Chapter Ten.

Something about Harry

I awoke the next morning with a heavy head and a heavier heart. I struggled to the kitchen tormenting myself whether i should go through the rose garden or the common room, which i decided i would go through the rose garden.

I pulled out a coffee cup and boiled water the muggle way added coffee to my cup honey and mixed it in then added milk so the hot water would not burn the beans. I poured in the water and let it cool adding a dash of condensed milk and cream.

While the coffee cooled, i made my way back through the rose garden and my room to my bathroom. I washed my face with cold water and threw up immediately after ward miraculously throwing up all the pills i had consumed the night before. I brushed my hair for a second and decided t leaves it bushy and unkempt. I washed my mouth out ridding it of the foul taste of vomit all the while trying to avoid looking at the scene of the previous night's crimes all the while. I went back to my coffee and sipped it. I felt much better after i had thrown up and drunk the coffee. I waved my wand and the dishes began to do themselves. I went to my closet and pulled out a 3/4 length tight white t-shirt and a full length black cotton gypsy skirt which had black cotton ribbon trimming all over it. I put on my ruby necklace removing the presents Malfoy had given me the night before and putting them back in the box he had given me along with the earrings, which I placed, in front of his door. I put on the small ruby studs the Weasley's had given me as a birthday present in my ears. I made my way to the great hall and sought out the mop of messy red hair I needed someone to talk to that would keep my secret. I found him and sat beside him stealing his toasted bacon and cheese sandwich from his hand.

"Hey that's my... Hermione! Hey good to see you! I must say you looked hot hot hot man i wish my boyfriend was hot like you hot."

"Why thanks Ron," my cheeks burned at his comment.

"Yeah Ron you weren't the only one who noticed it seemed Malfoy couldn't seem to wait to run after you after you ran off," Harry sulked. In my haste, i had missed his presence completely. I had almost had a heart attack!

"Harry Look I'm really sorry about the things i said last night okay i was out of line and so was Malfoy and if it means anything to you i told him where to go last night. And I'm sorry about the dick head thing too."

"Awww Hermione babes that's all you had to say. I'm sorry about everything i have done too i really hurt your feelings and let my pride get in the way of our friendship. But were you really dating Malfoy?" I laughed when Harry had finished speaking and we hugged each other tightly.

"No Harry, we weren't dating he just had a big crush on me." we all laughed at this everyone giving us funny looks not knowing what we were laughing at, "He and I made this agreement after Harry and I had a fight that if i talked to him and taught him to cook he'd help me win Harry's heart. He always used at as an excuse though to get close to me only to make you jealous." Together they went red in the face laughing. I was in the golden trio that really wasn't all that golden and pure like thought again... I couldn't help feeling guilty though telling them all of this when i had promised Malfoy who had no one to talk to had alienated himself from his friends to be my friend and had been so nice to me that i wouldn't.

"You did look hot last night Hermione," Harry blushed this time.

"Thanks," i was a bit flustered myself.

"Hey Hermione can you help me and Harry study today?" Ron asked hopeful.

"Sure, hey Harry can i be your study buddy in our classes seeing as my one has a crush on me and makes me feel weird." I asked.

"Sure, I can't stand my partner I'd love to," he slinked his arm around my shoulder. Ron made another sandwich and smiled.

"Arr ye look like a pirate Hermione, what with ye outfit," he feigned pirate accent.

"Yarr all i need is me cutlass, me hook, me eye patch and me 'at, Yarr me hearties to ye water Yarr," i joined in.

"You mean the lake?" Harry asked without an accent making us laugh.

"Yarr," Ron answered for me and we laughed and played playfully as we made our way out of the great hall my arms intertwined with one of theirs. I pretended not to see the blonde head scowling at me as he entered and we left betrayal all over his face.

We got to the lake and the boys pulled out a bag of pot.

"I have a bong and chop bowl in my room if you want to smoke in there."

"Have we been to your dorm before?" Harry asked the question.

"No i don't believe you have," I answered him, "come on let's go!" We walked to my dorm as we had to the lake and came face to face with...

"Is that the..."

"Yes Ron it's the Mona Lisa."

"Why Hello Hermione, Ahh you have friends should i bore them away with the Di Vinci code?"

"We're fine thanks Mona, Bucket," I gave her the password and she opened to the portrait hole.

"Very well see you later dearie."

"Ohhh but i wanted to know about the Da Vinci code!" Ron whined playfully.

"By the way dear," Mona stopped me again, "tell Mr. Malfoy to feel batter soon he looked more of a wreck than you did this morning." My insides had turned into ice at the mention of his name.

"Yes Mona, but you will probably talk to him before I do; he's in a strop with me. See you later." I hurried inside before she could say anything else and she shut behind us.

I led the boys to my room and we sat down on the comfy couches and i lounged on the sofa after i had grabbed the bong, bowl, sisscors, spin and some pot myself when i sat down i remembered something else and pulled out my never ending bottle of Jim Beam. I went to the kitchen and got three glasses and a two-liter bottle of coke. I put everything on the red cedar wood table between us.

"Look what Fred and George gave me," i held up the bottle proudly.

"A bottle of Jim beam? I thought they'd already bought you a year's supply?"

"No Ron, its a never ending bottle of Jim beam, so I want you two to go halves in my years supply chuck a party with it or spike the party drinks whatever, "Drink up boys!" We poured ourselves our own glasses of alcoholic beverage and raised our glasses.

"To best friends," toasted Ron. Harry and I both waited a while and said to best friends in unison and blushed our eyes meeting. He held my gaze and smiled. We all drank.

"Here is to you Hermione good women are scarce," Said Harry.

"Too right why do you think i prefer boys except for the fact that they are so much hotter and normally less trouble than girls excluding Neville who is as much trouble as any woman yet?" He drank to this also. I picked up the bowl and chopped up and added spin and then smoked one passing bongs around the room until we were very drunk and even more stoned. I went to the kitchen to get more candy when on my way returning to my room I ran into Harry who was waiting for me in the rose garden.

"Oh hiya Harry!" I smiled drunkenly.

"Hey Hermione."

"Umm why are we saying hello i thought we had already done that?"

"I don't remember," and with the most unromantic line ever heard he leaned in and kissed me. I was happy i wasn't to big a fan of romance anymore. "Well are you gunna be my girl?" He quoted the band jet cheesily. My heart stopped for what seemed the third time that day. This is what i had been working for, what i had wanted but why did it feel so dirty?

"I love you too Harry," I smiled drunkenly and we kissed again. We walked back to my room. I knew Malfoy was in the kitchen and as mean as it was i had hoped he had seen.

Now our seating changed, Ron sat on his own on a couch only the bong and the bottle to keep him company and Harry and I sat beside each other on the lounge.

"Hey guys i think every year Hagrid gets a new pet, there was fluffy remember him? Wasn't so fluffy was he?" I rambled drunkenly.

"Year one." Ron smiled remembered being slobbered on by the enormous mutt.

"And Aragon."

"Year two," Harry joined in remembering Ron's fear of spiders and his bravery to some with him while Hermione was petrified, "Buckbeak."

"Year Three," I added remembering when my new boyfriend had flown on the back of the giant animal after taming him and being allowed in his company after it had attacked Malfoy.

"Year four?"

"His girlfriend," I giggled.

"Year five?"

"His Family he returned to," Harry laughed at a drunken Ron trying to balance his unbroken wand on the end of his nose.

"Year six?"

"Thor, remember him?"

"Of course who couldn't what about this year?" Harry asked

"A baby... I've heard," i exclaimed.

"Blimey has he really?"

"Ron you sounded just like your old man just then."

"And that's a bad thing I'm proud of my old man."

"is it true Hagrid's missus had a baby?"

"Apparently madam maxine had a baby girl and she's huge only just had her so something though"

"And why didn't i know this?"

"Because Hagrid hasn't been here for a month or so. Probably settling the new babe. I wonder if he'll come back?" I poured more glasses of Jim Beam and cola.

"To hagrid and his pets" I announced adding a fake stuck up accent to go with it.

"To hagrid and his pets!" the boys chorused in return and we all skulled our drinks til we could get no more from them.

"It sounds like the beginning of a letter not a toast." again we laughed

"Another round boys?" I asked as I topped up our drinks.

"To me and Hermoine," Harry called out causing ron to choke on his drink.

"What?" Ron was confused and you could see it on his drunken merry face.

"Harry and I are together Ron."

"Why am I always the last to know?"

"Well apart from us you're actually the first." i poked my tongue out at him.

"Well that's great Hermoine and Harry together at last just how it should be. At last, dinner came and Harry Ron and I stumbled drunkenly to the great Hall laughing in our stoned and drunken state. We hardly had time to smell the sweet food before we wolfed it down gorging ourselves till we wee about ready to burst our munchies taking hold of our animal instincts before we could stop them. Harry slinked his arm around my shoulder and kissed my cheek.

I could feel his eyes piercing my soul from his seat alone on the other side of the great hall. I smiled and not once did i look his way in my mind i had to make my self believe it never happened.