Chapter 5: Cheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater!
I stepped out of the fireplace and dusted myself off. Looking around my eyes fell upon a very familiar picture. OH MY GOD! It was as though my picture of Hermione from kindergarten! I walked over to her, not noticing whom she was with.
"Hermit Crab?" I asked, using the nickname from when we went to the aquarium. She looked at me.
"Dragon?" She answered. We grabbed each other in a large embrace "Oh my god! How have you been?"
"Great! How have you been?" I answered
"Same! Wow," she giggled. I missed that giggle so much "Remember on the first day of kindergarten when we had to draw those pictures?"
"Oh my god! I was just thinking that!" I exclaimed
"YOU'RE WEARING YOUR BRACELET!"
"SO ARE YOU!" we grabbed each other and hugged again.
"I can't believe it's you!" she linked our arms and said to the person next to her that she'd meet up with him and the other person they were with later. We ran off to the ice cream place and ordered a banana split.
"So what's new in your life?" I asked as I took a scoop of the banana. I would always have one banana and she would have the other and we would split the whipped cream then fight over the cherry.
"Not much really. I mean two of my friends are staying with me this summer while my parents are visiting my relatives in America so we have the house to ourselves for eight weeks. Hey, would you like to come for dinner? I'm sure my friends wouldn't mind. In fact, I think that they'll be out tonight. There's some quidditch game that they're going to. They wont be home until late," Hermione answered. "And I promise cherries!" she quickly took the cherry and plopped it into her mouth. She grinned at me as though we were five again. I never saw a more beautiful smile. My kindergarten friend had become a beautiful woman. I smiled back at her.
"O.K. You're on. What time do you want me over?" I asked
"Well, my friends aren't leaving until around six or something, so how about a quarter to? That way you can meet them"
"I'd love to. And I would also love to take your whipped cream, considering I have finished mine" I quickly scooped up some of her whipped cream and stuffed it into my mouth. She made an angry face and took some of my banana. We then got into a "fight to the death" with our spoons, making growling noises at each other. We ended up laughing so much that Hermione got the hiccups.
"Well, I think I should go. I have to get my school supplies and meet my friends. Ugh. So do you remember where I live?" Hermione said through hiccups.
"How could I forget. I spent most of my sixth year there. You house was my second home. So I guess I'll see you later" I stood up with her and gave her a big hug and a kiss on the cheek. "I missed you." I walked away.
"Don't forget, a quarter to six" she called after me. I walked over the Leaky Couldron to change into my wizard clothes.
Hermione's POV
I watched as Draco walked into the Leaky Cauldron. God I missed him so much! We were joined at the hip all through kindergarten. I loved that boy more than pixi-stix!
I looked at him from where I was sitting. Damn! He was hot! He was built and had a nice six-pack. His hair was an angelic silvery blond and his skin was slightly tanned. I was so excited for tonight!
"'Mione!" I heard from behind me. I turned around to see Harry and Ron running towards me. "Where have you been? We've been looking all over for you"
"Oh, well I was just catching up with a friend of mine. He's coming over for dinner tonight."
"And would that happen to be because we will be out my dear Hermione?" Ron asked
"No. In fact he's coming before you two leave so you all can meet. Now let's go change at the Leaky Cauldron"
"I'm so glad Tom has that room so people who come from the muggle world can change into their magical world clothes" Harry said as we made our way into the boy dressing room.
After they all change
I walked our wearing a light blue skirt, a white blouse and a coral robe. Over the summer I learned the word "color" and that there is more than black, white and tan. Put my hair in a messy bun and took out all of my earrings. I finished up by taking off my lip-gloss and putting on a light shade of pink. I looked like my old self again.
I looked around and saw Ron wearing khakis, a blue shirt and a black robe. He was drinking butterbeer at a table for three. I looked around for Harry.
"Ron, did you see where Harry went?" I asked him as I sat down.
"Oh, um I think he went with Lavender and Parvati somewhere" Ron said, trying to remember
"Oh, well then let's wait a little for him" Hermione said. She knew that Lavender and Parvati both found Harry very attractive and were always throwing themselves at him, but she knew that he would never do anything with them.
Fifteen Minutes Later
"Where do you suppose they are?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know. Do you want to go look for them? We can tell Tom to inform Harry that we're looking for him if he comes back."
"Tom, you tell Harry that we have gone to look for him if he returns before we dome back?" Hermione asked. The innkeeper nodded his head.
The two friends walked out of the inn to see Harry making out with Lavender and Parvati. His hand was slowly moving towards the bottom of Parvati's mini skirt and was already up Lavender's shirt
"EXPELLARIMUS!" Hermione shouted. The two girls went flying. Hermione made her way to Harry with her wand drawn and aimed at him. She had a death glare on her face. Harry felt his knees weaken.
'Hermione will never believe what happened. Oh shit! I'm done for.' Harry thought as he watched as Hermione got closer. She raised her wand and said something. Harry felt his feet rise from the ground. She levitated him to a fireplace. She threw in some floo powder and screamed "Granger House!" The two were then brought in a swirling green fire to Hermione's house. She continued to levitate Harry up the stairs and into her room. As soon as they got into the room Hermione slammed the door. Harry dropped from where he was floating, where his head was toughing the ceiling.
A strong gust of wind filled the room and Harry thought he saw flames in Hermione's eyes.
"HARRY JAMES POTTER!" She screamed. "WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU JUST DOING!"
"Hermione, please! Listen to me" Harry cringed
"I'M LISTENING! WHO THE HELL SAID I WASN'T!" Hermione was very angry.
"Listen, I went to pick up something and they just came up from behind me. Th-they..." He began, but Hermione didn't believe a word he was saying
"LIKE HELL! WHAT WERE YOU PICKING UP! A CONDOM SO THE THREE OF YOU COULD SHAG RIGHT THEN AND THERE! AND WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT IF THEY KNOW I'M DATING YOU"
"NOW YOU LISTEN HERE HERMIONE!" Flames sprung from Hermione's eyes "I mean, Hermione, please. Just let me explain." She crossed her arms. Harry stood up and walked across the room to his fuming girlfriend. He sighed to himself. Things were so much simpler and better when they were just friends. "here's what happened. I had to go to muggle London to pick something up for me and Ron. On my way there I heard Parvati and Lavender talking. I began to speed up, knowing what was going to happen, but they noticed me..."
Flashback
I was walking down the alley to go to pick up the present.
"I still can't believe that she's going out with him. He is so hot." I recognized the voice as Parvati's. Ever since she walked in on me and Hermione kissing on the train she and Lavender had continuously come for surprise visits, trying to seduce me, or so Ron, 'Mione and I thought. It was very sad indeed.
"You'd think that catching us in the closet would, ooo. Oh Harry!" Lavender yelled.
I turned around to become face to face with Lavender and Parvati. They were holding butterbeers in their hands. I rolled my eyes and walked over to them.
"Hello girls. What's up" I said with a fake smile on my face.
"Oh nothing in particular" Lavender said (Parvati giggled and Lavender looked down) as she seductively put her mouth on the straw and sipped her butterbeer.
"Okay then. Well I think I'll be going now. I have something to pick up. Good bye" I rushed to turn around, but Parvati was right behind me.
"At least have a butterbeer before you go." She said with puppy-dog eyes. I rolled my eyes again and took a sip of her butterbeer. "happy?" I asked
"We got you a special one though" Lavender said as she held out the one she was holding. I turned around and took a sip of the one she was holding. It tasted like strawberries. I felt a weird sensation fill me. I stared at the two girls as they jumped on me.
I began to kiss them furiously as they pushed me up against the wall.
End Flashback
Hermione looked at Harry with disbelieving eyes. He looked painstakingly at her. Hermione lowered her head.
"As soon as I heard your voice, whatever spell they had over me broke. I came back to reality and realized what I was doin-"
"A love potion" Hermione whispered.
"What?"
"OH MY GOD!" Hermione cried "THOSE BITCHES USED A FREAKING LOVE POTION ON YOU!"
"Holy fucking shit."
They then heard a tapping on the door. While Hermione stood in silence, Harry opened the door to see Ron with a scowl on hid face.
"Thought you might want these mate." He motioned to Parvati and Lavender who were sitting on Hermione's couch. They looked pissed off.
"Wha-ho-RON! What did you do!" Harry exclaimed excitedly (and curiously).
"Well, after Hermione and you left I grabbed these two and made them spill. I brought them over here as soon as I could." He leant to the right and looked at Hermione. "How is she mate?"
"I don't think she believes me" Harry whispered.
"Well at least you got the present, right?" Ron asked hopefully
Harry looked at the floor with sad eyes.
"HARRY! The store closed already and we needed it for tomorrow morning!" Ron hissed
"I know mate. Maybe we can just pick it up tomorrow"
"Fine, so do you want me to talk to Hermione while you deal with those two?"
"Don't bother" a cold voice came from behind the two boys. They quickly turned around to face Hermione. She looked really pissed off "I will" the two boys were flung into her room by an invisible force. The door closed and locked behind them.
"So, you two thought it would be funny to break up me and Harry?" Hermione said as she walked down the stairs. "What the fuck is your problem?"
"Listen Hermione. We're sorry, but we were told to do this" Parvati pleaded
"Yea! By a higher force that is not to be tampered with" Lavender added
"WHOM!" the flames came back to Hermione's eyes
"We were told not to tell" Parvati said
"PROFESSOR TRELAWNY!?" Hermione screamed
"How did you know?" Lavender was confused
"Why did she tell you to do so?" Hermione was hurt. She felt betrayed
"She said that in order to reach your fate you must remain unattached for a great loss will come if not" Parvati said as though she was all knowing
"And you believed that old crackhead! Oh my god! What the hell goes through your tiny, peabrain mind!"
"She said that Harry was meant for a great destiny and would need his friends." Lavender addad
"Also you two and Ron are a trio and if you and Harry go out then you're a duo and a solo and that is just wrong" Parvati added stupidly
"I understand that you two worship that woman, but things between me and Harry are fine. I appreciate that since you believed the old hag you were only doing this for my good, but please don't try this again, otherwise I'll do worse to you that what I was planning on doing to Harry before" Hermione turned away from the two. "Please leave now"
She heard the two floo out of the house. Hermione walked up the stairs to her room and turned the knob. The door opened easily.
"Ron, can you please leave the room for a minute?" Hermione asked. He got up from where Hermione had thrown him and Harry and left the room, closing the door behind him. "Harry, I think we need to talk" she said. Her eyes looked strong, but she wanted to just break down. What Parvati said had stuck to her. Things had been weird since she and Harry hooked up.
Harry stood up and walked over to her. He tried to take her hand in his, but she pulled her's away. He looked into her eyes.
"Harry, I think that-well, what I want to say is-damn! Why is there no easy way to say this? Harry," she pulled him down onto the bed and stared into his eyes. She moved a piece of hair out of his eyes. "Harry, things were so much better when we were friends. The only thing that's changed is that now we kiss and stuff. I also feel weird, I mean, before Sirius died (Harry flinched at the thought and began to tear) and you kissed me (Harry's eyes stopped tearing at the happy memory), I thought of you as my brother, and now that feeling is coming back. I swear that this isn't because of the Parvati/Lavender thing. It's just that I don't feel any different than when we were friends. I'm sorry."
Harry looked at her and laughed.
"What? What's so funny?"
"Well, I was actually feeling that way too. 'Mione, we were meant to be friends. Best friends. I'm supposed to date other girls and beat the shit outta guys who even look at you" Harry laughed. Hermione smiled because he wasn't upset about this. Ron then knocked on the door with a curious look on his face.
"I heard Harry laughing uncontrollably in here. Is everything ok?" He asked
"Yes, everything is fine Ron" Hermione said as she touched her chest.
A/N yea, I know that those two are idiots for not knowing that Draco is Draco Malfoy and Hermione is Hermione Granger, but they are stupid and look different. Also, except for the disarming spell, all of the magic Hermione performed was wandless magic
I stepped out of the fireplace and dusted myself off. Looking around my eyes fell upon a very familiar picture. OH MY GOD! It was as though my picture of Hermione from kindergarten! I walked over to her, not noticing whom she was with.
"Hermit Crab?" I asked, using the nickname from when we went to the aquarium. She looked at me.
"Dragon?" She answered. We grabbed each other in a large embrace "Oh my god! How have you been?"
"Great! How have you been?" I answered
"Same! Wow," she giggled. I missed that giggle so much "Remember on the first day of kindergarten when we had to draw those pictures?"
"Oh my god! I was just thinking that!" I exclaimed
"YOU'RE WEARING YOUR BRACELET!"
"SO ARE YOU!" we grabbed each other and hugged again.
"I can't believe it's you!" she linked our arms and said to the person next to her that she'd meet up with him and the other person they were with later. We ran off to the ice cream place and ordered a banana split.
"So what's new in your life?" I asked as I took a scoop of the banana. I would always have one banana and she would have the other and we would split the whipped cream then fight over the cherry.
"Not much really. I mean two of my friends are staying with me this summer while my parents are visiting my relatives in America so we have the house to ourselves for eight weeks. Hey, would you like to come for dinner? I'm sure my friends wouldn't mind. In fact, I think that they'll be out tonight. There's some quidditch game that they're going to. They wont be home until late," Hermione answered. "And I promise cherries!" she quickly took the cherry and plopped it into her mouth. She grinned at me as though we were five again. I never saw a more beautiful smile. My kindergarten friend had become a beautiful woman. I smiled back at her.
"O.K. You're on. What time do you want me over?" I asked
"Well, my friends aren't leaving until around six or something, so how about a quarter to? That way you can meet them"
"I'd love to. And I would also love to take your whipped cream, considering I have finished mine" I quickly scooped up some of her whipped cream and stuffed it into my mouth. She made an angry face and took some of my banana. We then got into a "fight to the death" with our spoons, making growling noises at each other. We ended up laughing so much that Hermione got the hiccups.
"Well, I think I should go. I have to get my school supplies and meet my friends. Ugh. So do you remember where I live?" Hermione said through hiccups.
"How could I forget. I spent most of my sixth year there. You house was my second home. So I guess I'll see you later" I stood up with her and gave her a big hug and a kiss on the cheek. "I missed you." I walked away.
"Don't forget, a quarter to six" she called after me. I walked over the Leaky Couldron to change into my wizard clothes.
Hermione's POV
I watched as Draco walked into the Leaky Cauldron. God I missed him so much! We were joined at the hip all through kindergarten. I loved that boy more than pixi-stix!
I looked at him from where I was sitting. Damn! He was hot! He was built and had a nice six-pack. His hair was an angelic silvery blond and his skin was slightly tanned. I was so excited for tonight!
"'Mione!" I heard from behind me. I turned around to see Harry and Ron running towards me. "Where have you been? We've been looking all over for you"
"Oh, well I was just catching up with a friend of mine. He's coming over for dinner tonight."
"And would that happen to be because we will be out my dear Hermione?" Ron asked
"No. In fact he's coming before you two leave so you all can meet. Now let's go change at the Leaky Cauldron"
"I'm so glad Tom has that room so people who come from the muggle world can change into their magical world clothes" Harry said as we made our way into the boy dressing room.
After they all change
I walked our wearing a light blue skirt, a white blouse and a coral robe. Over the summer I learned the word "color" and that there is more than black, white and tan. Put my hair in a messy bun and took out all of my earrings. I finished up by taking off my lip-gloss and putting on a light shade of pink. I looked like my old self again.
I looked around and saw Ron wearing khakis, a blue shirt and a black robe. He was drinking butterbeer at a table for three. I looked around for Harry.
"Ron, did you see where Harry went?" I asked him as I sat down.
"Oh, um I think he went with Lavender and Parvati somewhere" Ron said, trying to remember
"Oh, well then let's wait a little for him" Hermione said. She knew that Lavender and Parvati both found Harry very attractive and were always throwing themselves at him, but she knew that he would never do anything with them.
Fifteen Minutes Later
"Where do you suppose they are?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know. Do you want to go look for them? We can tell Tom to inform Harry that we're looking for him if he comes back."
"Tom, you tell Harry that we have gone to look for him if he returns before we dome back?" Hermione asked. The innkeeper nodded his head.
The two friends walked out of the inn to see Harry making out with Lavender and Parvati. His hand was slowly moving towards the bottom of Parvati's mini skirt and was already up Lavender's shirt
"EXPELLARIMUS!" Hermione shouted. The two girls went flying. Hermione made her way to Harry with her wand drawn and aimed at him. She had a death glare on her face. Harry felt his knees weaken.
'Hermione will never believe what happened. Oh shit! I'm done for.' Harry thought as he watched as Hermione got closer. She raised her wand and said something. Harry felt his feet rise from the ground. She levitated him to a fireplace. She threw in some floo powder and screamed "Granger House!" The two were then brought in a swirling green fire to Hermione's house. She continued to levitate Harry up the stairs and into her room. As soon as they got into the room Hermione slammed the door. Harry dropped from where he was floating, where his head was toughing the ceiling.
A strong gust of wind filled the room and Harry thought he saw flames in Hermione's eyes.
"HARRY JAMES POTTER!" She screamed. "WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU JUST DOING!"
"Hermione, please! Listen to me" Harry cringed
"I'M LISTENING! WHO THE HELL SAID I WASN'T!" Hermione was very angry.
"Listen, I went to pick up something and they just came up from behind me. Th-they..." He began, but Hermione didn't believe a word he was saying
"LIKE HELL! WHAT WERE YOU PICKING UP! A CONDOM SO THE THREE OF YOU COULD SHAG RIGHT THEN AND THERE! AND WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT IF THEY KNOW I'M DATING YOU"
"NOW YOU LISTEN HERE HERMIONE!" Flames sprung from Hermione's eyes "I mean, Hermione, please. Just let me explain." She crossed her arms. Harry stood up and walked across the room to his fuming girlfriend. He sighed to himself. Things were so much simpler and better when they were just friends. "here's what happened. I had to go to muggle London to pick something up for me and Ron. On my way there I heard Parvati and Lavender talking. I began to speed up, knowing what was going to happen, but they noticed me..."
Flashback
I was walking down the alley to go to pick up the present.
"I still can't believe that she's going out with him. He is so hot." I recognized the voice as Parvati's. Ever since she walked in on me and Hermione kissing on the train she and Lavender had continuously come for surprise visits, trying to seduce me, or so Ron, 'Mione and I thought. It was very sad indeed.
"You'd think that catching us in the closet would, ooo. Oh Harry!" Lavender yelled.
I turned around to become face to face with Lavender and Parvati. They were holding butterbeers in their hands. I rolled my eyes and walked over to them.
"Hello girls. What's up" I said with a fake smile on my face.
"Oh nothing in particular" Lavender said (Parvati giggled and Lavender looked down) as she seductively put her mouth on the straw and sipped her butterbeer.
"Okay then. Well I think I'll be going now. I have something to pick up. Good bye" I rushed to turn around, but Parvati was right behind me.
"At least have a butterbeer before you go." She said with puppy-dog eyes. I rolled my eyes again and took a sip of her butterbeer. "happy?" I asked
"We got you a special one though" Lavender said as she held out the one she was holding. I turned around and took a sip of the one she was holding. It tasted like strawberries. I felt a weird sensation fill me. I stared at the two girls as they jumped on me.
I began to kiss them furiously as they pushed me up against the wall.
End Flashback
Hermione looked at Harry with disbelieving eyes. He looked painstakingly at her. Hermione lowered her head.
"As soon as I heard your voice, whatever spell they had over me broke. I came back to reality and realized what I was doin-"
"A love potion" Hermione whispered.
"What?"
"OH MY GOD!" Hermione cried "THOSE BITCHES USED A FREAKING LOVE POTION ON YOU!"
"Holy fucking shit."
They then heard a tapping on the door. While Hermione stood in silence, Harry opened the door to see Ron with a scowl on hid face.
"Thought you might want these mate." He motioned to Parvati and Lavender who were sitting on Hermione's couch. They looked pissed off.
"Wha-ho-RON! What did you do!" Harry exclaimed excitedly (and curiously).
"Well, after Hermione and you left I grabbed these two and made them spill. I brought them over here as soon as I could." He leant to the right and looked at Hermione. "How is she mate?"
"I don't think she believes me" Harry whispered.
"Well at least you got the present, right?" Ron asked hopefully
Harry looked at the floor with sad eyes.
"HARRY! The store closed already and we needed it for tomorrow morning!" Ron hissed
"I know mate. Maybe we can just pick it up tomorrow"
"Fine, so do you want me to talk to Hermione while you deal with those two?"
"Don't bother" a cold voice came from behind the two boys. They quickly turned around to face Hermione. She looked really pissed off "I will" the two boys were flung into her room by an invisible force. The door closed and locked behind them.
"So, you two thought it would be funny to break up me and Harry?" Hermione said as she walked down the stairs. "What the fuck is your problem?"
"Listen Hermione. We're sorry, but we were told to do this" Parvati pleaded
"Yea! By a higher force that is not to be tampered with" Lavender added
"WHOM!" the flames came back to Hermione's eyes
"We were told not to tell" Parvati said
"PROFESSOR TRELAWNY!?" Hermione screamed
"How did you know?" Lavender was confused
"Why did she tell you to do so?" Hermione was hurt. She felt betrayed
"She said that in order to reach your fate you must remain unattached for a great loss will come if not" Parvati said as though she was all knowing
"And you believed that old crackhead! Oh my god! What the hell goes through your tiny, peabrain mind!"
"She said that Harry was meant for a great destiny and would need his friends." Lavender addad
"Also you two and Ron are a trio and if you and Harry go out then you're a duo and a solo and that is just wrong" Parvati added stupidly
"I understand that you two worship that woman, but things between me and Harry are fine. I appreciate that since you believed the old hag you were only doing this for my good, but please don't try this again, otherwise I'll do worse to you that what I was planning on doing to Harry before" Hermione turned away from the two. "Please leave now"
She heard the two floo out of the house. Hermione walked up the stairs to her room and turned the knob. The door opened easily.
"Ron, can you please leave the room for a minute?" Hermione asked. He got up from where Hermione had thrown him and Harry and left the room, closing the door behind him. "Harry, I think we need to talk" she said. Her eyes looked strong, but she wanted to just break down. What Parvati said had stuck to her. Things had been weird since she and Harry hooked up.
Harry stood up and walked over to her. He tried to take her hand in his, but she pulled her's away. He looked into her eyes.
"Harry, I think that-well, what I want to say is-damn! Why is there no easy way to say this? Harry," she pulled him down onto the bed and stared into his eyes. She moved a piece of hair out of his eyes. "Harry, things were so much better when we were friends. The only thing that's changed is that now we kiss and stuff. I also feel weird, I mean, before Sirius died (Harry flinched at the thought and began to tear) and you kissed me (Harry's eyes stopped tearing at the happy memory), I thought of you as my brother, and now that feeling is coming back. I swear that this isn't because of the Parvati/Lavender thing. It's just that I don't feel any different than when we were friends. I'm sorry."
Harry looked at her and laughed.
"What? What's so funny?"
"Well, I was actually feeling that way too. 'Mione, we were meant to be friends. Best friends. I'm supposed to date other girls and beat the shit outta guys who even look at you" Harry laughed. Hermione smiled because he wasn't upset about this. Ron then knocked on the door with a curious look on his face.
"I heard Harry laughing uncontrollably in here. Is everything ok?" He asked
"Yes, everything is fine Ron" Hermione said as she touched her chest.
A/N yea, I know that those two are idiots for not knowing that Draco is Draco Malfoy and Hermione is Hermione Granger, but they are stupid and look different. Also, except for the disarming spell, all of the magic Hermione performed was wandless magic