The next day at breakfast Hermione tried to act as normal as possible in front of Ron.
"I wonder how our schedules would look like this year." She said talking about a safe topic, school. That's the one reason she loved school so much, the school and subjects could never hurt you, even if you fall in love with it. They would never go and flirt with Parvati and Lavender-oh my God Hermione! Control yourself, C-O-N-T-R-O-L! She commanded herself. If she continued thinking like this, she might just end up going to St. Mungos.
"I wonder too." Ron agreed putting a large piece of bacon into his mouth and swallowing.
"Chew Ron, chew!" Hermione joked laughing.
Ron stopped chewing as if he couldn't chew and think at the same time, then he continued chewing on his merry little way.
"You'd think that it was him who got stuck at the Dursley's this summer." Harry pointed out grinning, "They were always on some bloody diet, as if it ever helped Dudley."
Ron chuckled, "Goo on 'arry!" He said through a mouthful of food.
Hermione thought that she would've been disgusted at seeing him eat like that, but she was so used to it that she actually thought that it was attractive, in a weird sort of way.
The sound of the owls entering the Great Hall echoed throughout the room.
All three of them looked up expectantly.
Her owl, Noisette stopped right in the middle of Hermione's breakfast plate with a roll of parchment hanging around her neck.
"Ugh, okay I was done with that anyway." Hermione said pushing her plate away from her, she removed the parchment and stroked Noisette's head..
A brown owl landed next to Harry with the Daily Prophet.
Hermione looked down at the parchment and started unrolling it.
She could feel Ron's eyes on her, "Who's it from?" he asked leaning close to her, since he was next to her and Harry was across from them.
Hermione felt the heat rising in her face, "Ron, stop." She turned her back to him. She already knew who it was from, Viktor Krum.
It said:
Dear Hermmy,
I didn't hear from you in the summer, I hope all is well. You did not answer my request to have you stay with my family and I over the Christmas break. I hope I will see you then, please answer soon. I miss you.
-Viktor Krum
Hermione heard a gasp behind her and knew it was Ron, who else would have the indecency to read behind someone's back?
"VIKTOR KRUM? You and VIKTOR?" Ron asked incredulously.
Hermione didn't like lying to anyone, especially Ron but as she thought about how he was acting with Parvati and Lavender and she replied, "Yes, you have a problem with that?"
Ron's mouth was hanging open.
Hermione quickly rolled up the parchment and looked at Harry who looked just as shocked, but then averted his eyes back to the newspaper.
"I thought it was over between you two." Ron said.
"Well, it's not." Hermione answered shortly. She pushed back her chair and stood up.
"Where are you going?" Ron asked.
"To class."
As she walked away from the Gryffindor table she heard Ron say to Harry, "But we didn't even get our schedule yet!"
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Hermione headed straight to the Owlry after breakfast to write a response to Viktor's letter.
She picked up her quill and dipped it in ink. Then, she started writing.
Hello Viktor,
Everything's fine with me. I'm just really busy with school and all. I'm not sure if I can visit you at Christmas. I'll send you another owl when I have made my decision. How is Quidditch going?
Your friend,
-Hermione
Short and sweet, Hermione thought rolling up the parchment and hanging it around Noisette's neck. "Take this to Viktor Krum. Take your time on the journey."
The door to the Owlry creaked opened.
Hermione spun around and saw Draco Malfoy.
"What are you doing here, Granger?" Draco asked, he looked around the room, "Where's dumb and dumber?"
"If you are referring to my friends, it's none of your business where they are." Hermione snapped.
Draco gave her a knowing look, "Ah…so I see that they've finally gone and left you. Now you have nowhere else to go but to the Owlry. Where you find many satisfactions in talking to the owls and conversing about which rat is more nutritious and that sort of thing."
Hermione glared at him, "You must be one of the most stupidest blokes in this school! People come here to send owls to other people, for your kind information. I don't know how you send letters to people at your place but we do things here legally."
Draco's face turned red, he took a few steps forward menacingly, "Don't talk about what you don't know you filthy Mudblood!"
"Oh I know perfectly well what your kind is capable of, Malfoy." Hermione replied pushing Draco aside and walking to the door.
"Oh yeah?"
Hermione turned around and looked at him curiously, "Oh yeah, what?"
Draco pulled out his wand from inside his robes.
"Accio!" Hermione exclaimed quickly waving her wand.
"No!" Draco tried holding on to it, but the force was too great and his wand came flying in Hermione's direction.
"Next time Malfoy, I suggest you keep your mouth shut." Hermione said walking away from Draco, who was now seething.
"Give me my wand." Draco commanded.
"If you want it so bad…take it!" Hermione threw his wand up in the air and watched it as it fell graciously in a mound of owl dung.
Draco let out a surprised scream, "My wand!"
Hermione laughed before quickly exiting the room. That was interesting, she thought as she headed to the Gryffindor Common Room to see if Harry or Ron got their schedules yet.
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