Chapter 2

By: HermionePotter52036

The New House and Secret Side of Hermione

Hermione Jane Granger sat anxiously in the back seat of her parents' car. They had told her that they were to be relocated to a very professional orthodontist center some place in Surrey. When she had heard the word Surrey, she started badgering her parents to tell her what part of it. Unfortunately for Hermione, her parents did not say a word. Upon hearing that she was moving homes, she sent two letters. One to her best friend Ron Weasley, and the other one to her other best friend Harry Potter.

To tell the truth, she was a little worried about Harry. He hadn't answered any of her letters and who knows how many she had sent him. Hopefully he'll answer this one, she thought.

Hermione had fallen asleep in the back seat on their way to their new house. So, occasionally, she missed the big sign spelling "Little Whinging" or the slightly smaller one reading "Privet Drive." When they arrived, Jack and Dannielle Granger turned to see their little girl asleep with a huge book on her lap. They smiled.

"Well, I think someone had very little shut eye last night," said Jack.

"Yes, I'm pretty sure she was writing to that Harry boy she's always talking about. Such a shame he lost his godfather right now, after losing his parents at such a young age," answered Dannielle. "Well, best be waking her up. It's going to be a big surprise for both of them knowing that they are going to be living on the same block."

"Come on, then, the moving van is already here, waiting for us," said Jack as he got out of the car and made his way towards the front door.

"Hermione, honey, wake up. We're here," said Dannielle, gently shaking her daughter. Hermione sighed; her eyes fluttered open, and smiled.

"Okay, so are you gonna tell me what part of Surrey are we, or not? Because I really want to know, Mum. Please?"

"Dear, if you want to know why don't you just get out of the car and see for yourself. There's a sign just round the house," said Dannielle with a smile on her face.

Obeying her mother, Hermione got out of the car making her way toward the sign which was facing the corner across the street. As she walked, she noticed that most of the houses looked all the same, with exactly the same kind of car (different color, mind you, if not, talk about clone city) and the same neat yards. Neat freaks, Hermione thought. When she got to the sign and read it, she thought it might have been some kind of mistake. But no, the sign read "Privet Drive" but then that would mean that Harry probably lived a couple of houses away.

"MUM!" screamed Hermione running towards her mother. "Why didn't you tell me! Harry and I are practically gonna be neighbors! What is our number!"

"Sweetheart, calm down, you are making a racket." This was true as several neighbors were looking out their windows and some even came out of their houses to check what was going on.

Hermione waited until they were inside the house to round on her mother again. "Well? What is our number, Mum? Please tell me?"

"Okay, okay, calm down. Geez, you obviously get your impatient side from your father. Okay, we are living at number 7 Privet Drive. So Harry is living three houses away. But," she said as Hermione literally lunged herself at the door, "you are not going anywhere, young lady, because you are going to be telling the movers where to put your furniture up in your room. Also, you are not to go anywhere until your room is neatly organize, which might as well be tomorrow. Got that?"

"Yes, ma'am," answered Hermione as she trudged up to her new bedroom. When she opened the door she was quite surprised. She had thought that this new room was going to be way smaller than the other one she had. But she was quite wrong. It was a big square room. Since it was in the corner of the house there were two windows on the walls. The color of the walls was a deep color blue, her favorite color.

This gonna take a long time, she thought as she saw boxes stacked high in the corner of her clothes, books, accessories and other things.

The first thing that she did once the movers had left was to connect her stereo and put her new Avril Lavigne CD on. Being at Hogwarts had its consequences, like to listen to music all day while she did her homework or watch music videos on the television which she did not watch often. So she began to work. She started putting her books on the bookshelf by her bed, and then started to put on the hangings on her four-poster bed. After that, she put all of other under clothing in the drawers of her bureau. When all that was done she went to take a shower because she was very tired, got dressed, and while she got comfortable on her bed, she thought that she would put up her clothes on the closet and all her posters up on the walls.

Who would ever think that little Miss Know-It-All Hermione Granger liked punk bands, wore black clothes mostly every day, and had posters of hot guys and other of her favorite bands on her walls. Well, she did all that. Hermione liked to rock out in her room listening to Yellow Card, Avril Lavigne, Story of the Year, Lost Prophets, AFI, Evanescence, Good Charlotte, and Simple Plan. She wore black tees bearing words like "N'SUCK", "Spear Britney" and "Rebel." She had posters of the very sexy Orlando Bloom, Pierre, Benji, Joel, Brad Pitt, Ashton Kutcher, Amy Lee, and Avril Lavigne on her walls.

Unfortunately for Hermione, she had to hide this during school. For Hogwarts, she took what she called Preppy clothes. She took pink (eww) tees, and blue jeans. Hermione hid this because she didn't want to be thought of a weirdo or a freak. (AN: which may I remind everyone that she is already being considered this by people like the Dursleys.)

Soon Hermione fell asleep thinking that she might see Harry the next day. Oh boy, I'm gonna have to wear those clothes in front of him, she thought. Well, I'll have to worry about that tomorrow.