Ch. 4 of My Immortal
Hermione finally got up and looked at her watch. It was a little bit after 5:40 and she finally realized that she needed to get home, and fast! She walked back into the Leaky Cauldron, tears still pouring down her cheeks. Much to her pleasure, nobody in there was looking at her. When she finally got to the door to leave she ran out, slamming the door shut behind her. By doing this, she got the attention of almost everyone in the place, including someone in the far corner, just barely hidden in the shadows.
"What the hell is he talking about? The truth. Whatever, if he thinks that I'm that stupid, then I guess I shouldn't really care about him anyway." Hermione said to herself as she climbed into her car.
Hermione drove home with the wind blowing hard in her face, blowing each tear that came slowly down her face behind her. When she finally calmed down a little bit she looked into her rear-view mirror.
"Has that car been behind me al this time?" she asked herself as she looked back at a black viper with puddles of blood painted on the sides. She swerved to the lane that was next to her, and luckily the car didn't follow her.
She finally decided to ignore the car and figured that it was just going in the same general direction as her. When she reached her house and pulled into the driveway, she saw Harry, Ron, and Ginny sitting on her porch steps waiting for her to return. She slowly stepped out of the car and wiped the dry tearstains on her face away so that they wouldn't think anything was wrong.
"Hey Mia, what took you so long?" Hermione could hear a twinge of concern in Ginny's voice as she walked up to her.
"Oh... well, there was a long line for the bathroom and then after I got out I kind of... saw and old... friend of mine, and we talked for a little bit." Hermione replied, hoping that they wouldn't ask who the "old friend" was.
"Oh, really? Who was it?" Harry asked curiously as Hermione started to unlock the door to her house.
Hermione didn't answer Harry, hoping her would just think that she didn't hear him and would decide not to ask again. They all went into Hermione's living room and sat down in her couch facing the fireplace.
"Well... Who was it Mia?" Ginny re-asked Harry's question for him, anxiously awaiting her reply.
"Draco." Hermione simply stated. Praying that everyone would get the hint and not talk about it anymore.
"WHAT!?" Ron screamed, stomping his foot on Hermione's wooden floor as he stood up, outraged. "What did he want? He has no right to talk to you after what he did!" Ron screamed louder.
"Ron, Ron. It's okay. It's not like he tried to kill me or anything." Hermione desperately tried to calm her friend down,
"What did he say?" Harry asked, holding Ron down so that he wouldn't hurt himself or anyone else.
"Nothing much, just to figure out "the truth" about what happened while we were still going out. But I have no clue what the hell he's talking about. I KNOW the truth." Hermione replied, starting to get a little agitated.
"YOU DO!?" Harry, Ginny, and Ron yelled at the same time, a fearful look on their faces.
Hermione had a confused look on her face. "Yeah. I told you. I caught him and you." She said pointing to Ginny as she was letting go a sigh of relief. Hermione shook this off, not really thinking it might be a secret that her best friends were hiding from her.
Hermione looked to her left through one of her windows and saw a shadowy figure standing outside. She quickly looked away for a second and rubbed her eyes, thinking that maybe she was seeing things. Then she slowly turned her head back towards the window, only to see a slightly shaking bush.
"Did you guys see that?" Hermione asked her friends, interrupting a conversation they were having about Quidditch.
Harry, Ron, and Ginny stared blankly at Hermione for a few seconds before Harry broke the silence by saying, "See what?"
"The person who was just standing outside of my window. I swear I saw...." Hermione replied, pointing out her window.
"There was, and is, no one there Mia." Ginny said in a comforting voice.
"But I..." she retorted, looking extremely confused.
"Um... Mia... I think running into Malfoy-"
"Draco. Not Malfoy... Draco" Hermione cut Ron off in mid sentence.
"O...kay... I think running into DRACO today has made you go a little bit loopy. We'll leave, you should really get some rest." Ron finished, spitting out Draco's name and sounding very concerned for his friend. Ron, Harry, and Ginny all walked out of their friend's house, looking at each other with great concern.
A/N: sorry that it took so long for me to get this chapter out. I'm already working on the next one, so I should have it out pretty soon. But I won't put it up unless you guys REVIEW!!!!!!
Hermione finally got up and looked at her watch. It was a little bit after 5:40 and she finally realized that she needed to get home, and fast! She walked back into the Leaky Cauldron, tears still pouring down her cheeks. Much to her pleasure, nobody in there was looking at her. When she finally got to the door to leave she ran out, slamming the door shut behind her. By doing this, she got the attention of almost everyone in the place, including someone in the far corner, just barely hidden in the shadows.
"What the hell is he talking about? The truth. Whatever, if he thinks that I'm that stupid, then I guess I shouldn't really care about him anyway." Hermione said to herself as she climbed into her car.
Hermione drove home with the wind blowing hard in her face, blowing each tear that came slowly down her face behind her. When she finally calmed down a little bit she looked into her rear-view mirror.
"Has that car been behind me al this time?" she asked herself as she looked back at a black viper with puddles of blood painted on the sides. She swerved to the lane that was next to her, and luckily the car didn't follow her.
She finally decided to ignore the car and figured that it was just going in the same general direction as her. When she reached her house and pulled into the driveway, she saw Harry, Ron, and Ginny sitting on her porch steps waiting for her to return. She slowly stepped out of the car and wiped the dry tearstains on her face away so that they wouldn't think anything was wrong.
"Hey Mia, what took you so long?" Hermione could hear a twinge of concern in Ginny's voice as she walked up to her.
"Oh... well, there was a long line for the bathroom and then after I got out I kind of... saw and old... friend of mine, and we talked for a little bit." Hermione replied, hoping that they wouldn't ask who the "old friend" was.
"Oh, really? Who was it?" Harry asked curiously as Hermione started to unlock the door to her house.
Hermione didn't answer Harry, hoping her would just think that she didn't hear him and would decide not to ask again. They all went into Hermione's living room and sat down in her couch facing the fireplace.
"Well... Who was it Mia?" Ginny re-asked Harry's question for him, anxiously awaiting her reply.
"Draco." Hermione simply stated. Praying that everyone would get the hint and not talk about it anymore.
"WHAT!?" Ron screamed, stomping his foot on Hermione's wooden floor as he stood up, outraged. "What did he want? He has no right to talk to you after what he did!" Ron screamed louder.
"Ron, Ron. It's okay. It's not like he tried to kill me or anything." Hermione desperately tried to calm her friend down,
"What did he say?" Harry asked, holding Ron down so that he wouldn't hurt himself or anyone else.
"Nothing much, just to figure out "the truth" about what happened while we were still going out. But I have no clue what the hell he's talking about. I KNOW the truth." Hermione replied, starting to get a little agitated.
"YOU DO!?" Harry, Ginny, and Ron yelled at the same time, a fearful look on their faces.
Hermione had a confused look on her face. "Yeah. I told you. I caught him and you." She said pointing to Ginny as she was letting go a sigh of relief. Hermione shook this off, not really thinking it might be a secret that her best friends were hiding from her.
Hermione looked to her left through one of her windows and saw a shadowy figure standing outside. She quickly looked away for a second and rubbed her eyes, thinking that maybe she was seeing things. Then she slowly turned her head back towards the window, only to see a slightly shaking bush.
"Did you guys see that?" Hermione asked her friends, interrupting a conversation they were having about Quidditch.
Harry, Ron, and Ginny stared blankly at Hermione for a few seconds before Harry broke the silence by saying, "See what?"
"The person who was just standing outside of my window. I swear I saw...." Hermione replied, pointing out her window.
"There was, and is, no one there Mia." Ginny said in a comforting voice.
"But I..." she retorted, looking extremely confused.
"Um... Mia... I think running into Malfoy-"
"Draco. Not Malfoy... Draco" Hermione cut Ron off in mid sentence.
"O...kay... I think running into DRACO today has made you go a little bit loopy. We'll leave, you should really get some rest." Ron finished, spitting out Draco's name and sounding very concerned for his friend. Ron, Harry, and Ginny all walked out of their friend's house, looking at each other with great concern.
A/N: sorry that it took so long for me to get this chapter out. I'm already working on the next one, so I should have it out pretty soon. But I won't put it up unless you guys REVIEW!!!!!!