Chapter 7 – Hogsmeade and an unexpected kiss
It was Saturday morning and the sun was shining brightly it was a lovely day for September. Hermione got out of bed with a spring in her step, she loved Hogsmeade days and she loved the sun.
She went to the bathroom to shower and get ready but as she approached the door she saw Draco just about to go in,
"You using the bathroom?" she asked
"Well
I was going to but you can if you like" he said "I'll just get
something to eat first"
"ok, could you ask for some fruit for
me please?" she asked
"Sure" he said and went and wrote on the marble tablet. Hermione entered the bathroom as Draco lounged back down on the plush sofa.
Hermione quickly showered, she didn't want to leave him waiting for too long it seemed a bit rude.
Just as she was getting out of the shower and pulling her towel on she slipped on a wet patch on the floor and fell over
Draco heard her scream from the common room and burst into the bathroom. Hermione was lay on the floor with her towel just round her clutching her toe "Arggghhhhh!" she was shouting
"What happened?" he asked running over and looking at her foot
"Slipped" she said "stubbed toe and I think I may have twisted my ankle"
"Ok I will fetch Madame Pomfrey she will fix you up" he said and went back to the marble tablet.
Only a few moments passed before Draco entered again with Madame Pomfrey.
"Don't worry love" she reassured the girl "you'll be right as rain in a jiffy!"
"Thank god its killing" Hermione said
"And I thought Gryffindors were meant to be brave" Draco snickered
Hermione glared at him,
He just shrugged and grinned at her.
A few minutes of wand waving and a vile tasting potion later and Hermione felt as good as before
"Thank you Madame Pomfrey" she said pulling her towel round herself some more
"Your welcome" the aged Medi witch said and left
"Sorry about that Draco" Hermione said blushing, he was staring at her towel with avid fascination.
"Huh? Yeah no worries" he said "now I need my cold shower"
"Excuse me?" she asked
"Nothing" he mumbled and shut the door behind her
Hermione grabbed a banana off the table on her way to get dressed. She loved visits to Hogsmeade it meant she didn't have to wear her frumpy robes and she could look around Flourish and Blotts (the bookshop) to her hearts content.
She chose a pair of comfortable Nike trousers they were baggy in the leg but hugged her hips and a black vest top.
She decided to leave her hair down and keep it simple.
She was just finishing up as Draco knocked on her door.
"Are you ready yet woman?" he asked
"Yes!" she said and opened the door "you're already done?"
"Yes Malfoy's do not take long to make themselves look good. Most of its pure nature anyway" he stated
Hermione laughed at him and he raised an eyebrow
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing,
nothing" she said "just you're so funny"
"thanks" he
grumbled and grabbed some sunglasses
They made their way to the entrance hall where they were meeting Harry and Ron. Who were there waiting already
"Thought you were never coming" Harry smiled at Hermione
"I twisted my ankle in the shower" She explained "had to
Have a visit from Madame Pomfrey"
"Bad luck" Ron said "Let's go"
They made their way past filch and his stupid list and found a carriage to take them down to the village. Draco sat next to Hermione and Harry next to Ron.
"So what do you usually do when you go to Hogsmeade?" Draco asked
"well, usually me and Ron go to the quidditch shop for a bit whilst Hermione goes to Flourish and Blotts" Harry said "then we go to the three broomsticks for a butterbeer, Honeydukes, Zonkos and the usual sort of thing"
"Sounds good to me" the blonde said nodding
"So are you going to go to the quidditch store with those or Flourish and Blotts with me?" Hermione asked
"Erm tough call, I love both those shops" he said and you could see him trying really hard to decide
"I think I am going to go for the quidditch this time" he said "sorry"
"No it's good" Hermione said, "I am used to going by myself anyway"
"Ok good" He said and smiled
They departed their carriage and Hermione told them that she would meet them in an hour and she walked into her favourite shop in the entire world.
Meanwhile
the boys entered the quidditch shop
"so who's your favourite
quidditch team?" Ron asked Draco
Draco wasn't too bothered about teams. He just liked to play mostly but he decided to try and find some common ground with Ron
"Chudley Cannons of course" he said smiling "actually I wanted a new shirt, my father would never allow me to wear anything so brightly coloured and now I can wear anything I want to"
"Cool" Ron said "you should get the seekers number on it, with you being a seeker and all"
"I prefer the goalkeeper" Draco said "my father made them let me play seeker and now I am stuck with it, but I am a better goalkeeper"
Harry and Ron were both really surprised by this new information
Draco had always liked goalkeeping but part of the reason was the goalkeeper's shirt was green so it wouldn't look as stupid on him as the other shirts would
They continued to look around the shop for the rest of the hour. Draco decided to buy Harry and Ron both a present for later but he didn't tell them yet.
He went and paid for his purchases
"Just put them on the Malfoy account" he told the cashier
"Yes sir" she said and beamed at him. Bagging all his stuff up
"Hermione" they shouted as they walked out of the shop, she was just walking over and had a bag "what have you bought?"
"Well I needed a new diary and a quill, and I bought a book"
She said and started to tell them about the book
"Butterbeer" Ron interrupted and started steering the brunette towards the pub.
"Ok ok" she said and laughed. They made their way inside and found an empty table.
"I'll go get them" Harry said and went over to Madame Rosmerta
He came back a few minutes later with four Butter beers and noticed a few slytherins walking in and gawping at them
"What you lot looking at?!" He asked surprising Draco
They all looked away
"Nice one pott…Harry" the blonde smiled
"Thanks" Harry said ignoring the near slip up with his name. It was habit after all he supposed
Ron was greedily slurping his butterbeer and Hermione was frowning at him
"Ronald, do you have to be such a pig?" she asked
"Sorry" he said and started drinking properly
"ok well we are running out of time, so we best get cracking" Draco said "where to next honeydukes was it?"
"Yeah" the trio said and they exited the pub
Honeydukes wasn't as busy this late on in the day so they could move a lot easier than normally.
Harry was looking for some jelly slugs and Ron had gone up the stairs to find some exploding sherbet. Draco was talking to the woman about some special sweets he had when he was little and wondered if they still had any.
Harry was walking down an aisle where Hermione was. "Hey, have you seen the jelly slugs?" he asked
"Yeah they're here" she said. "Was just getting some for myself, but don't tell my mum"
Harry laughed, Hermione laughed. There was that typical hushed silence that seems to take over the world and everything stopped. They slowly neared each other and Harry's lips brushed Hermione's. She was a little shocked but didn't pull away instead she kissed him back a little. Suddenly Harry pulled away "I'm sorry Hermione" he said "I am sooo sooo sorry"
"Harry" she said as he had put the slugs back and left the shop
"Great"
She made her way to the counter where Draco had discovered that they didn't have his sweets, he looked severely annoyed and Hermione tried to console him. "It's alright" she said
"It
isn't" he said "well it is but you know I was looking forward
to them"
she paid for her goods and Ron came and paid for
his
"where's Harry?" they asked her
"Well I think he wanted to go back or something" Hermione said blushing. "Not too sure really"
But it turned out Harry had not gone back he was just sat on a bench in the street
"You alright mate?" Ron asked him
"Yeah fine" Harry said he looked tired "just needed a sit down and a bit of fresh air"
"Maybe you're coming down with something"
"Yeah maybe" Harry said "let's go"
They went to Zonkos which didn't seem much good anymore compared to Fred and George's new shop in Diagon alley
They rode back to the castle there was an odd atmosphere in the carriage and Draco started to feel a little paranoid so he decided to give the boys their gifts. "Harry, Ron" he said "I bought you both a little something to show my appreciation"
"You didn't have to do that" Harry said and smiled that the slytherin was trying to make a good impression
"What is it?" Ron asked
Hermione laughed at Ron's impatient ness
Draco passed them both a small paper bag each and they opened them. Inside was a miniature golden snitch
"cool" they both said "its not just a little snitch" Draco explained if you see on the back its got a little pin, like a badge and if you wear it then it can make you move really fast like the snitch so nobody can really see you"
"Wow man that's awesome" the boys both looked so happy
Hermione grinned and was pleased that Draco had managed to break the ice somewhat. She looked over to Harry who was smiling about his present and looking a little embarrassed by the gesture, their eyes met and he looked away
She was really confused by all this, they were going to have to talk she decided.
