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Disclaimer: Harry Potter and his friends and his world are all JK Rowlings, not mine. Unfortunatly. Tear tear But yeah, all the credit goes to her, i just used her stuff and my own plot.
Club Mermaid chapter 1
Alone
Hermione sighed. The first Hogsmeade weekend of the year was fast approaching, but she wasn't as excited as usual. This was her last year at Hogwarts and it would be one of her last visits to Hogsmeade as a student, but it wouldn't be much fun going alone.
It seemed that over the summer everyone had found someone special. Harry and Ginny were going steady now. Ron had finally got the guts to ask Luna out. Even Neville had found Fern Fellroot, a sixth year girl who loved Herbology as much as he did. But for Hermione, apparently, there was no one. Her one time date and long time pen pal, Viktor Krum, had responded to Hermione's last letter by saying that now that he was out of school, practicing Quidditch kept him busy, and he didn't have time to be social. Yeah, right. And that pretty little blonde pictured with him in the Daily Prophet was what, a Quaffle?
As she sat in the common room trying to concentrate on her Potions essay, she couldn't help but think that maybe she should skip the trip. She didn't relish the thought of walking into Hogsmeade alone, surrounded by other couples and those gossiping Slytherin girls. She knew Harry or Ron might ask her to go with them and their girlfriends, but she knew she would be in the way. After all, if you had to choose between your girlfriend and your best friend, sometimes your girlfriend won out. She couldn't blame them.
Finally she decided that she couldn't concentrate on her essay anymore and would finish it tomorrow. She threw her things into her bag and headed up to bed early.
When she went down to breakfast in the Great Hall the next morning, she found Ron and Harry already seated and eating.
"Good morning." she said.
"Hey Hermione," Ron replied with a full mouth.
"Did you finish Snape's essay?" asked Harry.
"Oh that was bloody difficult. What does Snape think he's playing at? No one could do that essay." Ron replied.
"No one but Hermione. Bet you finished that one last night." said Harry, grinning at her.
"Actually," Hermione said taking a sip of orange juice, "I couldn't really, um, concentrate, so I thought I'd just finish it tonight."
"Blimey, Harry," said Ron, looking scared, "If Hermione can't do it, I'm going to blow it, aren't I?"
"Er, probably yeah Ron. But on the bright side, we've got Hogsmeade tomorrow!" Harry said.
"Oh...of course." Hermione said in a falsely cheery voice. "While you're there, would you guys mind picking up some quills for me? I seem to be low."
"But aren't you coming?" asked Ron.
"Nope." she replied. And she quickly stood up and left the Great Hall before they could question her further.
Later that day, Ginny caught up with Hermione in the common room.
"Harry says you're not coming into Hogsmeade with us." she said, getting straight to the point.
"I just have too much homework." Hermione replied.
"Don't tell me that Hermione. What's really wrong?"
Hermione sighed and told her about how everyone was going in couples and she would only feel left out.
"Don't be silly, Hermione, you can come with me and Harry." Ginny said when she was done. "We're your friends; we're not just going to leave you."
"Thanks Ginny." Hermione said, giving her friend a hug. "I don't know what I was thinking."
