The First Day Of Term
A/n Thanks so much for the reviews they made me feel really great. :D
"Hermione look we've got our new schedule's for this year. Here I picked one up for you since you weren't at breakfast." Ron said handing her the new schedules.
" Oh, thanks Ron. I'm sorry I wasn't at breakfast I wasn't feeling to well." Hermione smiled. Harry walked in with Ginny they were laughing.
"We'd better get going for potions." Hermione spoke. Ron nodded and beckoned to Harry. They all walked down into the entrance hall. From there they walked down into the dungeons for Potions. Malfoy was there looking a little less than himself, with Blaise and Pansy. Everyone took their seats from last year and looked up at the blackboard where Professor Slughorn had posted a mystery potion. It had clues and whoever guessed it right wouldn't get homework tonight. Everyone figured Hermione was going to get it so they all worked twice as hard except for Malfoy, Blaise, and Pansy they didn't care really.
" Bloody this is hard. Hermione have you gotten it yet?" Ron asked. Hermione shushed him and began to sigh. Finally she scribbled down and answer and went up to hand it to Professor Slughorn. Ron swore under his breath and then sat back looking defeated. Professor Slughorn smiled and said,
" This is correct Miss Granger it is the actually not describing a potion it is in fact describing how your memories get when they are in a pensive. Ten points to Gryffindor, now on to the lesson." Harry gaped how had he not have thought about that because he had more than once gone into other people's memories when they were in the pensive. The rest of the lesson they talked about how you could take memories or thoughts out of your own head or others' and see them as if you were there. Harry zoned out and started to think about the remaining Horcruxes. Something of Gryffindor's or Ravenclaw's, then there was the Hufflepuff cup, and perhaps the Slytherin locket. (Although that might have been destroyed by R.A.B whoever that was) His thoughts were brought back when the class was dismissed and Ron shook him out of his glazed state. Harry followed Ron and Hermione at a distance. Ron and Hermione walked up into the entrance hall and then onto the grand staircase, to Transfiguration class where Professor McGonnagal was talking to the class about changing cats into food. Hermione was listening to her every word while Harry and Ron were playing hangman.
"B" guessed Harry again. Ron shook his head, placed b, next to j, p, and f. Then he placed another arm on Harry's already one-armed body.
"Your turn," Harry whispered.
"Hmm…. p?" Harry nodded and wrote the "p" into the second box of the word. Ron gestured his head to Harry indicating it was his turn.
"M?" Harry asked quietly. Ron wrote M in the third box next to I and a. The game went on throughout the whole class, Ron got his and it said Spiders Eat You. Harry got almost all of his and what he got read I am hu (three spaces) y.
"LUNCH! Thank God! I'm so hungry I think I'm starving. Hmmm…looks like we have fresh strawberries today." Ron said and ran into the Great Hall for lunch. Hermione walked in with Harry who seemed a little out of it. Hermione sat next Ron and Harry sat on the other side of her. Ron started shovelling food into his mouth and could barely talk to Hermione who was trying to hold a conversation about how hard N.E.W.T.'s were going to be. She started to elaborate on potions when Ron held up a finger.
"Hermione can I get one split second that we're not talking about school?"
"Sorry Ron. This year's going to be hard even for the best of us and I think that, oh never mind nobody ever listens and nobody ever will." Hermione sighed and started up to the library. Harry looked over at Ron and gave him the thumbs up and then turned back to Ginny and began talking about tryouts again. Ron grabbed his book bag and ran up after Hermione. When he got to the library Hermione had already disappeared into one of the tall bookshelves, Ron ran after her. Hermione had her nose in a book that looked particularly dull and long.
"Hermione, look I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that, but I just don't want to have to think about exams especially since it's just our first day of term." Ron said.
"It's fine, I shouldn't have started talking though. We always seem to fight when either of us says anything anyways. So I should've known to keep my mouth shut." Hermione said as put the book back and jotted down a note onto a piece of paper and started out of the library. Ron stood there for a moment and then slapped his face. Ron, you freak you could've said something, but no you had to be little mister insensitive. He walked off to his next class and met up with Harry there.
"C'mon Harry our desk's over here." Ron said and walked over to the opposite side of where Hermione's desk was positioned.
"Harry I could've done something, but no. I had to be a insensitive wart again." Ron spoke angrily.
"Ron, it's okay, you've got all year." Harry said then after Ron wasn't listening anymore he whispered "I hope."
Harry walked up to Gryffindor tower following Ron. Professor Flitwick had given them loads of homework that they had to finish before the next class. Ron took one of the more comfortable chairs by the fire and started his essay. Hermione walked in half an hour later from her Arithmancy class with more homework than both of them. She sat down in another of the three chairs by the fire and started right away on a page of her equations.
"Oy! Hermione did you finish your charms essay? I was wondering if you could help me if you did." Ron asked."Ronald, I've just gotten back from my lessons when do think I would've gotten that done?" Hermione asked. Ron shrugged and started back on the essay. Harry finished and went to post the times for quidditch try-outs on the announcement board.
"Hermione." Ron went to sit next to her. "I really am sorry for what I said earlier. I wasn't being very…umm…sensitive. I suppose." Ron said.
"It's all right we all have our days. Anyways I think I'm going to turn in and finish this later. 'Night Ron" She said. Hermione gathered her bag she looked at Ron who had just formally given her an apology, and she hugged him. He blushed up to his ears, she turned slightly pink and ran up to bed.