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Chap. 8—I'm Fine!
The next morning Hermione woke up from a terrible sleep. She tiredly got into her robes and went down to her common room. She flopped on the couch and accidentally fell asleep. She woke up half an hour later, being shaken by Draco. "Hermione wake up." He said, shaking her. She sat up and rubbed eyes sleepily. "Coming?" He asked. She got up and followed him to the Great Hall and she sat by Harry and Ron. They sat there stuffing their faces, unaware by the look on Hermione's face.
"How can you eat all that?" She questioned, looking disgusted.
"What, aren't you hungry?" Ron asked.
"No, I think I'm just going to go head to class. See you later." She got up and walked out. Harry and Ron looked at each other and shrugged as they turned back to their food.
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Ali and Draco noticed Hermione walk out after not eating. Leaving Draco, Ali got up and walked out with her, after all, she hadn't talked to Hermione in a few days.
"Hey!" She said happily.
"Hi." Hermione responded slowly.
"Geez, did you get any sleep last night? You look so tired." Ali added. Hermione laughed. Ali was never afraid to speak her mind.
"I guess not enough." Hermione responded. They walked to class and had extra time to talk, seeing as they left breakfast earlier than usual.
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"Hermione!" Ali hissed. Hermione woke up with a start. She saw where she was...in Charms class!
"I feel asleep in class?" She whispered, shocked at herself. Ali nodded sympathetically. Hermione turned to Draco, who was looking quite amused.
"You didn't try to wake me up?" She said quietly. Draco shrugged and she rolled her eyes. Ron and Harry, across the room, looked shocked and quite impressed. Hermione smiled sarcastically and tried to catch up on her notes. Class was dismissed and Hermione went to the library, instead of going to lunch. She didn't want to eat anything. She read up on anything interesting she could find while everyone else ate.
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"I wonder where Hermione is?" Ali asked worriedly.
"Relax, she's probably in the library or something. She didn't look so well though..." Draco added as an after thought.
"I wanna go find her." Ali replied.
"Fine." He answered back and they got up and set off to find Hermione.
Sure enough, they found her reading Hogwarts, A History for the millionth time. She looked up as she felt someone approach.
"Hey." She smiled slightly. Ali frowned and looked worried.
"What is up Hermione?" She asked her best friend. "I mean, you look awful, no offense, you're not eating, and you're falling asleep in class!" Ali cried out.
"Nothing, Ali. I'm fine, really. I'm just not hungry. That's all." She assured her. They walked out and Draco tagged along behind. Ali separated to go to her next class with the sixth years, leaving Hermione and Draco walking alone to class. They were halted though however by Slytherin's newest bullies, John West and Tripp Powell.
"Well, well, Malfoy, stooping to the level of mudbloods I see." John sneered. Hermione glared at them.
"Not looking so good, eh mudblood? Your so-called friends finally realizing you're a freak?" Tripp put in.
"Shut up, Powell." Hermione responded.
"Don't talk to me! You're not worthy!" He yelled.
"Not worthy?" Hermione and Draco chorused, with Hermione giving a weak laugh.
"Aww, how cute is that? Maybe Malfoy should be in Gryffindor?" John said with a laugh. If Hermione was up to it she would've punched him. Instead she just shoved them and walked away. She exasperatedly dropped her books on her desk in Arithmancy, which Draco decided to join for extra NEWTS points. They listened to the professor talk on and on, while Hermione scribbled down notes.
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Draco walked back into his common room with Ali. They saw Hermione asleep on the couch, looking so exhausted. They walked out and decided to go to the Slytherin common room instead. Ali was trying to convince Draco to ask Hermione to be his girlfriend.
"Do you know, Ali, how much taunting I'd get for that? I mean, I'm a pureblood, I can't date a muggle-born!" He insisted.
"Do you want to play Quidditch?" Ali replied.
"That has nothing to do with what we were saying." Draco put it.
"I know, but I wanna fly!" She said happily. Draco agreed and they got their brooms out and ran all the way to the Quidditch pitch. They laughed when they got there, though out-of-breath, and Ali disappeared to get a Quaffle. She mounted her broom and zoomed towards the goal, Draco hot on her tail. She threw it to the hoop and Draco almost caught it. Ali cheered and did a funny little dance in mid-air. Draco laughed and took the Quaffle, heading to the rings on the other side. He aimed but Ali came out of no where and took it out of his hands, giggling at his reaction when she did so. They played Quidditch for an hour, before going in for dinner. Ali's happiness was replaced with worry when she saw Hermione not there. She jogged over to Harry, Ron, and Ginny, who were loading their plates with food.
"Have you seen Hermione?" She asked. They looked worried and shook their heads. "She was asleep on the couch but that was an hour and a half ago and she didn't eat breakfast or lunch. I'm worried about her!" Ali announced. Draco came over and spoke up, "Ali she's fine. I just went to the common room and she was doing her homework. She said she's not hungry." Ali seemed relieved for about half a second.
"But she hasn't eaten all day!" She cried. I'm going to get her. Draco shrugged and walked back to the Slytherin table. Fifteen minutes later Ali trudged in followed by a disgruntled looking Hermione. They both sat at the Slytherin table, Hermione ignoring the glares from other Slytherins.
"'Mione's eating with us tonight." Ali said, with an emphasis on eating and a look to Hermione. She rolled her eyes and grabbed a sandwich from the table and started to eat it, with Ali smiling triumphantly before eating dinner herself.
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"Hermione!" Draco yelled. She woke up with a start. He was standing right over her. "Classes start in 20 minutes!" He said. She fell back down on her bed with her face in her pillow.
"I'm not going to class today." Her voice muffled by the pillow.
"And why not?" He insisted. Hermione never missed class before.
"I don't feel good." She replied.
"I'm going to get Ali." He told her, expecting a reaction. Instead, she just stayed on her bed. Draco stayed true to his word and came back shortly with Ali.
"Hermione Granger, you are not skipping class!" Ali said sternly. They could see Hermione shake her head.
"Fine, then you go to the hospital wing!" Ali came up with something to try to get her out of bed. Hermione threw the pillow aside but still didn't move.
"Just let me sleep today and I'll go to class tomorrow. Draco since you're in my classes you can bring me my work...please." She gave them the sad puppy eyes that Harry always used, and it worked.
"Fine." Draco replied. Ali laughed at his weakness but turned to Hermione.
"Please, just go to the hospital wing then. You look so sick!" She cried. Hermione gave in, got dressed and met up with them again in the common room. They walked her too the hospital wing and told Madame Pomfrey what was wrong with her. Even though they didn't want to, Draco and Ali had to go to class so Hermione was left alone with Madame Pomfrey taking her temperature and forcing potions down her throat. She fell into a deep sleep and woke up just as Harry and Ron were walking in."Hey 'Mione." Ron said. She smiled at them, feeling a little bit better.
"How are you feeling?" Harry asked. Hermione laughed a little.
"A little better. I felt really bad this morning." She answered. Ron laughed also.
"Yeah, as Ali told us." He told her. Hermione smiled, knowing what Ali would've done.
"Well, Malfoy gave us your work, here you go!" Ron said cheerfully as he dropped a pile of books on her beside table.
"Oh and here's extra parchment, quills and ink. Have fun." Harry added, grinning. Hermione looked at it.
"That's all for today?" She whimpered and Harry and Ron nodded. Normally she loved to work but she didn't feel up to it.
"Well, we've got Quidditch practice so we'll see you later, Hermione." Harry spoke up.
"Bye, thanks for visiting me." She told her friends.
"Bye." Ron replied as they walked out. Madame Pomfrey came over and made Hermione swallow another disgusting potion that made her sleep again.
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Madame Pomfrey let Hermione go the next evening before dinner. Hermione felt so much better....she felt like everything was okay. She walked into the Great Hall and Ali rushed up to her almost immediately.
"Yay! You're back!" She cried. Hermione laughed and nodded. Ali decided to eat with the Gryffindors, happy that Hermione was feeling better.
Authors Note—I know this chapter is boring but I'm having a major writer's block so if you've got any ideas you can tell me or I'll try to think of some more good D/H stuff ASAP. Please review!!!