Disclaimer: Their mine!!!!!!! I would be saying that if I were JKR. Unfortunately I'm not... *Author walks away crying*
Recap:
She'll never get a boyfriend that way, will she mate?"
"Erm…right. Never get a boyfriend that way…" She got me when during her summer schedule.
Chapter 10: What a Start!!!
It was September 1 and the trio was getting ready to board the Hogwarts express.
"Ron! Don't forget to keep up with Ginny!" Mrs. Weasley yelled as they boarded the train.
This was the thirty-third time she said that today. Hermione had been keeping count. The last week of the summer went on pretty good. There were only two fights a day between Ron and Hermione. The only Weasley girl had a crush on The-Boy-Who-Lived. Hermione figured it out by the third day.
**Flashback**
"Well if it isn't Percy"
"The purse boy"
An irritated Percy turned around and said "For the last time, it is a man bag."
Harry smiled down at the three brothers, from the window he was looking out of.
He and Hermione just had a little 'study time' in Ron's room." It wasn't hard to keep Ron away when they told him they were preparing for the next term.
Ron left mumbling something that sounded like 'school is for studying, not the summer'.
Hermione looked out the window disapprovingly, "I don't know why they tease him the way they do. Percy is a very studious and hardworking person"
"Oh come on Hermione he's a pansy."
"Is that what you think about hard workers? What can make you think he is a 'pansy' or whatever you called him"
As if on cue Percy yelled "MUUUMMMM! Fred and George are messing with my purse again!!!!"
"Well did you hear that George!?"
"Yeah I did Fred"
"We thought it was a man bag"
Harry laughed and even Hermione couldn't stop the smile forming on her lips.
"Okay so maybe he is a bit…whiny?"
"Wimpy, pansy, scared, annoying."
"Whatever. It still doesn't give them the right to pick on him that way. One day he will turn on them when they need him the most. It's on the news and TV shows all the time."
Harry looked at Hermione and said "You're pretty when you're in your lecture mode" They were centimeters away from a kiss when the door burst open.
"Harry do you want to play ch… What were you two doing?"
Ginny Weasley burst in on an obvious almost kiss. She wasn't as oblivious as Ron. She may have been eleven but she knew a kissy face blush when she saw one. She narrowed her eyes and waited for them to answer.
Harry looked panicked, "Er… you see, erm."
"Harry and I were just finishing our study session and we were watching Fred and George tease Percy." Nice save Hermione.
"Why did you need to be at the same window to do that? And why did you jump away from each other when I came in?" Why is she only looking at Hermione like it's a duel?
Hermione had a look of realization and then she looked just as challenging as Ginny did "We were both at one window because we wanted to be there and we jumped because you burst in."
Ginny looked at Hermione once again and left the room.
"What was all of that?" Asked a very confused Harry.
Hermione picked up her books and said "Nothing, just a little girl talk" and she walked out the room.
I didn't hear any girl talk. Maybe Ron was right. Girls are weird.
***/
Later that night Harry was in the room he shared with Ron. Ron was fast asleep and Harry was trying but the other boy slept like a chainsaw.
Somehow over the motor going in the room Harry heard a light tapping at the door. He answered it and in came Hermione. She looked upset and she walked over to sit on his bed. He walked over and sat beside her.
She was mad alright. "Ugh. Does he always snore like that?"
Harry raised an eyebrow, "Hermione, I don't think you came here to talk about Ron's snoring"
"You're right. I lied about Ginny's girl talk this morning. I knew she was challenging me about you and me this morning, but I wasn't sure. She confirmed my suspicions tonight. I went into our room and she was sitting in her bed. She apologized for how she treated me earlier"
Harry smiled and said "See? There is no need to be mad; she apologized" Hermione gave him a look. "Oh, I guess there's more to it?"
She nodded and continued, "She said she was sorry for being so snappy but she's had a crush on you since she was four years old! Who gets crushes that early?"
Harry looked shocked. Four?! Who would even teach their children about crushes while they are four.
"Anyway, she asked me to back off. She can tell I like you but she thought you may like her better because you played chess with her before..."
Harry cut in "What? It was only one game and she beat me senseless."
"I know but she has a crush Harry. You could slap her and she'd think it was a love tap. That's just the way it is. She said that if I were to take you from her she would never forgive us. That doesn't bother me. But she is" she looked at Ron to make sure he was still asleep. When his roar of thunder erupted she whispered "She is going after my boyfriend. I feel so selfish because I knew you were going through this with Ron and I said we should stick to the plan. Now that it's me, I want to tell that we are together. Does that make me a bad person?"
Harry put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer "Of course it doesn't Hermione. I almost hit my friend yesterday because he was making goo goo eyes at you at lunch. We chose to keep it secret and we have to deal with it. It's natural to be jealous and mad. It doesn't make you a bad person. You are a great person"
**End Flashback**
"Guys here is an empty one" Ron showed the way to the compartment he found.
Ginny had gone off with one of her friends that lived in the village close by. Luna was a nice girl; weird but nice.
They put away their things and sat down for the long train ride. Hermione was nervous. She had been going on for the last hour about how no one will like her and how she will be an oddball. At least she was until Ron got tired of it and said "Will. You. Shut. Up!? No one cares. You're just another student a Hogwarts!!"
Harry was hoping he would have said it nicer but it was sort of true. After about two weeks no one will really care; she'll be just another student at Hogwarts.
Harry zoned out while Ron and Hermione got into another argument. The compartment door slid open and in walked in the one git he hoped he wouldn't see today.
"Well it isn't the weasel and scar head. Oh and what's this? A new girl." Draco Malfoy looked at his two croons Crabbe and Goyle and they all smirked "You may want to stay away from these two losers. We are a part of the better half of this school. Not some half breed and a mudblood lover. What do you say?"
Harry looked confused. What is a mudblood?
Ron was fuming and said "Watch you mouth Malfoy. She is a muggle born and we'd appreciate if you leave."
Draco smirked, "Oh never mind my offer, you ugly little mudblood"
Hermione looked close to tears. Ron jumped up and shoved Malfoy into his two fat boys and they fell to the floor. He shut the door and locked it.
Hermione looked at Ron and gave a small smile.
What the hell is going on? And why is she smiling at him!? OK calm yourself. There is something you must be missing Harry. Oh bugger off!
"What is going on!?" he yelled. Hermione snapped her attention to Harry and she immediately knew why she was mad.
"Oh that right mate you don't know about that word. He called her a …a mudbl…you know. That's really bad here mate. Purebloods call muggle-borns that as a way to discrimina..erm put them down. It's a really foul word Harry."
"Harry understood why Ron was mad but he wasn't exactly easy on Hermione getting all light eyed at Ron, but he got over it just as quick as it started.
**Later after the sorting and stuff because I can't write a good song**
Harry suspicions were confirmed at dinner when everyone wondered who Hermione was for a little while. But by the end of dinner everyone knew she was a muggle born that was friends with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.
Hermione seemed irritated by the gossiping girls she would be sharing a dorm with, but she wasn't going to turn down any friendship this early in the year. So she headed up to bed early with the rest of t he girls.
Harry was currently losing in a game of chess when Ron spoke "You know Harry. Things are really looking up for me"
Harry was half paying attention to what was being said, he was losing too bad. "How so Ron?"
"I stood up for her. Did you see the way she looked at me? I was wrong all along. She want a boyfriend who would be there for her. Not some bad boy"
Harry was staring at Ron letting his words sink in.
Then Ron let out a laugh "It's a good thing you sat there Harry. She may have started to like you instead of me. Check mate. Well that's enough winning for me tonight. I'm going to bed. You coming up Harry?"
Harry was lost in thought "I'll be up later". Ron left to the boy dorms.
Oh no. I messed up. I sat there and did nothing while Malfoy teased her. She is going to hate me. I got to see her.
Harry ran to the girl's dorm only to slide down the stairs when he got halfway up. The girls ran to the stairs to find him folded between the floor and the first step.
Hermione ran down while the other girls went back inside their room laughing at the crumbled Harry on the floor.
"Harry, what did you think you were doing?" She grabbed his hand and helped him up.
"I had to speak with you…Can we sit on the sofa?" He led her to the couch in front of the fireplace and asked "Are you mad at me?"
"What!? No I'm not Harry what would make you think that?"
"Well I noticed how you looked at Ron on the train when he stood up for you. I thought maybe you were mad at me for not beating the pulp out of Malfoy"
Hermione smiled and put her hand on his shoulder, while the other went to hand. "Harry I am not mad at you. I know you didn't know what a … mudblood was. It was something I read about in Hogwarts: A History. I know you fall asleep whenever I try to get you to read it." Then she giggled and added "If you had taken my advice and read the book, you know that the girls' dorm is prohibited from all boys."
Harry blushed, "But why were you so happy with Ron?"
"Harry that was the first thing he actually did nice for me. He is a friend even if I can't stand him, and he proved it today. I was happy he did it as a natural reaction as a friend."
Harry looked ashamed "I'm sorry I got jealous"
"You are the one that told me that a little jealousy is natural."
"Now Ron thinks you may like him because of the beautiful smile you gave him"
Harry could barley see the rosy ness in her cheeks. "Well we can deal with him later though. I'm more concerned about Ginny though. She's a girl on a mission"
"Hermione. No need to worry I'm with you." He gave her a peck on the lips and walked her to the steps. He was more than careful not to touch them though.
"Goodnight Hermione"
"Goodnight Harry"
When he saw her go into her room he went to his dorm and fell fast asleep.