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Chapter 4

For the next few days Hermione observed the way Parvati and Lavender dressed, and especially how they acted around boys.

I have so much to learn, Hermione thought as she put a bit of de-frizzing gel into her hair and massaging it into her scalp, Now what else did it say to do? She picked up the container and read the instructions.

She took her brush and ran it through her long brown hair. She put her hair in a side-ways ponytail so that her hair was resting on only one of her shoulders.

Hermione looked in the mirror and stared at herself in awe, I look Spanish! This is mad cool. She thought as she closed the book called Hairstyles of the Centuries and New Age Era by Rosalyn Crystalline. In that book, they had various types of hairstyles from different centuries (as the name of the book suggested) and hairstyles from different parts of the world.

Hermione opened her trunk and placed the book under a stack of parchments she received from Ron, Harry…oh yeah, and Viktor over the summer.

She unrolled a piece of parchment when without warning the door opened and Parvati walked in.

Hermione quickly stuffed the parchment back into her trunk and closed it.

"C'mon Hermione. We're all waiting for you." She said twirling a strand of her black hair with a big smile on her face.

"We?" Hermione asked confused.

Parvati giggled, "You're so funny! Ron, Harry, Lavender, and me."

Hermione had half a mind to tell Parvati to leave her and her friends alone but then she decided against it and said, "Alright, let's go."

They both walked out of the Girls' Dormitory and to the Common Room where her friends were gathered.

"Finally!" Lavender exclaimed when she saw them, "Did you have constipation or something, Hermione?" She raised her eyebrows at Hermione.

Hermione ignored her question and slowly raised her eyes to look at Ron. Her lips formed into a huge smile when she saw Ron watching her with his mouth hanging open.

"Oh by the way, what did you do to your hair?" Parvati asked spinning Hermione around to face her.

"Er…" Hermione trailed off. What was Parvati's problem anyway?

"Um, let's go to Charms before Professor Flitwick makes us write a foot long essay on the use of charms in our daily lives or something." Harry said changing the subject.

Parvati looked thoughtful for a minute before saying, "C'mon Ron. Let's go." She grabbed Ron's hand and led him out of the Common Room.

When Hermione, Harry, and Lavender reached the Charms classroom, they all took their seats.

Hermione sat next to Harry who was next to Ron. She saw Ron and Harry whispering to each other. She turned her face in the other direction and saw Parvati looking at Ron and then glaring at her.

She felt a tap on her shoulder and turned to see what Harry wanted.

"Hi." Ron said when she turned.

Her eyes widened and her heart started beating wildly.

"You shouldn't listen to Parvati, I think your hair looks wonderful." Ron whispered in her ear, since Professor Flitwick started his lesson.

Hermione felt chills go up her arm, "Thanks."

"I'm sure Viktor would be impressed." Ron said and then winked.

Hermione almost glared at him but then she focused on Professor Flitwick who was talking about…wait, she had no idea what he was talking about! Hermione gasped, Oh my God! I'm going to fail Charms! This is all Ron's fault. Why'd he have to tell me that my hair looked wonderful? I can't even concentrate now. Especially since, he's sitting right next to me…

"Miss Granger!"

Hermione sat up in her chair startled, "Yes?" she asked looking wildly around the room. She just hoped that she didn't look like a mad woman, which she think she did because a few people started laughing.

Professor Flitwick looked disappointed, "Please see me after class."

Hermione groaned, Just great.

When class was over Hermione was one of the last people to get up from her seat.

"We'll wait for you outside." Harry said.

"No it's okay, you guys go ahead." Hermione said, "It'll only take a few minutes."

"Okay, well, good luck, Herm." Ron said and then they both exited the room.

Hermione walked cautiously to Professor Flitwick's table. He was busy sorting out some papers.

She stood there for a good few seconds before saying, "Um, Professor, you wanted to see me?"

Professor Flitwick looked up at her and her heart almost stopped. His eyes were blood red, "Yes, Miss Granger. I've been waiting for you."

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"We should've checked Professor Flitwick's classroom again." Ron said that evening in the Common Room. After that discussion Hermione was supposed to have with Professor Flitwick, she didn't go to any of her other classes.

"We checked his class three times, Ron!" Harry pointed out.

Ron felt worried, "What if something happened? I swear if that git did anything to her…" he trailed off.

"Who's a git?" Ginny asked sitting on the chair next to Harry, "Where's Hermione?"

"Professor Flitwick." Harry answered.

"We don't know. She just disappeared!" Ron exclaimed frustrated, "Where could she have gone?"

"Don't worry, she'll come back. She always does. Maybe she just had to do some extra credit for Professor Flitwick." Ginny suggested.

"But she has top marks in the class, why would she-" Ron started.

"Her grades are dropping, Ron." Ginny interrupted.

Ron looked surprised, "But-she-would never let her grades drop." He stammered.

"Well, that's your fault!" Ginny exclaimed crossing her arms over her chest.

Ron looked at Harry and then at Ginny with raised eyebrows, "What're you talking about?"

"If you don't understand, then I'm not going to tell you." With that, Ginny got up and walked away, leaving Ron even more confused.