Chapter Eight
The next morning Hermione was woke by a quick knocking on her door. She rubbed her eyes and wrapped her robe around her body. She slowly cracked the door a little and peered through the opening.
"Ginny! Is it already time for breakfast?" Hermione asked.
"Breakfast!? Classes start in 10 minutes!" Ginny replied surprised.
"Oh my gosh! You're kidding!" Hermione said quickly shutting the door and slipping out of her pajamas to change into her robes. She pulled her hair up into a ponytail, put on a little lip gloss, grabbed her books and bolted down to Transfiguration. She made it just as Professor McGonagall closed the door for class to begin.
As soon as she sat down with Harry and Ron they questioned her. "Why weren't you at breakfast?" Harry asked a bit concerned.
"I guess I just overslept." Hermione replied.
"What...Hermione? Oversleep?" said Ron sarcastically. This made Hermione a bit angry.
"What? Am I not allowed to make a few mistakes every once and a while? YOU certainly make your share of them." Hermione steamed.
Ron scowled through the rest of the class, in fact the rest of the day.
At lunch he didn't sit with Hermione, Harry, and Ginny. They discussed his recent strange behavior.
"He's been so jealous lately of EVERTHING and EVERYONE!" Hermione said outraged.
"I usually know what's bothering him, but now I'm clueless." said Harry.
"Oh well, he can spend as much time as he wants alone, so he doesn't make our moods depressed and gloomily like his." Hermione said.
"Oh well." Ginny said. "Oh, by the way, Harry, could you meet me outside the Quidditch Field after your practice is over, We need to talk." Ginny asked. Hermione giggled, she knew exactly what was going on.
"Sure." Harry said, giving Hermione a suspicious look.
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As Hermione was about to go to Herbology, someone pulled her
over in the hallway.
"Hi sweetie!" Hermione said cheerfully when she saw who it was.
"Hey!" said Draco kissing her. "Could you meet me in the back corner of the library at 8:00 tonight?" he asked with a devious smile.
"Whatever you want babe." Hermione replied.
"Alright, see you then." said Malfoy walking off with an evil smirk on his face.
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Ginny and Harry walked off into the hallway so they could be alone.
"What is it Gin?" asked Harry a bit worried.
"Nothing I just wanted to er...talk to you." she replied.
"Alright, about what?" Harry inquired.
"Well...about us...its just that." Ginny stopped.
Harry's face drooped into a frown and he said, "It's alright, I know what you're going to say. Well, it's been a nice six months." Harry mumbled and began to walk off.
"But... wait..." Ginny yelled after him, but he had already made his way around the corner and was out of sight. What had she done? She had to catch up to him. She ran as quickly as she could and cut him off as he made his way up the stairs.
"What is it now?" asked Harry gloomily.
"You DON'T know what I was going to say." Ginny said out of breath. "I was going to tell you...well..." she stopped and leaned in and aggressively initiated the couple's first kiss.
They pulled away from each other beaming and walked up the stairs to the common room hand in hand.
The day went by and it was soon 8:00. Hermione gathered up her books and made her way to the library. She quietly crept her way to the back corner. It was very dark and a bit chilly, filled with thousands of charming old books. There sat Malfoy and in front of him he had a box wrapped in golden paper with a blue silk bow.
"This is for you." He whispered into Hermione's ear as she sat down on his lap. Hermione opened the gift. It was a beautiful silver ring engraved with the words...Sono il suo schiavo di amore per sempre piu e lo soddisfa cio che.
"Its beautiful...what does it mean?" Hermione asked.
"That's my secret." Malfoy said slipping the ring on her finger. As he did the words began to glow and Hermione felt strange surges go through her body. What was happening? Hermione felt a bit panicky and yet soothed all at the same time.
"You're not going to tell me what it means?" Hermione whispered in Malfoy's ear.
"Not yet." He whispered back. "Kiss me."
Hermione obediently did so and the two of them sat talking until the library closed.
"Meet me here again same time tomorrow." Malfoy said.
"Of course Draco." Hermione said in a submissive voice as she made her way back to the Gryffindor house.
She got back to the common room, finished her homework, and spent the rest of the night examining the inscription on her ring.
It appeared to be Latin...perhaps Italian. Maybe she would stop by the library tomorrow and see if she could figure out what it meant. As she was about to drift off to sleep she decided to take off her ring before she went to bed, but when she tried to take it off she couldn't.
'Oh well, I don't need to take it off, it's on tight enough that it wont fall off in the middle of the night.'
That night Hermione's dreams were filled with thoughts of Draco, not necessarily responsible or clean, thoughts, but passionate dreams she had never imagined before. What was coming over her?
Hermione bolted awake from her slumber. She sat up with a cold sweat overcoming her body. She had a dream that she was dressed in silver bikini feeding Draco grapes, bowing to him, doing whatever he pleased...and she was actually enjoying it.
'He would never do that to me' she thought to herself. 'I would never do that!' she again reassured herself.
"Dreamers dream falsely," she quoted aloud to herself. She then looked at the clock on her bedside table and decided she might as well get up. She showered in the prefects' bathroom, came back to her room, and put her robes and make up on.
The next morning Hermione was woke by a quick knocking on her door. She rubbed her eyes and wrapped her robe around her body. She slowly cracked the door a little and peered through the opening.
"Ginny! Is it already time for breakfast?" Hermione asked.
"Breakfast!? Classes start in 10 minutes!" Ginny replied surprised.
"Oh my gosh! You're kidding!" Hermione said quickly shutting the door and slipping out of her pajamas to change into her robes. She pulled her hair up into a ponytail, put on a little lip gloss, grabbed her books and bolted down to Transfiguration. She made it just as Professor McGonagall closed the door for class to begin.
As soon as she sat down with Harry and Ron they questioned her. "Why weren't you at breakfast?" Harry asked a bit concerned.
"I guess I just overslept." Hermione replied.
"What...Hermione? Oversleep?" said Ron sarcastically. This made Hermione a bit angry.
"What? Am I not allowed to make a few mistakes every once and a while? YOU certainly make your share of them." Hermione steamed.
Ron scowled through the rest of the class, in fact the rest of the day.
At lunch he didn't sit with Hermione, Harry, and Ginny. They discussed his recent strange behavior.
"He's been so jealous lately of EVERTHING and EVERYONE!" Hermione said outraged.
"I usually know what's bothering him, but now I'm clueless." said Harry.
"Oh well, he can spend as much time as he wants alone, so he doesn't make our moods depressed and gloomily like his." Hermione said.
"Oh well." Ginny said. "Oh, by the way, Harry, could you meet me outside the Quidditch Field after your practice is over, We need to talk." Ginny asked. Hermione giggled, she knew exactly what was going on.
"Sure." Harry said, giving Hermione a suspicious look.
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As Hermione was about to go to Herbology, someone pulled her
over in the hallway.
"Hi sweetie!" Hermione said cheerfully when she saw who it was.
"Hey!" said Draco kissing her. "Could you meet me in the back corner of the library at 8:00 tonight?" he asked with a devious smile.
"Whatever you want babe." Hermione replied.
"Alright, see you then." said Malfoy walking off with an evil smirk on his face.
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Ginny and Harry walked off into the hallway so they could be alone.
"What is it Gin?" asked Harry a bit worried.
"Nothing I just wanted to er...talk to you." she replied.
"Alright, about what?" Harry inquired.
"Well...about us...its just that." Ginny stopped.
Harry's face drooped into a frown and he said, "It's alright, I know what you're going to say. Well, it's been a nice six months." Harry mumbled and began to walk off.
"But... wait..." Ginny yelled after him, but he had already made his way around the corner and was out of sight. What had she done? She had to catch up to him. She ran as quickly as she could and cut him off as he made his way up the stairs.
"What is it now?" asked Harry gloomily.
"You DON'T know what I was going to say." Ginny said out of breath. "I was going to tell you...well..." she stopped and leaned in and aggressively initiated the couple's first kiss.
They pulled away from each other beaming and walked up the stairs to the common room hand in hand.
The day went by and it was soon 8:00. Hermione gathered up her books and made her way to the library. She quietly crept her way to the back corner. It was very dark and a bit chilly, filled with thousands of charming old books. There sat Malfoy and in front of him he had a box wrapped in golden paper with a blue silk bow.
"This is for you." He whispered into Hermione's ear as she sat down on his lap. Hermione opened the gift. It was a beautiful silver ring engraved with the words...Sono il suo schiavo di amore per sempre piu e lo soddisfa cio che.
"Its beautiful...what does it mean?" Hermione asked.
"That's my secret." Malfoy said slipping the ring on her finger. As he did the words began to glow and Hermione felt strange surges go through her body. What was happening? Hermione felt a bit panicky and yet soothed all at the same time.
"You're not going to tell me what it means?" Hermione whispered in Malfoy's ear.
"Not yet." He whispered back. "Kiss me."
Hermione obediently did so and the two of them sat talking until the library closed.
"Meet me here again same time tomorrow." Malfoy said.
"Of course Draco." Hermione said in a submissive voice as she made her way back to the Gryffindor house.
She got back to the common room, finished her homework, and spent the rest of the night examining the inscription on her ring.
It appeared to be Latin...perhaps Italian. Maybe she would stop by the library tomorrow and see if she could figure out what it meant. As she was about to drift off to sleep she decided to take off her ring before she went to bed, but when she tried to take it off she couldn't.
'Oh well, I don't need to take it off, it's on tight enough that it wont fall off in the middle of the night.'
That night Hermione's dreams were filled with thoughts of Draco, not necessarily responsible or clean, thoughts, but passionate dreams she had never imagined before. What was coming over her?
Hermione bolted awake from her slumber. She sat up with a cold sweat overcoming her body. She had a dream that she was dressed in silver bikini feeding Draco grapes, bowing to him, doing whatever he pleased...and she was actually enjoying it.
'He would never do that to me' she thought to herself. 'I would never do that!' she again reassured herself.
"Dreamers dream falsely," she quoted aloud to herself. She then looked at the clock on her bedside table and decided she might as well get up. She showered in the prefects' bathroom, came back to her room, and put her robes and make up on.