Chapter 3
Hermione awoke to the sound of her mother knocking on her door. Hermione told her mother that she was up and she walked over to her dresser and picked up her Strawberries and Champagne body wash that she bought at Victoria's Secret and walked into her connecting bathroom and proceeded to take her shower. Thirty minutes later she was clean and dry and started to get dressed. She put on a pair of black v-string underwear with a matching black bra then she pulled on a black sleeveless v-neck shirt that showed a bit of cleavage. She massaged her Strawberries and Champagne scented moisturizing lotion in her skin before putting on a pair of white ankle socks. She slipped into a long blue denim skirt that was strategically ripped in certain places. She slipped on a black belt and black sneakers then pulled her hair in a messy bun with pieces of her hair sticking out. She then put on some dark red lip-gloss and picked up her wand, threw her black robe over her arm and dragged her trunk out of her room.
Her father picked up her trunk and put it in the back of the car then opened the doors for both his wife and daughter. Hermione said thank you and climbed in the back and said down and waited for her father to get in the car before they drove off to the train station. Twenty minutes later Hermione found herself hugging her parent's goodbye before walking though the invisible port to the maroon Hogwarts train.
She had been elected Head Girl so didn't worry about having to be seated next to unwanted guests. She had gotten over Harry but she just didn't feel like talking to him. She passed a few people and the guys that saw her did a double take. It was as if they didn't know who she was. She ignored the looks she was getting and kept walking to the compartment she was to share with the Head Boy. She didn't know who shared her opposite position but she hoped that it was someone that she could at least stand.
She walked into the compartment that she was to share with the Head Boy and got comfortable. She took out her earphones and listened to her favorite CD called Born To Do It by Craig David. As she was listened to her music she opened her journal and started to write her feelings down on paper. As soon as she finished writing she felt someone tap her. She looked up to see the new Head Boy. Harry Potter.
"Hey my name's Harry Potter and you are?" he asked.
"I know who you are Harry," Hermione said as she pressed stop on her CD player and put it back in her bag.
"Hermione?" Harry asked in disbelief.
"What? I know you've seen a girl before," Hermione said rolling her eyes.
"No…it's just that you look different," Harry said pausing to look her up and down. "What happened to you?"
"Nothing happened to me Harry. I've always looked this way you just never noticed," Hermione said shortly.
"So why haven't I heard from you all summer?" Harry asked while looking Hermione in the eyes.
"I was busy and I can ask you the same thing," Hermione spat.
"Why are you so angry with me?" Harry asked.
"I'm not angry with Harry just very disappointed but even the Famous Harry Potter isn't perfect huh?" Hermione asked before getting up and walking to the back of the train to see if she could get a strawberry fizzle.
As she walked toward the back she felt someone grab her arm and spin her around. She came face to face with a very angry looking Harry.
"What the hell was that all about?" Harry asked forcefully.
"What was what about?" Hermione asked snatching her arm away from Harry's grasp.
"That whole Famous Harry Potter shit?" Harry asked.
"Nothing…just leave me alone," Hermione requested.
"What the FUCK is wrong with you?" Harry exclaimed drawing onlookers.
"Nothing is wrong with me Harry," Hermione said.
"If that's true why haven't I heard from you all summer, huh? Why have you been acting like I've done something wrong? I've done absolutely nothing to you. I haven't been able to speak to you to be able to say something offensive so what wrong with you?" Harry asked thoroughly pissed.
"You KNOW what you did. Don't try to act as if you don't know why I'm mad at you and you're all innocent. Like I'm the bad guy here because you started this," Hermione said turning and walking away.
"Why are you this made over this? So I fucked Lavender. Why is that such a big deal? I have slept with more people than her before and you knew about it so what's different now?" Harry asked fiercely.
"Because you fucked her in MY bed! That was totally disrespectful and you aren't even sorry about it," Hermione yelled.
"I said I was sorry what more do you want?" Harry asked.
"Obviously nothing you can give me," Hermione said before walking to the back of the train to get her fizzle.
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"What was that all about?" Ron asked Harry.
"Ooh. Potter can't keep his women satisfied? Isn't it funny how the one girl who can see through all the hysteria surrounding you can't stand you?" Draco spat at Harry. "Let's see if I can do what you can't. Girl's say I always leave them satisfied," Draco said before walking in Hermione's direction.
"I hate that prick," Ron said.
Harry didn't say anything. He just looked in the direction where Draco and Hermione went. He didn't understand the feeling that started at the pit of his stomach and sent a pang straight to his heart.
"Harry," Ron said trying to catch Harry's attention. He looked in Harry's direction and smiled. "You like her don't you Harry?" Ron asked.
"Huh? Who?" Harry asked popping out of his recent train of thought.
"Hermione that's who," Ron answered.
"Of course I like her. She's our best friend," Harry said looking at Ron as if he'd lost his mind.
"No that's not what I meant. I mean you like her as I like Pavarti. I know you do. If you didn't you wouldn't have felt guilty for shagging Lavender and you wouldn't feel jealous now that Draco's flirting with Hermione," Ron said.
"It's not even like that Ron and you know it. Hermione is just a friend. I just don't want her to get hurt and the only reason why I apoligised was because I wrong by shagging Lavender in her bed," Harry said.
"If that's the only reason why you apoligised then how come when she asked you why you were apoligising you couldn't give a real answer? I don't know who you think you're fooling but you're not fooling me. I know you Harry. You may be fooling yourself but you're not fooling me," Ron said before walking away.
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Hermione sat in her seat in the Great Hall watching as the new students were being sorted into their houses. She noticed that she felt better about herself even though she did have an argument with Harry earlier, which she knew was bound to happen. She realized that some things never change and that there would never be anything more than friendship between Harry and herself. She started clapping with the rest of her house when she noticed that some one else got sorted into Gryffindor.
Hermione pushed a strand of hair behind her ear to get it out of her face and looked up only to see Draco Malfoy staring at her. She had noticed that he had been acting different lately. He actually came up to her and started to flirt with her while she was ordering her fizzle. She didn't know why he had a sudden change of heart but she really didn't care. She knew that whatever sparked his sudden interest in her wasn't something that came out of pure attraction that he held for her. She rolled her eyes at him and continued to watch the sorting ceremony.
It seemed as if it took hours for the ceremony to end when in reality it only took thirty minutes. When the food finally came Hermione picked out the portions that she wanted then began to throw down. She was famished and the site of food was like seeing you soft and comfortable bed after a long month of the worst trip you have ever experienced. She ignored the few stares she got while she ate. She knew that the change would draw some attention but she didn't think that she would get the attention that she recieved.
"Hermione? Girl what happened to you?" Ginny asked.
"Nothing happened to me," Hermione said taking a sip of her pumpkin juice.
"You never looked like this before. I mean you look great," Ginny said surprised.
"So what did I look like before?" Hermione asked now giving Ginny her full attention.
"You looked okay but not like this," Ginny said honestly.
Hermione just looked at her then shook her head and got up. "It seems as if everyone is sticking their feet in their mouths now and days," Hermione said before walking out of the Great Hall and towards Gryffindor Tower.
Hermione muttered the password to the fat lady and walked into the door way that had appeared behind the painting and walked through the common room and up into the girls dormitories. She walked up the seven flights of stairs and into her room. She immediately found her bed and memories of Harry shagging Lavender on her bed started to float through her mind. She held her wand firmly in her right hand and magically stripped her bed and put new sheets on her bed. After she was sure that everything was new she used a spell she learned to created an invisible forcefield around her section of the room to block it off to everyone but her.
When she was sure that the space that was rightfully hers was secured she opened her trunk and pulled out a pair of white drawstring pants and a white spaghetti strapped shirt that had an angel sewed into it in silver thread with 'Angel' written under it in silver script and a pair of white string bikini underwear and laid it on her bed. She walked into the bathroom with a white terry robe, a fluffy white towel, white a body sponge and Amber Romance scented body wash and flower scented shampoo. She took a hot shower that took all the kinks out of her body and washed her body with the tantalizing scent of Amber Romance then massaged the flower smelling shampoo into her hair that felt so good. This was the one thing that she could always use to relax her. A hot shower with skin softening body wash and a sweet smelling shampoo just did it for her.
When she was finished she turned off the water and slipped on the robe then wrapped the towel securely around her head so that the water from her hair didn't drip all over the floor. She towel dried her hair while she made her track to the dorm room. After she had her dripping wet hair to a severly damp state she took off the towel and picked up her wand and used a glamour spell to completely dry her hair. After that was done she slipped on her underwear then pulled on her spaghetti strapped shirt then slipped on her white drawstring pants. She picked up her Amber Romance moisterizing lotion and massaged it into her arms and feet then slolwy soothed her Oil of Olay facial cream onto her skin.
She had just picked up her brush when her roommates started to flow into the room. As they walked in some said hi while others ignored her and she did the same. She brushed through her long tresses to get the tangles out of her freshly washed hair. It was then that Lavender strolled through the room. She looked at Hermione and Hermione looked at her. They kept eye contact and Hermione watched as Lavender looked her up in down then sneered. Hermione smirked then rolled her eyes at Lavender and continued to brush the tangles out of her hair until there was none left. After her hair was straight she placed a white bandana over her hair then pulled back her sheets and jumped into the bed. she closed her eyes and relaxed so that she could get a good night's sleeps so that she would be attentive in class the early the next morning.
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