A/N: Hiya. This is the 5th chapter of my story. Enjoy…
Sunlight burst through the large French windows of Hermione's room, arousing her from a blissful sleep. Slowly she pushed off the covers and walked drowsily to her en suit.
A cold shower later and Hermione was back to her normal self. She rushed around her bedroom packing all the books she needed for the day, stopping to glance at her calendar. September 19th. Her stomach gave a jolt. It was her birthday; she couldn't help her self from grinning. How could she have forgotten?
Her face fell as remembered what was going on with Harry. She sighed.
"You do come up with the craziest ideas, Hermione" he smirked at her "good luck with the potter thing, see you in the morning,"
She smiled at the memory and quickly a cunning grin had been plastered on her face.
Draco looked up from his book as Hermione trudged down the stairs, a look of deepest upset on her face. For a moment he wondered if her parents had been killed but then he remembered that Mr & Mrs Granger were muggles and Voldemort had given up on killing muggles months ago.
"What's wrong" his voice was full of concern for the mudblood
"Oh. Nothing important. Its just its my birthday today… and well… what with the whole Harry thing and my parents away in Switzerland I don't think I'll be getting any presents. And its such a shame seeing as its my 18th and all" she replied in a false tone of distress and heaved a sigh.
Draco looked at her with sympathy. No presents. Poor girl. He always got at least 50.
He gave her a look of sympathy and as he left he told the Gryffindor sitting on the couch "don't worry. Im sure someone will get you a gift" as her turned he gave out the smallest of smiles, but not too small for Hermione to miss.
As she walked out of her dormitory she thought to her self ' step one completed'
"Hermione. Hermione" a voice echoed down the hall and Hermione spun round to see Ron and Harry running down towards her.
The two skidded to halt besides the brunette. "Happy Birthday Herms" ron panted as Harry handed her a small box "its from the both of us he said quickly. It was quite expensive"
"Yeah. 75 galleons"
"RON!! You're not supposed to tell people how much their gifts cost" Harry shouted.
Hermione opened the box to reveal a gold charm bracelet. She gasped as she realised the charms were moving. The dragon kept breathing gold fire. The owl gave an impression of flying. The booked opened and closed itself. The clown juggled. The bracelet was full of charms, until Hermione noticed one spot that didn't have a charm hanging from it. She pointed and asked "what happened to this one?"
"Oh that's a thesteral" Harry replied instantaneously
"Oh…" she may hate the boy but she wasn't going to push the matter of death. She knew it was still a touchy subject for Harry
"Uhh…" Ron interrupted the awkward silence "shouldn't we be getting to class?"
"Oh… yeah" she stuffed the bracelet into the pocket of her robes and headed to Ancient Runes "Thanks for the bracelet guys. I'll put it on later"
The day drew to an end as Hermione left her last subject, arithmacy. She hadn't seen Harry or Ron all day. She stepped into the great hall and spotted him sitting in between Ron and Neville,. "Time for step two" she muttered to herself as she strode towards him.
"Uh, Harry"
her presence made him jump but realising who it was his face broadened
"Hey, Mione" his voice was friendly and cheerful.
'How can he speak to me like that as if nothings happened?' she questioned herself
"I was wondering if I could speak to you later. In private."
"sure"
"Great. Come to my dorm after you've had dinner. The passwords Bellezza Eterna"
"Is that English?" Ron butted in
"No, stupid. It's Italian. It means Eternal Beauty. Anyway. See you later, Harry" with that she turned on her heel and left.
Hermione sat on the corner piece and glanced at the clock. 6:30. How long did it take to eat dinner?" she sighed. Suddenly the portrait creaked open and
Harry stepped through into the room.
"Wow" he exclaimed as he looked around. He then walked over to Hermione and sat down next to her.
"So. What did you want to talk about?"
"Us"
"Hermione, were over. You know that"
"Not us in that way, stupid. I just wanted to check that even though what's happened, were still going to be friends" she winced at her words. Friends. Pah. As if.
"Hermione" he laughed "of course. If I didn't want to be friends with you I wouldn't have bought you the-" he stopped abruptly as Draco entered.
"What's he doing here?" Draco spat as he noticed Harry
"Harry's just here for a little talk. What's that?" she pointed at the small box that Draco had in his hand.
"Oh. Here" he handed it to her. She smiled as she received it, not because she was getting a present but because her plan was working. Inside the box was a beautiful locket. She smiled.
"Its empty" draco stated "sorry. I didn't have any pictures"
"Its beautiful" she walked over and through her arms around him "thanks, Draco"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Harry bellowed
"What, Am I not allowed presents?"
"No it's just… why are you two being friendly??"
"We are sharing a dorm now Potter, we might as well be civil to each other" Draco pointed out
"Yes but… you've only shared for 19 days and already you're giving gifts and hugging and your on first name basis"
"Now if I didn't know any better, id say somebody is getting a little jealous"
"I AM NOT JEALOUS"
Draco raised an eyebrow "Funny way of showing it"
"I AM NOT" Harry whipped out his wand. So did Draco.
"Harry. No" Hermione said walking over and standing next to him "he was only teasing. I thought you'd be used to it by now"
"I… He… We… Oh never mind"
"You should go" she walked him to the door.
As soon as he had left she poured herself a large drink and grinned. He was obviously jealous
A/N: so this is it. Chapter 5. Chapter 6 will be up A.S.A.P so worry no Amigos. Please tell me what you thought by reviewing. Im not sure if Hermione's birthday is September 19th but I knew it was some time in September so I took a guess. And seeing as we're on the subject of birthdays. ITS MY BIRTHDAY TODAY grins broadly anyway. Please review and thank you for reading