Okay, this is about an eating disorder. So if that offends you please don't read on. It may act as a trigger too. You may not find my perception of Hermione's eating disorder realistic, but when people have eating disorders most act exactly the same as usual. It is only after time they become drawn into themselves, and start to act unlike them. So bare that in minds before you flame me for this being surreal. The motorways and the driving is from my head, you do not really have to turn off an A1 for surrey. Oh yes, and they're out of character. Totally out of character. The eating disorder in this fic has been portrayed personally but if you have suggestions please do put them in a review.
I love you to the bones
Hermione curled up into a ball at the bottom of the bed. It was 2 AM and she was still awake. She gritted her teeth and got out of bed. She walked down the two flights of stairs as quietly as she could and walked barefoot onto the cold tiles of the kitchen floor. She shivered slightly but didn't make any attempt to make herself warm. She grabbed a glass and turned on the hot tap, she gulped the water down and rubbed her stomach in a circular motion. She then turned off the hot tap and turned on the cold tap. She half filled her glass of water and sat at the breakfast bar on a high stool. She took a sip of water then put the glass back down.
"Hermione?" Harry asked, Hermione jumped,
"What is it Harry?" She asked with a hint of agitation in her voice that she didn't mean to be there,
"I wondered why you were still up? That's all" He said looking at her looking slightly upset,
"Sorry, I've got insomnia" She smiled and shrugged her shoulders slightly,
"Oh okay"
"I didn't wake you up did I?"
"No. Not at all" Harry sat down opposite her, "So what did you eat with your friends then?"
"What do you mean?" Hermione asked furiously,
"What did you eat? I mean when I came and your mum asked you to sit down at the table you only ate celery, and when your mum asked why you said you'd eaten with friends" He chuckled,
"Oh, a McDonalds" Hermione said, inwardly smiling.
"Any good"
"Plastic-y as usual" She said tutting disapprovingly,
"Oh okay" Harry said, "Your mum's a great cook, isn't she?"
"Yes, I know she is" Although Hermione didn't have a clue about her mum's cooking, "You thirsty?"
"No."
"Is your room alright?" She asked. Harry had only got there at 6:00pm that night, she'd only just come in from her walk, or she'd only just come back from 'being with her friends'.
"It's great!" He grinned, "I'm so glad I'm not at the Dursley's"
"I bet" She faked a yawn, "I'm knackered. Going to go back to bed"
"Me too." Harry said, Hermione stood up and got the glass her water had been in. She then walked over to the fridge and pressed her glass onto the button that triggered the little ice machine. She let four or five cubes fall in then twisted the cold tap round and poured her a full glass of water. "Night 'Mione" Harry said from the door,
"Night Harry" Hermione said, walking over to him ignoring her aching stomach and aching muscles. She followed him up the stairs luckily the stairs didn't creak. Harry then turned left down the corridor to the guest room and she went up a second flight of stairs to her bedroom. She looked at her desks, wardrobes, chests, beds and other various pieces of furniture, including a new egg chair, silhouetted against the desk lamp on her bedside table.
She got into her cold bed and turned off the lamp. She sat with both hands behind her head and stared up at the ceiling. She sipped some of her cold water and chomped an ice cube. At about half past three in the morning Hermione fell asleep curled up in a ball because of hunger pains. Her bedroom was painted black and red, and all her furniture matched.
She woke up at about six am. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. Her bedroom was still dark so she switched on the lamp by her bedside. She opened the top drawer of her cupboard and pulled out a little black booklet and a red pen. She pulled the cap off the pen and put it on the end, she then thumbed through pages and pages of red writing until she reached where she left off.
She scribbled down a few thoughts about Harry's visit, basically she was happy he was here. She sat in her huge baggy t-shirt hugging her legs and staring around at her room. She pulled off her t-shirt and stood in front of the mirror in just her underwear. She poked at her ribs and her hips. She pulled and pushed the paper-thin flesh over her bones.
She let her critical eye point out every mistake on her body. She rubbed her hands over her arms, her hips, her stomach, and back up again. She could have stared at her thin body all day, reminding her how much better being thin was. How she had more willpower than everyone else around her. Yet, she never got the chance as there was a knock at her door.
"'Mione" Harry said softly, "Can I come in?"
"One second" Hermione dashed over to her bed she thrust on her big t-shirt and slipped under her black satin covers and resting her head on her red crushed satin pillow, "Come in then"
"Morning" Harry said, his hair sticking up all over the place,
"Morning" Hermione said, burying her bony arms and elbows under the covers.
"I was a bit bored, so I thought I'd come and say hello" He smiled, and Hermione returned it,
"Yeah I was a bored too" She lied,
"What do you want to do today then?"
"Well, my mum wants me to go pick my car up from my cousins" She paused, "It went in for some work and mum says it's rude to leave it there all this time"
"Oh okay"
"Then we could go for a drive, and stuff. Maybe hit the shops?"
"Sounds cool to me" He paused, "Are these what your wearing today?" He asked, gesturing towards a pair of black trousers, with thick white pinstripes on them, and a pink top.
"Oh, them" She looked at them, her mum had folded them and put them on the chair, "Errr, yeah" She forced a smile,
"Cool" He smiled, "I'm going to get dressed" He left the room and shut the door, Hermione got out of her bed and stared at the clothes she'd had to tell Harry she was wearing. She'd actually tried to throw them out but her mum had had a fit. She went through her draws trying to find a decent bra, which would enhance her chest. This was because all her chest seemed to have vanished. She found one that had gel in that a muggle friend had bought her.
She slipped the bra on and adjusted it slightly. She then slipped on the pink top. It had triangles at the top that covered her chest and showed off a little slither of her stomach, which in Hermione's eyes was far too much. It hung off her, yet still looked nice. Hermione looked through her tainted, critical eyes and was sure she looked hideous. She then changed her underwear and slipped on her pinstripes. They fitted her well, a bit loose but they were elasticised so they still clung to her a bit. She slipped on some skin coloured opaque knee high tights/socks. Then slipped on a pair of black ballet shoes. She did the ribbons up her legs. Then stared at her in the mirror. She used sleekeazy's hair serum, 'with a new improved formula' on her hair. This made her hair look curly but not bushy, frizzy yet she had to use over half the pot to make her hair straight. So, she stuck with wavy hair instead.
She wondered what had happened to the old her, who didn't care about how she looked, who didn't have to know the amount of calories and the grams of fat and sugar in every morsel of food she ate. She applied some mascara, blusher and lip-gloss. She had a reason for every one of these, the mascara made her eyes look more awake so hopefully you couldn't tell as much that she hadn't had much sleep. The blusher was applied to cover up the paleness and the hollows of her face. The lip-gloss made her mouth much more aware of what was going in her mouth and the fruity taste helped her hunger pangs sometimes.
She meandered down the stairs, looking aimless. She then sat opposite Harry at the breakfast table. He had a piece of toast and a glass of pure orange juice.
"Your mum and dad left a note for us both"
"Hermione and Harry,
Feel free to have anything for breakfast. There is money in Hermione's account for anything you need. If you go out leave a note, sorry we couldn't be here,
Love Mum and Dad, Alan and Joyce.
P.S Harry dear, make sure Hermione has breakfast" Hermione read aloud,
"Why did she put make sure you have breakfast?"
"Because I don't eat breakfast. I have a coffee then food at about 12:00" She laughed, "She doesn't mean it, it's just a standing joke we have" She lied smoothly and Harry lapped it up,
"Oh okay then" Harry smiled, "You look nice"
"You too. Oh and you might need some gel in your hair" Hermione walked out of the room and came back a minute later with a bottle marked "Fructis Hard Glue".
"You're putting that on? On me?"
"Yep. You know you'd look good with blue in your hair, not like electric blue just some blue tints."
"Hermione? What has come over you? This is so unlike you"
"Yeah, well this is muggle Hermione. Or Mia as most of my other friends call me"
"Okay then. I thought it was only me and Ron who called you Mia and 'Mione"
"Yeah, well at Hogwarts you are" She grinned, "Here, your not, anyway Hermione doesn't go well with my street look" She said whilst applying the hard glue into Harry's hair, she made it looked ruffled but styled.
"Street look? Okay, you are seriously not Hermione Emma Granger are you?"
"I am, silly, I'm just different here" She washed her hands under the cold water tap. "I'm going to get a bottle of water I'll put it in my bag then we're ready to go get the bus"
"Okay. Do I need money?" Harry was kind of happy. This Hermione was laid back, relaxed.
"I've got some"
"I'll take money" Harry said then went upstairs.
Hermione walked into the lounge and grabbed a pink beach bag that matched with the top she as wearing. The handles were circular and magenta plastic. It had black, purple and magenta butterflies flying up the pink fabric leaving a sewn magenta trail of flight with a few magenta sequins worked in. She walked into the kitchen, opened the fridge and put a bottle of water into her bag. She then grabbed her phone and dialled the garage.
"Hello. The divine right of cars garage, Jack speaking"
"Hey Jack it's Mia"
"Hey Mia! One sec" She could hear his faint muffled voice, "You guys it's Mia!" He then spoke louder, "Are you gonna' come pick your car up? It's been sat here wastin' space for eternity!"
"Yeah, I'm bringing Harry. You know Harry right?"
"How could I not! Can't wait. Do you want me to send someone to pick you guys up?"
"Nah, we're fine."
"Ok then. See you in half an hour or so"
"Yep see you then" Hermione pressed the cancel button on her phone,
"Ready then?" Harry asked from the doorway,
"Yep. I don't think we'll need jackets or anything do you?"
"No far too hot and sunny" Harry answered,
"Right come on then" Hermione pulled some keys out of her bag she walked down the corridor past the stairs and out of the front door. She opened the door and let Harry out she then closed the door behind her and locked it. "Right, we'll get the bus"
"Ok then"
They walked a few blocks then waited for the number 639 into London city centre.
"Two 40's please" Hermione said, asking for the student fare,
"Passes."
"What?" Hermione asked,
"If you haven't got passes to prove your age you cannot have a 40 pence fare"
"Oh my God. That is so typical. Two to Oxford Street then please"
"That's two pounds and fifty pence then" Hermione slammed the coins down and stalked to the back of the bus. Harry followed her in his black quicksilver board shorts, a dark green t-shirt that said 'I like pain. What's your excuse?' and some black DCs.
"Have you done all your homework?" Hermione asked,
"Yeah, I did it at the Dursley's." Harry grinned, this was more like the old Hermione.
Hermione and Harry sat on the back of the bus waiting to get into London.
.............................
"Right, we only have to walk a bit. Then we can drive... Wait until you see my car!" She exclaimed, her car, the one thing about herself apart from grades that she could be proud about.
"What model have you got?"
"You'll see" Hermione said her eyes lighting up. They turned down a few more alleys, and walked along a few more back streets. "Here we are"
The building looked totally inconspicuous. A white sign hung outside with plain black writing that said 'the divine right of cars garage. Dial: 09014566754' Hermione stooped and walked under the garage door. Inside had blue lighting, leather sofas around the edge and a lot of expensive cars.
"MIA!" Jack shouted,
"Hey everyone, this is Harry"
"Hey Harry" Everyone said,
"Harry, this is Jack, over in the corner there is Brad, in the blue car is Ash, and then there you have Sean, yeah the legs under that car, there on the sofa is Bri and that over there is Colin" She took a deep breath, "Where's my baby then Cuz." She said, meaning cousin
"It's in the other room. Everything has been added, and the top now goes under the back top panel, and you still have a boot." Jack replied, Hermione gave Jack a hug and a kiss on the cheek,
"You're the best cousin ever" She said grinning,
"You are too" He reached into his overall pockets, and handed her a set of keys with a black button panel with pink buttons on. "Your keys. Next time, don't leave it her for an extra couple of days"
"I won't. I promise. I'll come visit you before I go back to board." She grabbed Harry's hand, "Come on!" Her eyes twinkled, this was the first time he'd seen them twinkle in ages, and "I can't wait for you to see it!"
"Okay" She went through a big black door and it slammed shut after Harry, "Woah! These are damn nice cars. Do we have to go into another room for yours?"
"No" Hermione said sitting on the bonnet of a pink convertible, that was in front of the garage door it looked ready to be taken out.
"Mia! If you break that or anything the owner will kill you"
"It's mine"
"Shut up Hermione! Come on, I want to see your car"
"You can see it now"
"Mioneee" Harry whined, "Stop playing the pleb" He smiled,
"I'm not, want me to show you?" She pressed a pink button on her little black control pad and the lights flashed twice and it beeped twice.
"Oh my god!" Harry said, "You rich bitch"
"I know, do you like the pink faux fur?"
"I would never have guessed"
"It's the same car as Suki, from 2 fast 2 furious" She grinned and walked over to the door and pressed a button, "Get in" Harry obliged and she got in after him, the garage door opened and she drove out, go press the button on the garage door will you?" Harry got out ran under the garage door, pressed the button and ran out as the door closed, "It's a Honda s-2000. It's had a paint job and some adjustments made. It's totally tricked out"
"Cool" Harry said, "Bright pink! With pink fur interior?" He laughed, "Not you Hermione"
"Want to go drive past Ron's house?"
"Hell yeah!" Harry said chuckling, "He'll die when he sees it"
"Right" Hermione did a few turns and then they were on a road leading to oxford street, she waited at the junction for the pedestrians to cross. They were getting a lot of awed stares.
"Music?" Hermione asked, grinning,
"I'm not sure with the look on your face"
"Ah well" Hermione put the radio on, and the transplants started playing. It was on quite loud, and this just drew more attention from the pedestrians. It wasn't normal to see a top of the range pink convertible sports car with faux fur seats on Oxford Street on a Monday at about 11 in the morning. There was a group of sixteen or seventeen year olds on the corner of the opposite road, standing in a circle looking at the car Hermione and Harry were in, "The slytherins" Hermione said trying to contain a wave of hysterical laughs,
"Pull over on the opposite side of that road to them and follow my lead okay?" Harry said, he felt proud and he had a kind of jumpy feeling inside of his stomach as happiness at seeing Hermione seemed to lick his insides.
"Right gotcha" Hermione drove across Oxford Street at the first chance. She pulled over so her backend was just off Oxford Street. The slytherins were watching them. Harry pulled Hermione over the seat and whispered 'sweet nothings' in her ears,
"They don't know it's us...Yet" He whispered, "Follow my lead" He whispered, "Oh baby" He said loudly, and kissed her. Hermione moved around and managed to flexibly, yet painfully wrap a leg around Harry's back so the slytherins could see it. Harry put his hands through Hermione's hair, "Moan" He muttered whilst kissing her collarbone,
"Oh Harry" Hermione said arching her back in 'ecstasy', "Oh I can't wait until we get back" She purred but loud enough for the slytherins to hear. On the pretence of going to another shop the slytherins crossed the road to get a better look. Hermione was quite shocked at Harry,
"In a second, I'll notice them then keep up the act" Harry muttered,
"Harreeeeeeee" Hermione said stretching out his name, "That is so dirty"
"Dirty but you like it" He growled, Hermione was glad the slytherins had swapped road sides because she was fighting to keep a straight face now, Harry pushed her back and kissed her furiously. He then looked up, "Hermione we have company" He muttered looking 'worried'.
"What?" Hermione said and twisted around, "Shit" She said giggling.
"I think we better say hello eh?" Harry said, he removed himself from Hermione and walked around the front of the car, Hermione took the keys out of the engine, picked up her bag and got out of the car shutting the door behind her. She then pressed a pink button on the top left of the black controller and the car locked itself. "Hello" Harry said jovially,
"Fancy seeing you here" Hermione said to the shocked slytherins, Pansy had her arm on Draco, which Draco did not look pleased about at all, Blaise Zabini had a girl that looked a bit like a brown hair oriental version of Pansy, though she seemed to have still got the puggish nose.
"Potter and Granger eh? What would Weasley say?"
"It's only a quick shag Malfoy. You can have Hermione too if you want." He grinned, and gave Hermione a quick push forward with a quick movement she prised Pansy of Draco's arm and wrapped a leg around his waist, "Mind you, sloppy seconds" Harry shrugged grinning and Hermione giggled and walked away from Malfoy. Hermione was now rather gob smacked at Harry's totally different attitude.
"I think I'm too good for you anyway Malfoy"
"More like I'm too good for you Mudblood"
"Well, I may not have pureblood. But at least I'm not like pug-pig 1 and pug-pig 2" Hermione whimpered sarcastically, "Sometimes I feel quite sorry for you with Parkinslut clinging onto you like a bitch. Then I remember you're a dog too" Hermione smirked,
"Shut your face mudblood" Malfoy said glaring at her,
"Pretty face" Hermione said, pointing at him with her thumb up, she then winked and flicked her thumb up and down, "See you around"
"Yeah, see you at school you guys" Harry said in a camp voice, Hermione opened the car and got in along with Harry.
"Incidentally, ever seen a car with Nitrous oxide?"
"What the fuck is that?" Blaise asked,
"Language Zabini" Harry said,
"You just watch, and if you still don't now. You can always ask at school" Hermione pouted, drove off, she turned around and waved. Then hit a pink button on the steering wheel, some of the extra scales that Harry had wondered what for started to move and the car sped off, so fast Harry slammed against the seat. Hermione clutched onto the steering wheel and then as Harry blinked the car slowed down. "Oh my god Harry, you're a genius that was hilarious"
"It was on a movie I watched over the summer"
"We can pass through Little Whinging on the way to Ottery St. Catchpole if you want?"
"Really? Awesome!" Harry said grinning.
When driving Hermione didn't feel hungry at all, it was like her passion for food was replaced by a stronger passion for driving. They travelled in silence for ages.
"We're nearly at Surrey now" Hermione said pointing to a small screen with a map on it. "We have to turn off the A1 to get into Surrey, then there's loads of little roads until Little Whinging" Hermione got into Surrey easily,
"Find Little Whinging on the map and press your finger on it" Harry did as she asked and a more detailed map of the smaller area came up.
"Now that is swish. I can't wait to see Uncle Vernon's face" Harry said grinning,
"I owe you one from that prank with the Slytherins... So" She winked, "Let's see if I can work some of my muggle magic" Harry laughed,
"Hermione, I wish I spent more time with you on your own out of school. You are such a blast!"
"Oh, Harry don't" She put a hand on his arm then moved it to her face, "Your making me blush" She said jokingly, he shook his head his smiled wide.
"Hermione you bitch" He said laughing as he spoke, "You're so uptight at school and here you're like some rampant maniac"
"Well, you would never have done that at school!" Hermione said in reply, she turned onto Wisteria Walk. "Nearly there now"
"It's Dudley!" He said laughing, as he saw Dudley with his mouth open wide with Piers Polkiss, and the rest of his friends. Although Dudley hated his diet, he had done quite well. He had the look of a once had been. Although he was still chubby. Almost like Neville Longbottom.
"Dudley?" Hermione asked a quick wink, "I'll slow down" She stopped the car, "Come on the Harry we need to say hello" She got out of the car and locked it with her keys and slipped them in her bag,
"Hey big D!" Harry said, "Piers, Marvin, John, Shaun, Samuel" He nodded to them all,
"Dudley,darling" Hermione said in a posh voice, she shoved Harry out of the way gently, "I've heard so much about you honey"
"You have?" Dudley said glaring at Harry as if he'd said something wrong,
"Oh I have" She gave him a kiss on each cheek, "About how strong you are" She giggled like a blonde bimbo, "Well flex your muscles then" Dudley put an arm up like a muscle man and Hermione squeezed it, "Wow" She said her eyelashes fluttering, "That's amazing. Are you going to show me your parents then Dudley?"
"Sure, erm?"
"Hermione" She smiled, "Hermione Granger. I'll take my car round" She opened the car up, "Come on the Harry. Don't stand there like you've been whacked in the face with a trout!" She giggled and placed an emaciated hand on his face, they got in the car and drove around on to Privet Drive. She parked her car right outside the Dursley's and waited until they saw Dudley and his gang come around the corner all talking in hushed voices. "Ready Harry?"
"What are we going to do?"
"We'll go see your auntie and uncle, I'll keep making passes at Dudley. Then just before we drive off you kiss me"
"Gotcha"
"You kiss me first though" She winked, "Dudley!" She said in a loud voice getting out of the car. She locked it and faked looking at her face in the wing mirror so she could bend over so her posterior was right beside Dudley. She dabbed her lips gently. Then got some lip gloss out of her bag and applied it. She stood up and licked around her lips. Harry had to fight to keep the laughter inside me, as Dudley's breathing seemed to speed up. Harry seemed to give Hermione confidence she hadn't had all summer. Confidence to just be herself, flaunt herself and somehow try to love herself.
"Well then?" She asked Dudley in a sultry honey tone. Harry held in more laughter he'd never seen Hermione like this. Never.
"Okay" He walked up to his front door and opened it. "Mum, Dad?" He breathed, "Harry and his friend Hermione are here"
Petunia came through from the kitchen then Vernon Dursley followed.
"Hello" Petunia said in a sour voice, "When did that arrive?" Petunia asked, gesturing to the pink convertible,
"Its Hermione's" Piers said loudly,
"And where did you get the money from that eh?" Vernon asked brutishly
"My parents are dentists, my grandma left me a significant amount of money. My cousins work in the divine right of cars garage in London. Put all of them together and voila!"
"Oh right" Petunia smiled graciously,
"I was just taking Harry here for a drive, and we thought we'd stop off and say hello and goodbye" She smiled, "See you around" She fluttered her eyelashes, and Vernon and Petunia said bye,
"See you" Harry said,
"Next year" Vernon said, he shut the door after Petunia had said one last bye to Petunia. Who obviously thought Hermione was a muggle, as she wasn't being cold.
"Would you like my number Hermione?" Dudley asked,
"Ooooh!" Hermione squealed, "I'd love it Dud." She said winking at him- she got her mobile out. She typed in My Dud, and left it on and passed it to Dudley to press okay and put his number in.
"There you are" He said, "I'll be here until the 14th of September,
"I'll be sure to visit you" She said, she gave him a kiss on the cheek and a very tight hug, their bodies contrasted hers skinny and his beefy.
"Come on Hareeeeeee" She stretched his name out again, as a signal. She got in the car put her phone in her bag and her bag by her feet. Harry got in and shut his door. Hermione was still fiddling around trying to get her bag under the seat. He placed a finger on her chin and pulled her face up,
"Mia" He said, low and huskily. He bent forward and placed a chaste kiss on her lips.
"Harry" She said and pushed forward onto him, "Harry" She let out a soft moan, it was as Harry was pretending to kiss her with 'passion' he wondered how she knew how to make all the little sexual noises and positions she placed in the right places at all the right times. They let it deepen and Hermione was soon pushed back against the car, they pulled apart. "Oops, got a little carried away there" Hermione said giggling as she sat back down properly with a quick toss of her hair,
"I... I thought... You were friends?" Dudley said angrily,
"Yeah we are" Hermione said grinning,
"But-"
"Friends with privileges" Hermione said with a laugh,
"See you around Duddikins" Harry said, the group around him laughed, and he gave them all death glares. Before Dudley could think up a witty reply Hermione had drove off.
"That was hilarious" Harry said clutching his sides Hermione was laughing hard too.
"Hilarious" She said wiping a tear away from the corner of her eye,
"Means nothing though right?"
"Nothing at all" She said laughing to cover up any silence. They soon got onto the M5 and were driving speedily. A few times Hermione blasted some nitrous oxide and sped past the few cars around.
This is mainly my "Vent out the ideas" fic. Where I can just bung any ideas I have without ruining any fics I like. This one is mainly because I now have an obsession with Hermione and driving hideously fast cars. Though when they get to Hogwarts it should turn more darker... Should. I do want this fic to end up being about an eating disorder, but i'm starting from the beginning. And it won't be all fun and laughs for Hermione and Harry, nor will there be a car crash. I hope you guys liked it. And will leave a review?! 17 pages on word so you must have ONE comment. Love Much!
I love you to the bones
Hermione curled up into a ball at the bottom of the bed. It was 2 AM and she was still awake. She gritted her teeth and got out of bed. She walked down the two flights of stairs as quietly as she could and walked barefoot onto the cold tiles of the kitchen floor. She shivered slightly but didn't make any attempt to make herself warm. She grabbed a glass and turned on the hot tap, she gulped the water down and rubbed her stomach in a circular motion. She then turned off the hot tap and turned on the cold tap. She half filled her glass of water and sat at the breakfast bar on a high stool. She took a sip of water then put the glass back down.
"Hermione?" Harry asked, Hermione jumped,
"What is it Harry?" She asked with a hint of agitation in her voice that she didn't mean to be there,
"I wondered why you were still up? That's all" He said looking at her looking slightly upset,
"Sorry, I've got insomnia" She smiled and shrugged her shoulders slightly,
"Oh okay"
"I didn't wake you up did I?"
"No. Not at all" Harry sat down opposite her, "So what did you eat with your friends then?"
"What do you mean?" Hermione asked furiously,
"What did you eat? I mean when I came and your mum asked you to sit down at the table you only ate celery, and when your mum asked why you said you'd eaten with friends" He chuckled,
"Oh, a McDonalds" Hermione said, inwardly smiling.
"Any good"
"Plastic-y as usual" She said tutting disapprovingly,
"Oh okay" Harry said, "Your mum's a great cook, isn't she?"
"Yes, I know she is" Although Hermione didn't have a clue about her mum's cooking, "You thirsty?"
"No."
"Is your room alright?" She asked. Harry had only got there at 6:00pm that night, she'd only just come in from her walk, or she'd only just come back from 'being with her friends'.
"It's great!" He grinned, "I'm so glad I'm not at the Dursley's"
"I bet" She faked a yawn, "I'm knackered. Going to go back to bed"
"Me too." Harry said, Hermione stood up and got the glass her water had been in. She then walked over to the fridge and pressed her glass onto the button that triggered the little ice machine. She let four or five cubes fall in then twisted the cold tap round and poured her a full glass of water. "Night 'Mione" Harry said from the door,
"Night Harry" Hermione said, walking over to him ignoring her aching stomach and aching muscles. She followed him up the stairs luckily the stairs didn't creak. Harry then turned left down the corridor to the guest room and she went up a second flight of stairs to her bedroom. She looked at her desks, wardrobes, chests, beds and other various pieces of furniture, including a new egg chair, silhouetted against the desk lamp on her bedside table.
She got into her cold bed and turned off the lamp. She sat with both hands behind her head and stared up at the ceiling. She sipped some of her cold water and chomped an ice cube. At about half past three in the morning Hermione fell asleep curled up in a ball because of hunger pains. Her bedroom was painted black and red, and all her furniture matched.
She woke up at about six am. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. Her bedroom was still dark so she switched on the lamp by her bedside. She opened the top drawer of her cupboard and pulled out a little black booklet and a red pen. She pulled the cap off the pen and put it on the end, she then thumbed through pages and pages of red writing until she reached where she left off.
She scribbled down a few thoughts about Harry's visit, basically she was happy he was here. She sat in her huge baggy t-shirt hugging her legs and staring around at her room. She pulled off her t-shirt and stood in front of the mirror in just her underwear. She poked at her ribs and her hips. She pulled and pushed the paper-thin flesh over her bones.
She let her critical eye point out every mistake on her body. She rubbed her hands over her arms, her hips, her stomach, and back up again. She could have stared at her thin body all day, reminding her how much better being thin was. How she had more willpower than everyone else around her. Yet, she never got the chance as there was a knock at her door.
"'Mione" Harry said softly, "Can I come in?"
"One second" Hermione dashed over to her bed she thrust on her big t-shirt and slipped under her black satin covers and resting her head on her red crushed satin pillow, "Come in then"
"Morning" Harry said, his hair sticking up all over the place,
"Morning" Hermione said, burying her bony arms and elbows under the covers.
"I was a bit bored, so I thought I'd come and say hello" He smiled, and Hermione returned it,
"Yeah I was a bored too" She lied,
"What do you want to do today then?"
"Well, my mum wants me to go pick my car up from my cousins" She paused, "It went in for some work and mum says it's rude to leave it there all this time"
"Oh okay"
"Then we could go for a drive, and stuff. Maybe hit the shops?"
"Sounds cool to me" He paused, "Are these what your wearing today?" He asked, gesturing towards a pair of black trousers, with thick white pinstripes on them, and a pink top.
"Oh, them" She looked at them, her mum had folded them and put them on the chair, "Errr, yeah" She forced a smile,
"Cool" He smiled, "I'm going to get dressed" He left the room and shut the door, Hermione got out of her bed and stared at the clothes she'd had to tell Harry she was wearing. She'd actually tried to throw them out but her mum had had a fit. She went through her draws trying to find a decent bra, which would enhance her chest. This was because all her chest seemed to have vanished. She found one that had gel in that a muggle friend had bought her.
She slipped the bra on and adjusted it slightly. She then slipped on the pink top. It had triangles at the top that covered her chest and showed off a little slither of her stomach, which in Hermione's eyes was far too much. It hung off her, yet still looked nice. Hermione looked through her tainted, critical eyes and was sure she looked hideous. She then changed her underwear and slipped on her pinstripes. They fitted her well, a bit loose but they were elasticised so they still clung to her a bit. She slipped on some skin coloured opaque knee high tights/socks. Then slipped on a pair of black ballet shoes. She did the ribbons up her legs. Then stared at her in the mirror. She used sleekeazy's hair serum, 'with a new improved formula' on her hair. This made her hair look curly but not bushy, frizzy yet she had to use over half the pot to make her hair straight. So, she stuck with wavy hair instead.
She wondered what had happened to the old her, who didn't care about how she looked, who didn't have to know the amount of calories and the grams of fat and sugar in every morsel of food she ate. She applied some mascara, blusher and lip-gloss. She had a reason for every one of these, the mascara made her eyes look more awake so hopefully you couldn't tell as much that she hadn't had much sleep. The blusher was applied to cover up the paleness and the hollows of her face. The lip-gloss made her mouth much more aware of what was going in her mouth and the fruity taste helped her hunger pangs sometimes.
She meandered down the stairs, looking aimless. She then sat opposite Harry at the breakfast table. He had a piece of toast and a glass of pure orange juice.
"Your mum and dad left a note for us both"
"Hermione and Harry,
Feel free to have anything for breakfast. There is money in Hermione's account for anything you need. If you go out leave a note, sorry we couldn't be here,
Love Mum and Dad, Alan and Joyce.
P.S Harry dear, make sure Hermione has breakfast" Hermione read aloud,
"Why did she put make sure you have breakfast?"
"Because I don't eat breakfast. I have a coffee then food at about 12:00" She laughed, "She doesn't mean it, it's just a standing joke we have" She lied smoothly and Harry lapped it up,
"Oh okay then" Harry smiled, "You look nice"
"You too. Oh and you might need some gel in your hair" Hermione walked out of the room and came back a minute later with a bottle marked "Fructis Hard Glue".
"You're putting that on? On me?"
"Yep. You know you'd look good with blue in your hair, not like electric blue just some blue tints."
"Hermione? What has come over you? This is so unlike you"
"Yeah, well this is muggle Hermione. Or Mia as most of my other friends call me"
"Okay then. I thought it was only me and Ron who called you Mia and 'Mione"
"Yeah, well at Hogwarts you are" She grinned, "Here, your not, anyway Hermione doesn't go well with my street look" She said whilst applying the hard glue into Harry's hair, she made it looked ruffled but styled.
"Street look? Okay, you are seriously not Hermione Emma Granger are you?"
"I am, silly, I'm just different here" She washed her hands under the cold water tap. "I'm going to get a bottle of water I'll put it in my bag then we're ready to go get the bus"
"Okay. Do I need money?" Harry was kind of happy. This Hermione was laid back, relaxed.
"I've got some"
"I'll take money" Harry said then went upstairs.
Hermione walked into the lounge and grabbed a pink beach bag that matched with the top she as wearing. The handles were circular and magenta plastic. It had black, purple and magenta butterflies flying up the pink fabric leaving a sewn magenta trail of flight with a few magenta sequins worked in. She walked into the kitchen, opened the fridge and put a bottle of water into her bag. She then grabbed her phone and dialled the garage.
"Hello. The divine right of cars garage, Jack speaking"
"Hey Jack it's Mia"
"Hey Mia! One sec" She could hear his faint muffled voice, "You guys it's Mia!" He then spoke louder, "Are you gonna' come pick your car up? It's been sat here wastin' space for eternity!"
"Yeah, I'm bringing Harry. You know Harry right?"
"How could I not! Can't wait. Do you want me to send someone to pick you guys up?"
"Nah, we're fine."
"Ok then. See you in half an hour or so"
"Yep see you then" Hermione pressed the cancel button on her phone,
"Ready then?" Harry asked from the doorway,
"Yep. I don't think we'll need jackets or anything do you?"
"No far too hot and sunny" Harry answered,
"Right come on then" Hermione pulled some keys out of her bag she walked down the corridor past the stairs and out of the front door. She opened the door and let Harry out she then closed the door behind her and locked it. "Right, we'll get the bus"
"Ok then"
They walked a few blocks then waited for the number 639 into London city centre.
"Two 40's please" Hermione said, asking for the student fare,
"Passes."
"What?" Hermione asked,
"If you haven't got passes to prove your age you cannot have a 40 pence fare"
"Oh my God. That is so typical. Two to Oxford Street then please"
"That's two pounds and fifty pence then" Hermione slammed the coins down and stalked to the back of the bus. Harry followed her in his black quicksilver board shorts, a dark green t-shirt that said 'I like pain. What's your excuse?' and some black DCs.
"Have you done all your homework?" Hermione asked,
"Yeah, I did it at the Dursley's." Harry grinned, this was more like the old Hermione.
Hermione and Harry sat on the back of the bus waiting to get into London.
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"Right, we only have to walk a bit. Then we can drive... Wait until you see my car!" She exclaimed, her car, the one thing about herself apart from grades that she could be proud about.
"What model have you got?"
"You'll see" Hermione said her eyes lighting up. They turned down a few more alleys, and walked along a few more back streets. "Here we are"
The building looked totally inconspicuous. A white sign hung outside with plain black writing that said 'the divine right of cars garage. Dial: 09014566754' Hermione stooped and walked under the garage door. Inside had blue lighting, leather sofas around the edge and a lot of expensive cars.
"MIA!" Jack shouted,
"Hey everyone, this is Harry"
"Hey Harry" Everyone said,
"Harry, this is Jack, over in the corner there is Brad, in the blue car is Ash, and then there you have Sean, yeah the legs under that car, there on the sofa is Bri and that over there is Colin" She took a deep breath, "Where's my baby then Cuz." She said, meaning cousin
"It's in the other room. Everything has been added, and the top now goes under the back top panel, and you still have a boot." Jack replied, Hermione gave Jack a hug and a kiss on the cheek,
"You're the best cousin ever" She said grinning,
"You are too" He reached into his overall pockets, and handed her a set of keys with a black button panel with pink buttons on. "Your keys. Next time, don't leave it her for an extra couple of days"
"I won't. I promise. I'll come visit you before I go back to board." She grabbed Harry's hand, "Come on!" Her eyes twinkled, this was the first time he'd seen them twinkle in ages, and "I can't wait for you to see it!"
"Okay" She went through a big black door and it slammed shut after Harry, "Woah! These are damn nice cars. Do we have to go into another room for yours?"
"No" Hermione said sitting on the bonnet of a pink convertible, that was in front of the garage door it looked ready to be taken out.
"Mia! If you break that or anything the owner will kill you"
"It's mine"
"Shut up Hermione! Come on, I want to see your car"
"You can see it now"
"Mioneee" Harry whined, "Stop playing the pleb" He smiled,
"I'm not, want me to show you?" She pressed a pink button on her little black control pad and the lights flashed twice and it beeped twice.
"Oh my god!" Harry said, "You rich bitch"
"I know, do you like the pink faux fur?"
"I would never have guessed"
"It's the same car as Suki, from 2 fast 2 furious" She grinned and walked over to the door and pressed a button, "Get in" Harry obliged and she got in after him, the garage door opened and she drove out, go press the button on the garage door will you?" Harry got out ran under the garage door, pressed the button and ran out as the door closed, "It's a Honda s-2000. It's had a paint job and some adjustments made. It's totally tricked out"
"Cool" Harry said, "Bright pink! With pink fur interior?" He laughed, "Not you Hermione"
"Want to go drive past Ron's house?"
"Hell yeah!" Harry said chuckling, "He'll die when he sees it"
"Right" Hermione did a few turns and then they were on a road leading to oxford street, she waited at the junction for the pedestrians to cross. They were getting a lot of awed stares.
"Music?" Hermione asked, grinning,
"I'm not sure with the look on your face"
"Ah well" Hermione put the radio on, and the transplants started playing. It was on quite loud, and this just drew more attention from the pedestrians. It wasn't normal to see a top of the range pink convertible sports car with faux fur seats on Oxford Street on a Monday at about 11 in the morning. There was a group of sixteen or seventeen year olds on the corner of the opposite road, standing in a circle looking at the car Hermione and Harry were in, "The slytherins" Hermione said trying to contain a wave of hysterical laughs,
"Pull over on the opposite side of that road to them and follow my lead okay?" Harry said, he felt proud and he had a kind of jumpy feeling inside of his stomach as happiness at seeing Hermione seemed to lick his insides.
"Right gotcha" Hermione drove across Oxford Street at the first chance. She pulled over so her backend was just off Oxford Street. The slytherins were watching them. Harry pulled Hermione over the seat and whispered 'sweet nothings' in her ears,
"They don't know it's us...Yet" He whispered, "Follow my lead" He whispered, "Oh baby" He said loudly, and kissed her. Hermione moved around and managed to flexibly, yet painfully wrap a leg around Harry's back so the slytherins could see it. Harry put his hands through Hermione's hair, "Moan" He muttered whilst kissing her collarbone,
"Oh Harry" Hermione said arching her back in 'ecstasy', "Oh I can't wait until we get back" She purred but loud enough for the slytherins to hear. On the pretence of going to another shop the slytherins crossed the road to get a better look. Hermione was quite shocked at Harry,
"In a second, I'll notice them then keep up the act" Harry muttered,
"Harreeeeeeee" Hermione said stretching out his name, "That is so dirty"
"Dirty but you like it" He growled, Hermione was glad the slytherins had swapped road sides because she was fighting to keep a straight face now, Harry pushed her back and kissed her furiously. He then looked up, "Hermione we have company" He muttered looking 'worried'.
"What?" Hermione said and twisted around, "Shit" She said giggling.
"I think we better say hello eh?" Harry said, he removed himself from Hermione and walked around the front of the car, Hermione took the keys out of the engine, picked up her bag and got out of the car shutting the door behind her. She then pressed a pink button on the top left of the black controller and the car locked itself. "Hello" Harry said jovially,
"Fancy seeing you here" Hermione said to the shocked slytherins, Pansy had her arm on Draco, which Draco did not look pleased about at all, Blaise Zabini had a girl that looked a bit like a brown hair oriental version of Pansy, though she seemed to have still got the puggish nose.
"Potter and Granger eh? What would Weasley say?"
"It's only a quick shag Malfoy. You can have Hermione too if you want." He grinned, and gave Hermione a quick push forward with a quick movement she prised Pansy of Draco's arm and wrapped a leg around his waist, "Mind you, sloppy seconds" Harry shrugged grinning and Hermione giggled and walked away from Malfoy. Hermione was now rather gob smacked at Harry's totally different attitude.
"I think I'm too good for you anyway Malfoy"
"More like I'm too good for you Mudblood"
"Well, I may not have pureblood. But at least I'm not like pug-pig 1 and pug-pig 2" Hermione whimpered sarcastically, "Sometimes I feel quite sorry for you with Parkinslut clinging onto you like a bitch. Then I remember you're a dog too" Hermione smirked,
"Shut your face mudblood" Malfoy said glaring at her,
"Pretty face" Hermione said, pointing at him with her thumb up, she then winked and flicked her thumb up and down, "See you around"
"Yeah, see you at school you guys" Harry said in a camp voice, Hermione opened the car and got in along with Harry.
"Incidentally, ever seen a car with Nitrous oxide?"
"What the fuck is that?" Blaise asked,
"Language Zabini" Harry said,
"You just watch, and if you still don't now. You can always ask at school" Hermione pouted, drove off, she turned around and waved. Then hit a pink button on the steering wheel, some of the extra scales that Harry had wondered what for started to move and the car sped off, so fast Harry slammed against the seat. Hermione clutched onto the steering wheel and then as Harry blinked the car slowed down. "Oh my god Harry, you're a genius that was hilarious"
"It was on a movie I watched over the summer"
"We can pass through Little Whinging on the way to Ottery St. Catchpole if you want?"
"Really? Awesome!" Harry said grinning.
When driving Hermione didn't feel hungry at all, it was like her passion for food was replaced by a stronger passion for driving. They travelled in silence for ages.
"We're nearly at Surrey now" Hermione said pointing to a small screen with a map on it. "We have to turn off the A1 to get into Surrey, then there's loads of little roads until Little Whinging" Hermione got into Surrey easily,
"Find Little Whinging on the map and press your finger on it" Harry did as she asked and a more detailed map of the smaller area came up.
"Now that is swish. I can't wait to see Uncle Vernon's face" Harry said grinning,
"I owe you one from that prank with the Slytherins... So" She winked, "Let's see if I can work some of my muggle magic" Harry laughed,
"Hermione, I wish I spent more time with you on your own out of school. You are such a blast!"
"Oh, Harry don't" She put a hand on his arm then moved it to her face, "Your making me blush" She said jokingly, he shook his head his smiled wide.
"Hermione you bitch" He said laughing as he spoke, "You're so uptight at school and here you're like some rampant maniac"
"Well, you would never have done that at school!" Hermione said in reply, she turned onto Wisteria Walk. "Nearly there now"
"It's Dudley!" He said laughing, as he saw Dudley with his mouth open wide with Piers Polkiss, and the rest of his friends. Although Dudley hated his diet, he had done quite well. He had the look of a once had been. Although he was still chubby. Almost like Neville Longbottom.
"Dudley?" Hermione asked a quick wink, "I'll slow down" She stopped the car, "Come on the Harry we need to say hello" She got out of the car and locked it with her keys and slipped them in her bag,
"Hey big D!" Harry said, "Piers, Marvin, John, Shaun, Samuel" He nodded to them all,
"Dudley,darling" Hermione said in a posh voice, she shoved Harry out of the way gently, "I've heard so much about you honey"
"You have?" Dudley said glaring at Harry as if he'd said something wrong,
"Oh I have" She gave him a kiss on each cheek, "About how strong you are" She giggled like a blonde bimbo, "Well flex your muscles then" Dudley put an arm up like a muscle man and Hermione squeezed it, "Wow" She said her eyelashes fluttering, "That's amazing. Are you going to show me your parents then Dudley?"
"Sure, erm?"
"Hermione" She smiled, "Hermione Granger. I'll take my car round" She opened the car up, "Come on the Harry. Don't stand there like you've been whacked in the face with a trout!" She giggled and placed an emaciated hand on his face, they got in the car and drove around on to Privet Drive. She parked her car right outside the Dursley's and waited until they saw Dudley and his gang come around the corner all talking in hushed voices. "Ready Harry?"
"What are we going to do?"
"We'll go see your auntie and uncle, I'll keep making passes at Dudley. Then just before we drive off you kiss me"
"Gotcha"
"You kiss me first though" She winked, "Dudley!" She said in a loud voice getting out of the car. She locked it and faked looking at her face in the wing mirror so she could bend over so her posterior was right beside Dudley. She dabbed her lips gently. Then got some lip gloss out of her bag and applied it. She stood up and licked around her lips. Harry had to fight to keep the laughter inside me, as Dudley's breathing seemed to speed up. Harry seemed to give Hermione confidence she hadn't had all summer. Confidence to just be herself, flaunt herself and somehow try to love herself.
"Well then?" She asked Dudley in a sultry honey tone. Harry held in more laughter he'd never seen Hermione like this. Never.
"Okay" He walked up to his front door and opened it. "Mum, Dad?" He breathed, "Harry and his friend Hermione are here"
Petunia came through from the kitchen then Vernon Dursley followed.
"Hello" Petunia said in a sour voice, "When did that arrive?" Petunia asked, gesturing to the pink convertible,
"Its Hermione's" Piers said loudly,
"And where did you get the money from that eh?" Vernon asked brutishly
"My parents are dentists, my grandma left me a significant amount of money. My cousins work in the divine right of cars garage in London. Put all of them together and voila!"
"Oh right" Petunia smiled graciously,
"I was just taking Harry here for a drive, and we thought we'd stop off and say hello and goodbye" She smiled, "See you around" She fluttered her eyelashes, and Vernon and Petunia said bye,
"See you" Harry said,
"Next year" Vernon said, he shut the door after Petunia had said one last bye to Petunia. Who obviously thought Hermione was a muggle, as she wasn't being cold.
"Would you like my number Hermione?" Dudley asked,
"Ooooh!" Hermione squealed, "I'd love it Dud." She said winking at him- she got her mobile out. She typed in My Dud, and left it on and passed it to Dudley to press okay and put his number in.
"There you are" He said, "I'll be here until the 14th of September,
"I'll be sure to visit you" She said, she gave him a kiss on the cheek and a very tight hug, their bodies contrasted hers skinny and his beefy.
"Come on Hareeeeeee" She stretched his name out again, as a signal. She got in the car put her phone in her bag and her bag by her feet. Harry got in and shut his door. Hermione was still fiddling around trying to get her bag under the seat. He placed a finger on her chin and pulled her face up,
"Mia" He said, low and huskily. He bent forward and placed a chaste kiss on her lips.
"Harry" She said and pushed forward onto him, "Harry" She let out a soft moan, it was as Harry was pretending to kiss her with 'passion' he wondered how she knew how to make all the little sexual noises and positions she placed in the right places at all the right times. They let it deepen and Hermione was soon pushed back against the car, they pulled apart. "Oops, got a little carried away there" Hermione said giggling as she sat back down properly with a quick toss of her hair,
"I... I thought... You were friends?" Dudley said angrily,
"Yeah we are" Hermione said grinning,
"But-"
"Friends with privileges" Hermione said with a laugh,
"See you around Duddikins" Harry said, the group around him laughed, and he gave them all death glares. Before Dudley could think up a witty reply Hermione had drove off.
"That was hilarious" Harry said clutching his sides Hermione was laughing hard too.
"Hilarious" She said wiping a tear away from the corner of her eye,
"Means nothing though right?"
"Nothing at all" She said laughing to cover up any silence. They soon got onto the M5 and were driving speedily. A few times Hermione blasted some nitrous oxide and sped past the few cars around.
This is mainly my "Vent out the ideas" fic. Where I can just bung any ideas I have without ruining any fics I like. This one is mainly because I now have an obsession with Hermione and driving hideously fast cars. Though when they get to Hogwarts it should turn more darker... Should. I do want this fic to end up being about an eating disorder, but i'm starting from the beginning. And it won't be all fun and laughs for Hermione and Harry, nor will there be a car crash. I hope you guys liked it. And will leave a review?! 17 pages on word so you must have ONE comment. Love Much!