Little Secrets

Ch4

"Hermione get up, were going to be late." Harry called up to the brunette in bed.

"Oh mygosh I over slept, good thing I already had everything packed. Some one knocked on the door; Hermione jumped and fell out of bed. "Ouch that'll leave a bruise, come in." she said getting up and walking to the closet where she left her clothes she was going to wear. Hermione absentmindedly fumbled with the necklace Malfoy had sent her she wasn't even sure why she was wearing it in the first place; I mean come on it was Malfoy.

"Hermione, hello earth to Gryffindor head girl" Harry said waving his hand in front of her face.

"Oh right, gosh how could I have slept in especially today" Hermione said jumping out of her thoughts as she rushed to get dressed. In about 15 minutes she was ready to go she had on a red t-shirt that said too cute and a pair of faded jeans. "Crookashanks where are you, oh there you are get in your cage it's time to go." Hermione said scooping up the ginger cat and stuffing him in the cat carrier.

"Hermione the Ministry cars are here come on it's already 10:15." Ron called to the girl.

"I'm coming alright, gosh don't get your panties in a twist we have 45 minutes" Hermione grumbled as she put her school trunk in the car trunk. 5 minutes later they were all settled in and on the road; Ron Harry and Hermione in one car and Molly Ginny and Author in the other. Hermione began fingering the necklace for the hundredth time and wondered what was going on why would Malfoy send her anything, didn't he consider her a filthy mudblood, maybe this was all some plot to embarrass her in some way, yea I bet that was it gosh he'll go at any lengths to hurt some body else. He is such a self-centered jerk, but the necklace was so beautiful it must have cost quite a lot of money and it had the Gryffindor lion on it, he was going really far with this trick.

"Hermione where did you get that necklace I've never seen it before." Ron asked eyeing the chain suspiciously. Hermione didn't answer in fact she didn't even seem to have herd him. "Hermione, hello are you there?" Ron asked annoyed that she didn't answer him.

"Oh, um sorry yea I was just um… thinking, did you say something." Hermione said embarrassed to have been caught twice that morning thinking about Malfoy of course they didn't know what she was thinking about. Ron was talking again.

"I asked where you got that necklace, I have never seen it before" Ron said sheepishly he suspected that maybe Victor Krum had sent it to her.

"Oh this, I um… got it as a birthday present why?" Hermione asked letting go of the necklace.

"Oh, I um It just looked really expensive and I thought maybe um some one you know gave it to you as a petty gift." Ron said his ears turning red as he looked away embarrassed that he had actually said that but he was glad that it wasn't from Krum, but wait didn't say it wasn't she said it was a birthday gift it could have been from anyone at all. Ron quickly looked back at Hermione hoping to for her to say that she got it from her mom or Aunt. But Hermione was blushing furiously oh this couldn't be good.

"What do you mean, I can get gifts from gifts maybe someone actually want to go out with me, It's not like they need your permission to send me something, I am a girl you know, I do have interest too, I'm not just some brainy bookworm!" Hermione said angrily. How could he think that, gosh he thinks every one should have to be single just because he can't manage to find anyone? Or maybe he was jealous, wait Ron didn't like her wasn't he after Lavender Brown. Ron was talking again gosh he looks annoyed, well he brought this on himself, he always acts like I'm doing some terribly wrong if I even seem like I have a social life.

"That not what I mean Hermione of course you can get a guy, I mean it's not like you bad looking or any thing I was just wondering where you got it, and maybe I asked because I do care." Ron said turning beat red realizing what he just said he turned around and looked out the window. Gosh that was so stupid clearly she likes someone else, what am I thinking telling her that.

"Uh… thanks…Ron…Um" Hermione stuttered her head was reeling did Ron just say what she thought she said, does that mean he likes her. The more she thought about it the more she thought he did, well didn't get super jealous when Victor took her to the Yule ball, and he has always been overprotective and tried to attack everybody who called her mudblood. At times Ron can be sweet but other times he could be such a jerk. And what about Malfoy Ron would go ballistic if he knew that the necklace had come from Malfoy.

She would just have to give the necklace back, no she couldn't do that Ron would wonder what happened and she'd have to explain the whole thing, well maybe she should play along with Malfoy's little game and see what he was up to, yea that's was I'll do I play along and then when he least expects it I go off on him. Hermione smiled at the thought of embarrassing Malfoy. This might even be fun.