Title: Falling for You
Author: Evie DuGrey
Chapter Title: Chapter Six: Pyramids
Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns Harry Potter. Is it really necessary to do this EVERY chapter? Well, this chapter I want to thank morgish for the whole pyramid idea! Thanks!
Summary: Hermione and the gang's 7th year at Hogwarts. Stuff's gonna happen. HG/DM.
A/N: I know, I'm sorry about the whole running away thing but there is a bit more HG/DM this chapter!!! Sort of… Also thanks to my reviewers! Which wasn't actually a lotL but ne way please still review!
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Hermione awoke the next day, still sitting against the door and remembered the events if the previous night, and realized that she had cried herself to sleep.
She stood up and looked at herself in the mirror. Her eyes were all red and puffy and her face was tear-stained. She took out her wand and did a few charms on her face to make it look normal again and looked over to Cho's bed to find it empty.
She took her time getting ready, as it was Saturday. She put on a pair of short denim hotpants and a white peasant top, because she didn't have to wear her robes on the weekends. She put on a bit of mascara and a pair of Birkenstocks and walked out of her door.
Cho was sitting on the couch with a blanket around her and a cup of cocoa in her hands. Hermione noticed that she was wearing one of Harry's shirts. She walked over and sat in the armchair next to the couch Cho was sitting on, which coincidently happened to be the Slytherin-coloured on.
"Where were you last night?" Hermione asked Cho.
"Well, I came in late last night after my date with Harry and when I came to our dorm, I couldn't open the door and I just figured that you'd locked it so I wouldn't wake you up so I grabbed a blanket and just camped out here."
"Okay. So why are you wearing Harry's t-shirt?"
Cho blushed. "Well, umm you see… I kind of left mine in Harry's dorm, and you locked the door!"
Hermione tried to hide the look on her face.
"Oh yeah, I when I came in last night, Malfoy was in here but he was just sitting near the fire staring into it. It was kinda depressing. I almost felt sorry for him."
*He was sad?* Hermione once again tried to hide her guilt. "Umm, yeah well he broke up with Pansy yesterday."
"Oh." Cho said simply. "So are you looking forward to the first cheerleading practise for the term?"
Hermione looked at her watch. "Oh crap Cho! You could have reminded me earlier! I'm going to be late!" She got up and started to rummage her things together.
Cho smiled cheekily and said, "Well, I hope you have fun at practise, now that you've FINALLY unlocked the door, I think I'm going to go catch up on a bit of sleep I lost last night."
"Hey don't blame it on me! It's not my fault you and Harry were being ronky bonky last night!" Hermione smiled triumphantly and grabbed the last of her stuff and ran out of the common room.
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"Hey guys! Sorry I'm late!" Hermione said, trying to use as much enthusiasm as she could muster, to the other Gryffindor girls while running on to the Quidditch pitch, where all the muggle studies 7th year students were practising for the game. "Umm well, if any of you didn't know, I'm going to be our captain. And I have full intentions that we are going to kick some Slytherin ass!"
There was a cheer from the crowd and Hermione smiled. "So let's get to it! I know a few chants, does anyone else know some good ones?" A few girls put up their hands. "Great, well we'll share those a bit later but lets just do some warm-ups for now eh?"
"Okay, so we'll start with a quick chant. Repeat after me: Gryffindor is hot to go. H-O-T T-O G-O. Ah woo! Hot to go! Ah woo! Hot to go!"
The group said exactly what Hermione had said. "Can we make up some moves? Or make a pyramid?" Lavender asked.
Hermione looked at the group "Does everyone want to make a pyramid?" There was a mumbled 'yes' over the group. "Great, okay Lav, you wanna take charge?"
Lavender beamed. "Thanks. OKAY EVERYONE LISTEN UP!" She shouted. "Hermione's gonna be at the very top of the pyramid, because she's captain. Everyone else, get in height order and we'll work it out from there!"
Everybody bustled around trying to get in order, while Lavender counted.
"Okay, there's 15 of us!" (A/N Yes, I know that to have 15 ppl would mean that theres heaps of ppl but I need 15 for a decent pyramid size!) "So there is going to be five people at the bottom, four on their backs, three on their's, two on their's and then Hermione on top. Clear?" Lavender didn't wait for a reply. "So everyone, with the tallest people at the bottom, LET'S GET THIS PYRAMID GOING!" She shouted with enthusiasm.
Slowly, everyone started to assemble the pyramid until it was Hermione's turn to get on top. She slowly climbed to the top. She looked down. The pyramid would be three metres tall easy. "I'm up!" She shouted when she finally reached the top.
Parvati flung up her head with joy, but that was enough for Hermione to lose her balance. She tried to grab onto Parvati's shoulder but missed. She could feel herself falling, falling. She closed her eyes and prepared herself for the worst. But it never happened. Some one had caught her.
She opened her eyes and was met with a pair of steel-grey ones which she recognised immediately. All the events of the previous night suddenly came flooding back into her mind.
She blushed and broke eye contact, "Um wow Draco thanks, you kind of saved my life there."
He shook his head and mumbled something before putting her down and walking off in the direction of the castle.
The other Gryffindor girls, all extremely concerned about her soon surrounded Hermione.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm so sorry!"
"Was that Malfoy?"
"Did you call him Draco?"
"Are you hurt?"
Hermione shook her head to try and get all the voices out of her head. "I'm… fine. But I'm a bit dizzy. How about we call it a day, eh?"
Everyone nodded their heads, not wanting to upset their new captain.
"Okay, well you all know when our next practise is. I'll see you then."
Everyone began to walk off except for Lavender. She put her arm around Hermione's shoulder and said, "I'll walk back to the castle with you."
The walk back was silent and Hermione was glad that Lavender hadn't asked anything about Draco. She didn't want to tell her anything.
"Well, I'll see you at dinner." Lavender said when they reached the portrait of Lady Pearl and Sir Jack.
"Yeah… seeya." Lavender kept walking towards the Gryffindor common room and Hermione whispered the password to Lady Pearl and walked into her room.
Hermione walked into her room and set out her books and began to study.
*Yep.* she thought *That stumble definitely isn't the only falling I'm doing this year. I just hope Draco's always there to catch me*
A/N Yeah, yeah, I know. Can you say KORNY! But its all got to do with the title of my story. Get it? FALLING for you? Well ne ways, Thanks HEAPS to morgish for the pyramid idea! This chapter is dedicated to you and I hope you don't mind that I actually used your idea! And also to AlienSmile13, featherquill and cute kitty who keep reviewing my chappys! Thanks! Also thanks to anyone else I left out! I really appreciate your reviews!