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Chapter Seven: Confessions
It was early in the morning when Hermione heard swishing noises. She opened her eyes and saw owls flying everywhere dropping letters in green envelopes. Her eyes grew and quickly hid the letters under her blanket, but before she could hide all the letters, Lavender and Parvati noticed her.
"Innit too early for mail?" asked Parvati skeptically.
"Ooh, what's that Hermione?" Lavender asked while snatching one of the letters.
"Lavender, that's mine!" Hermione demanded.
"Hmm, a love letter in a green envelope?" Parvati said while raising an eyebrow. Then a memory came back to them. They smiled at each other and then looked at Hermione's serious face.
"A love letter in a green envelope?" started Lavender.
"Does this have something to do with a certain Slytherin?" Parvati asked suspiciously.
"Who- what are you talking about?" Hermione stuttered.
"Oh, I don't know Malfoy, perhaps?" confronted Parvati.
"We saw you two dancing at the ball yesterday. So tell us what's going on? Are you two together?" asked Lavender.
"I wouldn't tell even if you two were the last witches on Earth," said Hermione while gathering all the letters and taking the letter off Lavender. She then went straight to lavatory to hide.
"They are together," concluded Lavender.
"No doubt about it," added Parvati.
Meanwhile, inside the bathroom, Hermione sat on the floor and started opening one of the letters. She was halfway on opening the envelope when suddenly, a boy appeared in front of her out of nowhere.
"AAAAHH!" Hermione screamed.
"Relax, it's just me," said Malfoy.
"What the hell are you doing here?" asked Hermione softly.
"Oh, so I'm not welcome," said Malfoy in sad tone.
"No, it's not that," she said and pulled Malfoy down on the floor beside her. "How did u get here?"
"I, uh, apparated. I noticed you weren't downstairs so I figured you're still here," Malfoy explained.
"How did you know I'm in the bathroom?"
"Uh, lucky guess?"
"I think you're just a pervert."
"I swear I'm not!" Malfoy shouted.
"Shh, Lavender and Parvati are still in the room." she whispered.
"Oh, sorry," he apologized. "So, did you get my letters?"
"Yeah, but I never read them yet."
"Why not?"
"Because first, Lavender and Parvati noticed the letters so I had to deal with them. Second, you just popped out of nowhere when I was starting to open the letters. And last, I was wondering, what the hell is wrong with you sending me letters in green envelopes in a Gryffindor dormitory?" she explained almost out of breath.
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"That's ok. Despite all that, I think it was sweet," Hermione smiled. She kissed Draco and they started making out, until Hermione broke it off. "You have to go. I have to get ready for breakfast. I'll see you"
"Ok, then. I'll see you." Then he kissed her for the last time. "I love you."
"I love you, too," she smiled. Malfoy apparated and then she started getting ready. When she got out, Parvati and Lavender are looking at Hermione with their arms crossed and a smile on their faces.
"We caught you. We heard you talking to a boy," Parvati started.
"It's so obvious it's Malfoy. So, we're right. You guys are together," smiled Lavender. They both ran out the dormitory with a big smile. She was busted. Now, the whole school will know. Parvati and Lavender are the most talkative witches in Hogwarts together with Padma from Ravenclaw, Parvati's sister. Hermione sighed and smacked her head. She went down to the common room and saw Harry and Ron laughing and looking at each other at the bottom of the stairs of the girls' dormitory. When they noticed that Hermione was up, they stopped and just smiled.
"Alright, Hermione?" asked Ron.
"Yeah," she answered.
"Do you know what's with Lavender and Parvati?" laughed Harry. "They were running and saying something like 'we should tell Padma about Hermione' and then Lavender tripped." Hermione laughed, but didn't say anything.
"Where were you last night Hermione?" asked Ron. "Harry and I were waiting for you, you never came." Hermione looked at them and sighed.
"Uh, guys, I have to tell you something," she started.
"Can we get a spot of breakfast first, I'm starving," Ron rubbed his tummy.
"Fine," Hermione agreed.
They entered the Great Hall and walked straight to the Gryffindor table. While walking, Hermione took a glimpse at Malfoy and gave a little smile. Malfoy smiled back. They saw the rest of their friends and sat with them.
"Hey, you guys are way too close to each other. Move away, give a little space to breathe," yelled Ron at her sister Ginny, who is snuggling with Dean.
"No! Tomorrow's the last day of school and Dean's not going back next year," retorted Ginny.
"So? I bet you guys will hang out the whole summer, and I bet Dean would write to you everyday next year. Everybody knows he's a sucker for romance," Ron told her sister. Everybody laughed.
"Hey!" laughed Dean.
"So, Hermione, aren't you going to tell us something?" asked Harry after everybody stopped laughing.
"Um… I was thinking of saying it in private to you and Ron," said Hermione a little bit uneasy.
"Oh c'mon, Hermione. We're going to know anyway, one way or the other," said Ginny.
"Yeah, you can tell us anything. I mean, we're all Gryffindors here," agreed Dean. Everybody was encouraging Hermione to tell. Hermione finally gave up.
"All right, all right!" snapped Hermione. "But promise not to tell anybody else."
"Of course," said Neville.
"Not a word," said Seamus. Everybody agreed. They huddled close so no one else can hear their conversation.
"Malfoy and I are together," Hermione whispered.
"WHAT!" everybody shrieked in unison.
"Guys keep quiet!" Hermione whispered to them. Everybody was looking at them. They apologized. Then, they huddled again and spoke softly.
"But how?" asked Dean
"Since when?" asked Harry.
"What happened?" asked Ginny.
Hermione told them what happened at the Astronomy Tower in clear detail. All of them were listening with their mouth hanging open with shock.
"That's so romantic when he flew you back at the dormitory. Dean never did that to me," said Ginny dreamily.
"Guys, you're missing the point. It's Malfoy we're talking about. Everybody knows he's a big prat and a liar," disagreed Ron.
"Oh Ron, come off it! Maybe he's changed. He seems so sweet," Hermione retorted.
"That's part of the whole act! When the time is right, I can say 'I told you so' when he breaks your heart," Ron snapped.
"Oh c'mon Ron. We know that Hermione's smart enough to make her decisions," said Harry.
"Thank you, Harry," smiled Hermione.
"With that being said, anybody else wants to tell us something?" Seamus asked in a playful way.
"I do," started Dean with a big smile on his face. "Ginny and I are together."
Everybody laughed except for Ron who looks nervous.
"That's old news. Ron, you look like you have something to hide," Seamus asked him.
Everybody stared at Ron. He was looking more nervous than before. His face is starting to sweat and his ears turned pink.
"Promise not to tease me or laugh at me?" asked Ron.
"We promised already now spit it out!" said Seamus impatiently.
"Ok, fine," he started. "Lavender –"
"WHAT!" everybody yelled in unison.
"Hey, I haven't even finished," Ron said.
"Well, we know you're going to say. 'Lavender and I are back together' isn't it?" said Dean.
"So what happened?" asked Hermione.
"Well, as I said a while ago. Harry and I were waiting for you in the common room. Harry got tired of waiting that he decided to call it a day. I got tired as well that I accidentally slept on the couch. When I woke up, I saw Lavender in front of me. She told me how jealous she is when she saw me dancing with Parkinson. Then, she's the one who asked me." Ron explained.
"So that's why you helped her when she tripped," said Harry.
"So anybody else?" Seamus asked again.
"Woah, what's up with Loony today. She looks normal for the first time," said Dean.
"Hey, stop calling her that of I'll hex you," warned Ginny.
"Ooh, I want to see you try," he answered. Everybody looked at Luna.
"She looks surprisingly gorgeous today," said Seamus.
"I know, eh," said Harry dreamily not noticing that all eyes were on him.
"Are you guys together?" asked Ron.
"What?" asked Harry after he snapped back to reality.
"Are you guys together?" Ron repeated. Harry gave a big smile and nodded. He looked back at Luna and waved. Luna started running and landed on Harry arms. Lavender, Parvati and Padma entered after her. Lavender planted a big kiss on Ron's cheek then sat beside him. Luna did the same.
"You look nice," said Harry.
"Lavender, Parvati and Padma gave me a 'make-over'" smiled Luna.
"Luna told us about you guys and asked us to help her," said Parvati.
"So we did," continued Lavender.
"And did a good job, too," Ron smiled at her. They kissed each other then broke apart since everybody is staring at them.
Evening came and as usual, Draco flew Hermione to her Dormitory after watching the sunset. Hermione sat on her bed and wrote on her diary.
Dear Diary,
Today is really crazy and full of unexpected surprises. I confessed to Harry and Ron about Draco and I. Seamus, Ginny, Dean and Neville knew as well since they made me tell them. Lavender, Parvati and Padma found out because they saw the letters Draco sent me. Can you believe it? Ron and Lavender are back together. What else? Harry and Luna are together. It's kinda odd and really unexpected, but they turned out to be a cute couple. Anyways, Draco and I watch the sunset at the Astronomy Tower. It's kinda romantic. He also flew me back here. I should really tell him to stop flying me here. He still doesn't know I'm terrified of heights. It's getting late so I have to sleep. The train leaves a little bit early tomorrow.
Always,
Hermione
Sorry, it's been a while since I last updated. As everybody know, school's tough. I tried to finish this while reading the sixth book. Sorry bout the odd couples. I know Ron and Lavender broke up but I can't find anybody to pair up with Ron. I am also aware that it's supposed to be Harry and Ginny, but I don't really like that pairing (really sorry if you do), so I just paired him with Luna. I thought the Ginny and Dean pairing is really cute so I just kept it that way.
IT'S NOT YET PROOFREAD. IT'S STILL A ROUGH. PLS. HELP ME EDIT IT AND POINT OUT MY MISTAKES. I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO POST IT.
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