Hey, just want to thank those of you who actually stayed with this story through my BIG gaps in updating…sorry about that! So yeah, I guess let's move on with the chapter!
Chapter 22
Gryffindor House Table, dinner
So Hermione—you said there was something you wanted to tell us.
A.k.a. why you were being so weird/annoying/bitchy.
So what's up?
Well. About that.
Yeah?
I guess I should tell you.
No shit Sherlock.
Spit it out. We don't have all day.
How about somewhere where your screaming will be harder to hear?
And we would scream why….?
You will. TRUST me.
Hmmm. The plot thickens.
Why don't you just tell us HERE?
BECAUSE!
Cuz why?
CUZ!
Goddammit Hermione, just tell us.
Follow me.
The Library
We followed you…and we're here why again?
Crap, I forgot that you can't use loud voices in here! Let's go—
HERMIONE!
What?
No. We're not leaving.
Why not?
Because this is stupid. Just tell us.
-sigh- I guess.
Well, you guys know Malfoy?
How could we not?
What a jerk.
Mmmhmm. Go on.
You know when you told me to stop being friends with him?
Let me guess: you didn't.
Hermione!
We TOLD you that guy was trouble!
How could you not know that from the past years?
SHUT UP!
You expect us to just be quiet when you deliberately disobeyed us?
Yeah!
I don't have to obey you guys!
Well, we expect you to listen to us when we tell you that someone's a bad person, ESPECIALLY when you've witness their idiocy/annoyance/bastard-ness yourself!
I never should've done this….
Yes you should…so go on!
Well, I DID listen to you guys.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
'Oh' is right.
Sorry about that.
Then, later on, we became friends.
Screw sorry—HERMIONE, HOW COULD YOU?
I mean, SERIOUSLY! How could you go behind our backs like that?
I thought you understood!
You guys have no control over who I'm friends with!
But…but…but…
BUT YOU SHOULD'VE LISTENED TO US!
You know, I bet at the end of this, Malfoy will have done something to Hermione, and she's going to apologize, and admit that we were right.
And she was wrong.
Yeah…probably.
So go on with the story.
HE DOES NOT DO ANYTHING TO ME!
Sure he doesn't.
Let her think what she wants to think. It'll make her feel better.
I SWEAR!
Mmhmm.
Do tell.
LOOK, DRACO AND I ARE GOING OUT!
…
…
…
No.
Fucking.
Way.
Yeah. We are.
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?
Hermione, stop joking. It's not funny.
Not joking.
Holy shit, she's not joking.
In that case…WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?
YOU AND MALFOY?
ARE YOU POSSESSED OR SOMETHING?
HOW COULD YOU EVER—
GO OUT—
WITH AN ASSHOLE LIKE HIM?
Look, I know it's a shock, but—
A SHOCK? YOU THINK IT'S A SIMPLE SHOCK?
NO, NO, NO, IT'S WAYYYYYY MORE THAN A SHOCK.
IT'S THE BIGGEST FREAKING SURPRISE WE'VE GOTTEN IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND!
But---
BUT WHAT? YOU THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA SETTLE DOWN AND EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE NICE AND DANDY AFTER YOU JUST ANNOUNCED THAT YOU'RE GOING OUT WITH THE IDIOT OF THE CENTURY?
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
SHUT UP!
Wh-what?
I said, SHUT UP!
You can't just expect us to-
RON…
Hmmph.
Yes, it's true. I am going out with him.
HERMIONE! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!
WE TOLD YOU HE WAS TROUBLE! DON'T YOU TRUST US?
Yeah, but—
BUT WHAT?
But not about this okay?
Why not? Why do you suddenly feel on the issue of an insane bastard that we've all hated since we first came here, that you CAN'T trust us?
Because he makes me happy!
WHAT?
He makes me happy. He makes me feel special, and loved, and I know I can trust him with just about anything. Don't you want me to be happy?
Yeah! But why does it have to be MALFOY? Couldn't you just choose Neville or something?
Harry, I've made my choice. It's not going to change. Could you just be happy for me? You don't have to even remotely like him. Just respect my choice, and leave it at that.
Look, we want you to be happy. We really, really do. But seriously? This is going to take some getting used to.
I mean, you used to be so good at coming up with insults for him. What are we going to do without it?
What Ron means is, it's going to be weird.
No, I don't mean that. I meant what I said.
RON.
HARRY.
Ignore them.
I am.
But look. I'm not going to say I'm extremely happy. I'm happy you've found someone you like, but I'm not happy that it's Malfoy. So just cut us some slack. We might just ignore it for a while or something. Okay?
But just so you know---ignoring it isn't going to make it go away.
I—WE understand that. But now, I think we all need some time to let this sink in.
Yeah. Let's go.
See ya later, Mione.
Bye guys. Think about it, okay?
We will.
Promise.
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Okay, this chapter is shorter than the others, cuz I just wanted to get it up before the month was over.
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