Hello again my faithful readers! Thank yall so much for all the reviews, they were an awesome birthday present (my b-day was on the 18th along with my BETA's, we have the same birthday! Is that cool or what?) Well I'll let you get to the story, but right after the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: Only the plot is mine, everything else belongs to J.K. Rowling

Who Would Have Thought

Chapter 4

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Sercio was really pushing Tom's buttons that evening, and he was about to get it, and he would have except for the fact that at the very moment he was about to lose it, Brigitte came in with her horde of boys surrounding her as normal. She glided over to Tom and placed herself ever so gently in his lap, and even though they weren't together anymore she still knew how to get to him.

"You okay sweetie?" she cooed. "You looked a little angry."

"I'm fine." He said gruffly, trying to gain his composure.

"You seem a little tense, you want me to massage it out?" she said, getting up and walking to the back of his chair.

He had seen this before and he knew what was coming.

"What do you want Brigitte?"

"Now what would make you say that?" she asked, trying to sound innocent as possible.

"Well hon, lets think about all those times that you came into my room and would be your 'innocent' little self and then hit me up for something. Well, I really don't know why I would say that?" He said, watching her radiant smile fall from her face.

"Well if you want to act that way then I guess I'll have to talk to Sercio about taking me to get a butterbeer this weekend." She said raising her nose in the air as she walked over to Sercio and dragged him out of the great hall.

"~I was right as always.~" he thought to himself, with a satisfied smirk on his face. "~I knew she would forget about what I did to her, she always does.~"

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"I can't believe you would do that to me you bastard!" Brigitte screamed at Tom late one night in their common room. "If you wanted to break up you could have just told me. You didn't have to go and snog six, SIX of my damn friends, for Christ sake. I mean I guess I should be happy that is all you did, but still! What the hell were you thinking?"

"I was getting tired of you Brigitte, is that a sin?" Tom asked her not really listening to what she was on about. "And would you mind keeping your bitching to a low roar?"

"OH MY GOD! You don't even care do you? And NO! I am going to yell as loud as I want to! Or are you tired of my bitching too, wait I don't give a damn what you think." She yelled back at him louder than she was in the beginning.

Tom had enough of her and he was ready to go to bed so he reached up to her perfectly smooth face and placed his hand on it. He then leaned very close to her, kissed her once on the lips, whispered "Its over," and slapped her face, leaving a rosy hand print on her flawless face and left the room as if nothing had happened.

He really didn't care what she was going to do because he had known her long enough to know that she would forget about it and come crawling back for more in a week or two. This time however, it would be more than a week or two, this had been the first time that he had slapped her. It wasn't hard or anything, it was more shock that he would actually do it to her.

She was in her room for two whole days before he saw her next. At that time though they had N.E.W.T.'s and then it was time to go home for the summer.

She didn't talk to him the entire summer and ignored him the first week of 7th year, but he didn't mind, it gave him more time to find other girls.

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When Hermione arrived in her room she went over and plopped down on her bed, wondering if she really wanted to tell the girls what had happened earlier that day. She didn't really have much of a choice, because at that very same moment she could hear Michelle and Katie came in. They were talking and laughing and at that moment she wished that she were just like them. She didn't want to have to worry about what Tom could do or would do to her if he really got angry with her. She hadn't even heard very much about him, but with the little bit that she heard she could figure out that he had a really bad temper when you piss him off. Her thoughts were cut off when the two finally made it to her room and spotted her on the bed.

"So you ok?" Michelle asked. "Wait, stupid question."

"I would say so!" Katie confirmed as Hermione began to laugh at them. "But seriously, are you going to tell us what happened today?"

"Sure, why not?" Hermione agreed, suppressing her laughs. "Well you know how Tom has been looking at me an awful lot lately?"

"Yeah…" Katie said with a grin on her face.

"Well when I went to class yesterday I sat down, then he came in right after me. It was like he was following me or something." Hermione told them.

"He did leave right after you did," Michelle confirmed. "And in the same direction as you went."

"That would sure explain a lot." Hermione stated. "Well anyway I went and sat down and in he came as if he owned the place,"

"~Sounds familiar~" she thought, remembering how Draco was.

"Then he comes over to me. He is like 'Hermione right' and I said 'yes that's right.' Then he goes to ask more dumb questions like 'so you have Arithmancy in the mornings too I see.' It was like Nah' really but I didn't say that I said 'that would explain what I'm doing here.' We went on like this for a while until he said 'I want you to go out with me for a bit considering I've been out with all the other good looking girls here.'" She told them with a look of disgust and self-satisfaction.

"Oh my GOD!!!" the too girls squealed. "What did you say?"

"I yelled at him of course! I told him that he can't just tell people that they can go out with him, I mean he is cute but he doesn't own everything." She finished talking a deep breath.

"Ohh…" Michelle replied, not really knowing what to say to her.

"Is there anything we can do to help you?" Katie asked. "I mean personally I wouldn't really mind being in your situation, but whatever floats your boat."

"Well thanks for the support." She said sarcastically. "But really there isn't anything more that you can do for me than what you already have. Just keep being the wonderful friends, that are always there for me, that you are." Hermione told them smiling.

"Anytime!" the two girls confirmed as they left the room giving her some time alone.

Hermione was really thankful to the two girls; they had taken her into their group no questions asked. They made her comfortable and were always there for her with out being there too much. And them leaving now was really nice; she needed some time to herself to think things over. She was really mad at what Tom had done, but yet she still had this thing for him. Even though she knew that she shouldn't, it was there all the same.

It would have been so much easier if he had been really ugly or something like that, he was just so hard to resist. To make matters worse she had this feeling that he was planning to do something to her, she didn't know what, when, or even if it would be good or bad. She really needed Harry and Ron, but the closest thing she could get to them was in a letter. She wanted to tell then what was going on, that she was alive and well, but she didn't want to worry them.

At about 9 o'clock she got up from her perch and made her way over to the desk to start and restart her letter. She couldn't figure out how to tell them what was happening and not get them to worry about her at the same time, but at about 11 o'clock she finally found a way do so.

Dear Harry and Ron,

I have missed you two so much lately; things just aren't the same without you. For one they are a whole lot quieter, but not in a good way. I have found two really nice friends that are helping me get adjusted with the school. Its like some things in the school will never change, but others change a ton in 50 years. The classes are basically the same, so I have joined in with no problems so far. Things so far have been really good here, I mean there is a guy or two that remind me terribly of Draco (believe it or not that doesn't include his grandfather) by the way that they acted and look at me. DON'T WORRY THOUGH!! Everything is fine here and I am actually enjoying myself.

The first quidditch match is this Saturday, Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff. So I really don't have to go to this one but it will remind me of you two, so I figure 'why not?' Ohh, you are probably wondering why I didn't have to go to my own houses game, but I'm not in Gryffindor anymore. You see when I came here Headmaster Dippet told me to put the sorting hat on again; apparently the sorting hat has changed a little in the past 50 years. Well anyway, I was sorted into Ravenclaw this time, who would have guessed.

Guess what? The NEWT's here are a week later then they are for you. Ha Ha HA! But I know you two are studying like good little boys so that I will come and visit you at Christmas. Plus, if you don't study then you don't pass and your life will be a living hell, working as a janitor like Filch. So I'm going to let you two go and finish studying.

I miss you two so much! Write back as soon as you can, and I hope your having a wonderful year.

Love from,

Hermione

p.s.- When you write, tell me who the Head Boy and Girl are.

Once she finished her letter she decided to go see Professor Dippet even though he was probably going to be asleep at this time. She really wanted to get this to the boys as soon as possible, and it wasn't like she had anything else to do.

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Tom had just gotten back to his room for his shower, which lasted a little longer than normal. He was about to start his nightly rounds to check for students that were out of bed, which was part of his job as Head Boy. Sometimes he really enjoyed his nightly strolls, they gave him time to think about the day and have some time to himself. Other times it was just a boring waste of time when he could be sleeping or doing homework or with his latest girl.

Tonight he wasn't really tired. He had finished his homework already, and hadn't found a new girl since his break up with Brigitte. He was actually enjoying his time alone tonight; he had a lot on his mind of things that happened today. He continued walking down the halls not really paying attention to if there were any people out of bed; he had other things on his mind. And that thing he was thinking about was about to round the corner the same time he was.

BAM!!!

The sound echoed down the halls loud enough for everyone to hear, if anyone was in the corridors.

"Oh my gosh!" Hermione exclaimed, trying to climb off whatever she had fallen on, but not seceding to get off. "I'm really really sor..."

She didn't continue after she had seen who it was though

"What are you doing here? Can't you leave me alone?" Hermione asked him, a little pissed off for running or more like falling on him.

"Hey chill, I have a reason to be here unlike you I'm sure." Tom replied with his bitter smirk.

"It doesn't matter what I'm doing here, I just want YOU away from ME!" she yelled.

"Will you please hold your voice down? It is almost past midnight!" He informed her. "And looking at how you are sitting on me I wouldn't say that you do want me away from you."

It was true she was straddled over him, one leg on each side, while he was lying on the floor propping himself up with his arms. If someone had come down the hall while they were like this they would definitely get the wrong impression. That is however, just what happened.

Walking down the hall was Brigitte's friend Marie who had the biggest mouth in the school. When she saw them on each other Tom and Hermione knew that it would just be a matter of time before the whole school found out. They figured that the school wouldn't hear the innocent version that they knew was true. It wasn't like Marie was lying or anything she would just interpret what she saw, and lets face it the situation was not helping them out very much.

"It isn't how it looks, I promise." Hermione quickly told her as she climbed off of him.

"Marie, you tell anyone and I promise to make your life a living hell!" Tom threatened her, deep down not really caring if everyone knew or not.

It was too late though; before Tom had finished she was off, down the hall like a rocket. Tom knew that his threat was pointless; she had known him long enough that most of his threats towards her were dry threats. She was way too hard to get to, she didn't get pissed off at anything, and she was a waste of his time so he had gotten to where he just let her alone.

"What the hell am I going to do?" she asked him, a look of shock plastered on her face. "My first week here and already I have a bad reputation. It is all your fault! I don't know what I am going to do. You better go and hunt that girl down and kill her if she tells anyone. Oh my God, nothing like this has ever happened to me before..."

She rambled on for what seemed like hours about how her life was ruined and it was all his fault. Tom however, just stood there, watching her lose it right in front of his face. He really didn't care what she was on about, he was only thinking about how funny she was when she was pissed off. After a while though he was getting tired and was ready to go to bed.

"Are you done yet?" Tom asked her.

"WHAT! NO I'm not done, I'm just getting started." She yelled at him.

"Well you can yell at the wall or something, because I am going to bed." He informed her.

He got up from his spot on the wall where he had been listening to her and walked over to her, causing her to back into the wall. He placed himself up very close to her, one arm on each side of her head preventing her from going anywhere, whispered 'Goodnight' very softly in her ear, kissed her lightly on her lips and left for bed. Hermione however was ready to start yelling at him again, but for some reason she just couldn't get the words out. She just looked after him in shock while her fingers rested thoughtlessly on her bottom lip where he had kissed her.

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