A/N: I hope you like the story so far. This chapter will have more adult
kind of themes. It's nothing serious though. Minor swearing.
DIrnaucyoasha whos cuter: Thank you! I'm glad you like it so much!
Bride of Malfoy: I don't know if it's going to go up, because I've read other fics that are on PG-13 and have the same sort of stuff I'm going to put in. It might go up, but I'm not sure. Thanks for your review.
Kole17: Thank you! I'm really glad you've suggested a song. In future chapters I might use it! I'm happy you liked the end of it! Thanks so much for your review, and I'm glad you like it so much.
SubliminalMsgs: Thank you for your review. I don't think Hermione is the cheerleading type either. In fact, my friend snuck that in after I proof read it. Oh well. Thanks!
Oooo: Thank you once again for your review! I know Malfoy is being a git, but that's just he personality, lol.
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Chapter Six: Hating Lavendar Brown
---Hermione's POV---
It was a warm morning and Hermione was flicking through a magazine with her friends Lavendar, Parvati and Ginny. They were choosing the dress they wanted for the ball. Hermione had chosen a long, strapless, black dress. She was going to do her hair in a bun and buy some new makeup. The ultimate of all the things she wanted was beautiful shoes. They were high heels and had a stunning crisscross going up her leg. She loved them.
Parvati had chosen a hot pink dress Hermione didn't particularly like. It was very revealing, and much too short for Hermione's liking.
Lavendar had decided on a purple ball gown. Hermione liked this a lot. It was strapless, like Hermione's but was extremely long and trailed on the ground.
Ginny had chosen a white, strapless dress. It flared out at the bottom perfectly and really complimented Ginny's eyes.
Hermione and Ginny were going shopping in a few days time while Parvati and Lavendar were going today. Ron had taught Lavendar the secret way to get into Hogsmeade on the condition she didn't show anyone else, but knowing Lavendar she took Parvati with her.
Today Hermione was going to venture down into the lake. Harry and Ron had decided they were going to hold races and had invited Gryffindor to compete.
She climbed into her favourite bikini. They were strapless light blue ones with frills around each side of the boobtube and around of the waist of the bottoms. On the left side of the top was the number 89 with a mermaid. Hermione had got them for her birthday from her grandmother.
Hermione pulled on a black tank top and ran down the stairs to find her pink board shorts. She wasn't looking where she was going and tripped right into Draco Malfoy. He grabbed her before she fell to the floor and Hermione relaxed into his strong arms.
'Sorry,' she said anxiously.
Draco nodded and continued on his quest, grabbing a hairbrush he had left downstairs.
'What's the occasion?' he finally asked.
'The Gryffindors are just going for a swim. It should be pretty cool,' she answered casually. Draco nodded.
Hermione grabbed a towel and sped down to the lake. People were already there, splashing around in the lake. Hermione jumped in and had a water fight with some of the girls.
Everything was going fine until Pansy Parkinson turned up in a revolting bikini. The interesting costume was bright pink, and it showed off her gigantic cleavage rather revoltingly. She smiled maliciously as Crabbe and Goyle approached. They had both gained several more pounds, and Hermione couldn't decide which one looked more ugly.
The Gryffindors snorted as Pansy entered the lake with a gigantic splash. Crabbe and Goyle came in soon after, grunting and laughing.
Soon after some of the other Slytherins arrived, making trouble wherever they went. Pansy threw Neville's towel into the lake, and accidentally on purpose jumped on top of Colin Creevy.
Hermione expected Draco to arrive with some of his other friends. Or did she WANT Draco to turn up? Hermione found herself fantasizing about how Draco would look in Board Shorts (no rashie of course.)
Hermione decided to dry off and head towards the common room. It was getting awfully crowded, and the lake was getting colder by the second.
Her and Ginny climbed the staircase together, talking about arrangements for the ball. Ginny and Hermione went separate ways as they trudged up the stairs. Hermione started reviewing her choices for the ball. She couldn't help thinking of the chances of Draco being her partner. She was supposed to hate him, and he was supposed to hate her. Why was she thinking these thoughts?
Hermione was so lost in thought; she forgot to dodge the step that usually caught people's legs. Luckily Draco was walking up the stairs just as Hermione got caught.
'Stuck again are we, Granger?' Draco laughed.
'Can you please help me, Draco, it's really hurting!' Hermione cried, tears now forming in her eyes.
Draco decided he better help her, so he pulled her up. His arms were stronger then Hermione would have thought. Probably from playing Quidditch, or perhaps working out.
As Draco gave one final tug, the clamps inside the step let go, and sent Hermione and Draco to the floor. Draco jumped up immediately, and gave Hermione his hand to help her up. Hermione fell into him, her legs very numb. At this very moment Lavendar Brown turned the corner. Hermione and Draco instantly pulled apart, Hermione just being able to stabilize herself.
Lavendar's eye became filled with jealously.
Hermione wasn't sure what Lavendar would do next, but she knew it wouldn't be anything too bad. As Lavendar's eyes grew wider with excitement, Hermione started to have second thoughts about Lavendar's intentions.
'Hermione and Malfoy sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!' Lavendar squealed.
'Lavendar, it was nothing, I just fell into the step, and Draco helped me out,' Hermione snapped angrily.
'Draco now, is he? This is going to boost my popularity status,' and with that, Lavendar turned on her heel and trotted towards the great hall, preparing her speech about what she saw.
Hermione looked like everyone had forgotten her birthday. She sighed, and continued on her quest towards the common room. She was having difficulty getting to her destination, as the step had probably injured her leg.
'How was the swimming?' Draco finally asked.
'It was all right, I guess. As soon Pansy Parkinson turned up, it all went down hill,' Hermione said, shrugging.
'Yeah, Crabbe and Goyle paid you all a visit too. I saw Pansy strutting around the school. She looked truly terrible.' Draco said carefully. Even though his and Hermione's relationship was getting back on track, Draco wanted to be careful.
---Draco's POV---
Hermione went straight to bed, much to Draco's advantage. He didn't want her down there, distracting him constantly from his work. That bikini had been on his mind all day.
Draco was kind of tired. He'd been wandering around the school all day. Most of the Slytherins had decided to annoy the Gryffindors, but Draco just wasn't in the mood for trouble, especially because he hadn't been getting much sleep lately. He stalked up to his room and fell fast asleep, dreading the moment when he woke up.
The next morning Draco awoke to an annoyed squeal. He ran down the stairs, expecting to see some sort of disaster, but instead came face to face with Ginny Weasley, who was apologizing over and over again to Hermione.
'I know! I can't believe she did that either! I don't know who spat in Lavendar's tea, but she has been acting incredibly rude lately!' Ginny whined.
'I can not believe she'd do this to me!' Hermione sighed.
'Have you heard the latest edition? Lavendar walked into a deserted room where she had left her favourite quill. She was astounded to open a broom closet and find Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger pashing violently!' Ginny said, reading from a flyer Lavendar had created.
Draco stood, clearly astounded from what Ginny had read.
'I hate her! She's such a jealous girl!' Hermione wailed.
'We all know Lavendar has had a crush on Draco since god knows when! But to embarrass you like that! It's not like anything's going on! Draco was just being a gentleman, and jealous old Lavendar didn't like it.' Ginny replied cautiously. 'I mean, nothing is going on, is there?'
'Of course not! Draco and I? Why would Draco ever like me!?' Hermione laughed.
Draco snapped his attention towards her. All this news was coming at him too fast. Draco was going to be in the deepest shit in the history of Slytherin. Being caught with a mudblood? He was definitely in trouble!
'That dress was so perfect for you Hermione! I can't believe Lavendar would buy it. She was going to buy that purple one! I didn't like that one much. I know you were in love with it though. Still, I must admit, that's low for any girl. Copying someone else's dress!' Ginny snarled.
Hermione sighed. 'Did she get the shoes too?'
Ginny's expression changed from anger to sympathy. 'She got the shoes.'
'That is seriously low! They were my shoes! I was destined to wear those shoes!' Hermione growled, and stormed towards her room.
Draco stood, completely alarmed. 'I guess she's more worried about her outfit then the rumors, then.'
'Obviously!' Ginny snapped, and stomped out of the portrait hole.
Draco was in for quite a day.
Hermione came down a few minutes later. She was dressed in jeans and a yellow halter-top. Her hair was in a ponytail, and she was wearing a considerably small amount of makeup.
Hermione looked incredibly frustrated. "Can you believe it? She stole my shoes!' Hermione pointed her finger at a picture in a magazine. 'Those were supposed to be my shoes! They're perfect, don't you reckon?'
Draco stared, amazed at her. 'Hermione, they're just shoes, it's not the end of the world!'
She shook her head at him. Of course it was the end of the world!
'I bet you have a nice supply of beautiful girls who want you to go to the ball with them! Loads of girls, who I might add shall be wearing the shoes they were destined for, not to mention a wonderful ball gown, probably made for them!'
Draco gave her an odd look. 'I have got quite a nice selection of girls, if I do say so myself. I could probably have anyone in the whole of Hogwarts Castle, mind you!'
'Well, who's the lucky lady then?'
'I'm not sure yet. Probably Pansy, father says she would probably be my best bet. Her family's quite well associated with father's lot, so I'll more then likely be forced to go with her.'
'I bet Pansy will have nice shoes, too!'
'Will you stop going on about the shoes?'
Hermione really was quite sick of talking to Draco, so she decided to find Harry and Ron, and tell them about the preposterous Lavendar Brown.
It turned out Lavendar had become the most popular girl in Gryffindor, and had indeed dumped Ron for Dean Thomas. Hermione was truly sickened. Not wanting to miss out on a respectable date, Hermione asked Ron to the ball, and he immediately said yes.
At least some light had come out of the whole situation. Even if Ron wasn't the one she wanted to go with, she decided she should stop fantasizing and just get on with her life. Draco would never even consider her, no matter how lovely Hermione looked. She was a mudblood, and that's all there was to it.
Draco had accepted Pansy's offer as soon as possible. As soon as the school realized there was nothing whatsoever going on between him and Hermione, the better. Since there was, and never would be anything happening. Or would there?
He finally decided to keep to himself as much as he could. Today there were classes, so Draco couldn't really avoid the school. He just roamed the corridors between classes, ignoring the giggles and whispers of curious girls. He even had a brief encounter with Scar Head.
By the time lessons had finished for the day, Draco had really had enough of all the rumors. Instead of taking his anger out on his friends or other pupils, Draco trudged into the common room, expecting to be alone.
Instead he found Hermione, reading a book titled 'Magical Creatures, How to Keep Them Under Control.'
'Hi Draco,' she sighed. 'Had a tough day?'
He nodded, not wanting to say too much. 'How's the search for the shoes going?'
'Terribly! Those shoes, Draco, I'm telling you, they were the most gorgeous shoes I have ever seen in my whole life!'
'Couldn't you just get them anyway?'
Hermione scowled at him. 'Get them anyway? I can't wear the same as Lavendar. That's against Fashion Laws. Everyone knows Lavendar bought them first, so I'd look like a total copy cat!'
'It's not like you're going to buy the dress she apparently 'stole' from you too.'
Hermione rolled her eyes. 'The dress is simple enough to replace. It was quite a difficult decision, so I almost have that covered!'
'It's not like there aren't a million other shoes that you could buy.'
'You don't understand, Draco! Imagine you were going to buy this fantastic new broom that was totally made for you, and then the day before you buy it someone, someone you thought was a friend buys the exact same!'
'I'd just get something different, and make sure I do better. It's just a broom!'
Hermione looked like she'd one the lottery. She smiled evilly at Draco.
'Lavendar Brown, let the games begin.'
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A/N: So, how did you like that chapter? I'm glad everyone likes the story so far! I'm certainly having fun writing it.
Sorry all those Lavendar Fans. I was stuck for ideas, and I really don't want to put the ball in yet. If I do that I'll be totally stripped for ideas! You've got to help me! Anyway, thanks for reading. I hope you like it!
REVIEW PEOPLES! Reviews motivate me, they make me happy, and you get chapters quicker. Feel free to criticize me. I don't mind if you give me tips, just don't make it totally negative.
R&R! The new chapter will be coming soon!
DIrnaucyoasha whos cuter: Thank you! I'm glad you like it so much!
Bride of Malfoy: I don't know if it's going to go up, because I've read other fics that are on PG-13 and have the same sort of stuff I'm going to put in. It might go up, but I'm not sure. Thanks for your review.
Kole17: Thank you! I'm really glad you've suggested a song. In future chapters I might use it! I'm happy you liked the end of it! Thanks so much for your review, and I'm glad you like it so much.
SubliminalMsgs: Thank you for your review. I don't think Hermione is the cheerleading type either. In fact, my friend snuck that in after I proof read it. Oh well. Thanks!
Oooo: Thank you once again for your review! I know Malfoy is being a git, but that's just he personality, lol.
Winterspirit: Thanks for your review!
Bunnycutie: Thanks so much for your review. I'm glad you liked it so much!
Pyroprincess4rmeverwood: Thanks. I'm pleased you like the story!
Chapter Six: Hating Lavendar Brown
---Hermione's POV---
It was a warm morning and Hermione was flicking through a magazine with her friends Lavendar, Parvati and Ginny. They were choosing the dress they wanted for the ball. Hermione had chosen a long, strapless, black dress. She was going to do her hair in a bun and buy some new makeup. The ultimate of all the things she wanted was beautiful shoes. They were high heels and had a stunning crisscross going up her leg. She loved them.
Parvati had chosen a hot pink dress Hermione didn't particularly like. It was very revealing, and much too short for Hermione's liking.
Lavendar had decided on a purple ball gown. Hermione liked this a lot. It was strapless, like Hermione's but was extremely long and trailed on the ground.
Ginny had chosen a white, strapless dress. It flared out at the bottom perfectly and really complimented Ginny's eyes.
Hermione and Ginny were going shopping in a few days time while Parvati and Lavendar were going today. Ron had taught Lavendar the secret way to get into Hogsmeade on the condition she didn't show anyone else, but knowing Lavendar she took Parvati with her.
Today Hermione was going to venture down into the lake. Harry and Ron had decided they were going to hold races and had invited Gryffindor to compete.
She climbed into her favourite bikini. They were strapless light blue ones with frills around each side of the boobtube and around of the waist of the bottoms. On the left side of the top was the number 89 with a mermaid. Hermione had got them for her birthday from her grandmother.
Hermione pulled on a black tank top and ran down the stairs to find her pink board shorts. She wasn't looking where she was going and tripped right into Draco Malfoy. He grabbed her before she fell to the floor and Hermione relaxed into his strong arms.
'Sorry,' she said anxiously.
Draco nodded and continued on his quest, grabbing a hairbrush he had left downstairs.
'What's the occasion?' he finally asked.
'The Gryffindors are just going for a swim. It should be pretty cool,' she answered casually. Draco nodded.
Hermione grabbed a towel and sped down to the lake. People were already there, splashing around in the lake. Hermione jumped in and had a water fight with some of the girls.
Everything was going fine until Pansy Parkinson turned up in a revolting bikini. The interesting costume was bright pink, and it showed off her gigantic cleavage rather revoltingly. She smiled maliciously as Crabbe and Goyle approached. They had both gained several more pounds, and Hermione couldn't decide which one looked more ugly.
The Gryffindors snorted as Pansy entered the lake with a gigantic splash. Crabbe and Goyle came in soon after, grunting and laughing.
Soon after some of the other Slytherins arrived, making trouble wherever they went. Pansy threw Neville's towel into the lake, and accidentally on purpose jumped on top of Colin Creevy.
Hermione expected Draco to arrive with some of his other friends. Or did she WANT Draco to turn up? Hermione found herself fantasizing about how Draco would look in Board Shorts (no rashie of course.)
Hermione decided to dry off and head towards the common room. It was getting awfully crowded, and the lake was getting colder by the second.
Her and Ginny climbed the staircase together, talking about arrangements for the ball. Ginny and Hermione went separate ways as they trudged up the stairs. Hermione started reviewing her choices for the ball. She couldn't help thinking of the chances of Draco being her partner. She was supposed to hate him, and he was supposed to hate her. Why was she thinking these thoughts?
Hermione was so lost in thought; she forgot to dodge the step that usually caught people's legs. Luckily Draco was walking up the stairs just as Hermione got caught.
'Stuck again are we, Granger?' Draco laughed.
'Can you please help me, Draco, it's really hurting!' Hermione cried, tears now forming in her eyes.
Draco decided he better help her, so he pulled her up. His arms were stronger then Hermione would have thought. Probably from playing Quidditch, or perhaps working out.
As Draco gave one final tug, the clamps inside the step let go, and sent Hermione and Draco to the floor. Draco jumped up immediately, and gave Hermione his hand to help her up. Hermione fell into him, her legs very numb. At this very moment Lavendar Brown turned the corner. Hermione and Draco instantly pulled apart, Hermione just being able to stabilize herself.
Lavendar's eye became filled with jealously.
Hermione wasn't sure what Lavendar would do next, but she knew it wouldn't be anything too bad. As Lavendar's eyes grew wider with excitement, Hermione started to have second thoughts about Lavendar's intentions.
'Hermione and Malfoy sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!' Lavendar squealed.
'Lavendar, it was nothing, I just fell into the step, and Draco helped me out,' Hermione snapped angrily.
'Draco now, is he? This is going to boost my popularity status,' and with that, Lavendar turned on her heel and trotted towards the great hall, preparing her speech about what she saw.
Hermione looked like everyone had forgotten her birthday. She sighed, and continued on her quest towards the common room. She was having difficulty getting to her destination, as the step had probably injured her leg.
'How was the swimming?' Draco finally asked.
'It was all right, I guess. As soon Pansy Parkinson turned up, it all went down hill,' Hermione said, shrugging.
'Yeah, Crabbe and Goyle paid you all a visit too. I saw Pansy strutting around the school. She looked truly terrible.' Draco said carefully. Even though his and Hermione's relationship was getting back on track, Draco wanted to be careful.
---Draco's POV---
Hermione went straight to bed, much to Draco's advantage. He didn't want her down there, distracting him constantly from his work. That bikini had been on his mind all day.
Draco was kind of tired. He'd been wandering around the school all day. Most of the Slytherins had decided to annoy the Gryffindors, but Draco just wasn't in the mood for trouble, especially because he hadn't been getting much sleep lately. He stalked up to his room and fell fast asleep, dreading the moment when he woke up.
The next morning Draco awoke to an annoyed squeal. He ran down the stairs, expecting to see some sort of disaster, but instead came face to face with Ginny Weasley, who was apologizing over and over again to Hermione.
'I know! I can't believe she did that either! I don't know who spat in Lavendar's tea, but she has been acting incredibly rude lately!' Ginny whined.
'I can not believe she'd do this to me!' Hermione sighed.
'Have you heard the latest edition? Lavendar walked into a deserted room where she had left her favourite quill. She was astounded to open a broom closet and find Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger pashing violently!' Ginny said, reading from a flyer Lavendar had created.
Draco stood, clearly astounded from what Ginny had read.
'I hate her! She's such a jealous girl!' Hermione wailed.
'We all know Lavendar has had a crush on Draco since god knows when! But to embarrass you like that! It's not like anything's going on! Draco was just being a gentleman, and jealous old Lavendar didn't like it.' Ginny replied cautiously. 'I mean, nothing is going on, is there?'
'Of course not! Draco and I? Why would Draco ever like me!?' Hermione laughed.
Draco snapped his attention towards her. All this news was coming at him too fast. Draco was going to be in the deepest shit in the history of Slytherin. Being caught with a mudblood? He was definitely in trouble!
'That dress was so perfect for you Hermione! I can't believe Lavendar would buy it. She was going to buy that purple one! I didn't like that one much. I know you were in love with it though. Still, I must admit, that's low for any girl. Copying someone else's dress!' Ginny snarled.
Hermione sighed. 'Did she get the shoes too?'
Ginny's expression changed from anger to sympathy. 'She got the shoes.'
'That is seriously low! They were my shoes! I was destined to wear those shoes!' Hermione growled, and stormed towards her room.
Draco stood, completely alarmed. 'I guess she's more worried about her outfit then the rumors, then.'
'Obviously!' Ginny snapped, and stomped out of the portrait hole.
Draco was in for quite a day.
Hermione came down a few minutes later. She was dressed in jeans and a yellow halter-top. Her hair was in a ponytail, and she was wearing a considerably small amount of makeup.
Hermione looked incredibly frustrated. "Can you believe it? She stole my shoes!' Hermione pointed her finger at a picture in a magazine. 'Those were supposed to be my shoes! They're perfect, don't you reckon?'
Draco stared, amazed at her. 'Hermione, they're just shoes, it's not the end of the world!'
She shook her head at him. Of course it was the end of the world!
'I bet you have a nice supply of beautiful girls who want you to go to the ball with them! Loads of girls, who I might add shall be wearing the shoes they were destined for, not to mention a wonderful ball gown, probably made for them!'
Draco gave her an odd look. 'I have got quite a nice selection of girls, if I do say so myself. I could probably have anyone in the whole of Hogwarts Castle, mind you!'
'Well, who's the lucky lady then?'
'I'm not sure yet. Probably Pansy, father says she would probably be my best bet. Her family's quite well associated with father's lot, so I'll more then likely be forced to go with her.'
'I bet Pansy will have nice shoes, too!'
'Will you stop going on about the shoes?'
Hermione really was quite sick of talking to Draco, so she decided to find Harry and Ron, and tell them about the preposterous Lavendar Brown.
It turned out Lavendar had become the most popular girl in Gryffindor, and had indeed dumped Ron for Dean Thomas. Hermione was truly sickened. Not wanting to miss out on a respectable date, Hermione asked Ron to the ball, and he immediately said yes.
At least some light had come out of the whole situation. Even if Ron wasn't the one she wanted to go with, she decided she should stop fantasizing and just get on with her life. Draco would never even consider her, no matter how lovely Hermione looked. She was a mudblood, and that's all there was to it.
Draco had accepted Pansy's offer as soon as possible. As soon as the school realized there was nothing whatsoever going on between him and Hermione, the better. Since there was, and never would be anything happening. Or would there?
He finally decided to keep to himself as much as he could. Today there were classes, so Draco couldn't really avoid the school. He just roamed the corridors between classes, ignoring the giggles and whispers of curious girls. He even had a brief encounter with Scar Head.
By the time lessons had finished for the day, Draco had really had enough of all the rumors. Instead of taking his anger out on his friends or other pupils, Draco trudged into the common room, expecting to be alone.
Instead he found Hermione, reading a book titled 'Magical Creatures, How to Keep Them Under Control.'
'Hi Draco,' she sighed. 'Had a tough day?'
He nodded, not wanting to say too much. 'How's the search for the shoes going?'
'Terribly! Those shoes, Draco, I'm telling you, they were the most gorgeous shoes I have ever seen in my whole life!'
'Couldn't you just get them anyway?'
Hermione scowled at him. 'Get them anyway? I can't wear the same as Lavendar. That's against Fashion Laws. Everyone knows Lavendar bought them first, so I'd look like a total copy cat!'
'It's not like you're going to buy the dress she apparently 'stole' from you too.'
Hermione rolled her eyes. 'The dress is simple enough to replace. It was quite a difficult decision, so I almost have that covered!'
'It's not like there aren't a million other shoes that you could buy.'
'You don't understand, Draco! Imagine you were going to buy this fantastic new broom that was totally made for you, and then the day before you buy it someone, someone you thought was a friend buys the exact same!'
'I'd just get something different, and make sure I do better. It's just a broom!'
Hermione looked like she'd one the lottery. She smiled evilly at Draco.
'Lavendar Brown, let the games begin.'
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A/N: So, how did you like that chapter? I'm glad everyone likes the story so far! I'm certainly having fun writing it.
Sorry all those Lavendar Fans. I was stuck for ideas, and I really don't want to put the ball in yet. If I do that I'll be totally stripped for ideas! You've got to help me! Anyway, thanks for reading. I hope you like it!
REVIEW PEOPLES! Reviews motivate me, they make me happy, and you get chapters quicker. Feel free to criticize me. I don't mind if you give me tips, just don't make it totally negative.
R&R! The new chapter will be coming soon!