That night the entire cast separated and returned to their dorms. Rehearsals had lasted all day and many voices were gone. Dragging her tired blistered feet up to the common room Hermione walking alongside Ginny, Ron and Harry examined her new schedule.

"So we have practice tomorrow morning and in the evening two hours each..." She spoke with a scratchy and tired voice. She looked over at Ginny who looked like she was going to die, then turned to look at Harry who seemed to be doing perfectly well as he was narrating the comments Hermione was making.

"We have one tired Feline of Avenue B" He commentated pointing the camera he was holding at Hermione then turned onto Ron "We also have one exhausted brooding rock star" Ron gave him the bird before dragging himself up to the portrait of the fat lady. "Password?" She asked. Ron looked at Hermione with a pleading look that read "I forgot the password again." Hermione sighed and stepped in front of the portrait. "Umm.... A flat Major?" The portrait swung open to let the four of them in.

"Now I know why didn't remember the password" Ron complained sitting down in a chair by a table. All the other places were occupied by other students or other members of the cast like Neville and Dean.

Hermione in a tired but slightly annoyed tone retorted to him "Really? Enlighten me!" She said in a falsely happy tone. Before just giving up in finding a chair and sitting on the floor. She angrily pulled at the stiletto boots she had been wearing.

Ron on the other hand was oblivious to the sarcastic tone of her comment "It's a musical thing isn't it? A flat Major." Hermione just nodded a response to him, she then propped herself against the wall of the common room. Ginny then spoke up "I can't believe that all we did to day was auditions, a read through and duet practice." She complained. She rubbed the soles of her feet. "Hermione I'm going to kill you for hooking me into this!" She snarled at Hermione. Although Hermione made no movement to show that she cared or didn't care, she just leaned against the wall. After about a five second silence she stood up "Night guys" She spoke in her best "American" accent before making her way up to the dormitory.

VIVA LA VIE BOHEME!!!!!!!!

Hermione was enjoying her hot shower that was easing up the aches and pains in her body. Earlier today Becca had taken her off to the side to do some choreography and it wasn't that Hermione couldn't do it. It was just painful. She muttered to herself that she was glad she wasn't a real S&M dancer. She quickly listened to the silence that was in the bathroom before she started singing.

Without you

The ground thaws

The rain falls

The grass grows.

Without you

The seeds root

The flowers bloom

The children play.

The stars gleam

The poets dream

The eagle flies

Without you.

The earth turns

The sun burns

But I die without you.

The door to the bathroom pushed open and Hermione immediately stopped singing and quickly she rinsed her hair and turned off the shower. Pulling around her a towel she stepped out of the shower to find herself facing Ginny, she was grinning.

"You are a really good singer you know that," Ginny commented running a brush through her hair. Hermione did the same pushing her hair to the back leaving her ears exposed. Ginny turned to look at her and saw a flash of silver in Hermione's ear. "Oh my god... Hermione you didn't!" Ginny stumbled pointing at Her ear. Hermione paled and looked at the mirror, sure enough the cartilage piercing she had gotten over the summer was out in plain sight. "Shit!" Hermione cursed quickly putting her hand to her ear, Ginny pulled it away and looked at it. It was a simple silver bar that had a blue stone on the top. "Cool..." She smiled. Hermione remained speechless, she quickly gathered her things and went back into her dorm to get ready for bed. But, now that her secret piercing was out it wouldn't do her any good to use a concealment charm. She sighed as she pulled a tee-shirt with the RENT logo over her head and the words "No day but today" written on the back.

Sitting herself on her bed in the dark dorm she grabbed her wand and whispered "Lumos" The tip of her wand glowed as she reached for her "RENT bible."

Flipping open to the first page of the libretto she started reciting the play quietly to herself.

"We begin on Christmas Eve with me Mark and my roomate Roger..."

A/N: I know it's short and kinda fillerish but now you know what the mysterious bump is right? good to know.