Chapter 3
Hermione woke up early Saturday morning. She felt fresh and happy. The first week of school was over, and she still hadn't experienced any life-threatening incidents. It really was a school record. She bounced out of bed and quickly got dressed. She quietly crept out of her dorm as to not wake the other peacefully sleeping girls. She settled on a couch in the common room, patiently waiting for Ron and Harry to wake up. But, when after fifteen minutes of waiting she was still sitting on the couch in the common room, she decided to go wake them up herself. She figured that after what they had all gone through together the previous year, the other boys wouldn't mind so much that she was entering their dorm while they were sleeping. Or maybe on second thought, she would just try not to wake them up. She tiptoed into the boys dormitories, trying as much as she could not to look at the other boys curled up in their beds. She was a girl, after all, and respected their privacy. She approached Harry's bed first because she knew he would be easier to convince. When she got close to his bed, she felt a familiar sensation in the air. Right, she had forgotten. She gently nudged Harry, but when he didn't even stir, she shook him with a bit more force. Harry shot up and she took a step back; she hadn't been ready for that reaction. Harry's eyes were wide with fear for a moment, but then a wave of calm came over them and Harry took a deep breath. Hermione scolded herself for being so foolish, she should have anticipated that reaction. How many times in the past year had Harry been woken up because of a nearing danger? Harry grabbed his wand from his bedside table and lifted the silencing spell he had casted the night before. The sensation Hermione had felt earlier immediately died down. "Merlin, Hermione, you scared me."
"Oops," she said sheepishly. "I got up early and I want to go to breakfast." "Well, go to breakfast then. No one's stopping you." "Come on Harry, please wake up," Hermione said. She gave him a small pleading pout and fluttered her lashes. "You're impossible," Harry informed her, while he stretched and got up. She gave him a big smile and said: "I know." Satisfied, Hermione moved to the other side of the room and neared Ron's bed.
"Ronnnnn," she whisper-shouted at him. "Ronnnnnnnnn!" He stirred lightly. Hermione took a pillow from Harry's bed and wacked Ron with it. "Blimey, 'Mione." he said sleepily, barely opening his eyes. "How did you know it was me?" she asked him. "Who else could wake me up this early in the morning with a pillow," was his answer. "It's not that early," she said and wacked him with the pillow again. "Get up." Ron simply arranged his blanket and cuddled back into a sleeping position. Hermione lowered herself down and whispered in his ear: "If I don't see you down in the common room in five minutes, I will tell your mother that you transfigured her favorite robes into a broom." With that, Hermione got up and started to leave the dorm. But due to all the noise, some of the other boys had woken up and were very curious to know why there was a girl in their room. "Hermione? What do you think you're doing here?" Seamus asked her. Hermione froze and could feel a blush creep up her cheeks. "Oh, I was just leaving," she answered without turning around. "You were in here while we were asleep?" Neville asked her, shocked. "I think that much is obvious," Harry said, chuckling. "Hermione!" she heard Neville start to say but she fled the room. She waited for them in the common room and after a few minutes her two best friends came down the stairs, laughing at some stupid joke. "'Mione! Neville and Seamus are furious! I think this is the first time I've ever seen Neville mad," Ron said, snorting. "Well, I'm sure he'll get over it," Hermione said and put an arm around each of her friends. "Come on, let's go to Breakfast."
The Great hall wasn't full at this hour, it contained mostly first years who didn't sleep in late and older kids who were studying. The trio settled at the Gryffindor table and piled their plates with food. Well, Ron did. "So, how's your homework situation?" Hermione asked the two. "Wonderful," Ron said while taking a huge bit of his toast. "Really?" she asked doubtfully. "Well, um, we were saving some of it for the weekend, so that we don't get bored." "Right," Hermione said sarcastically. She looked at Harry who gave her an innocent smile. Hermione rolled her eyes and went back to eating. The conversation settled to Quidditch, news and gossip. "I'm going to the bathroom," Hermione said after awhile. "Meet us in the common room after," Harry told her as she stood up. She walked out of the Great hall and started down the corridor to the girl's bathroom. She was humming a new song that the legend band "Weird Sisters" had announced that summer. Ginny, who was crazy for them, had sung it none stop at the burrow the whole summer and had driven everyone crazy. Hermione wasn't looking where she was going and stumbled on something. She caught herself from falling just in time and steadied herself. She finally looked down and saw that it wasn't a something, it was a someone. And it wasn't any someone, it was Draco Malfoy. "I'm really sorry," Hermione said, embarrassed. "Whatever," Draco said. He was sitting on the floor, legs curled up in front of him, a book in his pale hand. Hermione stared at him. "Well?" he asked her, irritated. "What are you doing here?" she asked. She wanted to talk to him, but she didn't know how to start the conversation. "Does it matter?" he asked.
"I mean, why aren't you at breakfast?"
"It's not like I have anyone to sit with," he said quietly, his grey eyes flickering.
"Sure you do, you have lots of friends."
"Dammit Granger, can you leave me alone?" Draco burst out.
"I see we're on last name terms now," Hermione said. Draco didn't say anything and went back to his book. Hermione gave a dry chuckle. "Why do I even try?" She continued to the bathroom, her good mood from the morning flushed down the drain.
a/n: I know this chapter was kinda short; I'll try to make my next one longer. Also, please please PLEASE review. xx
