Chapter 2 – Love sundae's

Hermione's POV

What the hell was he talking about? Why wouldn't I cry if he called me a mudblood? God, boys can be SO confusing...

"Hermione, were you crying because of Malfoy?" Harry asked me. Oh thanks Malfoy, thank you very much for telling them, when you saw me wipe my tears away when Ron got here. I still didn't answer Harry, so he continued to ask. "And what did he mean when he said 'you of all shouldn't cry' or whatever?"

"I don't know Harry, I really don't know, but you know Malfoy, he likes to make things up, so I'm just going to ignore him..."I said. "Oh there you are Mrs Weasley!" I said as she came shooting through the fireplace.

"Oh, I do get annoyed with all this soot!" Mrs Weasley began, trying to brush it off her home-made robes. "Oh Ginny, I will be glad when you pass your apparition test, than at least when we come to Diagon Alley, we won't be filthy. Anyway, what books is it you need? Oh wait, must go to Gringotts. Come on dears, lets go. No, Ronald, put that book down, for the last time you do NOT need another quidditch book....

"Hermione?" Ginny asked me as we walked down the cobblestone street of Diagon Alley. Mrs Weasley had already returned to the Burrow, her arms laden with new books, a set of new robes for Ginny, owl pellets for Errol and Pig, and a new wand for Ginny.

"Yes, Gin?" I asked.

"I need to talk to you about something" she said, as we walked into the Ice Cream parlour.

"What is it?" I asked, as we sat down. I noticed Harry and Ron sitting at a table nearby with Seamus and Dean, both of whom were staring at me with slight shocked expression on their faces. They soon turned back to Ron and Harry, and kept glancing back at me, and then back to Ron and Harry. Oh well, maybe they were telling them about me being Head Girl.

Ginny looked at me, with a very serious look on her face.

"Malfoy likes you" she said simply. I'm sorry, but pardon?

"What? You are joking, aren't you?" I asked.

"No, of course I'm not, didn't you see him looking at you?" This isn't making any sense!

"Ginny, Malfoy looked at Ron and Harry too, it doesn't mean he likes them either!" Well, it doesn't... Does it?!?

"No, Hermione, it was the way he was looking at you. Honestly, you could see it in his eyes, he liked what he was seeing. He really like it." She was smiling at me, and I still wasn't sure if she was joking or not.

"Yeah, whatever" I said. I then turned to the waiter. "Excuse me, can we have two sundae's please?"