(A/N: To all my faithful readers, thank you soo much for reviewing! Hope
you like this chapter! Also I realized this morning that Luna is in
Ravenclaw, I totally forgot so I guess for this story she'll be in
Gryffindor. I dunno. Just wanted to let you all know that I caught my
mistake.)
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: HAPPINESS
Hermione's eyes fluttered open as she stared at the scarlet and gold curtains hanging around her bed. Hermione stretched and smiled, thinking about Draco again, but her thoughts were disrupted as her alarm clock went off. She lazily turned it off, threw on her bathrobe and her slippers and started getting ready for class.
~*~*~*~*~*
"Where are they?" Ron asked impatiently.
"Can't be that much longer" Harry said
"Girls. Why do they take so long to get ready?" Ron wondered
"Suppose we'll never know mate," Neville said as Luna appeared, followed by Ginny who quickly kissed Harry.
"Good morning!" Harry said, grinning broadly at the kiss he had just received. Ron looked as though he just seen a bunch of spiders.
"Uh, do that somewhere else please. I still can't stand it." Ron said
"Stand what?" Ginny asked playing dumb "Oh this?" she said as she kissed Harry again and giggled as she saw Ron's face go red from anger, white from shock, and then green from disgust. Harry stood there doing nothing (almost stupidly) grinning from ear to ear. Attempting to change the topic Ron let out an exasperated sigh.
"Where is Hermione?" he asked Luna
"Not sure, she said she'd be down soon" Luna replied. Seconds later the five some heard a door open. All looked to the staircase to see Hermione bouncing down the stairs, wide smile on her lips.
"uh-hey Hermione" Neville said taken aback at her happiness.
"Hello Neville! How are you?" She asked happily
"Er-fine. How are you?" Neville responded, sounding slightly uncomfortable.
"Just great!" Hermione said.
"Wow Hermione!" Ginny said
"What?" she asked, slightly confused
"Something's different about you. You-You seem so happy!" Harry finished for Ginny. The others nodded their heads in agreement.
"I guess I *am happy," she said with a sweet smile. "C'mon lets not be late to breakfast."
~*~*~*~*
After a week or so, everyone was used to the new "peppy" Hermione. Hermione had always been a happy and energetic person but never to this extreme. Especially this year, with everything with her parents, it was quite the dramatic change, that seemed to happen overnight.
The week had been blissful for Hermione. She was at the top of her classes again, having slipped a little during the beginning of the year, everything was wonderful with her friends, and everything with Draco was perfect.
The two couldn't ever meet as much as they would have liked, not being in the same houses, or having any good excuse to, but to Hermione that didn't seem to matter.
They still kept up appearances though. After discussing it, they both agreed that it would too much of a change for others to handle. It ended up becoming a type of game. Both would see who could be the coldest, meanest and rudest to one another and laugh about it later.
Insults never hurt Hermione anymore because she all she would have to do is look into his eyes and see the amusement in them to remember that it was all an act. Harry and Ron were both very pleased to see Hermione being so shirty to Malfoy; they were both easily deceived.
Quidditch had started again and as Harry was captain for Gryffindor and Draco for Slytherin, and the big match was coming up, Hermione saw less of both of them. Both Harry and Draco were pushing their teams, almost to the point of exhaustion. Hermione heard constant complaints from both Ginny and Ron who were on the Gryffindor team as to the conditions. Though Hermione wanted Gryffindor to win, she couldn't help but want Draco to catch the snitch. But before everyone knew it, the day of the big match had arrived.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: HAPPINESS
Hermione's eyes fluttered open as she stared at the scarlet and gold curtains hanging around her bed. Hermione stretched and smiled, thinking about Draco again, but her thoughts were disrupted as her alarm clock went off. She lazily turned it off, threw on her bathrobe and her slippers and started getting ready for class.
~*~*~*~*~*
"Where are they?" Ron asked impatiently.
"Can't be that much longer" Harry said
"Girls. Why do they take so long to get ready?" Ron wondered
"Suppose we'll never know mate," Neville said as Luna appeared, followed by Ginny who quickly kissed Harry.
"Good morning!" Harry said, grinning broadly at the kiss he had just received. Ron looked as though he just seen a bunch of spiders.
"Uh, do that somewhere else please. I still can't stand it." Ron said
"Stand what?" Ginny asked playing dumb "Oh this?" she said as she kissed Harry again and giggled as she saw Ron's face go red from anger, white from shock, and then green from disgust. Harry stood there doing nothing (almost stupidly) grinning from ear to ear. Attempting to change the topic Ron let out an exasperated sigh.
"Where is Hermione?" he asked Luna
"Not sure, she said she'd be down soon" Luna replied. Seconds later the five some heard a door open. All looked to the staircase to see Hermione bouncing down the stairs, wide smile on her lips.
"uh-hey Hermione" Neville said taken aback at her happiness.
"Hello Neville! How are you?" She asked happily
"Er-fine. How are you?" Neville responded, sounding slightly uncomfortable.
"Just great!" Hermione said.
"Wow Hermione!" Ginny said
"What?" she asked, slightly confused
"Something's different about you. You-You seem so happy!" Harry finished for Ginny. The others nodded their heads in agreement.
"I guess I *am happy," she said with a sweet smile. "C'mon lets not be late to breakfast."
~*~*~*~*
After a week or so, everyone was used to the new "peppy" Hermione. Hermione had always been a happy and energetic person but never to this extreme. Especially this year, with everything with her parents, it was quite the dramatic change, that seemed to happen overnight.
The week had been blissful for Hermione. She was at the top of her classes again, having slipped a little during the beginning of the year, everything was wonderful with her friends, and everything with Draco was perfect.
The two couldn't ever meet as much as they would have liked, not being in the same houses, or having any good excuse to, but to Hermione that didn't seem to matter.
They still kept up appearances though. After discussing it, they both agreed that it would too much of a change for others to handle. It ended up becoming a type of game. Both would see who could be the coldest, meanest and rudest to one another and laugh about it later.
Insults never hurt Hermione anymore because she all she would have to do is look into his eyes and see the amusement in them to remember that it was all an act. Harry and Ron were both very pleased to see Hermione being so shirty to Malfoy; they were both easily deceived.
Quidditch had started again and as Harry was captain for Gryffindor and Draco for Slytherin, and the big match was coming up, Hermione saw less of both of them. Both Harry and Draco were pushing their teams, almost to the point of exhaustion. Hermione heard constant complaints from both Ginny and Ron who were on the Gryffindor team as to the conditions. Though Hermione wanted Gryffindor to win, she couldn't help but want Draco to catch the snitch. But before everyone knew it, the day of the big match had arrived.