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Chapter 13 ~ Sleeping Banshee ~
Hermione woke up the next morning in an unusually good mood. It was a bright beautiful day in November. She stretched out her legs and sat up. She hurried to the prefects' bathroom. She had to use the loo something terrible.
Hurrying down the halls with her arms full of books she ran into someone tall, with a hard chest. She looked up. "Uh! Watch where you're going Malfoy!"
"Excuse me? I believe it was you that wasn't watching where you were going."
"If you were watching where you were going, Malfoy, you would've been able to stop me before I ran into you, isn't that right?" Hermione pushed past him. The Slytherin boy, not knowing a retort for her last comment, let her pass.
Still in a hurry to get there Hermione started to run. "Hey! Girl! No running in the halls!" Filch! She slowed her run to a fast walk and finally made it to the prefects' bathroom.
After bathing and getting ready Hermione headed back to the Gryffindor tower. She felt happier than she had in a long time. She had a wonderful boyfriend, a great best friend, the best grades in their year, and enough integrity to make Draco Malfoy feel 2 inches tall.
"Password?" The Fat Lady asked.
"Ferret Boy." She smiled. Ron's idea. She passed it on to the rest of the Gryffindor prefects and they all unanimously agreed to it.
"You sure look happy this morning." The Fat Lady commented before the picture swung open. She walked through the hole. Her two friends were already waiting for her; their backs turned in her direction. She snuck up behind them.
"BOO!" They turned around with wide eyes as she laughed.
"You're supposed to be upstairs!" Ron cried.
"Am I? Is this some kind of rule I wasn't aware of?"
"You know what he meant." Harry said.
"I was at the prefects' bathroom."
"Oh. Well, since you're so early this morning, let's go."
"We have to wait for Ginny."
"Go get her, then."
"Harry, why don't you get her?" Hermione asked.
"NO!" both boys practically shouted.
"Okay! It was just a simple question." Hermione mumbled climbing the stairs. She knocked on Ginny's door. "GINNY!" There was no answer.
Hermione opened the door, and saw Ginny still asleep on the bed. "Ginny! It's almost time for breakfast! Get up." Hermione tried shaking Ginny awake, but her attempt failed as Ginny slapped her hands and yelled for her to go away. "Ginny if you don't wake up, I'm going to go get Ron!"
"Go ahead." Hermione turned and left the room. Ginny definitely was NOT a morning person, Hermione thought as she climbed down the stairs.
"Where is she?" Ron asked impatiently.
"She's still sleeping. Come help me Ron."
"Oh, No! I'm not going anywhere near her. She is not someone you WANT to wake up. If she doesn't wake up on her own, I wouldn't go near her." That confirmed her guess of Ginny not being a morning person.
"Ron. Help me!" Hermione climbed back up the stairs.
Ron turned back to Harry, who was quite amused at the whole situation. "This is not going to be pretty!" Ron said as he climbed the stairs after Hermione.
When he got to Ginny's room Hermione was being yelled at by Ginny, whose arms were flailing in the air trying to hit her. "VIRGINIA WEASLEY! Get out of bed right now!" Ron yelled at her.
"Go away, RONALD WEASLEY!" Ginny screamed back. Hermione, along with Harry, who was now standing in the doorway, were laughing at the two siblings.
Ron stomped over to his little sister's bed and tried pulling Ginny up by one of her arms, resulting in only a kick in the butt. Ginny: 1 Ron: 0.
Noticing Harry standing in the doorway, Hermione decided to use it to her advantage. "Ginny! Guess whose here? It's Harry!"
Ginny immediately stopped her kicking and screaming and looked to the door. "Oh Hi, Harry." She brushed the ruffled hair out of her face. Her cheeks started to turn a deep shade of red.
"Hi Ginny." He said back, politely.
"Alright, let's leave Ginny here to get dressed." Hermione got up.
"No. Hermione stay." Hermione nodded and shooed the two boys out of Ginny's room.
"All Right, Gin?"
"Hermione! That was really embarrassing!"
"What was?"
"You let Harry come up here and see me like this."
"I didn't let him up. I think Ron did. And you really don't look that bad."
"Are you kidding? I was a screaming banshee."
Hermione laughed. With all the screaming and Ginny's appearance, she did look very similar to a screaming banshee.
"It's not funny!"
Hermione, still laughing, crossed the room and opened the door. "Hurry up. We have to go." From across the room Ginny launched a pillow in Hermione's direction. Hermione sat down in a chair in the common room, by Harry, and Ron.
"That was interesting." Harry said.
"Yeah. I just got yelled at again. And she threw a pillow at me."
"For what? She's still cranky?"
"She's mad, because she thinks I LET harry into her room. She said she looked like a screaming banshee."
Ron and Harry laughed. They agreed as well. Ginny, finally coming down the stairs was confronted by the three laughing friends. "What are you guys laughing about?" She asked as they immediately stopped.
The group left the room and walked down the hall. Today everyone walked together. Hermione held hands with Ron as they walked down the halls. Of course, the boys still talked about quidditch and the girls listened politely.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Hermione spent the rest of the day holding hands with Ron and listening to Harry and him talk. She would've tried to get away, but every time she let go of his hand he would stop what he was doing and take it back. It was sweet really, annoying, but sweet.
At the end of the day, the group sat around the fire doing their homework. Ron had tried to get her to do his homework again. It didn't work. She avoided eye contact while he gave her puppy eyes. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Chapter 13 ~ Sleeping Banshee ~
Hermione woke up the next morning in an unusually good mood. It was a bright beautiful day in November. She stretched out her legs and sat up. She hurried to the prefects' bathroom. She had to use the loo something terrible.
Hurrying down the halls with her arms full of books she ran into someone tall, with a hard chest. She looked up. "Uh! Watch where you're going Malfoy!"
"Excuse me? I believe it was you that wasn't watching where you were going."
"If you were watching where you were going, Malfoy, you would've been able to stop me before I ran into you, isn't that right?" Hermione pushed past him. The Slytherin boy, not knowing a retort for her last comment, let her pass.
Still in a hurry to get there Hermione started to run. "Hey! Girl! No running in the halls!" Filch! She slowed her run to a fast walk and finally made it to the prefects' bathroom.
After bathing and getting ready Hermione headed back to the Gryffindor tower. She felt happier than she had in a long time. She had a wonderful boyfriend, a great best friend, the best grades in their year, and enough integrity to make Draco Malfoy feel 2 inches tall.
"Password?" The Fat Lady asked.
"Ferret Boy." She smiled. Ron's idea. She passed it on to the rest of the Gryffindor prefects and they all unanimously agreed to it.
"You sure look happy this morning." The Fat Lady commented before the picture swung open. She walked through the hole. Her two friends were already waiting for her; their backs turned in her direction. She snuck up behind them.
"BOO!" They turned around with wide eyes as she laughed.
"You're supposed to be upstairs!" Ron cried.
"Am I? Is this some kind of rule I wasn't aware of?"
"You know what he meant." Harry said.
"I was at the prefects' bathroom."
"Oh. Well, since you're so early this morning, let's go."
"We have to wait for Ginny."
"Go get her, then."
"Harry, why don't you get her?" Hermione asked.
"NO!" both boys practically shouted.
"Okay! It was just a simple question." Hermione mumbled climbing the stairs. She knocked on Ginny's door. "GINNY!" There was no answer.
Hermione opened the door, and saw Ginny still asleep on the bed. "Ginny! It's almost time for breakfast! Get up." Hermione tried shaking Ginny awake, but her attempt failed as Ginny slapped her hands and yelled for her to go away. "Ginny if you don't wake up, I'm going to go get Ron!"
"Go ahead." Hermione turned and left the room. Ginny definitely was NOT a morning person, Hermione thought as she climbed down the stairs.
"Where is she?" Ron asked impatiently.
"She's still sleeping. Come help me Ron."
"Oh, No! I'm not going anywhere near her. She is not someone you WANT to wake up. If she doesn't wake up on her own, I wouldn't go near her." That confirmed her guess of Ginny not being a morning person.
"Ron. Help me!" Hermione climbed back up the stairs.
Ron turned back to Harry, who was quite amused at the whole situation. "This is not going to be pretty!" Ron said as he climbed the stairs after Hermione.
When he got to Ginny's room Hermione was being yelled at by Ginny, whose arms were flailing in the air trying to hit her. "VIRGINIA WEASLEY! Get out of bed right now!" Ron yelled at her.
"Go away, RONALD WEASLEY!" Ginny screamed back. Hermione, along with Harry, who was now standing in the doorway, were laughing at the two siblings.
Ron stomped over to his little sister's bed and tried pulling Ginny up by one of her arms, resulting in only a kick in the butt. Ginny: 1 Ron: 0.
Noticing Harry standing in the doorway, Hermione decided to use it to her advantage. "Ginny! Guess whose here? It's Harry!"
Ginny immediately stopped her kicking and screaming and looked to the door. "Oh Hi, Harry." She brushed the ruffled hair out of her face. Her cheeks started to turn a deep shade of red.
"Hi Ginny." He said back, politely.
"Alright, let's leave Ginny here to get dressed." Hermione got up.
"No. Hermione stay." Hermione nodded and shooed the two boys out of Ginny's room.
"All Right, Gin?"
"Hermione! That was really embarrassing!"
"What was?"
"You let Harry come up here and see me like this."
"I didn't let him up. I think Ron did. And you really don't look that bad."
"Are you kidding? I was a screaming banshee."
Hermione laughed. With all the screaming and Ginny's appearance, she did look very similar to a screaming banshee.
"It's not funny!"
Hermione, still laughing, crossed the room and opened the door. "Hurry up. We have to go." From across the room Ginny launched a pillow in Hermione's direction. Hermione sat down in a chair in the common room, by Harry, and Ron.
"That was interesting." Harry said.
"Yeah. I just got yelled at again. And she threw a pillow at me."
"For what? She's still cranky?"
"She's mad, because she thinks I LET harry into her room. She said she looked like a screaming banshee."
Ron and Harry laughed. They agreed as well. Ginny, finally coming down the stairs was confronted by the three laughing friends. "What are you guys laughing about?" She asked as they immediately stopped.
The group left the room and walked down the hall. Today everyone walked together. Hermione held hands with Ron as they walked down the halls. Of course, the boys still talked about quidditch and the girls listened politely.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Hermione spent the rest of the day holding hands with Ron and listening to Harry and him talk. She would've tried to get away, but every time she let go of his hand he would stop what he was doing and take it back. It was sweet really, annoying, but sweet.
At the end of the day, the group sat around the fire doing their homework. Ron had tried to get her to do his homework again. It didn't work. She avoided eye contact while he gave her puppy eyes. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*