Pretty Woman
Chapter 4

Harry laid in his four poster bed in his comfortable black sweat pants and a black wife beater and for some reason he could not sleep. He kept thinking about Hermione which made him wonder whether or not he really like her or was he just feeling guilty for what he had done? But then again what did he do? He didn't know why she was so mad at him. It wasn't like he did anything wrong.

He started to think about all the time he had spent with Hermione and the feelings that ran through his body when he thought about her. He thought about all the times that she was there for him and risked her life in a battle that was supposed to be held solely on his shoulders. Appreciation and reliability ran through his heart. He thought of the time when he and Hermione rode on that bird to save Sirius and a warm feeling ran through his heart and the only definition he had to make of that feeling was friendship but when he thought about the time that Hermione went to that dance with Krum he couldn't help but feel jealous and he didn't understand why. Until that day the only think he acknowledged Hermione as was a friend. But lately he'd been thinking of her as a woman. Someone he would be happy to hold on his arm and have people acknowledge her as his girl.

Wait a minute! My girl? I'm not looking for a commitment, Harry thought to himself.

But Hermione is beautiful and she knows me better than anyone. She's been there for me with everything and I would die for her but am I ready to become a one woman man? He then thought about the way she looked on the train and had to admit that she had changed and that he liked the change in her. It wasn't that he didn't like her the way she was before because she was the same person it was just that now she acted more...like a female and not one of the guys. And while he liked being able to talk to her about anything he also like a girl that looked feminine. It was almost like Hermione turned into his perfect woman in the coarse of a few months.

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Hermione woke up early the next morning, which was great for her because she got full access on the shower, and went through the process of getting dressed. After he shower she dried off and pulled on her off white and blue t-shirt and matching hip hugger panties then tied the robe around her body and walked into her dorm room and walked over to her bed. She sat down and opened her trunk to look for something to wear. After a minute she just pulled out a cute pair of blue Versace jeans, seeing as she decided to wear her t-shirt as a plain shirt, and pulled them over her hips. She then pulled on a pair of white ankle socks before stuffing her feet into a pair of white K-Swiss. She pinned her hair up, put on some lipgloss, then grabbed her robe and walked out of the dorm room and made her way to the Great Hall.

On her way to the Great Hall she passed a few people. She smiled and said hello to the ones she knew and the ones who spoke to her but ignored the ones who stared. She walked slowly to the Great Hall enjoying the beautiful pictures that adorned the walls of the massive castle. She talked to a few of them and asked whether or not they had a nice summer. Most of the pictures were friendly and have all heard about Hermione, whether it was because she was a great student, the gossip running around because of her new look, or because she was one of Harry's best friend she didn't know but she had to admit that it was nice talking to people other than Harry, Ron and Ginny.

She made it to the Great Hall twenty minutes later and sat in her regular seat. She looked at the food surrounding her and tried to decided what she had a taste for. She wasn't really hungry but she wanted to eat something because she knew that if she didn't she would be hungry way before lunch arrived. Just as she started to grab a couple croissants the doors to the Great Hall opened and a mass of people walked through. She turned back to the task at hand and looked through all the platters to find some grape jelly. When she found it she took a spoonful and placed it on her plate and proceeded to pour herself some pumpkin juice. As soon as she had her food she wanted Ron and Harry sat down next to her and began to full their plates with the different foods splayed around them.

"When did you want to set a meeting with the Prefects?" Harry asked Hermione.

"What exactly would the meeting be about?" Hermione asked while she spread the jelly on the warm croissants.

"I don't know. I just thought that we would set a meeting to meet all the Prefects," Harry responded.

"But it makes no sense to have a meeting with no intention of discussing anything but the new prefects, which are only four by the way," Hermione said before taking a bite out of her croissant.

After Hermione finished her breakfast she stood and picked up her books and her black robe. Harry and Ron looked at her and their mouths opened when they saw her outfit. There was nothing slutty or skanky about it. It was just that she looked ruggedly sexy in her ripped jeans and revealing black shirt.

Hermione walked out and made her way to the library. There was still half an hour left of breakfast and she decided to look up some new spells just to add them in the archive where she held all her other spells and their uses. After reading a short book on elven spells she checked her watch and noticed that she only had fifteen minutes left to get to Transfiguration, which was all the way on the other side of castle. She picked up her books and walked quickly left the library for McGonagoll's class. With a few secret passage ways and short cuts she made it to Transfiguration with five minutes to spare. She walked to her seat and put her books down and pulled on her robe then sat down and waited for the class to start.

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The day had went well and Hermione found herself in the library doing her research for the newly assigned Transfiguration project. They were to pick which animal they felt best represented them and find out all the aspects of the animal (the special senses, powers, and meaning of the animal). The report was to be three feet long in medium sized writing.

Professor Lupin had came back to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts so they had a relatively fun lesson and had no homework. Although homework wasn't assigned she did have homework from Charms, History of Magic, Ancient Runes, and Potions. Because she took a lot of classes in her third year she had a free period where Harry and Ron went to Divination so she used that to get most of her work done.

By the time her 'free period' was over she had finished her Ancient Runes work as well as her History of Magic, Charms, and a rough draft for her Transfiguration paper. She picked up her papers, checked out a few books that she would need for Potions and made her way to the Great Hall for lunch. She sat down at her regular spot and began to eat her food.

She had just taken a sip of her pumpkin juice when she felt someone sit next to her. She looked up to see Ron and Parvarti sitting next to her. She said 'hey' to Parvarti and Ron then finished eating.

She knew that they were staring at her but she tried to ignore it. She really wasn't in the mood to socialize anymore but then she thought, 'why should I let Lavender and Harry ruin my mood.' She figured that the best way to get over this was to make sure that Harry and Lavender felt that nothing they could do would hurt Hermione. To let them see that they can't get to her and that's what she did.

"Why are you two looking at me like that?" Hermione asked them.

"Um...well you see we were wondering if you would like to go with us to Hogsmede this weekend but we weren't sure how to ask you considering that you have been on edge a lot these few days," Parvarti asked.

"I would love to go," Hermione said with a smile. She finished eating her food then got up and left the Great Hall. She made her way back to the Gryffindor Common Room and ran into her room. She went so quickly that she didn't even realize that she had passed someone.

She went to her side of the room and bent down and looked under the bed where she pulled out an empty cigar box. She rolled up her papers and slid them into the box then put it back under her bed. She then picked up the books she would need for the rest of the day and walked out of the room. It was then that she ran into somebody.

"Oh bloody hell," she muttered as she flew backwards. She looked up to see what stood in her way and looked blankly when she saw Harry. She decided to play along and said, "Hey Harry. What are you doing on this side of the staircase?"

"Looking for you. We need to talk," he said as he moved back as to let her walk down the stairs.

Hermione picked up her books and made her way down the stairs while saying, "Talk about what exactly?"

"You know the whole 'Me and Lavender' thing," Harry answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Look Harry I really don't care anymore. It's your life and your body all I ask is that you not do it on my bed anymore," Hermione said without edge tinged into her voice.

"You don't care?" Harry asked sceptically.

"No. It's none of my business and frankly I'm just sick of worrying about everyone but me. You're a big boy now...you know what is and isn't good for you so if fucking countless girls does it for you then by all mean do it," Hermione answered evenly as she made her way across the common room.

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