A/N: hey! First I wanna say thanx to all of those who reviewed! I was so happy to hear that you guyz were liking it so far! But the best is yet to come!
Recap: Dumbledore announces that there is a Costume Ball on Halloween night....Harry asks Ginny, she says yes.....Ron asks Morgan, she says yes....n that's pretty much it. Now on with the next chapter!!
Yours Truly
Chapter 2: Loneliness
After countless attempts of trying to sleep, Hermione got frustrated. She untangled herself from her sheets and kicked them off her and got out of bed. The only source of light in the room was from the full moon. The moon was really bright and it seemed so close that you can just reach out and touch it. Hermione walked over to the window as she wrapped herself tightly in her throw blanket. She sat on the windowsill and looked at the moon. She let out a deep sigh when she felt it. A very familiar pain she always got in the center of her chest. It was the familiar pain of loneliness.
Even though she would always have her best friends by her side whenever she needed them, Harry and Ron could never give her the kind of love that a girl like Hermione needs, as close to them as she might be. Even her past boyfriends never seemed to have closed that gap in her heart.
Then, Hermione finally realized something that most 16 year old girls dreaded. What if there's no one out there for her to feel complete with? What if she was destined to go though the rest of her life alone? Hermione didn't like the thought of living through the rest of her life with this horrible feeling in her chest. After one last look at the moon and cleaning her face clean from any trace of tears, she climbed back into her bed and feel asleep.
The next morning was finally a Saturday. At 9:45 in the morning, Hermione started to flutter her eyes open to see a bright stream of light coming in from though the window, causing her to squint and moan in pain as her eyes saw light for the first time that day. She rubbed her eyes and blinked continuously as they got used to the mornings sun. She made her way towards the bathroom, took a surprisingly quick shower and got dressed. She put on a pain of simple light blue jeans and a soft pink top. She muttered a spell and her hair went from making her look like a drowned rat to a sexy teenager. Her hair was up in a messy bun with random strands hanging down. She was staring and admiring how nice she looked in the mirror when an extremely familiar voice brought her out of her trance.
"You look absolutely stunning today." The voice said.
Hermione looked around but saw that she was the only one in the room. She heard it again.
"It's so you. It brings out your curves and it's so girly, but in a good way. No one gets to see how nicely you're clothes fit because of those school robes." The voice sounded so much like her own. Was she talking to herself and didn't realize it?
"I'm right in front of you."
Hermione looked up, but saw nothing but her reflection.
"Well, that's what you get for staring at the mirror for so long, Hermione, you start to hear voices." She told herself.
"Oh, no! Your not hearing voices, I'm really talking to you."
Hermione looked closer and saw her reflection smile at her.
"Oh, I didn't know the mirrors did that here."
"This is Hogwarts! Nothing is as ever as it seems."
"Right, so why am I acting so surprised?" She said laughing at her stupidity.
Hermione's reflection shrugged her shoulders and said, "Well, what are you waiting for?! Go and show the boys what they can't have!"
Hermione smiled and nodded and walked out of her room and into the nearly empty common room. As she reached the bottom of the stairs, a piece of parchment was charmed to fly towards her when she got there and that's exactly what it did. On the outside of it, it read 'Hermione'. She opened it up and read it.
Mione,
Well good morning sleepy head! Thought you'd never get up. Must have been a rough night for you. Any ways, the boys, Morgan and I have decided to go into Hogsmeade today. Apparently most students wanted to go today so Dumbledore arranged a last minute trip. The carriages leave at 10:15 so hurry up and meet us outside the Great Hall!
Love alwayz,
Ginny
Hermione looked over to the clock that was on the shelf over the fire place and it read 10:10.
"Shit! I only have five minutes to get down there!" she shrieked. She grabbed her heavy cloak and headed out though the portrait hole.
She ran down the corridor very fast and turned the corner a little too fast and before she knew it, she felt an incredible force knock her to the ground. For a while all she saw was blackness and she had a hard time catching her breath. After about a minute of trying to figure out where she was or where she was going, she saw the person who she hit. She looked at him and thought, 'Oh, Merlin! This is just what I need right now, insults from Malfoy!'. But she never heard the harsh words that he usually spat at her.
Draco stood up and smoothed out his robes and handed his hand out to offer her help in getting up. She looked at his hand, then up at Draco, then back down again at his hand and a confused look came across her face.
"I promise Granger, I don't bite, and I have had all my shots." He said, still waiting for her to grab his hand.
Hermione couldn't figure this out, it didn't make sense. Why was he, Draco Malfoy, a pureblood and only son to Lucius Malfory, was being nice to her, Hermione Granger, a muggle born, and offering her help.
She went against her better judgment and accepted his offer.
"Um...thanks Draco." She looked down and noticed that they were still holding hands and she slightly blushed and hoped that Draco didn't noticed. He didn't noticed that she was blushing but did noticed that they were still holding hands as well and he finally found the Malfoy in him.
"Just watch where your going from now on Granger." He said through narrow eyes, locking his with hers. 'Wow, for a mudblood, she looks really good! I wonder what it would be like to have those perfect lips against mine and what it would be like just to...wait what! Draco! Stop thinking about her like that! She's a mudblood for crying out loud! Get yourself out of there before people start to get the wrong idea.' He snatched his hand out of Hermione's and walked down the corridor and out of sight, leaving Hermione alone with her thoughts.
'That was weird', she thought. But before she could think anything more of it, she remembered she had to be somewhere. And once again she was speeding down the stairs and ran towards where her friends were waiting impatiently for her.
"Hey guys! I'm sorry I'm late!"
"That's ok, Hermione, as long as your hear." Harry said with a smile on his face.
A few seconds after that, they were loading into the carriages and were making their way towards Hogemeade.
"So where should we start first?" Ron asked as he tightened his cloak from around his neck to be warmer.
"The Three Broomsticks?" Ginny asked through shivering teeth.
"Sounds like a great idea. Let's warm up a bit before we start shopping. Here you go love." Harry said as he took off his over cloak wrapping it around Ginny and rubbing her shoulders to get the cold out of her body.
"Thanks Harry, but are you sure you're going to be warm enough?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine. I'm used to flying though this weather. Besides, if I get cold, I have you to warm me up." He whispered that last part in her ear, making her smile slyly.
They walked into the Three Broomsticks and made their way through the crowd and grabbed on of the last remaining seats. Hermione, Ron and Morgan ordered a round of Butter Beers while Harry and Ginny had a couple of Screamin Dragons (an alcoholic drink) since they were of age.
After an hour of chatting and drinking, the five of them made their way down the street to a costume store for all occasions to get what they needed for the upcoming ball.
45 minutes and 20 different outfits, Ginny and Harry finally decided to go as Danny and Sandy from the muggle movie Grease that Hermione keeps talking about and Ron and Morgan decided to go as Romeo and Juliet.
Hermione watched as her best friends were picking out matching costumes with the one that they loved and she started to feel like a 3rd wheel...feeling lonely. She blinked back the tears that were on the verge of running freely down her rosy cheeks. 'Come on, Hermione, pull yourself together. Put on a happy face and don't let it show that your hurting', she told herself before drawing her attention back to her friends.
"Hermione, are you ok?" Morgan asked as she handed her outfit over to Ron.
"Yes, I'm fine, just tired, didn't sleep much last night, that's all." She half lied. "Are we ready to go?"
"Just about, we're just going to pay for everything and then we're going to go and stock up on sweets." Morgan said sitting down next to her friend. "How come you didn't get anything for the ball?"
"Oh, that's 'cause my mum is making my costume."
"What are you going as?"
"You shall see that night." She smiled. "Listen, why don't you go with Ron, Harry and Ginny to get sweets and I'll go and reserve seats back at the pub and you guys can meet me there when your done."
"Sounds good! See you soon!"
As they left the store, the four of them went one way while Hermione went the other. As she entered, she was relieved that it wasn't as hectic as it was the last time she was in there. She grabbed some seats and sat down and covered her face in her hands. She rubbed her eyes in exhaustion and looked around the pub. She stopped and felt uneasy when she saw a pair of deep icy blue eyes staring at her. She quickly looked away and when she thought it was safe, she looked back up again and again she saw the same pair of eyes staring at her. Then, a smirk found it's way across Draco's lips.
Hermione looked behind to see if someone Draco knew was standing behind her, but there was nothing but wall there. She steadily grew uncomfortable as he slowly walked towards her. He was making his way closer and closer to her until...
"Sorry we took as long. It got really busy in there." Came Ginny's voice.
"Oh, um...that's ok. I wasn't waiting long anyway." She answered. She looked beyond Ginny's head and looked towards Draco's way. He stopped walking towards her when her friends showed up. He gave her one last smirk and walked out.
Hermione and her friends spent the rest of their Hogsmeade trip in the pub drinking and laughing away. Harry and Ginny were all over each other getting drunker and drunker by the minute, and Ron and Morgan were keeping their public display G rated and made conversation with Hermione.
As it grew darker and got later, they decided it was time to get back to Hogwarts. The ride home consisted of Ron and Morgan in a serious snogging session as well was Harry and Ginny, leaving Hermione looking out the window, keeping to her thoughts. A carriage came along next to them and Hermione took a quick glace to the window next to hers and she did a double take. The second time around she noticed who it was and she froze. The person in the next window smiled and winked at her and all she could do was sit there in total shock. 'He didn't really wink at me did he? NO! Oh my God Hermione! This is Draco! Of coarse he didn't wink at you!' She told herself as his carriage picked up speed and was soon out of sight.
Once at Hogwarts, they went straight up to their dorms. Morgan and Ginny went to their boyfriends rooms and spent the night with them, leaving Hermione to make the walk to the girls room by herself.
She changed into her pajamas and crawled underneath her covers. She closed her curtains around her bed and said a simple silencing charm. She thought about how happy her friends were when they were with the one that they loved, and she cried herself to sleep.
A/N: aww...poor Hermione! Hope things get better for her! Ne wayz...review and let me know how it's going!
POA IS FINALLY COMING OUT TOMORROW!! Can you believe it?!?!?!? It looks really good! I've waited a whole year for this damn movie to come out! I was suppose to see it tonight with my friends but it didn't work out that way so now I'm gunna have to wait another day. It was the best book ever! Well...it's close between the 3rd n the 5th one...I think the 5th one would have been better if a certain person didn't die! Could u believe I cried at that part! He was one of my fav characters!
Next: Chapter 3: Behind the Mask
Recap: Dumbledore announces that there is a Costume Ball on Halloween night....Harry asks Ginny, she says yes.....Ron asks Morgan, she says yes....n that's pretty much it. Now on with the next chapter!!
Yours Truly
Chapter 2: Loneliness
After countless attempts of trying to sleep, Hermione got frustrated. She untangled herself from her sheets and kicked them off her and got out of bed. The only source of light in the room was from the full moon. The moon was really bright and it seemed so close that you can just reach out and touch it. Hermione walked over to the window as she wrapped herself tightly in her throw blanket. She sat on the windowsill and looked at the moon. She let out a deep sigh when she felt it. A very familiar pain she always got in the center of her chest. It was the familiar pain of loneliness.
Even though she would always have her best friends by her side whenever she needed them, Harry and Ron could never give her the kind of love that a girl like Hermione needs, as close to them as she might be. Even her past boyfriends never seemed to have closed that gap in her heart.
Then, Hermione finally realized something that most 16 year old girls dreaded. What if there's no one out there for her to feel complete with? What if she was destined to go though the rest of her life alone? Hermione didn't like the thought of living through the rest of her life with this horrible feeling in her chest. After one last look at the moon and cleaning her face clean from any trace of tears, she climbed back into her bed and feel asleep.
The next morning was finally a Saturday. At 9:45 in the morning, Hermione started to flutter her eyes open to see a bright stream of light coming in from though the window, causing her to squint and moan in pain as her eyes saw light for the first time that day. She rubbed her eyes and blinked continuously as they got used to the mornings sun. She made her way towards the bathroom, took a surprisingly quick shower and got dressed. She put on a pain of simple light blue jeans and a soft pink top. She muttered a spell and her hair went from making her look like a drowned rat to a sexy teenager. Her hair was up in a messy bun with random strands hanging down. She was staring and admiring how nice she looked in the mirror when an extremely familiar voice brought her out of her trance.
"You look absolutely stunning today." The voice said.
Hermione looked around but saw that she was the only one in the room. She heard it again.
"It's so you. It brings out your curves and it's so girly, but in a good way. No one gets to see how nicely you're clothes fit because of those school robes." The voice sounded so much like her own. Was she talking to herself and didn't realize it?
"I'm right in front of you."
Hermione looked up, but saw nothing but her reflection.
"Well, that's what you get for staring at the mirror for so long, Hermione, you start to hear voices." She told herself.
"Oh, no! Your not hearing voices, I'm really talking to you."
Hermione looked closer and saw her reflection smile at her.
"Oh, I didn't know the mirrors did that here."
"This is Hogwarts! Nothing is as ever as it seems."
"Right, so why am I acting so surprised?" She said laughing at her stupidity.
Hermione's reflection shrugged her shoulders and said, "Well, what are you waiting for?! Go and show the boys what they can't have!"
Hermione smiled and nodded and walked out of her room and into the nearly empty common room. As she reached the bottom of the stairs, a piece of parchment was charmed to fly towards her when she got there and that's exactly what it did. On the outside of it, it read 'Hermione'. She opened it up and read it.
Mione,
Well good morning sleepy head! Thought you'd never get up. Must have been a rough night for you. Any ways, the boys, Morgan and I have decided to go into Hogsmeade today. Apparently most students wanted to go today so Dumbledore arranged a last minute trip. The carriages leave at 10:15 so hurry up and meet us outside the Great Hall!
Love alwayz,
Ginny
Hermione looked over to the clock that was on the shelf over the fire place and it read 10:10.
"Shit! I only have five minutes to get down there!" she shrieked. She grabbed her heavy cloak and headed out though the portrait hole.
She ran down the corridor very fast and turned the corner a little too fast and before she knew it, she felt an incredible force knock her to the ground. For a while all she saw was blackness and she had a hard time catching her breath. After about a minute of trying to figure out where she was or where she was going, she saw the person who she hit. She looked at him and thought, 'Oh, Merlin! This is just what I need right now, insults from Malfoy!'. But she never heard the harsh words that he usually spat at her.
Draco stood up and smoothed out his robes and handed his hand out to offer her help in getting up. She looked at his hand, then up at Draco, then back down again at his hand and a confused look came across her face.
"I promise Granger, I don't bite, and I have had all my shots." He said, still waiting for her to grab his hand.
Hermione couldn't figure this out, it didn't make sense. Why was he, Draco Malfoy, a pureblood and only son to Lucius Malfory, was being nice to her, Hermione Granger, a muggle born, and offering her help.
She went against her better judgment and accepted his offer.
"Um...thanks Draco." She looked down and noticed that they were still holding hands and she slightly blushed and hoped that Draco didn't noticed. He didn't noticed that she was blushing but did noticed that they were still holding hands as well and he finally found the Malfoy in him.
"Just watch where your going from now on Granger." He said through narrow eyes, locking his with hers. 'Wow, for a mudblood, she looks really good! I wonder what it would be like to have those perfect lips against mine and what it would be like just to...wait what! Draco! Stop thinking about her like that! She's a mudblood for crying out loud! Get yourself out of there before people start to get the wrong idea.' He snatched his hand out of Hermione's and walked down the corridor and out of sight, leaving Hermione alone with her thoughts.
'That was weird', she thought. But before she could think anything more of it, she remembered she had to be somewhere. And once again she was speeding down the stairs and ran towards where her friends were waiting impatiently for her.
"Hey guys! I'm sorry I'm late!"
"That's ok, Hermione, as long as your hear." Harry said with a smile on his face.
A few seconds after that, they were loading into the carriages and were making their way towards Hogemeade.
"So where should we start first?" Ron asked as he tightened his cloak from around his neck to be warmer.
"The Three Broomsticks?" Ginny asked through shivering teeth.
"Sounds like a great idea. Let's warm up a bit before we start shopping. Here you go love." Harry said as he took off his over cloak wrapping it around Ginny and rubbing her shoulders to get the cold out of her body.
"Thanks Harry, but are you sure you're going to be warm enough?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine. I'm used to flying though this weather. Besides, if I get cold, I have you to warm me up." He whispered that last part in her ear, making her smile slyly.
They walked into the Three Broomsticks and made their way through the crowd and grabbed on of the last remaining seats. Hermione, Ron and Morgan ordered a round of Butter Beers while Harry and Ginny had a couple of Screamin Dragons (an alcoholic drink) since they were of age.
After an hour of chatting and drinking, the five of them made their way down the street to a costume store for all occasions to get what they needed for the upcoming ball.
45 minutes and 20 different outfits, Ginny and Harry finally decided to go as Danny and Sandy from the muggle movie Grease that Hermione keeps talking about and Ron and Morgan decided to go as Romeo and Juliet.
Hermione watched as her best friends were picking out matching costumes with the one that they loved and she started to feel like a 3rd wheel...feeling lonely. She blinked back the tears that were on the verge of running freely down her rosy cheeks. 'Come on, Hermione, pull yourself together. Put on a happy face and don't let it show that your hurting', she told herself before drawing her attention back to her friends.
"Hermione, are you ok?" Morgan asked as she handed her outfit over to Ron.
"Yes, I'm fine, just tired, didn't sleep much last night, that's all." She half lied. "Are we ready to go?"
"Just about, we're just going to pay for everything and then we're going to go and stock up on sweets." Morgan said sitting down next to her friend. "How come you didn't get anything for the ball?"
"Oh, that's 'cause my mum is making my costume."
"What are you going as?"
"You shall see that night." She smiled. "Listen, why don't you go with Ron, Harry and Ginny to get sweets and I'll go and reserve seats back at the pub and you guys can meet me there when your done."
"Sounds good! See you soon!"
As they left the store, the four of them went one way while Hermione went the other. As she entered, she was relieved that it wasn't as hectic as it was the last time she was in there. She grabbed some seats and sat down and covered her face in her hands. She rubbed her eyes in exhaustion and looked around the pub. She stopped and felt uneasy when she saw a pair of deep icy blue eyes staring at her. She quickly looked away and when she thought it was safe, she looked back up again and again she saw the same pair of eyes staring at her. Then, a smirk found it's way across Draco's lips.
Hermione looked behind to see if someone Draco knew was standing behind her, but there was nothing but wall there. She steadily grew uncomfortable as he slowly walked towards her. He was making his way closer and closer to her until...
"Sorry we took as long. It got really busy in there." Came Ginny's voice.
"Oh, um...that's ok. I wasn't waiting long anyway." She answered. She looked beyond Ginny's head and looked towards Draco's way. He stopped walking towards her when her friends showed up. He gave her one last smirk and walked out.
Hermione and her friends spent the rest of their Hogsmeade trip in the pub drinking and laughing away. Harry and Ginny were all over each other getting drunker and drunker by the minute, and Ron and Morgan were keeping their public display G rated and made conversation with Hermione.
As it grew darker and got later, they decided it was time to get back to Hogwarts. The ride home consisted of Ron and Morgan in a serious snogging session as well was Harry and Ginny, leaving Hermione looking out the window, keeping to her thoughts. A carriage came along next to them and Hermione took a quick glace to the window next to hers and she did a double take. The second time around she noticed who it was and she froze. The person in the next window smiled and winked at her and all she could do was sit there in total shock. 'He didn't really wink at me did he? NO! Oh my God Hermione! This is Draco! Of coarse he didn't wink at you!' She told herself as his carriage picked up speed and was soon out of sight.
Once at Hogwarts, they went straight up to their dorms. Morgan and Ginny went to their boyfriends rooms and spent the night with them, leaving Hermione to make the walk to the girls room by herself.
She changed into her pajamas and crawled underneath her covers. She closed her curtains around her bed and said a simple silencing charm. She thought about how happy her friends were when they were with the one that they loved, and she cried herself to sleep.
A/N: aww...poor Hermione! Hope things get better for her! Ne wayz...review and let me know how it's going!
POA IS FINALLY COMING OUT TOMORROW!! Can you believe it?!?!?!? It looks really good! I've waited a whole year for this damn movie to come out! I was suppose to see it tonight with my friends but it didn't work out that way so now I'm gunna have to wait another day. It was the best book ever! Well...it's close between the 3rd n the 5th one...I think the 5th one would have been better if a certain person didn't die! Could u believe I cried at that part! He was one of my fav characters!
Next: Chapter 3: Behind the Mask