Hermione ran down the stairs, panting, ahead of Harry. He was chasing her,
yelling at her; the hallway in which she was running seemed to last forever
and the door at the end seemed to just get farther away. Hermione felt
weighed down by her own two feet while Harry seemed to just gain speed. She
stopped and turned around to see that Harry was extremely close. too close
for comfort. She stumbled backwards on accident, but when she did, it felt
like a giant leap away from a screaming Harry. She realized this, and kept
running backwards towards the door. She was running, panting, almost into a
sweat when BOOM. She ran into the door. The shadows around the door freaked
her out as she gasped. The impact made her lose her breath and drop to the
floor. Harry's expression seemed joyful and glad that she hurt herself. All
of the sudden, a deep and soothing voice came from the corner and said,
"It's okay Hermione." Then, a figure stepped out of the shadows and blocked
her from Harry's harm. Harry ran into the figure and exploded. Hermione
stood up in shock as the figure just stood there. She grabbed its arm and
she whirled the figure around to see its face. She gasped as she looked up
into the eyes of Draco Malfoy.
Hermione woke up in a cold sweat and panting. This was the 3rd time in the
last week that she had had a dream about Draco, even though she was dating
Harry. "Okay Hermione, get it together. You and Harry love each other,
period " she spoke silently to herself, as to not wake up the other girls
in the dormitory. She wondered what time it was, so she looked over to the
clock. 6:10 AM. The girls would have to wake up in 50 minutes anyway, so
Hermione decided to get a head start on getting ready for the day. She
crept into the girls' bathroom that was connected to the dormitory. As she
opened the door, she heard a whimper from one of the showers that was
running. She thought
"Who is taking a shower at this time of morning? The alarm clock hasn't even gone off yet." She went over to the shower, and opened the stall door to see Ginny's legs wrapped around Harry, against the shower wall. Hermione went into shock, and Harry dropped a panting Ginny to the floor. Hermione turned on her heel, and began to cry while walking away. Harry grabbed a towel and ran after her. He grabbed her shoulder and pulled her to a stop. She turned around, and sobbingly said, "How could you?" barely over a whisper. Harry just stared into her eyes with his mouth open. Eventually, he sighed, and said, "Mione. I have to tell you something. For the last past couple of months, I.I .I have been seeing Ginny. I think I love her." Hermione cried even harder and yelled, "Consider us over!" and ran out of the door. She didn't stop in the dormitory, nor the common room. She stormed out the portrait of the Fat Lady, turned the first corner sharply, and ran straight into Draco. She fell to the floor and landed with a silent thud. She looked up at him, tears still in her eyes. At first, he glared at her with a state of disgust on his face. Then his expression softened and he put out his hand to help her up.
"Who is taking a shower at this time of morning? The alarm clock hasn't even gone off yet." She went over to the shower, and opened the stall door to see Ginny's legs wrapped around Harry, against the shower wall. Hermione went into shock, and Harry dropped a panting Ginny to the floor. Hermione turned on her heel, and began to cry while walking away. Harry grabbed a towel and ran after her. He grabbed her shoulder and pulled her to a stop. She turned around, and sobbingly said, "How could you?" barely over a whisper. Harry just stared into her eyes with his mouth open. Eventually, he sighed, and said, "Mione. I have to tell you something. For the last past couple of months, I.I .I have been seeing Ginny. I think I love her." Hermione cried even harder and yelled, "Consider us over!" and ran out of the door. She didn't stop in the dormitory, nor the common room. She stormed out the portrait of the Fat Lady, turned the first corner sharply, and ran straight into Draco. She fell to the floor and landed with a silent thud. She looked up at him, tears still in her eyes. At first, he glared at her with a state of disgust on his face. Then his expression softened and he put out his hand to help her up.