An Undiscovered Love
Chapter 4-Making a New Friend
The next morning I woke up refreshed. I gathered my clothes and went to take a shower to wake me up all the way. I wanted to go exploring in our common room. After my quick shower I got dressed in a short jean skirt and a deep purple tank top. I decided to pull my hair back into a half ponytail. I put on some mascara and lip gloss and left my room.
I decided to walk downstairs first, I looked through the rows of books for a few hours and then went to our personal kitchen. I made quite a lot of chocolate chip, blueberry, and peanut butter pancakes after I heard girls come down the stairs, talking quite loudly. In walked Ginny, Luna, Parvati, and Lavender.
"Mmm…smells yummy 'Mione!" Parvati said while sitting down at the table.
"Who said you four were getting any of my pancakes?" I said piling the different types onto three different plates and setting them in the middle of the table. I went to the fridge and got the milk.
"Aww...come on 'Mione. You know you love us. Plus…you're a great cook! Please let us have some." Ginny begged.
"I guess you guys can have some. It's not like I can eat all of these myself." I smiled sitting down. I grabbed one of each type and put butter and lots of syrup on them. I poured myself a glass of milk and started eating. We were just talking and eating when on the exchange students walked in sleepily.
"Oh. Hello there. My name is Carmen." She said when she saw us sitting around the table eating. She looked at the food longingly.
"Hi Carmen. I'm Hermione. And this is Luna, Ginny, Lavender, and Parvati." I introduced us pointing at each in turn. She seemed nice for a slytherin. "Do you want some pancakes? There are plenty here if you want some." I asked politely. I would give us a change to get to know her. Make sure she isn't evil like the rest of the snakes.
"Thanks. I'm staving" she said as she sat down. She piled some chocolate chip and peanut butter pancakes onto her plate and started eating. "These are really good." She said after a few bites.
"Thanks. I made them." I told her
"You're a good cook." She complimented, swinging her hair behind her shoulder so it didn't get in the food.
"So are you one of the exchange students this year?" Lavender asked. Leave it to her to ask the obvious.
"Yeah. I talked my parental units into letting me come here. So far it has been pretty sweet. Hogwarts is totally rad. Way better than my old school." She said.
"Sweet? Rad?" Parvati asked looking at Carmen strangely.
"Oh. You guys don't say that here? Oh…well it means like awesome or cool. You'll here my say them two words quite frequently. "she grinned.
"Cool. So are you a pureblood? Wait…How stupid of me…you have to be one to be put in Slytherin." Ginny said.
"Actually…I'm a half blood. My mom's a muggle. Is that a problem?" she asked worriedly.
"Oh. NO! No problem. It's just that pretty much all the slytherins are pureblood. They hate pretty much everyone but their own kind. The majority of them are also first class assholes. A lot of their parents are most likely death eaters." Luna replied.
"Oh. Well. They can all just go to hell then. Are you sure they're all evil though? The ones I've talked to seem pretty nice. Like oh um…what's her name…Pansy Parkinson I think it was."
"They might seem nice to you because you are one of them. I'm also assuming that they don't know that you're a half blood?" I said. She nodded in answer to my question. "Well…they might turn a little colder to you once they find out. I personally think we got the worst of the lot. I mean we have to share a common room with Malfoy of all people." I told her.
"Nice to see you talking so nicely about me, Granger." I turned around to see Malfoy strut in with a smirk on his face. He walked over to the counter and started making some coffee. He leaned against the counter and looked at us. 'Damn. He looks good in that shirt. STOP!' I looked at him.
"Looks like you finally know who I am now Malfoy. Get a nice surprise last night after the feast?" I asked. Everyone laughed except for Carmen, who didn't know what I meant by that, and Malfoy, who just glared at me.
"You know what mudblood? You shouldn't toy with me. I can bring a lot of pain into your life. One of these days you will desperately need my help and I don't think I will help you." He spat.
"Toy with you? Whatever do you mean?" I asked innocently trying to hold in my laughter.
"You know exactly what I mean mudblood." He said, still glaring.
"Dude! Will you stop flippin calling her a mudblood? No one deserves to be called that unless their blood really is muddy. Do you honestly think her blood is filled with mud? 'Cause news flash! It's not! I hear she is the brightest with in this school. She must be if she's made head girl." Carmen defended me. 'She's going to be a really good friend' I thought.
"Just calling her what she is. Besides. I'm second in the class. Why else would I have been made head boy? Other than the fact that I'm so good-looking." He replied pouring himself a cup of coffee. "Anyways why would you be defending her? What type of pureblood are you?"
"Whoever said I was a pureblood? If you must know I'm not. I'm a half blood." She said smirking. The look on Malfoy's face was priceless.
"Wait! You can't be half blood. You're in slytherin! You-" he stuttered.
"I am a half blood. The sorting hat prolly put me in slytherin because I like to cause a lot of trouble. I dunno why it put me in this house, but it did. Mmkay? Now we are leaving and if I hear you insult my friends in front of me ever again you will pay Malfoy. Be warned." She said angrily. She got up and motioned us all to follow her. We did so gladly.
Draco's POV
After the feast it took Blaise forever to get me out of the Great Hall. 'I cannot fucking believe that the mudblood did that to me! The stupid bitch is going to have to pay. No one gets away with doing that to a Malfoy. Especially mudbloods.' I thought. I got up so that Blaise would stop pulling on my arm. We walked up to the signs with the new housing lists. 'Damn it all to hell!' I thought when I looked at the list of who we would be rooming with, 'It's bad enough that the mudblood could turn me on like no other, nooo! I get stuck rooming with the fucking bitch. Just bloody great!' I thought, heading up to the tower. We got there and said the password (mert the hedgehog).
"Who the bloody hell comes up with these passwords?" I asked Blaise.
"No clue man. No clue at all." He replied. We entered the common room. If you asked me it was too plain. The manor was much better. Blaise and I sat on some huge bean bags and started talking. Eventually the talk ended up on Granger. Fun fun.
"So dude. What was up with the shocked expression when Granger was announced head girl? You should've known she would've gotten the position. She's a talented witch. And did you see how blood hot she got over the summer? I'd fuck her even if she is a mudblood." Blaise said. He gave me a smirk. The smirk that means he has an idea. I ignored it for the time being. Instead I told him why I was so shocked.
"I thought she was an exchange student when I saw her. How the bloody hell was I supposed to know who she was!" I cried out.
"Tough luck man. But bloody hilarious for me." He said laughing his ass off. I just glared at him. 'Leave it to Blaise to laugh his ass off at something that is not amusing in the least.' After about 5 minutes he finally calmed down.
"Hey man. I have a brilliant idea! Let's make a bet!" Blaise said. 'So that's what the smirk was about' I thought. I just gave a look telling him to continue. "Well we all know Granger and Weasley have turned into some pretty little things-"he started before I cut him off.
"Weasel? Man Blaise, I didn't know you swung that way. I don't know if I feel safe being in the same room with you alone now. Especially since no one can resist my sexy bod." I said, joking around with him. I knew full well he meant mini weasel, but it was just too much fun to miss out on.
"God no. You know full well I didn't mean him. You knew I meant his sister. And there is someone who can resist your so called 'sexy bod'. Cocky bastard. This by the way brings me to my bet. If you can get Granger to fall for you before mini Weasley to gall for me, you get….500 galleons. Oh yeah. You also gotta bed her, and then dump her in front of the whole school." Blaise said with a smirk on his face.
"Well. That seems really fair." I said sarcastically. "You have to go after a girl who doesn't have a boyfriend, and who doesn't completely hate you. Yeah…completely fair."
"Well man, It's not my fault she completely hates you is it? Just think of how much better the reward will be once you get her to trust you."
I thought it over. 'It would be bloody good. And she is really hot. It's a good way to pay her back for everything she did to me.' I thought. 'We just got to make sure Pansy doesn't find out. She would murder us.'
"You're on. We just have to make sure Pansy doesn't find out. You know-" I was interrupted by said person walking into the portrait hole.
"Find out what?" Pansy questioned us.
"Oh…uh…hi Pans! We were uh…just discussing…your birthday present!" Blaise stuttered. 'I wonder if she'll believe that' I thought praying to Merlin that she would.
"Uh-huh. Suuure. I bet you were." She said completely not believing us.
"Well, I guess I better go upstairs and find me a room. Head on to bed, I think. Tired from this long day. 'night Pans." I said getting up, faking a yawn and stretch, ignoring the pleading look Blaise was giving me not to leave him. As soon as Pansy turned around to question Blaise I ran up the stair to the first floor. I looked around and of course it had hufflepuffs on that floor. 'I am NOT rooming that close to hufflepuffs.' I thought. I headed up to the 2nd floor of rooms and immediately decided I should've just skipped this floor. In front of me were Potty, Weasel, and Longbottom. 'Joy.'
"What are you doing here ferret face?" the weasel spat.
"Not that it's any of your business but I was looking for a suitable room. So why don't you just go fuck your boyfriend and leave me the hell alone." I said before going to the 3rd floor. I looked in the first room. Empty. 'I guess this is just fine. They probably all look the same anyway.' I thought. I walked in to start decorating.
'Well that was easy' I thought as I flopped down on my green silk bed 5 minutes later. The walls were dark green as were the sheets. The pillows were silver, the carpet black. Proud slytherin through and through. I rolled off the bed and stripped down to my black boxers. I got into bed and promptly fell asleep.
The next morning I woke up to the sun shining in my face. 'Damn' I thought. 'Forgot to close the drapes.' I groaned and rolled over as I tried to get back to sleep. However that was proven to be impossible. Right when I was about to fall back asleep I was woken back up by people coming down the stairs, talking and laughing loudly. 'Damn girls. How can people be this chipper in the morning' I thought.
I got out of bed and stretched. I walked out into the hallway and walked towards the door at the end, assuming it was the bathroom. I walked in and saw I was correct. The walls and floor were made of black tile. One wall was covered with five shower stalls and there a huge tub in the center. On another wall was a counter with five sinks. At the end was the new exchange student, Carmen or something like that. She looked up after finishing brushing her teeth, smiled at me. And then left the room. 'Weird girl.' I thought hopping into the shower.
After about twenty minutes later I got out as I wrapped a towel around my waist. I walked over to the sink and brushed my teeth. After rinsing I headed back to my room and changed into a pair of dark jeans and a tight green shirt that showed off my muscles nicely. I lightly gelled my hair into the perfect messy look I headed downstairs and made my way to the kitchen. I stopped right outside the doorway as I heard voices.
I heard Granger's annoying voice, "-I personally think we got the worst of the lot. I mean we have to share a common room with Malfoy of all people." I heard her say. I decided to make my entrance.
"Nice to see you talking so nicely about me Granger." I smirked walking over to the counter to make some coffee. I leaned against the counter and looked at the group of girls.
"Looks like you finally know who I am now Malfoy. Get a nice surprise last night after the feast?" she asked me laughing along with everyone else. I just glared at her.
"You know what mudblood? You shouldn't toy with me. I can bring a lot of pain into your life. One of these days you will desperately need my help and I don't think I will help you." I spat.
"Toy with you? Whatever do you mean?" she asked "innocently"
"You know exactly what I mean mudblood." I said. 'Damn mudblood. Thinking she can play innocent with me and get away with it. She's so sexy when she plays innocent though. No Draco! Stop thinking this way. This is the mudblood you're thinking about right now!' All of a sudden our little "chat" was joined by another.
"Dude! Will you stop flippin calling her a mudblood? No one deserves to be called that unless their blood really is muddy. Do you honestly think her blood is filled with mud? 'Cause news flash! It's not! I hear she is the brightest with in this school. She must be if she's made head girl." the new girl Carmen screamed defending the mudblood.
"Just calling her what she is. Besides. I'm second in the class. Why else would I have been made head boy? Other than the fact that I'm so good-looking." I said turning around to pour myself a cup of coffee. "Anyways why would you be defending her? What type of pureblood are you?" I asked her taking a sip.
"Whoever said I was a pureblood? If you must know I'm not. I'm a half blood." She said smirking.
"Wait! You can't be half blood. You're in slytherin! You-" I said before I was cut off rudely.
"I am a half blood. The sorting hat prolly put me in slytherin because I like to cause a lot of trouble. I dunno why it put me in this house, but it did. Mmkay? Now we are leaving and if I hear you insult my friends in front of me ever again you will pay Malfoy. Be warned." She said angrily. She motioned for the others to follow her which they did.
'Wow' I thought sitting down and helping myself to some of their leftover pancakes. 'These are some bloody good pancakes'
Hermione's POV
We followed Carmen out of the kitchen and promptly fell onto the couches in a pile laughing our arses off.
"That was bloody brilliant!" Parvati laughed.
"I know. It was great! Did you see the look on his face?" Luna cried. We all continued laughing for what felt like hours but was really only 10 minutes. We were just starting to calm down when Ron, Harry, Neville, Dan, and Seamus came downstairs.
"What's wrong with you girls?" Ron asked coming over to give me a kiss.
"Ooooh….." everyone said. I pulled away and smiled. I told everyone the story and how Carmen defended me in front of the ferret boy. We all started laughing again. 'I guess you just had to be there' I thought as I saw all the guys smiling and trying to laugh along. It was so obvious they didn't understand why it would be so funny. Who knows if Harry even heard what we said because he was just staring at Carmen.
"It's alright guys. You probably just had to be there." Lavender replied, smiling. The boys just nodded.
"So who's your new friend?" Dean asked looking at Carmen.
"Hi! I'm Carmen. I'm an exchange student from America. Who are all of you? Please don't tell me more slytherins…" Carmen groaned.
"No. We're all Gryffindor. I'm Ron Weasley. Boyfriend of the gorgeous girl standing next to you. Luckiest guy alive." Ron said smiling at me. I blushed.
"I'm Dean Thomas." Dean said.
"Neville Longbottom." Neville said nervously.
"Seamus Finnegan." Seamus said.
"Nice meeting all of you. But someone seems quiet. Do you not have a name or are you just shy?" Carmen questioned Harry. He looked up nervously.
"I'm Harry Potter." Harry said quietly but strongly. You could tell he was waiting for a scream or gasp or flickering of the eyes to his forehead. Anything but what he received.
"Well it's nice to meet you Harry. I hope we will become great friends." She said smiling beautifully at him. He grinned back. "Well girls…wanna go up to my room for some girl talk?" she said turning to us.
"Sure. I'm up for it!" I said. Everyone agreeing with me. We headed up to the 3rd floor.
"Welcome to my room." Carmen said giving an overdramatic bow, making everyone laugh. We all walked in. It was decorated really nice. The walls were a bright red in color and the trim was black. The windows were covered by black curtains. Her bed was covered in a black and white zebra print silk comforter. And there were dozens of black and white pillows over her bed and in the sitting area she had made by the fireplace. There were also palm trees in two corners. We all gathered around. We talked for hours. We talked about anything and everything.
"I think Harry fancies you, Carmen." I said smiling.
"Why would you say that? He can't like me. He barely knows me. Plus he's too hot. And famous. No one that damn sexy could ever like me. I'm nothing special." She said getting quieter with each word and blushing like mad.
"Trust me. I've known Harry for seven years. He is my best friend as is Ron. He has never looked at someone like he looks at you except for Cho Chang. If you give him a change to get to know you he will end up liking you for more than beauty." I smiled encouragingly at her.
"And I think I have the perfect way to get him to know you better. We could have a game/movie night! We could play truth or dare, spin the bottle, and I never! And we can watch a bunch of movies and set it up so that you two are next to each other. It'll be so much fun!" Ginny said excitedly.
"That's a great idea Gin!" I said. I looked at my watch. "Wow. 10:30! Come on guys. I'll make us some dinner and then tomorrow we can begin planning bright and early!" We all got up and headed to the kitchen chattering away about the movie night we would soon be having.