"Oh, hi there, I'm Mrs. Banks," she said when she saw the two in the living room. Mrs. Banks had blond hair and green eyes. Hermione could see where John got most of his looks. She was a very pretty woman, though.
"Hi, I'm Hermione, it's nice to meet you," Hermione said. Hermione was beginning to like staying at this house. She liked the people in the house very well.
"I hope you like chicken; it was the only thing that sounded good to me for dinner," Mrs. Banks said with a smile.
"That sounds great, thanks," said Hermione.
They ate dinner and Hermione helped clean up the mess. It was about an hour before Mr. Banks came back home. So the time was about 7:00.
"Hey dad, dinner is in the fridge," John said.
"You know I don't eat after six, John, but I'll take some for lunch tomorrow," Mr. Banks said.
"Why don't you eat after six," Hermione asked.
"That's when you gain most of your weight," he replied.
"Oh, I didn't know that," Hermione said. That is one of the weirdest things that I have ever heard, but hey if it helps him keep off the pounds all the more luck to him.
"Hey, Mr. Banks, can I talk to you in the other room," Hermione asked.
"Sure." They walked into the dinning room, and Hermione turned around to face him.
"You haven't told John about who he really is, have you," Hermione said.
Mr. Banks looked down at the ground, "Yeah we did. We got the letter and opened it, Brianna and I, and we asked him if he wanted to go. He said no, we have no idea why, but he did. I guess he wanted to finish his school education," Mr. Banks said.
"Oh, I didn't know, because I asked him what school he went to and it was a high school, anyways I'm sorry I shouldn't be in your guys business," Hermione said.
They left the dinning room and went into the living room. John was on the floor with a dog and Mrs. Banks was on one of the couches.
"I didn't know you had a dog," Hermione said. The dog was white with some shades of brown on it, and it had green looking eyes. "What breed is it," Hermione asked.
"She is part wolf part bluehealer, her name is Ivy," John said.
"What's wrong with her eyes," Hermione asked.
"She's blind; she got cataracts a couple years ago," John said. "She gets around the house pretty well, as long as we don't change the furniture around," he added with a little laugh.
"Do you have any good books that I could read," Hermione asked.
"Yeah, come with me," Johns said. They walked back into John's room and he took a box out from underneath his bed.
"Take your pick," he said.
Hermione looked through the pile and settled with a book called Runaway.
"That's a good book, keep it, I don't read it anymore," John said.
"Are you sure, I don't want to take something you'll miss," Hermione said.
"I won't just take it," He said with a smile.
Hermione sat on his bed with the book and started to read. John grabbed a book out as well and started to read. As she did she tried to think of a way to repay John for his kindness. I'll think of something before I leave tomorrow. Hermione promised herself.
The book she read was about a teenage girl who was treated unfair by her parents so she ran away. She had gotten a job and was living in a hotel. While she was on the job she met a cut guy and that's as far as Hermione got because she thought of a way to pay back John. She threw down the book and went down stairs and got one of her books that she brought along, but didn't know why, she had already read it three times.
"Here, you keep this," said Hermione when she got back into the room.
"What's this," he asked.
"A book," Hermione asked.
John looked at the cover. Jade Green was on it with a fuzzy picture of a girl.
"Keep it, I've already read it like three time, I don't need it any more," Hermione said.
"Thanks," John said with a smile. That was when Hermione could tell the difference between John and Draco; John had a real smile while Draco just smirked at everyone.
"You guys aren't related to any Malfoys are you," Hermione asked. She had been holding back this question all day, but she couldn't hold it back anymore.
"Not that I know of," John said. Hermione felt a huge wait lift off of her. "Why," he asked.
"You just look so much like a guy that I know at school. I just thought that you two must have been related," Hermione said.
"Oh," John said.
"I'm tired," Hermione said.
"Oh, um here," John pulled out a hide away bed from underneath his.
"How did you fit that box under there when there was a bed under there too," Hermione asked.
"There was just enough space for it in there," John said.
"Oh," Hermione got onto the bed and under the covers. It took her a couple of minutes, but she finally went to sleep.