Life After Hogwarts
By Arime Setta
Chapter Five: Reversing Revenge
Unluckily for Draco Malfoy, my first period is a Slytherin-free Care of Magical Creatures. I force myself to refrain from laughing as I walk across the grounds towards Hagrid's Hut.
Instantly Gryffindor and Ravenclaw females surround me, comforting and hugging me. I cover a giggle with a sniffle and begin to let the tears fall. Poor Draco will be the bad guy of the year by the end of my day.
I profess my love and heartbreak just before class begins and then run off to Madam Pomfrey for a calming draught. Of course just before leaving I "whisper" to Ginny, "I can't believe I gave him my virginity! Oh and how horrible sex with him was. I always thought love was enough to make up for what he didn't have!"
Now, I am sure that everyone reading is screaming, "You are not that kind of girl Hermione Granger!" But I must admit that, yes, I am that kind of vindictive almost-Slytherin kind of girl. While being very much so Gryffindor, the war changed me in many ways. One of those changes is that I refuse to be walked on any longer. After years of being everyone's floor mat it hit me that I am better than that and they are better without me pushing them and then doing it for them.
If you can't tell I am talking about Harry and Ron mostly. While I love them dearly I can't be there for the rest of their lives, guiding them and forcing them to do what is right and what is necessary. Unfortunately their exams this year will highly reflect this absence unless some sense is knocked into them.
Oh, yeah back to Draco's less than impressive body part. I will admit my choice of attack was incredibly out of character but then again to battle with a Malfoy you must be willing to get dirty. Plus my heartbreak alone isn't enough to alienate Draco from the female population. Merlin only knows how many times girls have ran into the dorms crying from his standoffish behavior and playboy attitude.
To say the least my attack didn't lighten up with the day. Hogwarts was bustling with rumors and giggles but the most interesting of the conversations was the clear confusion between whether the infamous bad boy had actually dated the bookworm or had just used her and broken her heart. Do note that they never doubted my sincerity they just doubted his motives. Many people were more than shocked to hear that Hermione Granger was no longer a virgin. It almost dampened my day but I shook it off. Do people really assume bookworms can't get any? I'm not hideous or lesbian! And if I were lesbian I am sure I could get some! Geeze!
To make things worse I had numerous ex-Draco-conquests coming up to me in sympathy. They were all understanding and touching. I almost felt bad for mocking them within my little tiny prank on Draco. What surprised me the most was when an unknown Hufflepuff approached me and said, "Hermione, you must have been so nervous to loose your virginity to Draco. Don't worry after the first time it gets better since you've relaxed. You should definitely take a better look next time too. He's no where near small." My cheeks turned the color of Draco's face when he stormed up to me in the Great Hall a few hours later.
"Hermione Granger! What are you telling people!" With a quick movement of the wrist I isolate the conversation so everyone in the Great Hal assumes we are fighting over the break up rather than over the small white lies.
"Why, Draco you are the bastard that broke my heart! You can't yell at me. It doesn't make sense." I smirk with a few teardrops.
"I did not break your heart. We never dated!"
"Oh, I thought we had sex and could just go back to my rooms and let people talk."
"I wasn't serious! Obviously if we had had sex one of us would remember it!" By this point his white face was red as Ginny's hair and puckered like a- erm puckered thing.
"Oh, well I do remember it. Very well actually. I was quite disappointed in the size and ability of your little friend… or at least that's what is going around among the girls." I was fully enveloped in tears, or so it seemed to all that were watching.
"I knew it! I heard the giggles and whispers but couldn't figure it out. How could you tell them that? I'll have you know I am well equipped and very good at what I do in bed!" Then suddenly the worst thing happened. Draco's eyes began to twinkle. Our argument dramatically ended and I knew I was in for some bitter revenge. I could have sworn I was the injured party in the beginning. Draco and revenge should never be in the same sentence.
A/N: Please Review. I hope I'm not going too far with all of this. I really feel that I justified all of the actions thus far… let me know if it is totally ooc and terrible or if it is a little ooc but good lol.