Arwen_elf
October 12th, 2003, 8:35 am
"Hermione!"
Hermione Granger turned around to see her two best friends, Ron Weasley and Harry Potter, running towards her.
"Hey Ron. Harry." She greeted them.
"Hey Hermione," Ron breathed.
"Did you guys sprint all the way to me?" Hermione asked. Her friends nodded in response. "Why?" she posed.
"Just catch up to you," Harry said, bending over, putting his hands on his knees.
"And to see.if we could ask you a question," Ron said, grabbing his side.
"You never had to ask me if you could ask me a question," Hermione said, looking at her friends. There was a pause. Hermione put her hands on her hips and cocked her head to the left and said, "Well, go on. Ask me."
Ron and Harry looked at each other. Hermione was getting impatient with them.
"Well." Ron began.
"We just wanted to know." Harry trailed off. He looked at Ron with a strange look.
".if it's it true that you and."
".if you and."
"Who?" Hermione demanded, tapping her foot. "Guys, I have to get to the book store to get my mom a present for her birthday.so hurry up with it."
"Okay," Harry said.
"We just wanted to know if it's true that you and." Ron began, but then stopped short, and shuttered a little.
"That you and *Malfoy* are.you know." Harry said.
"That Malfoy and I are what, Harry?" Hermione asked.
"They want to know if it's true that you and Malfoy are friends, Hermione," said a girl's voice behind her. Hermione turned around and saw Ginny Weasley, Ron's little sister.
"Oh? And why would you two care?" Hermione asked her two guy friends.
"Yeah, they are worried that Malfoy might try something on you. Or even worse, that you two might hook up."
"Ginny! Shut up!" Ron snapped at his sister.
"What? I'm just tellin' Hermione what you two said in the car. Really Hermione, they are quite pissed that you might even *consider* being with Malfoy," Ginny said, turning to her friend.
"Oh really," Hermione said, turning to her friends again. "Well, for your information, Malfoy and I are *just* friends.and only that. You two need to get that through your two *thick* skulls. He saved my life guys.I'm not gonna overlook him after he done that."
Her two friends gaped at her. Did they hear her right?
"But." Harry began.
"I don't wanna hear it Harry," Hermione said, putting her hand up to stop him. "Besides, you don't have to worry if Malfoy and I hook up, because it will never happen. Trust me on it. I'm too independent to have a boyfriend; you should know that, Ron."The train ride to Hogwarts was a little quiet, and a little tense. Hermione couldn't believe that Ron and Harry would think that she would ever fall for Draco. **Wait! Did I just say Draco? ** Hermione asked herself. **Maybe it just slipped.but I have been calling him Malfoy for the past five years. Even after he saved me from his insane-of-a-father! ** She shook her head and looked at her friends who were busy eating chocolate frogs and cauldron cakes. Ginny had fell asleep about ten minutes into the ride. Seamus, Dean, and Neville had stop by to have a chat, but left shortly after Ginny fell asleep. Everything had almost gotten back to normal, until *he* showed up.
"How was your summer, Potty and Weasel?" the silver-blonde said.
"You should be talking, Ferret-face," Ron said, calmly.
Hermione could see that he gotten a little pink in his cheeks. But it wasn't from embarrassment, but from anger than Ron wasn't yelling at him, as he usually does.
"What do you want Malfoy?" Harry said, without looking up.
Draco looked over at Hermione and said, "What's up with your friends? Are they fresh out of insults or are they trying to be nice and civil?"
Hermione looked down and said, "Oh, they just found out that we are friends. Kindda pissed off if you ask me. The can be a little immature, if I must say." Hermione gave the two boys that sat across from her, a dirty look.
"Wow. That must be first." Draco said. "Well, I better go and see if can find Goyle and Crabbe. I'll see you later, Hermione." He gave her a wink, and Harry and Ron looked at Draco then at Hermione. Draco left.
"What was that about?" Harry asked.
"Oh, nothing," Hermione said, turning away, feeling her cheeks grow warm.
**Oh boy, I don't like this feeling! ** Hermione said to her self.
Hermione Granger turned around to see her two best friends, Ron Weasley and Harry Potter, running towards her.
"Hey Ron. Harry." She greeted them.
"Hey Hermione," Ron breathed.
"Did you guys sprint all the way to me?" Hermione asked. Her friends nodded in response. "Why?" she posed.
"Just catch up to you," Harry said, bending over, putting his hands on his knees.
"And to see.if we could ask you a question," Ron said, grabbing his side.
"You never had to ask me if you could ask me a question," Hermione said, looking at her friends. There was a pause. Hermione put her hands on her hips and cocked her head to the left and said, "Well, go on. Ask me."
Ron and Harry looked at each other. Hermione was getting impatient with them.
"Well." Ron began.
"We just wanted to know." Harry trailed off. He looked at Ron with a strange look.
".if it's it true that you and."
".if you and."
"Who?" Hermione demanded, tapping her foot. "Guys, I have to get to the book store to get my mom a present for her birthday.so hurry up with it."
"Okay," Harry said.
"We just wanted to know if it's true that you and." Ron began, but then stopped short, and shuttered a little.
"That you and *Malfoy* are.you know." Harry said.
"That Malfoy and I are what, Harry?" Hermione asked.
"They want to know if it's true that you and Malfoy are friends, Hermione," said a girl's voice behind her. Hermione turned around and saw Ginny Weasley, Ron's little sister.
"Oh? And why would you two care?" Hermione asked her two guy friends.
"Yeah, they are worried that Malfoy might try something on you. Or even worse, that you two might hook up."
"Ginny! Shut up!" Ron snapped at his sister.
"What? I'm just tellin' Hermione what you two said in the car. Really Hermione, they are quite pissed that you might even *consider* being with Malfoy," Ginny said, turning to her friend.
"Oh really," Hermione said, turning to her friends again. "Well, for your information, Malfoy and I are *just* friends.and only that. You two need to get that through your two *thick* skulls. He saved my life guys.I'm not gonna overlook him after he done that."
Her two friends gaped at her. Did they hear her right?
"But." Harry began.
"I don't wanna hear it Harry," Hermione said, putting her hand up to stop him. "Besides, you don't have to worry if Malfoy and I hook up, because it will never happen. Trust me on it. I'm too independent to have a boyfriend; you should know that, Ron."The train ride to Hogwarts was a little quiet, and a little tense. Hermione couldn't believe that Ron and Harry would think that she would ever fall for Draco. **Wait! Did I just say Draco? ** Hermione asked herself. **Maybe it just slipped.but I have been calling him Malfoy for the past five years. Even after he saved me from his insane-of-a-father! ** She shook her head and looked at her friends who were busy eating chocolate frogs and cauldron cakes. Ginny had fell asleep about ten minutes into the ride. Seamus, Dean, and Neville had stop by to have a chat, but left shortly after Ginny fell asleep. Everything had almost gotten back to normal, until *he* showed up.
"How was your summer, Potty and Weasel?" the silver-blonde said.
"You should be talking, Ferret-face," Ron said, calmly.
Hermione could see that he gotten a little pink in his cheeks. But it wasn't from embarrassment, but from anger than Ron wasn't yelling at him, as he usually does.
"What do you want Malfoy?" Harry said, without looking up.
Draco looked over at Hermione and said, "What's up with your friends? Are they fresh out of insults or are they trying to be nice and civil?"
Hermione looked down and said, "Oh, they just found out that we are friends. Kindda pissed off if you ask me. The can be a little immature, if I must say." Hermione gave the two boys that sat across from her, a dirty look.
"Wow. That must be first." Draco said. "Well, I better go and see if can find Goyle and Crabbe. I'll see you later, Hermione." He gave her a wink, and Harry and Ron looked at Draco then at Hermione. Draco left.
"What was that about?" Harry asked.
"Oh, nothing," Hermione said, turning away, feeling her cheeks grow warm.
**Oh boy, I don't like this feeling! ** Hermione said to her self.