Chapter Five
Hermione didn't put on the tight robes again the next day and Parvati disapproved.
"You looked so good yesterday everyone thought so! I can lend you some of my robes if you don't want to wear the same ones over." she said watching Hermione who was putting on her biggest robe that made her look oddly shapeless.
"It's okay Parvati I don't think I'm quite ready to wear something that tight again so soon." Hermione said grabbing her school bag. She heard Parvati sigh in irritation before she went downstairs. She decided to wait for the boys who she felt like she hadn't seen in ages.
"Hey Hermione you actually want to have breakfast with us?" Harry said with a smile as he dropped his arm on her shoulder. Hermione shrugged it off.
"I suppose I could grace you with my presence today." she said with a grin.
"What happened to the robes you wore yesterday?" Ron asked his ears turning red. Hermione blushed slightly but smiled.
"As fun as that was I'm not ready to be considered a Hogwarts mega slut yet" she said with a grin as the trio left the common room and headed for breakfast.
"So how are your girly books coming along?" Harry asked.
"Good, we just need to get the rest and hopefully we'll be able to give them out today or tomorrow." Hermione said
"Cool. We don't have to help hand them out do we?" Harry asked innocently.
"Well it would be nice and we would get done much quicker if you helped. Why?" she asked her eyes narrowing slightly.
"Well because… I was just wondering is all" he said looking away.
"Why were you wondering?" she asked turning her glance to Ron who looked pink in the face.
"Ron?" she said and he faced her looking guilty.
"Well there's a party in the R.O.R tonight and we wanted to go but we didn't want to get there late." he said uncertainly. Hermione felt like a brick dropped to her stomach.
"It was completely last minute Hermione. Me and Ron found out about it just last night. Some of the sixths years in Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are hosting it which is why we just found out about it. But we'll still help you of course then we can go to the party from there." Harry said tossing the last bit out. Hermione felt a little better at least they weren't trying to ditch her and leave her out.
"Okay that would be great I'll see what's going to happen with the rest of the books and then maybe we call all just show up a little late. What time does this party start?" she asked suddenly nervous at the prospect of going to a party.
"I think she said eight. I'll check to make sure though." he said as they entered the Great Hall.
Hermione sat for breakfast and was bombarded by a few seventh years telling her their parents would donate to their trip. Hermione's mood was raised at the amounts of donations she had. She wrote them all in her note book with many thank you's. When she was finished she had just stepped into the deserted entrance hall stuffing away her planner when someone grabbed her from behind. A familiar musky cologne invaded her senses and heat shot through her body as she was pressed against Malfoy's hard chest.
"My mother has agreed to donate something to this trip." he breathed into her ear his voice husky. Hermione felt a shiver run down her spine and she licked her suddenly dry lips.
"That's great Malfoy!" she said a little too cheerily as she made to pull away from him. He hauled her closer to his body and a gasp left her lips as she felt his hardening member against her butt.
"She said she'll donate a thousand galleons." he said his breathing a little heavy. Hermione spun in his arms so quick that her body rubbed on him and he let out a moan. Suddenly his hardness was pressed against her lower stomach and her own heating core and her breath caught. She stared up into his dark eyes her hands resting on his shoulders.
"A thousand galleons?" she whispered out. He nodded his face serious, Hermione bit her lip and his eyes trailed lower from her eyes. He started moving towards her and her eyes shut and she knew he was going to kiss her and it was exciting. Her heart was racing her face hot, she could feel his breath on her lips.
"Write my name in that little black book of yours" he said and Hermione could feel how close he was. She opened her suddenly heavy eyes and stared into his own heavy lids. Her breath caught at the intensity in his gray orbs and she didn't dare breathe as she was caught into an entirely different side of Draco Malfoy. His eyes drifted shut and hers followed suit and she knew it would happen and she wasn't breathing and his lips were hardly a centimeter from hers and she was so ready for it, then.
"Hermione!" the spell was broken, Malfoy pulled away with a curse, and Hermione opened her eyes as if in a trance. She blinked a few times and glanced around at who had called her name. Malfoy was walking away down to the Slytherin common room and suddenly Ginny was in front of her, brown eyes wide hands on her hips.
"Tell me that I did not just find you snogging Draco Malfoy!" she said. Hermione suddenly felt a little annoyed.
"No you came a little to early" Hermione said turning around and starting to march away.
"Hey wait up! What's going on?" Ginny asked a confused look on her face and Hermione felt guilty.
"Sorry nothing was going on. Malfoy was just telling me that his mum was going to donate a thousand galleons." she said with a small smile. She needed to get away and think about these new feelings that Malfoy was initiating.
"Wow! That's great!" Ginny said.
"I really love how you have started this tradition Hermione, I can't wait till next year. Oh I forgot! I came to tell you that Lelin got the rest of the books this morning. She said she would be in Flitwick's class waiting for you. Some of the other girls are with her. So when are those books gonna be done?"
"Probably today. We'll hand them out sometime this weekend for sure." Hermione said turning down the corridor that led to Flitwick's class.
"Awesome! Well I'll see you later Hermione!" Ginny said before rushing off the other way. Hermione grinned then continued on her way. When she arrived at Flitwick's class she heard giggling from inside so she just opened the door. Inside was Lelin, Sally-Anne, Padma and Lisa. They were copying the rest of the Glamour Books.
"Hey, they came!" Hermione said going over and glancing around at their progress.
"Yup we're nearly done too!" Lisa said.
"Great so how much was she going to charge us?" Hermione asked Lelin.
"Oh twenty Galleons. I thought maybe we could hand them out tonight. Oh hey are you going to the party tonight?" Lelin said glancing up at Hermione.
"I think so. Harry just told me about it today." Hermione said.
"Yeah it was last minute sorry. I hope you don't have detention or anything?" Lisa said.
"No I don't" she said.
"Cool then you can get dressed with us! We're getting dressed in the Ravenclaw dorms because it's closest to the R.O.R, Parvati is bringing some of her clothes down as well, so we shouldn't have a problem finding you something to wear." Lelin said stacking the finished books in the cabinet with the others.
"Oh I can't just wear my school robes?" Hermione asked with a small smile.
"Course you can't this is a party!" Sally-Anne said with horror.
"Well Ravenclaw dorms it is" she said and the girls smiled.
"Don't worry we're gonna get you all sexy for Draco" Lelin said with a knowing grin and Hermione turned red.
"Ohhh Draco is so delicious!" Lisa said.
"Yes he is" Sally-Anne said with a frown. The girls all sighed.
"What gave you the impression that I liked that little ferret!" Hermione said indignantly.
"Oh I don't know maybe the way he stares at you, or perhaps the way you stare at him? Or maybe the way he was all over you that day in the common room, and I didn't see you pushing him away!" Lelin said with a smirk and Hermione glared. The other girls laughed as they finished up the books and stuck them in the cupboard with the rest.
"Oh give it up Hermione no one blames you. Draco is a sexy piece of man. If I didn't have my eyes set on a sexy dark lord vanquisher I'd be pursuing him myself." Lelin said.
"A sexy dark lord vanquisher? You aren't talking about my best friend are you?" Hermione said with a smile of her own.
"If your best friend is an emerald eyed god then yes" Lelin said with a sigh and a smile. Hermione gave a small laugh.
"So when do you guys think we should hand out the books?" Hermione asked.
"I think tonight definitely that way we have spells and stuff to use for the party." Padma said.
"Okay then we'll do it before dinner?" Hermione said.
"Yeah that should give us plenty of time to get ready for the party. We'll start handing them out at the end of the last class. Then everyone can get their books and head for dinner." Lisa said.
"Alright it's settled start spreading the word and we'll meet in Flitwick's class again after the last class of the day then we'll hand them out." Hermione said and the girls broke off to head to their starting classes.
All the seventh years stood around in Flitwick's classroom trying to get organized. They could hear the girls pounding on the door excitedly, there voices all jumbled together. The boys weren't helping they sat at the back of the room laughing at the spells in the Glamour books. Hermione was on the verge of tearing out her hair when she snapped. She strode to the door ripped it open and screamed 'quiet' at the top of her lungs. Silence engulfed them and Hermione sighed in relief, she could hear herself think.
"Please have some patients we can not get organized with you lot out here screaming! Form a single line going that way and when we are ready we will let you in." Hermione said and the girls all scrambled to get into a single line as Hermione shut the door and put on a silencing spell. The seventh years were looking at her for instructions.
"Okay this is what we're going to do. Lelin and Padma will supervise the boys in handing out the books here in the back. The rest of you girls will be getting the girls names and making sure they get the number of books they paid for." Hermione pulled out a roll of parchment and set it down beside the list of names, which she had charmed in alphabetical order. She pulled out her wand and the others watched as she did about ten complicated wand movements and muttered under her breath. When she finished the parchment glowed blue then returned to normal.
"Okay. When you find the girls name on the list have them sign this with their wand and then send them back to get their books. If they ordered more than one book…" Hermione thought for a moment as she glanced around the class. She went over to Flitwick's cupboard and pulled out a tin of buttons. She transfigured them so they held numbers, most had the number two but she threw in a few with the number three and four and she changed the color of the button.
"Okay if they have more than one give them a button and send them back. Lelin, Padma just make sure you guys get the buttons back please. I'll take care of the traffic going in and out. Everyone ready?" she said. She heard yeses as everyone moved into position. The girls at the first table and the boys at the back with the books. Hermione took a deep breath then went towards the door.
"I'll help you control the riot" someone said from behind her. She turned around and was face to face with Malfoy. She nodded slightly and then headed for the door. She opened it and stepped out Malfoy behind her. A hush fell over the crowd and Hermione opened her mouth to speak.
"We are going to do this in groups. When the first ten go in you will stop at the first table. Tell them your name and then sign the paper with your wand. From their you will walk to the back of the room, collect your book then leave the classroom. Do not dawdle here. If you want to talk about the books please go to your common rooms or the great hall for dinner. Any questions?" Hermione said.
"What if you don't have your wand?" someone called out.
"Then go fetch it now and return to the end of the line. You will not get your book unless you sign with your wand. Its for security purposes." Hermione said. A few girls groaned and stepped out of line heading down the hall but the rest pulled out their wands excitedly.
Malfoy held open the door and Hermione counted the first ten girls in. The process was long and seemingly endless. She couldn't remember seeing so many girls all together at once, not even in fourth year during the triwizard tournament. It took nearly an hour to get all the books handed out and when they were and all the seventh years had their books they went to grab a quick dinner in the Great Hall before getting ready for the party.
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