"Damn it Parvati where the hell is my jacket?"
Parvati looked up from her homework. "How should I know you wore it last night. Or did you?" Parvati looked at Lavender and they both started giggling.
Hermione threw one of her deathly stares at Parvati but she didn't care. She was too used to them.
"I mean it Parvati. I thought I saw you parading around with my jacket, which, by the way, cost 15 galleons."
Parvati laughed. "Don't worry. I'm sure Terry wont mind if you're wearing one less piece of clothing."
"What are you talking about? It's fucking freezing outside!!"
Lavender and Parvati looked at each other again, then burst into giggles. Whenever Hermione was mad and raised her voice, it always cracked.
Lavender calmed down and said, "Don't worry it's not that cold."
It was two months later, and Harry and Ginny were "officially" a couple. It made her sick.
The day after Hermione acted like usual, laughing, whatever. But whenever she saw Harry and Ginny kiss or something, she felt sick. She had to do something. Fuck.
So that Tuesday after they became "official" when she went to the library and she saw Terry Boot sitting at a table reading. She thought nothing of it. When they started talking about Arithmancy, she thought, hey, this guy's pretty nice. When he asked her out, she thought, no. But "sure" came out of her mouth before she knew what she was doing.
Yep, she, Hermione Granger and Terry Boot were "officially" a couple.
At first she thought, I'll just go out with him, and maybe I'll just forget about Harry. I mean, it's not like he'll ever notice me now. He's got Ginny with him, the lucky bitch.
Hermione should've hated Ginny, but she didn't. She hated herself. She hated how she never told Harry how she felt and now he was taken. She hated how she used her feelings for Harry and projected them for Terry. She hated how she was using Terry to get over Harry.
And she hated how she agreed to sleep with Terry.
It was a mistake. That's how she thought of it the first time it happened. She was sad about Harry and just thought, maybe if I sleep with Terry, I'll be okay. I'll forget about him.
It didn't work.
So she slept with him again. And every time she did, so just thought about Harry and felt disgusted with herself.
"Hermione, why the hell are you going out with Terry?" Hermione stopped looking for her jacket and looked at Parvati. "What?" Parvati sat up. "I mean it. I mean, you're gorgeous enough to be going out with anyone."
And that she was. Hermione was no longer the skinny girl with buck teeth and bushy flyaway hair. I guess puberty is a blessing, she thought. Her hair had somehow become manageable and ended just below her shoulders in soft curls. Her teeth were straight and white, and she had a figure that most boys in Hogwarts fantasized every time they hopped in the shower. She was also rather pretty, she thought, but she didn't say it too much, some people would think she was being cocky. Parvati was still talking.
"Why are you going out with him?"
Hermione sighed and bent down. "Terry's pretty hot, that's why."
"Yeah, but you know how he is. After he fucks, he leaves the duck." Hermione looked up.
"What the hell is a duck?"
"I don't know. It rhymes. A duck is a girl, cause, you know, we're always quacking."
Hermione stared at Parvati. "Shut up."
Parvati laughed.
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"Hey baby. Don't you look beautiful."
Hermione smiled at Terry. "Don't I always baby?" She kissed Terry. Terry looked her up and down. "Hey where's you jacket?"
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Terry and Hermione walked slowly to Hogsmede. It was a nice night, the sky was clear and the stars were shining brightly. Hermione looked up and thought, Star light, star bright, I wish upon the star tonight. She smiled. Terry, thinking she was smiling at him, said, "I hope you don't mind baby, but I'm not feeling too hot. Let's just get some butterbeer or something and how bout we get back to the castle and...you know," he winked.
Hermione bristled, but smiled and said, "Sure baby."
Terry laughed and picked her up. "Then how bout we skip this whole date sweetheart?"
Hermione laughed and wrapped her legs around him. "Sure baby, sure."
A/N: I know!!! What is Hermione DOING! Don't worry y'all, it'll be a long, slow and painful process, but I promise, this is PORTKEY!!!