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One Unforgettable Year

Chapter 10: See that I love you.

Info you need to know: "Talking" Name of a Shop.
Warning: There are some swear words again in here, well mainly just "Fucking", once again no offence intended!

Lavender had dragged Hermione through most of Hogsmeade and Hermione still had no clue where she was going. She would ask a lot but each time Lavender would only reply with 'You'll see' so Hermione gave up on asking after a while. Ginny and the Patils' had caught up with them and smirked knowingly. It seemed as if Hermione was the only one who didn't know where they were going.

After a few more minutes of what was to Hermione aimlessly wandering around, Lavender stopped dragging her and stopped moving all together. Hermione frowned at her and she was grinning wickedly and she nodded her head towards where they stopped. Hermione looked in front of her and saw a creepy looking shop. In big spooky letters the name of the shop was written above their heads: Hilda's Halloween House. Hermione's frown deepened she had never seen this place before. Never even heard of it.

"This is the best place to go for a Halloween costume, it's a store filled with nothing but Halloween decorations and costumes and anything and everything to do with Halloween. Of course not many people go to it during any other time of the year that isn't October but I heard that her husband's got an okay job so Hilda can afford it." Lavender explained and giggled. Hermione sighed not quite sure what to make of this little shop. Lavender then dragged her into it.

A little bell rang when the door opened and Hermione was surprised to find that the shop was a quaint little shop. There were Halloween lights hanging all around and candles which were light and those were the only light sources. No proper lights were in sight. The walls were a dark blood red and had little cut out bats, ghost and ghouls and pumpkins stuck on them. On the ceiling there were luminescent bats and such things. Down on ground level there were shelves filled with Halloween decorations and in the middle of the shops and in the back there were clothing racks. Of Halloween costumes. The ones in front looked harmless and Hermione was starting to think that maybe Lavender wasn't going to dress her too sexy. She shouldn't have gotten her hopes up though.

Lavender greeted the strange lady behind the counter. Hermione figured that must've been Hilda. She had raven black hair but red, blue, purple, green and pink highlights in her hair. She wore a lot of makeup and she looked ghostly white. She wore a shirt with a big cartoon skull on it and that's all Hermione could see because she was standing behind a counter. Lavender then dragged Hermione to the back of the shop. It was also lit with only Halloween lights and candles. In here though were only racks of costumes. Revealing ones. Hermione inwardly groaned. She had been right all along, Lavender was going to make Hermione show a lot of skin.

Lavender then told Hermione to just sit in a chair nearby and wait, she did as she was told knowing if she didn't Ginny would've just forcibly made her sit in the chair. Hermione watched as her friends – smiling wickedly – searched through the racks for something 'suitable' for Hermione. They frequently pulled out Devil only costumes (because that's what Ginny had 'suggested') but none of them seemed to suit Hermione. They were either boring and not revealing at all or too revealing and barely covering any skin.

But sure enough about half an hour later when Hermione was about to be extremely bored Lavender let out a squeal of delight. Hermione's – whom had been resting her head in her hands – head shot up and she raised an eyebrow. Lavender came over smiling delighted and Ginny looked as if she was holding back a laugh. The Patil twins looked just has happy as Lavender. Hermione sighed as Lavender pulled her up and shoved her in the dressing room and shoved the dress in her hands before drawing the curtain.

"Don't even try to protest! It's perfect and if you don't get your ass in that dress now then we'll make you!" Lavender threatened. Hermione – not particularly wanting to be forced into a dress – regretfully took off her clothes and got dressed in the outfit. Hermione didn't even look in the mirror when she was done. Refusing to do so because she knew if she saw herself in this dress then she wouldn't buy it and then regret it later. So as soon as she was done she opened the curtain.

The girls had been patiently waiting when Hermione drew back the curtain. Their heads snapped up at the sound, Lavender and the Patils' smiled and squealed happily. Ginny chuckled darkly and smirked amusedly at Hermione.

"It's perfect! You look faboo!" Parvati complimented.

"It fits you perfectly. Shows of your curves nicely." Padma winked.

"Mm, it's definitely sexy. Draco won't be able to keep his eyes of you. Nor will any of the boys." Lavender grinned, at the mention of Draco seeing her like this (even though she didn't know what she looked like) Hermione blushed. Which went unnoticed by the girls except for Ginny. But thankfully Ginny decided it wasn't that important so let it slide. For now.

"Who knew that Hermione Granger would ever dress like this?" Ginny said, her eyes shining amusedly. Hermione blushed again, not entirely comfortable wearing an outfit like this. A lot of skin was bare and she was starting to get cold.

"There's a first for everything." Hermione said quietly, then she looked up questionably. "Should I buy it?" she asked. The Patils' simply nodded but a nod wasn't enough for Lavender.

"Totally! The boys can't be deprived of seeing you like this! It's not every day they get so see Hermione Granger dressed so… free." Lavender exclaimed making Hermione blush again. But then Hermione turned to Ginny, whose opinion of her was most important. Ginny smiled softly and nodded.

"Absolutely, you look great 'Mione." Ginny said reassuringly and then winked at her. Hermione giggled and nodded then went back into the changing rooms to get dressed again. Once she was done she put her dress on the chair she was previously sitting on then helped the others find their costumes.

A few hours later they left the shop all with a costume. Hermione her devils dress. Ginny had brought an angel one but not one which looked that innocent. If you know what I mean. Lavender true to her word had brought a bunny costume. Like Hermione had thought it was very revealing but she supposed Lavender felt comfortable with things like that, not to mention she would love the attention Blaise was bound to give her. A long with all the other perverted boys at their school. Padma and Parvati had brought matching Cat costumes, which were really quite tight fitting but they seemed fine with not being able to breathe very well for a while.

Hermione was still irresolute about her feelings towards her costume. She felt nervous to wear it later on but at the same time she felt giddy and excited. When she imagined the look on Draco's face when he saw her dressed up in it she wanted to giggle. She then wondered what Draco was going as. He had said he would tell her if she told him but she hadn't. She was glad she hadn't. She wanted to keep it a surprise and she had no doubt that he would indeed be surprised. Everyone would.

When the girls arrived back at Hogwarts Lavender went to go find Blaise, Ginny went to find Harry and the Patils' went back to the Gryffindor common room to drop their dresses off then go find their boyfriends. Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnegan. So Hermione was left to go back to her prefect common room on her own, as opposed to with Ginny. She didn't mind though. So she headed back there and dropped her dress in her trunk. She changed into lounging around clothes – sweatpants and a tank top. Then grabbed one of her many books and headed downstairs into the common room.

Hermione sat down and opened up her Muggle book – Pride & Prejudice, Hermione's favourite – she was about to dig in and lose herself to it but the door to the boys' room opening and then closing caught her interest. She looked up to see who it was. Expecting it to be either Harry or Draco but to her disappointment it wasn't. It was Ron.

He stood there silently and she sat there, neither saying a word. Neither knowing exactly how to react to one another anymore. Hermione smiled weakly at him but he didn't return the gesture, she sighed and gave up and dropped her head down to read the book .She heard movement but didn't bother to look up, assuming Ron was on his way out. Then she heard a soft 'thump' across from her as Ron sat down in the armchair opposite the sofa she was occupying. Hermione ignored him.

"Hermione?" Ron asked after a little while, breaking the silence. Hermione didn't even glance up. Half distracted by her book and the other half being she just didn't want to meet his gaze which she could feel on her.

"Hmm?" she replied. Only half listening.

"Are you and Draco going out?" he said suddenly. She was now fully listening. Her head snapped up then and her eyes widened. Half in fear that he had found out and half surprised he'd found out and wasn't trying to kill Draco.

"No. Why would you think that?" she lied calmly. Silently thanking God that her voice sounded normal and not at all like the panic which was racing through her entire being.

"No reason." He said quickly. Hermione frowned at that. He had said it a bit too quickly for her liking. He knew something, she could tell.

"We're just friends Ron you know that." Hermione said and prepared to go back to her book. No such luck.

"Do I?" he spat, turning bitter all the sudden. Hermione didn't understand how one minute he could be having a calm conversation with her and the next he would turn it sour and bitter. She sighed.

"What do you mean, Ronald?" Hermione asked and closed her book with a soft yet loud 'thump'. She was reigning in her anger which grew every second. Ron seemed to trigger the angry side in her, like Draco trigged the mean nasty one in Ron.

"Well it's not like I really know you anymore is it? You and Harry have hardly spoken a word to me in a month!" Ron shouted the last bit. Hermione flinched back slightly, surprised by his sudden outburst. She then felt a stab of guilt. "You've been too busy with your fuck buddy Draco. Not to mention Blaise, is it a threesome now?" and just like that Hermione forget all about her guilt and was immediately filled with anger.

"Stop being so absurd, Ronald! Why can't you understand that Draco, Blaise and I are just friends! Why do you always assume I'm screwing them? Is Harry the only guy friend I can have that you won't immediately assume I'm screwing?" she said just as angrily. By now they were both stood up, outraged at one another.

"Draco and Blaise don't do 'friends' with girls. All girls are to them are people to shag and then move on the next day and find a new person. They're toying with you Hermione and I'm the only fucking one that can see it!" Ron all but yelled. He took a deep (supposedly calming, but not much could calm Ron down these days) breath as Hermione got ready to reply.

"Toying with me? How the hell are they toying with me? They haven't touched me!" Okay so the last bit wasn't the exact truth. Blaise hadn't touched her, Draco had. But she had more then let him, she was the one who wanted it and he just never complained, wanting it too. Though they had never gone further than a snog, though Draco had felt her up a bit but not much. As much as Ron had when they were going out. So like I said not much.

"They're making you trust them so you lower your guard and then you…" he trailed off not wanting to finish the sentence. But Hermione knew him and knew exactly what he was thinking right then. She went red with anger.

"I what? Give myself to them? You really think I'm just going to give myself to the first person who has gained my trust. If I did that then I would've slept with you by now. Or Harry!" Ron winced at that. He didn't like imagining Hermione with any other guy then him. In his mind Hermione was and will forever be his. Shame it wasn't the same in Hermione's mind. In her mind she belonged to someone else. A certain blond haired, blue eyed, sexy, someone else.

"I don't know, Hermione! That's the thing I don't know you anymore! I don't have a fucking clue what you would do!" Ron shouted, his face now as red as his hair.

"You still know me, Ron! I'm not the one who has changed. That's you! Ask Ginny or Harry I'm the exact same person you knew when we first met. You on the other hand, you're just an asshole. You know what? Draco was right, you're turning into him. He's changed into a better person someone you once were and now you're turning into the old him. A downright angry, mean, bitter, prick!" Ron couldn't control himself any longer.

He walked right up to her, towering over her. He pushed her not too gently and she fell on the sofa, her back crashing against it and she winced in pain. He leaned over her and put his hands either side of his head and leaned down so their faces were inches apart. Hermione glared at him and tried to shove him away but he wouldn't budge.

"I'm not like fucking Draco Malfoy." He whispered bitterly. Then added in a softer voice "Hermione why won't you just come back to me? See that Malfoy is just waiting to bed you and then he'll toss you aside. See that I would never do that. See that I'll always stay with you." he then said the words which would make things even more different between them. "See that I love you."

Hermione slapped him.

A/N: Did I fool you with the title? Did you think it was Draco who would say 'see that I love you'? hehe well sorry to disappoint but it was Ron. Draco and Hermione aren't far enough in the relationship to say those words. But I'm sure the time will come. Later though. Anyway hope you liked it. Leave a review telling me what you thought, thanks very much : )

Until next time – Tilda.