Chapter 2: Single White Rose
DISCLAIMER: NONE OF THESE CHARACTERS ARE MINE!
Hermione went to sleep at 4:15 that night. She was thinking hard about Harry and Ron and what that letter meant.
'Stone walls?' she asked herself. 'Stone statues?' She could barely shut her eyes. She was tired; but she didn't sleep.
Parvati rolled over and snored. Hermione told herself that she had to go to sleep. She just had to. Otherwise she couldn't figure out this mystery.
Finally, she shut her eyes and didn't have the strength to open them. At 8:45, Hermione's eyes snapped open. "Oh no! I better not be late for breakfast!" She pulled on her robes and ran out of the common room and into the Great Hall.
"Freak this," she told herself, "I can't even move my legs." She pushed her way through. Why hadnt she gone to sleep that night? She sat down at the Gryffindor table by herself. She needed someone to console her - Harry and Ron weren't there. What about looking at Draco? She looked over at his table, and he looked over at her.
It was the end of October. In two days, it would be the Halloween dance. No one had asked her yet. Suddenly Draco got up.
"Say, Granger, have you a date for the dance?" he asked. Hermione could feel her cheeks burning.
"Um. no," she managed to say. She couldn't help looking into his cold eyes and swimming through the grayness. She could get lost in his eyes.
"Well, would you like to attend the dance with me?" he asked. Hermione was about to faint.
"Well, if you would like," she replied, trying to be very polite, but inside she was leaping with joy.
"Say, meet me at the Lake ( called Moon Lake ) at 7:30, half an hour before the dance. Sound pleasureable, Hermione?" he asked. Hermione was so happy! FOR ONCE, he called her Hermione and not Granger.
She was so happy she almost forgot about Harry and Ron.
"So, where is Potty head and Weasel?" he asked. She didn't even mind what he was calling them. She was just too happy.
"Well. they headed to Madam Pomfrey's because they were sick," Hermione lied through her teeth. "So.um.Moon Lake at 7:30 PM on Halloween night?"
"Yes, of course," Draco said. Hermione nearly tripped as she ran back to her table.
"Finally! Someone wants to go out with me!" she told herself happily.
THE NIGHT OF HALLOWEEN :
Hermione had dumped a whole load of peach eyeshadow on her eye lids. She had put scented lip gloss on , and put blush on her cheeks.
Parvati had shown her how to put on eyeshadow. She was so warped up into books that she hadn't even realized that she had put make up in her stuff. Finally she was ready! Her bush of hair had been pulled into a bun with lots of Wizard's Gel ( Parvati's, of course.) She was wearing a silky white dress with spangles all over it. A single white rose had been placed behind her left ear. Along with that, she had pulled on white gloves that reached her elbows.
"Oh, Hermione, you look wonderful!" Parvati cried. "The rose smells swell! Also, your bun is perfect! Oh, Hermione, I brought out the color in your eyes!" Hermione turned around and tried not to trip on the heels that Parvati had lent her. They were white like her dress. She hoped Draco thought she looked pretty! She had worked hard to make herself look like this. "Oh. good look impressing Draco, Hermione!" Parvati called behind her. Hermione turned her head and smiled a lip-glossed smile. She had brushed her teeth just before she had put on her lip gloss, just to make her teeth look white and bring out the color of the lip gloss.
Hermione walked slowly out of the girl's dormitory, and out of the common room. She had to tell Parvati how much these heels pained her. She picked up her dress so she wouldn't trip on it and ran out of the grounds no matter how much her heels pained her. She ran towards Moon Lake and waited. She looked around and waited more.
About half an hour had passed. "Where is he?" she asked herself impatiently. He was supposed to be here at 7:30 but its already 8:00! I better get back to the dance!" Suddenly a horrible thought struck her brain. Harry and Ron!
"Oh man! Why is my life like this?" she asked to no one in particular. She picked up the ends of her dress and ran back to the grounds. Her rose fell out of her hair and her bun came undone.
"Where IS Draco? I must find him in the midst of all this!" She said loudly. Finally, she saw Draco dancing with Pansy. "Draco Malfoy!" she pulled him around and made him face her. "You blew me off, my so called date!"
"So?" he asked. Suddenly, Hermione felt the anger rage around her. She took a gloved hand and smacked Draco Malfoy hard in the face. "Ow!" he had cried.
"You're a pathetic git, as Ron and Harry always said!" She told Draco. She stamped a high heeled foot. "I hate you! I can't believe I ever had a crush on you!" She realized what she had said and immediately wished she hadn't said it. He had something to mock her about for the rest of her wizarding years at Hogwarts!
"Speaking of Ronald and Harry, I wonder where they went. I wanted to see them at the hospital wing, but see..they are such retards they probably didn't even know where the hospital wing was!" Pansy laughed fakely.
"Oh, I'm going to get you Draco! For blowing me off and insulting Ron and Harry behind their back! Maybe I should turn my back so you can talk behind my back!" She threw off her gloves, hitting Draco flat in the face.
Hermione fumed. Why was Draco like that? Hermione really thought he liked her. Guess not.
A/N: Sorry, I have no other ideas of how to end a chapter! Boo hoo!
DISCLAIMER: NONE OF THESE CHARACTERS ARE MINE!
Hermione went to sleep at 4:15 that night. She was thinking hard about Harry and Ron and what that letter meant.
'Stone walls?' she asked herself. 'Stone statues?' She could barely shut her eyes. She was tired; but she didn't sleep.
Parvati rolled over and snored. Hermione told herself that she had to go to sleep. She just had to. Otherwise she couldn't figure out this mystery.
Finally, she shut her eyes and didn't have the strength to open them. At 8:45, Hermione's eyes snapped open. "Oh no! I better not be late for breakfast!" She pulled on her robes and ran out of the common room and into the Great Hall.
"Freak this," she told herself, "I can't even move my legs." She pushed her way through. Why hadnt she gone to sleep that night? She sat down at the Gryffindor table by herself. She needed someone to console her - Harry and Ron weren't there. What about looking at Draco? She looked over at his table, and he looked over at her.
It was the end of October. In two days, it would be the Halloween dance. No one had asked her yet. Suddenly Draco got up.
"Say, Granger, have you a date for the dance?" he asked. Hermione could feel her cheeks burning.
"Um. no," she managed to say. She couldn't help looking into his cold eyes and swimming through the grayness. She could get lost in his eyes.
"Well, would you like to attend the dance with me?" he asked. Hermione was about to faint.
"Well, if you would like," she replied, trying to be very polite, but inside she was leaping with joy.
"Say, meet me at the Lake ( called Moon Lake ) at 7:30, half an hour before the dance. Sound pleasureable, Hermione?" he asked. Hermione was so happy! FOR ONCE, he called her Hermione and not Granger.
She was so happy she almost forgot about Harry and Ron.
"So, where is Potty head and Weasel?" he asked. She didn't even mind what he was calling them. She was just too happy.
"Well. they headed to Madam Pomfrey's because they were sick," Hermione lied through her teeth. "So.um.Moon Lake at 7:30 PM on Halloween night?"
"Yes, of course," Draco said. Hermione nearly tripped as she ran back to her table.
"Finally! Someone wants to go out with me!" she told herself happily.
THE NIGHT OF HALLOWEEN :
Hermione had dumped a whole load of peach eyeshadow on her eye lids. She had put scented lip gloss on , and put blush on her cheeks.
Parvati had shown her how to put on eyeshadow. She was so warped up into books that she hadn't even realized that she had put make up in her stuff. Finally she was ready! Her bush of hair had been pulled into a bun with lots of Wizard's Gel ( Parvati's, of course.) She was wearing a silky white dress with spangles all over it. A single white rose had been placed behind her left ear. Along with that, she had pulled on white gloves that reached her elbows.
"Oh, Hermione, you look wonderful!" Parvati cried. "The rose smells swell! Also, your bun is perfect! Oh, Hermione, I brought out the color in your eyes!" Hermione turned around and tried not to trip on the heels that Parvati had lent her. They were white like her dress. She hoped Draco thought she looked pretty! She had worked hard to make herself look like this. "Oh. good look impressing Draco, Hermione!" Parvati called behind her. Hermione turned her head and smiled a lip-glossed smile. She had brushed her teeth just before she had put on her lip gloss, just to make her teeth look white and bring out the color of the lip gloss.
Hermione walked slowly out of the girl's dormitory, and out of the common room. She had to tell Parvati how much these heels pained her. She picked up her dress so she wouldn't trip on it and ran out of the grounds no matter how much her heels pained her. She ran towards Moon Lake and waited. She looked around and waited more.
About half an hour had passed. "Where is he?" she asked herself impatiently. He was supposed to be here at 7:30 but its already 8:00! I better get back to the dance!" Suddenly a horrible thought struck her brain. Harry and Ron!
"Oh man! Why is my life like this?" she asked to no one in particular. She picked up the ends of her dress and ran back to the grounds. Her rose fell out of her hair and her bun came undone.
"Where IS Draco? I must find him in the midst of all this!" She said loudly. Finally, she saw Draco dancing with Pansy. "Draco Malfoy!" she pulled him around and made him face her. "You blew me off, my so called date!"
"So?" he asked. Suddenly, Hermione felt the anger rage around her. She took a gloved hand and smacked Draco Malfoy hard in the face. "Ow!" he had cried.
"You're a pathetic git, as Ron and Harry always said!" She told Draco. She stamped a high heeled foot. "I hate you! I can't believe I ever had a crush on you!" She realized what she had said and immediately wished she hadn't said it. He had something to mock her about for the rest of her wizarding years at Hogwarts!
"Speaking of Ronald and Harry, I wonder where they went. I wanted to see them at the hospital wing, but see..they are such retards they probably didn't even know where the hospital wing was!" Pansy laughed fakely.
"Oh, I'm going to get you Draco! For blowing me off and insulting Ron and Harry behind their back! Maybe I should turn my back so you can talk behind my back!" She threw off her gloves, hitting Draco flat in the face.
Hermione fumed. Why was Draco like that? Hermione really thought he liked her. Guess not.
A/N: Sorry, I have no other ideas of how to end a chapter! Boo hoo!
