Disclaimer: So I have noticed that with each chapter that I write I get new people who favorite me as an author or they favorite the story, I wish to thank from the bottom of my heart. Any critique is appreciated and if you have any ideas for any of my stories I will be more than happy to hear about them. So let me just say that I do not own anyone from Harry Potter however the character Rayne is mine. Please enjoy!~
Rayne~
She was upset; actually that was an understatement. Hermione was furious. She stormed through the castle in search of a certain Head Boy. She stopped in front of Dumbledore's portrait and hissed, "Forgiveness."
"You should keep that thought in mind Miss Granger." He smiled before swinging open and allowing her to enter.
Hermione rolled her eyes, entering the common room and faltered slightly when she noticed that it was occupied. Blaise was sitting on one of the couches with Pansy Parkinson in all of her faux Gryffindor glory draped all over him. Hermione scowled and moved to stand in front of the boy who was working hard to seem oblivious to the curly-haired girl. Hermione's scowl grew when Pansy looked up at her, smirking before curling up closer to Blaise. She glared at Pansy before turning her attention to Blaise who was still studiously ignoring her.
"Can we help you Granger?" Pansy simpered as she pressed closer to Blaise; she kept her eyes on the Gryffindor girl who was steadily turning red.
"I just need to speak with Blaise." Hermione growled as she tried to make herself calm down. "Can we talk Blaise?" Hermione gazed imploringly at him as he wrapped his arms around Pansy.
"I suppose. What did you want to talk about?" Blaise gazed blandly at her.
"Well I would like to know where you've been. You have avoided me for two weeks, ever since I made my statement to the Prophet. What's going on with you?" Hermione asked softly as she looked at him with hurt in her eyes.
"I don't answer to you Granger; you don't need to know where I am every second of the day!" Blaise snapped, forcing himself to ignore the hurt that was easily visible on Hermione's face.
"Of course I don't need to know where you are all the time Blaise, I was just worried and I thought that we-" Hermione cut herself off as she tried very hard not to start crying as Blaise glared at her.
"Thought that we what? Thought we might get together?" Blaise didn't even give Hermione a chance to respond before he began his plan to hurt the girl he cared about. "Like I would ever see you as anything more than possible shag. You have nothing I want or need!" With that said Blaise grabbed Pansy's hand and pulled her into his room, where they planned to stay for the rest of the night.
Hermione retreated to her room wondering what exactly she had done to the Slytherin for him to act like that with her. She finally gave up the fight against her tears when she started to hear lustful moans and groans coming from Blaise's room.
Hermione groggily made her way to the bathroom to get ready for the day. She groaned when she saw herself in the mirror. Her hair was a tangled, gnarled mess; she had dark circles under her eyes which were red and puffy from crying. She sighed and cast a glamour on her face and began the tedious task of taming her hair. Finally somewhat satisfied she headed back into her room to change her clothes. She moved to her wardrobe and tried to figure out what she wanted to wear to Hogsmeade. She finally decided on her favorite pair of dark skinny jeans and an emerald green corset that accentuated her slim waist and decent sized breasts. She also chose a pair of green silk peep toe pumps. She sighed and looked down at her arm, contemplating covering her scars. The word 'mudblood' still stood out vibrantly, due to Bellatrix's cursed dagger they would never fully heal. Hermione could only hope that with time they would fade slightly. She shook off her melancholy thoughts and grabbed a thin silver necklace from her jewelry box and donned it; the pendant came down to settle between her breasts. Once satisfied with her outfit she quickly did her makeup; choosing to go with a dramatic smoky eye, Hermione examined herself in the mirror and smiled before leaving her room to go to the kitchen to get some coffee and maybe make some breakfast. She faltered a step when she noticed Blaise sitting at the table in only a pair of sleep pants. She noticed that he looked thoroughly shagged and had nail marks running down his back. Hermione tried to ignore the pain in her chest as she entered the kitchen and headed straight for the coffee maker opting to ignore Blaise who happened to be staring at her unabashedly.
"What the hell are you wearing Granger?!"
"What does it matter to you Zabini?" Hermione sighed and turned around to face Blaise, her face devoid of all emotion. She watched as he narrowed his eyes at her as he took in her entire look. She took a drink of her coffee and continued to stare dispassionately at him.
Blaise tried to ignore the tenting in his pajama bottoms and was furiously trying not to look Hermione up and down. He was the one who didn't want to get close to her. He certainly didn't want to deal with the teasing from his housemates if they found out that he fancied the Gryffindor princess. "Why are you dressed like a slag?"
Hermione forced herself not to flinch when he called her a slag and tried hard not to show the hurt on her face. "I'll ask again, what does it matter to you Zabini?"
Blaise opened his mouth to respond but was cut off when Pansy wandered in only wearing his shirt. He tried to ignore the look of pain on Hermione's face when she saw all the love bites adorning Pansy's neck.
Hermione turned her face away when Pansy moved herself to straddle Blaise's lap. She paced her mug in the sink before summoning her purse and exiting the common room.
Blaise watched Hermione leave and resisted the strong temptation to push Pansy off his lap and run after her. He sighed and forced himself to wrap his arms around Pansy as she began to ground her hips against his.
Hermione entered the Great Hall, quickly spotting Ginny and Rayne and moving to join them.
"Morning Mione!" Both girls chorused before gushing over her outfit.
She smiled slightly and turned to Rayne. "Would it be possible to borrow Draco for the Hogsmeade trip? I wanted to do some shopping and am not overly thrilled about going alone. Could you maybe ask him to go with me? I know you have your fan club meeting today, so would it be alright?" She pleaded.
Rayne blushed when the fan club was mentioned but nodded, flipping her reddish-brown hair over her shoulder before rising and making her way to the Slytherin table. Hermione watched as Draco smiled at Rayne with tender affection and had to beat back the waves of jealousy she felt coursing through her. She wanted what they had, to be able to show subtle affection towards each other and it was obviously to everyone around that the two were completely smitten with each other. She watched them converse for a few minutes before Rayne pecked Draco on his cheek and made her way back to the Gryffindor table.
Once Rayne was seated again Hermione nudged her. "So? What did he say? Will he go?" Hermione poked Rayne's side and smirked when she squeaked and shifted away slightly.
"Yes he said he would go with you. Now can I please eat my breakfast?" Rayne laughed as she swatted Hermione's hand away from her ticklish waist.
"I suppose so, but whatever will I do to entertain myself?" Hermione asked innocently.
"Why don't you go and spend some time with Blaise before you leave?" Ginny suggested while reaching for a slice of bacon from Rayne's plate.
Hermione sobered quickly. "That's not going to happen anytime soon." Hermione looked down at her plate morosely as she recounted last night and that mornings events for her friends. She looked up quickly when Ginny let out a shriek and slammed her hands on the table.
"Are you serious?! Pansy fucking Parkinson?! Is he out of his damn mind?!" Ginny yelled as she started rising from the table, hell-bent on searching for said Slytherin.
"Ginny please calm down, it's doesn't matter. I am fine." Hermione stated as she tried to calm down the fiery red-head. She turned beseechingly to Rayne who looked as equally upset as Ginny and Hermione sighed, knowing she wasn't going to receive any help from the younger girl.
"Fine, I'm fine." Ginny sat back down and forced herself to calm down, smiling at Hermione who was watching her apprehensively.
Hermione smiled back and turned to Rayne who was stabbing her mango viciously as though it had done her a personal harm, muttering under her breath while doing so. Hermione smirked and poked Rayne's side and covered her ears when a resounding shriek exploded from the smaller girl, catching everyone's attention. Hermione burst out into laughter when all eyes turned towards Rayne, who was blushing furiously and glaring at her plate so hard that she was surprised it didn't shatter. She was however surprised when Rayne's hair burst into flames, uttering a shriek she looked around for water as the rest of the Hall quickly burst into chaos. All of the surrounding Gryffindors jumped up from the table and back away from Rayne, who was staring around confusedly, and started running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Rayne only sighed, ignoring the chaos around her and watched as Draco came over to sit next to her, muttering a spell under his breath and the flames disappeared. She crossed her arms over her chest and began glaring at her mutilated mango.
"C'mon Rayne, what could that mango have possibly done to you? It isn't capable of personal feelings." Hermione giggled.
"How do you know that it didn't insult me?" There was silence as the surrounding Gryffindors froze, staring dumbfounded at Rayne who grimaced and slapped her forehead and then hid her face in Draco's shoulder.
"You do realize that made no sense right?" Hermione snickered.
Rayne pinched the bridge of her nose and groaned. "Yes I am aware. I don't really know where that came from." She ran her hands through her hair, whipping Draco in the face with the reddish-brown strands, and slammed her head on the table, narrowly missing the mashed mango. The Gryffindor table laughed while Draco calmly rubbed her back. "Dray, leave me alone to die from embarrassment." She lifted her head and smiled slightly when Draco gently rubbed her forehead, which was bright red. "Gods, that was so stupidly embarrassing. Oh well, it was bound to happen eventually. I'm going to go now, enjoy your trip to Hogsmeade." Rayne smiled and pressed her lips to Draco's cheek before exiting the Great Hall. There was a stunned silence as the entire Gryffindor table, minus Hermione and Ginny, stared dumbfounded at Draco who had a gob smacked expression on his normally pale face which was flushed, extending down his neck and disappearing under his robes. The silence was finally broken by Hermione bursting into fake sobs and all heads turned to look at her. Ginny looked at Hermione with growing confusion and was about to question her when she was interrupted by the girl in question.
"How could you Draco?! I thought I meant something to you!" She covered her face with her hands to hide the absence of tears and tried not to start laughing.
The silence was deafening.
Ginny and Draco's jaws dropped as they watched Hermione 'cry' and shake. They both looked at each other, ignoring the stares from the other students and the teachers at the Head table, before gently ushering Hermione out of the silent hall. As soon as they hit the Entrance hall, Hermione dropped her hands and began to laugh hysterically.
"I'm so glad you found that to be amusing." Draco stated dryly as he continued to lead Hermione out of the castle, waving to Ginny as she headed towards the Quidditch pitch.
Hermione sighed happily. "Oh it really was." She giggled once more before looping her arm with Draco's and began making their way towards Hogsmeade. They walking in silence for a few minutes before Draco decided to break it.
"So why are you kidnapping me for the day? Is it for something dreadfully important for school? Because if it is, I really don't want to do it." Draco drawled as Hermione just smirked at him.
"Well I was hoping to go shopping for a new wardrobe. Something sexy but not desperate, and I know that you have amazing taste and figured you could help me become breathtaking." Hermione gushed, laying the flattery on thick to get Draco to help her and it worked; he was preening as he contemplated his answer.
"Well I shan't deny that I am amazing, I suppose that I could help you but you owe me Granger; and I will collect." Draco smirked when Hermione nodded enthusiastically and began to drag him towards the quaint little village.
So that's it for this chapter. I can't decide whether to write out the shopping trip so I will leave it up to you reviewers. So the choice is up to you, next chapter can either be about the shopping trip and makeover or just skip the trip and go straight to Hermione showing of her new look for the entire school with a jealous Blaise in the mix. Choose wisely!
Rayne~