Authors Note: Thank you for your reviews…I'm glad you guys like this story…I'll try my best not to follow the cliché "Hermione Get's A Make-Over And Draco Falls Head Over Heals Then They Ride Off Into The Sunset Together And Have Beautiful Babies" deal, I understand how much that story line has been over used and I am quite tired of it myself…Thorn and Ronny, are portrayers of characters in my own life and I want to dedicate this story to all of my friends, especially Grey, my personal estranged drag-queen…::shakes head and sighs:: me and my strange life…I hope you like the second chapter…
Enjoy
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, but a little box of my sanity stashed in a corner with leather rope and a cat suit ready…Hehehe.
Splintered Sagacity
Sleep was what she needed now. She never knew entertaining a bored drag-queen could be so tiresome…at last at 2 am in the morning; Thorn had dropped her off at the hotel with a frown on his face, saying…
"You could just sleep over you know"
But that was just a little too much for "Linn"; she would've been too frightened to sleep with Thorn in the same room. It was childish really, how she was afraid of that man, he was as gentle as a mouse, she knew that. But it didn't stop her from being intimidated…it was his whole presence, his demeanor, his total nonchalance for the world around him that terrified her…it made her wonder if she could ever live a life as promiscuously as Thorn did…with a small sigh and slight shake of her head she lay down on the soft hotel bed, cherishing the feel of its smooth cotton sheets against her worn body…
He really was an interesting fellow, with the cosmos seemingly at his fingertips and no care for the future, he lived as though every minute was his last…he truly was beautiful…some day she wished she could be as gorgeous as Thorn, or even Ronny! But when she looked at herself now, all she saw was a bland and boring normal little girl…
But the hair changes a lot about that perception…
Yes that hair, the one thing that she could now rightly say she was proud of. All thanks to Thorns, it seemed that anything he touched turned into a masterpiece and one day soon she hoped 'Linn' would be included in that collection…
The dress that Thorn had given her lay on the chair adjacent to her, she stole a quick glance at it again, wondering how on earth she had in her right mind worn that in public…
Trey said you were pretty in it…
Trey…he was another story.
His hair was black straight and longer than her own, which irked her immensely no man should have longer hair then herself…and the fact that it was much prettier then her own was just to much, she had seen the before and after effects of his tresses and marveled at how stunningly sexy he was…but there was nothing there.
And even if she wanted there to be, he was much to perfect for little 'ol Hermione…tall, graceful and much like his elder brother…something she could never attain and didn't even want to go through the embarrassment of trying…the only person she could have ever interested was Ron, and that situation spoke for itself…
She didn't even want to think of school right now, and she even admitted to herself that she wasn't prepared for it at all! She wasn't really sure she could ever be…
Maybe Linn can go in your place…
All she needed was rest now…until tomorrow, she would just have to worry about things later…
"GET UP!"
"Thorn leave her alone, you made her stay up to late! I swear you can be so selfish sometimes! Let's just go back to the store! She'll come on her own account! When she's actually AWAKE!"
Two familiar voices woke up the still immensely sleepy Hermione from her most needed slumber, and without a word to her two intruders she got up and out of bed and headed straight towards the bathroom not even looking to see who had invaded her personal bubble…
"LINN! You're up!"
She had prayed, hoped against all odds that the front desk would have not given her room number to Thorn, but she knew that he would have been able to scare or flirt his way into it somehow, gay men or not...
"I really am sorry Linn; he just wouldn't shut up until we got here"
Hermione made no sign that she even realized they were there and began to brush her sparkling white teeth, being the only child of two dentists always paid off…
"Linn! Ohh! We're going shopping!! Isn't that exciting?"
She continued to brush with vigor, completely ignoring the two trespassers…
"Linn?"
Thorn looked a bit disheartened, and then quickly got angry at the young girls total ignorance of his presence…his ego worked into it all, producing a tremendous hissy fit…
"LINN! HELLO!! THORN LOVER OF THE GODS IS IN YOUR PRESENCE BOW DOWN TO MY ALL SEXY-NESS!! NOW!!"
She returned to look at him eyebrow raised and toothbrush not so gracefully shoved in her mouth…with a jaw full of toothpaste she said…
"What?"
Totally innocent and actually looking the part! She bothered Thorn even more, Ronny just shook her head and turned her attention elsewhere, now used to Thorns renowned bitchy sessions and deciding to stay out of it, as she quietly snuck out into the hallway…
"What? What? I'm visiting you! YOU SHOULD BE SO FREAKING HAPPY! SMILING AND BOWING DOWN TO HIS GRACOUIS MAJESTY THORN LOVER OF THE MASSES!"
"You're kidding right?"
He blinked a few times, face ruby red from all the shouting and stared at her silently, then stood up straight, flipped his hair and replied…
"Yep"
She nodded, pushed him out and slammed the door behind him…
"Well someone's a right bitch today"
Ronny came back with a smirk on her face eyes glued to Thorns clothes, he looked down to where she was staring and nearly panicked….
"What? Oh my god! Is there something on me? Is my outfit ruined? Was it on the worst dressed list? WHAT?"
She laughed as hard as she could at her friend's antics and shook her head wiping a stray tear from her face…
"You look like a man"
"Is that it?"
"You're not dressed like a girl"
"So?"
"…You actual LOOK like a man!"
"Am I missing something?"
"You're YOU! The gayest man alive! You don't even own a pair of pants!"
"Oh right! These are Treys! I was just looking for a peaceful day of shopping, no riots, no 'hi fairy fuck', just wanna take Linn out of this place…everything's so bland here"
She smiled at him and said…
"So nice that you care"
"Well some of us have hearts!"
"Are you insinuating something…FAIRY FUCK?"
"No, you two-timing freak of nature! Whose sister gives a flat blow job!"
She would've been at his neck if she hadn't noticed Hermione standing on the threshold of the bathroom door. Thorn noticed her distraction to and immediately frowned. Once again the topic of conversation was back on clothes…
"No! You are not to be seen in public with me, with that…that….that…FILTH on!"
He threw his knapsack into her hands, and without a word she disappeared back into the bathroom…
"So much to learn"
Thorn sighed and collapsed into the nearest able and willing seat he could find…the floor. Ronny peered down at him resisting the urge to laugh, he looked like such a 7 year old plopped down on the floor like that…
His formerly curled black hair, was now pin straight and in a messy ponytail with random strands flailing about, impairing his already not so 20/20 eyesight, one sleeveless black muscle shirt which showed off what Ronny thought Thorn was never capable of attaining…muscles, and a pair of rather normal and overly baggy black pants, sitting cross-legged on the floor trying desperately to blow a piece of hair of off his nose…
"What?"
He asked, looking totally faultless…She was about to retort with some snide and mean comment, but instead sat right down beside him and laughed, he gave her the strangest look possible, rolled his eyes and looked away…
"Lesbians"
She punched him in the arm with that comment and he feigned a cry of pain and looked offended…
"Don't take out your sexual frustration on me!"
"Will you just shut up!?!? What did you have in that bag? Not another freebie from my shop?"
She sounded exasperated, and looked slightly annoyed; he looked away quickly looking out of the window with a mask of interest on his face…
"Look at the pretty butterfly!"
"THORN!!"
"Well she's gonna be working there, so I figured she could just pay it off…"
"Thorn, come on! You're being way too generous!"
"Look! She is a perfectly sane and intellectual girl! I mean her names Hermione for god's sake! Doesn't that sound like a bibliophilic name to you! She goes to school and has nothing better to occupy her time but those god forsaken books! (Im just guessing here!) She NEEDS these little gifts from me!"
"Whatever Thorn….im going for a smoke"
She proceeded to get up causing a rather child like whine to come form Thorn…
"You're not mad are you?"
"'Coarse I am"
And with that she left…Thorn huffed and puffed, even dared to hold his breathe hoping that his life long friend would "sense" his bitchy brattiness and come to the rescue…but alas Ronny was just to pissed of for her own good…
"Smokers…what assholes!!"
He got up and began to preoccupy his time, peering around the hotel room in bored curiosity…he noticed a random open suitcase in the corner, and the designer in him couldn't help himself…
"What the hell is this?"
There was nothing but cotton pullovers and "suitable" underwear to fill the tweed compartment…he stared at the bathroom door in amazement…
"Maybe I am right…maybe…no it couldn't be….Linn's a…bookworm…which means….SHE'S A VIRGEN!!!"
He squealed like a little fan girl, and bolted for the bathroom nearly breaking of the lock in his attempts to barge in…
"Oh my god!"
Hermione was far past alarmed and held on to her heart for good measure…
"What? What's happening?"
He giggled madly scaring 'Linn' even more…
"You're a…a…"
He clutched his side helplessly, snickering his butt off…
"A what?"
"VIRGEN!!...I've never met one before!!"
She blushed again like a Weasley, stuttering out a…
"W-what of it?"
"Oh my god! I'm so gonna get you laid!!"
"GET OUT!!"
"No! No! Wait!"
"What?"
"Have you ever seen a porno?"
"GO AWAY!"
"Cruel Intentions?"
"JUST SHUT UP!!"
"Ever been fingered?"
"OH MY GOD!"
"Ok I'll stop!"
"Now go away!"
"Nope! I wanna see the outfit on you!"
She'd nearly forgotten to be appalled at the clothes she was clearly flaunting…she had made this big speech about decency and the mind set of virgins, she would've have even gone as far as locking herself in the closet to get away from the embarrassment…
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about…I think you look…downright sexy!"
"That's the problem!"
It was a simple black halter with a bleached out skull splattered on the front. She knew immediately this was Ronny's design. Thorn was much too elegant; he couldn't even think about something like this without having an epileptic fit! She only knew this because of his continues banter slandering neo-Goths and their weird hair…She was just too impressionable around them for her own liking!
Black, baggy pants, Thorn referred to them as "Bondage Pants", but she didn't even want her mind going there… they were to baggy and hung of her wide hips showing off her sharp hip bones…He surveyed her, brow furrowed as if in deep thought.
"Turn around"
Was his simple command, and she complied silently…
"Jewelry is needed"
He grabbed his knapsack and looked through it as if in a hurry.
"There you are you little Nazi's! These would look fabulous on you!"
Dangling handcuff earrings, and a spiked choker. She was completely appalled…Never in her life had she seen something so suggestive before! The bookworm in her practically screamed…
"But!"
"Shut up and look fab!"
But Thorn struck much more fear in her, so she silently put on the provocative items, and frowned her ass off until Thorn frowned back!
"Live a little!"
Were his simple words. And dragging her out into the public eye he added…
"You're spokeswomen for Pyrrhic Pixie! BE PROUD!"
"I don't wanna!"
She wined her way towards Ronny, who gave her a slight smirk, clearly pissed off and strutted down the street. She looked to Thorn for and explanation, he just shrugged and sad.
"Its that time of the month"
Authors Note: I decided to end it right here, I was procrastinating too much for my own good…I hope you like this! I'm watching Oliver Twist, the one with Elijah Wood…mmm…Elijah, you can blame him for my procrastination!
::giggles::
Griffen