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Disclaimer: I, again, do not own J.K. Rowling's lovely work called 'Harry Potter' … I'm way far from awesome… :P
Chapter 4: Not as expected
Finally the hat spoke a loud, "Oh I know…"
Hermione's hands started to visible tremble as she squeezed her eyes shut, 'Please oh please be Gryffindor…'
"GRYFFINDOR"
Hermione's eyes flew open at the word and her face lit up with happiness. She sat there slightly stunned for a moment as a loud cheer demolished the tension in the hall. There was no sound audible over the cheers, but it was only the Gryffindor table that cheered as the other tables mourned the loss of a great asset. Hermione recovered from her stunned state and gracefully moved from the stool to the Gryffindor table.
The table was just as she remembers it; a grand long table that was filled with dishes of every kind, students filled the benches on either side only these students were ones she'd never met before. Looking for a free seat, she noticed many boys gesturing to conveniently empty spaces beside them and volunteers looked as if they were ready to get to know her in a 'touchy feely' way. Disgusted by all the hormone overridden gits she searched desperately for a less creepy student. Suddenly she was met with a pretty and cheerful red-head.
"Hi! Welcome to Gryffindor! My name's Lily Evans and I'm the head girl this year."
Hermione astonished by how Lily's eyes reminded her of Harry, all Hermione could do was give a goofy smile and a weak "hi".
"Come sit with me and I'll introduce to my friends," the phrase would usually make Hermione growl saying something like 'I don't think you should command me like a dog!' but the way Lily said it was warm and gentle. It was clear that Lily was not commanding her but politely giving her a chance to make friends and not look like the loner she was at the start of first year.
Hermione smiled gratefully as Lily guided her to the middle section of the table. As she and Lily sat down they were greeted in the most awkward way.
"LILY! MY LOVE! YOU'VE RETURNED TO ME! OH HOW I WAS LOST WHEN YOU-"
"Shut it James!" yelled Lily, clearly aggravated by the embarrassing and improper greeting in front of the newbie. "Now Hermione, I'd like you to meet the Marauders."
'The Marauders! Oh god! Focus Hermione! You must not tell them anything of the future! DON'T LET ANYTHING SLIP GOT IT!' she said to herself. Taking an inaudible deep breath, she composed herself and smiled graciously.
At first the boys gawked and blushed at her then quickly looked to Lily for an introduction.
"Whoa! You introduce yourselves boys," Lily said as a devious smile graced her lips.
"Ok! Hey I'm James Potter and you are, I believe, Hermione Grant?" the boy with the black messed up hair and glasses said holding out his hand.
Hermione took it gently and giggled, "It's Hermione Grace actually and it's nice to meet you."
James shook her hand carefully, "Sorry, I must have misheard Dumbledore… It's definitely nice to meet another gorgeous girl," his eyes quickly darting to Lily for a reaction, only to see no reaction at all. James' faced immediately turned to a dejected expression.
Hermione moved her attention to the next boy. This boy was short, slightly chubby with light brunette hair and light golden brown coloured eyes. She smiled to the boy and he flushed.
"Hi, I'm Hermione Grace and you are?"
"P-Peter P-Pettigrew… It's a… um… a… p-pleasure to m-meet you…"
She smiled kindly at him to relieve him of some of his nerve, 'I mean how he can be SO nervous when he's not 20 years in the past and not even really born yet, is beyond me… how does he think I feel… oh wait he doesn't even know about that,' she thought sarcastically behind her smile. However fake the smile was it seemed to have taken some nerves from him and he returned the smile with the same amount of kindness as hers. 'I guess he hasn't gone down the one way road to betraying friends and serving the dark lord and becoming a total prat…' Hermione thought curiously. Maybe there was still hope for this boy…
Hermione continued her social introduction process and moved to the last boy. He was taller than Peter but not as tall as James. He had a book in his hand, 'obviously very studious and smart,' she thought. This boy had a few small scars on his face but not dark enough to be notice, his eyes were dark chocolate brown that were very inviting and he had sandy brown hair. This guy was attractive, yes not as handsome as James but still… attractive. He smiled at her and she noticed that she must have been looking too long. Hermione blushed slightly and returned the smile.
"Hello Miss Hermione Grace, I'm Remus Lupin."
Hermione couldn't remove the blush that coloured her cheeks as she replied, "Pleasure to meet you Mister Remus Lupin."
Remus nodded and turned to his book. Before she turned away, she snuck one more glance at the young man. To her surprise he was flushed beet root red and stealing glances at her. She quickly looked to Lily to start a conversation when she was interrupted by a rather annoying throat clearing sound. She turned to the sound and found, to her astonishment, an extremely handsome young man.
He was sitting right beside her and smirking devilishly. God was he gorgeous. He had perfect black hair, crystal blue eyes that she could get lost in and GOD THAT FACE! He was absolutely GORGEOUS! He had a charming smile and she realised who he was.
'Of course it's Sirius Black… How could you have missed him Hermione!'
"Sorry, um… Oh yes! I'm Hermione Grace and you are?"
"Sirius Black," he stated plainly still smirking handsomely. Hermione's face heated up as he offered his hand to her.
"Charmed to meet you, Sirius Black," she said as she took his hand.
Sirius brought her hand to his lips and pressed a gentle, sweet kiss on the back, "I'm sure I'm the one more charmed to meet you, Miss Grace," Sirius stated huskily as his eyes travelled from her hand to her chest and finally stopping to gaze into her eyes. Hermione felt her cheeks flush even redder and swiftly retracted her hand from his.
"It seems she has that effect on guys," James interrupted their gazing session and pointed across to the Slytherin table.
Hermione toward the Slytherins and was met with three peculiar sets of eyes. After realising who two were, she was dumbstruck.
'Attracting them? That wasn't expected… God I hope I can do this…'