Chapter Four: Hogsmeade and a Gift
I woke up not to my alarm but to someone knocking lightly on my door. "Yes?" I asked looking at my clock-- 7:00. Why are they knocking on my door at 7:00 in the morning on a Sunday? "Hermione, I was wondering if you would like to Hogsmeade with me today?" Draco asked. That's right! Hogsmeade visit today. I was supposed to go with Harry and Ron. But I didn't want to go with Angela. This would be the perfect place for everyone to see that I was with Draco now. "Sure! That would be brilliant!" I answered with a huge smile on my face. "You can come in, Draco." I added, I didn't like having to holler. "Oh, okay, well, we leave at ten I believe. Maybe we can have breakfast together before we leave?" "That sounds great, I look forward to it. When do we leave for breakfast?" I asked yawning. "When ever you like, 'Mione." He's calling me 'Mione now? That's good. "I'll hop in the shower right now and when I'm done and get dressed we can leave. Do you want to sit with me today?" "Of course, people will find out soon enough that we are together now. I'll be waiting downstairs for you then." Then he left. 'We are together now'... that still sounds funny to me. "Okay, I won't take long," I said as he closed the door. I got out of bed and got in the shower. I was trying to decide what to wear when there was a knock at the bathroom door. "Yes?" I called out to Draco. I assumed that's who it was. "Hermione, I was thinking, would you like to just eat in Hogsmeade?" Draco asked, trying to be heard over the water. "Sure that would be fine," I said while I put some shampoo in my hand. "I'll let you decide where." "Okay." I could barely hear my door close as he left. I decided to wear my scarlet sweatshirt that said Gryffindor on the back (I knew Draco wouldn't like it that much being a Slytherin but I just love it) with jeans and my hair in loose pig tails. When I walked down stairs Draco was sitting on the couch looking at me. "I like your sweatshirt," he said sarcastically. "Thank you," I said grinning at him. "Well, are we ready?" he said putting his hands in his pants pockets. "Yeah. Umm, just so you know, Harry and Ron will be pretty shocked when they see us together," as I took one of his hands out of his pocket and held it. I thought I would make a pretty good actress because he was buying all of this. "I figured that. Same thing with all the Slytherins. Why don't Harry and Ron like me? Except for the fact that I used to call you mudblood, I threw Neville's remembrall on my broomstick, I hoped that you would die from the basilisk, and I always make fun of them," he was smiling all a long he was saying it. "You'll stop making fun of them won't you?" I asked him seriously. "Of course. I'm with you now, I would never think of it. You mean too much to me. I take back all the things I did to you and your friends in the past years." "Thanks, I know you don't like them but I do. Except for Angela. Her head is full of pudding," I said in a nasty tone. "Yeah, I agree. I never have liked her. I don't know how she got into Ravenclaw!" he said laughing. "Well, I guess we better start going." I looked at my watch, 9:45. It took me longer than I thought it would getting ready. "Yeah, we should," I said as he grabbed for my hand. We didn't say much on the way to the front doors of Hogwarts. Draco asked me what I wanted to do while we were in Hogsmeade. Once we did get to the entrance hall I saw the look on Harry's face; Ron was looking the other way so he didn't see me right away. "Draco, I'm going to go talk to Harry and Ron really quickly," I said holding onto both of his hands while I talked. "Yeah, okay." Ron had seen me talking to Draco right before I walked over to him and Harry. "Hermione! What in bloody Hell are you doing?!" Ron asked me in a harsh whisper. He obviously didn't want to be heard by Draco who was just a couple yards away talking to the Slytherins. "Ron, Harry, I just wanted to tell you that I haven't gone mad it's just, you guys don't know him as well as I do. He's not as bad as you think. I know he doesn't like you two very much but with his friends he's really sweet," I said to both of them. "Still! He has never been nice to you!" Harry said. He apparently didn't mind Draco hearing him. "It was just an act. He said last night that he likes me... a lot," I said trying hard not to just burst out and tell them that I am the one who is acting. "He told me this morning that he is sorry for all that he has done to all of us and will stop because he knows that I don't like it." "Fine, do what you want but if something goes wrong between you two don't say we didn't warn you!" Ron told me. "Nothing will go wrong. I was expecting for you guys to take this better but I was wrong. I just don't want anything to come between us." I left them to go talk to Ginny because she had the same puzzled look on her face as her brother. I saw Harry walking over to Draco to talk to him but they were too far way for me to hear. Ginny took it better than Harry and Ron but I could tell that she still didn't approve. I wanted to tell her the truth but I was afraid she would accidentally spill it to Harry or Ron. I grabbed Harry by the arm as he was walking back to Ron and Angela. "What did you say to Draco, Harry?" I asked him letting go of his arm. "I told him that if he ever hurt you I would rip him apart limb by limb. I'm just worried that that prat might do something to you." "He won't do anything to me. But I am glad that you care that much about me." I was glad that he was worried but I really didn't think that Draco would do anything to me. That was the truth.
In Hogsmeade, Draco and I had a late breakfast and then went to the Shrieking Shack. When we got done there we went to The Three Broomsticks for a couple of butterbeers. After a couple minutes Harry, Ron, Angela, and Ginny walked in. Harry, Ron, and Angela said hello just to me and completely ignored Draco. Ginny, however, said hello to both of us and sat with me and Draco instead of her party. When we left Ginny went and sat with Harry and the rest. We didn't do much shopping, just browsed. When we were in one shop, Draco said he wanted to go look at the owls next door. "Hermione will you come outside for a minute?" Draco asked when he came back to the store I was in. "Yeah, of course." I put down the book I was looking at. I followed him outside and sat down on the park bench with him. He sat facing me and holding my hands. "I didn't really go to look at the owls, 'Mione." "Oh? Where did you go then?" I asked. He took something out of his inside pocket of his jacket. "I got you this." He opened what had been in his pocket and showed me a necklace: a gold chain with a beautiful diamond on it. "Draco, it's gorgeous!" I gasped picking it up. "Here, let me help you put it on." Why the Hell did he get me this? Now it's going to be even harder to break up with him to go with Harry. "I got this to show you just how much I love you," he said after I had the necklace on. "Thank you so much, Draco," I said leaning in for a hug. He kissed my cheek while we embraced. "You didn't have to do this, you know?" I said coming out of the hug. "I know I didn't have to, but I wanted to."
I woke up not to my alarm but to someone knocking lightly on my door. "Yes?" I asked looking at my clock-- 7:00. Why are they knocking on my door at 7:00 in the morning on a Sunday? "Hermione, I was wondering if you would like to Hogsmeade with me today?" Draco asked. That's right! Hogsmeade visit today. I was supposed to go with Harry and Ron. But I didn't want to go with Angela. This would be the perfect place for everyone to see that I was with Draco now. "Sure! That would be brilliant!" I answered with a huge smile on my face. "You can come in, Draco." I added, I didn't like having to holler. "Oh, okay, well, we leave at ten I believe. Maybe we can have breakfast together before we leave?" "That sounds great, I look forward to it. When do we leave for breakfast?" I asked yawning. "When ever you like, 'Mione." He's calling me 'Mione now? That's good. "I'll hop in the shower right now and when I'm done and get dressed we can leave. Do you want to sit with me today?" "Of course, people will find out soon enough that we are together now. I'll be waiting downstairs for you then." Then he left. 'We are together now'... that still sounds funny to me. "Okay, I won't take long," I said as he closed the door. I got out of bed and got in the shower. I was trying to decide what to wear when there was a knock at the bathroom door. "Yes?" I called out to Draco. I assumed that's who it was. "Hermione, I was thinking, would you like to just eat in Hogsmeade?" Draco asked, trying to be heard over the water. "Sure that would be fine," I said while I put some shampoo in my hand. "I'll let you decide where." "Okay." I could barely hear my door close as he left. I decided to wear my scarlet sweatshirt that said Gryffindor on the back (I knew Draco wouldn't like it that much being a Slytherin but I just love it) with jeans and my hair in loose pig tails. When I walked down stairs Draco was sitting on the couch looking at me. "I like your sweatshirt," he said sarcastically. "Thank you," I said grinning at him. "Well, are we ready?" he said putting his hands in his pants pockets. "Yeah. Umm, just so you know, Harry and Ron will be pretty shocked when they see us together," as I took one of his hands out of his pocket and held it. I thought I would make a pretty good actress because he was buying all of this. "I figured that. Same thing with all the Slytherins. Why don't Harry and Ron like me? Except for the fact that I used to call you mudblood, I threw Neville's remembrall on my broomstick, I hoped that you would die from the basilisk, and I always make fun of them," he was smiling all a long he was saying it. "You'll stop making fun of them won't you?" I asked him seriously. "Of course. I'm with you now, I would never think of it. You mean too much to me. I take back all the things I did to you and your friends in the past years." "Thanks, I know you don't like them but I do. Except for Angela. Her head is full of pudding," I said in a nasty tone. "Yeah, I agree. I never have liked her. I don't know how she got into Ravenclaw!" he said laughing. "Well, I guess we better start going." I looked at my watch, 9:45. It took me longer than I thought it would getting ready. "Yeah, we should," I said as he grabbed for my hand. We didn't say much on the way to the front doors of Hogwarts. Draco asked me what I wanted to do while we were in Hogsmeade. Once we did get to the entrance hall I saw the look on Harry's face; Ron was looking the other way so he didn't see me right away. "Draco, I'm going to go talk to Harry and Ron really quickly," I said holding onto both of his hands while I talked. "Yeah, okay." Ron had seen me talking to Draco right before I walked over to him and Harry. "Hermione! What in bloody Hell are you doing?!" Ron asked me in a harsh whisper. He obviously didn't want to be heard by Draco who was just a couple yards away talking to the Slytherins. "Ron, Harry, I just wanted to tell you that I haven't gone mad it's just, you guys don't know him as well as I do. He's not as bad as you think. I know he doesn't like you two very much but with his friends he's really sweet," I said to both of them. "Still! He has never been nice to you!" Harry said. He apparently didn't mind Draco hearing him. "It was just an act. He said last night that he likes me... a lot," I said trying hard not to just burst out and tell them that I am the one who is acting. "He told me this morning that he is sorry for all that he has done to all of us and will stop because he knows that I don't like it." "Fine, do what you want but if something goes wrong between you two don't say we didn't warn you!" Ron told me. "Nothing will go wrong. I was expecting for you guys to take this better but I was wrong. I just don't want anything to come between us." I left them to go talk to Ginny because she had the same puzzled look on her face as her brother. I saw Harry walking over to Draco to talk to him but they were too far way for me to hear. Ginny took it better than Harry and Ron but I could tell that she still didn't approve. I wanted to tell her the truth but I was afraid she would accidentally spill it to Harry or Ron. I grabbed Harry by the arm as he was walking back to Ron and Angela. "What did you say to Draco, Harry?" I asked him letting go of his arm. "I told him that if he ever hurt you I would rip him apart limb by limb. I'm just worried that that prat might do something to you." "He won't do anything to me. But I am glad that you care that much about me." I was glad that he was worried but I really didn't think that Draco would do anything to me. That was the truth.
In Hogsmeade, Draco and I had a late breakfast and then went to the Shrieking Shack. When we got done there we went to The Three Broomsticks for a couple of butterbeers. After a couple minutes Harry, Ron, Angela, and Ginny walked in. Harry, Ron, and Angela said hello just to me and completely ignored Draco. Ginny, however, said hello to both of us and sat with me and Draco instead of her party. When we left Ginny went and sat with Harry and the rest. We didn't do much shopping, just browsed. When we were in one shop, Draco said he wanted to go look at the owls next door. "Hermione will you come outside for a minute?" Draco asked when he came back to the store I was in. "Yeah, of course." I put down the book I was looking at. I followed him outside and sat down on the park bench with him. He sat facing me and holding my hands. "I didn't really go to look at the owls, 'Mione." "Oh? Where did you go then?" I asked. He took something out of his inside pocket of his jacket. "I got you this." He opened what had been in his pocket and showed me a necklace: a gold chain with a beautiful diamond on it. "Draco, it's gorgeous!" I gasped picking it up. "Here, let me help you put it on." Why the Hell did he get me this? Now it's going to be even harder to break up with him to go with Harry. "I got this to show you just how much I love you," he said after I had the necklace on. "Thank you so much, Draco," I said leaning in for a hug. He kissed my cheek while we embraced. "You didn't have to do this, you know?" I said coming out of the hug. "I know I didn't have to, but I wanted to."