Ron pushed Amos off.
"What the fricken hell was that?" Ron said, pushing Amos to the floor.
"I, I don't know. I thought you were Hermione" he said, surprised that he actually enjoyed it.
"Do I look like Hermione to you?" Ron snapped punching Amos in the face, "You were so out of line acting that way to her! Not cool" he finished. Hermione could hear the conversation from inside the dorm.
"I can't believe he would do that to me" she said, shocked.
"Shock horror" Dean said.
"That bloke has been bad news since day one" Seamus continued.
"How do you mean?" she asked.
"Well, on his first day last year he tried to rape Hannah Abbot. She got away. First month of first year and he was joining up with seventh years smoking drugs and stuff like that. Not a good way to make an impression" Dean said.
"We thought he had straightened out, evidently not" Seamus said. Ron walked in. Hermione ran up and hugged him.
"Thank you" she said kissing him on the cheek. Ron went bright red.
"Is he gone?" Harry asked.
"If by gone you mean unconscious then yes, yes he is gone" Ron said, running his hands through his red hair.
"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you boys" she said, going round to all of them and kissing them on the cheeks. She gave Harry a hug instead, it was too awkward to kiss him on the cheek for some reason. She opened the door and looked down at Amos. Shaking her head she crossed the hall and went into her dorm and settled into bed.
"Back off" Ron said to Dean and Seamus, "She's mine" he said.
"Ha, you wish Ron" Dean said.
"Here we go again" Harry mumbled and lay in his bed, covering his head with his pillow.
The next morning Hermione woke with a start when someone knocked on the dorm door.
"Mione?" the voice said. She looked at Lavender. It was Amos.
"Sorry, she's, erm, not here at the moment. She's….. in the shower" Lavender said.
"Oh cool, I will go and wait for her there then" he said walking off. Hermione slapped herself in the forehead a couple of times.
"Did I say something wrong?" Lavender said.
"No, award winning performance Lav" Hermione said sarcastically.
"Aw thanks Mione" she said walking out. Hermione got out of bed and into her school robes. Plan, get down to breakfast without seeing Amos, sit between two people leaving no room for Amos, tell Amos to leave her alone. Simple. Wasn't it?
"Hey Hermione" Ginny said, catching up with her. Hermione jumped.
"I thought you were Amos" she said, "Harry" Hermione said, "Can I sit between you and Ron?".
"Avoiding Amos?"
"A-yea" she said.
"Yeah sure" Harry said. They walked into the great hall and sat down. Five minutes later Amos walked in.
"Move over Ron" he said.
"No, sorry. I can't do that" Ron said.
"She's my girlfriend" Amos said, "Mione?" he asked. She didn't even acknowledge he was there, just kept on eating quietly to herself.
"Oh c'mon!" he said walking around the other side. He had to walk all the way up the other end of the table. Gossip spreads quickly around Gryffindor. Especially if Lavender Brown is involved. Hermione looked across the table from her. Dean, Seamus and Neville were sitting there, they weren't before. They were her saviors from playing footsies with that, that, person.
They walked down to Hagrid's lesson together. Amos was trying to get Hermione's attention, but failing. She was just ignoring him, giving him the cold shoulder. Playing hard to get. He smiled, he knew what was going on. So he let it happen.
"Alrighty class" Hagrid started, "This is Buckbeak"
"Got that right" Draco said snidely.
"Anyone wanna have a go at sayin 'ello?" he asked. No one raised their hands.
"Anyone?" the whole class stepped back. Except Harry. Hermione pushed him forwards.
"Ah Harry. Now, go up to 'im slowly. Now you gotta bow low to 'im. Good boy Buckbeak. Now, slowly walk towards 'im with your hand out. Step back. Step back. Ok. Go forward a little. Good boy Buckbeak, good boy" Hagrid said. Hermione grabbed Ron's hand in fear and quickly let go, a tinge of pink covering her cheeks. Harry's hand touched the feathered head of Buckbeak.
"Wanna ride 'im?" Hagrid said. Before Harry could say no Hagrid had hoisted him up on Buckbeak's back and sent him off. Flying. He flew over the forest. Over the lake, his hands could skim the water. He lifted his hands in the air and let out a: WAAAA WHOOOOOOO! Before Buckbeak came back to Hagrid.
"It can't be that hard" Draco said. He walked up to the hippogriff and it reered and hit his arm. Draco fell on the floor practically sobbing from nothing. Not even a scratch. Hagrid picked him up.
"Class dismissed" Hagrid said.
"What, an, idiot" Hermione said.
"Got that right" Amos said. He scared the crap out of Hermione.
"Amos, hi" she said turning around.
"Hi" he said.
"I wanted to tell you something"
"Tell me what?" Amos said leaning against the tree next to Hermione. He reached for her hair, she pulled back.
"That after last night, we are through"
"What, what does that mean for us?"
"There is no more us. We are over. Done. I am breaking up with you" she said.
"You are making a grandiose mistake Granger" he said.
"You know what? You're acting like Garfield on a Monday!" she said storming off to catch up with Harry and Ron.