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Chapter Seven
Harry and Ron didn't notice Hermione was there until she was halfway up one of the staircases, and one cranky step groaned in complaint. Both of the boys turned their heads quickly in Hermione's direction.
"Hermione!" Ron exclaimed.
Hermione glared daggers at Ron, even though the only thing he ever tried to do was help.. He looked back at her, obviously deeply offended, and turned back to the fire.
"Come on Hermione. The only thing we ever did was try to help. We care about you." Harry said reasonably
Hermione put her hands on her hips. "You guys are probably just jealous. Just because I have a boyfr- well, a guy I hang out with doesn't mean you can judge him."
"He lost his memory too, so of course he isn't going to be mean to you. He can't remember how he treated us before and who we are. He used to call you a name for a person who has dirty blood." Harry explained.
"You probably just made that up," Hermione insisted. "Having dirty blood, that's ridiculous."
"Fine," Ron said. "Tell the real Draco that after he remembers who you are."
Harry gave a stern look to Ron, and he lowered his voice so Hermione couldn't hear him. "You're not helping."
Hermione didn't see this as an insult as Harry had. She saw it as a challenge. "Draco will still like me no matter what."
"What if that's not the problem?" Ron retorted. "What if you don't like him?"
"That couldn't happen," Hermione shot back. "He's too wonderful."
With that Hermione began her way back up the steps, not wanting to look back at her two supposed friends.
"That's the boys' dormitory." Ron said, almost amused.
Hermione looking almost angrier than before, headed back down that stairs, and crossed over to the other side of the common room. She wouldn't let herself look at Ron, who was obviously enjoying this.
When Hermione pulled open the girls' dormitory door, she saw a small group of girls all on one bed, whispering excitedly. When the realized Hermione was there, one of the girls let out a shriek. Hermione softly closed the door behind her and tried to ignore the gossiping girls already in the room.
However she was not going to escape this one. The girl who had shrieked, rushed over to Hermione and dragged her towards the bed.
"I can't believe you got to hang out with Draco all day!" the girl exclaimed, obviously forgetting that Hermione had no idea who she was.
Hermione just stared at the group, not knowing what to say. Then the girl who had dragged Hermione into this unwanted situation slapped herself on her forehead.
"How could I be so stupid?" the girl said, catching on to Hermione's confusion. "I'm Lavender, and this is Parvati, our gossip queen. She gets us everything we need to know about anyone." Lavender then introduced the other people in the group before turning back to Hermione.
"So," she said eagerly. "how was it? Was Draco even dreamier than he seems to be? Give us all the details!"
Hermione actually felt relieved to be surrounded by a group of people who actually approved of Draco. So, she joined them sitting on the bed and told them every detail she could remember.
When Hermione was partway through her story, Parvati interrupted with a question of her own. Obviously the gossip queen didn't know everything.
"Did you kiss him?" Parvati said loudly, in an almost shouting voice.
Hermione shook her head. "Almost. I turned away though."
Lavender looked appalled by this. "Why would you turn away from Draco Malfoy. He has to be the best looking guy in this school. Practically every girl would just die if he said their name!"
"At the time I wasn't sure if I had a boyfriend," Hermione said honestly. "Besides, I had just met him."
Lavender confused. She couldn't comprehend not wanting to kiss someone who wanted to kiss you. She pondered on it for a few moments while the conversation continued..
Another girl began asking Hermione a question when Hermione looked at the clock on the wall. It was already eleven. Before the girl could even get to the middle of her sentence, Hermione jumped off of the bed and interrupted her.
"I have to go to bed!" Hermione said.
The girls just gave her questioning looks. Lavender, however, had found something else to ponder on. Why would anyone ever have to sleep?
"I'm meeting Draco in the morning," Hermione explained, "and I don't want to bed late."
With that being said, the girls let out another shriek of excitement.
"Why didn't you tell us sooner?" Parvati asked. "Then we could have planned how we were going to do your hair and make-up!"
Lavender, fresh out of her pondering state, said "I'll even let you borrow some of mine. This is going to be so much fun!"
"Don't you guys have classes in the morning?" Hermione asked.
"We're girls." Lavender said, genuinely not understanding that Hermione said 'guys' as a general term. She began pondering on her third dilemma of the evening.
Parvati ignored Lavender and turned towards Hermione. "We'll get up early to help you, then all go to breakfast. Are you going to sit with him?"
Hermione shook her head. "We planned on meeting in the entrance hall at nine o'clock."
Lavender let out a small "awwwwww" before Parvati continued talking again.
"Lights out everyone!" she said, not in the least bit sounding bossy. "We've got work to do in the morning."
The girls scrambled back to their own beds. The one that was left over was the one that Hermione assumed was her's.
Hermione quickly changed into her pajama's and fell onto the sheets of her comfy four-poster bed. Despite the thoughts about Draco churning through her head, she had no problem falling asleep.
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