Chapter 4:

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Previous chapter: Ron and Hermione have an argument, Draco plays a prank on Hermione, Harry asks Hermione to meet him at the Astronomy Tower, which Hermione later finds out is out of bounds.

The next morning…

Yawn! Hermione woke up to the bright glare coming from her window. She lay in bed, reminiscent of the events of the previous day. "How am I going to tell Harry I can't meet him?!" She took a deep breath and tumbled out of bed, anxious yet dreading the arduous day that lay ahead of her. She put on her Gryffindor robe and proceeded to go to bathroom. To her surprise, she found it locked, meaning it was occupied. "Who could it be?" It took her less than a second to remember that Draco lived there too. She groaned and knocked on the door. When she heard no response, she leaned her ear closer to the door, and to her astonishment, heard Draco singing. It was wizard song, so she couldn't recognize it. Suddenly, Hermione got a brilliant idea. She smiled and said, "Revenge is truly sweet!" Having said that, she rushed back to her room to retrieve her wand along with a small box and performed the Recording Charm, "Un, Deux, Trois, Recordum!" She opened the lid on the box and pressed it on the bathroom door. She sniggered at what she heard. Fifteen minutes later, the singing stopped and Hermione dashed to put her wand and box away. She tried her best to look innocent, but she couldn't help but laugh.

Draco came out of the shower all dressed up in his brand new robes. He noticed Hermione trying to hold back laughter, and he grew suspicious. "What are you snickering at?"

"Nothing…nothing at all!" replied a very amused Hermione.

"Oh! You didn't happen to peek in did you?" Draco asked mockingly.

Hermione kept her cool composure and answered, "Who'd want to? And anyway, the door was locked!"

"So you did check the door then? Too bad Hermione. There's some things even you can't see!" He left chortling.

Hermione stood there fuming and shook her head maliciously. "Just you wait Draco Malfoy…just you wait!"

Everyone doled in to the Great Hall, eager for his or her first day of classes. Hermione came in and found a seat next to Harry at the Gryffindor table. Ron came in too and sat next to Hermione. "Hermione…I thought about what you said yesterday and you were right! I'm terribly sorry! Forgive me?" He finished by attempting his cutest puppy dogface, which made Hermione smile.

"All right Ron! I'm sorry too! Friends?" she asked.

"You betcha!" he replied grinning

They merrily ate their breakfast, which consisted of orange juice, toast and some fresh blueberry muffins. They soon got their schedules and groaned when they discovered that they had Double Potions first with the Slytherins.

Suddenly, Dumbledore tapped his goblet to signal that he was going to make an announcement. He looked unsure of himself and simply said, "I found a small box here with a note in it that tells me to open it right now. It's from an anonymous person, so if I could please have your attention for a minute." Everyone looked confused while Dumbledore proceeded to open the box. What came out of it took everyone except one person by surprise.

"Good morning ladies and gentlemen, this is Draco Malfoy, your DJ for the local wizard music station! Oh yeah! The first and only song sung today will be by….ME! Yeah baby! Me…oh yeah…me!"

At this point, everyone was staring at Draco and laughing out loud! If a tomato were placed next to Draco's face, it would be impossible to tell the difference. The box continued.

"She's a witch, a vvvvvvvvverrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy good looking witch! Babpapaapa! I wish she'd…(A/n: I couldn't think of any other corny things so I'm gonna twist some things around…hehehehe ;)…oh…damn…this water is hot! Ouch…oh…I think my butt is on fire! Ooooooohhhh…(sizzling noises are heard in the background!) ahhhhhhhhh…thank God for shampoo. Eewww….what smells like roses? (a pause) Shit! I can't believe my Mum accidentally packed HER shampoo I MY luggage! (hushed whisper: I rrrrrreeeeeaaaalllllyyyy hope no one finds out!) Crap! I have the feeling that this is going to be a very, very bad day!"

With that, the box closed and flew into Hermione's hand. Everyone gasped as they looked at the model student, genius and Prefect! She started sniggering, soon Harry and Ron joined in. Then the entire Gryffindor table was hysterical with laughter imitating Draco in the shower! Watching them, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw joined in too. Even the teachers were laughing. McGonagall tried her best to look stern, but they could all clearly see her smiling. Dumbledore actually complimented Hermione! "An excellent prank Ms.Granger. I remember those days! In fact, once I…" McGonagall cleared her throat and Dumbledore immediately shut his mouth. Even a semblance of a smile could be seen on Snape's face. (A/n: VERY unrealistic…I know...) Draco looked at Hermione with daggers, but kept his cool. He smirked and replied, "So Granger, I see that you just had to eavesdrop on me while I was in the SHOWER?! Is that supposed to mean anything?"

Hermione raised her eyebrows but humbly replied, "No Malfoy! It's called revenge…and it's very sweet incase you didn't know!"

"Oh trust me…by the end of the year, I'll know alright!" Having said that, he stalked out of the room and ignored the hoots of laughter.

Back at the Gryffindor table:

"Damn good prank Mione!" Ron said, "I didn't know you had it in you!"

"Yeah sweet!" Harry added. Hermione beamed at all of the congratulations she was getting. She knew that she had hurt Draco but she had a justifiable reason to. What he had done to her, hurt even more.

As they were leaving the Great Hall, Hermione received a multiple commendations all of, which she greeted with pleasure. They proceeded down to the Dungeons where the Slytherins already were.

"You'll pay for that, Mudblood!" Pansy shrieked. Draco was standing right next to her and even though he could've killed Hermione at that moment, didn't hesitate to kick Pansy hard in the shins.

"Ouch! What was that for?" she shouted.

"Don't call her a Mudblood Okay?" he replied

"EXCUSE ME? Did you Draco Malfoy just say what I think you said????!!!!!" she hollered.

The trio looked aghast, especially Hermione. Draco continued, "You heard me!"

Pansy inhaled and simply whispered to Blaise, "I think I'm hallucinating. I have got to stop using weed!" She ran down the hallway to the Girls bathroom. The bell rang and everyone went inside except for Hermione and Draco. Hermione looked flushed and said to him "Thanks…umm…I'm sorry…for what happened…and…"

Draco cut her off and said in a sharp tone, "No you're not! You're not the least bit sorry! And don't think I forgave you for what you did. The only reason I said that to Pansy was because I don't like it when she calls ANYBODY a Mudblood! I didn't do it because of you Granger! I did it cause of me!" He walked in after that extemporaneous and angry outburst. Hermione stood there speechless and she could feel tears welling in her eyes. She quietly walked in where Snape immediately took 20 points from Gryffindor for Hermione being late. She hardly noticed. She took a seat next to Harry and tried to sort out her thoughts.

Harry noticed Hermione looked a little shaken and weary. "Are you ok Mione?"

She looked a little distracted but replied, "What? Oh…yeah…I'm fine!"

Harry continued to talk upon hearing her response, "Draco really deserved what he got, didn't he?! Oh and did you also use a spell on Snape or something?"

Hermione perked up at the unusual question and answered, "No! Why'd you ask?"

"Because…when Draco walked in late he took 35 points off of Slytherin, but when you came he only took off 20!" She shrugged and went back to reprimanding herself for being so cruel and merciless! Snape ordered them to go to pg.422 and read about Potions that can change your feelings. He told them that tomorrow they would be making Guilt Potion. If someone asked you why do you look guilty, you'd answer him or her with the thing you regret most in your life. Hermione rolled her eyes. "Great!" she mumbled, "That's all I need right now!"

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A/n: Ok…1) I know that the song was the cheesiest thing on Earth…but it was meant to be that way.

2) I also know that Hermione's mood changes too quickly…but that's how I wanted to characterize Hermione in this story.

3) For those of you who feel sorry for Draco…hold that thought!

4) I realize that I didn't include anything about the whole Astronomy Tower thingy…but that's NEXT chapter…and to see that, you have to REVIEW n REVIEW n REVIEW some more! :)

Stoneheart: I'm soooooooooooooooo happy ur back!

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