JUST DROPPED BY TO SAY HELLO: Kamusta! (That's Filipino for 'How are you?')
Anyway, this is the second chapter of Amidst the Rain. I'm really, really
sorry for I've kept you waiting due to of course, schoolwork. You see, our
finals are fast approaching, so I've been busy these days. In this chapter,
Hermione tries to bargain with the flirty Pansy about keeping her "little
secret" and not to spread it to the whole student body, or else that
controversy about her and Krum that Rita Skeeter spilled will repeat again,
this time, it's Draco. Anywayz, please read and review! (Since no one
reviewed my humorous fanfic-according to me, hehehehehehehehehehe). Oh,
just read on!
CHAPTER 2 OF AMIDST THE RAIN by Sentimental Butterfly
Hermione hurried towards the common room. Nobody must know this! Ever! She said to herself as she wiped out beads of sweat on her forehead. It was all like a nightmare. Hermione couldn't even believe it. First, letting herself fall into the trap of filthy Malfoy together with his whore, flirty Parkin-whatever-her-name-is. At last, she finally arrived at the portrait, catching her breath and slipping out the words, "Lady Bonnet" to the Fat Lady.
"Why such in a hurry, dear?"
"Nothing so s*** about, really," and she suddenly found herself standing between two people she desperately needed at that time: Harry and Ron. She knew they would just freak out about the whole thing, but she had no other choice; she needed someone to talk to.
But then, she realized that there's no more need of talking.they already knew.
The glint in Ron's eye was enough to tell her that it's over; her reputation is all over. Not only will she be called a mudblood, but also, possibly a.slut.
Ron was about to say something. Hermione knew it, from that frustrated look to some mumbling of the lips. Hermione was about to cover her ears in anxiety when Ron blurted out.
"I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT, 'MIONE! WHY?" moaned Ron.
Hermione remained speechless. She didn't know what to do at that time. She tried to scream, yet it seems like someone is preventing her to.
"JUST ONCE! THIS SHOUDN'T BE HAPPENING!"
"Ron."
".Hedwig's gone," Harry said slowly.
Hermione sighed in relief. They didn't know, good thing Pansy didn't spread it. Well, maybe.yet.
"SHE WAS SUCH A GOOD PET! SHE WAS LIKE A SISTER TO ME!!!" moaned Ron real loud.
"Uhhh.Ron?"
"FROM THE VERY START I BOUGHT HER, I KNEW SHE WAS PERFECT FOR ME!"
".uh.R-Ron? You never bought Hedwig. Hedwig's mine. She was my pet."
Ron silenced for a moment.
"I-I knew t-that.BUT SHE WAS PRICELESS TO ME-er-to you, I mean, to you," replied Ron while burying his face in his arms.
"Something bothering you?" asked Harry to Hermione as he noticed that her face was turning pale.
"Huh? Oh! I-I'm fine, never better!" she lied. She knew she could get away with it but was wrong; Ginny was studying her moves carefully. Pretty obvious it was since Ginny knows whether Hermione's acting awkward or whether something's bothering her. Hermione stood and excused herself for heading towards the girls' dormitory when Ginny grabbed her arm and held it tightly as if she was holding a truant, naughty boy.
"Come with me, let's talk," she urged her as she pulled Hermione away from the two.
"There's no need of talking, I'm late for my Herbology class!"
"HERMIONE! I know and sense something's wrong and you're not telling me! Friends tell, YOU KNOW THAT!" and Ginny was shedding soulful tears right before Hermione's eyes. Hermione felt a pang of pity and regret. Ginny's right; she's hiding it from Ginny who is one of her closest friends. Hermione sat down on an easy chair absent-mindedly. She had never felt this much heavy feeling in her whole life until that Malfoy came along with his whore, Pansy.
"G-Ginny? Promise me y-you w-won't tell anyone or s-scream, o-okay?"
"Yes.y-yes," whispered Ginny assuring.
Hermione took a deep breath before slipping out the words that will make a big impact upon their lives. All of them.
".Malfoy c-co-con-."
"Her-Hermione?"
".M-Malfoy c-co-con-fessed h-his love f-for m-me."
Ginny's eyes grew large. Her jaw dropped and dropped Crooshanks who was resting in her arms.
"H-HOW?"
"Look, I know it's some kind of a hoax, it's fake. You s-see, h-he and sluttish P-Park-kins-on set it all up. Well.s-she saw m-me and Dra-, I mean Malfoy, well, kissing."
Ginny was shocked even more than before. She can't believe that her own best friend was.well, kissing the heir of a Death Eater.
"Ginny, you must promise never to tell this to anyone especially to Ron and Harry. Please, I know they would freak out if they do, she pleaded to Ginny. Ginny couldn't even look at her in the eye and was completely mesmerized that she almost forgot that she still had classes to this afternoon.
"Ginny.GINNY!"
"YUP!" alerted Ginny, who was scratching the back of her neck.
"Ginny, this is serious. If this secret became a gossip, I'm dead for it!" moaned the poor girl.
"Don't worry about it, 'Mione. I won't, and I'm sure we'll prevent anyone from spreading it, okay?"
"Okay," and she took a deep breath.
It was their Potions class and Hermione couldn't even concentrate due to "the issue". Because of this, she accidentally placed vampire's hair in the cauldron (which was not supposed to be and it exploded in front of Neville's face, which made Snape eye at them like a hawk). She looked around and noticed that Draco er-Malfoy was not around. He didn't attend Potions class, maybe because of that he doesn't want to meet or pass by Hermione because of what had happened a while ago. It caused Hermione a sign of relief but there was another problem: Pansy. At times, Hermione caught her glaring at her mischievously like a maniac. Hermione knew what was going to happen, and is doing her best to prevent it to.
When Potions class was over, Hermione noticed Pansy was halfway out the door when she grabbed her arm and held it tightly.
"Ouch! Let go of me, filthy mudblood!"
"I won't as long as you tell me why did you and that rotten scum played a hoax on me is trying to spread it as a bloody rumor?!" demanded Hermione and could feel her blood rising in her veins. Pansy glared at her.
" I have two answers for you, Granger. First, why would you ask me if you were the one making the move on Draco? Aren't you two the latest lovebirds of Hogwarts? Second; you really read minds perfectly, don't you know that? Me, always the trendsetter, people love to listen to listen to what I say! Of course I would tell them the wonderful love story of the historical Hermione Granger and the famous Draco Malfoy, wouldn't I?"
"You m-mean.you don't have a-anything t-to d-do with thi-is?" worried Hermione.
"Of course not, mudblood.why would I let you kiss my one and true love, huh? Well, I would love to have you exposed but kissing Draco? Are you insane?!?!?!?!?"
Hermione thought for a moment. Pansy's right; she has nothing to do with it. She wouldn't just let her kiss Draco assuming that she, Pansy, is madly in love with him head over heels.
" Well, I guess there's nothing more to be asked, so must run now!" sang Pansy mockingly.
"Sure.WAIT!" shouted Hermione, "you still owe me something."
"Aha, excuse me?"
"You still owe me something."
"And what is that?"
"You have to promise never to tell anyone about Malfoy, and me you know, kissing." said Hermione in a whisper.
"Well, it's kinda hard, see? After all the things we've gone through we've gone through, it's so hard to compromise something especially when it has something to do with a filthy mudblood like you!" sniggered Pansy.
Hermione threw into rage. She could feel her blood rising and boiling in anger. In her rage, she seized her wand and pointed it threateningly to Pansy, who was now appalled by Hermione's terrifying move.
"Get-that-thing-away-from-ME!"
"YOU-BETTER-PROMISE-ME-YOU'LL-NEVER-TELL-ANYONE-OR-YOU'LL-WISH-YOU- NEVER-SAID-THE-WORD-MUDBLOOD-TO-ME!" threatened Hermione, glaring like a demon at Pansy.
Pansy, not knowing what to do just nodded nervously and hurriedly trailed off, trying to prevent anyone who passes by her.
Hermione couldn't even believe that she did that, threatening Pansy and couldn't even contain herself. Realizing that she was the only one left in the dungeon, she hurriedly went to her next class. But she was not alone. She didn't notice a pair of blue eyes gazing her as she made her way out of the dungeon.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hope you enjoyed! Don't worry, I'll try to upload the next chapter early...=)
CHAPTER 2 OF AMIDST THE RAIN by Sentimental Butterfly
Hermione hurried towards the common room. Nobody must know this! Ever! She said to herself as she wiped out beads of sweat on her forehead. It was all like a nightmare. Hermione couldn't even believe it. First, letting herself fall into the trap of filthy Malfoy together with his whore, flirty Parkin-whatever-her-name-is. At last, she finally arrived at the portrait, catching her breath and slipping out the words, "Lady Bonnet" to the Fat Lady.
"Why such in a hurry, dear?"
"Nothing so s*** about, really," and she suddenly found herself standing between two people she desperately needed at that time: Harry and Ron. She knew they would just freak out about the whole thing, but she had no other choice; she needed someone to talk to.
But then, she realized that there's no more need of talking.they already knew.
The glint in Ron's eye was enough to tell her that it's over; her reputation is all over. Not only will she be called a mudblood, but also, possibly a.slut.
Ron was about to say something. Hermione knew it, from that frustrated look to some mumbling of the lips. Hermione was about to cover her ears in anxiety when Ron blurted out.
"I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT, 'MIONE! WHY?" moaned Ron.
Hermione remained speechless. She didn't know what to do at that time. She tried to scream, yet it seems like someone is preventing her to.
"JUST ONCE! THIS SHOUDN'T BE HAPPENING!"
"Ron."
".Hedwig's gone," Harry said slowly.
Hermione sighed in relief. They didn't know, good thing Pansy didn't spread it. Well, maybe.yet.
"SHE WAS SUCH A GOOD PET! SHE WAS LIKE A SISTER TO ME!!!" moaned Ron real loud.
"Uhhh.Ron?"
"FROM THE VERY START I BOUGHT HER, I KNEW SHE WAS PERFECT FOR ME!"
".uh.R-Ron? You never bought Hedwig. Hedwig's mine. She was my pet."
Ron silenced for a moment.
"I-I knew t-that.BUT SHE WAS PRICELESS TO ME-er-to you, I mean, to you," replied Ron while burying his face in his arms.
"Something bothering you?" asked Harry to Hermione as he noticed that her face was turning pale.
"Huh? Oh! I-I'm fine, never better!" she lied. She knew she could get away with it but was wrong; Ginny was studying her moves carefully. Pretty obvious it was since Ginny knows whether Hermione's acting awkward or whether something's bothering her. Hermione stood and excused herself for heading towards the girls' dormitory when Ginny grabbed her arm and held it tightly as if she was holding a truant, naughty boy.
"Come with me, let's talk," she urged her as she pulled Hermione away from the two.
"There's no need of talking, I'm late for my Herbology class!"
"HERMIONE! I know and sense something's wrong and you're not telling me! Friends tell, YOU KNOW THAT!" and Ginny was shedding soulful tears right before Hermione's eyes. Hermione felt a pang of pity and regret. Ginny's right; she's hiding it from Ginny who is one of her closest friends. Hermione sat down on an easy chair absent-mindedly. She had never felt this much heavy feeling in her whole life until that Malfoy came along with his whore, Pansy.
"G-Ginny? Promise me y-you w-won't tell anyone or s-scream, o-okay?"
"Yes.y-yes," whispered Ginny assuring.
Hermione took a deep breath before slipping out the words that will make a big impact upon their lives. All of them.
".Malfoy c-co-con-."
"Her-Hermione?"
".M-Malfoy c-co-con-fessed h-his love f-for m-me."
Ginny's eyes grew large. Her jaw dropped and dropped Crooshanks who was resting in her arms.
"H-HOW?"
"Look, I know it's some kind of a hoax, it's fake. You s-see, h-he and sluttish P-Park-kins-on set it all up. Well.s-she saw m-me and Dra-, I mean Malfoy, well, kissing."
Ginny was shocked even more than before. She can't believe that her own best friend was.well, kissing the heir of a Death Eater.
"Ginny, you must promise never to tell this to anyone especially to Ron and Harry. Please, I know they would freak out if they do, she pleaded to Ginny. Ginny couldn't even look at her in the eye and was completely mesmerized that she almost forgot that she still had classes to this afternoon.
"Ginny.GINNY!"
"YUP!" alerted Ginny, who was scratching the back of her neck.
"Ginny, this is serious. If this secret became a gossip, I'm dead for it!" moaned the poor girl.
"Don't worry about it, 'Mione. I won't, and I'm sure we'll prevent anyone from spreading it, okay?"
"Okay," and she took a deep breath.
It was their Potions class and Hermione couldn't even concentrate due to "the issue". Because of this, she accidentally placed vampire's hair in the cauldron (which was not supposed to be and it exploded in front of Neville's face, which made Snape eye at them like a hawk). She looked around and noticed that Draco er-Malfoy was not around. He didn't attend Potions class, maybe because of that he doesn't want to meet or pass by Hermione because of what had happened a while ago. It caused Hermione a sign of relief but there was another problem: Pansy. At times, Hermione caught her glaring at her mischievously like a maniac. Hermione knew what was going to happen, and is doing her best to prevent it to.
When Potions class was over, Hermione noticed Pansy was halfway out the door when she grabbed her arm and held it tightly.
"Ouch! Let go of me, filthy mudblood!"
"I won't as long as you tell me why did you and that rotten scum played a hoax on me is trying to spread it as a bloody rumor?!" demanded Hermione and could feel her blood rising in her veins. Pansy glared at her.
" I have two answers for you, Granger. First, why would you ask me if you were the one making the move on Draco? Aren't you two the latest lovebirds of Hogwarts? Second; you really read minds perfectly, don't you know that? Me, always the trendsetter, people love to listen to listen to what I say! Of course I would tell them the wonderful love story of the historical Hermione Granger and the famous Draco Malfoy, wouldn't I?"
"You m-mean.you don't have a-anything t-to d-do with thi-is?" worried Hermione.
"Of course not, mudblood.why would I let you kiss my one and true love, huh? Well, I would love to have you exposed but kissing Draco? Are you insane?!?!?!?!?"
Hermione thought for a moment. Pansy's right; she has nothing to do with it. She wouldn't just let her kiss Draco assuming that she, Pansy, is madly in love with him head over heels.
" Well, I guess there's nothing more to be asked, so must run now!" sang Pansy mockingly.
"Sure.WAIT!" shouted Hermione, "you still owe me something."
"Aha, excuse me?"
"You still owe me something."
"And what is that?"
"You have to promise never to tell anyone about Malfoy, and me you know, kissing." said Hermione in a whisper.
"Well, it's kinda hard, see? After all the things we've gone through we've gone through, it's so hard to compromise something especially when it has something to do with a filthy mudblood like you!" sniggered Pansy.
Hermione threw into rage. She could feel her blood rising and boiling in anger. In her rage, she seized her wand and pointed it threateningly to Pansy, who was now appalled by Hermione's terrifying move.
"Get-that-thing-away-from-ME!"
"YOU-BETTER-PROMISE-ME-YOU'LL-NEVER-TELL-ANYONE-OR-YOU'LL-WISH-YOU- NEVER-SAID-THE-WORD-MUDBLOOD-TO-ME!" threatened Hermione, glaring like a demon at Pansy.
Pansy, not knowing what to do just nodded nervously and hurriedly trailed off, trying to prevent anyone who passes by her.
Hermione couldn't even believe that she did that, threatening Pansy and couldn't even contain herself. Realizing that she was the only one left in the dungeon, she hurriedly went to her next class. But she was not alone. She didn't notice a pair of blue eyes gazing her as she made her way out of the dungeon.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hope you enjoyed! Don't worry, I'll try to upload the next chapter early...=)