Intuition, Chapter 13
Ron and Lavender were still kissing in the common room. They had no idea how long they had been entertained with each other. But they didn't care. All they cared about was the soft touch of their lips against each other and most importantly, how it made them feel. Lavender's mind was telling her to stop it but she just couldn't get herself to do so. 'Get a grip Lavender! This isn't real! How could it be after he broke up with you and kissed another girl?'
Lavender suddenly let go gasping for air. "We can't be doing this." She said before running up to the girls' dormitory.
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"Good morning Mione how did you sleep?" Asked Harry as Hermione and him walked to breakfast.
"I felt lonely but good." She said with a smirk.
Harry laughed. "I get the point, Hermione. But I actually needed to ask you a question."
"All right shoot Harry, what is it?"
"Well what should we do about Malfoy?"
"Well I think that we should wait until he does something again. Tries something should be said, considering we are talking about Draco Malfoy here."
Harry nodded and kissed his girlfriend before entering the Great Hall.
"Hey Lav, Seamus." Said Harry taking a seat beside the two.
"Hey." Said Hermione taking a seat beside Harry. "Have you guys seen Ron? We haven't seen him all morning."
"Nope." Said Seamus. "But I did talk to him before going down this morning. He was in bed and seemed really depressed about something. He wouldn't mention it and just went back to sulking."
Lavender looked at her plate and felt the tears well up in her eyes. "I'm sorry if you guys would excuse me." She said before running off to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.
"Wonder what's wrong with her." Said Harry before taking a bite of his toast. Hermione nodded sadly. 'I'll talk to her later.' She thought to herself before she turned her attention back to Harry.
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Transfiguration had come up and all the students were taking their appropriate seats. Unfortunately for Hermione, she sat beside Malfoy in that class and felt really uncomfortable with that.
"Hermione…" Started Malfoy.
"What?" She spat back.
"You mad at me for causing problems between Potter and you?" He asked.
"First off his name is Harry and secondly yes! How could you have caused all that tension? But then again…it brought us closer…really closer." Said Hermione remembering that beautiful night.
Draco was listening to what Hermione said and noticing the silence in the room. "YOU SLEPT WITH HIM?!" He yelled as he heard what Mione had just said. Mione nodded a little quickly and Malfoy turned even redder, knowing it was true.
Professor McGonagall angry and embarrassed stood up and went directly over to where Hermione and Draco were sitting. "Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy, would you perhaps want to continue your little conversation after class? In detention perhaps?"
Hermione and Draco looked at McGonagall. "Detention for both of you. You'll both be cleaning Pr. Snape's cauldrons for his next class. I expect you to be there at 5:30 pm and you'll only leave when you finish." And with that McGonagall was off. Leaving a startled Hermione an angry Harry and a happy Draco.
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Harry quickly took Hermione's hand at the end of class and led her to an empty corridor.
"You told him?!" Asked Harry abruptly.
"No…well…yes…I don't know!" Whined Hermione. What was she supposed to say?
"What do you mean you don't know? I'll ask you again Hermione. Did you or did you not tell Malfoy we slept together?"
Hermione was in a terrible situation. She wanted to tell him that yes she told Draco, which she did, but if Harry knew she told Draco he would be upset with her. And if she didn't tell the truth she had the chance to get away with it or break Harry's trust.
Hermione decided to take that chance. "No. I didn't tell Malfoy we slept together. He, he must have figured it out on his own." She lied quickly.
Harry smiled. "I bet it's because you've been acting so happy lately."
Hermione laughed nervously before leaving to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.
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"Lavender you in here?" Asked Hermione gently.
Mione heard some sobs coming from a stall and saw Lavender's feet. "Hunny you missed all transfiguration. Come out and tell me what's wrong."
Lavender slowly walked out of the stall. Her eyes were all red and puffy and she looked so miserable.
"Oh Lav!" Said Hermione, hugging her bestfriend.
"Tell me what happened." She added. Sitting Lavender down beside her.
"Last night…Ron and I kissed. I mean really kissed. It was incredible. And I felt so happy but I got scared and realized we had broken up and I…I told him that we shouldn't be doing this and then I ran away! I feel so awful!"
"Why were you scared Lav?" Asked Hermione.
"That's the problem I don't know." Lavender said sadly.
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Hermione entered the potion's room and noticed that Draco was all ready there cleaning some of the potions. He smiled as she approached him.
"Draco." She said coldly before taking a cauldron and a piece of cloth.
"Come on Hermione. You don't have to act so cold around me right now. Don't you notice? Weasley and Potter aren't here."
"I'm cold to you even when they're not here Malfoy. Get over yourself."
After twenty consecutive minutes in silence, Draco started speaking again.
"So you really had sex with Potter didn't you?" He asked.
"Yes I did. I thought we all ready covered that." Said Hermione annoyed.
"How was it?" He asked.
"None of your business!" She exclaimed.
"Come on Hermione. I'm a guy. You can tell me this stuff."
Malfoy approached Hermione and she started feeling uncomfortable. "Step away from me Malfoy." She warned him.
Malfoy just took a step closer and was now face to face with her.
"Or what?" He asked coolly.
"I'll hex you." Hermione said.
"How about we find out?" Malfoy said before kissing Hermione.
Hermione pushed him off. "Get off me you bloody git! I have a boyfriend that I love! I don't need you! Urgh!"
Malfoy simply laughed as he saw Hermione walk away.
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Hermione reached the common room where Harry was sitting alone.
"We need to talk Harry." Said Hermione taking a seat across from him.
"I think we do to." Said Harry.
"You go first." Said Hermione.
"No you." Insisted Harry.
"Ok. Don't freak ok? But I wasn't about to lie to you Harry. Umm…Draco kissed me."
"Did you stop it?" He asked.
"What do you think? Ofcourse I stopped it! Now what did you want to say Harry?"
"Remember how you just said 'I wasn't about to lie to you Harry.'?"
Hermione nodded. "Well you did Hermione. You told me that you didn't tell Malfoy about us when he perfectly knew didn't he? Because you told him!"
"How did you know?" Was all Hermione could manage.
"First off because I know when you're lying to me Hermione. I've known you for six years! And secondly because I saw you nod when Malfoy asked you if we slept together. Remember I sit at the table across from you? I'm just appalled at knowing that you lied to me. Why did you do it?" Asked Harry.
"Because I thought that you'd get mad! I mean I didn't mean to tell Malfoy but I was just so happy and I wanted to tell the whole world what I did with you that night! And I guess when Malfoy asked the question, I was relieved that I could tell someone else beside Lav or Ron."
Harry nodded. "Do you think that I don't want to tell the whole world? Believe me I do. But that would cause complications. But we have to honest with each other Hermione. Because that's how a relationship works. It's based on trust and honesty."
Hermione nodded. "I'm so sorry." She cried.
"Oh Hermione don't cry!" Harry said rushing over to his girlfriend's side.
"Do you know what this proves?" Asked Harry. Hermione simply shook her head.
"This proves that our relationship can solve any obstacle. After the doubts and the lies were still here, and together. That's what's important. And that's how I know that we'll manage through the tough parts of life."
"Really?" Asked Hermione.
"Really." Responded Harry before kissing her.
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Lavender walked into the Gryffindor common room. She had spent the whole afternoon walking around the school, desperately searching for the reason for why she was so afraid. 'I need some sleep.' She said to herself. Lavender lay herself down on the large couch of the common room and fell sound asleep.
Ron awoke to the sound of someone crying. He walked down to the common room and saw Lavender crying and moving violently on the couch.
"No! No! Please don't! No I don't love you please! Keith stop!" Lavender cried.
Ron was worried and decided to wake Lavender up.
Lavender woke up with a start and started crying on Ron's shoulder. He was holding her closely to him and caressing her back.
"Shhhh…it'll be ok now. I'm here." He reassured her.
"Explain to me what happened." He said.
Lavender sobbed. "Do you remember the night on the cruise when Harry got into trouble with Jeremy and had to be kept at the hospital over night? And you stayed with Hermione?"
Ron nodded. "Well…" Continued Lavender. "I was walking back to my cabin when Keith came up behind me and threatened me. I was trying to release myself from his grip…but…but he was too strong. And…he tried to…to…" Lavender cried even harder now. Ron felt all his anger rise up as he thought of Keith sexually abusing his girlfriend.
"Did he rape you?" Asked Ron looking in Lavender's eyes.
Lavender shook his head. "As he was struggling to get my clothes off I reached for my phone and I hit him off the head with it and he fell unconscious on the floor."
Lavender was startled. As she said that to Ron all her fears and embarrassments had been lifted from her spirits.
"Are you ok now?" Asked Ron concerned.
"This is the first time in months where I can officially say 'I'm Ok' and that's all thanks to you. Thank you." Said Lavender.
"Your welcome. But why Lav? Why didn't you tell me?" He asked.
"Because I was embarrassed, ashamed, scared, and most of all I was worried you wouldn't love me anymore."
Ron smiled at her. "That's impossible." He said before kissing her gently on the lips again.
"Here we are again. The same situation that we were in last night." Said Lavender.
"But this time I'm going to kiss you again. And if you don't respond to the kiss I'll understand and let you go. And if you do respond then that means you're as madly in love with me as I am with you. And all that fiasco with Josh and Susan is forgotten. Deal?" Asked Ron.
"Deal." Said Lavender.
Ron leaned in to kiss her and Lavender felt so glad to be back in his arms again. And this time she responded.
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