Sweet Revenge

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Things were really busy around Hogwarts. All the students were

buying their costumes for the ball. It was all they could talk about.

Hermione and Draco had also been spending a lot of time together. They

had spent the whole day together making decorations for the ball. Most of

the students were at Hogsmeade(sp?) buying outfits for the ball. The

afternoon had NOT been going so well for Hermione and Draco. They were

both tired and Draco was upset about Cynthia and so finally Hermione

couldn't take it anymore.

"What's your problem?!" she yelled finally.

"Well besides you, it's none of your business Granger!" He shot back

at her.

"Well try to forget about whatever is bothering you because we have a

lot to get done and at this rate we'll kill each other before the ball even takes

place," She snapped.

"Fine by me."

"Ugh!" Hermione yelled in frustration, "How about you cool down

for a while and then we will get back to work."

"You're the one who needs to cool down!"

"Uh, yeah, sure." Hermione told the prefects to start working on the

music and they would meet back in 1 hour. Hermione started heading back

up to the Head Rooms. A shower sounded real nice right about now.

"Hermione, wait up!" Kat yelled from across the hall.

"Hey!" Hermione said.

"All of us are going to Hogsmeade. You wanna come? We are going

to buy all the stuff for the ball."

"Actually I'm pretty tired and I still have a lot to do from the ball, but

maybe later."

"Alright, see ya. And Good luck on the preparations." Kat said as she

left.

"Yeah, I'm going to need it." Hermione said to herself. She walked

into the Heads Room. She threw her stuff down and entered the bathroom

and slammed the door shut. She got into the tub and put in some Cucumber

Melon bubble bath. She slowly sunk under and laid there for a while. After

a while she heard a door slam. It was probably Draco entering the room.

"Knock Knock!" Draco opened the door.

"Why did you dump me! What does that mudblood have that I don't

have!" Cynthia yelled.

"So that's why Draco was upset," Hermione thought.

"It isn't about Hermione!" Draco yelled.

"Sure, you used to call her Granger or mudblood and now it's

Hermione?" Cynthia asked.

"Look, we agreed to be nice to each other, we will be spending a lot

of time together so it wouldn't hurt."

"Whatever! You and I will be together again and that mudblood

doesn't even know what is coming at her."

"Don't do anything to her! This isn't her fault!"

"So you DO care about her."

"No, it's just that I don't want her to get in the middle of all of it. She

doesn't even know that we broke up!"

"Yea, sure, you just wait and see what I do to her. It's gonna be hell

on earth for her." Hermione freaked out when she heard this and dropped

the soap in the water.

"Who is that?!"Cynthia said alarmed.

"Probably just Hermione," Draco said. Cynthia had an idea for

revenge. She mumbled something under her breath.

"Huh?" Draco asked.

"Nothing," Cynthia said with smirk and slammed the door. Draco

also slammed the door and left. Hermione got out of the tub.

"Oh, where are my clothes," Hermione thought. She could have

sworn that she brought them with her. She looked around for something to

cover herself. All she found was a very short towel but it was enough to

cover herself.

"Hello?" Hermione asked making sure that no one was in the common

room. Hermione wrapped the towel around her and walked out. What she

didn't know was that Cynthia was taking pictures from a small crack in the

door for her master plan. Hermione changed into her PJs. She grabbed a

book and went to read in the common room. She laid down on the sofa and

started to read The Devil in the White City. Draco walked in with PJ pants

and no shirt.

"That's a good book," Draco commented. Hermione lowered the

book from her face.

"YOU have read it?" Hermione asked with a smile.

"Hey, just because I don't show it doesn't mean that I don't read. I

read a lot of books actually, I love all those classics, but don't tell anyone, I

have a reputation to maintain you know?"

"And what reputation is THAT?" Hermione said raising her

eyebrows. Draco smiled a sly smile.

"Wanna find out?" Hermione laughed and threw a pillow at him.

Draco laughed.

"Hey!" Draco said and threw it back. Hermione put her book down

and they began hitting each other with pillows running around the common

room.

"You know, this is considered as foreplay lots of times," Draco said.

"Well believe me, this isn't foreplay," Hermione said with a laugh.

"You sure?" Draco asked. Hermione jumped on top of him.

"What are you doing Hermione, I didn't know you were like this,"

Draco said with a sly smile.

"This is me kicking your ass," Hermione said.

"Haha, I'm just messing with you," Draco said. They looked at each

other for a while and got a little uncomfortable and had an awkward silence.

Hermione got up and sat back down on the sofa fixing her hair. After a

while Draco spoke.

"You heard everything Cynthia said didn't you?"

"Yeah," Hermione mumbled.

"I'm sorry about Cynthia thinking that it's your fault," Draco said

sincerely.

"It's alright, it isn't your fault. Are you okay with the break up?"

"Well sometimes I miss her but she got on my nerves and I spent

more time hating her and fighting with her than actually loving her and the

more time I spent with her the more I got to realize that really didn't know

her all that well."

"I'm sorry," Hermione said putting her hand on his shoulder.

"Don't be, I'm not."

"Alright, well I'm going to go to bed, kicking your ass took a lot of

energy." Draco laughed.

"Alright, well I'm going to stay here and think for a while," Draco

said.

"You know, this was fun, you know, us being nice to each other,

kinda like....friends.." Hermione said.

"Yeah, it was, thanks, I really needed that. It really brought my mood

up and I haven't laughed like that in a while."

"If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here Draco," Hermione said

and she gave him a hug. Draco was very surprised but hugged her back.

She started walking to her room.

"Hermione?"

"Yeah?"

"Be careful, Cynthia isn't the one to sit back and watch, she is gonna

do something."

"I didn't know you cared so much, I'm so touched," Hermione said

laughing.

"Don't flatter yourself, I'm only saying that so I don't end up

planning the rest of the balls by myself," Draco said. They both smiled.

Hermione walked into her room and went to bed as Draco sat out and

thought. He picked up Hermione's book which she left there and began to

read it.

"Hermione, wake up!" Hermione opened her eyes to see Kat, Elena,

and Ginny.

"How did yall get in here?" Hermione asked surprised.

"Oh come on, I have heard you say the password a million times

before," Ginny said.

"You didn't come down from breakfast and its over now so we

thought we would bring some food up for you," Kat said. Hermione rose

with a smile.

"Thanks you guys, I didn't get much sleep last night."

"And why is that," Elena said with a smile. Hermione laughed.

"Nothing, I just couldn't sleep."

"So, you going with anyone to the ball?"Ginny asked.

"Nope," Hermione said," What are yall going as?"

"Well Harry and I are going as Satine and Christian from Moulin

Rouge."

"That's cute," all the girls said.

"Chad and I are going as Rose and Jack from Titanic," Kat said.

"I love that movie!" Hermione said as all the girls agreed.

"Orion and I are going as Will and Elizabeth from Pirates of the

Caribbean," Elena said.

"Orlando Bloom is hot!" Ginny said as everyone agreed.

"Ron and Sarah are going as Evelyn and Rick from the Mummy,

Jordan and Dom are going as Merry and Estella from Lord of the Rings and

Gina and Neville are going as Aragorn and Arwen from Lord of the Rings,"

Ginny said.

"It would be funny if Ron came as the Mummy, he could wrap

himself in toilet paper," Kat said. Everyone laughed.

"What's wrong Hermione?" Elena asked.

"Nothing."

"Come on, tell us!"

"Well, its just that Cynthia blames me for the break up of Draco and

her and she is gonna do something to me. I guess I'm just a little worried,"

Hermione said.

"Don't worry, we got your back Mione!" All the girls said together.

"Just out of curiosity, DO you like Draco?" Kat asked.

"No way, he has gotten nicer towards me but I would never like him,"

Hermione said.

"Ok well we are gonna go to class," Ginny said.

"Alright, see ya at lunch?"

"Well we will be missing lunch since I have some things to make up,"

Kat said talking about her and Elena.

"Yea, me too," Ginny said.

"Alright, well I'll see yall later, bye." Hermione rose to her feet and

took a nice hot bath. She put on her clothes and gathered her things. It was

already lunch time! Hermione headed for the Great Hall just when she ran

into Cynthia.

"Oh great," Hermione thought as she turned around.

"Wait, look, I'm sorry about everything. No hard feelings?" Cynthia

asked. Hermione was suspicious.

"Ok," they walked to the Great Hall together. As she walked in

people began staring at her. People were also laughing at her. Hermione was

very confused.

"Hey here's $2, meet me at nine tonight," a 6th year Slytherin said to

her. All the boys began to laugh at his table. She saw a flyer in everyone's

hands. She picked one up and looked at it. She was on it in a very short

revealing towel and written on the flyer was:

Pay $2 dollars to stay the night with me. I promise to make it worth your
while.

Hermione's eyes began to water and began filling with tears. Her breathing

became sharp, laughter filling her ears. She turned around and began to run

but someone's strong arms caught her and grasped her into a tight hug,

someone with a muscular chest. She cried and looked up to meet the eyes

of......

A.N. – IM SOOOO SORRY I told so long. I have just been really busy lately, I hope u like the chapter. We promise that the next chapter will be up quicker. Coming up, preparations for the ball and then THE BALL...thanks to everyone who is reviewing. We really appreciate it.. R/R!!