Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter's characters. Everything
belongs to J. K. Rowling. 5/13
A/N: '' - basically means that the character is thinking
"" - basically means that the character is speaking
I'm still building up each character to fit the roles I'm giving them
later on. Be patient. It'll become interesting as we go on.
Title: Models
Chapter4:
Dinner
"What! Dumbledore knows?" This reaction from Ron was understandable. He always explodes at surprises. He wasn't able to touch his dinner.
"I don't know how but I think that he knows everything that's been going on." Hermione said trying to calm him down.
"So, are we in trouble?" Harry couldn't think of anything else to say.
"Not really, he even gave me unlimited pass to use the books plus a room where we can read it privately."
"That's odd. I thought that he would want us to stay away." Harry said, who somehow began pumping blood to his brain.
"I think he wants us to be prepared. He said that it would be dangerous to sneak cause there could be something lurking around. He believes it's for our safety. Anyways, why have you guys been avoiding me?'
"We're not avoiding you. Right Harry?"
"There's just so many things that's going on. I mean, Snape's still at our backs, McGonagall still produces incredible assignments, divination's not helping a bit, then there's Quidditch and then we sneak to read books to prepare for Voldemort's attack. There's just too much to do," he's hand are starting to sweat trying to find an excuse.
"Yeah but I still feel you are avoiding me. I mean I could easily help you guys with the assignments. So what's wrong?"
"Ah. we've turned over a new leaf. We didn't want to take you for granted any more. You'll be proud of how good we've done in our studies." Ron felt stupid at the fat lie he just said.
"Yeah right!?!" Hermione said sarcastically. "Look I'll go sit with people that I can talk to okay? When you 2 get some senses back, tell me." She left and sat with Ginny who was talking with Fred and George.
~~~~~~~~~~
"Saw what happened, Ron can get pretty irrational sometimes." Ginny said as Hermione sat beside her.
"Well, they're not making sense tonight."
"Of course, that's how sick love puppy acts you know."
"I just wish they could act normal to me or even talk about their crush. But I think that they're embarrassed of telling me."
"Of course, how would you feel if you tell your crush how you feel about him?" George winked at Hermione.
"Oh! I see." Hermione felt her blood rising to her face.
"It's alright, it would fade anyways." Ginny intercepted.
Hermione noticed the twins fidgeting something under the table.
"It's a good opportunity to test it." George whispered.
"Let's test it later in the common room"
~~~~~~~~~~
Back in the Gryffindor common room, Harry and Ron were sitting by the fire playing chess. Their schoolbags were lying on the floor as if no one bothered to open them or take them in their room. Fred and George picked a nice spot at a corner away from everybody else. This was normal, Hermione thought since the twins were putting up their business.
She walked quietly towards those playing chess. She watched the faces of the players. One was looking triumphant while the other looked desperate as he looked for another option. The one with the triumphant look had a red hair so that means that Ron was once again kicking Harry's ass. At least there is something Ron was better at.
Harry threw his hands up as a sign of defeat. "Checkmate!" Ron exclaimed triumphantly.
"Good game guys."
"Oh, hi Hermione." Harry greeted her eager to avoid Ron's gloating.
"Hi Hermione."
"I see you guys haven't started with the assignment McGonagall gave us."
"Are you kidding, it's due next week. Relax first okay?"
"Yeah, besides it was only one game."
"So the thing you guys told me about you doing good with your studies are just shit?"
"We're not like you, you know. Why ARE you here? Don't you have anything Prefect to do?"
"Is that it Ron? You want me gone? To think I gave up precious time to study just to be with you guys." She was being sarcastic.
"It's not that." Harry became defensive.
"Then what is?"
"It's nothing really."
"What Harry's trying to say is that you've changed you know."
"So what? You guys have changed too." She paused for a while before she continued; "we used to talk about things all the time. Can't we do that now? We're still friends right? Being a Prefect is not all that, it's hard too."
"We were just awkward I guess. To tell you the truth, we've never seen you like this before."
"Well, Ron, I guess I'll tell you everything. My parents got worried about me last summer. They said I've been neglecting my muggle part. She met this wonderful woman one day. Her name is Natasha. They talked about things. Then my mom let it slip that she had a daughter. I suppose my mom dreamed of being a model. Natasha said she could help. It turns out that Natasha was a designer. Mom showed her some pictures and Natasha did the rest. She taught me how to control my hair. She threw most of my wardrobe and replaced it with something like what I wore at the train station. Last summer she taught me how to walk, talk, and sit with poise. It was hard work. At the end of summer, she asked her friend to take pictures of me in some of her designs. Never heard anything else about it or her after then."
"So you see, even if Natasha worked on me I really didn't change. I'm still the best student in every class and you know that. I never used the walk nor the talk here in Hogwarts, haven't I?"
"I guess."
"Look, Ron and I want to apologize for the way we acted. We were jerks. What do you say about forgetting the way we treated you?"
"Forgotten!" She smiled now that her friends were back. "So back to McGonagall's assignment. We still have potions tomorrow and for sure Snape's gonna make it worse by giving us a hard time in class and loads of assignment. I say, it's better if we prepare for it."
"Hermione, if that happens then could we NOT go through the books in the restricted area?"
"Are you kidding Ron? That is different from studying. We need to do that since danger seem to follow us especially Harry. We need to be prepared. We don't know when Voldemort would attack."
"So does that mean no?"
"Yes that was a no."
Harry and Ron could not say no to their enthusiastic friend. They know once, Hermione was determined especially something about her studies then there is no convincing her of doing otherwise.
A/N: '' - basically means that the character is thinking
"" - basically means that the character is speaking
I'm still building up each character to fit the roles I'm giving them
later on. Be patient. It'll become interesting as we go on.
Title: Models
Chapter4:
Dinner
"What! Dumbledore knows?" This reaction from Ron was understandable. He always explodes at surprises. He wasn't able to touch his dinner.
"I don't know how but I think that he knows everything that's been going on." Hermione said trying to calm him down.
"So, are we in trouble?" Harry couldn't think of anything else to say.
"Not really, he even gave me unlimited pass to use the books plus a room where we can read it privately."
"That's odd. I thought that he would want us to stay away." Harry said, who somehow began pumping blood to his brain.
"I think he wants us to be prepared. He said that it would be dangerous to sneak cause there could be something lurking around. He believes it's for our safety. Anyways, why have you guys been avoiding me?'
"We're not avoiding you. Right Harry?"
"There's just so many things that's going on. I mean, Snape's still at our backs, McGonagall still produces incredible assignments, divination's not helping a bit, then there's Quidditch and then we sneak to read books to prepare for Voldemort's attack. There's just too much to do," he's hand are starting to sweat trying to find an excuse.
"Yeah but I still feel you are avoiding me. I mean I could easily help you guys with the assignments. So what's wrong?"
"Ah. we've turned over a new leaf. We didn't want to take you for granted any more. You'll be proud of how good we've done in our studies." Ron felt stupid at the fat lie he just said.
"Yeah right!?!" Hermione said sarcastically. "Look I'll go sit with people that I can talk to okay? When you 2 get some senses back, tell me." She left and sat with Ginny who was talking with Fred and George.
~~~~~~~~~~
"Saw what happened, Ron can get pretty irrational sometimes." Ginny said as Hermione sat beside her.
"Well, they're not making sense tonight."
"Of course, that's how sick love puppy acts you know."
"I just wish they could act normal to me or even talk about their crush. But I think that they're embarrassed of telling me."
"Of course, how would you feel if you tell your crush how you feel about him?" George winked at Hermione.
"Oh! I see." Hermione felt her blood rising to her face.
"It's alright, it would fade anyways." Ginny intercepted.
Hermione noticed the twins fidgeting something under the table.
"It's a good opportunity to test it." George whispered.
"Let's test it later in the common room"
~~~~~~~~~~
Back in the Gryffindor common room, Harry and Ron were sitting by the fire playing chess. Their schoolbags were lying on the floor as if no one bothered to open them or take them in their room. Fred and George picked a nice spot at a corner away from everybody else. This was normal, Hermione thought since the twins were putting up their business.
She walked quietly towards those playing chess. She watched the faces of the players. One was looking triumphant while the other looked desperate as he looked for another option. The one with the triumphant look had a red hair so that means that Ron was once again kicking Harry's ass. At least there is something Ron was better at.
Harry threw his hands up as a sign of defeat. "Checkmate!" Ron exclaimed triumphantly.
"Good game guys."
"Oh, hi Hermione." Harry greeted her eager to avoid Ron's gloating.
"Hi Hermione."
"I see you guys haven't started with the assignment McGonagall gave us."
"Are you kidding, it's due next week. Relax first okay?"
"Yeah, besides it was only one game."
"So the thing you guys told me about you doing good with your studies are just shit?"
"We're not like you, you know. Why ARE you here? Don't you have anything Prefect to do?"
"Is that it Ron? You want me gone? To think I gave up precious time to study just to be with you guys." She was being sarcastic.
"It's not that." Harry became defensive.
"Then what is?"
"It's nothing really."
"What Harry's trying to say is that you've changed you know."
"So what? You guys have changed too." She paused for a while before she continued; "we used to talk about things all the time. Can't we do that now? We're still friends right? Being a Prefect is not all that, it's hard too."
"We were just awkward I guess. To tell you the truth, we've never seen you like this before."
"Well, Ron, I guess I'll tell you everything. My parents got worried about me last summer. They said I've been neglecting my muggle part. She met this wonderful woman one day. Her name is Natasha. They talked about things. Then my mom let it slip that she had a daughter. I suppose my mom dreamed of being a model. Natasha said she could help. It turns out that Natasha was a designer. Mom showed her some pictures and Natasha did the rest. She taught me how to control my hair. She threw most of my wardrobe and replaced it with something like what I wore at the train station. Last summer she taught me how to walk, talk, and sit with poise. It was hard work. At the end of summer, she asked her friend to take pictures of me in some of her designs. Never heard anything else about it or her after then."
"So you see, even if Natasha worked on me I really didn't change. I'm still the best student in every class and you know that. I never used the walk nor the talk here in Hogwarts, haven't I?"
"I guess."
"Look, Ron and I want to apologize for the way we acted. We were jerks. What do you say about forgetting the way we treated you?"
"Forgotten!" She smiled now that her friends were back. "So back to McGonagall's assignment. We still have potions tomorrow and for sure Snape's gonna make it worse by giving us a hard time in class and loads of assignment. I say, it's better if we prepare for it."
"Hermione, if that happens then could we NOT go through the books in the restricted area?"
"Are you kidding Ron? That is different from studying. We need to do that since danger seem to follow us especially Harry. We need to be prepared. We don't know when Voldemort would attack."
"So does that mean no?"
"Yes that was a no."
Harry and Ron could not say no to their enthusiastic friend. They know once, Hermione was determined especially something about her studies then there is no convincing her of doing otherwise.