Chapter 3
Dear Diary
Disclaimer: Although I wish that I owned Harry or Ron or Draco, I don't own a thing.
Hermione skidded to a sudden halt as she reached the portrait to the Gryffindor house.
"Password?" The fat lady asked.
"Pepper Imps." Hermione replied, almost out of breath.
The portrait hole swung open and she ran inside where she climbed the stairs to the girls dormitory.
Hermione pulled out her diary from under her bed and turned the pages to her last entry.
Dear Diary,
I hope you will forgive me for ever having to write this. It has been building up inside of me for so long and I really feel that I need to tell someone. I'm afraid that I will go insane if I don't. You don't know how bad I want to tell my friends. They would never understand, though. I fear the worst if they ever learned of my secret.
For the past couple of days, I have been having these feelings. These feelings are strange to me so I am not really sure how to explain them to you. These feelings that I have been having are towards someone who I would absolutely never consider a suitable friend or boyfriend.
You probably wouldn't ever believe that I, Hermione Granger, have fallen for someone who I have hated ever since I first laid eyes on him. He is everything that I hate and everything that I am against. So tell me, why am I suddenly attracted to him? The only explanation I can come up with as got to be my bloody hormones. It must be. It's got to be. I'm much smarter than to fall for him.
If you have guessed right, you would know that I am talking about a boy that is my worst enemy. A boy so horrid, his only pleasure comes from tormenting others.
His name is Draco Malfoy.
Sincerely,
Hermione Granger.
After she had finished reading, Hermione tore out the entry and ripped it into many tiny shreds.
"No one will ever read it now." Hermione said, dumping all of the shreds into the trash.
"Mya, what are you doing?" Ginny asked as she walked through the door.
Hermione dropped onto her bed and turned to face Ginny. "Oh, nothing. Just getting rid of some trash."
Ginny sat down on the edge of Hermione's bed. "Is something wrong? You know, you can tell me anything."
Hermione nodded her head. "I guess I could tell you since you are my best friend. You cannot tell a soul about this, all right?"
"Of course, Mya."
Hermione took a deep breath. "I'm not sure, Ginny. I mean, I've been having these strange feelings about someone but that person happens to be my worst enemy."
Ginny looked confused. "If he is your enemy, why do you have feelings for him?"
"That's what I don't understand. It's driving me crazy just thinking about it."
Ginnys eyes grew wide. "Mya, please don't tell me that it's Malfoy?"
Hermione closed her eyes. "That would be him."
Ginny put her hand over her mouth. "Mya, no. You can't. Do you realize how horrid he is? What about Ron and Harry? What are they going to..."
Hermione placed her hand over Ginnys mouth.
"Ginny, calm down. I didn't say I was going to date him or anything like that. I just said that I was having these strange feelings. There's nothing to worry about."
Ginny moved Hermione's hand to speak. "You can't like Malfoy, Mya. You belong with Ron."
Hermione sighed and walked over to the window.
"Ron's my best friend, Ginny. Just my best friend, nothing more. I know that you hate the idea of me having feelings for Malfoy but like I said before, I can't help it."
Ginny walked over to the window and placed her hand on Hermione's shoulder.
"I just don't want you to get hurt, Mya. Until you know if this feeling is real, you should stay as far away from Malfoy as possible."
Hermione pressed her head against the wall. "Please don't tell Harry or Ron." Hermione said softly.
"I promise, Mya, your secrets safe with me."
A/N: I'm sorry that this chapter (and the last two chapters) have been so short. I will try my best to make them longer. Once again, huge thanks and yummy cookies to everyone that reviewed! No cookie for the person that made that nasty comment about my story. I really hope that you like this chapter. Before I go, I would like to say that I am still in search of a beta so if you are interested, please email me. Thanks a bunch!
Love,
Jess
