Chapter 12: An Odd Moment

Hermione went into the house and took off the horribly dangerous shoes. She had to get them off because they were leaving blisters on her feet. But, to tell you the truth she enjoyed the dinner. Although, it was a little too romantic for a regular meeting. In other words Harry was trying to do something. They had always been friends, but nothing more.

When she finally got into something comfortable she checked the answering machine, and sure enough there were 20 calls, from none other than Draco.

She had only listened to the first 10, because they were all the same, so she disregarded the other 10. She then got into her car and drove off. When she got to the apartment she yelled, "Draco? What is it?"

Figuring he was asleep she went into his room and saw him and Susan at it like bunnies. "Is this some sick joke?" she yelled running out of the apartment. Little did she know but the 19th message said he didn't need her and that he had someone else take care of it.

When she got home Hermione erased the messages on her machine and laid in bed with her favorite muggle book, The Phantom of the Opera, she had always been a fan of muggle literature. It had more raw emotion than wizard/witch literature.

Also, she related to Erik, the phantom, she was a person destined to be lonely for no apparent reason. She also liked it because when she was home for Christmas in her 7th year at Hogwarts her parent's muggle friends took her to see it and she fell in love with the music, and even bought the CD. She listened to it A LOT, especially "Music of the Night."

She read for quite a while and then fell asleep reading "Apollo's Lyre," the chapter where Christine decides that she will betray Erik and leave him alone to live and love Raoul. The character Raoul had always gotten on her nerves, especially since he made Christine fall in love with him and all of that. But now she slept.

The next morning Hermione tried something different. She decided to dress sexier than usual and see if she got attention. She put on a pair of black pants and a top that had a LOW v-cut. She wouldn't degrade herself enough to wear a miniskirt.

When she got into the office heads turned. Brian Sneed, the 28 year-old co- owner of the firm gave her a dinner offer. Riley Moreman asked her to the movies and to dinner. But, best of all was Carter, the minor lawyer of the firm; he asked her to go on a walk on the beach and then to a moon lit dinner by the ocean. She decided to take up Carter's offer