The next day, Hermione woke up and stretched. She walked out
to the rec. room where Ron and Harry were already up and dressed.
They were playing a game of Wizard's Chess.
"Morning Hermione," Ron and Harry said.
"Morning guys."
"How did you sleep?" Harry asked.
"Wonderfully. I sleep the entire night. I thought I would wake up during the night, but I slept like a charm."
"Good to hear. What do you say we go upstairs and I'll cook us some breakfast? Then we can go outside and maybe go for a horse ride." Ron said.
"Sounds good to me."
They walked upstairs and Ron cooked them all a breakfast. When they were finished, Hermione helped Ron with the dishes. Then she told them to wait up here for a minute while she went downstairs to get dressed. The phone rang and she answered it. After a couple of minutes, she hung up the phone and smiled. She went and got dressed and went upstairs where Ron and Harry were waiting.
"Ok, let's go."
"You wanna go for a horse ride?" Harry asked.
"Sure."
They walked out to the stables and Hermione saw Draco's horse.
"Draco," she said longingly.
"Yes?" came a voice.
Hermione, Ron and Harry turned around to see Draco standing there, holding Meeshca.
"You bastard, what are you doing here? I think you've hurt Hermione enough. You don't need to come here with Michelle and tease her," Harry said.
"For your information, Potter, I came here to tell Hermione that she has to be in court on the 20th of May," Draco said.
"Court?" Hermione asked, stunned.
"Yes Granger, court. I filed an order on Michelle. This will be the last time you see your precious little girl. Enjoy it while it lasts."
Hermione ran over to Draco.
"Give me my baby. NOW!"
"Do you think I'm nuts? Of course you can't have Meeshca. You've done enough damage to her," Draco said, smirking. Hermione nodded slightly, so that it was only obvious to Draco.
Harry ran over to Malfoy and slapped him across the face.
"Listen asshole, you better give Michelle to Hermione right now, or I'll show you damage."
Draco laughed and then smiled at Hermione.
"Calm down Potter. You're so easily fooled. You really think that I would keep Hermione away from her daughter? And not only that, do you really think that I would leave Hermione? Especially over something so stupid. If you look at Michelle's arms, you'll come to find that there isn't a bruise to be seen," Draco said.
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Harry asked.
"Ever hear of an April Fool's joke? Gawd, you need to lighten up Potter. Hermione just wanted to know how you would react if this ever really happened, which it won't."
"That's right Harry. None of this is real. Draco didn't really leave me. He was just visiting his mother at Malfoy Mansion," Hermione said.
"Hermione, how could you lie about something like that? It's not a laughing matter and it's not something that you should joke about either. I thought you were more responsible than that. I guess living with Malfoy caused you to stoop to this level. It's pathetic Hermione," Harry said.
"For the love of god Harry. It...was...a...joke," Hermione said, stressing the last 4 words. "Get over it. We told Ron about it and he didn't seem to care, so what's your problem?"
"My problem is that you lied to me Hermione," Harry answered.
"Harry, I'm sorry. It's just...I wanted to...oh forget it. You just can't take a joke. Besides, it was April Fool's Day after all."
"Well, I guess I can forgive you, but please promise me that you won't do anything like this again Hermione. Please?" Harry said.
"Promise Harry," Hermione said as she hugged him.
Then she took Meeshca from Draco's arms.
"We were just going for a horse ride. Why don't we all go?" Hermione said.
"Sure, why not."
They all saddled a horse and Hermione held on to Meeshca as they rode around. When they got back, they all went downstairs and Hermione noticed a letter with the Hogwarts crest sitting on the table. She opened it and read it out loud.
Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy,
Firstly, congratulations again on your wedding. I wrote you this letter to inform you that we would like you to return to Hogwarts on the morning of the graduation, which I'm sure you know by now, is the 8th of April. The purpose is to help your fellow classmates decorate and prepare the Great Hall. We wish to have everyone's input on this activity, so if you could please return to the school around 8:00 on that morning, it would be appreciated. Dress robes are obligatory for the supper, and then, if you wish, you may change into something more comfortable for the dance portion.
As you know, everyone is required to have a partner, but considering the circumstances, I'm sure that won't be a problem for you two. Please extend this along to Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley. Thank you. See you then.
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore
Ron and Harry looked at each other with weird looks on their faces.
"We have to get dates?" Harry asked, stunned.
"Ron, I happen to know that Pansy Parkinson has a thing for you. If you want, I could hook you two up for the graduation," Draco said. Ron though for a second.
"Ok, I mean, Pansy is hot. How bad could it be?" Ron said.
"That's the spirit. As for you Potter, I can't help you there. You're on your own."
Harry glared at Draco.
"Well, maybe we should go to Hogwarts and tell Pansy about the graduation," Hermione suggested. They nodded in agreement. Hermione went upstairs and left Meeshca with her parents. They all Apparated to Hogsmeade and walked to Hogwarts. Draco headed down to the Slytherin dungeons and they rest followed him. When they were only about a foot away from the common room, Pansy came out. She ran over to Draco and hugged him.
"Drakie! So good to see you again!" Pansy squealed. They she noticed Ron and blushed.
"Pansy, Draco was telling me how much you fancy me and I was just wondering if you would want to go to the graduation ceremony with me. That is if you haven't already found someone," Ron asked.
"Of course I will!" Pansy squealed again. She ran over and hugged Ron. Catching him off guard and almost making him fall backwards. Almost.
"Does this mean we are an item now?" Pansy asked, letting go of Ron.
"If you want us to be," he replied. He always thought Pansy was one of the hottest girls at Hogwarts, and if she fancied him, he wasn't gonna say no.
"Yay!" Pansy took Ron's hand and practically dragged him into the Slytherin common room. They sat on the couch and started talking. Well, to be exact, Pansy was doing all the talking and Ron was just sitting there, trying to keep up with what she was saying.
"So Harry, do you have anyone in mind to ask to the graduation?" Hermione asked.
"I think so, but are people in a different year allowed to go?" Harry asked.
"I don't see why not. I need, they're your date."
"Ok, well, let's go then," Harry said, headed upstairs to the Gryffindor common room. When he entered, she was sitting on the couch, reading a book, her flaming red hair tied back in a sloppy bun. He walked over to her and sat next to her.
"Hey Gin, what are you reading?"
"A book that my mum sent me. It's a Muggle romance novel."
"Speaking of romance, would you like to go to the graduation with me?"
Ginny took her eyes off her book and looked at Harry.
"Really? You want to go with me?"
"Sure. Why not? We'd have a great time."
"Of course I'll go with you Harry. I've always had kind of a thing for you."
Harry smiled. He had a date for the graduation. So what if it was his best friend's sister. It's only a graduation, right? If not as if anything was going to happen, right?
About an hour later, Hermione, Harry and Draco were sitting in the common room. Ginny had gone off with some of her friends, no doubt to tell them her good news. Harry had just told Hermione and Draco his news.
"Harry, you asked Ginny?" Hermione asked, shocked.
"Yeah so what?" Harry asked.
"Harry, this is bad. Does Ron know yet?"
"Yeah, he knows. Hermione, what's the big deal?"
Ron walked in the common room, followed by Pansy. They sat down on another couch.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Ron asked.
"Ron, you know Harry asked Ginny to the graduation, right?" Hermione said.
"Yeah, what's the big deal? It's only dinner and a dance."
"Don't tell me you guys didn't heard the saying about the graduation?" Hermione said, looking at them.
"What saying?" Ron asked.
"The saying that says whoever you invite to your graduation, you have to spend that night with," Hermione said, not believing that they haven't heard that before.
"So Hermione? Of course they are gonna spend the night together, he did ask her. I didn't expect him to ask Ginny and when he got there, go off and dance with someone else," Ron said, really confused.
"Not that kind of spend the night together Ron."
"You don't mean...please don't tell me that...Harry has to sleep with Ginny?" Ron asked nervously.
"That's what I meant Ron."
Ron looked menacingly at Harry.
"Harry, I swear. If you sleep with my sister, you better plan on dying when I find out. And believe me, I will find out. I don't care what the saying says. You better not sleep with my sister," Ron said in that big brother kind of way.
"Chill out Ron mate. I wouldn't do that if you didn't want me to."
A/N: Another short chapter, but hey, it's still another chapter. I am so happy. 4th chapter in two days. That's a big time record for me. Any questions? Confusion? Review! I'll answer any questions you have.
"Morning Hermione," Ron and Harry said.
"Morning guys."
"How did you sleep?" Harry asked.
"Wonderfully. I sleep the entire night. I thought I would wake up during the night, but I slept like a charm."
"Good to hear. What do you say we go upstairs and I'll cook us some breakfast? Then we can go outside and maybe go for a horse ride." Ron said.
"Sounds good to me."
They walked upstairs and Ron cooked them all a breakfast. When they were finished, Hermione helped Ron with the dishes. Then she told them to wait up here for a minute while she went downstairs to get dressed. The phone rang and she answered it. After a couple of minutes, she hung up the phone and smiled. She went and got dressed and went upstairs where Ron and Harry were waiting.
"Ok, let's go."
"You wanna go for a horse ride?" Harry asked.
"Sure."
They walked out to the stables and Hermione saw Draco's horse.
"Draco," she said longingly.
"Yes?" came a voice.
Hermione, Ron and Harry turned around to see Draco standing there, holding Meeshca.
"You bastard, what are you doing here? I think you've hurt Hermione enough. You don't need to come here with Michelle and tease her," Harry said.
"For your information, Potter, I came here to tell Hermione that she has to be in court on the 20th of May," Draco said.
"Court?" Hermione asked, stunned.
"Yes Granger, court. I filed an order on Michelle. This will be the last time you see your precious little girl. Enjoy it while it lasts."
Hermione ran over to Draco.
"Give me my baby. NOW!"
"Do you think I'm nuts? Of course you can't have Meeshca. You've done enough damage to her," Draco said, smirking. Hermione nodded slightly, so that it was only obvious to Draco.
Harry ran over to Malfoy and slapped him across the face.
"Listen asshole, you better give Michelle to Hermione right now, or I'll show you damage."
Draco laughed and then smiled at Hermione.
"Calm down Potter. You're so easily fooled. You really think that I would keep Hermione away from her daughter? And not only that, do you really think that I would leave Hermione? Especially over something so stupid. If you look at Michelle's arms, you'll come to find that there isn't a bruise to be seen," Draco said.
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Harry asked.
"Ever hear of an April Fool's joke? Gawd, you need to lighten up Potter. Hermione just wanted to know how you would react if this ever really happened, which it won't."
"That's right Harry. None of this is real. Draco didn't really leave me. He was just visiting his mother at Malfoy Mansion," Hermione said.
"Hermione, how could you lie about something like that? It's not a laughing matter and it's not something that you should joke about either. I thought you were more responsible than that. I guess living with Malfoy caused you to stoop to this level. It's pathetic Hermione," Harry said.
"For the love of god Harry. It...was...a...joke," Hermione said, stressing the last 4 words. "Get over it. We told Ron about it and he didn't seem to care, so what's your problem?"
"My problem is that you lied to me Hermione," Harry answered.
"Harry, I'm sorry. It's just...I wanted to...oh forget it. You just can't take a joke. Besides, it was April Fool's Day after all."
"Well, I guess I can forgive you, but please promise me that you won't do anything like this again Hermione. Please?" Harry said.
"Promise Harry," Hermione said as she hugged him.
Then she took Meeshca from Draco's arms.
"We were just going for a horse ride. Why don't we all go?" Hermione said.
"Sure, why not."
They all saddled a horse and Hermione held on to Meeshca as they rode around. When they got back, they all went downstairs and Hermione noticed a letter with the Hogwarts crest sitting on the table. She opened it and read it out loud.
Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy,
Firstly, congratulations again on your wedding. I wrote you this letter to inform you that we would like you to return to Hogwarts on the morning of the graduation, which I'm sure you know by now, is the 8th of April. The purpose is to help your fellow classmates decorate and prepare the Great Hall. We wish to have everyone's input on this activity, so if you could please return to the school around 8:00 on that morning, it would be appreciated. Dress robes are obligatory for the supper, and then, if you wish, you may change into something more comfortable for the dance portion.
As you know, everyone is required to have a partner, but considering the circumstances, I'm sure that won't be a problem for you two. Please extend this along to Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley. Thank you. See you then.
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore
Ron and Harry looked at each other with weird looks on their faces.
"We have to get dates?" Harry asked, stunned.
"Ron, I happen to know that Pansy Parkinson has a thing for you. If you want, I could hook you two up for the graduation," Draco said. Ron though for a second.
"Ok, I mean, Pansy is hot. How bad could it be?" Ron said.
"That's the spirit. As for you Potter, I can't help you there. You're on your own."
Harry glared at Draco.
"Well, maybe we should go to Hogwarts and tell Pansy about the graduation," Hermione suggested. They nodded in agreement. Hermione went upstairs and left Meeshca with her parents. They all Apparated to Hogsmeade and walked to Hogwarts. Draco headed down to the Slytherin dungeons and they rest followed him. When they were only about a foot away from the common room, Pansy came out. She ran over to Draco and hugged him.
"Drakie! So good to see you again!" Pansy squealed. They she noticed Ron and blushed.
"Pansy, Draco was telling me how much you fancy me and I was just wondering if you would want to go to the graduation ceremony with me. That is if you haven't already found someone," Ron asked.
"Of course I will!" Pansy squealed again. She ran over and hugged Ron. Catching him off guard and almost making him fall backwards. Almost.
"Does this mean we are an item now?" Pansy asked, letting go of Ron.
"If you want us to be," he replied. He always thought Pansy was one of the hottest girls at Hogwarts, and if she fancied him, he wasn't gonna say no.
"Yay!" Pansy took Ron's hand and practically dragged him into the Slytherin common room. They sat on the couch and started talking. Well, to be exact, Pansy was doing all the talking and Ron was just sitting there, trying to keep up with what she was saying.
"So Harry, do you have anyone in mind to ask to the graduation?" Hermione asked.
"I think so, but are people in a different year allowed to go?" Harry asked.
"I don't see why not. I need, they're your date."
"Ok, well, let's go then," Harry said, headed upstairs to the Gryffindor common room. When he entered, she was sitting on the couch, reading a book, her flaming red hair tied back in a sloppy bun. He walked over to her and sat next to her.
"Hey Gin, what are you reading?"
"A book that my mum sent me. It's a Muggle romance novel."
"Speaking of romance, would you like to go to the graduation with me?"
Ginny took her eyes off her book and looked at Harry.
"Really? You want to go with me?"
"Sure. Why not? We'd have a great time."
"Of course I'll go with you Harry. I've always had kind of a thing for you."
Harry smiled. He had a date for the graduation. So what if it was his best friend's sister. It's only a graduation, right? If not as if anything was going to happen, right?
About an hour later, Hermione, Harry and Draco were sitting in the common room. Ginny had gone off with some of her friends, no doubt to tell them her good news. Harry had just told Hermione and Draco his news.
"Harry, you asked Ginny?" Hermione asked, shocked.
"Yeah so what?" Harry asked.
"Harry, this is bad. Does Ron know yet?"
"Yeah, he knows. Hermione, what's the big deal?"
Ron walked in the common room, followed by Pansy. They sat down on another couch.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Ron asked.
"Ron, you know Harry asked Ginny to the graduation, right?" Hermione said.
"Yeah, what's the big deal? It's only dinner and a dance."
"Don't tell me you guys didn't heard the saying about the graduation?" Hermione said, looking at them.
"What saying?" Ron asked.
"The saying that says whoever you invite to your graduation, you have to spend that night with," Hermione said, not believing that they haven't heard that before.
"So Hermione? Of course they are gonna spend the night together, he did ask her. I didn't expect him to ask Ginny and when he got there, go off and dance with someone else," Ron said, really confused.
"Not that kind of spend the night together Ron."
"You don't mean...please don't tell me that...Harry has to sleep with Ginny?" Ron asked nervously.
"That's what I meant Ron."
Ron looked menacingly at Harry.
"Harry, I swear. If you sleep with my sister, you better plan on dying when I find out. And believe me, I will find out. I don't care what the saying says. You better not sleep with my sister," Ron said in that big brother kind of way.
"Chill out Ron mate. I wouldn't do that if you didn't want me to."
A/N: Another short chapter, but hey, it's still another chapter. I am so happy. 4th chapter in two days. That's a big time record for me. Any questions? Confusion? Review! I'll answer any questions you have.