Hermione
Hermione stared blankly at the stone wall for a second, trying to process what Malfoy really meant by that statement.
She finally made it into the great hall for lunch, finding Harry and Ron and sitting between them.
"You two've finally made up, then?" Harry asked with hope in his voice.
"Actually," Ron began, but Hermione loudly interrupted him.
"Yes, Ron and I have made up," she said, giving Ron a significant look.
Ron's eyes widened, "Oh…yeah, yeah ok," he said.
"Where's Brad?" Harry curiously asked, peering around the great hall.
"Oh yes, please tell us where dear old Brad is, we're dying to know," Ron sarcastically said.
Hermione tried to ignore him, "I don't know," she simply said, putting some Sun Chips® on her plate.
"What have you lot got as far as classes after lunch?" she asked.
Harry looked at his schedule, "Care of Magical Creatures right after, then after that Biology with Professor Sprout. Oh, then charms then I have the rest of the day off."
Hermione smiled, looking up at him from his own schedule, "Brilliant, I have the exact same thing. So, what class did you guys just have?" she asked.
"Divination," the both boredly replied.
"And how'd that go?"
"Trelawney's teaching again," Ron said.
"Oh, then where did Frienz go?" she asked.
The both shrugged, "Well, I guess that's just another thing we can ask Hagrid when we go see him later," Harry said.
"Oh yes, when we're done with our classes for the day," she said, not looking at them. She had decided to try and be as pleasant as possible to Ron, but only for Harry's sake.
She suddenly heard a voice behind herself and jumped, "Can I talk to you for a moment, Hermione?" it asked.
Hermione turned around to see Brad standing there, his shoulder bag slung over his chest.
She gave Harry and Ron both questioning glances and stood up from the table, "I'll be right back; watch my stuff, Ginny, please," she said.
She followed Brad out of the Great Hall, "What do you want this time?" she hissed.
He looked pained, "I…well…did you really mean, you know…"
"That Ron's better than you? Yes, I did. Now get out of my life, alright?" she asked and started to march back into the Great Hall, but he caught her arm.
The movement happened so fast she didn't know what had happened until the moment was gone.
She drew back, staring at him and breathless.
"Did you…just…" she stuttered.
He grinned at her and leaned in for another kiss; she didn't stop him, "Hermione, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me…" he murmured.
"Brad, I've only known you for, what, a few hours? Get over it!" she yelled and successfully marched back into the Great Hall leaving him standing there.
