Chapter 5 - A Fight
Harry left and Hermione was left standing there, in shock again. He kissed me, she thought. She started to get dizzy. She managed to say the password that lead to the Head Common Room and stood near the fire, still in shock.
About five minutes later, Draco came into the Common Room whistling a Mary Poppins song. He saw Hermione by the fire. Thinking something was wrong, he ran towards her.
"Hermione what's the matter? Did something happen to Mother?" he asked as a lump the size of Britain caught in his throat. She shook her head. He sighed in relief, but didn't give up.
He led her to the couch and sat her down gently. After a very long minute, Hermione finally spoke.
"He kissed me!" she said, still in shock.
"What? Who kissed you?" he asked puzzled.
"Harry. He kissed me," She said
"What's the big deal..." It suddenly dawned on him. "Did that bastard get fresh with you? Hermione, if he hurt you I swear…" Even he got thrown in Azkaban, he would kill Potter.
"No, you prat! I wanted him to kiss me!" she said as Draco sighed.
"So what's the big deal?" he asked again, this time a tad bit uncomfortable. He hated to talk about Hermione's love life.
"There's no problem, it's just that he kissed me!" she said.
"Maybe I should get Kristle and Blaise. They're better at girl talk than I am. I'll be right back!" he said and he left, still hearing her mumbling "he kissed me" over and over again.
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Harry went through the portrait hole. He saw Ron in the Common Room talking to Dean and Seamus. Harry walked up to them.
"Hi Dean, Hi Seamus," he said. He didn't even glance at Ron.
"Well I did it!" Harry exclaimed.
"Did what?" Dean asked confused that Harry didn't even say hi to Ron.
"I asked Hermione Malfoy to go to Hogsmeade with me!" he said excitedly.
"You did what?!" they all said at the same time.
"Are you mad? She's Draco Malfoy's twin sister. Slytherin - remember?" Dean asked.
"Yeah so, what's the problem?" Harry asked, getting irritated.
"She's Slytherin and a ..." Seamus would have said "bitch" but he didn't want to go to the hospital wing on account of Harry.
"Don't call her that! You guys don't even know her!" he said furiously.
"We don't have to know her. We already know her by the way she acts. She always insults people and always brags about what her dad or mum bought her, just like Draco. They are definitely related. And the way she treats her boyfriends..." In all actuality, Harry had heard of the awful things she'd done to her boyfriends. But those were just rumors...
"Shut up, all of you! I may not know her that well but I have talked to her and she is a really nice, sweet and funny person. You guys don't know her at all," he said in frustration
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Draco went into the Slytherin Common Room and waited for Kristle and Blaise to come back from their shifts. About 10 minutes later they came in laughing about something they did to a Third Year Hufflepuff.
"Hey sexy," they said at the same time.
"How are my favorite bitches? I was wondering if you could go and talk to Hermione."
"Why, what happened?" Blaise asked in concern.
"I don't know, but when I found her, she was staring at the fire. She wasn't better off when I sat her down. It has something to do with Potter…"
"Of course we'll talk to her. What are we waiting for?" said Kristle.
"Hey, were is Jacqui?" Draco asked
"Oh, she's with Tom. I think she is going to break up with him tonight!" Blaise said.
"I'm going to have a chat with Mr. Fallon. The portrait hole is right there. The password is Poppins. Tell me what happens." And with that, Draco left.
Blaise said in a dreamy tone, "Isn't he a sweetheart?"
As Blaise and Kristle entered the room, they found Hermione in the same position as Draco described.
"Hermione? Hun, are you okay?" Blaise asked, looking at Kristle.
"He kissed me…" she said, still with a dazed look. Blaise and Kristle looked at each other with a confused _expression. Didn't she want Potter?
"Sweet Merlin, she's in shock," Kristle said, "Are you okay?"
"He asked me to Hogsmeade."
"Well what did you say?" Hermione seemed to snap out of it and put on a worried face.
"I said yes of course, but I don't know what Draco is going to say about it. I mean, he really doesn't like Harry or his friends."
"Just tell him, he'll understand," Blaise said while kneeling down in front of Hermione.
"Yeah I guess..." she suddenly stood up knocking Blaise on her bottom.
"I don't have any thing to fucking wear!" She said in a frustrated tone.
"Now that's a load of crap Hermione. You practically own a shopping mall full of clothes. Just tell you your mum to buy you a new outfit and she'll just send it to you. She has really good taste," said Blaise, standing up.
"Well that's true. Okay I will owl her tomorrow," said Hermione with resolution. They sat down in front of the fire and Hermione summoned her nail polish.
"So Blaise, still interested in Draco?" Hermione asked amused.
"Blaise, you have a crush on Teddy?" Kristle said in shock.
"Teddy? Who's teddy?" Blaise asked
"When I was growing up with Draco and Hermione, their mum used to call Draco Teddy. So I have been calling him that ever since."
"Really? Hermione, you never told me!" Blaise said.
"I guess I forgot. I mean Draco only lets Kristle and Jacqui call him that. Mind you, he hates it as fuck. So are you still interested? Because I was wondering if you and Draco would be interested on double dating with Harry and I," She said.
"I would love that, but how do you know Draco would want to go with me?" Blaise asked sadly.
"Trust me. He's had a crush on you for the longest time. I never told you because I never thought you were interested in him. He accidentally let it out while we were watching The Fox and the Hound. He was bawling like a baby and while I was calming him down he let it slip." Blaise and Kristle looked at each other and started laughing hysterically. Hermione joined in and soon they were all clutching their sides.
About a minute later Draco came in. The girls stopped laughing and just stared at him.
"What, do I have something on my face?" he said while wiping his cheek. They all looked at each and started laughing. After the laughing subsided, Hermione decided to tell Draco about her date.
"Draco, Harry asked me to go to Hogsmeade with him and I accepted," she said with authority.
"Why are you going on a date with scarhead?" he asked in anger. He knew that Hermione liked Potter and Potter probably liked his sister as well but...his protective side always came in unexpected.
"Don't call him that," she said angrily
"Fine, but do you even know him at all? What if he gets fresh with you?" Draco asked as he narrowed his eyes. Hermione rolled her eyes. He's always like this, she thought.
"I'll be fine and anyway, that's why we're going out; so we could get to know each other better."
"Well I still don't trust him…"
"Don't you trust me?" She pouted and put on her 'aren't-I cute-do-what-I-want face'. His face softened.
"Fine, but just so you know, I don't like it." Her face lit up and Draco couldn't help but smile a little at her face.
He gave Hermione a hug and kissed her forehead. He whispered in her ear,
"Love ya sis."
"Love you too, and thank you." They gave each other a warm smile and Draco put on his signature smirk.
"Goodnight girls!"
"Goodnight Teddy!" they all said at once and began to laugh.
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Harry woke up extra early. He wanted to walk Hermione to breakfast. He took a quick shower, got dressed, packed up all his school stuff and headed down the Common Room. He saw Ron sitting on the biggest couch. Harry ignored him and walked passed him.
"Hey Harry. Can I talk to you?" Ron asked.
"Make it fast; I'm going to catch Hermione before she gets to the Great Hall."
"I can't believe you're still going out with her, despite what everyone said," Ron said incredulously..
"Ron, if you're going to insult her, I'm going to leave," Harry said getting irritated.
"Look Harry, I just wanted to tell you that you're making the wrong choice. The Malfoy family is full of dark wizards and they'll get you sooner or later if you continue seeing her."
"You're wrong Ron. I don't even know why I'm listening to you. I thought you were my best mate; you're supposed to be happy for me and instead you're telling me the girl I like is just using me? Just consider us ex-best mates," Harry said.
"Well fine, I was only trying to help, but go and be with your Slytherin slut. I hope you are happy together," Ron said vehemently.
Harry ran up and punched Ron's nose and kicked him in the stomach. Ron managed to punch Harry in the lip but Harry was stronger than him and punched him one last time. He got up and told him,
"Don't you dare call her a slut again," while wiping the blood from his lip.
He left the common room and went for Hermione
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Harry waited for Hermione for about fifteen minutes. When Hermione saw him, she ran up to him and gave him a hug which he gladly accepted. She stepped out of the warmth of his embrace and noticed the cut on his lip.
"Harry, what happened?" she asked concerned. She took out a handkerchief and started to wipe the still bleeding cut.
"Ron and I got in a fight this morning," he said calmly, despite the tingle that he felt from Hermione's hand on his face.
She scoffed, "That git. What did you fight about?" Harry was a bit perturbed by this, but ignored it because right now Ron was acting a git.
"He called you a slut."
"He what?" She immediately stopped and planned on how to make Weasley's life hell.
"I didn't like the way he was talking about you so I punched him. We are no longer friends."
"Oh Harry I am so sorry. Thanks for defending me like that. It was so sweet of you."
"I would never let anybody insult the girl I like or any girl at that," He stated nobly.
"So you like me?" she asked sweetly.
"Well yeah," he said while rubbing the back of his neck. She moved a lock of his hair away from his forehead and their eyes met.
"Hey Harry, do you want to sit with me at the Slytherin table today?" she asked hopefully.
"Won't I get in trouble for that?" he asked with disbelief. Him, sit at the Slytherin table?
"I'm Head Girl, and besides...they don't dare take Hermione Malfoy on!" she added with a wink. He took one look at Hermione and his heart melted.
"Well okay," he said with a smile that made her knees go weak. As they walked towards the door, Hermione grabbed his wrist and turned him towards her.
"Harry I just want to warn you that Draco is going to be observing you so make sure you are a gentleman to me. Also he is going to ask you a lot of questions. So don't get frightened."
Harry snorted, "Frightened? Please, that prat doesn't scare me," he said with contempt.
Hermione narrowed her eyes to dangerous slits, and for the first time, Harry was frightened of a girl.
"The only prat here is you, Harry Potter." She whipped her hair in his face and stormed away from him. Harry stood there with his mouth wide open. Did that just happen? He raced towards her and jumped in front of her path.
"Get away from me asshole!" She said in deadly calm whisper. Harry was taken back.
"Asshole?" Harry asked angrily.
"You heard me!" Hermione shouted.
"Hermione, I just ended my friendship with my best mate defending you and now you are calling me an asshole because I called you brother a prat?"
"Harry, when you insult my family, you insult me!"
"I'm just speaking the truth! Everyone's right; you Malfoys are conceited. I'm not afraid of your tough guy brother. He is the asshole, Hermione, not me. Besides, I've heard about the awful things you do to your many boyfriends. I should have listened to Ron and the others. Maybe you are a..." He didn't have a chance to finish what he had to say because Hermione raised her hand and slapped him with intensity that Harry didn't know Hermione possessed.
"How dare you...you don't have a right...you have no fucking idea what I've been though, what we've been though. You have no fucking idea who I am!" Hermione shouted as her eyes started to tear up.
"I was wrong about you Potter. You are an asshole just like the others, and I won't be associated with you anymore. You will regret the day you ever crossed paths with a Malfoy," Hermione said in a superior tone that was etched in cruelty.
She held her head up high, flipped her hair in his face once again (just like she did with Ron) and headed towards the entrance to the Great Hall.
"Don't even think I'll show up for our date Potter!" Her voice quivered as she raced away from Harry.
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Hermione ran through the corridors bumping into people, desperately wanting to go to the girl's lavatory to cry her eyes out. When she got there, she looked at herself in the mirror and slumped down the wall and starting crying.
"Why was Harry being so mean? I thought he liked me?" she kept saying to herself.
How could he say that about Draco? No one knows Draco like I do. He's really sweet and loving. How could he say that about me? Oh Gods! Is that how he sees me...a...no Hermione. Don't let him win. You have never been sorry for what you've done.
What did I see in that prick anyways, she thought as she angrily wiped away her tears.
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Harry just stood there in shock.
"How could I be so stupid?" He asked himself as he headed to the Great Hall,
"I just ruined something that could have been something really great."
Harry hung his head. "I am an asshole. Did I call her conceited? Did I almost call her a ...?" He banged his head with the palm of his hand.
"You lost her you great dope," he mumbled to himself.
As Harry sat down beside Ron, he couldn't help but beat himself up. How could he get mad at Ron when he did the exact same thing? He almost called Hermione a...the thought made him nauseous. He was disgusted with himself. He laid his head on the table and the talking between Ron, Dean, and Seamus stopped. Ron shrugged and continued to talk, but he made a mental note to find out later.
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Hermione looked at her watch. Thirty minutes left for breakfast, she thought. Her stomach grumbled and she got out of the stall and headed towards the sinks.
Hermione looked at her puffy red eyes in her mirror. She grimaced and turned the knob. She rinsed her face, dried it and added fresh new makeup. She took one last look in the mirror and walked out satisfied. She paused at the door of the Hall, took a deep breath and opened the door. As she walked by the Gryffindor table, she saw Harry eating and he looked at her. She turned her nose up at him and proceeded her way to the Slytherin table.
"There she is," Kristle said to Draco. Hermione plopped down in her seat and started serving herself.
"Sorry that I'm so late," Hermione said while picking up some toast.
"Late? We only have 20 minutes left for breakfast. Where were you anyways?" Draco asked curiously.
"Hey Draco!" Some Slytherin girl called his name.
Draco looked over and said,
"Excuse me girls, I have business to attend too. I'll see you in class. Hermione, we can talk later." He quickly got up when she nodded and ran to the girls. Blaise looked at the girls with jealousy in her eyes, but she turned to her friend.
"Hermione are you okay? Where were you? Does it have something to do with Potter?"
"I'm not wasting anymore time with that son-of-a-bitch. Don't know why I even liked that prick to begin with," she hissed.
The girls just looked at each other. Was this the same Hermione that just morning was going on about 'how wonderful Harry is' 'how sweet Harry is', and 'how hot Harry is?'
"What happened?" Kristle asked concerned.
"Well, he met me at the front of the Slytherin common room and we started talking about the fight he got into this morning with Weasley."
Kristle snickered. "Didn't know he had it in him to beat up his best mate."
"Weasley called me a slut."
"HE WHAT!" shouted Blaise
"Anyways, we were on our way to the Great Hall when I started warning him that Draco will be observing him and asking a lot of questions. He called Draco a prat. I started yelling at him and saying he shouldn't be calling Draco names. He called Draco and asshole. Then we got in this huge argument and I got so mad, I slapped him and I told him that the date was off! Do you know what that asshole called me? He called me slut. That little shit," she huffed. Everyone including Hermione turned towards the Gryffindor table. Harry was laughing weakly at a joke Ginny said when he looked at the Slytherin table. The girls gave him a disgusted look and went back to their breakfast. Harry took another gulp of his pumpkin juice.
Blaise decided to be the reasonable one. "Hermione, you know that you call Draco worse names." Even though she hated Potter for what he did, she could see that Hermione was in love with the guy.
"Yeah, so what? He got in a fight with Ron about making fun of Hermione and he does the same thing. I should have punched that slimy git right in the face," Jacqui said as Hermione nodded in agreement.
"You know you're ultra sensitive with Draco. And with the whole slut thing...maybe he didn't mean it," Blaise explained gently, still unsure of herself.
"Maybe, but that doesn't excuse him from calling me a slut! And why did he break our date?" Hermione asked still standing by her decision.
"Um… honey, he didn't break off the date. You did," Kristle said while winking as Jason at the other end to the table who winked in return.
"You both need to relax and sort out your differences. You know, let all the negative energy out."
"Great Gods Kristle, you're starting to sound like Trelawney." Jacqui smirked as she dodged a playful punch from her sister.
"Sweet Merlin, how could I be so stupid?" Hermione said as she hit her head on the table, finally realizing that she made a mistake.
"Well what do I do now?"
"Well it's obvious isn't it? Just go and explain the situation. You still want to go out with him don't you?" Blaise asked with a smile.
"Of course I do!" she shouted
"Well, why won't you talk to him today while you do rounds?"
"Okay I will, but it's not customary for a Malfoy to beg. Maybe I should wait till he comes around," Hermione said in an arrogant voice.
"You and your fucking Malfoy cockiness," Kristle shouted in good humor.
"I told Harry never to cross paths with a Malfoy. You all know I never break a promise. I'll just let him suffer." The girls all grinned maliciously. Hermione looked at her watch.
"We don't want to be late for our first class," Hermione said as everyone groaned. Trust Hermione to always think about class even when something important just happened.
"Hey Hermione, did Draco really cry in the Fox and the Hound?" Blaise asked.
"Yeah he did!" Hermione started laughing and it made her feel a lot better.
Harry saw Hermione laughing with her friends.
"How could she be laughing after what had happened? They're laughing on how fucking stupid I was," he said to himself.
Harry couldn't see Hermione smile anymore. It broke his heart when he could see how happy she was without him. The awful words he said to her came flooding back to his mind.
-You Malfoys are so conceited
-I've heard about the awful things you do to your many boyfriends.
-Maybe you are a...
Tears started coming down his face and he got up quickly and ran out of the Great Hall. Hermione saw Harry run right pass her. She could see that something wasn't right. She had to go after him, but she never broke a promise. Damn her Malfoy pride!
"Um… guys I'll meet you at potions later okay?"
"Um…okay," said Blaise. Kristle and Jacqui were too busy "flirting" with two Hufflepuffs. Blaise had to laugh when the twins lead them on. She saw Kristle lightly finger the littlest boy's robe. Jacqui whispered in both their ears and the sisters started laughing. Blaise could hear the boys' conversations as they passed by her.
"I can't believe you said that."
"Who fucking cares! One of the Untouchables touched my robe. I'm never gonna wash my robe again!"
"Hey where's Hermione going?" Kristle asked as she walked towards Blaise. She could see Hermione's robe billowing behind her.
"I think she's going to find Potter. Where Jacqui?" Blaise asked looking around. Kristle just rolled her eyes.
"She went to the broom closet with Jacob McNair."
"Typical," Blaise said as she and Kristle headed off to their first class with their favorite teacher, Snape.