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Chapter Thirteen
Hermione grinned as she stalked up to Ron and Harry. She wasn't sure if she had worn the outfit to generate that exact response out of him. Anyway whatever she had thought, it had worked. And this time she kissed him, not vice versa. It was actually thrilling; this year was turning out to be fun. I mean she never had time to do this kind of stuff. And she was now learning and getting the hang of it. She approached Ron and Harry. Ron was sporting a bruise on his cheek underneath his eyes and one on his shoulder which he was trying to subdue the pain of.
"That is all for now class! Please walk back to the castle in an orderly fashion!" Madam Hooch ordered. Hermione walked up the sloping hill to the steps leading up to the castle. She was aware of all the eyes eyeing her from the back. After all, the girls at Hogwarts never expected Hermione Granger to come out in this get up. Well she was just full of surprises now, wasn't she? They neared the door to the entrance and Hermione looked up and saw a boy with dark hair and hazel eyes staring at her and realized with a jolt in her stomach that it was Blaise. As she neared him she smiled and continued walking but he caught her arm.
"Hello, do you mind if we have a word?" He asked. Hermione looked at Harry and Ron for consent and they eyed him suspiciously. "Hey aren't you the one at the new quidditch shop who's always around the Firebolt 2?" Ron asked with narrowed eyes. "Yes it's nice to meet you." Blaise said and stuck out a hand. Ron didn't stick out his own hand so Blaise's hand dropped in front of Ron's unfriendly stare. "It's nice to meet you." Harry said grabbing Blaise's arm as it fell. He shook his hand and then nudged Ron in the side with his elbow as a signal to get moving. Harry pushed him along but Ron never stopped looking suspiciously back at Blaise.
Hermione turned a little red and said trying to cover it all up "Sorry about that, they're my best friends. You wanted a word?" "Yes. May we walk around the lake?" He asked. Hermione nodded and he clasped her hand. She was a little startled; she didn't really expect him to do that. They neared the lake and then walked around it slowly. They saw the giant squid poke out a tentacle and sort of wave to them. They walked in silence until they reached a little grassy spot surrounded by trees.
"I noticed you at the quidditch shop and you caught my eye. Well actually you were looking right at me." He paused. "I wasn't expecting to meet again, and at the quidditch shop you left so quickly I didn't have a chance to say a few words to you. You are exceptionally beautiful." He said and stroked her cheek. Hermione shivered under his touch. "Now that we are once again reacquainted I was wondering if we could get together. Also Headmaster Mirkanoff has informed me that we are to have a ball this coming weekend. I was hoping- well I was hoping that I would have the pleasure of going with you." He said and held her hand to his lips while looking into her eyes.
Hermione was taken aback She was hoping to make at least a little conversation with him the time he was here but he was doing all the talking and had even asked her out to the dance! She was bubbling with joy and she realized he was waiting for her answer and she quickly replied "Yes. Yes I'd love to." His eyes lit up and he put his hands on her waist and pulled her close. "I thank you." He bent his head down a little and kissed her lips and Hermione was numbed by the effect. I mean this was there first official meeting in which it was only them and no other person. She had been kissed at least three times that day... She was feeling a little slutty kissing two different people...I'm going to stick with Blaise. She silently decided. She leaned up and kissed Blaise back and he swerved her around pinning her to the tree. His kisses moved down to her neck and his hands were over her breasts. Hermione vaguely noticed him trying to put his hands under her tube top and stopped. She stepped to the side. "Wait. I'm not ready for that kind of stuff. We've just met." She looked at her watch trying to make an excuse to leave. "Uh, I gotta go...My two friends will be waiting for me." She jogged quickly back up to the castle to meet up with Harry and Ron.
Draco had been walking alongside the lake; his spirits soaring. Hermione had kissed him and she had forgiven him for the incident in the morning. He was thinking of asking her to the dance, he was sure she wouldn't say no. He even played a little with the giant squid. It swam up to the shore and caught the rocks he was skipping on the water. "I think she actually likes me." He said grinning from ear to ear. He decided to make a full circle of the lake. He stopped while walking along, he saw Hermione talking to someone he couldn't see. He moved a little closer and hid behind a tree before any of them could spot him. "Yes. Yes I'd love to." He heard her say. Then he sneaked a glance and saw someone pulling her close and kissing her. It was Blaise, his friend! He was heartbroken; Blaise was stealing his date! He had worked so hard throughout the year to get Hermione to like him even a little, and here was Blaise stealing her when he had just arrived! He walked back up to the castle disgusted, and having one less friend.
Hermione's heart beat wildly as she looked for Harry and Ron. Wow he was taking things a little too fast! I mean a kiss was ok, but he was already feeling me up! She thought. She tried to console herself by saying maybe that's how it was at Durmstrang. And she really liked him and she didn't want to give him up just because she was being childish! She was old enough to do what she wanted. She finally found Ron in the Gryffindor Common Room. He was playing exploding snap with Dean Thomas. "What was the "word" he wanted with you?" Ron asked flatly. He wasn't looking at her and avoiding her gaze. "Nothing he just asked me to the dance." Ron looked up and turned red. Before he could say anything she quickly asked "Where's Ginny, I need to talk to her." He pointed to the girl's dormitory and she quickly went up.
Hermione went in and peered around the room. She saw Parvati Patil by the vanity dresser and asked "Where's Ginny?" She stopped trying to fasten a large ornamental pin into her hair and said "I think she went to the Boy's Dormitory with Harry." Hermione nodded and said thanks, then climbed up the boy's dormitory. She opened the door and looked around. The boy's room was messy; there were exploding snap cards littered everywhere, clothes, and Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans wrappers all over the floor. She looked at Harry's bed and saw the hangings were drawn around his four poster bed. She heard a moan and went closer because she thought someone was hurt. "Do it again Harry...moan" Hermione heard Ginny's voice. She stopped in her tracks. She had come in on them when they were having what she guessed was sex. She abruptly turned around so as not to embarrass herself or her friends. "Who's there?" said Harry's voice. "I thought I told you guys to stay out for now." The hangings opened and Hermione saw Harry without a shirt on and tousled hair. He saw her and then said "Oh crap Hermione it's you. Hold on a sec." He said blushing a deep red that would have given the Weasely's a run for their money if they had any. He reached down and picked up a bra and a shirt. The hangings were closed for a moment and then Ginny called "Its ok Hermione you can come over." "No its ok I'd rather not." Hermione replied. "I'll talk to you later Ginny." She walked out and decided to put her robes back on and go to the library to finish up some homework.
A few minutes later Hermione entered the library and took her usual cozy seat in the corner. She picked decided to read a book she'd had no time for in the past few days. Hermione looked up because she heard books moving around on a shelf close to her, and then appeared Malfoy. "So, I heard you're going to the dance with Blaise."
Chapter Thirteen
Hermione grinned as she stalked up to Ron and Harry. She wasn't sure if she had worn the outfit to generate that exact response out of him. Anyway whatever she had thought, it had worked. And this time she kissed him, not vice versa. It was actually thrilling; this year was turning out to be fun. I mean she never had time to do this kind of stuff. And she was now learning and getting the hang of it. She approached Ron and Harry. Ron was sporting a bruise on his cheek underneath his eyes and one on his shoulder which he was trying to subdue the pain of.
"That is all for now class! Please walk back to the castle in an orderly fashion!" Madam Hooch ordered. Hermione walked up the sloping hill to the steps leading up to the castle. She was aware of all the eyes eyeing her from the back. After all, the girls at Hogwarts never expected Hermione Granger to come out in this get up. Well she was just full of surprises now, wasn't she? They neared the door to the entrance and Hermione looked up and saw a boy with dark hair and hazel eyes staring at her and realized with a jolt in her stomach that it was Blaise. As she neared him she smiled and continued walking but he caught her arm.
"Hello, do you mind if we have a word?" He asked. Hermione looked at Harry and Ron for consent and they eyed him suspiciously. "Hey aren't you the one at the new quidditch shop who's always around the Firebolt 2?" Ron asked with narrowed eyes. "Yes it's nice to meet you." Blaise said and stuck out a hand. Ron didn't stick out his own hand so Blaise's hand dropped in front of Ron's unfriendly stare. "It's nice to meet you." Harry said grabbing Blaise's arm as it fell. He shook his hand and then nudged Ron in the side with his elbow as a signal to get moving. Harry pushed him along but Ron never stopped looking suspiciously back at Blaise.
Hermione turned a little red and said trying to cover it all up "Sorry about that, they're my best friends. You wanted a word?" "Yes. May we walk around the lake?" He asked. Hermione nodded and he clasped her hand. She was a little startled; she didn't really expect him to do that. They neared the lake and then walked around it slowly. They saw the giant squid poke out a tentacle and sort of wave to them. They walked in silence until they reached a little grassy spot surrounded by trees.
"I noticed you at the quidditch shop and you caught my eye. Well actually you were looking right at me." He paused. "I wasn't expecting to meet again, and at the quidditch shop you left so quickly I didn't have a chance to say a few words to you. You are exceptionally beautiful." He said and stroked her cheek. Hermione shivered under his touch. "Now that we are once again reacquainted I was wondering if we could get together. Also Headmaster Mirkanoff has informed me that we are to have a ball this coming weekend. I was hoping- well I was hoping that I would have the pleasure of going with you." He said and held her hand to his lips while looking into her eyes.
Hermione was taken aback She was hoping to make at least a little conversation with him the time he was here but he was doing all the talking and had even asked her out to the dance! She was bubbling with joy and she realized he was waiting for her answer and she quickly replied "Yes. Yes I'd love to." His eyes lit up and he put his hands on her waist and pulled her close. "I thank you." He bent his head down a little and kissed her lips and Hermione was numbed by the effect. I mean this was there first official meeting in which it was only them and no other person. She had been kissed at least three times that day... She was feeling a little slutty kissing two different people...I'm going to stick with Blaise. She silently decided. She leaned up and kissed Blaise back and he swerved her around pinning her to the tree. His kisses moved down to her neck and his hands were over her breasts. Hermione vaguely noticed him trying to put his hands under her tube top and stopped. She stepped to the side. "Wait. I'm not ready for that kind of stuff. We've just met." She looked at her watch trying to make an excuse to leave. "Uh, I gotta go...My two friends will be waiting for me." She jogged quickly back up to the castle to meet up with Harry and Ron.
Draco had been walking alongside the lake; his spirits soaring. Hermione had kissed him and she had forgiven him for the incident in the morning. He was thinking of asking her to the dance, he was sure she wouldn't say no. He even played a little with the giant squid. It swam up to the shore and caught the rocks he was skipping on the water. "I think she actually likes me." He said grinning from ear to ear. He decided to make a full circle of the lake. He stopped while walking along, he saw Hermione talking to someone he couldn't see. He moved a little closer and hid behind a tree before any of them could spot him. "Yes. Yes I'd love to." He heard her say. Then he sneaked a glance and saw someone pulling her close and kissing her. It was Blaise, his friend! He was heartbroken; Blaise was stealing his date! He had worked so hard throughout the year to get Hermione to like him even a little, and here was Blaise stealing her when he had just arrived! He walked back up to the castle disgusted, and having one less friend.
Hermione's heart beat wildly as she looked for Harry and Ron. Wow he was taking things a little too fast! I mean a kiss was ok, but he was already feeling me up! She thought. She tried to console herself by saying maybe that's how it was at Durmstrang. And she really liked him and she didn't want to give him up just because she was being childish! She was old enough to do what she wanted. She finally found Ron in the Gryffindor Common Room. He was playing exploding snap with Dean Thomas. "What was the "word" he wanted with you?" Ron asked flatly. He wasn't looking at her and avoiding her gaze. "Nothing he just asked me to the dance." Ron looked up and turned red. Before he could say anything she quickly asked "Where's Ginny, I need to talk to her." He pointed to the girl's dormitory and she quickly went up.
Hermione went in and peered around the room. She saw Parvati Patil by the vanity dresser and asked "Where's Ginny?" She stopped trying to fasten a large ornamental pin into her hair and said "I think she went to the Boy's Dormitory with Harry." Hermione nodded and said thanks, then climbed up the boy's dormitory. She opened the door and looked around. The boy's room was messy; there were exploding snap cards littered everywhere, clothes, and Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans wrappers all over the floor. She looked at Harry's bed and saw the hangings were drawn around his four poster bed. She heard a moan and went closer because she thought someone was hurt. "Do it again Harry...moan" Hermione heard Ginny's voice. She stopped in her tracks. She had come in on them when they were having what she guessed was sex. She abruptly turned around so as not to embarrass herself or her friends. "Who's there?" said Harry's voice. "I thought I told you guys to stay out for now." The hangings opened and Hermione saw Harry without a shirt on and tousled hair. He saw her and then said "Oh crap Hermione it's you. Hold on a sec." He said blushing a deep red that would have given the Weasely's a run for their money if they had any. He reached down and picked up a bra and a shirt. The hangings were closed for a moment and then Ginny called "Its ok Hermione you can come over." "No its ok I'd rather not." Hermione replied. "I'll talk to you later Ginny." She walked out and decided to put her robes back on and go to the library to finish up some homework.
A few minutes later Hermione entered the library and took her usual cozy seat in the corner. She picked decided to read a book she'd had no time for in the past few days. Hermione looked up because she heard books moving around on a shelf close to her, and then appeared Malfoy. "So, I heard you're going to the dance with Blaise."