Chapter 7
The Letter, the fight, and the lie
Disclaimer: Although I wish that I owned Harry or Ron or Draco, I do not own a thing.
"No, no they couldn't have found the letter. I put it in my pocket before I left."
Hermione put her hands to her face. "It must have fell out of my pocket. I can't believe this. What am I going to do?"
"Hermione, calm down. I didn't sign my name to the letter. You could say that someone else wrote it." Draco said.
Ginny looked back at the castle. "We shoud probably get going, Mya. I'm sure that the boys will be heading down here any minute."
Hermione nodded her head and got up from the bench. "I'll write to you as soon as I can." Hermione said to Draco before she took of towards the castle.
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Hermione and Ginny walked into the Gryffindor common room and were greeted by Harry and Ron.
The room went silent as Hermione dropped into one of the chairs.
Ginny ran up to the girls rooms, leaving Hermione to face Harry and Ron by herself.
"Nice to see you, Mione. Where have you been tonight?" Ron said, the letter laying next to him on the couch.
Hermione crossed her arms. "What are you getting at, Ronald?" She spat.
"We found this," Harry waved the letter for Hermione to see. "Who's this from?"
"No one."
"Well, it has to be from someone? I mean, you met them at the lake, didn't you? Ron asked.
Hermione got to her feet. "What does it matter to you, Ronald? Yeah, I met him at the lake. Why do you have to be so protective of me?"
Ron also got to his feet. "Bloody hell, Hermione. I ask you one bloody question and you bite my head off!"
"Who gave you the permission to read the letter, anyways, Ronald? First you snoop in my diary and then this!"
Ron shook his head. "So, you're going to hold that against me, are you? I told you that I was sorry, Mione. What more do you want?"
"You know what I want, Ronald, I want you to keep your nose out of other people's business!"
"Will you stop calling me Ronald?" Ron yelled.
"I'll stop calling you Ronald when you stop snooping through my stuff!" Hermione yelled back.
"I'm not the only that looks through your stuff. You would know that if you didn't have your face buried in your books all the time!"
"Oh, you want to play this game, eh? Ok Ronald, I will stop 'burying my face in my books' if you stop being jealous and inconsiderate."
"Jealous and inconsiderate? What do you think you are, miss perfect? You, Mione, are a..."
"Ron, Hermione if you two don't stop fighting, I swear I'm going to go mad!" Harry yelled, his voice echoing through out the common room.
Hermione and Ron instantly sat back down and stared at Harry.
"Thank you." Harry said. "Hermione, go ahead and tell us about this letter."
Hermione stuck her tounge out at Ron.
"Real mature." Ron said softly.
Hermione cleared her throat. "Like I was going to say before Ron rudely interrupted me, I did in fact meet this person at the lake tonight. In fact, I was quite surprised when he revealed his identity."
Ron moved to the edge of the couch.
"Who was it?" He asked, his fists at his said.
Hermione smiled. "You are never going to believe this, but it was Neville."
Ron and Harry looked at one another and instantly burst into laughter.
"Good job, Hermione." Hermione said to herself as she watched them roll of the couch, clutching their stomachs.
"I'm going to bed." Hermione said, waving good bye to them, knowing that they probably wouldn't hear her over the laughter.
Harry and Ron continued to laugh as Hermione ran up to the girls dormitory and quietly shut the door behind her.
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Dear Draco,
You would not believe how angry Ron and Harry were when they told me that they found that letter. I have never seen Ron get that upset before. You were right, it was quite funny to see him get upset. I couldn't believe the fight we got into. I know that I might have been a little harsh to him, but some of the things that he said really hurt. I really haven't noticed until now how much he really cares for me. It must run in the Weasley blood. Ginny is the exact same way.
I also haven't noticed until now how sweet and caring you can be, too. You know, to tell you the truth, I wasn't as angry as I thought I would have been when I found that you were my secret admirer. I was actually all right with it. I was all right with it because I also have feelings for you, too.
I should be going, I think I hear Ron and Harry calling my name. Sweet dreams, Draco Malfoy.
Your friend,
Hermione Granger
A/N: Poor Neville, getting blamed for something he didn't do. lol. All right, I just wanted to address something that's been on my mind. To the Hellohello person, I know that you might not like my style of writing and I'm all right with that. What I'm not all right with is that you keep reviewing, telling me that my story is retarted and such. You know, if you don't like it, don't read it! easy as that! And another thing, don't even bother reviewing if you are going to be like that. Reviews like that don't help a writer, they only put them down. Thanks to everyone else that has reviewed! Love you all!
Oh, and I expect the next chapter to be up real real soon!
Love,
Jess.
