Here it is, the third chapter! Woohoo!
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The next morning Hermione woke up, took a shower, got dressed, and hurried down to breakfast. As she turned into a corridor, she saw Malfoy, the source of making her miserable, up ahead with Crabbe and Goyle.
'Oh shoot, oh shoot, oh shoot!' she thought. Hermoine tried to walk by unnoticed. Unfortunately, she failed horribly. As soon as Malfoy and his two "thugs" noticed her, they formed a sort of triangle, closing in on Hermione. Malfoy walked closer, again leaning down to her height.
"Hey Mione," he said, smirking at her.
"My NAME is Hermione!" she glared at Malfoy, all thoughts of inter-house unity flying out the window. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle started to laugh.
"So, Granger, we get to go to the village this weekend. And guess what? I want you to come with me," Malfoy said, cupping her chin with his hands.
"I...I'm already going with someone," Hermione lied, shrugging away from Malfoy. She was an awful liar, and Malfoy knew she was lying.
"Oh really? Who're you going with then Mudblood?" Now Hermione was in trouble. And she wished he would stop with the stupid Mudblood thing. It was really getting old.
"Umm, I'm going with..." She racked her brain thinking of someone to lie about.
"She's going with me," she heard a voice say. It was Ron.
"Oh really?" Malfoy turned on him.
"Yup. Now come on Mione, breakfast is over, I got you some toast. You better eat it on our way to class," Ron said, and took her hand, pulling her away from them before they realized breakfast hadn't even started yet.
Ron kept walking until he found an empty classroom, and he pulled her into it. Hermione turned to him.
"Thank you," she whispered. Ron nodded his welcome.
"You shouldn't have said that about the village though, everyone knows about you and Padma, and they all know you're going to Hogsmeade with her! They'll tell Padma, won't she be upset?"
"Padma broke up with me earlier this mornig," he said in a dull tone.
"Oh no, Ron, I'm so sorry!" Hermione said. To her surprise, he just grinned.
"Don't be, she was bound to do it sooner or later."
"But now you don't have anyone to go to Hogsmeade with!" she protested. Ron turned to her in shock.
"What, you don't want to go with your best friend? Am I really that awful looking?" Ron pretended to look hurt.
"Oh no, no, no, of COURSE you're not awful looking, I didn't mean it! Don't get upset, I'm so sorr-" Ron was laughing at her. "Why are you laughing?" she asked incredulously.
"No offense Mione, but it's amusing to see you get all worked up when you think you've hurt someone's feelings," Ron said grinning at her.
"Oh thanks," Hermione said huffily, but she smiled.
"Well, anyway, about Hogsmeade, wanna go?" Ron asked casually. Hermione tried not to sound too excited. In truth, she was ecstatic.
"Oh, well, sure, I'm not doing anything, and I haven't got anyone else to go with," she said, trying to sound as though she were calm and collected.
"Good! Well, breakfast really is over this time, so we had better get to class unless we want to land in detention with Snape."
Ron laughed as Hermione's eyes opened wide at the thought of detention, and she ran off quickly toward Potions, with Ron running after her.
I'm sorry all my chapters are so short, but hey, at least I'm a regular updater right? Anyway, review please! And again, sorry about any errors. I KNOW reviewing is a pain, but if you wrote a story, wouldn't you want it to be reviewed? And for those of you who do have stories, you love getting reviews don't you? Well so do I! Oh, and I was wondering, what the heck is a beta reader? And what's a Mary-Sue story?
