who knew OUR Hermione had the moves too!" Sarah whispered to Ginny.
"Is she really that good, or is it the music?" Lavender whispered to Parvati trying not to draw Hermiones attention away.
Paravti just shrugged and then made a move to her wand. Pointing it at the radio and whispering a charm, the radio turned off abruptly in the middle of a line, and Hermione continued to belt out the words for a few moments perfectly in key. When she DID realize the music was off and she had NOT turned it off, she turned to face the four girls, a HUGE blush covering her face. Offering them the feeblest of smiles she turned back embarassed and then raced from the bathroom.
"Oh Merlin! I cant believe you guys did that! I am SO embarassed!" Hermione squeaked, holding the towel around herself and flopping onto the bed, ignoring the fact her hair was still soaking wet. She covered her red face with the back of her arm and sighed, waiting for them all to say how incredibly stupid she looked and sounded, but it never came.
All four girls stumbled out of the bathroom excitedly, Lavender and Parvati exchanged a knowing glance.
"HERMIONE! How come you never told us you could sing like that!" Sarah exclaimed clapping her hands over her mouth.
"All those summers you spent at my house and I never heard you sing like that!" Ginny scolded throwing a pillow at her. At about this time, all four were thinking the exact same thing. Who needs charms to hit the notes when you have a real live, natural born singer in your midst.
"Like what?!!" Hermione asked exasperated, the colour leaving her cheeks a little as she sat up to look at the girls.
"Are you kidding me?! You sounded natural! Like a pro! Like that song was damn well written for you! Can you sing that well all the time?" Parvati asked animatedly. Hermione raised an eyebrow suspiciously. She had never, ever in all the times she sang along to the radio, thought she sounded anything but okay and now she had four friends telling her she sounded amazing. What did it matter anyway. "Lots of people can sing alright I guess" Hermione piped up.
"Alright?!? Alright? That was more than alright Hermione!" Ginny told her.
'What was the big idea? Why were they so excited?'Hermione thought.
"What are you playing at?" Hermione risked asking.
All four exchanged another furtive glance and then Lavender spoke.
"We have a little proposition for you Hermione" she began, sitting right down beside Hermione and taking her hand in her own....................
~~ Dun dun dun.......so now you know what the 'Witches of Fate' will be........ Will Hermione say yes or no? All comments are welcome!~~~
Rushing into her room still caked in mud, she was too nervous or excited to notice Lavender and Parvati sitting cross-legged on Lavenders bed. Hermione was also too distracted to notice that the minute she burst into the room, Lavender and Parvati made a mad dash to hide all the papers strewn about the floor. Trying to act casual the two girls watched suspiciously as Hermione bustled around the room, gathering the things she would need for a shower and especially amused at the fact that their roommate was COVERED in mud head to toe, yet grinning dreamily.
They were about to ask her what was up, but without turning her head, Hermione said "Ill tell you later" and closed the door to the bathroom.
Parvati and Lavender shrugged amusedly at eachother and went back to what they had been doing privately before Hermione burst in.
"I though she was supposed to be with Ron and Harry seeing Hagrid?" Lavender explained, attempting to straighten up the papers in front of her.
Parvati just giggled and said, "Well apparently her plans had changed. I'm sure they didn't include being covered in mud for whatever reason" She then pulled out a Teen Witch magazine from under the bed and flipped to the page it had been opened on moments before. "Plus it doesn't matter, she looks a little distracted, if you know what I mean." Then it was Lavenders turn to giggle.
"True she did have that look.....maybe MAYBE.....Oh who am I kidding!" Lavender said exasperated. It was obvious to Parvati what she was hinting at but it was perhaps the most obvious thing to everyone who knew 'The Trio' that Ron was upright infatuated with Hermione; but despite his increasing self confidence over the years he failed to do anything about it. Lavender and Parvati noticed all the things he did which were oblivious to Hermione - walking her to class, carrying her books, staring fixedly at the back of her neck in Potions, etc ( all the terribly kiddie romance things Lavender and Parvati lived for). But anyone could tell you that Ron would probably much rather spend a voluntary week of detentions with Snape then risk the chance of telling Hermione how he felt and being shot down.
"Well she DID look rather happy..." Parvati added, grinning as she shuffled the papers in front of her so they were in their previous order. They heard the shower start and Hermione turn on the muggle radio she was so keen on playing each time she showered. Her two roommates didn't mind as they seemed to love the muggle music Hermione charmed to always be playing.
Both girls knew full well that Hermione was as keen on Ron as he was. Oh she would never admit it of course, for reasons they were still unsure of -always keeping busy with homework, or finding somewhere to rush off to when things got too heated- Ron was after all one of the most eligible and best looking bachelors at Hogwarts. Many a girl had been trying to win his attention since the fifth year when he had come back to school a full head taller and fit as a fiddle. Replacing the previous Keeper on the Gryffindor Quidditch team did nothing to help either. But, as every girl was not so apt to admit, Rons attention and affection were solely upon Hermione and no matter how hard they tried, it was fixed. The most obvious thing to everyone in Hogwarts was the Ron/Hermione love dilemma, to all but the two protagonists and nobody was really eager to attempt solving that problem with a ten foot pole, including the infamour matchmaker team of Parvati and Lavender.
"Think shell be in there long?" Parvati asked, eyeing the door to the bathroom/
"Oh yeah for sure...... so where were we?" Lavender asked, surveying the papers.
"Well.... Witches Weekly published the poems right? And the producer for Wizarding Wireless set something up with you....for what?" Parvati asked again, unsure of how Lavenders meeting had gone in Hogsmeade the previous night, having been too preoccupied with summer/winter cleanout.
"He was interested in writing some music to them" Lavender said quietly, but thoroughly excitedly, "Can you beleive it?!? So I was thinking, and he agreed, if we could get a couple of us, you know 'the troop" and see if we could actually hit some of these notes....." Lavender began handing Parvati a bewitched music sheet which produced a hushed instrumental tune with Lavenders poems flourishing across the page at the right moment to the music, "then maybe we could make, you know whatcha-ma- callit......a demo, and send it to him! I showed him a picture of you, me, Hannah, Padma, Gin and Sarah and her said we defo have the look" she squealed, and Parvati hushed her excitedly.
"Do you REALLY think? Nahh!! It only happens in the movies" Parvati said a little bit more excited than she should be.
"I think so! Come on! It would be fun even if we didnt make it! Come on what do you say?" Lavender squealed, ,clutching Parvatis hand, a twinkle in her eye. Parvati nodded grinning ear to ear.
"Im in for sure!"
"In for what?" A voice came from the dorm door which startled the two girls.
It was Ginny and Sarah, coming back from outside. Lavender and Parvati exchanged glances and quickly let the two of them in on the plan.
All four squeling excitedly, they sat for a moment before Sarah brought up a very important fact.
"Sure it would be fun and all, but honestly, have you heard any of us sing? I love you guys and everything but we arent that great....."
"Hmm... true, but maybe....." and Lavender trailed off, looking around anxiously before her eyes fell on the bathroom door where Hermione continued her shower, "Maybe Hermione knows a few charms or spells or SOMETHING to get us to hit the notes we cant?"
All seemed to be in agreeance, and because they were just so excited, wasted no time in rushing to the bathroom, caring nothing about interrupting Hermiones much needed shower.
Meanwhile, grinning happily to herself , Hermione did as good a job as she could with the mud and stepped out. Wrapping a towel around herself and then her hair, she was amused at the fact that she was just not angry at all. In fact, fatter the way Ron had acted just 15 minutes earlier, had put her in such a good mood she didnt think anything could make her upset. She wasn't exactly sure why he always got her in such a good mood, but made her so angry at other times, but right now it was just....okay. She would deal with all those sticky feelings later.
Just to supplement her mood, her favourite song came on the radio and beginning to dry her hand she just couldn't resist and began belting out the words, perfectly in sync to the music. (A/N I am sure we ALL know what is about to happen). Getting perhaps a little too carried away (she had locked the door after all?) she picked up her brush and ad libbed like it was a microphone. Oh dear! How horribly embarrassing it would be if your roommates AND a couple of your housemates would happen to walk in on you at this very moment? Of course this is also Hogwarts and that would happen.
Unbeknownst to Hermione; Ginny, Sarah, Lavender and Parvati entered the room silently, staring awe-struck at their roommate and Head Girl. Each and everyone was torn between breaking out into giggles at the sight, or just listening in astonishment to the perfect harmony Hermione held with the music.
"Wow shes really pretty but who knew OUR Hermione had the moves too!" Sarah whispered to Ginny.
"Is she really that good, or is it the music?" Lavender whispered to Parvati trying not to draw Hermiones attention away.
Paravti just shrugged and then made a move to her wand. Pointing it at the radio and whispering a charm, the radio turned off abruptly in the middle of a line, and Hermione continued to belt out the words for a few moments perfectly in key. When she DID realize the music was off and she had NOT turned it off, she turned to face the four girls, a HUGE blush covering her face. Offering them the feeblest of smiles she turned back embarassed and then raced from the bathroom.
"Oh Merlin! I cant believe you guys did that! I am SO embarassed!" Hermione squeaked, holding the towel around herself and flopping onto the bed, ignoring the fact her hair was still soaking wet. She covered her red face with the back of her arm and sighed, waiting for them all to say how incredibly stupid she looked and sounded, but it never came.
All four girls stumbled out of the bathroom excitedly, Lavender and Parvati exchanged a knowing glance.
"HERMIONE! How come you never told us you could sing like that!" Sarah exclaimed clapping her hands over her mouth.
"All those summers you spent at my house and I never heard you sing like that!" Ginny scolded throwing a pillow at her. At about this time, all four were thinking the exact same thing. Who needs charms to hit the notes when you have a real live, natural born singer in your midst.
"Like what?!!" Hermione asked exasperated, the colour leaving her cheeks a little as she sat up to look at the girls.
"Are you kidding me?! You sounded natural! Like a pro! Like that song was damn well written for you! Can you sing that well all the time?" Parvati asked animatedly. Hermione raised an eyebrow suspiciously. She had never, ever in all the times she sang along to the radio, thought she sounded anything but okay and now she had four friends telling her she sounded amazing. What did it matter anyway. "Lots of people can sing alright I guess" Hermione piped up.
"Alright?!? Alright? That was more than alright Hermione!" Ginny told her.
'What was the big idea? Why were they so excited?'Hermione thought.
"What are you playing at?" Hermione risked asking.
All four exchanged another furtive glance and then Lavender spoke.
"We have a little proposition for you Hermione" she began, sitting right down beside Hermione and taking her hand in her own....................
~~ Dun dun dun.......so now you know what the 'Witches of Fate' will be........ Will Hermione say yes or no? All comments are welcome!~~~