Chapter 4
"How could I be so dumb, it's all my fault." he said "Don't be stupid it wasn't your fault I was the one laughing." she said startling him.
"Oh, thank God, you're awake. I thought you would never wake up."
"How long was I out for?"
"3 hours but it seemed like forever and you never did answer me question."
"God, Draco I just fainted and I was out for 3 hours and you're bugging me about a question, I see how much you care."
"Oh, I do care but I still wanna be your boyfriend." he smiled "I'm really gald you're ok Hermione." he bent down and kissed her forehead and walked out.
"Madam Pomfrey, when can I leave here?" Iasked as she pulled the curtain back.
"Oh, probably not until lunch maybe a little after, Miss Granger." she was pouring me some water and taking some pills out of a drawer to give me. "Ok now take these and if your fever's gone in a little while we might let you go a little before lunch. Now you rest a little I'll come back soon." I slowly drifted off to sleep and began dreaming about me and Draco being together and what everyone thought but I was woke up before I had a chance to finish it.
"Ron what are you doing here, and Harry." I said his name with and evil glare. "I'm still mad at you for earlier."
"Yeah we know we came to apologize and to say that we wont send anymore howlers to your boyfriend."
"What he's not my boyfriend we just kissed...a couple of times, well I guess we are boyfriend and girlfriend. Ok I forgive you but it still doesn't mean I wont forget it, it was wrong and mean." I finished right as Draco walked in.
"What are these two doing here. They're the ones who caused the problem." he sneered at them.
"No Draco, dear, it was actually you i fainted from laughing not because i was mad at them."
"Yeah, well, you never told me what was so funny."
"It's nothing, you were just smiling." I started laughing again at the thought but felt a pain in my side so I slowly stopped.
"It's not gonna be fun without your laugh, Hermione." Harry said.
"Oh, don't worry, Mr. Potter, she'll be able to laugh in a few days." Madam Pomfrey said as she walked over to my bed. She took my temperature and said, "Well it seems you're alright Miss Granger you can go."
"Thank you, Madam Pomfrey." I slowly got to my feet with a little help from Draco and Harry who just kept staring at each other with anger.
"Ok if you two don't stop it I will break up with you Draco and disown you as a friend Harry." at this they both looked at me and then looked at each other.
"Truse?" said Harry.
"Truse." said Draco.
"Now, what about you, Ron? Will you please put ya'lls differences aside?" I asked him.
"Yeah. I guess, but if he hurts you can I kill him? Wait, no can I torture him and then kill him?" Draco was shocked.
"I would never hurt Hermione. I might have all these years but I would never hurt now. I see what I did was wrong and I'm sorry for what I've done."
We were all in shock, Draco Malfoy just said what he was feeling the only other time he did that was when he was angry.
"Ok... can we please go down to lunch, I'm starving, I was out for 3 hours and then I slept for what 2 more, so I haven't had anything since breakfast, wait I don't think I had breakfast."
"No you didn't have breakfast you were in here since 10 last night so I guess you were out for more than 3 hours. Since it is 11:00 right now." Draco stated.
"Oh... thanks that makes me feel a whole lot better. Now I'm gonna be known as the girl who fainted from laughing and was out for one...two...three...four...12 hours." I looked shocked, "So, Draco, you decided to lie to me so I didn't feel bad, huh?"
"No, I just didn't realize what time it was."
"Uh huh, yeah sure whateva." I loved doing this to him he got all upset and I would just laugh to bad I can't right now thats so not fair.
"Oh calm down Malfoy." Harry said not able to catch himself before he said it. "Oh sorry, bad habits are hard to break, Draco." he had a little trouble saying his name but it came out.
"Yeah just calm down Draciee. I was just playing with you." I said and leaned forward and kissed his cheek.
"Please don't 'play' with me like that." he was smiling.
Oh god I hate it when she does that he thought.
"And please don't call me 'Draciee'."
"Ok Pooh Bear, I wont." he crenged at that, both Harry and Ron were laughing their heads off saying 'Pooh Bear' between breaths. But, they stooped when Draco glared at them. They walked out of the Hospital Wing all following Hermione. Harry had one arm, Draco the other and Ron behind her. Frankly she looked like she was pimpin' 'em all.(A/N: LOL thats funny just imagine that scene as they walked into the Great Hall.(: ) As they walked in all heads turned on them, howls and whistles coming from Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Griffindor tables but boos and groans coming from none other than the Slytherins. Hermione leaned forward and kissed Draco on the cheek and thanked him for helping.
"I have a suprise for you later Pooh Bear." he was wide-eyed and thankful that she had only whispered it in his ear and not so all could hear. Luna and Lavender came over to talk to Hermione and find out how she was and what the deal with her and Draco was.
"Ok guys we can take it from here." Draco, Harry and Ron went to sit down, "So how are you and why was Malfoy with you?"
"I'm fine and Draco was with us becuase I go with him. Oh and, um... I told him that he has a suprise later tonight but I don't know what it's going to be, Please Help." she looked at them with pleading eyes.
"Alright but you have to tell use how you got together but first you need to eat."
I'm so glad I have my girlfriends to help me I thought to myself. I started eating lunch but everyone was looking at me so I got really nervous.
"Uh... Harry why is everyone staring at me!?" I said shyly.
"Because you and Malfoy are together."
"But how do they know, you, Ron, Luna, Draco, Lavender... LAVENDER why did you have to TELL people, now EVERYONE KNOWS?!" I got up and walked, well maybe I stormed over, to Draco and planted a big one one him and walked out smiling. Hoops and howls were coming from ever table in the Great Hall.
"Wow!! What was that for?" said Harry. "One minute she's pissed next she's planting one on Draco."
"I guess he brings out her wild side." said Ginny who was still looking at Malfoy.
"I never want to see something like that again." Ron said shakely, "Do you hear me Harry NEVER."
"Ok, Ron we understand." he had kept saying 'never ever'
"I wonder where Hermione went come on Luna, Lavender lets go find her." said Ginny getting up.
"Draco what the HELL are you thinking?" said Shane the Slytherin prefect. "You do know she is one of the HOTTEST girls in school and not to mention the most untouchable at that besides Ginny Weasley?!"
"Yeah I know I wouldn't go with her if she wasn't."
"What did she say to you before you sat down? I know she whispered something in your ear."
"Just that she has a suprise for me later."
Howls where comeing from the Slytherin table but soon stopped when Draco looked at them.
"So, do you really like her or are you just in it to break her?"
"I don't know, Shane. I mean she keeps me balanced but I would like to break her. She needs disipline she's been a very bad girl." Shane was laughing his head off and there were more howls coming from the table.
I was just about to reach my common room when Ginny, Lavender, and Luna came running up to me completly out of breath.
"Hermione?!" they gasped, panting for air. "What's... with... you... lately?! First... you're all... pissed at... Malfoy and Harry..."
"And Ron!" Lavender added. "Don't forget Ron!"
"Yeah and Ron." Luna continued. "C'mon, Hermione. What's the deal? It's like you're friggin schizophrenic or something."
"I'm just hormonal right now," I answered. My face was hot, and I got the horrible embarassing geeling that I was turning red.
"Well, how do you know Malfoy's not just going to hurt you?" Ginny asked, her head tilted and her hands on her hips. Luna and Lavender turned to look at her wide-eyed, as if they were asking 'What are you going on about'
I shook my head. "I don't. But I'm going to take that chance." And so I turned and ran down the hallway to my common room. But I stayed close, because as soon as they thought I was gone, Luna and Lavender turned to Ginny.
"What was that all about?" Luna asked Ginny, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Listen, Luna, Lavender." Ginny said in a low voice. "I'll tell you, but you both have got to promise me you won't say anything to Hermione."
"We promise, blah, blah, blah," Lavender said. "Now, c'mon, Ginny! Spill already!"
"Okay, okay!" Ginny cried. She lowered her voice. "I heard Malfoy talking to his little Slytherin friends, and I heard him say he was only going out with Hermione so he could break her."
I gasped. I covered my mouth with my hand. Tears sprung to my eyes.
"Wow!" I heard Lavender say. "Really? Omigod, that's so mean!"
"That's downright horrible!" Luna agrred. "But, seriously, Ginny, we really need to tell Hermione."
"No way." Ginny protested. "She'll learn. don't worry about it. Everybody gets hurt. It happens, and she'll get over it."
"I hope you're right." Luna said as she, Ginny, and Lavender started back toward their dorms.
When they were gone, I went back to my own dorm, hoping just to see my "dear" boyfriend.
"How could I be so dumb, it's all my fault." he said "Don't be stupid it wasn't your fault I was the one laughing." she said startling him.
"Oh, thank God, you're awake. I thought you would never wake up."
"How long was I out for?"
"3 hours but it seemed like forever and you never did answer me question."
"God, Draco I just fainted and I was out for 3 hours and you're bugging me about a question, I see how much you care."
"Oh, I do care but I still wanna be your boyfriend." he smiled "I'm really gald you're ok Hermione." he bent down and kissed her forehead and walked out.
"Madam Pomfrey, when can I leave here?" Iasked as she pulled the curtain back.
"Oh, probably not until lunch maybe a little after, Miss Granger." she was pouring me some water and taking some pills out of a drawer to give me. "Ok now take these and if your fever's gone in a little while we might let you go a little before lunch. Now you rest a little I'll come back soon." I slowly drifted off to sleep and began dreaming about me and Draco being together and what everyone thought but I was woke up before I had a chance to finish it.
"Ron what are you doing here, and Harry." I said his name with and evil glare. "I'm still mad at you for earlier."
"Yeah we know we came to apologize and to say that we wont send anymore howlers to your boyfriend."
"What he's not my boyfriend we just kissed...a couple of times, well I guess we are boyfriend and girlfriend. Ok I forgive you but it still doesn't mean I wont forget it, it was wrong and mean." I finished right as Draco walked in.
"What are these two doing here. They're the ones who caused the problem." he sneered at them.
"No Draco, dear, it was actually you i fainted from laughing not because i was mad at them."
"Yeah, well, you never told me what was so funny."
"It's nothing, you were just smiling." I started laughing again at the thought but felt a pain in my side so I slowly stopped.
"It's not gonna be fun without your laugh, Hermione." Harry said.
"Oh, don't worry, Mr. Potter, she'll be able to laugh in a few days." Madam Pomfrey said as she walked over to my bed. She took my temperature and said, "Well it seems you're alright Miss Granger you can go."
"Thank you, Madam Pomfrey." I slowly got to my feet with a little help from Draco and Harry who just kept staring at each other with anger.
"Ok if you two don't stop it I will break up with you Draco and disown you as a friend Harry." at this they both looked at me and then looked at each other.
"Truse?" said Harry.
"Truse." said Draco.
"Now, what about you, Ron? Will you please put ya'lls differences aside?" I asked him.
"Yeah. I guess, but if he hurts you can I kill him? Wait, no can I torture him and then kill him?" Draco was shocked.
"I would never hurt Hermione. I might have all these years but I would never hurt now. I see what I did was wrong and I'm sorry for what I've done."
We were all in shock, Draco Malfoy just said what he was feeling the only other time he did that was when he was angry.
"Ok... can we please go down to lunch, I'm starving, I was out for 3 hours and then I slept for what 2 more, so I haven't had anything since breakfast, wait I don't think I had breakfast."
"No you didn't have breakfast you were in here since 10 last night so I guess you were out for more than 3 hours. Since it is 11:00 right now." Draco stated.
"Oh... thanks that makes me feel a whole lot better. Now I'm gonna be known as the girl who fainted from laughing and was out for one...two...three...four...12 hours." I looked shocked, "So, Draco, you decided to lie to me so I didn't feel bad, huh?"
"No, I just didn't realize what time it was."
"Uh huh, yeah sure whateva." I loved doing this to him he got all upset and I would just laugh to bad I can't right now thats so not fair.
"Oh calm down Malfoy." Harry said not able to catch himself before he said it. "Oh sorry, bad habits are hard to break, Draco." he had a little trouble saying his name but it came out.
"Yeah just calm down Draciee. I was just playing with you." I said and leaned forward and kissed his cheek.
"Please don't 'play' with me like that." he was smiling.
Oh god I hate it when she does that he thought.
"And please don't call me 'Draciee'."
"Ok Pooh Bear, I wont." he crenged at that, both Harry and Ron were laughing their heads off saying 'Pooh Bear' between breaths. But, they stooped when Draco glared at them. They walked out of the Hospital Wing all following Hermione. Harry had one arm, Draco the other and Ron behind her. Frankly she looked like she was pimpin' 'em all.(A/N: LOL thats funny just imagine that scene as they walked into the Great Hall.(: ) As they walked in all heads turned on them, howls and whistles coming from Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Griffindor tables but boos and groans coming from none other than the Slytherins. Hermione leaned forward and kissed Draco on the cheek and thanked him for helping.
"I have a suprise for you later Pooh Bear." he was wide-eyed and thankful that she had only whispered it in his ear and not so all could hear. Luna and Lavender came over to talk to Hermione and find out how she was and what the deal with her and Draco was.
"Ok guys we can take it from here." Draco, Harry and Ron went to sit down, "So how are you and why was Malfoy with you?"
"I'm fine and Draco was with us becuase I go with him. Oh and, um... I told him that he has a suprise later tonight but I don't know what it's going to be, Please Help." she looked at them with pleading eyes.
"Alright but you have to tell use how you got together but first you need to eat."
I'm so glad I have my girlfriends to help me I thought to myself. I started eating lunch but everyone was looking at me so I got really nervous.
"Uh... Harry why is everyone staring at me!?" I said shyly.
"Because you and Malfoy are together."
"But how do they know, you, Ron, Luna, Draco, Lavender... LAVENDER why did you have to TELL people, now EVERYONE KNOWS?!" I got up and walked, well maybe I stormed over, to Draco and planted a big one one him and walked out smiling. Hoops and howls were coming from ever table in the Great Hall.
"Wow!! What was that for?" said Harry. "One minute she's pissed next she's planting one on Draco."
"I guess he brings out her wild side." said Ginny who was still looking at Malfoy.
"I never want to see something like that again." Ron said shakely, "Do you hear me Harry NEVER."
"Ok, Ron we understand." he had kept saying 'never ever'
"I wonder where Hermione went come on Luna, Lavender lets go find her." said Ginny getting up.
"Draco what the HELL are you thinking?" said Shane the Slytherin prefect. "You do know she is one of the HOTTEST girls in school and not to mention the most untouchable at that besides Ginny Weasley?!"
"Yeah I know I wouldn't go with her if she wasn't."
"What did she say to you before you sat down? I know she whispered something in your ear."
"Just that she has a suprise for me later."
Howls where comeing from the Slytherin table but soon stopped when Draco looked at them.
"So, do you really like her or are you just in it to break her?"
"I don't know, Shane. I mean she keeps me balanced but I would like to break her. She needs disipline she's been a very bad girl." Shane was laughing his head off and there were more howls coming from the table.
I was just about to reach my common room when Ginny, Lavender, and Luna came running up to me completly out of breath.
"Hermione?!" they gasped, panting for air. "What's... with... you... lately?! First... you're all... pissed at... Malfoy and Harry..."
"And Ron!" Lavender added. "Don't forget Ron!"
"Yeah and Ron." Luna continued. "C'mon, Hermione. What's the deal? It's like you're friggin schizophrenic or something."
"I'm just hormonal right now," I answered. My face was hot, and I got the horrible embarassing geeling that I was turning red.
"Well, how do you know Malfoy's not just going to hurt you?" Ginny asked, her head tilted and her hands on her hips. Luna and Lavender turned to look at her wide-eyed, as if they were asking 'What are you going on about'
I shook my head. "I don't. But I'm going to take that chance." And so I turned and ran down the hallway to my common room. But I stayed close, because as soon as they thought I was gone, Luna and Lavender turned to Ginny.
"What was that all about?" Luna asked Ginny, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Listen, Luna, Lavender." Ginny said in a low voice. "I'll tell you, but you both have got to promise me you won't say anything to Hermione."
"We promise, blah, blah, blah," Lavender said. "Now, c'mon, Ginny! Spill already!"
"Okay, okay!" Ginny cried. She lowered her voice. "I heard Malfoy talking to his little Slytherin friends, and I heard him say he was only going out with Hermione so he could break her."
I gasped. I covered my mouth with my hand. Tears sprung to my eyes.
"Wow!" I heard Lavender say. "Really? Omigod, that's so mean!"
"That's downright horrible!" Luna agrred. "But, seriously, Ginny, we really need to tell Hermione."
"No way." Ginny protested. "She'll learn. don't worry about it. Everybody gets hurt. It happens, and she'll get over it."
"I hope you're right." Luna said as she, Ginny, and Lavender started back toward their dorms.
When they were gone, I went back to my own dorm, hoping just to see my "dear" boyfriend.