Chapter 21: Victory

Hermione sighed; she was incredibly tired as she watched the last Quidditch Game of the year. She had had a shower, a coffee, even a chocolate frog and out here around hundreds of screaming students she was still tired! She wondered if Draco had also had the problem of being tired right now. Probably not...Hermione laughed at the thought. At this moment he's probably hoping it was just a night mare. The truth was it wasn't; it really happened. It was exciting and great and strange and true. What would happen next though?

"Look, Hermione! Harry has caught the Snitch," Hannah shoved, interrupting her thoughts. "Gryffindor won!"

"Oh!" Even though this wasn't the answer she was meaning for when she wondered what would happen next, some one else other then Draco did deserve her thoughts...right?

"Let's go see them!" Hannah said, excited out of her mind. Hermione nodded and followed her all the way from their seats down to the field where the team was huddled around Harry. Ron turned around and hugged Hannah as she congratulated him. As they began to have a kiss with his sweaty and dirty face against her pretty and clean face, Hermione turned away and laughed.

She saw Harry and Ginny pulling away from an embrace and ran over to them, "congratulations! Both of you played great!"

"Thanks," Harry said.

"Are you sure you weren't drifting off?" Ginny laughed and Hermione glared at her with a quizzical grin.

"What?" Harry asked puzzled.

"Nothing," Hermione laughed loudly shaking it off, "will I see you both back in the Common Room?"

"Eventually," Harry said looking at Ginny.

"We'll be there in a few minutes," Ginny agreed.

Hermione bit her lip, trying not to laugh at what they were possibly planning to do, probably make up for lost time last night. She realized then...I really have been missing out. At that moment Ron ran up behind her as Harry and Ginny ran away together, and picked her up, hugging her from behind.

"Ron!" Hermione protested, but laughed.

"How did you know?" Ron laughed putting her down.

"Well Harry just-," instead of saying left with his younger and only sister she said, "left from seeing me, I supposed you were the only other guy that could or would lift me,"

Ron laughed, "If you would let them, any guy in this school would and definitely could lift you up, you are tiny!"

"Are you saying I don't get around with boys enough?"

"Actually ever, so in a word: yes," Hermione rolled her eyes...if only he knew what his sister knew, he wouldn't think that any more but then again he would probably hate Hermione. Even though Harry and Ron were probably grateful to Draco now, that didn't really change what Draco had done to them before even if Hermione felt differently and knew somehow he had changed. Ron laughed, "I'm kidding 'Mione," And gave her a hug, "but it's true you know," he said pulling away but before she could protest he put his arm around her and said, "come on, lets get to the Common Room, I'm expected there by people other then Hannah for once!" Hermione laughed and followed him.