I am so sorry about the lack of updates. This should keep you going until I can write more. Sorry. Hermione sighed.
'Harry! Don't do that you scared me'. Harry grinned slightly.
'I'm sorry mione but I couldn't help myself' he walked past her, towards the lake and folded his arms across his body. 'What time is it anyway? I thought you were supposed to be resting. Don't want you dying on your first day back at classes now do we?' Hermione smiled despite herself.
'Didn't you check the time before you got out of bed Harry? And I'm fine really.' She turned from him and looked out at the ripples being created by the giant squid.
'Honestly…I didn't check. I saw you down here from my window and decided to come down and chec… see if you were okay.' Hermione scowled.
'I'm fine Harry I DON'T need to be checked on Thank you very much' she said through gritted teeth. Harry walked behind her and laid a hand on her shoulder, speaking quietly.
'Are you mione? I mean what with this Malfoy business Ron and I we're worried about you…' Hermione whirled around and looked Harry in the eye, her face flushed from anger.
'Oh so now you're worried? What about before Harry? Where were you then? You and Ron shouldn't worried about Malfoy, you should be more worried about yourselves' she snarled, she walked swiftly into the castle leaving a very put out Harry potter standing by the lake.
Hermione was livid! He could not believe the nerve of Harry. How dare he act like that! She thought as she stalked through the halls of Hogwarts. Oh yes how dare he indeed. Acting like a concerned best friend who does he think he is? A mocking voice that sounded strangely like a mixture of Snape and Malfoy stated haughtily. Hermione sighed. As weird as it sounded she really had to agree with the voice inside her head. She, once again, had flown off the handle at Harry and, thought indirectly, Ron. And she knew that this time she had to apologize. It just made her so mad that they were still treating her like a child and acting all holier than thou towards her when they were so immature.
She brushed her hair out of her eyes as she entered the library. She was not as happy here as she used to be, it infuriated her that she had allowed someone to desecrate her haven. she sat at a table near the front of the library and lay her head upon the cool polished wood. Since when had her life becomes so dramatic?
She exhaled a long breath and rose from her chair, walking through the aisles slowly, she took in her surroundings. It was as it always was this early in the morning deserted a part from the few Ravenclaw who could drag themselves away from their beds.
Her eyes fell upon a green leather book that rested haphazardly upon the floor near the potions aisle. Curious Hermione picked it up and flipped it over so that she could see the front cover a beautiful emblem, of a snake and dagger, embossed in silver and a small silver lock caught her eye. Hermione knew that this book was a diary, and she had a sneaking suspicion which house the owner was in. she smiled softly to herself. A Slytherin keeping a diary, the idea was ludicrous and yet there it was. She pocketed it for safe keeping so that she could give it to McGonagall. As the bell for breakfast rang she cursed she had gotten nothing done this morning and she to hurry if she was going to catch Harry and Ron before they had both had time to consider her words of that morning.
A lone dark figure smirked as Hermione left the library. Everything was falling into place.
(A/N: I was going to stop here but then It'd be a really short chapter so yeah)
"Hey Harry, Ron." Hermione said as she at down at the Gryffindor table. Harry barely looked up from his food, whereas Ron stopped eating his fork, covered in what looked like sausage and raspberry jam, clanged onto his plate.
"Oh so you're NOT mad at us now eh? Its just hard to keep track nowadays Hermione" Hermione winced as Ron put extra emphasis on the HER in her name, as he always did whilst he was mad at her.
"Now Ron … it's just withal this stuff going on… I umm… oh bugger! I'm sorry, Harry, Ron, I am so sorry. I have been an utter pig of a friend and I have no excuse." She hung her head slightly, effectively avoiding Harry's gaze, which was now focused upon her.
"Hermione… you don't think we understand… and well we don't but that's only because you wont let us you block us out and push us away. And Ron and I are just plain sick of it." Ron nodded his head in agreement to what Harry was saying and Hermione looked up tears in her eyes.
"It's just that with everything that's going on, I don't want you two to worry. I thought I could handle all this but I think all my recent trips to the hospital wing have shown that I obviously can't." she sighed as both Harry and Ron budged up on the seat so that they were next to her, they placed their arms around her and said in a manor to rival the twins.
"You don't have to mione"
"we're here to help" they both flashed her a winning grin and she launched herself upon them giving them a bear hug each, smiling broadly at the two of them.
"I'm the luckiest girl in the world to have friends like you." Her smile only faltered as she heard a familiar drawl from behind her.
"Well isn't that sweet pansy, the little mudblood and her little poufs are going to be friends forever" Zabini put on a falsetto voice for the end of his statement, rolling his eyes in the golden trio's general direction. Pansy laughed her shrill laugh and clung to Blaise's arm. Zabini dropped his voice to a near whisper and stared into Hermione's eyes.
"Don't forget our little arrangement granger I'll see you later." Hermione shuddered and avoided Ron and Harry's questioning glances.
Draco watched from the Slytherin table as Hermione and her two golden boys made up. Feeling furious that she and him could not do the same. He was glad though, he knew now that Hermione would be safe against all the attacks from Zabini. Well almost all of them he thought as Blaise stalked towards the Gryffindor table a simpering Pansy following in his wake.
The end for now… sorry about the slow update but I did warn you about my disease… chronic writers block.
No but seriously I am sorry. And hopefully I'll see you all really soon.