Getting Ready For School
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The rest of the summer went by in a blur to Hermione because she was having so much fun with Harry. Every weekend he would take her out to a restaurant or they would go clubbing, and usually would come home around one in the morning. Due to Hermione's excessive pleading, Mrs. Granger agreed to extend their curfew by an hour. The date for the first day of school was quickly approaching and Hermione and Harry received their Hogwart's letters in the mail.
"Hey Hermione! We've got mail!" exclaimed Harry who was making coffee in the kitchen when the mail arrived.
Hermione, who was in her room going over her Potions paper for the millionth time, scrambled off her bed, raced down the stairs and into the kitchen where a smiling Harry awaited.
"Looks like you've got two letters," grinned Harry as he gave Hermione both of her letters.
Hermione's face lit up with glee as she tore open one of the letters and out fell a tiny golden badge with HG on it. She gasped and stood rooted to the floor with her mouth agape and her eyes bulging out of her head as she held it.
"Oh my god! I've been made Head Girl!" exclaimed Hermione as she ran over to Harry and enveloped him into a hug.
"I knew you would," grinned Harry as he tenderly hugged her back. "Who's Head Boy?"
Hermione read the rest of the letter and made a scowling face as she said, "Draco Malfoy."
"What?!? Not ferret boy!" exclaimed Harry angrily. He grabbed the letter away from her and read it himself. "How could Dumbledore do that! He knows you two hate each other! You'll never make it through the first meeting!"
"I know. Living with him is going to totally suck," sighed Hermione angrily.
"Good morning you two. Are you going to go to Diagon Alley to get your school supplies soon?" asked Hermione's mother as she walked into the room and saw the letters.
Hermione gave Harry a questioning look and he nodded his head.
"Yeah. Hey mom! Guess what?!? I've been made Head Girl!" screamed Hermione ecstatically.
"That's great honey! I'm so proud of you!" exclaimed her mother as she enveloped Hermione into a hug.
"Ok, well Harry and I are going now," said Hermione as she started to walk away. Harry followed suit.
"Wait a sec, you need some money. Those books are expensive," said her mom as she walked over to Hermione and gave her a bag full of gold Knuts. "This is the money we didn't use last year, so if you need anymore then you can go to Gringotts."
"Thanks mom," said Hermione as she put the bag in her purse and walked with Harry out to the car.
They arrived at The Leaky Cauldron and walked through the secret entrance to get to Diagon Alley. Diagon Alley was swamped with Hogwart's students, a lot of them they recognized but some they did not. Hand in hand, they walked to Gringotts to get some money for Harry to buy his school supplies with and she also got some for herself. When they exited they heard a harsh, cruel voice from behind them.
"Well, well, look what we have here. It's the dork pair, Pothead and Mudblood Granger," sneered Draco Malfoy who was also exiting the bank. "I heard you are Head Girl this year, Mudblood."
When Hermione saw Draco, she about melted into a puddle on the ground. His bleach blonde hair hung just a little past the middle of his ear with a couple strands hanging around his eyes. She looked into his gray eyes and gasped when she saw how cold and angry they looked. Her eyes journeyed down his body slowly taking in everything about him. He was wearing a tight white tank top which showed his bulging arm biceps and protruding six pack. His jeans were a light faded blue and were tight but not too tight, and he wore fairly new white sneakers on his feet. Hermione quickly looked away when she noticed that he was looking at her questionably.
"Like what you see, Mudblood?" Draco smirked and Hermione quickly stopped staring at him.
"Well, well, well, look who it is. The ferret boy who hasn't grown up yet," snapped Harry mockingly.
Draco glowered at Harry and said, "At least I don't disgrace myself by going around hand in hand with a Mudblood."
"Fuck you Malfoy for saying that," growled Harry let go of Hermione's hand and started to approach Draco with his fists balled at his sides.
"Harry, let's go please. He's not worth it. He's been a bastard to us for the past six years and nothing is going to change, so there is no use in fighting," sighed Hermione as she grabbed his arm and started to walk away from Draco.
Harry gave Draco one last look of pure hatred before being dragged away by Hermione's firm grasp.
"You'd better watch your back this year, Granger! We share the same common room so I'll know where you'll be staying!" yelled Draco after their retreating backs.
"Did he just threaten you?!?" bellowed Harry as he started to turn around.
Hermione grabbed his shoulders and made him go back the way they were walking as she muttered, "Ignore him, just ignore him."
Harry was still fuming by the time that they reached the bookstore. Hermione tried to make decent conversation with him, but he kept snapping at her. Finally, she had had enough. After an especially rude comment about one of her favorite authors, she turned to him and slapped him softly across the face.
"Will you stop being such an ass, Harry!" yelled Hermione as she watched a look of shock spread across Harry's face. Harry was so stunned that all he could do was stand and look at her. Finally she couldn't take it anymore and she said, "Well?!?"
"I'm sorry, Hermione. I guess running into Malfoy put me into a bad mood," sulked Harry as he reached up and held the side of his face. "But did you really have to hit me so hard?"
"It wasn't that hard and you deserved it. You insulted my favorite book," pouted Hermione as she crossed her arms across her chest.
"I'm sorry, Mione."
Hermione wove her arms around his neck, smiled, kissed his lips and said, "It's ok, just try to be in a better mood. We're going to school in a week you know."
Harry smiled back and replied, "And that is supposed to make me happy?"
Hermione rolled her eyes at him and went to go pay for the books she was holding. Harry paid for his as well and the two of them walked out of the bookstore.
"Hungry?" asked Harry as he put his arm around her waist.
"Not really. But I'm thirsty," replied Hermione as she also put her arm around him.
As they walked through the crowded streets together, Hermione noticed a few of the girls giving her glares of hatred when she walked by.
"Stupid younger girls who can't get over their crush on Harry," muttered Hermione under her breath.
"What was that hun?" asked Harry as the two of them walked back into the Leaky Cauldron.
"Oh, nothing," Hermione said quickly and Harry gave her a curious look.
The two of them sat down at the bar and Tom the bartender came to get their orders.
"What can I get for you two?" asked Tom as he wiped out a glass.
"I'd like a glass of ice water, please. I'm parched," said Hermione.
"Sure thing Miss. What can I get for you, Harry?" asked Tom.
"I'll just have the same thing she's having," replied Harry and Tom nodded.
"So you have to spend the year in the same room as Malfoy?" Harry asked disappointedly.
"Can we please not talk about Draco right now?" Hermione snapped as she reached into her purse, took out her lip gloss and applied it to her lips.
"Well I guess we can just talk about...wait a sec, you called Malfoy by his first name!" yelled an astounded Harry.
"Yeah? So? He's a human being just like you and me, so he deserves to be called by his first name," replied Hermione nonchalantly.
"But it's Malfoy, Mione!" Harry cried out in disbelief. "We've always called each other by our surnames! Why change now?"
"Just drop it, OK Harry?" snapped Hermione as she gave a smile of thanks to Tom who had just come and brought their glasses of ice water.
Harry sighed and sipped his ice cold water, then suddenly stopped drinking, slammed down his glass, and got up.
"Let's go," he snarled.
"What's the matter?" asked Hermione curiously wondering what made her boyfriend angered.
"Look whose coming," snarled Harry as he pointed towards the doorway of the secret entrance.
Draco Malfoy and his father Lucius emerged from the entry way and Hermione flashed Harry a look of questioning.
"What the hell are they doing coming this way?" questioned Hermione as she ducked behind a wall pulling Harry with her.
"I don't know. You would think that they would want nothing to do with coming here around all these half-blooded wizards. They would normally just have flooed back to their house," said a puzzled Harry as he watched Draco and Lucius walk around like two people out of a spy movie.
"What the fuck are they doing?" questioned Hermione as she watched Draco act all James Bondish like.
"God he is so hot!" thought Hermione dreamily.
"I have no idea. Something is up though," whispered Harry.
They watched as Draco and Lucius suddenly just disappeared into a brick wall.
"Come on," whispered Harry as he started to follow them.
"No Harry! We just can't follow them! We'll get caught! We don't even know what is behind that brick wall," protested Hermione as she put her hands firmly on her hips.
"True," sighed Harry. "Let's just go back to your house. I'm sure your parents are wondering what we've been up to."
As the two of them walked out of the cauldron hand in hand, they didn't know that two figures stood watching them from a hidden window, scheming a plan that would tear the two of them apart.
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The rest of the summer went by in a blur to Hermione because she was having so much fun with Harry. Every weekend he would take her out to a restaurant or they would go clubbing, and usually would come home around one in the morning. Due to Hermione's excessive pleading, Mrs. Granger agreed to extend their curfew by an hour. The date for the first day of school was quickly approaching and Hermione and Harry received their Hogwart's letters in the mail.
"Hey Hermione! We've got mail!" exclaimed Harry who was making coffee in the kitchen when the mail arrived.
Hermione, who was in her room going over her Potions paper for the millionth time, scrambled off her bed, raced down the stairs and into the kitchen where a smiling Harry awaited.
"Looks like you've got two letters," grinned Harry as he gave Hermione both of her letters.
Hermione's face lit up with glee as she tore open one of the letters and out fell a tiny golden badge with HG on it. She gasped and stood rooted to the floor with her mouth agape and her eyes bulging out of her head as she held it.
"Oh my god! I've been made Head Girl!" exclaimed Hermione as she ran over to Harry and enveloped him into a hug.
"I knew you would," grinned Harry as he tenderly hugged her back. "Who's Head Boy?"
Hermione read the rest of the letter and made a scowling face as she said, "Draco Malfoy."
"What?!? Not ferret boy!" exclaimed Harry angrily. He grabbed the letter away from her and read it himself. "How could Dumbledore do that! He knows you two hate each other! You'll never make it through the first meeting!"
"I know. Living with him is going to totally suck," sighed Hermione angrily.
"Good morning you two. Are you going to go to Diagon Alley to get your school supplies soon?" asked Hermione's mother as she walked into the room and saw the letters.
Hermione gave Harry a questioning look and he nodded his head.
"Yeah. Hey mom! Guess what?!? I've been made Head Girl!" screamed Hermione ecstatically.
"That's great honey! I'm so proud of you!" exclaimed her mother as she enveloped Hermione into a hug.
"Ok, well Harry and I are going now," said Hermione as she started to walk away. Harry followed suit.
"Wait a sec, you need some money. Those books are expensive," said her mom as she walked over to Hermione and gave her a bag full of gold Knuts. "This is the money we didn't use last year, so if you need anymore then you can go to Gringotts."
"Thanks mom," said Hermione as she put the bag in her purse and walked with Harry out to the car.
They arrived at The Leaky Cauldron and walked through the secret entrance to get to Diagon Alley. Diagon Alley was swamped with Hogwart's students, a lot of them they recognized but some they did not. Hand in hand, they walked to Gringotts to get some money for Harry to buy his school supplies with and she also got some for herself. When they exited they heard a harsh, cruel voice from behind them.
"Well, well, look what we have here. It's the dork pair, Pothead and Mudblood Granger," sneered Draco Malfoy who was also exiting the bank. "I heard you are Head Girl this year, Mudblood."
When Hermione saw Draco, she about melted into a puddle on the ground. His bleach blonde hair hung just a little past the middle of his ear with a couple strands hanging around his eyes. She looked into his gray eyes and gasped when she saw how cold and angry they looked. Her eyes journeyed down his body slowly taking in everything about him. He was wearing a tight white tank top which showed his bulging arm biceps and protruding six pack. His jeans were a light faded blue and were tight but not too tight, and he wore fairly new white sneakers on his feet. Hermione quickly looked away when she noticed that he was looking at her questionably.
"Like what you see, Mudblood?" Draco smirked and Hermione quickly stopped staring at him.
"Well, well, well, look who it is. The ferret boy who hasn't grown up yet," snapped Harry mockingly.
Draco glowered at Harry and said, "At least I don't disgrace myself by going around hand in hand with a Mudblood."
"Fuck you Malfoy for saying that," growled Harry let go of Hermione's hand and started to approach Draco with his fists balled at his sides.
"Harry, let's go please. He's not worth it. He's been a bastard to us for the past six years and nothing is going to change, so there is no use in fighting," sighed Hermione as she grabbed his arm and started to walk away from Draco.
Harry gave Draco one last look of pure hatred before being dragged away by Hermione's firm grasp.
"You'd better watch your back this year, Granger! We share the same common room so I'll know where you'll be staying!" yelled Draco after their retreating backs.
"Did he just threaten you?!?" bellowed Harry as he started to turn around.
Hermione grabbed his shoulders and made him go back the way they were walking as she muttered, "Ignore him, just ignore him."
Harry was still fuming by the time that they reached the bookstore. Hermione tried to make decent conversation with him, but he kept snapping at her. Finally, she had had enough. After an especially rude comment about one of her favorite authors, she turned to him and slapped him softly across the face.
"Will you stop being such an ass, Harry!" yelled Hermione as she watched a look of shock spread across Harry's face. Harry was so stunned that all he could do was stand and look at her. Finally she couldn't take it anymore and she said, "Well?!?"
"I'm sorry, Hermione. I guess running into Malfoy put me into a bad mood," sulked Harry as he reached up and held the side of his face. "But did you really have to hit me so hard?"
"It wasn't that hard and you deserved it. You insulted my favorite book," pouted Hermione as she crossed her arms across her chest.
"I'm sorry, Mione."
Hermione wove her arms around his neck, smiled, kissed his lips and said, "It's ok, just try to be in a better mood. We're going to school in a week you know."
Harry smiled back and replied, "And that is supposed to make me happy?"
Hermione rolled her eyes at him and went to go pay for the books she was holding. Harry paid for his as well and the two of them walked out of the bookstore.
"Hungry?" asked Harry as he put his arm around her waist.
"Not really. But I'm thirsty," replied Hermione as she also put her arm around him.
As they walked through the crowded streets together, Hermione noticed a few of the girls giving her glares of hatred when she walked by.
"Stupid younger girls who can't get over their crush on Harry," muttered Hermione under her breath.
"What was that hun?" asked Harry as the two of them walked back into the Leaky Cauldron.
"Oh, nothing," Hermione said quickly and Harry gave her a curious look.
The two of them sat down at the bar and Tom the bartender came to get their orders.
"What can I get for you two?" asked Tom as he wiped out a glass.
"I'd like a glass of ice water, please. I'm parched," said Hermione.
"Sure thing Miss. What can I get for you, Harry?" asked Tom.
"I'll just have the same thing she's having," replied Harry and Tom nodded.
"So you have to spend the year in the same room as Malfoy?" Harry asked disappointedly.
"Can we please not talk about Draco right now?" Hermione snapped as she reached into her purse, took out her lip gloss and applied it to her lips.
"Well I guess we can just talk about...wait a sec, you called Malfoy by his first name!" yelled an astounded Harry.
"Yeah? So? He's a human being just like you and me, so he deserves to be called by his first name," replied Hermione nonchalantly.
"But it's Malfoy, Mione!" Harry cried out in disbelief. "We've always called each other by our surnames! Why change now?"
"Just drop it, OK Harry?" snapped Hermione as she gave a smile of thanks to Tom who had just come and brought their glasses of ice water.
Harry sighed and sipped his ice cold water, then suddenly stopped drinking, slammed down his glass, and got up.
"Let's go," he snarled.
"What's the matter?" asked Hermione curiously wondering what made her boyfriend angered.
"Look whose coming," snarled Harry as he pointed towards the doorway of the secret entrance.
Draco Malfoy and his father Lucius emerged from the entry way and Hermione flashed Harry a look of questioning.
"What the hell are they doing coming this way?" questioned Hermione as she ducked behind a wall pulling Harry with her.
"I don't know. You would think that they would want nothing to do with coming here around all these half-blooded wizards. They would normally just have flooed back to their house," said a puzzled Harry as he watched Draco and Lucius walk around like two people out of a spy movie.
"What the fuck are they doing?" questioned Hermione as she watched Draco act all James Bondish like.
"God he is so hot!" thought Hermione dreamily.
"I have no idea. Something is up though," whispered Harry.
They watched as Draco and Lucius suddenly just disappeared into a brick wall.
"Come on," whispered Harry as he started to follow them.
"No Harry! We just can't follow them! We'll get caught! We don't even know what is behind that brick wall," protested Hermione as she put her hands firmly on her hips.
"True," sighed Harry. "Let's just go back to your house. I'm sure your parents are wondering what we've been up to."
As the two of them walked out of the cauldron hand in hand, they didn't know that two figures stood watching them from a hidden window, scheming a plan that would tear the two of them apart.
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