Hermione took to walking alone to the common room that night. She had been slightly insulted and didn't really want to talk about it. Knowing the boys the way she did, she was sure that what the words that she had exchanged with Draco would be the new topic of conversation between Harry and Ron. She wasn't one for dwelling on things and it was a lot harder not to do that when she had the two of them going on about everything.
She couldn't help but let a few things that Draco had said to her linger in her mind. It wasn't even the insults he had tossed her way that were stapled into her thoughts at the moment. Mostly, it was the fact that he called her 'attractive' that made her a bit queasy. She knew what boys had started to think about her lately. Most girls she knew had grown out of their goofy stage, but unlike the rest of them, Hermione had made it a point not to let it go to her head. She had gotten many compliments recently, but none had them had gotten to her the way Draco's did. She wasn't exactly sure why this time was any different from anything else she had heard. Maybe it's because I'm not used to complimets being preceeded by insults, she thought, or maybe it's just because it's Malfoy. She rolled her eyes and sighed as she kept walking.
She had finally made it to the common room door and decided that instead of going right to bed, she might stay up a while and chat with the boys. She looked around for the two of them and once they caught her eye, she plopped herself down next to Ron on a couch near the fire.
"How's it going you two?" She reached up towards Ron head with the intention of roughing up his hair a bit. He swatted her hand away angerly. He looked at her with a bit of irrataion on his face.
"Why, you sure have had a change of heart since this afternoon on the train!" He rolled his eyes and turned away from her. Hermione smirked a bit and decided she might need to talk to Ron about what she had said to him on the train.
"Look Ron, you're the one who started things with me in the first place. You were the first one to be rude to me. I was simply taking up for myself."
"No Hermione, you were simply trying your best to make me look like an idiot." No Weasley, you do that quite well on your own, she thought. She grinned a bit at the comments she was making to herself. She knew she'd better not start in with them though because that would just make the situation worse.
"I'm really sorry Ron. Honestly. I'm hardly ever sorry, but this time I really am." Hermione waited for a response, but it never came. She sat in thought for a moment and then continued her talk with Ron. She put her hand on the top of his head and turned it around so that he was facing her. Her expresions became very stern and she began to speak like a mother would if she were trying to get through to her stubborn child. "Ron, don't do this. You KNOW I'm sorry. How many times have I ever been sorry?" She waited for him to say something back but her just stared at her blankly. "C'mon Ron, WHEN am I ever sorry?"
"Hardly ever..." Ron answered shyly as his eyes darted towards the floor.
"That's right, Ron. Now, if I wasn't honestly sorry about something that I did to you, do you think that I'd be putting this much effort into trying to make you feel better?" Ron acted shy again.
"Probably not... I guess..."
"That's what I thought, you big nerd!" Hermione rolled her eyes as she playfull messed up Ron's hair. "Don't be such a twit! You know I was only joking with you!" Ron still seemed a bit distant. This behavior was really starting to annoy Hermione. Even more so because she had made more of an effort than usual. She rolled her eyes and removed herself from his side.
"You're impossible," she said with a calm tone and a bit of a sigh in her voice. She made her way towards her room so that she could get her mind off of how bad she had just thrown herself out of character by groveling the way she had with Ron. She sat on her bed with all the intention in the world of unpacking. Only, the longer she sat there, putting off the large trunk at the end of her bed, the more she began to confused herself. She wasn't exactly sure why she had felt so bad about Ron. She shrugged a bit. He has gotten cute, she thought and she nodded as if she were agreeing with herself.
"Wow, that was shallow!" she said outloud to herself. After realizing that someone could walk in at any moment, she began thinking to herself again. I've been acting a bit unlike myself the past few days. Maybe I'm just changing. I'm not sure, maybe I'm just crazy.
Meanwhile, in the common room, Harry and Ron were having a good laugh about the show the Ron had just put on.
"Wow Harry, I think I got to her!" Ron stuck his tongue out a bit fro the front of his teeth.
"Yeah Ron, you just gotta learn how to beat her at her own game," Harry said as he repositioned himself in his chair. "Ya know, I can already tell that this is going to be an interesting year!"
She couldn't help but let a few things that Draco had said to her linger in her mind. It wasn't even the insults he had tossed her way that were stapled into her thoughts at the moment. Mostly, it was the fact that he called her 'attractive' that made her a bit queasy. She knew what boys had started to think about her lately. Most girls she knew had grown out of their goofy stage, but unlike the rest of them, Hermione had made it a point not to let it go to her head. She had gotten many compliments recently, but none had them had gotten to her the way Draco's did. She wasn't exactly sure why this time was any different from anything else she had heard. Maybe it's because I'm not used to complimets being preceeded by insults, she thought, or maybe it's just because it's Malfoy. She rolled her eyes and sighed as she kept walking.
She had finally made it to the common room door and decided that instead of going right to bed, she might stay up a while and chat with the boys. She looked around for the two of them and once they caught her eye, she plopped herself down next to Ron on a couch near the fire.
"How's it going you two?" She reached up towards Ron head with the intention of roughing up his hair a bit. He swatted her hand away angerly. He looked at her with a bit of irrataion on his face.
"Why, you sure have had a change of heart since this afternoon on the train!" He rolled his eyes and turned away from her. Hermione smirked a bit and decided she might need to talk to Ron about what she had said to him on the train.
"Look Ron, you're the one who started things with me in the first place. You were the first one to be rude to me. I was simply taking up for myself."
"No Hermione, you were simply trying your best to make me look like an idiot." No Weasley, you do that quite well on your own, she thought. She grinned a bit at the comments she was making to herself. She knew she'd better not start in with them though because that would just make the situation worse.
"I'm really sorry Ron. Honestly. I'm hardly ever sorry, but this time I really am." Hermione waited for a response, but it never came. She sat in thought for a moment and then continued her talk with Ron. She put her hand on the top of his head and turned it around so that he was facing her. Her expresions became very stern and she began to speak like a mother would if she were trying to get through to her stubborn child. "Ron, don't do this. You KNOW I'm sorry. How many times have I ever been sorry?" She waited for him to say something back but her just stared at her blankly. "C'mon Ron, WHEN am I ever sorry?"
"Hardly ever..." Ron answered shyly as his eyes darted towards the floor.
"That's right, Ron. Now, if I wasn't honestly sorry about something that I did to you, do you think that I'd be putting this much effort into trying to make you feel better?" Ron acted shy again.
"Probably not... I guess..."
"That's what I thought, you big nerd!" Hermione rolled her eyes as she playfull messed up Ron's hair. "Don't be such a twit! You know I was only joking with you!" Ron still seemed a bit distant. This behavior was really starting to annoy Hermione. Even more so because she had made more of an effort than usual. She rolled her eyes and removed herself from his side.
"You're impossible," she said with a calm tone and a bit of a sigh in her voice. She made her way towards her room so that she could get her mind off of how bad she had just thrown herself out of character by groveling the way she had with Ron. She sat on her bed with all the intention in the world of unpacking. Only, the longer she sat there, putting off the large trunk at the end of her bed, the more she began to confused herself. She wasn't exactly sure why she had felt so bad about Ron. She shrugged a bit. He has gotten cute, she thought and she nodded as if she were agreeing with herself.
"Wow, that was shallow!" she said outloud to herself. After realizing that someone could walk in at any moment, she began thinking to herself again. I've been acting a bit unlike myself the past few days. Maybe I'm just changing. I'm not sure, maybe I'm just crazy.
Meanwhile, in the common room, Harry and Ron were having a good laugh about the show the Ron had just put on.
"Wow Harry, I think I got to her!" Ron stuck his tongue out a bit fro the front of his teeth.
"Yeah Ron, you just gotta learn how to beat her at her own game," Harry said as he repositioned himself in his chair. "Ya know, I can already tell that this is going to be an interesting year!"
