"Your Joking...Right?"
Chapter 16: Just the beginning
The alarm clock went off, Hermione jumped out of bed, stretched and walked across the room to her curtains which she yanked open to let in the warm sunshine of a Monday Morning and the beautiful view of Hogwart's Lake. She turned on her Magical radio and yanked the covers off of a still-sleeping Ginny, who screamed and ripped them out of her hands
"Its too early"
"Is not" Hermione took her radio and made her way into the bathroom for a shower, this had been her daily routine at Hogwart's since first year, alarm, stretch, curtain, radio, then wake up everyone in her dorm and take a shower. She quickly finished washing up then blow dried and straightened her hair, she applied a little make-up then went out into her room to find that Ginny had finally gotten up and was fully dressed.
"So can I finally use the bathroom?" she joked.
"I guess" Hermione replied, rumbling through her dresser for her uniform
"Gin, have you seen my uniform"
Ginny poked her head back out of the bathroom door and pointed to the chair next to Hermione's bed where her uniform was folded out, "You put it out last night"
"Oh yeah" Hermione quickly changed then sat on her bed, she stared through the door at Ginny who was in the process of combing her hair. 'Ginny's my best friend, I can tell her anything, right?'
"Hey Gin"
"Yeah Hermione?"
"I can tell you anything and you wouldn't tell another soul, right?"
"Of course Hermione, what is it?" Ginny said, coming out of the bathroom, one side of her hair half curled.
"Well um... Draco and I, well it's a long story and errr"
"You and Draco are dating?"
"How'd you know?"
"Draco told Blaise, and Blaise told me"
"Well, now I have to kill Blaise, be right back" Hermione smiled in a fake-sweetly sort of manner and stood from the bed. Ginny grabbed her hand.
"So what's the problem, I can tell some things wrong"
"Well I think we rushed into it. I mean, I hated him all 7 years here, now im suddenly dating him?" she sank back down on the bed.
"He's changed Hermione everyone has noticed it, he doesn't even pick on Harry and Ron anymore, they were just telling me a few days ago, that he seemed actually decent."
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"Well that's good then!"
"Yeah it is" Ginny smiled, "Now if you don't mind I have to finish getting ready, I can't leave like this!"
"Blaise wouldn't mind, he love's you"
"I know, I just don't wanna look like Parkinson"
Hermione laughed.
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The girl's made there way down to the Great Hall later that night., they walked to the Gryffindor Table and took a seat next to Harry and Ron.
"Ladies" Harry said.
"Harry, Ron" Ginny smiled, "Anyone up for a walk?"
"Sure" the three replied. They all got up from the table and grabbed something to eat. They left out of the oak doors, followed by 2 pairs of eyes at the Slytherin Table.
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"Wonder where there going?" Blaise asked.
"Dunno" Draco muttered, glaring at the retreating back's of Ron and Harry.
"Lets find out" Blaise said, standing from the table.
Draco also stood, "Excuse us Pansy, Blaise here isn't feeling so well." he said to Pansy who was sitting across from them.
"Want me to come? I've been told I really know how to satisfy a man" she said, winking.
"Err, no" both guys said, quickly exiting the hall and slipping out the front doors.
"What a..."
"Slut" Blaise finished.
"My thoughts exactly" Draco said, smirking.
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Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny sat under the big oak tree beside the lake, talking. Hermione gazed out over the lake, her brown hair whipping out behind her, she listened to her three friends talk about Quidditch. Hermione liked to play the game for fun, but knew nothing about it.
"So Hermione, how's Head?" Harry asked.
Hermione turned as her name was addressed, "Oh great I love it" she beamed at Harry, she remembered how, in third and fourth year she had the hugest crush on him, she then turned to look at Ron, now Ron was a different story, she had always liked him first through fifth year she had dated him briefly in sixth year, now her sixth year, as she thought of it now, she had started liking Draco, all the things Harry said about him always drew her attention to him, she couldn't help but wonder what he was actually like, it dawned on her, she liked him back in sixth year, and now, she was dating him. 'Wow' she thought.
Ginny could tell Hermione was lost in her thoughts, she stood up and took a step closer to the lake, she wrapped her pink jacket closer to her body, she slipped off her sandle and dipped her toe into the lake, it was actually quite warm for late November, snow hadn't even began to fall yet. She turned her attention to the setting sun, it was gorgeous.
Hermione watched as Harry and Ron grinned at each other, and quietly tip-toed up to Ginny, Hermione caught on a second to late
"Ginny" she yelled, as Harry shoved her into the water, Harry's triumphant expression quickly changed as Ginny dragged him in after her. Ron stood by the edge of the lake, laughing while Hermione sat, silently giggling. She walked up to Ron and shoved him in also, then ran back towards the tree, laughing even harder.
"How's the water?" she asked her 3 friends, who were glaring at her, but burst out laughing a second later. Ron splashed water at Ginny, which started a water fight, Hermione watched from the shore as the 3 splashed and dunked each other, she smiled and ran in a second later, throwing off her jacket before she hit the water, landing on top of Harry, her target, and dunking him down with her. The 4 played in the water, dunking, splashing, and swimming until Ginny ran out of the water screaming that the giant squid tried dragging her under. The 4 made their way up to Gryffindor Tower, shivering, Hermione had conjured a small blue fire but it didn't help, much.
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Draco and Blaise had watched the whole scene from under a tree, with disgusted looks on there faces.
Draco had caught himself almost drooling when Hermione had been peering out over the lake, she had looked so gorgeous at that point, like right out of a painting. He had also laughed as he watched her shove Weasel into the water then jump in herself moments later, just wanting to have fun, carefree about everything. He couldn't help but notice how crazy he was about her.
Blaise, on the other hand, also enjoyed the scene. He had wanted so desperately to wrap his arms around Ginny's waist as she stood overlooking the scene before her. That, of course, led to him wanting to ring Harry's neck when he pushed her in. Ginny had looked so happy as she played with her friends.
The guys sat outside a short while later when their girlfriends had went inside, then walked back up to the catsle and to the Head's Dorm, to wait for a few people.
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Hermione sat on the couch in Gryffindor Tower laughing hysterically as Harry did an impression of Professor Lockhart running from the pixies back in their second year. They spent the rest of the night remembering their past years at Hogwarts, Ginny was a little excluded but none the less laughed at the things they had done.
"I cannot believe you guys will be gone next year" Ginny said, "What am I going to do?"
"Oh Gin, you'll be fine" Hermione beamed.
"Just think, whats the school going to be without, Famous Mr.Potter, The Know-It-All, and The Weasel King?" Harry laughed.
"Yeah, were going to be missed." Hermione said.
"Hey Ron, how did that old song, back from fifth year go?" Ginny asked.
Ron's ears turned red. "Oh Gods, not that song Gin"
"Weasley is our king..." Harry started until Ron clasped a hand over his mouth.
"Now Harry, I seem to recall a certain someone falling off his broom because of a few dementors."
"Hey they were evil" Harry said darkly, but jokingly.
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Hermione and Ginny entered the Head Dormitory to find Draco and Blaise playing a game of Gobstones.
"Hey Guys" Ginny said, sitting in Blaise's lap on the chair. Blaise leaned down and kissed her, Ginny kissed back.
"Get a room" Hermione said, jokingly.
"Ok" Blaise said, picking Ginny up and carrying her off to the guy's dormitory.
"I didn't mean literally" she muttered as the portrait hole to the guy's room shut.
"Guess they thought you did" Draco said, smirking, he leaned in to kiss his girlfriend, Hermione held up a hand to stop him
"Draco, we need to talk"
A nervous expression came over his face 'What did I do already?' he thought.
"Uh.. Ok" he stuttered.
'Aww he's scared im going to break up with him'
'Well you are, aren't you'
'Gods no'
"Its just, Draco, I think we rushed into things, don't you?"
"No, I mean, you like me, right?"
"Yes"
"So, what's the problem?"
"I mean, we hated each other, and now were suddenly all caught up in each other. It's just... weird"
"I never hated you Hermione"
"Sure you did, first through sixth year"
"No, I didn't, I was jealous of you, I know that now. I mean you were just some Muggle Girl who came into the wizarding world, anxious to know all about it, and you proved to everyone you were just as good, it annoyed me"
"Ohh" was all Hermione could say.
"I felt like such a loser, plus you don't live with my father." he muttered.
"Oh Draco" Hermione smiled, "Your not a loser, you're the best, that's why I like you" she kissed him.
"You know what Hermione, I like you to" Draco said, kissing her back. Hermione laid back on the couch and pulled Draco to her by his tie, she kissed him passionately, but pulled away for some air a moment later
"You know what Mr. Malfoy, I like you a lot" she giggled. "Now, lets go see what Blaise and Ginny are up to."
She walked up the guys dormitory stairs, followed by a slightly sullen Draco, who was fixing his hair.
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Blaise and Ginny were making out on Blaise's bed when Draco and Hermione burst into the room, Draco jumped down onto Blaise's bed, breaking the couple apart.
"Draco, man, you always know how to ruin a moment" Blaise said, shoving his best mate off his bed.
Hermione laughed and fell back on Draco's bed, Draco climbed up on top of her a second later and was shoved back onto the ground a second later. She took a look around the room, it was a dark blue color on Blaise's side, and a dark green on Dracos', it was nothing special compared to her own room, but it had a roomy atmosphere to it. The guys had pure silk sheets, and a fuzzy black comforter which Hermione snuggled her head into, she was just about to doze off when Draco's voice rang in her ear's again,
"Is the floor the only thing that loves me today?" he muttered.
"Looks like it mate"
Draco fell back onto his bed next to Hermione
"Whose up for a movie?" he asked.
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The four began to watch a movie before Ginny paused it and said
"We need popcorn, Hermione, would you come help me in the kitchen?"
"Sure Gin"
So the girl's left to go make popcorn which left the guy's to talk.
"So mate, you and Hermione look cosey"
"Me and Hermione, what about you and Ginny?" Draco asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah well, me and Gin have been together since the middle of summer, you and Hermione have been together for what, 2 days?"
"Yeah, so, we don't plan on doing anything" Draco replied casually.
"Woah, man, I wasn't implying that."
"Uh-Huh, Sure you weren't"
"No, I wasn't, but somebody is thinking about it" Blaise said, in a sneaky tone.
"Of course I am, im only human, besides I would never force Hermione to do anything she didn't want to."
"Yeah well, who knows what she wants"
"Dude, come on its Hermione" Draco laughed.
"Guess your right"
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The Girl's had returned with the popcorn and the four watched a movie, Ginny had fallen asleep half-way through, Blaise carried her to bed, Hermione gave him the password.
"So, you like my comforter?" Draco asked, looking at Hermione who was still snuggling his blanket.
"I do actually" she grinned.
Draco laid next to her and put his arms behind his head,
"What are you doing Saturday?" he asked.
"Nothing, why?" Hermione smiled, beside herself.
"Its time we have our first official date, how about a wonderful day in Hogsmeade?"
"Oh Draco, I'd love to" she said, sitting up and kissing him.
"It's a date then" he smirked, kissing her back.
(I hope you liked it, its titled 'Just the Beginning' for a reason. It's kind of a pointless chapter, but I thought I would give you guys a fluffy chapter! You know, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny time! Anyways, next chapter, which I have already started, is going to be Christmas, Yayay! Now Please Press The Pretty Little Review Button!)