All I Want For Christmas

Disclaimer:: I don't own any of this, JKR has all claims to Harry Potter and it's characters, and I am unfortunately not getting paid; not that I write well enough to receive money for this story or any others I happen to write.
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Hermione found herself being shaken awake in the Gryffindor common room. She sat up quickly and stared into the blue-green eyes of Ronald Weasley. "Wha...time is it?" She asked stifling a yawn. He was staring at her as though he were extremely worried, "Ron, What is it? Are you okay?"
"I was going to ask you the same question, Mione. Me and Harry were worried sick when you didn't show up for Trans. and..."
"WHAT?? I missed Transfiguration? Oh no. Oh no! I've got to go apologize, I've got to get my assign.."
Ron put a hand over her mouth to stop her. "Mione, it's okay. We talked to McGonagall and she gave us a list of things due next class. She said," fighting over Hermione's muffled voice, "She said to just come in tomorrow around lunchtime." Hermione's eyes widened and he dropped his hand as she scraped her teeth across it.
"Ronald Weasley, you're lucky I didn't bite you! And I can't see her tomorrow! I've got to get ready for History of Magic!"
"Mione!...MIONE!, there's no classes tomorrow. It's the weekend. Everything's going to be okay. Now, can you just explain why you weren't in Trans?"
"Yeah, Hermione, that would be great to know seeing it was snape we last saw you with." Harry said stepping away from the wall he was leaning on and taking a seat next to her. Ron took a seat on the edge of the table and joined Harry in staring at Hermione, waiting for answers.
"Well...nothing happened really. He just wanted to give me a talking to about my notes and_did he even mention my potion_oh, well."
Harry's eyes widened, "I wonder if he remembers my detention." Then shrugs off the thought. "Look, can we just go down to dinner, we should have been down there ten minutes ago and I'm starving." Hermione and Ron nod and they stroll off to the Great Hall.
Once they have seated themselves and are as comfortable as possible on the wooden benches, Ron gives Hermione a quizzical look, "So, Mione, What you in for?"
Hermione lets out a sigh and looks away, "I have a detention tonight with Snape."
He gives her a shocked look, "you, with a detention? Honestly?"
"Yeah, apparently I, um, wrote something I wasn't supposed to on my notes."
"Like what?" The questioning look back on his face.
"Uh, nothing. God, I'm hungry, aren't you?" She reaches for food and starts dishing it out, careful to avoid Ron's gaze.
"No, really. Tell me, Please?" At that moment, Draco Malfoy sauntered into the Great Hall, a smile plastered to his face, walks to the Slytherin table, and sits down at the end. Both Crabbe and Goyle were in the hospital wing due to some idiotic move on their part, he didn't know what and didn't look as if he was concerned. It distracted Ron for a moment, but he immediately turned back to Hermione, "please tell me?"
Hermione, looking intently at her food, answers, "I don't know, I think he is just being stupid."
"Hermione, C'mon! Please?"
She turns red 'was it anger or blushing' and says, "it was nothing, don't worry about it."
"Please?" He asks again, begging with pleading blue eyes. "I'll keep buggin you all day. We all know I have the time. Please?"
She begins eating large amounts of food, trying to make it so she can't answer. "Oh come on Hermione!"
Hermione looks over to Harry, who stopped eating the moment Draco appeared and has only taken his eyes off him when he thinks someone is watching him, Harry. Harry, feeling that someone was watching him, turns and looks at Hermione, "what?"
"Well, I just was noticing that you're not eating and well...it's pretty obvious who you're staring at."
Harry blushes slightly and drops his voice so only she can hear, "well, every few minutes his little beady eyes dart over here and look at you and then he goes back to eating. It's just strange."
Ron appears over Hermione's shoulder, "are you telling him and not me? Why won't you tell me?"
"Ron, just eat!" Hermione says turning back to her food.
Ron grabs her plate and drink away, "Tell me," his light eyes flashing. He begins to pick off her plate.
She sighs and glares at him, "I guess I handed him the wrong paper when we turned in our homework, okay?"
"Well, what did you give him?" He asks eating more of her food.
"Well, nothing."
"Tell me...Please?" He takes a drink from her goblet.
"Ron, leave me alone!" He opens his mouth to egg her on and she adds quickly with a low malevolent voice, "I swear I'm going to feed you to Malfoy in a minute if you don't stop!!"
"Whoa! Ok, ok. I'll stop," in an undertone, "for now." He smirks at his own comment before giving her back her plate and goblet.
She nods, takes up another plate, and begins dishing out more food, "you can keep that plate, I've another."
"Thanks"
About halfway through the meal, as other Slytherins are starting to stare at him, Draco leans in and motions them all closer. He whispers something and the whole table erupts in stifled laughter. Ron looks over to the Slytherin table, "I wonder what they're laughing at."
"You," Hermione and Harry say together. They look at each other and smile.
"Oh, shut up, you guys!"
Hermione finishes eating and stands, "I'll talk to you guys later, okay?" She is waved off as the boys continue eating ravenously. She walks up to the Gryffindor common room and trys to read a book, hoping to take her mind off of her Potions Master and his rude manner, but she finds that she can't concentrate. She lays the book over her face and dreads what is coming. 'I can't believe I've a detention with Snape!' She feels the sofa she was laying on give a little bit as new wait was added to it and immediately knew who it was. She sits up and glares at him.
"So, will you tell me now? Please?"
Hermione turns red from embarrassment and anger and growls at Ron, "Why!?"
"Because I want to know."
"I swear you are SO nosy!"
"Yes I am, and proud of it, so tell me."
"Why can't you just go bug Harry or pick a fight with Draco? Why can't you just leave me alone!?" She starts crying, staring down at her hands.
"I almost did start something earlier...Don't cry! Please?"
Hermione leans over and puts her head on his shoulder, "I can't believe I have a detention." She continues crying and mumbling how much she hates Snape.
Ron gives a confused look, "shh, um, uh, are you okay?" Ron's thoughts are overcome with hopes of Harry showing up, 'he always knows what to do.'
She looks up and sees the confused look, "oh, just ignore me," wiping her eyes and leaning away from him. "I'll be fine," giving a weak smile.
"Are you sure? You don't wanna talk about it, do you?"
"No, I don't. Isn't it almost six?"
"Yeah, you better get going." She nods and walks off, wand in hand.