How Much For Happy?

By: DumDumDitz23

Disclaimer: I hate disclaimers, but I HAVE to put one on, because I don't have enough money to pay off J.K. Rowling when I get sued!

Chapter 1

HG POV

I can't believe I made Head Girl for my 7th year of Hogwarts! I know that the Head Boy is the one and only….. Draco Malfoy. I know what everyone thinks about him… arrogant, egotistical, and shit-headed, etc. But last year, we became friends. I've kind of taken a liking to him. I mean, now he's sweet, kind, hot, and not to mention that he can make me laugh. He's so wonderful to me. But the problem is, I have a boyfriend. Last year, Ron and I hooked up. We've been going out for 7 months. But I think he's been cheating on me. I found some lipstick on his cheek one time, but he said it was his mum's. But I know that his mum doesn't wear that shade of lipstick. Thank god there's this talent show thing this year. I'm going to sing. I'll sing my heart out to him and tell him how much he's hurt me, if my suspicions are correct. Good thing school starts tomorrow.

The next day-

Finally, it's September 1st. I get to see Harry, Ron, Ginny, Draco, and everyone else who I haven't seen in 3 months. I walked over to my closet and picked out a black tank-top with turquoise letters saying 'Bow down to the queen'. Then I put on my black Soffee shorts. (No, she's not Goth) I ran over to the railing for the stairs. "Mom, hurry up! It's 10:00!" I screamed.

"Okay, we'll leave after you've eaten breakfast, so hurry up!" she screamed back.

I ran downstairs, with my trunks and all, grabbed an orange, and ran into the car. With all my stuff in the car, we sped off to Kings Cross station. I got out of the car, shouted a good-bye to my parents and went off to look for the Head's compartment.

After 10 minutes of searching, I found Draco. He looked ever better this year, if that was possible. He stood about 6'2" with the same platinum blonde hair. He had to the same sliver-blue eyes that I absolutely adore. Qudditch finally paid off. His muscles were so firm, but they still looked soft. He looked like a god, or a Veela or something. I ran right up to him.

"Hey Draco. How've you been?" I asked.

"Oh hey, Hermione. I've been really awesome. What about you?" He replied.

"I've been good, except I can't find the Head's compartment." I said sheepishly.

"Well, then you found the right person. I was just on my way there." He said with a little smile playing on his lips.

We walked for about a minute until he stopped in front of a regular looking compartment. It didn't look like that once we went inside. The compartment was so lavish, I felt like I was in a mansion. There were couches, chairs, all leather if I might add, and a table right in front of the couches, kind of like a coffee table. Draco walked over to one of the couches and lay down.

"Well, let's see what we have to do this year." He said, staring at a piece of paper on the table.

"Can we do that in about 15 minutes? I haven't seen Harry or Ron yet." I said.

He looked at me with this weird expression on his face. I had never seen it before. "Sure, go ahead. I'll be waiting." He answered. I smiled before I walked out.

I found our usual compartment and opened the doors. I found Harry and Ginny sitting next to each other, sleeping, which I thought was the cutest thing ever. I look over to my left and saw Ron, who I hadn't seen in 3 months, making out with Lavender Brown.

"Oh my god! Ron! How could you do this to me?" I shouted at him.

Ron got off of Lavender and looked startled. Harry and Ginny woke up and looked from Ron to me and back. Then they looked at Lavender, whose hair was all over the place and her lips swollen. I guess they figured it out. "Yeah Ron. What are you doing?" Harry asked. I guess they didn't know.

"I was going to tell you 'Mione, but I didn't want to hurt you." Ron said with a pleading look in his eyes.

"So you think this would spare me the hurt? Who are you? I don't know you anymore." I said as I ran out of the compartment with tears streaming down my cheeks. I ran to the Head's compartment and threw the doors open. I ran over to Draco and threw my arms around him and sobbed into his chest. He had no idea what was going on, but he comforted me, soothing me with little words of comfort.

After about 20 more minutes of crying, I finally stopped. "Are you okay? What happened? Draco asked, looking in to my red and puffy eyes.

"I walked into the compartment, and there was Ron, making out with Lavender." I said with tears welling up in my eyes.

"Are you serious? That son of a bitch is going to pay. You want me to take care of him?" He asked with a malicious glint in his eyes. (A/N- I just noticed that the last three paragraphs I've written all end in eyes.)

"No, I don't want you to get a detention on the first day of school." I said, still a little upset.

"Okay. Do you want to look at what we have to do this year?" he said.

"Sure." I replied, a little less enthusiastic then I had hoped. We looked at the piece of paper on the coffee table. It said that Hogwarts was having a talent show, and the winner would get 50 galleons. I told Draco I wanted to sing in the contest.

"Cool. I was thinking of being one of the judges." He said.

"That would be cool, too. When is it?" I asked.

"It says we have to make a date. How about tomorrow? That way everyone can get it in before classes start." He suggested.

"How about in 2 days, so people can get their act together and pick what they want to do." I said.

"Okay. In 2 days then." He said.

"Oh look. The train's stopping. I'll see you later." He said, looking out the window.

"Okay. See you when I see you." I said walking out of the compartment.

Talent Show day (I wanted to get right there to the talent show)-

Today, I'll be singing a song that I wrote, and Draco said he would get his band together and play with me. He decided that he didn't want to be a judge, so he's going to help me out.

5 minutes until show time-

Oh my god, I'm so friggin nervous. Today is the day that I tell the whole school what I really feel. I'm going to tell Ron what I feel. Wait, what's going on? They're pulling the curtains up now. Already? Why so soon?

Surely it can't be time yet.

"First up for our Hogwarts Talent show is Lavender Brown singing Dip It Low," announced Dumbledore. Lavender sang terribly. She sounded like a cross between a dying cow and an oboe. No one cheered for her.

"Next up is Hermione Granger singing a song she wrote called How Much For Happy." Oh my god, I'm up. It's okay. You can do this. You've sang it for Draco and his band. Nothing's different.

I got on stage and the music started to play. I knew everything, and it all came out perfectly.

After the Talent Show-

Oh my god! I did awesome. Everyone was screaming at the top of their lungs. Draco was smiling at me. I love his smile. He's coming over here. Oh my god. Does my breathe smell okay!

"Hey 'Mione! That was awesome!" he shouted.

"Thank you so much, for the band and everything. I couldn't have done it without you. Thanks." I said while smiling.

"Come on. Let's go to our room, okay? We can talk more there." Draco said as he took my hand and led me to our common room. Once we got there, we sat down on our black couches and talked.

"So, how was your summer?" he asked.

"It was awesome. I saw my cousin, Tasha, and she gave me a complete makeover. But she called it a 'make better' or whatever." I said. It was true. I looked fabulous, not to sound conceited, but I do. My hair was a dark brown, or chocolate brown as Tasha called it. It was straighten, permenantly, thanks to a new charm I learned. My body had also filled out into a curvaceous one. It seemed as if Draco had noticed, too. He kept staring at me. It's kind of creepy, but flattering.

"Well, I'm going to go to bed. I'll see you tomorrow." I said and walked up the stairs to my room.

"Wait!" he shouted and ran up to me. He looked into my eyes, pulled my chin up to his face, and kissed me full on the lips. I was shocked, but I responded quickly. There we were, standing outside my bedroom door, pretty much making out. I had my arms around his neck and he had his arms around my waist. He ended the kiss and put his forehead on mine and said, "Will you go out with me?" I was shocked, again, but I answered him.

"Yes, I'd love to." I said with a small smile on my face. He kissed me one last time. Not as passionate as the other one, if I might add. "Good night." I called.

"Good night" he called back as I blew him a kiss. I laughed and walked into my room, thinking about silver-blue eyes, hoping he was thinking of me too.

Well, there you go! This is my 3rd story, but I keep stopping the other ones at chapter 2. I don't know why, but I kind of lose interest in my stories. I like this one though. It's really long. Which is awesome, if I might say so myself. The song that was in this chapter, How Much for Happy, is by Cassie Steele. She's my FAVORITE singer. Anyway, I hope you liked it! I like reviews too!

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