Chapter 4
Hermione found herself the happiest she'd ever been as she sat down to breakfast next to Harry at the Gryffindor table. She cheerily greeted him with a perky "Hello"
"What's got you in such good spirits?" Harry asked a little bemused.
Hermione leaned close to him and whispered so that no-one else heard "Ginny"
Harry raised an eyebrow and looked at her studying her as if trying to work out if it was some lye, "I'm happy for you," He finally said as he broke into a grin.
"What's going on?" Ron asked as he slumped down in a chair next to his friends
"Hermione's, how shall we put this, involved" Harry said with a twinkle in his eye. Ron just grunted for a reply as he reached for the toast. Hermione frowned but soon forgot it as she followed Harry's gaze across the room to Draco. Hermione was about to make a comment to Harry but Ron spoke first.
"It's disgusting" He spat out like the words formed a bad taste in his mouth
"What is?" Hermione asked, now following Ron's gaze further down the Gryffindor table to Lavender and Parvati
"Them" Ron replied waving his hand in the direction of the two girls whom simply seemed to be giggling as aimlessly as they always did.
Hermione frowned, "What about them?"
"They're lesbians" Ron spat the word out like a vomit flavoured every flavour bean
"So?" Hermione asked shocked at Ron's attitude
"It's disgusting and unnatural" Ron replied still glowering at the girls
"How do you even know, I'm their room mate and I didn't even know" Hermione spoke with her normal tone of superiority
"I went to Yule ball with her" Harry commented dully brining himself, rather reluctantly into the conversation "I don't think she's like that."
"I caught them making out behind the greenhouse last night" Ron commented briefly before turning his attention back to his breakfast "It's sick" He growled before taking a bite out of his toast
"That is such prejudice bull!" Hermione fumed "You find that disgusting, well your ignorance disgusts me Ron Weasly" Hermione pushed her chair back noisily then stormed off.
Hermione sat in the library reading when Ginny walked in and sat down next to her
"I heard about what Ron was saying," She said placing a hand reassuringly on Hermione's
"I can't believe him Ginny, how can he think like that" Hermione complained
"Some people are cruel 'Mione, it's a fact of life and something we'll come across a lot" Ginny replied calmly
"But why him? He's one of best friends, and it's obvious he won't want to be when he finds out" Hermione moaned burying her face in her arms
"He doesn't have to know Hermione, but so what if does, would you really want to be friends with such a bigot?" Ginny could feels tears pricking at her eyes, she was scared that Hermione would choose Ron over her
"I don't know Ginny, I'm just a little scared of him, especially since it's his little sister I'm in love with" Hermione smiled and pulled Ginny into a hug "I guess we'll just have to keep with quiet"
Harry sat on the damp morning grass staring across the lake thinking about what Ron had said at breakfast; he chuckled at the irony of it. Ron, a homophobic, best friends with him and Hermione, both gay.
"All alone Potter?" a voice startled Harry back into reality, he turned to see Draco flanked, as usual by Crabbe and Goyle
"Taking the dogs for a walk Malfoy?" Harry retorted
Draco just laughed "Best you can do Potter, dogs are better than those creatures you hang out with, mudblood and weasel"
"Shove off" Harry replied getting to his feat to walk away
"All right" Draco replied a grin spread across his face as he pushed Harry so he fell flat on his back. Draco laughed as he walked away with his cronies behind him leaving Harry on the ground once again lost in thought.
Hermione found herself the happiest she'd ever been as she sat down to breakfast next to Harry at the Gryffindor table. She cheerily greeted him with a perky "Hello"
"What's got you in such good spirits?" Harry asked a little bemused.
Hermione leaned close to him and whispered so that no-one else heard "Ginny"
Harry raised an eyebrow and looked at her studying her as if trying to work out if it was some lye, "I'm happy for you," He finally said as he broke into a grin.
"What's going on?" Ron asked as he slumped down in a chair next to his friends
"Hermione's, how shall we put this, involved" Harry said with a twinkle in his eye. Ron just grunted for a reply as he reached for the toast. Hermione frowned but soon forgot it as she followed Harry's gaze across the room to Draco. Hermione was about to make a comment to Harry but Ron spoke first.
"It's disgusting" He spat out like the words formed a bad taste in his mouth
"What is?" Hermione asked, now following Ron's gaze further down the Gryffindor table to Lavender and Parvati
"Them" Ron replied waving his hand in the direction of the two girls whom simply seemed to be giggling as aimlessly as they always did.
Hermione frowned, "What about them?"
"They're lesbians" Ron spat the word out like a vomit flavoured every flavour bean
"So?" Hermione asked shocked at Ron's attitude
"It's disgusting and unnatural" Ron replied still glowering at the girls
"How do you even know, I'm their room mate and I didn't even know" Hermione spoke with her normal tone of superiority
"I went to Yule ball with her" Harry commented dully brining himself, rather reluctantly into the conversation "I don't think she's like that."
"I caught them making out behind the greenhouse last night" Ron commented briefly before turning his attention back to his breakfast "It's sick" He growled before taking a bite out of his toast
"That is such prejudice bull!" Hermione fumed "You find that disgusting, well your ignorance disgusts me Ron Weasly" Hermione pushed her chair back noisily then stormed off.
Hermione sat in the library reading when Ginny walked in and sat down next to her
"I heard about what Ron was saying," She said placing a hand reassuringly on Hermione's
"I can't believe him Ginny, how can he think like that" Hermione complained
"Some people are cruel 'Mione, it's a fact of life and something we'll come across a lot" Ginny replied calmly
"But why him? He's one of best friends, and it's obvious he won't want to be when he finds out" Hermione moaned burying her face in her arms
"He doesn't have to know Hermione, but so what if does, would you really want to be friends with such a bigot?" Ginny could feels tears pricking at her eyes, she was scared that Hermione would choose Ron over her
"I don't know Ginny, I'm just a little scared of him, especially since it's his little sister I'm in love with" Hermione smiled and pulled Ginny into a hug "I guess we'll just have to keep with quiet"
Harry sat on the damp morning grass staring across the lake thinking about what Ron had said at breakfast; he chuckled at the irony of it. Ron, a homophobic, best friends with him and Hermione, both gay.
"All alone Potter?" a voice startled Harry back into reality, he turned to see Draco flanked, as usual by Crabbe and Goyle
"Taking the dogs for a walk Malfoy?" Harry retorted
Draco just laughed "Best you can do Potter, dogs are better than those creatures you hang out with, mudblood and weasel"
"Shove off" Harry replied getting to his feat to walk away
"All right" Draco replied a grin spread across his face as he pushed Harry so he fell flat on his back. Draco laughed as he walked away with his cronies behind him leaving Harry on the ground once again lost in thought.