Sitting silently in the Common Room, rethinking the amazing event that just
took place, Hermione sighed dreamily. She had skipped dinner. Well, she was
with Draco while dinner was happening. She also skipped Double Potions
because of their escapade. This also in enlightened her. Just the thought
of being punished again by Snape and the laughing Slytherins made her feel
awful.
As she lay down on the couch she once was sitting on, Hermione thought to herself, "They should be arriving any minute now."
Hermione Granger was right a usual.
The rustle and bustle of swishing robes, walking feet, and excited chatter crept into the room. Hermione stood up, awaiting her fellow students to climb in through the Portrait Hole, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley in particular. And they did climb through that hole about a second after she thought about it. Hermione gazed worriedly at her two best friends as they approached.
"What's wrong, 'Mione?" they both said, sitting on either side of her. Hermione shifted uncomfortably in her seat as she stared down at the floor.
"We need to talk."
They entered the Girls' Bathroom as they did when they needed to discuss something privately.
"Why do we have to come in here again?" Ron asked sternly.
"Because! I can't let any body hear us, Ron!" Hermione answered with a slightly angry voice.
Ron didn't exactly hear a word the she said. He was gazing absentmindedly at her. Harry had to nudge him painfully in the ribs with his elbow a few times to stop him from staring.
"Sorry." Ron muttered embarrassedly, ears going red.
"Why weren't you at class?" Ron questioned.
"Or dinner?" Harry added quizzically.
Hermione began to stutter nervously, "I-I was. Err. With."
Why was she so nervous? The last time she told them about being with Draco. Of course she knew the answer to that. The last time she hadn't loved him. She hadn't purposely kissed him. Harry and Ron had seen so she hadn't really had to explain much. Hermione pictured Ron's reaction at once.
"WHY in the bloody hell were snogging Malfoy.A-Again!"
Ron would be very severe about it all. Hermione sighed and imagined Harry react to what she would hopefully soon say.
"W-W-What? Kissing? Draco Malfoy? But, but, you hate him right? I don't mean to be mean or anything, but, that's COMPLETELY insane, Hermione!"
"I-I. I was with Draco. And. And we had a talk."
Ron scowled at this. Hermione was worrying that he would do much more than just scowl and scoff at her. Why did she kiss Draco? Did she really love him? Shaking slightly she continued.
"He said the he had been t-thinking about how horrible his life is. How he had n true friends and no one to love."
"That's his own fault" Harry whispered.
Hermione glared at him.
"As I was saying, he told me all about his life. And. And I felt really sorry for him. Look at everyone else! They have all kinds of great friends. And most of them have a boyfriend or a girlfriend. He said that he hates his family, too. He kept on going and finally we."
"This is it," she thought. "Now I have to tell them about the kiss."
She gulped, a large lump forming her throat. She was swaying back and forth as she stood. She was sweating, opening her mouth only to hear no words come out.
"Err, Hermione? Are you alright?" Ron queried, glancing sideways at Harry who was biting his lip.
"I kissed him! We both kissed each other! And I enjoyed it! I love him! He didn't come on to me or anything--" but Ron had made her stop in mid- sentence. He was positively smoking at the ears and shaking with rage.
"HOW DARE HE KISS YOU?! He's going to learn a lesson about who he can kiss and who he can't! That bloody bastard! THAT MOTHER FU--"
"Ron?!" Hermione interrupted him before he could say anything else.
Ron then stormed out of the bathroom. Harry and Hermione followed suit a saw that he was headed toward the Dungeons. Hermione had a feeling that he was trying to find Draco. She turned and stared at Harry. Hermione also thought Harry was thinking the same thing as her.
"We've got to stop him!" Harry yelled. "I don't like Malfoy but I don't want him hurt by Ron."
Nodding they both ran off in the same direction as the outraged Ron. The two of them both had the same horrified look on their faces. They knew that Ron would rip him limb from limb. As they flew down the stairs leading to the icy cold Dungeons below, they heard a furious scream ring throughout the empty underground passageways of Hogwarts. A few seconds afterwards as they grew nearer to the yell, the sound of the unmistakable voice that belong to Draco Malfoy pierced into their ears.
"Draco?! Are you ok?" Hermione called out.
The next sound was a fist hitting a hard stonewall and a yelp of pain. As they rounded the corner Ron tackled Draco to they ground. Ron's hands were balled into fists and were swinging madly at Malfoy's face. An uppercut landed on Draco's chin and a hard left hook smacked him in the face. Blood trickled from his face as Ron picked him up and threw him roughly against the wall. Draco turned around and Ron was now the one on the defensive. Ron's head slammed against the wall and soon he was lying on ground. As Draco stood over Ron's body, his eyes opened. Ron grabbed Draco's leg and tripped. Soon they were trading hard punches and elbows were hitting each other as the fight became even more ferocious. Ron's knee was driven into Draco's stomach many times in a row before he was coughing up blood.
Harry and Hermione had both been standing in front of them, shell-shocked expressions on their faces. Harry had launched himself on whoever was on top. It happened to be Ron so he pulled heavily on him to get him off. Ron turned 'round and threw a punch at Harry. He flew back and landed with a loud thud on the floor. He lay, stunned, on the floor, gazing at Ron in a disbelieving manner. He stood up and stalked off, Hermione breaking up the fight at last.
~*~*~
Later on in the Hospital Wing, Hermione was lying next to Draco, stroking his hair and lightly kissing him on the cheek. Ron had apologized to both of them but not to Draco. Harry accepted his apology when Ron told him that he was caught up in the moment and didn't mean to break his nose. Hermione hadn't forgiven him and for this he felt awful. He obviously had a huge crush on Hermione and this put a large downer on his plans to be with her.
Draco smiled weakly as he kissed Hermione passionately, trying not to get to much blood on her.
"Thanks for sticking by me Hermione. I really needed someone to be here for me." Draco said, favoring his ribs slightly.
Both Ron and Draco's bones, cuts, and bruises had been mended but that didn't mean the pain had dissipated. They had both been given Pain-away Juice but it had a slow effect on them.
After Harry and Hermione had been shooed away, the torches had all been rid of flame, and the beds were ready to be slept in, Draco and Ron fell into troubled sleep. Harry had also fallen asleep at about the same time as Ron. Finally, after an hour or two of rethinking all of good and the bad things that have happened to her, Hermione's eyelids drooped and her head fell to her pillow. Slumber had been set upon the whole of the castle at last.
As she lay down on the couch she once was sitting on, Hermione thought to herself, "They should be arriving any minute now."
Hermione Granger was right a usual.
The rustle and bustle of swishing robes, walking feet, and excited chatter crept into the room. Hermione stood up, awaiting her fellow students to climb in through the Portrait Hole, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley in particular. And they did climb through that hole about a second after she thought about it. Hermione gazed worriedly at her two best friends as they approached.
"What's wrong, 'Mione?" they both said, sitting on either side of her. Hermione shifted uncomfortably in her seat as she stared down at the floor.
"We need to talk."
They entered the Girls' Bathroom as they did when they needed to discuss something privately.
"Why do we have to come in here again?" Ron asked sternly.
"Because! I can't let any body hear us, Ron!" Hermione answered with a slightly angry voice.
Ron didn't exactly hear a word the she said. He was gazing absentmindedly at her. Harry had to nudge him painfully in the ribs with his elbow a few times to stop him from staring.
"Sorry." Ron muttered embarrassedly, ears going red.
"Why weren't you at class?" Ron questioned.
"Or dinner?" Harry added quizzically.
Hermione began to stutter nervously, "I-I was. Err. With."
Why was she so nervous? The last time she told them about being with Draco. Of course she knew the answer to that. The last time she hadn't loved him. She hadn't purposely kissed him. Harry and Ron had seen so she hadn't really had to explain much. Hermione pictured Ron's reaction at once.
"WHY in the bloody hell were snogging Malfoy.A-Again!"
Ron would be very severe about it all. Hermione sighed and imagined Harry react to what she would hopefully soon say.
"W-W-What? Kissing? Draco Malfoy? But, but, you hate him right? I don't mean to be mean or anything, but, that's COMPLETELY insane, Hermione!"
"I-I. I was with Draco. And. And we had a talk."
Ron scowled at this. Hermione was worrying that he would do much more than just scowl and scoff at her. Why did she kiss Draco? Did she really love him? Shaking slightly she continued.
"He said the he had been t-thinking about how horrible his life is. How he had n true friends and no one to love."
"That's his own fault" Harry whispered.
Hermione glared at him.
"As I was saying, he told me all about his life. And. And I felt really sorry for him. Look at everyone else! They have all kinds of great friends. And most of them have a boyfriend or a girlfriend. He said that he hates his family, too. He kept on going and finally we."
"This is it," she thought. "Now I have to tell them about the kiss."
She gulped, a large lump forming her throat. She was swaying back and forth as she stood. She was sweating, opening her mouth only to hear no words come out.
"Err, Hermione? Are you alright?" Ron queried, glancing sideways at Harry who was biting his lip.
"I kissed him! We both kissed each other! And I enjoyed it! I love him! He didn't come on to me or anything--" but Ron had made her stop in mid- sentence. He was positively smoking at the ears and shaking with rage.
"HOW DARE HE KISS YOU?! He's going to learn a lesson about who he can kiss and who he can't! That bloody bastard! THAT MOTHER FU--"
"Ron?!" Hermione interrupted him before he could say anything else.
Ron then stormed out of the bathroom. Harry and Hermione followed suit a saw that he was headed toward the Dungeons. Hermione had a feeling that he was trying to find Draco. She turned and stared at Harry. Hermione also thought Harry was thinking the same thing as her.
"We've got to stop him!" Harry yelled. "I don't like Malfoy but I don't want him hurt by Ron."
Nodding they both ran off in the same direction as the outraged Ron. The two of them both had the same horrified look on their faces. They knew that Ron would rip him limb from limb. As they flew down the stairs leading to the icy cold Dungeons below, they heard a furious scream ring throughout the empty underground passageways of Hogwarts. A few seconds afterwards as they grew nearer to the yell, the sound of the unmistakable voice that belong to Draco Malfoy pierced into their ears.
"Draco?! Are you ok?" Hermione called out.
The next sound was a fist hitting a hard stonewall and a yelp of pain. As they rounded the corner Ron tackled Draco to they ground. Ron's hands were balled into fists and were swinging madly at Malfoy's face. An uppercut landed on Draco's chin and a hard left hook smacked him in the face. Blood trickled from his face as Ron picked him up and threw him roughly against the wall. Draco turned around and Ron was now the one on the defensive. Ron's head slammed against the wall and soon he was lying on ground. As Draco stood over Ron's body, his eyes opened. Ron grabbed Draco's leg and tripped. Soon they were trading hard punches and elbows were hitting each other as the fight became even more ferocious. Ron's knee was driven into Draco's stomach many times in a row before he was coughing up blood.
Harry and Hermione had both been standing in front of them, shell-shocked expressions on their faces. Harry had launched himself on whoever was on top. It happened to be Ron so he pulled heavily on him to get him off. Ron turned 'round and threw a punch at Harry. He flew back and landed with a loud thud on the floor. He lay, stunned, on the floor, gazing at Ron in a disbelieving manner. He stood up and stalked off, Hermione breaking up the fight at last.
~*~*~
Later on in the Hospital Wing, Hermione was lying next to Draco, stroking his hair and lightly kissing him on the cheek. Ron had apologized to both of them but not to Draco. Harry accepted his apology when Ron told him that he was caught up in the moment and didn't mean to break his nose. Hermione hadn't forgiven him and for this he felt awful. He obviously had a huge crush on Hermione and this put a large downer on his plans to be with her.
Draco smiled weakly as he kissed Hermione passionately, trying not to get to much blood on her.
"Thanks for sticking by me Hermione. I really needed someone to be here for me." Draco said, favoring his ribs slightly.
Both Ron and Draco's bones, cuts, and bruises had been mended but that didn't mean the pain had dissipated. They had both been given Pain-away Juice but it had a slow effect on them.
After Harry and Hermione had been shooed away, the torches had all been rid of flame, and the beds were ready to be slept in, Draco and Ron fell into troubled sleep. Harry had also fallen asleep at about the same time as Ron. Finally, after an hour or two of rethinking all of good and the bad things that have happened to her, Hermione's eyelids drooped and her head fell to her pillow. Slumber had been set upon the whole of the castle at last.