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The Underlying Truth

Chapter 2 – Dirty Work
(Hermione's POV)

We started to walk toward Flourish and Blotts. Once inside, we met up with Ginny.

"Can one of you come with me to get my books?"

"I guess I could go with you." Harry answered to my surprise.

Ginny blushed while walking away with him. This left Ron and I to get our books alone.

"So, um... we should get going then." I said bravely.

"Okay, let's get going then!" he answered back.

"Look whose here," yelled someone from the entrance of the bookshop.

Malfoy had come in with no other than his flunkies, Crabbe and Goyle, and a new member of his protection club, Pansy Parkinson. Malfoy walked toward us and snorted, "If its isn't the Weasel and his mudblood girl-"

Fortunately, Pansy was trying to kiss him.

"What the blood hell are you trying to do?"

"Why Draco, I love you!" Pansy cried.

"Well, I don't so do go around trying to touch me unless I tell you to."

"But.... you didn't say that last night." She said, winking furiously.

Ron and I walked away laughing. Harry and Ginny asked us, what was so funny.

"Malfoy is here with his girlfriend." Ron said.

Harry and Ginny found it very funny that the slime ball even had a girlfriend. "Who's his girlfriend?" they asked.

I started laughing harder, "Pansy Parkinson."

Harry and Ginny choked at the very thought.

"Real pathetic how no one else wants to be his girlfriend."

Harry, Ginny, and I started backing up. Ron realized that no one was laughing but having a very worried look on our face. Ron turned around and had saw Malfoy right behind him and had listened to what Ron had just said.

"Look who's talking, Weasel, I don't see you with a girlfriend.

"Well, I wouldn't sunk as low as to get the first thing that crosses my mind."

I thought. 'This has got to end and I see no one doing anything to stop before they get into a fight. 'I went and got in front of Ron before anything came out of their mouths.'

"Ron, let's just go and ignore him."

"So now you got the mudblood doing the dirty work for you."

"Shut it, Malfoy." I retorted in an angry manner. "Don't make me hurt you."

"You'll have to get through me first before you hurt, My Malfoy." Pansy yelled.

Harry and Ginny started to laugh loudly.

"Guess I'm not the only one doing the dirty work." I said and walked away from Malfoy while pulling Ron's arm with me. Harry and Ginny followed right behind.

When we finally got to where we were far from Malfoy, Ron said, "What the bloody hell was that all about?"

"Nothing, I don't anyone to argue and even less with Malfoy. So let's us just get our books and put this mayhem behind us." I said.

Ginny gave me an odd look and said, "You guys walk ahead. I need to speak with Hermione."

The boys walked ahead of them and the girls began to talk.

"Hermione, I think that was a little too obvious."

"I know but I want to know if he likes me and the only way he'll tell me if he does is by giving hints that I also like him. It's driving me crazy that I always talk to him and have the chance to tell but I can never find the right words. My nervousness takes over me and nothing comes out."

"Hermione, you'll have to tell him because then you'll regret you never did and it will eat you alive for not telling him when you have the chance."

This was too much for me to handle and I began to cry. "I don't know what to do anymore."

"We'll talk about this later if you want." Ginny said as we started to walk.

I walked while wiping away my tears and making it not noticeable that I was crying. As we reached the boys, Harry said, "Hermione, have you've been crying?"

I thought, 'So much for wiping them away.'

"Yeah, she was. She was laughing so hard at the joke I was telling her that she started to cry." Ginny responded for me.

Ron knew that wasn't the reason but didn't say anything. While Harry didn't even pay attention to what she was saying because he was to busy staring at her. Ron noticed him staring without distraction that he pushed his head forward, knocking Harry out of fantasy world.

"Ouch... what was that for?" Harry cried.

"For Drooling." Ron yelled.

"Did you guys get your books yet?" Ginny asked.

"Yep, right here." Harry replied.

"Hold on; let me go get mine then." I said starting to walk away.

Harry yelled before I left. "No, we got them. It was Ron's idea."

Ron elbowed Harry in the stomach and he handed me my books.

"Thank you both!" I responded.

Harry whispered to Ron, "I was doing you a favor. Now you're beating me up for being a best friend."

We paid for our books and left Flourish and Blotts.
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