Chapter two
"Can I see the paper Hermione?" asked Ginny the next day at dinner. Hermione, who had been spread some grape jelly on her toast, handed the unread daily profit to Ginny from across the table. Hermione had stashed it in her bag the morning because she was in a hurry eating breakfast, and hadn't had time to read it.
Ron and Harry were going over how well their last quidditch match against Hufflepuff's had went, for like the 5th time. Last weekend, Gryffindor had flattened them 190 to 10, and it didn't even last long either.
"Look at this" muttered Ginny to Hermione through a mouth-full of eggs. Hermione glanced over Ginny's shoulder to look at an article in the 'want' ad's Ginny had been pointing at. They were creating a new firm in the M.O.M to help magical creatures have more rights. Ginny knew Hermione would get a kick out of this.
"HEY!" said Hermione her eyes lighting up as she just realized something
"What?" asked Ginny absent mindedly, taking a small sip from her pumpkin juice.
"I could WORK there, you know to help with the whole S.P.E.W thing. FINALLY I can get something accomplished" smiling broadly, thinking of how this was opening up new doors for her
"I s'pose..." Ginny said slowly and thoughtfully "you know... that wouldn't be a bad idea at all Hermione, you may have something here"
"Yeah," her eyes lighting up "I'm going to tell Harry" excitedly taking off after Ron and Harry who had just gotten up with Lavender by Ron's side.
"Can I talk to you Harry?"
"Sure Mione" said Harry as Ron and Lavender left them to walk back to the common room by themselves.
Hermione explained the whole thing to Harry, or at least what she had read in the paper and her idea. To Hermione's surprise, Harry didn't seem so keen to this idea though.
"But Mione, what about our plan? We were supposed to work TOGETHER, so we could see each other over the work year and have the summer off" looking if anything, a little hurt that she had forgotten this.
"Well... we'd still be together... besides, isn't it better that I can do something I really enjoy?"
"Don't you even tell me you don't want to settle down though" said Harry smiling as if he knew exactly what she wanted. But he wasn't her, and he didn't know.
"You don't think I would want a spontaneous life?" getting a little mad for being accused of this "You don't think I'm the LEAST bit wild? Just a simple soon to be housewife? Well???"
"Hermione" he said warningly, sighing a bit "you know that's not what I meant"
"What DID you mean then?" looking straight into his eyes as they continued to climb stairs.
"Well... it's just... we're BOTH kind of the people who need a plan in there life- something stable"
"HARRY" looking at him as though she had just seen him for the first time. Because from what he had just said, this was the first side of 'this Harry' she's seen. "What are you saying? That we can't have any adventure in our lives? You used to be all about adventure!"
"Well, yeah... now I have a very steady girlfriend and I need perfect life planned out for her" trying to get Hermione to see it from his angle.
Hermione didn't know why she was doing this. It was almost as though she were TRYING to pick a fight. But she didn't know why. She somehow ended up turning everything Harry said against him.
"FINE!" throwing her arms up in exasperation as they entered the common room, after giving the fat lady the password (quaffle) "We'll just have the boring life everyone thinks we're going to have!!!"
Harry's face suddenly distorted to anger, narrowing his eyebrows at her.
"That's what YOU want!!!"
"How would YOU know?!?" Hermione half yelled at him for thinking that he knew everything. She hated when he did this sometimes.
"Because that's just the type of person you are!!!!"
After these words there was a dreadful silence and they both realized that everyone in the common room had been staring in awe at them. After all this was the first time they ever fought about anything in their relationship, AND in front of the whole common room.
"Oh THANKS Harry!" Hermione called out sarcastically, not only breaking the silence, but also having her words echo off the walls slightly. She stormed off to her staircase to go up to her dormitory. She didn't really care at the moment that people were whispering and point at them.
Harry, looking exasperated that he couldn't win either way, chased after her.
"Hermione" Harry said sympathetically "that's not what I meant, I-" But Hermione never heard the rest of what Harry had to say. Because once he had gotten to the fifth step, he started to slide back down due to the fact that the stairs he had been on turned flat to a slide type thing. Harry suddenly remembered that he COULDN'T go to the girl's dormitories, because of the stupid hex that had been put on the stairs about a hundred years ago. That way boys couldn't sneak up there.
Hermione heard him curse at the stairs "damn thing" then what sounded like, him kicking one of the bottom steps. She just ignored this, persisting to go straight to her dorm room.
"Hermione" Harry pleaded from the bottom of the staircase "Oh come on Mione!!!" but the only answer he got was the sound off Hermione's dorm door slamming shut.
"Can I see the paper Hermione?" asked Ginny the next day at dinner. Hermione, who had been spread some grape jelly on her toast, handed the unread daily profit to Ginny from across the table. Hermione had stashed it in her bag the morning because she was in a hurry eating breakfast, and hadn't had time to read it.
Ron and Harry were going over how well their last quidditch match against Hufflepuff's had went, for like the 5th time. Last weekend, Gryffindor had flattened them 190 to 10, and it didn't even last long either.
"Look at this" muttered Ginny to Hermione through a mouth-full of eggs. Hermione glanced over Ginny's shoulder to look at an article in the 'want' ad's Ginny had been pointing at. They were creating a new firm in the M.O.M to help magical creatures have more rights. Ginny knew Hermione would get a kick out of this.
"HEY!" said Hermione her eyes lighting up as she just realized something
"What?" asked Ginny absent mindedly, taking a small sip from her pumpkin juice.
"I could WORK there, you know to help with the whole S.P.E.W thing. FINALLY I can get something accomplished" smiling broadly, thinking of how this was opening up new doors for her
"I s'pose..." Ginny said slowly and thoughtfully "you know... that wouldn't be a bad idea at all Hermione, you may have something here"
"Yeah," her eyes lighting up "I'm going to tell Harry" excitedly taking off after Ron and Harry who had just gotten up with Lavender by Ron's side.
"Can I talk to you Harry?"
"Sure Mione" said Harry as Ron and Lavender left them to walk back to the common room by themselves.
Hermione explained the whole thing to Harry, or at least what she had read in the paper and her idea. To Hermione's surprise, Harry didn't seem so keen to this idea though.
"But Mione, what about our plan? We were supposed to work TOGETHER, so we could see each other over the work year and have the summer off" looking if anything, a little hurt that she had forgotten this.
"Well... we'd still be together... besides, isn't it better that I can do something I really enjoy?"
"Don't you even tell me you don't want to settle down though" said Harry smiling as if he knew exactly what she wanted. But he wasn't her, and he didn't know.
"You don't think I would want a spontaneous life?" getting a little mad for being accused of this "You don't think I'm the LEAST bit wild? Just a simple soon to be housewife? Well???"
"Hermione" he said warningly, sighing a bit "you know that's not what I meant"
"What DID you mean then?" looking straight into his eyes as they continued to climb stairs.
"Well... it's just... we're BOTH kind of the people who need a plan in there life- something stable"
"HARRY" looking at him as though she had just seen him for the first time. Because from what he had just said, this was the first side of 'this Harry' she's seen. "What are you saying? That we can't have any adventure in our lives? You used to be all about adventure!"
"Well, yeah... now I have a very steady girlfriend and I need perfect life planned out for her" trying to get Hermione to see it from his angle.
Hermione didn't know why she was doing this. It was almost as though she were TRYING to pick a fight. But she didn't know why. She somehow ended up turning everything Harry said against him.
"FINE!" throwing her arms up in exasperation as they entered the common room, after giving the fat lady the password (quaffle) "We'll just have the boring life everyone thinks we're going to have!!!"
Harry's face suddenly distorted to anger, narrowing his eyebrows at her.
"That's what YOU want!!!"
"How would YOU know?!?" Hermione half yelled at him for thinking that he knew everything. She hated when he did this sometimes.
"Because that's just the type of person you are!!!!"
After these words there was a dreadful silence and they both realized that everyone in the common room had been staring in awe at them. After all this was the first time they ever fought about anything in their relationship, AND in front of the whole common room.
"Oh THANKS Harry!" Hermione called out sarcastically, not only breaking the silence, but also having her words echo off the walls slightly. She stormed off to her staircase to go up to her dormitory. She didn't really care at the moment that people were whispering and point at them.
Harry, looking exasperated that he couldn't win either way, chased after her.
"Hermione" Harry said sympathetically "that's not what I meant, I-" But Hermione never heard the rest of what Harry had to say. Because once he had gotten to the fifth step, he started to slide back down due to the fact that the stairs he had been on turned flat to a slide type thing. Harry suddenly remembered that he COULDN'T go to the girl's dormitories, because of the stupid hex that had been put on the stairs about a hundred years ago. That way boys couldn't sneak up there.
Hermione heard him curse at the stairs "damn thing" then what sounded like, him kicking one of the bottom steps. She just ignored this, persisting to go straight to her dorm room.
"Hermione" Harry pleaded from the bottom of the staircase "Oh come on Mione!!!" but the only answer he got was the sound off Hermione's dorm door slamming shut.