Chapter 39

I'm sorry this is late it just didn't get finished!

Hermione panicked. She gently pushed Draco away from her and fled from the room without a second glance. She didn't exactly know what she was doing but she knew that neither of them had been thinking properly.

Hermione ran until she got to the portrait of the fat lady and doubled over, breathing heavily. She stayed there for a while to catch her breath back.

"Time" She managed and the portrait of the fat lady swung open.

"Indeed." The fat lady huffed with a raised eyebrow and a slight tut. "Honestly, you children nowadays! Always rushing and thinking they have more time than they actually do. Why, in my time-"

The picture swang shut with a loud bang and one or two heads in the common room turned in Hermione's direction. Hermione, however, went upstairs for her bag and double checked she had the right books for the day before slumping on her bed and staring at the ceiling.

She had felt...something...while Draco had been kissing her. It was as if she'd had a thousand fireworks exploding in the pit of her stomach. It had felt like some sort of light which had been out all of her life had finally lit up. She was very confused. And when Hermione Jean Granger gets confused, it is not a pretty sight.

Usually, Hermione would set about doing every single thing she possibly could to find out what was confusing her and riddle the answer. She would isolate herself and spend even more hours in the library than she normally does. She would lose many nights of sleep and whenever she would get time in between classes she would study.

But Hermione knew that this feeling was something she would not find in a book. This may have been what the other girl's in her dormitories had been gossiping about for years. Oh, how Hermione wished she had at least listened to what they had told each other and advice and such.

On top of all this, Hermione was stressing about what Ginny was going to say once she had told her the whole story of what had happened in the house of forgiveness. Was Ginny going to even believe her? Was she going to tell Ron and Harry? Oh, Merlin forbid if Ginny was going to blab to Ron and Harry!

Lost in her trail of thought, Hermione forgot that she needed to go to class. She shot out of bed, grabbed her things for the day and rushed towards the stairs. Racing her way down and through the now empty common room, she slammed the fat lady portrait open and rammed it back with equal force.

Luckily for her, Hermione arrived at the dungeons for Potions just as the last people were entering. Hermione joined the back of the line of her classmates and took an empty table in the middle. She didn't fancy having to sit with Harry and Ron at the moment. Or anybody for that matter.

"How come Harry always gets his potions correct?" Hermione grumbled to herself as she went into the students storage cupboard to get more ingredients. "I'm the one who puts in all the effort while he is just copying from a stupid book!"

Hermione turned to leave the cupboard and almost screamed. There standing by the door was a rather ghost looking Tallulah who was smiling sheepishly like a young child who was caught eating sweets before dinner.

"I'm sorry if I startled you," Tallulah said. "I just thought I could help you with your potion. Only you will be able to see me. Not even Draco. Only you will be able to hear me, too. What do you say?"

Hermione stopped and thought for a moment. It was cheating. She knew it was wrong to cheat and that she should really not even consider it. On the other hand, wasn't this Almost exactly what Harry was doing? He was cheating and nobody was doing anything. Why shouldn't she?

"Ok then, Tallulah." Hermione said with a smirk after she had made her decision. Yup, definitely spent to much time with Draco.

Draco...she had better not think of him at the moment. This was the time for her to simply focus on her work. She could ponder about all of her worries including him later. Oh but she would have to explain everything to Ginny first.

Hermione internally groaned at the thoughts about what she still had to do and accomplish. She wondered why she couldn't simply have a normal year at Hogwarts.

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