Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the words and the order they were put in.
Author's Note: I am in a slightly better mood. I think that my 2nd attempt at the 3rd chapter was much better than the 1st. Sorta. I just wanted to let you all know that I am writing this story completely off the top of my head and there's a reason Hermione skips from past to present to present perfect or whatever it's called(I've been outta school too long! lol). I'm just trying to work a way to fit the reason into the story...
Chapter Four: Love Hurts
"I can't believe that after all these years Trelawny is still predicting my death!" came a voice from around the corner. I knew it had to be Harry. Both of our classes both ended at the same time and I was going to meet them at the foot of the Gryffindor Common Room. Sure enough, there they were. Ron and Harry were going on about Divination class and why they hadn't dropped it by now.
"Because it could come in handy when you become an Auror, Harry." I told him as I came closer.
"Oh yeah." Harry said, like he forgot.
"And you're taking it because Harry is and you hate Arithmacy." I reminded Ron.
"How do you remember this stuff, Hermione?" Ron asked me.
"Cause I'm smart." I said simply.
We made our way into the Common Room and decided to do our homework together. Snape had assigned us an essay on how to make a helpless werewolf(wonder why) and we got on it right away. After we had finished, I helped Ron sort out his Houses and star signs. When the subject of stars came up I mentioned how beautiful the stars were last night. Harry agreed, but Ron said he hadn't noticed. After we were through with our homework, I headed back to the Head's Common Room. I was hoping Malfoy wasn't waiting up. But guess what...
"Where have you been, Missy?" he said in a fatherly tone. "It's almost 10 and you aren't in bed?"
"Shut up, Maggot." I told him. I figured that'd be his new nickname. I looked up to see where he was and noticed him sitting in the chair on his side of the line.
"Ouch, Granger. You're vile mouth hurts my delicate feelings at times." he snarled. "Plus you're on my side of the line." he reminded me.
"Well, duh. I just walked in!" I said as I made my way to MY side. "How's your-"
"FINE!" he cut me off. "That was really uncalled for you know." he added as an after thought, putting down a book of some sort. I couldn't get a good look at it.
"Well I think you deserved it. You are a pig after all..." I said calmly as I sat my bag in the corner.
"I thought I was a monkey?" he asked.
"That too." I replied quickly.
No one said anything for a moment. We either ran out of insults or were just sleepy. Who knows? But then...
"I'm going to bed." he stated as he packed up his things and headed towards the staircase.
"You do that. I'm going to stay down here for a bit longer and look out the window." I told him. Why I told him this, I do not know.
"Okay." And with that, he disappeared.
After the door shut I pulled the big comfy chair on my side closer to the window and sat in it. The sky was as beautiful as ever. I thought about everyone that was missing this. Ron, Parvati, Lavender, Draco...they didn't care. But Harry did. And that was neat. You know, how me and him have something in common. I pictured him looking up at the stars before he fell asleep too...
And I fell asleep right there in that chair. It was just so peaceful, I couldn't help it.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
That morning, Malfoy came down the stairs and saw me asleep in the chair. He said that he looked at me and thought that the way the sun hit me made my face glow. The he said he snapped back to reality and woke me up by skaking me to death.
"You're on my side of the line." I told him after he told me what I just told you. Then he walked back over to his side.
"I love the way you get all puffy when you're mad at me." he stated once more.
"I know you do; but unfortunately, I hate the way you look all the time!" I said with a fake cheery voice.
"No you don't. Everyone thinks I'm cute and handsome. You know you're no exception..."
"Do you WANT me to hurt you?" I asked as I got up out of the chair and stretched.
"Nah." he replied. "You do need to get dressed though. We have Care of Magical Creatures with that big oaf this morning." he told me.
"Big oaf??!" I exclaimed walking towards him. "Don't you dare call Hagrid that!"
"What are you going to do about it?"
"I was hoping you would ask that." I said. Then I muttered a few words and Malfoy's shoes began to sink into the floor. They stopped when the floor reached his ankles. He was stuck.
"Granger! Get me out of here!" he yelled.
"Nah." I said as I made my way to my dorm. "I think I'll leave you there until CMC if over."
Of course I was just kidding. But apparently Malfoy thought I wasn't. He reached in his robes and muttered a few words. I slipped and fell face first into the floor. It then felt like someone was pulling me across the floor by my ankles. I finally popped back up and was face to face with Malfoy. We were the same height now. He grabbed my arms firmly and didn't let go.
"Let me out of here now!" he ordered.
"Like you're gonna actually hurt me-OWW!" I yelled as he squeezed harder. "Fine, fine, fine!"
I muttered the countercourse and his feet reserfaced; but he still held onto me. That is, until he said a curse that threw me against the wall behind me.
"That hurt you-"
"Well it wasn't supposed to tickle you git!" he interrupted as he made his way towards me. He put his wand back in his robes and ran his right index finger across my cheek.
"What do you think you are doing?" I asked him, disgusted.
"I am trying to figure out the perfect way to hurt you. Mentally and physically." he replied. I attempted to slap him, but he blocked it. "No, no, no. Do you think I wasn't ready for that?"
"Malfoy, why don't we stop these silly games and go to Hagrid's class?" I insisted.
"Fine then."
"Fine."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A few weeks past and we were still hurting each other more than we were doing our Head Boy and Girl duties. We'd call each other names and occasionally hit each other. Still, it was better than..that 'k' word. Then the first trip to Hogsmeade come. Harry, Ron, and I were buying knew qills and ink when we bumped into Malfoy and his usual crowd: Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy and few of her friends.
"Well, if it isn't Mudblood, Potty, and Weasley." he said. The Slytherin's laughed.
"Well if it isn't Maggot." I said.
"Bite your tounge, Granger." he said.
Harry and Ron and Malfoy, as usual, made threatening remarks; but they all bounced off each other. It was getting kind of old.
"Let's go you guys," I insisted as I grabbed Harry's arm and tried to pull him away.
"You forgot Weasle King over here." Malfoy called. Ron turned pink and followed us.
I heard Malfoy say, "Funny how she always forgets about Weasle. I think she has a thing for Pothead..." Laughs soon came after.
When we got outside the store, Ron made some lame excuse to go and see Ginny and left me and Harry standing there. Harry took my hand and looked into my eyes. I tried not to laugh.
"Hermione. Can I ask you something?" he asked sincerely.
"Yeah...sure."
"But not here. I don't want Malfoy to over hear..." He took me to the edge of the Shrieking Shack and we sat down. He grabbed my hands once more. I didn't know what was going on.
"Do you...er...have...um...feelings for me?" he asked, trying not to look away.
"Oh! Um..Harry, I've never really thought about it like that-" I tried to say.
"It's just that..ever since we met up in Diagon Alley, it seems that you've been...well...flirting with me." he said.
"I am? I didn't realize..."
"Ron noticed too. He said it's okay though, because he's over you."
"Harry, I..."
I didn' know what to say. I wasn't sure if I liked Harry or not. I hadn't ever really thought about it until he said something. But before I could say anything else, we were interrupted.
"Aww...isn't this cute? A mudblood and pothead are on a date." came a eerily cheerful voice. We looked up to see Malfoy, along with Crabbe and Goyle, standing above us. I wonder how he got Pansy away....
"We're not on a date!" Harry insisted as he stood up.
"Oh. I couldn't tell by the way you were holding eachother's hands and engrossed in a deep converstion." he said sarcastically. That jerk.
"It's none of you're business what me and Hermione do, Mafloy, so why don't you sod off?" Harry said angrily. I stood up and faced Malfoy. He wasn't going to ruin every single day of my life!
"Leave now Maggot, or I'll curse you!" I warned as I pulled out my wand.
"Oh, I get it, you two want to be alone. Well I don't think that's such a good idea. He could try to *hurt* you, He-Granger." Malfoy said as he looked down at me. I didn't like the way he put the emphasis on 'hurt.'
Harry had had enough though. He swung at Malfoy and hit him in his jaw. Before you know it, they were fighting full on and rolled down the hill.
"Harry!" I screamed as I tried to run down to him; but Crabbe and Goyle grabbed me. "Let me go you big gits!" I demanded.
The scene they were causing caught the attention of a rather large crowd. I saw in the distance Ron and Ginny running to see what was going on. Of course Ron wanted a piece, but McGonnagal stopped the fight before he could jump in. The goonies let me go so they wouldn't get in trouble. I rushed down the hill to meet Ron and tell him what happened as McGonnagal grabbed both Harry and Malfoy by their ears and dragged them away.
Author's Note: I am in a slightly better mood. I think that my 2nd attempt at the 3rd chapter was much better than the 1st. Sorta. I just wanted to let you all know that I am writing this story completely off the top of my head and there's a reason Hermione skips from past to present to present perfect or whatever it's called(I've been outta school too long! lol). I'm just trying to work a way to fit the reason into the story...
Chapter Four: Love Hurts
"I can't believe that after all these years Trelawny is still predicting my death!" came a voice from around the corner. I knew it had to be Harry. Both of our classes both ended at the same time and I was going to meet them at the foot of the Gryffindor Common Room. Sure enough, there they were. Ron and Harry were going on about Divination class and why they hadn't dropped it by now.
"Because it could come in handy when you become an Auror, Harry." I told him as I came closer.
"Oh yeah." Harry said, like he forgot.
"And you're taking it because Harry is and you hate Arithmacy." I reminded Ron.
"How do you remember this stuff, Hermione?" Ron asked me.
"Cause I'm smart." I said simply.
We made our way into the Common Room and decided to do our homework together. Snape had assigned us an essay on how to make a helpless werewolf(wonder why) and we got on it right away. After we had finished, I helped Ron sort out his Houses and star signs. When the subject of stars came up I mentioned how beautiful the stars were last night. Harry agreed, but Ron said he hadn't noticed. After we were through with our homework, I headed back to the Head's Common Room. I was hoping Malfoy wasn't waiting up. But guess what...
"Where have you been, Missy?" he said in a fatherly tone. "It's almost 10 and you aren't in bed?"
"Shut up, Maggot." I told him. I figured that'd be his new nickname. I looked up to see where he was and noticed him sitting in the chair on his side of the line.
"Ouch, Granger. You're vile mouth hurts my delicate feelings at times." he snarled. "Plus you're on my side of the line." he reminded me.
"Well, duh. I just walked in!" I said as I made my way to MY side. "How's your-"
"FINE!" he cut me off. "That was really uncalled for you know." he added as an after thought, putting down a book of some sort. I couldn't get a good look at it.
"Well I think you deserved it. You are a pig after all..." I said calmly as I sat my bag in the corner.
"I thought I was a monkey?" he asked.
"That too." I replied quickly.
No one said anything for a moment. We either ran out of insults or were just sleepy. Who knows? But then...
"I'm going to bed." he stated as he packed up his things and headed towards the staircase.
"You do that. I'm going to stay down here for a bit longer and look out the window." I told him. Why I told him this, I do not know.
"Okay." And with that, he disappeared.
After the door shut I pulled the big comfy chair on my side closer to the window and sat in it. The sky was as beautiful as ever. I thought about everyone that was missing this. Ron, Parvati, Lavender, Draco...they didn't care. But Harry did. And that was neat. You know, how me and him have something in common. I pictured him looking up at the stars before he fell asleep too...
And I fell asleep right there in that chair. It was just so peaceful, I couldn't help it.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
That morning, Malfoy came down the stairs and saw me asleep in the chair. He said that he looked at me and thought that the way the sun hit me made my face glow. The he said he snapped back to reality and woke me up by skaking me to death.
"You're on my side of the line." I told him after he told me what I just told you. Then he walked back over to his side.
"I love the way you get all puffy when you're mad at me." he stated once more.
"I know you do; but unfortunately, I hate the way you look all the time!" I said with a fake cheery voice.
"No you don't. Everyone thinks I'm cute and handsome. You know you're no exception..."
"Do you WANT me to hurt you?" I asked as I got up out of the chair and stretched.
"Nah." he replied. "You do need to get dressed though. We have Care of Magical Creatures with that big oaf this morning." he told me.
"Big oaf??!" I exclaimed walking towards him. "Don't you dare call Hagrid that!"
"What are you going to do about it?"
"I was hoping you would ask that." I said. Then I muttered a few words and Malfoy's shoes began to sink into the floor. They stopped when the floor reached his ankles. He was stuck.
"Granger! Get me out of here!" he yelled.
"Nah." I said as I made my way to my dorm. "I think I'll leave you there until CMC if over."
Of course I was just kidding. But apparently Malfoy thought I wasn't. He reached in his robes and muttered a few words. I slipped and fell face first into the floor. It then felt like someone was pulling me across the floor by my ankles. I finally popped back up and was face to face with Malfoy. We were the same height now. He grabbed my arms firmly and didn't let go.
"Let me out of here now!" he ordered.
"Like you're gonna actually hurt me-OWW!" I yelled as he squeezed harder. "Fine, fine, fine!"
I muttered the countercourse and his feet reserfaced; but he still held onto me. That is, until he said a curse that threw me against the wall behind me.
"That hurt you-"
"Well it wasn't supposed to tickle you git!" he interrupted as he made his way towards me. He put his wand back in his robes and ran his right index finger across my cheek.
"What do you think you are doing?" I asked him, disgusted.
"I am trying to figure out the perfect way to hurt you. Mentally and physically." he replied. I attempted to slap him, but he blocked it. "No, no, no. Do you think I wasn't ready for that?"
"Malfoy, why don't we stop these silly games and go to Hagrid's class?" I insisted.
"Fine then."
"Fine."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A few weeks past and we were still hurting each other more than we were doing our Head Boy and Girl duties. We'd call each other names and occasionally hit each other. Still, it was better than..that 'k' word. Then the first trip to Hogsmeade come. Harry, Ron, and I were buying knew qills and ink when we bumped into Malfoy and his usual crowd: Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy and few of her friends.
"Well, if it isn't Mudblood, Potty, and Weasley." he said. The Slytherin's laughed.
"Well if it isn't Maggot." I said.
"Bite your tounge, Granger." he said.
Harry and Ron and Malfoy, as usual, made threatening remarks; but they all bounced off each other. It was getting kind of old.
"Let's go you guys," I insisted as I grabbed Harry's arm and tried to pull him away.
"You forgot Weasle King over here." Malfoy called. Ron turned pink and followed us.
I heard Malfoy say, "Funny how she always forgets about Weasle. I think she has a thing for Pothead..." Laughs soon came after.
When we got outside the store, Ron made some lame excuse to go and see Ginny and left me and Harry standing there. Harry took my hand and looked into my eyes. I tried not to laugh.
"Hermione. Can I ask you something?" he asked sincerely.
"Yeah...sure."
"But not here. I don't want Malfoy to over hear..." He took me to the edge of the Shrieking Shack and we sat down. He grabbed my hands once more. I didn't know what was going on.
"Do you...er...have...um...feelings for me?" he asked, trying not to look away.
"Oh! Um..Harry, I've never really thought about it like that-" I tried to say.
"It's just that..ever since we met up in Diagon Alley, it seems that you've been...well...flirting with me." he said.
"I am? I didn't realize..."
"Ron noticed too. He said it's okay though, because he's over you."
"Harry, I..."
I didn' know what to say. I wasn't sure if I liked Harry or not. I hadn't ever really thought about it until he said something. But before I could say anything else, we were interrupted.
"Aww...isn't this cute? A mudblood and pothead are on a date." came a eerily cheerful voice. We looked up to see Malfoy, along with Crabbe and Goyle, standing above us. I wonder how he got Pansy away....
"We're not on a date!" Harry insisted as he stood up.
"Oh. I couldn't tell by the way you were holding eachother's hands and engrossed in a deep converstion." he said sarcastically. That jerk.
"It's none of you're business what me and Hermione do, Mafloy, so why don't you sod off?" Harry said angrily. I stood up and faced Malfoy. He wasn't going to ruin every single day of my life!
"Leave now Maggot, or I'll curse you!" I warned as I pulled out my wand.
"Oh, I get it, you two want to be alone. Well I don't think that's such a good idea. He could try to *hurt* you, He-Granger." Malfoy said as he looked down at me. I didn't like the way he put the emphasis on 'hurt.'
Harry had had enough though. He swung at Malfoy and hit him in his jaw. Before you know it, they were fighting full on and rolled down the hill.
"Harry!" I screamed as I tried to run down to him; but Crabbe and Goyle grabbed me. "Let me go you big gits!" I demanded.
The scene they were causing caught the attention of a rather large crowd. I saw in the distance Ron and Ginny running to see what was going on. Of course Ron wanted a piece, but McGonnagal stopped the fight before he could jump in. The goonies let me go so they wouldn't get in trouble. I rushed down the hill to meet Ron and tell him what happened as McGonnagal grabbed both Harry and Malfoy by their ears and dragged them away.