Chapter 17
And It Hadn't Even Started
(A.N.- I'm am so sorry I'm am not good at uploading. My life gets hectic sometimes and it just gets
rough. )
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Hermione watched Malfoy's retreating back as the tears grew in her eyes. She couldn't understand what had just happened. Did I just?...did I….kiss Malfoy back? She felt like she was a traitor. Not only to all of her closest friends but to herself. How could she out right snog the one person at this school that was despised by all of her friends? She started to look for any signs that they had been watched by anyone still out and when she found none she closed her eyes and forced the tears back. She wasn't some weak girl. She was a Gryffindor for merlin's sake! It would take a whole lot more to get her to break down than this. At least she hoped.
She made her way to the Gryffindor tower in forceful silence, refusing to analyze this until she was safely tucked away into her own bed with a good silencing charm just for security. She marched into the common room up the girls dorm stairs and into her room ignoring all of her friends questioning glances. One she sat on her bed in her P.J's she began to contemplate things.
1) Malfoy had kissed her as pay back.
2) She had kissed him back.
3) All of her friends hated Malfoy.
4) If they found out they would be furious.
5) She was not a liar and didn't keep secrets if she could help it.
6) She was angrier than she had been in a long time.
7) She was ashamed.
Where did these conclusions leave her? She thought long and hard about all of these things and came up with a plan of action. She would start off by telling Ginny first so that A. she wouldn't be completely hiding anything and B. she would have some protection if Malfoy tried anything again. Next she would be responsible and look up some books on how to deal with hormones as a teenager since it was obvious she was suffering from them as of late if she was crazy enough to snog Malfoy back. She simply couldn't let it slip that she didn't know enough on that subject and it had proven to be a problem. And lastly and most importantly she would get revenge on Malfoy somehow. Maybe not in any way similar to his form of revenge but something she could execute perfectly. She was not going to lie down and take this abuse from such a git. She would get the better of him that was for sure. And with that Hermione snuggled into her blankets and listened to the soft crackle of the dorm fire and drifted off to sleep.
Malfoy rolled onto his stomach in his bed with a groan. His brain was pounding harshly against his skull and there was a foul aftertaste in his mouth. Burying his face in his pillows he tried to will away his nausea. He lay there for a few minutes trying to recollect what happened last night to cause such discomfort. His memories were all fuzzy. He decided it would probably come back to him in a little and got up to take a shower. While in the shower with the hot beads of water splashing and rolling over his face and body he tried to relax. He leaned his forehead against the wall and sighed, his breath coming out in a puff of steam. He was just feeling relaxed when an image of him pinning a girl against a wall with her hands running through his hair flashed into his mind. It was as if he could feel her body move against him and when she started to kiss his neck he felt his body stiffen. He couldn't draw his mind away from this fantasy and when he heard the girl cry out his name as he bit her neck he was brought abruptly to the realization that this wasn't a fantasy…this was a memory…of him and Granger.
His eyes shot open and he pushed himself off the wall and turned off the shower. He grabbed his towel and wrapped it around his waist in a hurry. Going to the sink he turned it on and splashed the cold water on his face. He made himself focus. What happened yesterday? He asked himself. He remembered some of it but his mind was still foggy and his head was starting to hurt some more. He remembered that he had been hexed by Hermione and was brought to the infirmary with the possibility of a concussion. He decided he should check in with Madame Pomfry if his head started to hurt worse and got dressed for breakfast. Today already felt like a long one, and it hadn't even started yet…
(A.N.-I hope you guys like this chapter I put effort in it to get Hermione to I point I wanted. I was going to make her hysterical but then I thought… Hermione would be upset yes, ashamed maybe, hysterical and beat? NO. she would do what she had to to get past this moment and come out on top. She cant be strong forever but I think for now she is solid. Any opinions? Leave a comment and let me know what you think she should act like your impute my play into the next chapter if you want. What do you think she would do for revenge? Make him read Hogwarts: A History for hours on end? Let me know and I'll even give a shout out if I choose to go with your idea!))