A/N: Once again, my sincerest apologies for not updating fast enough. I
reread my latest chapter of CM, and the author's note made me aware of the
fact that I haven't updated for over a month-and-a-half! I'm ashamed of
myself. So sorry.
Now we have chapter seven of CM here. When I wrote this little note, I really only had the faintest idea of what to put in this, but I just hope I can finish fast, a. k. a. before this day ends. If I don't, I won't be able to post for another week! Shit. If that happened, I truly am sorry.
Hang in there, all of you!
As Hermione and Harry go into the first faze of their plan to give Dudders a summer he'll never forget, a lot of heads turn and minds spin. Laura especially suspects strange things she's not being let in on going on, and only one person gets to know exactly what's happening...
My, my, my... where is this world heading?
~oOo~
Chapter 7 - Faze one
~oOo~
That very afternoon faze one of Hermione and Harry's plan to get back at Dudley commenced. It all began when the two decided to have a minor row in public, on the lake-shore, right before the very eyes of Dudley and Piers.
They walked down to the lake together, most of the camp was down there, and thus just one unobserved soul saw Harry grab Hermione's hand and squeeze it reassuringly before letting go again and beginning the charade.
"Now", he whispered to Hermione.
She knew what he meant, naturally.
"I can't believe you!", she shouted at him. "Why on earth would you go off and do something that utterly STUPID and IGNORANT!?"
"Well, what's it to you, anyway?", he demanded back.
Harry didn't shout, but his voice was loud enough for everybody to hear him.
"What's it to me? I'm only your best friend - you should at least have let me in on that! And second, if you don't seem to be able to know your own good, someone else will have to do it for you!"
"Well thank you, miss Helpful! I don't need your help. I can do fine on my own and just because I don't happen to have a mother doesn't give you the right to appoint yourself for the spot!"
That was when Hermione smacked him in the face, turned her heel and ran for her cabin in faked tears.
Before she left, though, she noticed some very confused and startled faces in the crowd, Dudley, Piers and Laura, there among.
~oOo~
The one who came running after her wasn't Laura, as Hermione had expected, but Rose. By the time the young Ravenclaw had entered the cabin, Hermione had dried her fake tears and was sitting on her bed, grinning like mad. Rose raised her eyebrows and stopped dead in her tracks.
"Now, Hermione", she demanded in a way that reminded Hermione of professor McGonnagall. "What in Merlin's name was that all about? Why are you fake- fighting with Harry?"
Hermione ended her commencing fit of laughter in a surprised cough. She stared at the teen.
"What?"
"You didn't think I'd believe you'd actually be capable of fighting with Harry for real, did you? You two are like the entire student-body at Hogwarts' dream picture of romance. You're not capable of fighting with one- another."
"Oh, no! I think you're mistaken. You see, me and Harry are NOT a couple. I can't believe everyone at Hogwarts think we are!"
"Stop trying to get out of this situation, Hermione. I know what we've all though previously this term, and I know it isn't true - you weren't a couple then - but it most certainly is now. You probably acted on your feelings the day before yesterday, or something."
Hermione stared again. She was beginning to develop a minor fright of this girl. How on earth was she able to make so many correct guesses about two people she barely knew?
"Oh, bugger it!", said Rose when she saw Hermione's face. "I'm a Seer of sorts. I have this thing where I can read minds sometimes and I'm also somewhat of a people-person. I can tell you tons of things about yourself you never thought I'd have a clue about. Now tell me everything."
Hermione didn't see any other way out than to actually tell Rose about the whole thing. The WHOLE thing. She told her about the things she and Harry had agreed on telling, but also about the Ultimate Plan and hers and Harry's new relationship. She felt she had no choice.
"Oh", was Rose's reaction when she'd heard about the whole thing. "But what I still don't understand is why you fake-fought in public. What good what that meant to do?"
"The first time I really met Dudley was a few days ago. He didn't have a clue about who I really was - until Harry came along and filled him in. But the thing is that before Dudley knew who I was he tried to make a move on me. This so called fight was meant to see what Dudley's reaction's going to be like. And if he manages to see past that I'm a witch and comes on to me again, we're going to use that against him. If he comes over to talk to me again, I'll come close enough to him in order to give him a good hex, now won't I?", Hermione grinned a little evilly.
"Right...", Rose said, getting the point at last.
"Now the one important thing about this is: DO NOT EVER TELL LAURA. Don't tell anyone else either, naturally. But it's mainly her who can't ever find out, because some parts of this prank is for her, too. You see, she knows all about my feelings for Harry, but she doesn't know that we're together by now. She won't find out, either, until the fulfilling of the Ultimate Plan. That's why it's important that no-one tells her..."
Hermione broke off as her cousin walked into the cabin. She looked irritated.
"What were you two playing at?", she asked, and for a moment Hermione feared that Laura, too, had figured everything out.
The next moment, however, she realised Laura was still in the blue about everything.
"How stupid are you, my friend? You can't go around bossing and being some kind of over-protective mother-character to the guy you're in love with. You do realise that your chances with Harry just diminished to slim to none, right?"
Hermione managed to force herself into putting on a regretful and sad face.
"Yes. But I'm always worried about him, you know. He's been through to much and I could never stand to lose him now."
Laura shot her a peculiar glance. Hermione realised she'd almost given herself away.
"I mean, he's my best friend. Of course I have Ron as well, but Harry is special. We've always been very close and I know I'd be broken without him. That's why I did what I did and now I almost managed to lose him anyway. Do you realise that this is only maybe the fourth time in six years we've not been on speaking terms? Of course, there's that fight we had last week, but that wasn't for real, it was just tease. I don't know what I'll do if he won't talk to me again."
As a final touch, she put her head in her hands and sobbed for a moment.
Laura still looked at her doubtingly. Rose stood behind her and smiled. Outside a window facing Laura's back Harry passed with Will and Sam. He turned his head slightly and winked at Hermione.
~oOo~
AN: I did it! About one hour free on a morning where I'm leaving home for another week, and I managed to manage an update. I have to say I'm a bit proud of myself. I hope that this makes up for my lateness somewhat. I'll try to update faster once I get back from my travel.
I did it but I didn't... Well, the update was finished but ff.net was EVIL and wouldn't let me get into the site. Aww, well, here it is. FINALLY!
How will Dudley react to this? Will the Plan fall out the way Hermione and Harry's hoped? Can they keep their relationship a secret from Laura? Next up is the hike...
Please review.
Now we have chapter seven of CM here. When I wrote this little note, I really only had the faintest idea of what to put in this, but I just hope I can finish fast, a. k. a. before this day ends. If I don't, I won't be able to post for another week! Shit. If that happened, I truly am sorry.
Hang in there, all of you!
As Hermione and Harry go into the first faze of their plan to give Dudders a summer he'll never forget, a lot of heads turn and minds spin. Laura especially suspects strange things she's not being let in on going on, and only one person gets to know exactly what's happening...
My, my, my... where is this world heading?
~oOo~
Chapter 7 - Faze one
~oOo~
That very afternoon faze one of Hermione and Harry's plan to get back at Dudley commenced. It all began when the two decided to have a minor row in public, on the lake-shore, right before the very eyes of Dudley and Piers.
They walked down to the lake together, most of the camp was down there, and thus just one unobserved soul saw Harry grab Hermione's hand and squeeze it reassuringly before letting go again and beginning the charade.
"Now", he whispered to Hermione.
She knew what he meant, naturally.
"I can't believe you!", she shouted at him. "Why on earth would you go off and do something that utterly STUPID and IGNORANT!?"
"Well, what's it to you, anyway?", he demanded back.
Harry didn't shout, but his voice was loud enough for everybody to hear him.
"What's it to me? I'm only your best friend - you should at least have let me in on that! And second, if you don't seem to be able to know your own good, someone else will have to do it for you!"
"Well thank you, miss Helpful! I don't need your help. I can do fine on my own and just because I don't happen to have a mother doesn't give you the right to appoint yourself for the spot!"
That was when Hermione smacked him in the face, turned her heel and ran for her cabin in faked tears.
Before she left, though, she noticed some very confused and startled faces in the crowd, Dudley, Piers and Laura, there among.
~oOo~
The one who came running after her wasn't Laura, as Hermione had expected, but Rose. By the time the young Ravenclaw had entered the cabin, Hermione had dried her fake tears and was sitting on her bed, grinning like mad. Rose raised her eyebrows and stopped dead in her tracks.
"Now, Hermione", she demanded in a way that reminded Hermione of professor McGonnagall. "What in Merlin's name was that all about? Why are you fake- fighting with Harry?"
Hermione ended her commencing fit of laughter in a surprised cough. She stared at the teen.
"What?"
"You didn't think I'd believe you'd actually be capable of fighting with Harry for real, did you? You two are like the entire student-body at Hogwarts' dream picture of romance. You're not capable of fighting with one- another."
"Oh, no! I think you're mistaken. You see, me and Harry are NOT a couple. I can't believe everyone at Hogwarts think we are!"
"Stop trying to get out of this situation, Hermione. I know what we've all though previously this term, and I know it isn't true - you weren't a couple then - but it most certainly is now. You probably acted on your feelings the day before yesterday, or something."
Hermione stared again. She was beginning to develop a minor fright of this girl. How on earth was she able to make so many correct guesses about two people she barely knew?
"Oh, bugger it!", said Rose when she saw Hermione's face. "I'm a Seer of sorts. I have this thing where I can read minds sometimes and I'm also somewhat of a people-person. I can tell you tons of things about yourself you never thought I'd have a clue about. Now tell me everything."
Hermione didn't see any other way out than to actually tell Rose about the whole thing. The WHOLE thing. She told her about the things she and Harry had agreed on telling, but also about the Ultimate Plan and hers and Harry's new relationship. She felt she had no choice.
"Oh", was Rose's reaction when she'd heard about the whole thing. "But what I still don't understand is why you fake-fought in public. What good what that meant to do?"
"The first time I really met Dudley was a few days ago. He didn't have a clue about who I really was - until Harry came along and filled him in. But the thing is that before Dudley knew who I was he tried to make a move on me. This so called fight was meant to see what Dudley's reaction's going to be like. And if he manages to see past that I'm a witch and comes on to me again, we're going to use that against him. If he comes over to talk to me again, I'll come close enough to him in order to give him a good hex, now won't I?", Hermione grinned a little evilly.
"Right...", Rose said, getting the point at last.
"Now the one important thing about this is: DO NOT EVER TELL LAURA. Don't tell anyone else either, naturally. But it's mainly her who can't ever find out, because some parts of this prank is for her, too. You see, she knows all about my feelings for Harry, but she doesn't know that we're together by now. She won't find out, either, until the fulfilling of the Ultimate Plan. That's why it's important that no-one tells her..."
Hermione broke off as her cousin walked into the cabin. She looked irritated.
"What were you two playing at?", she asked, and for a moment Hermione feared that Laura, too, had figured everything out.
The next moment, however, she realised Laura was still in the blue about everything.
"How stupid are you, my friend? You can't go around bossing and being some kind of over-protective mother-character to the guy you're in love with. You do realise that your chances with Harry just diminished to slim to none, right?"
Hermione managed to force herself into putting on a regretful and sad face.
"Yes. But I'm always worried about him, you know. He's been through to much and I could never stand to lose him now."
Laura shot her a peculiar glance. Hermione realised she'd almost given herself away.
"I mean, he's my best friend. Of course I have Ron as well, but Harry is special. We've always been very close and I know I'd be broken without him. That's why I did what I did and now I almost managed to lose him anyway. Do you realise that this is only maybe the fourth time in six years we've not been on speaking terms? Of course, there's that fight we had last week, but that wasn't for real, it was just tease. I don't know what I'll do if he won't talk to me again."
As a final touch, she put her head in her hands and sobbed for a moment.
Laura still looked at her doubtingly. Rose stood behind her and smiled. Outside a window facing Laura's back Harry passed with Will and Sam. He turned his head slightly and winked at Hermione.
~oOo~
AN: I did it! About one hour free on a morning where I'm leaving home for another week, and I managed to manage an update. I have to say I'm a bit proud of myself. I hope that this makes up for my lateness somewhat. I'll try to update faster once I get back from my travel.
I did it but I didn't... Well, the update was finished but ff.net was EVIL and wouldn't let me get into the site. Aww, well, here it is. FINALLY!
How will Dudley react to this? Will the Plan fall out the way Hermione and Harry's hoped? Can they keep their relationship a secret from Laura? Next up is the hike...
Please review.
