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Chapter 13- Hermione's Stupidity
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GEmory: I can tell that you are STILL thinking about the whole Order thing, and now I am gonna feel bad for telling you this, since you have been thinking about that whole plot so much. The Order thing is not such a big deal, cuz Hermione finds out that Ron and Harry were lying. It's no big deal. . . honest. I've decided that even though my story needs a lot of drama to make it exciting to read, I am gonna mostly focus on Hermione and Draco. And to answer your question, Hermione did say the whole thing out loud to Ron.
GEmory: Lol. . . just read your second review, and to answer your other question, the other Gryfinndors and Luna don't know yet that Ron and Harry insulted them, but you'll haffta wait to see what's going to happen.
The bell had just rung, and Hermione reached over her chair to get her backpack, but as she lifted it up towards her, all of the contents fell on to the stone-floor.
"Augh!" she groaned feeling very frustrated. She was already in a bad mood because of the confusion that came over her when Tonks reacted the way she did when she said her name in the attendance.
'What's going on?' she asked herself. 'I mean, one minute they all hate me, and the next. . .'
'. . . And. . . how DARE Ron even look at me and try to smile at me like that, trying to plead for my friendship. . . which they already lost a long time ago because of their own faults.'
"Hermione," Neville's voice floated up from behind her. "You're moving too slow. Can you please hurry up, or you'll be late for Arithmancy, and I'll be late for Divination."
Hermione was still picking up her stuff and shoving them into her backpack, but she looked up at the sound of Neville's voice and said to his kind round face, "Don't worry about me Nev'. Just go along to your next class. If you don't leave now, you're going to be late, considering the fact that Divination is all the way up in the North Tower. My arithmancy class, however, is only down the hall, so I can walk myself."
"You sure 'Mione?" he asked her, and when she nodded her head, he said to her before walking away, "K, bye then, and I'll see you in third period at Professor Binn's class."
Hermione just waved, before bending back down to pick up the rest of her stuff. She was still thinking about both Tonks and Hagrid smiling at her, even though they were both in the order. She reached out to pick up the last book that was on the ground, which was a History of Magic test book, but a hand reached out in front of her and picked it up for her.
Looking up, she saw the smiling face of Tonks. Holding her bag tightly in her hand, she quickly got up so they were level with each other.
"Thanks professor," Hermione said quietly to her as she took the book back from her hand.
"No need to call me 'professor' 'Mione," Tonks said kindly looking at her face. "You know me way too well now that I don't care for such formality."
And she leaned in and whispered, "I'm as much young as you guys are, but just with more spunk."
Although Hermione was still quite angry and confused towards Tonks, she couldn't help but laugh at this, for her professor was trying so hard to sound young and cool.
"I just have to play a serious role when I'm teaching you guys in class," Tonks was saying. "Or I'd lose my job."
Again, Hermione laughed at this.
"So 'Mione," Tonks asked her, suddenly looking serious and a little worried. "What's going on with you? You didn't seem quite like yourself today. How was your summer?"
Hermione could feel a rush of anger as she heard this. She was now leaning against a nearby desk and was tracing her index fingers on top of the desktop, for she didn't want to make any eye contact with Tonks.
'Who does she think she is?' she thought to herself angrily. 'She knows I was having a horrible summer because I wasn't invited to Grimmauld's place, and now she actually has to rub it in my face?'
"'Mione?" asked Tonks concerned as she looked closer at her face.
"Wouldn't you know!" Hermione snapped, as she suddenly looked up at her with anger blazing in her flecked honey colored eyes. This put a shocked expression in Tonks's face, but she still continued on, "How could all of you be so ungrateful! You know. . . it's not like I did nothing to help save Harry's life in countless occasions."
Tonks, who was looking extremely confused, asked her calmly, "What in blazes are you talking about?"
Hermione who was now feeling frustrated that Tonks was pretending like nothing was wrong, replied impatiently, "I'm talking about me being uninvited to help you guys out in Grimmauld's, and instead, in my place, you asked Padma and Ginny!"
"What are you talking about?" asked Tonks, now even more confused. "We did invite you to Grimmauld's place! I was there when Ron and Harry wrote you a letter inviting you to come over, but Ron told us a week later, that you replied back saying that you were going to be busy since your grandfather just died. And, that's why I wanted to ask you about how your summer went. I wanted to apologize about the death of your grandfather. Harry told us that you were very close with him."
Now, it was unmistakable that it was Hermione's turn to be thoroughly confused. She had no clue about what Tonks was saying. Her grandfather was still alive, but he lived somewhere in Australia, so she hardly even knew him, let alone was close with him. And, she certainly didn't receive any invitation written by Ron and Harry in the mail.
"What are YOU talking about!" Hermione asked her angrily. "I was practically free all summer, and if I DID get invited to come, I would've came right away. My grandfather didn't die, and there were no funerals, so I have no idea what you're talking about."
"But 'Mione," Tonks exclaimed. "That's exactly what both Harry and Ron told us. They both said that you couldn't make it to visit us over the summer. I mean what. . . were Ron and Harry just lying?"
"Probably," muttered Hermione quietly, but not quiet enough for Tonks, for her sharp ears picked it up. "Okay. . . well then explain why you guys asked Ron, Harry, Padma and Ginny to join the Order, but not me?"
"Who told you this?" asked Tonks in disbelief.
"Ron," she replied simply.
What happened next, completely astonished Hermione. A huge grin spread across Tonks's face and her shoulder started to shake, when she suddenly burst out laughing. She was laughing so hard, that she had to hold the desk behind her for support.
To a passerby of this DADA classroom, the sight would've looked very odd and strange to anybody. Hermione was just standing in the middle of the room with her mouth wide opened, as she stared at her professor laughing so hard that she actually had tears forming in the corner of her eyes.
An actual minute passed before Tonks finally stopped laughing, and as she dried up her eyes, Hermione, who was feeling very confused but also slightly offended, asked in a demanding voice, "What is so funny!"
"It's just that, I think I must've heard you say a minute ago that Ron and Harry are now members of the Order," she replied, and she giggled again at the sudden thought.
"I DID say that!" Hermione said in an angry raised voice.
"Oh," Tonks replied quietly as her smile vanished from her face. But two seconds later, she was giggling again.
"What is so funny!" Hermione asked again, now feeling very frustrated.
"Hey hon," Tonks said coolly. She had now stopped laughing, and she was watching Hermione. "Calm down. No need to get all offended. But seriously, think about what you JUST said. I mean, Ron and Harry MEMBERS of the Order? Come on! That's the stupidest thing I have EVER heard. You do know that they have to be of age to even be able to join, and only most of the members are aurors. And, if we were to ask them, we would've obviously asked you too. Why would we EVEN consider asking Padma or Ginny? That's the funniest thing I have ever heard. Being in the Order is not something to joke about, because it's a very serious and life threatening job, and we would never let people your age join, even though you guys have had a lot of experience. The Order is not just a club that you can just join any time. Seriously. . . I thought you were smarter than that."
The only feeling that was left in Hermione at this moment, was foolishness.
'How could I be SO stupid?' she now thought to herself. 'Of course they couldn't possibly be part of the Order. Anyone else would've known that too. I mean, what happened to all of the stuff that I learned? I already knew that you have to be of age and you obviously have to go through many tests.'
But, something still bothered her.
"Then why did Ron say that he and Harry were both members?" she asked Tonks.
"They're not members," Tonks said, suddenly looking very amused. "They're only our errand boys."
Hermione looked up at Tonks with an unreadable expression set upon her face. As she stared at this curly haired professor, she could feel something bubbling from the inside of her. It felt like something was tickling her and before she knew it, she was laughing so hard. She found her stupidity so amusing, Ron and Harry only being pathetic errand boys for the Order, and the fact that they actually lied to her just to get her jealous.
'Ha ha!' Hermione thought with an evil grin. 'Turns out that they're the ones jealous of me, and I didn't even have to lie or try to impress them. That is so pathetic. . . having to lie about your job to TRY to get that person all jealous. I admit I was upset, but oh my gosh! They are beyond stupid. And, what's worse. . . since now they know that I'm more popular then them, they're trying to get back into becoming friends with me. Jeez!'
She didn't notice that Tonks were observing her as she drifted off into her thoughts.
"They lied to you, huh?" Tonks asked her quietly.
"Yah. . ." she replied, looking up. . . feeling shocked that she knew. When she saw the look on Tonks's face, she knew that Tonks understood her completely.
"You're too good for them anyways, 'Mione," Tonks said to her gently, as students started to enter the classroom. "I really did wanted you to visit over the summer, but I just had no idea that Ron and Harry actually lied about your grandfather dying. All this makes me look at them completely different now."
Hermione, who felt very relieved that Tonks understood her, just nodded her head.
"You better go to your next class. You have. . ." and as Tonks looked down at her watch, continued on, "30 seconds before your next class. I'll talk to you later."
"Bye Tonks!" Hermione called, for she was already on her way down the long corridor to her next class. She slowed down as she approached the open door of the arithmancy room, and she could hear many voices from inside, which meant that everyone was already seated. She stopped in front of the door, and she let out a sigh while shaking her head for her stupidity, before walking into the classroom.
Author's Note: Lol. . . I don't want anyone offended about the whole Order thing, and how it was stupid to believe that Ron and Harry were actually members. I WANTED you guys to fall for it too because I wanted you guys to be thinking like Hermione, and seeing everything through her eyes. I think some of you did believe it, so wasn't I convincing? Lol. . .
