Middles

Middles

"Oh, why am I so fat?" a frustrated voice demanded bright and early the next morning.

Hermione rolled over and groaned. Silence fell in the room and she opened her eyes to see four girls peering down at her. "What?" she asked in the croaky voice she adopted early in the morning.

"Who are you?" one of the girls asked curiously.

The tired girl dragged herself upright. "Hermione," she replied. She was not very wordy when she first awoke.

The four girls continued to look at her, speculating about who she was and where she was from. She smiled inwardly. The better question was when she was from.

Suddenly, the girl who had spoken earlier caught a look at herself in the mirror. "WHY have I put so much weight on my middle?"