A/N – another DM/HG fic… you know the drill, may not be able to update cuz of MSS, otherwise known as Multiple Story Syndrome. Thank you all for the reviews… I got 10 more!!! YAY!!! I'd still like more, then again any author does… thank you's at the bottom again. And just so you all know, this will be my last update for two weeks. I will not have access to a computer or the internet there, so sorry to let you all down, but you'll have to wait. I will promise to TRY to write while I'm gone, but I also have a summer project that I haven't even started and it's due in a month, so it all depends. Hope you enjoy.
Summary – A play is being but on at HSoWaW. And you'll never guess who gets what parts. A funny little fic about how opposites attracted.
Rating – Still PG-13
Disclaimer – Harry Potter, not mine… Romeo and Juliet, not mine… a lot of the info about R&J, not mine. HP belongs to JKR… R&J belongs to a long gone dead man named Shakespeare… and the info, most of it comes from Sparknotes… Yes I know I've cheated… so sue me!!!
Chapter 3 – My Romeo
Hermione lay in her bed later that night, completely confused by the turn of events. By the sound of it, Professor Travis really liked her performance… and from what she had seen of her reaction to the other ones, liked hers a lot better. But Hermione has spoken the truth when she said she was no good at acting. She had tried out so hard for the play in her muggle school but had her dreams crushed when she didn't even get a small roll in the chorus. So, she thought instead of having dreams crushed again, she'd do something she knew she could do, manage and organize. But it seems that with age, her perception on things had gotten better somehow. Either that or her partner was better than last time.
She shivered at that thought as she remembered how she had gazed at Dr-Malfoy before their kiss. She couldn't believe it. He had looked so sincere; for a minute she had thought he was some totally different person. Her fingers traced over her lips as she recalled the tingle she had felt during the kiss.
"I know that look," Ginny Weasley said as she entered the room, waking Hermione from her reverie.
"What look?" she asked defensively.
"THAT look… so who is it?" she asked, sitting next to her on the bed. "Wait, don't tell me, let me guess. Seamus? Or is it Dean?"
"Huh??" Hermione replied, still not getting it. "Oh, no no no… none of them," she said as she finally got it.
"Then who?"
"My Romeo," she said dreamily to herself. Realizing what she said, her eyes bulged out. "It's no one… I'm just thinking is all."
"Riiiiiiiight. Anyways, tell me how auditions went," Ginny demanded.
"Travis made me try out," she said, sitting up and leaning against her head board.
"I thought you couldn't act?"
"I thought so too, but she seemed to think I did very well."
"That's amazing 'Mione! I don't think I did too well on my audition, but it'd be great if we both got in, wouldn't it?" Ginny said excitedly as she sat down next to Hermione.
"Yea… great," Hermione said, thinking back to her audition.
"Mione, will you just tell me who the hell you are thinking about??"
"It's no one… just a childhood fantasy you could say. Thinking of my Romeo I told you," Hermione said quickly, luckily it was a very good excuse.
"Yea… knight in shinning armor eh? I know how that is… but we all know who my knight is… has been forever hasn't it?" Ginny said, getting dreamy.
"Yea," Hermione said. Too bad mine turns out to be a devil in disguise.
Towards the end of the week, there were crowds of people around the notice boards in the common rooms where the casting list had been posted. The whole school was buzzing with rumors of who would play who. Hermione got up that morning, dreading what she would find. She had slowly trudged to the Gryffindor Common Room, narrowly missing Malfoy, thank the goddess.
When she entered she saw the entire tower had pooled around the board and were all jumping up and down. Noticing that a riot may break out, she quickly broke it up and grabbed the list.
"Calm down everyone!" she yelled. No one listened. So she tipped her wand in the air and a shrieking siren went off. Everyone grew silent. "Thank you. If you will all calm down, I will read the casting list off so there is not complete chaos.
"The Chorus and other townspeople
Padma Patil from Ravenclaw
Parvati Patil from Gryffindor
Mandy Brocklehurst from Ravenclaw
Millicent Bulstrode from Slytherin
Vincent Crabe from Slytherin
Emma Dobbs from Hufflepuff
Lisa Turpin from Ravenclaw" Hermione read. Parvati broke out in tears at hearing she didn't make a main role.
"Sampson – Dennis Creevey from Gryffindor," she announced next.
"Who's that?" the younger student asked.
"A servant for the Capulet house," she answered and then continued reading.
"Gregory – Stewart Ackerly from Ravenclaw
"Abram – Theodore Nott from Slytherin
"The Apothecary – Eleanor Branstone from Hufflepuff
"Balthasar – Gregory Goyle from Slytherin
"Rosaline - Pansy Parkinson from Slytherin
"Lord Montague - Terry Boot from Ravenclaw
"Lady Montague - Susan Bones from Hufflepuff
"Lord Capulet – Dean Thomas from Gryffindor." Dean leapt up in excitement.
"Lady Capulet – Lavender Brown from Gryffindor." Lavender shrieked in glee, mainly at the thought of being Dean's wife.
"Benvolio – Ernie Macmillan from Hufflepuff
"Tybalt – Ronald Weasley from Gryffindor." Ron was shocked that he had gotten such a good role, but happy nonetheless.
"Nurse – Ginny Weasley from Gryffindor." Ginny smiled widely, trying to contain her excitement.
"Peter – Colin Creevey from Gryffindor." Hermione had to explain that he was a helper to the nurse.
"Escalus (the Prince) – Michael Corner from Ravenclaw
"Mercutio – Harry Potter from Gryffindor." Harry jumped and threw his fist in the air in victory almost.
"Count Paris – Neville Longbottom from Gryffindor." Before Neville could ask she quickly said, "The guy promised to marry Juliet."
"Friar Lawrence – Seamus Finnigan from Gryffindor." Seamus smiled slightly, a little disappointed that he didn't get a great role.
"Friar John – Blaise Zabini from Slytherin
"Romeo – Draco Malfoy from Slytherin." Everyone in the room groaned a bit at this, well at least the guys did. Hermione almost smiled slightly, but then froze as she saw the last line. Unable to speak, some people shouted out (mainly the girls), urging her to announce Juliet, especially those who thought Malfoy was hot (which was almost all of them.)
"Juliet – Hermione Granger from Gryffindor," She spoke quietly.
Hermione just stood there, looking at the paper in shock as though she had seen wrong. She then smiled up at everyone and pinned the paper back up on the board.
"Congratulations to all of you who got a part," she said, still smiling. The crowd broke up, some of them looking at Hermione strangely. Ron, Harry, and Ginny quickly surrounded her.
"Rotten luck there 'Mione. Malfoy as Romeo!" Ron said grimly, trying to hide the fact that he would've rather been Romeo and wanted to kill Malfoy at the moment.
"Ron, do be a little more supportive. Hermione here has the lead role in the most romantic play of all time!" Ginny said, smiling at her. "This is absolutely GREAT!"
"Yea 'Mione, this is awesome… perk up a bit!" Harry said, patting her shoulder.
"Yea… great," she said slowly, looking back at the list to make sure it hadn't changed.
"Come on 'Mione… you said you'd help me with my Charms homework," Ginny said, pulling her towards the exit. "See you later guys!" she said, smiling over her shoulder. Once they stepped outside and closed the portrait, she turned onto Hermione, her face suddenly serious. "What the HELL is up??"
"Nothing is up Gin… just drop it," Hermione said right away, walking ahead of her quickly.
"Bullshit Hermione! I can tell something is bothering you. Most girls would be jumping for joy at knowing they got the main part!" Ginny retorted, chasing after her. "Something is up, I'm not stupid."
"Ginny… think about it. First of all, Draco fucking Malfoy has gotten the role of Romeo, whom my character is supposed to love! Add the fact that I'm Tropophobic it doesn't help much," Hermione said with anger seething at the surface as she yelled the password at her portrait.
"Mione calm down. What the hell is tropophobia?" she asked as she followed her into her room.
"Stage fright Ginny! That's why I didn't want to audition! And now that I've got the part, I'm a puddle of jello! I can't do this, and not with someone who won't cooperate with me!" Hermione fumed, as she plopped down onto the couch by the fire.
"Aw… the poor lil bookworm is scared to say some lines on stage," Malfoy said, sitting in chair in the corner.
"Shove it Malfoy," Ginny said, not even bothering to look at him.
"It surprises me," he said, ignoring her comment and standing up, looking at Hermione haughtily, "that someone like you could get the supposedly beautiful and virtuous Juliet. It seems as though the whole play will be a disgrace. If I weren't so delighted at the thought of you being embarrassed onstage I would quit now. But… it seems I may have some fun with it anyway." By now he was leering over Hermione, smirking evilly with his arms crossed, a look of sheer pleasure across his face.
"Go to hell Malfoy…from what I hear she did a great job," Ginny stuck up for Hermione, while Hermione just sat there, taking it all in.
"Nothing to say Mudblood?" Malfoy jeered, once again ignoring the youngest Weasley. "Figures… well let me just say that I look forward to these practices we're going to have… it should be quite interesting I say." With that he walked off to his room, and Hermione just sat there, starring into the fire and fighting the tears off.
"HERMIONE GRANGER!!! How DARE you let him say such things about you!" Ginny yelled furiously. Hermione didn't reply. Too much was running through her head at the moment for her to hear anything from the outside world.
Why are you letting him get to you now?? He never bothered you before. It was that stupid audition! If he hadn't looked so real… so truthful! God damn him! It's just acting Granger… it wasn't real! Always remember that. She told herself, not noticing Ginny's hand waving in front of her. It wasn't until she had to blink her watering eyes from staring at the fire too long that she woke from her reverie. She looked at the redhead shocked a bit.
"What has gotten into you Mione?" she asked.
"Gin… I don't know," Hermione replied slowly. "I guess I'm just shocked from everything. I don't think I can help you with your charms homework… sorry," she said hurriedly as she rushed into her room. Ginny just shook her head slowly.
"There was no Charms homework Mione. What is happening to you?" she asked slowly as she left, not sure what to think anymore.
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Alleria Black – glad you love it, hope you love it even more
Pigwidgeon188 – glad you like it… yes they kissed… even if it was by accident, it may just be the catalyst of things eh?
xAmayAx - ::poof::??? Just a bit curious as to what that means. Glad you like it too.
Azera – yes they kissed… and if I have it my way there may be more of it ;). Glad you love it so much… you seem very enthusiastic. Harry and Ron… yes that will be interesting… but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
Nicole-HP-fan – I think what I'll do from now on, so that it's a bit more understandable is but the lines of the play in bold, instead of just regular text. Thank you for pointing that out to me… hope you enjoy.
Crimsonskie - :-) Glad you love it :-)
Tennisplaya278 – Thank you… I'm glad the plot seems to be something worth while.
Llune21 – you sure you're okay? Glad you like it.
HermyGWeasley – Thank you so much for telling me that. For some reason I couldn't remember what it was called for the life of me. I'm glad they seem to be in character, I do try… I want it to be as realistic as possible.
Hot-kisses90 – hope you enjoyed this one just as much.