Today we had Defense class again- we had this class every Monday and Thursday. Harry and Ron had it Tuesday and Friday, good for them. I suppose the school administration thought it best that the males and females have separate Defense classes- with the application sessions in the gymnasium, people might not be able to concentrate with all the ogling.

I walked into the gymnasium, wearing thin sweatpants and a tank top.

Guess who's in my class.

Miss Daphne Greengrass.

Guess who's cheering her on today.

Mister Blaise Zabini.

I groaned; Faye followed where I was looking with her own eyes and smirked.

"What's the matter?" she asked as she tied her hair into a high ponytail.

I turned her to the left. "Do you see the blonde willowy tall girl?"

"Yeah, she's really pretty. So?"

"That's his girlfriend."

"WHAT?!"

"Look at the bleachers," I said, feeling miserable.

I saw her glance casually, then wave at Blaise when she got caught.

"Why don't you show off?" she asked, looking at me as she did a few stretches.

I rolled my eyes. "I am above that sort of tomfoolery."

"Fine then," Faye said. "Today were doing the jumping side kick practicals, did you know?"

Eep. I didn't have a clue.

The class progressed well; I lost track of the Perfect Two and worked on my stretching and workouts.

"Okay, you have 30 minutes before the practicals; you can do some more practice, or wash up," Miss Efi said, looking at me for some odd reason. I shrugged and headed into the washroom.

Eurgh, no wonder people don't think I'm a girl- I sweat rivers! And my face was as red as a tomato.

I quickly washed up, then joined Faye and Diane for some more practice. Pretty soon, we had to line up to take the practicals.

The three of us chatted quietly, me bouncing on one foot to the other out of nervousness.

"Hey Hermione," Diane said. "Look at the hot Italian guy staring at you."

I flushed, if that was even possible given my current condition. "No."

"Please?" she pleaded.

"Why should looking at him matter?" I asked.

"I dunno, but it's like you have this.. connection," she said thoughtfully.

Connection?

"That was excellent, Miss Greengrass!" exclaimed Miss Efi. I saw her run over to Blaise and hug him tight, with him returning her hug amidst her squealing.

"Granger!" she called out. Whoops, my turn.

Before you ask, I was also wondering why she reversed the alphabetical order. But still, on to the matter that is making my heart thud so fast.

I had never been able to perfect my kick, even with all the sessions we have had.

I determinedly got into my stance.

"Did you watch Miss Greengrass? Because that was a perfect execution; you might want to try that," Miss Efi said, smirking.

I fumed.

And did my jumping side kick.

I heard Faye and Diane whoop- before I landed on my left foot awkwardly. Hard.

I felt something break, and I fell over.

"Hermione!" Diane shrieked. Yikes, she's being overdramatic. I rolled my eyes and tried to get up, but just couldn't.

"Ow.." I said faintly. It felt so bad that I started crying.

"Oh don't cry, don't cry," wailed Miss Efi.

I slightly turned to glare at her. "Miss Efi, I'll have you know that if I had my wand with me, I could have sorted out this problem. However, you asked us not to bring it, and being an able instructor can you please help me out?"

She paled. "Miss Granger I also didn't bring my wand; and even if I did I wouldn't know the spell to heal your broken ankle."

I glared at her so hard, she could have been burnt to a crisp.

Faye and Diane stood on either side of me, putting my arms around their shoulders as they tried to help me stand up. I winced as the pain shot through my ankle throughout my whole left leg, leaning heavily on my right side, Diane.

They helped me hobble out of the gymnasium in shame, firmly gripping my arm and side as they helped me make it to the infirmary, which was all the way on the other end of the school. Tears streamed down my face as I tried my best to ignore the pain.

"Wait," said a female voice.

It was Little Miss Perfect.

"My boyfriend can take you to the infirmary without hurting yourself even more," she said, looking at me concernedly.

That made me hate her even more- why did she have to be nice?!

"No thanks," Faye said in a pissed voice. "We can take her ourselves just fine- see? We're already.. one-fourth of the way there! And now you're offering help?"

"No, I insist," he said, picking me up easily before I could react.

"Put me down!" I said angrily.

"Please, you were already acting like a whiny annoying crybaby back there and not at all like a Gryffindor; get a grip and accept my help," he said in an equally pissed voice.

What's his problem?

Diane, Faye and Little Miss Perfect walked beside him as he was carrying me fireman-style.

"If you're acting so annoyed that you have to help me out, I've got news for you. You don't have to!" I retorted.

"You aren't in any position to argue Hermione," Faye sighed. "Let it go."

I huffed, but did as she said reluctantly, scowling the whole time. We arrived at the infirmary in under fifteen minutes; Blaise putting me down gently on an empty bed near the doors. Before he and Daphne left, I decided to swallow my pride.

"Blaise? Daphne?"

They turned expectantly.

"Thanks," I said, managing a weak, albeit small smile.

"No worries Hermione," she said easily. "Blaise here could have easily fixed your ankle, but he forgot his wand in my room, so it was least we could do."

I nodded and watched them leave; Blaise with his right hand on the small of her back.

What am I doing, watching them jealously? I have a boyfriend, I stressed in my mind.

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Ron picked me up at the infirmary- I suppose word gets around fast when one of 'the Golden Trio' gets injured in some way. By the time he got there, the Mediwizard had already healed my ankle and shot me a sly smile, much to Ron's disgust. I couldn't help but laugh as he scared the Mediwizard with a nasty look as he held my hand, leading me out.

"What happened Hermione?" he asked worriedly as we walked to my dormitory, on his insistence that I stay in bed for the rest of the day.

"Well, I didn't know we had our jumping side kick practicals today, so I flopped and landed hard on my left ankle."

He smiled and pressed a kiss to my temple, lacing his fingers with mine.

"I didn't think you'd not know what a class was supposed to do that day," he grinned.

"Yes, but our instructor is completely inept," I growled. "Imagine, there is an emergency and she just stands there, wringing her hands going 'Don't cry, don't cry!' And she didn't know how to magically heal a broken ankle; and even if she did, she didn't even bring her wand! Especially when she instructed us all not to bring our wands!"

He sobered at the thought. "I think you should complain about that," he said thoughtfully.

"I shouldn't bother," I said dismissively. "She teaches us useful things like kicks at the least- I'll just make sure to bring my wand next time. The next time she does something like that, that's when she'll have something very bad to deal with."

"That's my girl," Ron grinned proudly.

I playfully pushed him. "Oh shut it."

We reached my dormitory, and he tucked me into my bed, telling me not to get up at all; and if I needed him, he would just be in the next room.

"What, you're not going to class?" I asked as he settled himself into the living room, reading a Quidditch magazine.

"No, I want to make sure you're okay," he said earnestly.

I smiled before I fell asleep from sheer excitement and exhaustion.

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Hi!!:P Our tae kwon do instructors were meaniesTT But oh well- I don't really careXD I'll just work harder:P It was fun to add the jumping side kick thing there, haha!!XD Poor Hermione, how I torture her so..:P

Anyways, I just love Futuresex/Lovesounds!!:D I love the album sooo much.. fave song on the album?? My Love- I think I memorized it from listening 7 times a day- wahahaha!!XD I also loved Lovestoned/I Think She Knows..

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IsInGcAuZeIlUv2: Wahaha- that'd be fun to do :) I gotta do that sometime!!:D Oh, that was cool- too bad my school was boring, haha:P my AIM is pretty wonky- I'll uninstall and install it againTT

Cande-dhrmspotter: Yeah- you know, girls just gotta have funXD Hahaha!!:P

Un Petit Diable: Clueless Hermione is a lot of fun to write, heh:P Once again, I think she's OOC- grrTT But it sort of works, doesn't it??:?

rent-serenity: I know, Faye is cute:D I usually hate OCs, but oh well..:) My chapters are really.. what do you call them? Random? Erratic? Sometimes they're long, sometimes they're short. My only basis is that they reach at least 3 pages, and they get my point for the chapter across, hehXD

Hawaiian-Rachael: Yeah, I have no other life except for my online life, haha!!:P No wonder I sometimes get snapped at for my head being in the clouds.. It's a nice place to be though:D

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