Hi guys and gals! Thanks for reviewing nicely to my last chapter. I know I have some grammar problems but, I'm not sure which ones they are. So forgive me. I don't own the stuff that you've seen in books written by J.K. Rowling, I only own stuff that is in my mind. On with the story.
For training they went to the gym and worked out for two hours. Then they went to a track and ran 7 laps. Hermione so far was in the lead of everything, seems as though Draco needed the work out more than she did.
"Come on Draco, we still have two laps left." Hermione called behind her.
"Don't worry about me. You're the one that needs to win this completion." Draco called back.
Hermione sped up and did three cartwheels in a row. She turned around and smiled.
"I can do that too you know." Draco called over to her.
"Uh hu, sure you can." Hermione joked.
To prove her wrong Draco did it and caught up with her.
"Told you I could. Here, you haven't drunk any water in a long time. And after this, we have to work on your vault, no matter how much you hate it." Said Draco, handing over the bottle.
Hermione took a few sips and nodded. They finished running and went back to Madame Summits so that they could use the equipment.
"Alright. Try and remember what you did wrong and then fix it. Go through all of the necessary steps in order to do it right." Said Draco, standing on the sidelines.
Hermione nodded and started running. When she got to the vault she took a deep breath and flew over it. She landed but she fell to her knees.
"That was better than last time. You're improving just try and do it again. And when you're in a crowd just think of something that calms you down. Don't think of those other people around you watching." Draco stated.
Hermione tried it at least 50 more times until she was happy with herself.
"I think I did that enough in order to get it right. I just hope that it pays off. This one of the only things that I enjoy that you can't use a book for. "Hermione stated smiling.
Draco smirked. They went through everything else again and then went home for dinner. The completion was the next morning. Ron, Harry, Jillian, and Ginny were coming to watch her. Jill and Ron were now an item and showed it off by kissing and calling each other weird pet names.
"I'm too nervous to eat. Can I just have some water or something?" asked Hermione, laying her head on the table.
"Hermione come on. By not eating you're going to make yourself sick. Please at least try and eat some soup or something." Said Draco.
"I guess. But I'm not making any promises." Said Hermione, pouring herself some chicken noodle and rice soup.
She ate it slowly and Draco watched to make sure that she ate all of it. When she did she cleaned up and went to bed.
THE NEXT MORNING, REALLY EARLY
"Wake up Hermione. You have to get dressed and ready. We have to leave early, really sorry about this." Said Draco, knocking on her door.
On the inside Hermione was way under her covers in a ball. Draco hatted to do this but he had to. He opened her door and pulled the covers off of her.
"Not now. I'm still sleepy. Come back in a few hours." Hermione stated, still sleeping.
Draco lifted her up in sitting position and splashed some cold water in her face with the help of his wand. Hermione woke up instantly.
"That was uncalled for. Now get out, I have to get dressed!" Hermione exclaimed, shooing him out of her room.
She quickly showered and got dressed into a black and silver leotard. They ate some toast and orange juice and were on their way.
&&&& THE BEGINNING OF THE TOURNAMENT &&&&
Hermione looked up in the stands and saw her friends cheering her on. She looked behind her and saw Draco smiling at her and giving her the thumbs up. She did her beam routine and did wonderfully! Everyone cheered.
"I knew you could do that. Now on to the uneven bars, you'll do good in that too." Said Draco, putting an arm around her.
At this action Ron and Harry looked on with disgust. But Ginny and Jill calmed them down some what.
Hermione did great in everything. Then finally it came to the vault. She took a deep breath and did what she had to do. She ran and jumped over. She landed perfectly the crowd went wild. When they showed her score she ran into Draco's arms and kissed him lovingly.
"Thanks so much." Hermione said, still holding on to him.
"You did this on your own. I knew you could do it!" Draco exclaimed, spinning her around.
Harry, Ginny, Ron and Jill came down to congratulate her.
"That was great Hermione!" (Ginny)
"I always knew that you could do it." (Jill)
"I could never do that." (Harry)
"Congrats!" (Ron)
They gave her a teddy bear with a purple bow and some flowers. She hugged them and they went out for lunch. Hermione got a nice gold trophy and some flowers. They went to eat some sandwiches and have some sodas. When they finished it started to rain and Hermione was super tired.
(AT HOME)
"I'll be upstairs. See you later." Hermione stated, dropping all of her things at the door and dragging her feet upstairs.
Draco wanted to get some work done outside so he put on a jacket and went outside into the strong, cold rain. Since it was in the late winter months. Draco tried picking up the dead leaves and he cut some bushes and came back in shivering, water was in his boots and his hair was dripping wet. His jacket didn't help much because he was soaking wet all over. Hermione heard the door slam shut and ran downstairs.
"Don't tell me you went back outside into the rain?" Hermione stated.
"What does it look like. Gosh it's freezing in here." Said Draco, standing there shivering.
"Of course it is. You're dripping wet. Go sit down and I'll get the doctor." Said Hermione, going to the phone.
Draco reluctantly sat down and started to shiver again. The doctor came quickly through the fireplace, with all of his medical equipment. He checked Draco over and it looked like he was going to have a pretty bad fever for a few days, but not to worry.
"Go take a warm bath and I'll make you some tea and soup alright. Get going." Said Hermione, when the doctor had left.
Draco took a bath and put on his pajamas and climbed into his bed. Hermione came up shortly after with a tray of soup and warm tea. She also had a bottle of medicine.
"Hermione, I don't want to take medicine! It's gross and it looks like the sticky, sweet kind." Complained Draco.
"Well you should have thought about that before you went out. Here, just take it and drink your tea. When you're done, get some rest. It'll make you feel better, I promise." Said Hermione, pouring the foul white liquid into a spoon.
He took it and drank his tea very quickly. Hermione left him alone and went to bed. Around 1 in the morning Draco started whining that his head was hurting and he couldn't sleep well. Hermione had to come into his room to see what was wrong. She slept in a flowing white nightgown trimmed with lace and pink ribbons. He was surprised to see her.
"What hurts?" asked Hermione, getting a thermometer.
"Well my head is burning and so is my back. Please make it go away." Whined Draco.
Hermione smiled and ran her fingers through his hair soothingly. She took out the thermometer and saw that his fever had risen a great deal. She gave him more medicine and a cup of cool water. When he wouldn't stop complaining about his back she had to get some alcohol and rub it on there to make it feel better. (My mommy did that to me and my back wasn't so hot anymore.) When he rolled back over he took her hand so she had to sleep there.
"Thank you." Draco whispered before falling asleep.
They stayed like that most of the night. At six, Draco woke up. He felt better but not well enough to go around the house. He saw Hermione lying there and for the first time admired her for what she did to help him the night before.
"Hermione?" he whispered.
"Um hum."
"Thank you so much."
"Um hum."
"Will you go to the Fall ball with me?"
"Um hum."
"Can I keep you?" (I got this little part from the movie, 'Casper')
"Um hum."
Draco felt 20 more times better now. But shortly, he went back to sleep. Hermione woke up and took a shower and went downstairs. She heard him, but also didn't hear him. She made him more tea and soup and she lit a fire for him in his room.
"Did you sleep well?" asked Hermione, when he woke up.
"Yeah. Must I take more of the terrible stuff? Don't you think I've been tortured enough already?" asked Draco, pulling the covers over his head.
"Stop acting like a baby. My 3-year-old cousin will take his medicine without the slightest complain. Do you want to be out shown by a three year old?" Asked Hermione.
"No. I'll take it, but I'm not going to do this kind of thing often." Stated Draco, taking it and gulping down a cup of water.
"That wasn't so bad now was it?" asked Hermione, kissing his cheek softly.
Hermione brought him some books and then she went around the house doing some serious cleaning, then she had to go out to the stables to give the horses more water and hay. Surprisingly Ginny and Harry pulled up.
"Hey 'Mione! I hope it's ok that we dropped by?" said Ginny, hugging her best friend.
"No problem at all. Hi Harry! Do you guys want some lunch or something?" asked Hermione, going inside.
"Sure. Wow, this is a really pretty house. I had no idea that he had a good style sense." Said Ginny, admiring the house.
"By the way, where is he anyway. I see his car out front, but no Draco?" asked Harry, sitting down.
"He's sick. Yesterday he went out in the rain and got completely soaked so now he has a fever and won't take his medicine." Said Hermione, going into the kitchen.
"He better repay you big for this. I mean, you have to have your rest too. "Said Harry, getting over protective again.
"It's no big deal. I don't anything to do today, and I was just cleaning the house. ("Hermione!) I'll be right back, he needs something." Said Hermione, rushing upstairs.
Harry and Ginny continued to explore the downstairs.
"What's wrong?" asked Hermione, sitting down.
"Who are you talking to?" asked Draco, sitting up.
"Harry and Ginny stopped by. I hope it's ok?" said Hermione.
"As long as they don't come upstairs, I'm happy." Draco stated, fixing his pillows.
"Thanks. I'll be back up later to check on you. Take a shower and change your clothes, so that you stay clean and your germs won't spread. And I'll wash your sheets later too." Said Hermione, closing his door.
'What would I do without her?' Draco said to himself, while going through and old school book.
A/N: HEY PEOPLE! THE HURRICANE IS HERE! IT KEEPS RAINING AND IT'S SUPER WINDY. I'M NOT JOKING; A BIRD WAS TRYING TO FLY AGAINST THE WINDS AND GOT THROWN BACKWARDS INTO A WALL. IT WAS SO SAD, BUT IT LIVED AND DECIDED TO WALK INSTEAD OF FLY. WELL HOPE YOU LIKED THIS CHAPTER, I WON'T BE ABLE TO WRITE FOR A WHILE, I THINK.
-JENNIFER.