Here's the last chapter everyone! I'm sorry to see this one end, but I suppose it's for the best. If I can find some new jokes, I might do a sequel, but that's a pretty big if. I got a lot of comments about the "ballroom" joke from the third chapter. The phrase was, "I can't dance in these pants. There's no ballroom." This was said by Draco. Well, think about that one place that only males have right between their legs. You know, that place where you can kick a guy and he falls over because it hurts too much? There's not enough "ball" room. It's a pun. My friend, Kelli told it to me. Get it? Got it? Good!
Disclaimer- I don't own any joke or Harry Potter.
Chapter 6 The Aftermath
It was barely hours after Draco and Hermione had left that dear closet. Draco's friends had greeted him, but not asked questions thinking he was snogging some girl all day. Hermione, however, got loads of questions. It was dinner and the whole school knew by now. The Great Hall was a buzz with chatter about the two stuck in a closet, and what they did to pass the time.
"So you skipped all afternoon to sit in a closet, with Malfoy, to tell jokes?" asked Ron for the fifth time.
"Yes! It's not my fault we got locked in there. Blame him and his so-called "short cut." It didn't work out too well." She said for the fifth time. Hermione was tired of telling all of these people her story. She had told the story five times to Harry and Ron. Each time they shook their heads and tried to understand this.
"So you spent your day with Malfoy?" asked Harry. Hermione snapped.
"YES! HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TELL YOU! IS IT THAT DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND? DID YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT I WANTED TO BE THERE ALL AFTERNOON?" she screamed at them. The two boys looked down at their plates. She rolled her eyes and placed her head in her hands. "Do you understand now?"
"Yeah, sorry Hermione. We thought you were joking there for a while there." Said Harry laughing.
"Yeah, you must've been so bored. I bet Malfoy has a really bad sense of humor." Said Ron joining Harry in laughing. Hermione didn't join in. Draco was the one who said the "ballroom" joke, and it was pretty funny.
"Hey, I got a joke for you guys." Said Hermione hoping to change the subject. "A blonde, a brunet, and a redhead are driving in a car when it suddenly breaks down. So they get out and decide to walk to the nearest gas station. Five miles down the road; the brunet decides to go back to the car. The blonde and the redhead are standing there until she comes back. She's carrying some popcorn.
'Just in case we get hungry.' Said the brunet. They continue walking until ten miles down, the redhead decides to go back. The other two wait for her until she finally returns with a water bottle.
'Just in case we get thirsty.' She said. When the three are fifteen miles down, the blonde says she has to go back. The other two wait for a long time when they finally see her coming down the road with the car door.
'Just in case we get hot, we can roll down the window.'"
Hermione finished her joke, but there was no laughing. Harry and Ron just stared at her.
"That's not a good joke."
"What's a gas station?"
Hermione groaned. And they thought Draco had no sense of humor? Ha! At least he would've laughed a little. Just then, Hermione heard something behind her that sounded like a muffled laugh. She turned around to see Draco covering his mouth with his hand. Harry and Ron noticed this too and glared at Draco.
"You have stuff all over your face, Weasel. What did you do, eat from a trough?" Asked Draco. Hermione worked hard to style the laugh at Draco's try to cover up his laughter. Ron's face was fine.
"Shove it, Malfoy." Ron scowled whipping his mouth. Draco left the Great Hall for a minute and came back to sit with the Slytherins. Hermione couldn't help, but miss some of his jokes and the way he would laugh even at the stupid jokes. She sighed and decided to leave for the dorms. As the rest of the students came out, Draco purposely walked behind Hermione and slipped a note into her robe pocket when she wasn't looking.
That night, while Hermione was changing into her pajamas, the note fell out of her robes. She eyes it carefully and picked it up to read it. It said:
Granger,
You skipped that joke. Know any more that you forgot to tell? I tried telling the Pink House Joke to Crabbe and Goyle, but they couldn't get past the pink hallways without failing to understand something. Meet you in the closet right before Potions. Bring your wand.
Malfoy
Hermione smirked. She usually wouldn't skip a class, but she didn't think Professor Snape would really care or notice. She'd just tell him she was sick. Draco could get out of anything so that wouldn't be a problem. After rereading the note, Hermione grabbed a piece of parchment and began to write a new note.
Morning came, and the Great Hall was packed again with students eating, talking, and laughing. The gossip about the closet had passed and now everyone was all on about the break up of Hannah and Justin. Harry, Ron, and Hermione went through their morning as usual with no real crazy things happening.
All morning, Hermione thought about the closet. She began to doubt whether or not she could meet Draco any more. What would people say if they found out? Could this… what ever it was, last? Was Draco trying to get close to her because she might be fun for a while? Too many questions and not enough books to answer them.
At last, it was time for Potions. Hermione knew Draco would be waiting for her and it was too late to cancel. So, with a heavy heart, Hermione made her way to the closet. Draco wasn't standing outside, so she figured that she should wait inside. When Hermione opened the door, Draco was already sitting there.
"I was hoping you would come." He said looking her in the eye. Hermione gulped.
"Listen Malfoy… I think we should stop this… I mean, all we've done is tell jokes. It's not like we're friends or anything…" Now Hermione just began to ramble. "We're only spent a few hours in a closet. We don't really know each other. Our friends and families would hate us. Yet. You're the only one who ever laughs at my jokes, good or bad. We'd have to hide or relationships. No one could know, or else it would be the end of the world as we –"
"Granger!" yelled Malfoy clapping his hand over her mouth. "You read my mind." He said letting her go. Hermione stared at him in disbelief.
"I did?"
"Yeah, I know what you're think. And I had the exact same thought. So I was thinking that we could meet her every… I dunno Wednesday night, and just talk. What do you say?" he asked waiting nervously for her reply.
"Would there be jokes?" she asked smiling. Draco smirked.
"Of course. What kind of a meeting in this closet would it be without jokes?"
Hermione wasn't sure what was going to happen. The experience in the closet was nearly as bad except for the abortion joke. Draco had been decent. She could always use another friend to talk to. What the hell? Why not just throw caution to the wind?
"In that case, my name's Hermione. Hermione Granger." She said extending her hand.
"Draco Malfoy. Pleased to meet you Miss Granger." Said Draco shaking her hand. They pulled away and sat down closing the door.
"So now that we're friends, I can tell you that you're an annoying ferret."
"What?!"
"Just joking!"
The End
A/N: That's the end! There will be a sequel soon. It might not be a humor fic, but a romance between Draco and Hermione. I don't know when I'm going to start this because I have to plan it first, but I will start a sequel one day! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading and reviewing this story! You all mean so much to me! Here are your names:
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