More Than Just Friends (by ilukaiba who doesn't own HP...)
Chapter 2
The morning sun shone through the window onto Hermione's sleeping face. Once again, Crookshanks jumped on her bed and attempted to wake her up. But this time there was no hassle, since this was their daily morning routine.
"Crookshanks," Hermione always told her friends, "is my human alarm clock."
"But that monster isn't even human!" Ron would protest.
Then of course he would shut up after receiving a rather menacing glare from Hermione.
As she sat up in her bed thinking about this, she smiled.
'And then,' she thought, 'Harry would always stick up for poor Crookshanks.'
Suddenly she groaned. Harry... 'I told Sirius I'd get closer to him!' she thought, 'what was I THINKING?! He wouldn't go out with me, I'm too plain.'
Crookshanks pawed her comfortingly.
Hermione laughed at his efforts. "Honestly darling you act like a human. Regardless of what Ron may say."
She made her way to the prefect bathroom to take a shower. Stepping out of it with her hair curling from the water, she proceeded to put on her school uniform and robes. She looked in the mirror.
"He'd never fall for me."
"Oh yes he will." said a voice.
Hermione screamed and turned to face Parvati Patil, a fellow Gryffindor prefect. She was covered with glistening make up.
"So who's this mystery guy that you want to notice you?" asked the girl.
"Oh... no one..."
Parvati smiled. "You're so childish Hermione. Here, I'll make you look pretty for him today.
Hermione backed away from her. "I'm fine... really."
"Well, if you look like that, there's no chance of HIM noticing you."
Hermione thought for a moment and suddenly realized that her friend was right. 'And I DO want him to notice me... don't I?' She couldn't help but accept Parvati's generous offer, and allowed the latter to do what she felt should be done.
"First," said Parvati, "I'll work on your hair."
Hermione looked at her quizzically. "What's wrong with my hair?" she asked, indignantly.
Parvati snorted. "Honey, everything is wrong with your hair! Just lean back and close your eyes, I'll do all the work."
Hermione frowned. She knew she wasn't going to like this...
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Meanwhile, in the boys' dormitories, Harry and Ron were sitting on Harry's bed, talking. They had already bathed and dressed in their school uniforms. Harry, however, was having some girl trouble that had to be handled sensibly. Which makes one wonder why he was talking with Ron.
"So," complained the so-called celebrity, "All I said was 'Can I have your hamburger?' and then she gave me the look and-"
He was cut off by his friend. "You mean THE look?" asked Ron.
Harry nodded miserably. "Yeah... and then it was over."
"That's cold man, you can never find a decent food-sharing girlfriend nowadays."
"Too true." groaned Harry.
"So who do you think you're gonna try next. I mean there's no chance of you with Lavender, Parvati, Ginny, Cho, and now Padma..."
"Cho... I could always try again," suggested Harry hopefully, "She did like me... sort of..."
"Harry, it's time you moved on. And in any case, you can always try the Slytherin girls..." added Ron with a snigger.
"Dude... that was NOT funny..."
"But hey," said Ron, "there aren't any other decent or good-looking girls left, are there?"
"I don't know..." said Harry, suddenly thinking of Hermione. He shook his head, trying to get the image of her out of it.
'She's my friend... and ONLY my friend.' he thought.
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Hermione looked in the mirror and gasped. Her hair, for starters, was perfectly...
"STRAIGHT!" she exclaimed, running her fingers through her now-straight hair.
"Yep!" said Parvati proudly, twirling her wand around in her hands. "I used a spell... just say 'Haramarso!' and you're hair'll turn straight. But it only lasts for one day."
"Thank you so much Parvati!"
"Hey... I'm not done yet. Now for the make up..."
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Harry and Ron made their way down to the Gryffindor common room. "Hey Lavender," Harry asked, looking around, "You seen Herms anywhere?"
Lavender gave him her famous what-the-hell-are-you-talking-to-me-for-after-what-you-said-the-other-day-at-our-last-date look. "She's still getting ready." she said suspiciously.
"Oh... tell her we'll meet her in the Great Hall for breakfast." said Ron.
"Don't you always?" asked Lavender, rolling her eyes.
The two walked, or should I say, ran to the Great Hall, eagerly awaiting some food.
"What a bitch!" muttered Ron as they entered.
"Tell me about it..." said Harry. She had dumped him last week.
They sat at the Gryffindor table. At that very moment, a girl walked in to the Great Hall. Not just any girl; a beautiful brunette. Many heads turned as she walked down to her house table.
"Hey Harry, Ron!" she said, approaching them and ignoring the many boys who were craning their necks to catch a glimpse of her.
To say she looked pretty was an understatement. She was gorgeous and sexy, with her cute smile lighting up her accentuated features. Parvati had certainly done her job well. Her eyelids were coated with some shimmery copper eye shadow, bringing out the brown in her eyes. She was wearing mascara, although she didn't need it, having long and healthy eyelashes. Her cheeks were coated with a reddish-colored blush, adding to the natural blush she had from all of the males looking at her. And as for her lips, she had a sparkly pink lip gloss on, enough to make any boy yearn to kiss her. And then of course, was her hair, not only straight but shiny. Parvati had put some sparkles in it too.
Hermione's cheeks reddened even more when she noticed the look Harry was giving her, one of deep thought.
Harry felt his hormones rising, she was beautiful, there was no doubt that she was. He could picture her on top of him, her lips planted on his. He shook his head. 'Think sensibly, Harry, this is your best friend!'
Ron was the first to speak. "Well, you look very pretty today."
Hermione smiled at him and turned to Harry to see what he would say. His eyes were darting up and down her body, as if he had just notice her curves.
"You look... er... you... um... you look nice."
Hermione sat at the table with a slight look of disappointment on her pretty face.
'Nice... that's all I'll ever be to him.'
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A/N So what did you think? Getting better, eh? I love writing this fic. Screw my other ones, they can wait... this is getting good... *squeals* I am madly in love with Tom Felton ^^, you know, Draco Malfoy? Lolz me loves him a lot...
Anyways, do you think I should do any DracoxHermione in this fic? Make it angsty or something? Lolz give me some of your suggestions. Remember, I try to keep out original characters because I hate them...
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