Together

Chapter 8



“Vait, Hermione!” the voice said.



Hermione turned around and was shocked to see Viktor Krum standing behind her.



“ Viktor! What are you doing here? How have you been?” She asked.



“Vell, I’m fine thank you, and I am the new student teacher for the flying lessons and DADA classes! How are you Hermione?”



“I’m ...” but Hermione was interupted byGinny who had finally caught up with her. “Hey, there you are Hermione! Oh... I’m ... I’m sorry did i interupt something?” Ginny asked after she realized who the man was.



“Of course not, you silly goose! Let’s go! I can’t wait for you to see our common room – it’s sooo pretty! Come on, lets go!” She then turned to Viktor and said, “Good night, Professor!” Ginny also said good night to the new student teacher, and left in a hurry with Hermione.



Viktor watched as Hermione walked away, he couldn’t help feeling a little hurt. Did I do something wrong? Did I say something wrong? He thought to himself as he headed back to his room for the evening.



“Hermione, is he the new student teacher?” Ginny asked Hermione as they entered the Heads’ Common Room.



“Yes, Gin, he’s the new student teacher,” Hermione replied matter-of-factly.



But as soon Ginny saw the Common Room, she forgot all about about a certain student teacher and looked around with a expression that showed she was in total awe “Wow! This common room is soooo big, and sooooooooo amazing! Look at all the colors and all the stuff! Is that a TV? And that must be the stereo you told me about! Oh my! You are sooooooooooo lucky, you have your own freaking pool, your own gym, you own library and kitchen! Ooooooooooh, Hermione you are soooooooooooooooo lucky! You know what - I’m actually going to study this year, and if I study hard enough maybe I’ll make Head Girl next year!” Ginny gushed dreamily as she imagined herself in the luxirious common room.



“You know, I studied so hard for 6 damn years and it finally paid off! This is sooooooooo exciting! Ginny, Dumbledore says there are books in this library that are restricted in the school library for everyone but the professors. You can’t even sign them out with a professor’s permission! I also get the right to go to Hogsmeade any time I wish!” Hermione told Ginny excitedly. After a moment’s pause, she added, “Oh! I almost forgot! Come on, I want to show you my room! I know you’ll love it!”



“Okay! Let’s go! I want to see your room!”



Hermione was right, of course, and the moment Ginny walked into the room, she immediately fell in love with the room.



“ Oh, you are sooooooooooooooooooooooo lucky! I wish I was you!” Ginny exclaimed, her voice tinged with a little good-natured envy.



“ You will be next year!” Hermione assured the younger girl.



Hermione and Ginny went back downstairs after Hermione had changed into some muggle clothes. She chose turquiose underbelly capris and a light blue cami, with blue striped tennis shoes. Ginny borrowed some of Hermione’s clothes, selecting dark green underbelly capris paired with a light green tank top and green striped tennis shoes. They sat on one of the sofas and talked about their summer vacations for what seemed like hours… Finally, Ginny asked the all-important question...



In the Great Hall stood a very shocked Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley, both looking like they had been double-slapped. The watched as the their two best girl friends (not dating, just friends who are girls) walk out of the Hall.



The whole hall was silent, everyone for their own unique reasons. Harry and Ron were just in total shock and stood frozen with their jaws open. Hogwarts’ staff were just as surprised to see the perfect Miss Granger just blow up at her two best friends, about the Slytherins’ rights no less.



Slytherins didn’t quite understand what had just happened, while the Gryffindors were in total shock and felt somewhat betrayed. Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs were just shocked to see a Gryffindor yell like that at another Gryffindor in public just to defend their house’s enemy, Slytherins.



Just then Viktor Krum walked into the Great Hall. Everyone was so stunned with Hermione’s outburst that the only girl who tried to catch Krum’s attention was Lavender Brown. Unfortunately for her, Viktor was too busy thinking about his Hermione to pay her any attention.



Albus decided now was the time to break the silence. “Well, that was our Head Girl Miss Hermione Granger, and our Head Boy is Mr. Blaise Zabini,” Blaise stood up as the Slytherins cheered, “and here is our new student teacher Professor Viktor Krum, who will be assisting our DADA and Flying Professors for the next few weeks until he’s ready to handle the classes himself. Welcome, Professor Krum,” Albus Dumbledore greeted him as Viktor took his seat between Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall.



Viktor simply sat down and quietly apologized to Albus for arriving late, being sure to ask if he had missed anyting. After apologizing, he began to eat, his mind still on his Hermione.



After a while, Albus realized Viktor was in his own world and decided to ask, “Viktor, is something bothering you?”



“How did you know, sir? Never mind, vell, sir it’s Hermione, I mean Miss Granger, I saw her on my way and we were talking. I asked how she vas doing, and she vas about to answer vhen Mrs. Veasley interrupted us, and Hermione vas a little bit harsh. She sort of ignored me, and I have been vondering if I did something wrong. I apologize i have not been myself for a vhile, sir,” Viktor finished remorsefully.



“Oh no! Viktor, you did nothing wrong. Let’s just say and screwed up again and upset her, and you were probably the first one in her way and she was harsh to you. She will probably appologize to you first thing in the morning,” Albus said, his eyes twinkling knowingly.



“Thank you sir, i think I am going for a valk! Good day, Headmaster!” Viktor said, his mood already brightening.



“Good Day!”



Back in the Heads Commons Room:



“Hey Hermione, can i ask you something?”



“Of course, Gin!!”



“Well, did I ... did I... okay here goes nothing… Did i interrupt you and Viktor earlier?” Ginny asked, with a look of concern on her face.



“No, you silly thing! Of course not! He just asked me how i was, and I was about to say fine, but I guess I forgot when you mentioned my common room! I swear you did not interrupt anything!” Hermione assured her. Almost as an afterthought, she added, “Besides, there’s nothing between us!”



“Well Hermione, I think you were a little bit harsh with our new professor! I swear I saw the look of hurt in his eyes! Like you had just double-slapped him or something! But do you know what else I saw?” Ginny asked mischievously.



“What else did you see?” Hermione responded warily.



“ I saw love! Hermione, the man still loves you!”



“Ginny, you’re delusional! About the supposed ‘hurt look’, I’ll just apologize tomorrow in class, but about your second theory - You need to go to St. Mungo’s and check yourself in to the mental section! I mean, are you completely insane!?!” Hermione exclaimed as she laughed at Ginny and her stupid ( a/n: we’ll see about that) theory.



“Hermione, you’re supposed to be the smartest witch of your age, but you can be so stupid at times! It’s obvious he still Likes you!” Ginny declared.



Hermione just laughed in response.



“I’m serious, Hermione!”



“Ok! You really need a reality check now! Ginny, he’s 22 and he’s very welll-liked among women all around the world. He can have any pretty, smart, and rich girl anytime he wants! And I.. well, I’m just a 18 year-old teenage school girl! Besides, we are just friends!” Hermione told Ginny, as if she was annoyed but Ginny knew that Hermione was enjoying the coversation every bit as much as she was.



“That didn’t stop him four years ago,” Ginny countered. “He was 18 and you were 14! He had all these outrageous, good-looking girls covered in make-up throwing themselves at him, but he chose you, Hermione Granger! The school’s cleverest witch who chose to remain pretty naturally! He took you to the Yule Ball and made all the girls in the school jealous of you! You were not his fan, and you even ignored him whenever he came to the library to talk to you. You had his attention from the beginning, because you were being you, not caring who he was! You attracted him without even meaning to!” Ginny told Hermione truthfully.



“That was 4 years ago, Ginny!”



“So?”



“So?” Hermione echoed incredulously. “What do you mean, ‘so’? He can’t like me! He doesn’t and you are just trying to make me admit something that is not true! So drop it! Just drop it, Ginny!” She pleaded.



“Whatever Mia. He likes you, maybe even more than like, maybe he Lo...” but Ginny was interupted by Hermione who threw one of the sofa’s pillows at Ginny. The younger girl wasn’t expecting it, and the pillow hit her right in the face.



“Ginny, don’t even go there! You hear me!” Hermione threatened.



And that’s how it began - the girls had a huge pillow fight.



While Ginny and Hermione were enjoying their little pillow fight in the Heads’ dormitory, Viktor was walking around the school to clear his mind and find a way to talk to Hermione In the meantime, it was getting quite messy in the Gryffindors’ Common room, as the boys of the Golden Trio sat on the one of the sofas still in shock about the morning ‘s situations, both occupied by their own thoughts. Both were feeling a little... guilty for making their best friend so mad. Harry was ashamed of his behavior and Ron was mad at himself for making Hermione so angry on their first day back.



Lavender Brown, however, observed their silence from a totally different point of view. She practically threw herself at Ron, asking him if he was okay. “ Oh, Won Won are you okay?”



‘This woman does not seem to understand. We are not dating anymore, Bitch so leave me alone!’ Ron thought to himself, getting very annoyed at Lavender “Oi, women! Get off me!” and pushed her off of himself, “Don’t touch me, okay?’



“Oh, come on, Won Won, don’t you like me anymore?” Lavender asked, already near tears.



“Do not call me Won Won and no, I don’t like you. l never did, so just leave me alone!” Ron spat, getting angrier by the second.



“Hmm ... I don’t see what you see in that Mudblood anyway! She’s just a bloody know-it-all bushy-head who has no fun in life! But I know how to have fun, I know how to make you happy, yet you chose her over me! I mean, honestly, look at how she betrayed the Gryffindors! She was defending a bunch of slimy Slytherins! Did you not hear her yell at you!?! How can you like that monster? You two are always arguing anyways, so what’s the point of dating her? She’ll just dump you on your first day! She is a filthy Mudblood! She is not worthy of your time! SHE IS A MUDBLO...” but she never got to finish her sentence because she was roughly pushed down by a very, very pissed off Neville.



“Don’t you dare call her that! At least she isn’t a ho like you! So what if she’s always studying or if her hair is bushy? It’s better than being a dumb bitch like you!” Neville roared. “And now you like Weasley! You didn’t like him at breakfast since you were so busy trying to catch Krum’s eyes. But did he pay attention? Of course not! Why? Because he knows you aren’t worthy of his time! DON’T EVER MAKE FUN OF HERMIONE IN FRONT OF ME, BROWN YOU HEAR ME? OR ARE YOU TOO DUMB TO UNDERSTAND? You will never be half the woman she is, so never, and I repeat NEVER INSULT HER AGAIN JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE JEALOUS! And, just so you know, she’s not even interested in Ron, go ask her yourself if you don’t believe me!” Neville yelled at her and walked out of the Gryffindor room, leaving a very scared Lavender on the ground, and very shocked Gryffindors staring in bewilderment.



Somewhere around the castle, a very confused Viktor was walking around thinking of ways to get Hermione to realize how feels about her.



‘Maybe I should just confront her, tell her how I feel and get it out!’ He thought to himself. ’No! that vill just upset her! How about I write to her as a secret admirer! No! She knows my hand writing! I guess i should just ask Albus for some advice’ With that, he decided to walk towards the lake and just relax for a while.



What he did not know was that Neville longbottom was already there, thinking about his reaction towards Lavender Brown.



When Viktor saw him there, he turned to leave, but it was too late, Neville had heard someone behind him. “No, wait! Stay, don’t go! I’m leaving.” Neville said as got up and preapred to leave. When he saw who it was, he stuttered, “S-Sorry, Professor! I’m leaving! I have to find Hermione anyway. You can stay if you’d like. Good day!”



“Vait! Longbottom, is it?”



“Yes, sir!”



“Are you a friend of Hermione? I mean, Miss Granger?”



“Professor Krum, you don’t have fake it! I think a lot of us know you still care for her,” Neville said sympathetically. “Speaking man-to-man, I think you should just drop the act, and go after her. Just forget about Ron if you think he’s a problem because she doesn’t like him that way! Now, I have to go and find my girlfriend and then we both can go look for Hermione. Good Day!”



Viktor silently waited until he was out of view before whispering quietly, “Thank you Neville! Thank you!”



Neville and his girlfriend Luna were having a late lunch, both having forgotten about the time and having to go to the kitchens to eat.



“So Luna, did you find them?”



“Oh no! But I know where they are! Hermione and Ginny are in Hogsmede,that what the portrait on the Heads Dormitory told me. Neville whats wrong? You’re not being youself?”



“nothing, and you’re not being yourself either! You are always cheerful, and acting wierd, whats up with you?”



“I’m not being me, because I am worried about you, you are not happy, Nev! I see it in you eyes, Whats happened?”



“Nothing .. I just... I blew up at Brown!” Neville confessed, his cheeks turning red.



“Why? What did she do? I mean you are so patient, she must have down something really bad to get you pissed enough to blow up, so whats she done?”



“ She... She called Hermione a Mud... a MUDBLOOD! And she ba- mouthed her.”



“Oh no, she didn’t!?! What else did she say?”



He explained everything to Luna, about his reaction to Lavender, and about his little chat with Viktor. Luna just listened patiently, and after he finished, she looked him in the eye and said quietly, “You are a very good friend, a very kind boyfriend, and I love you.”



She kissed him, and as he finally pulled away, grinning like a mad man, he said, “It’s good to have you back, love, and I love you, too!”



They kissed again, this time more passionate and heated, full of comfort and love for each other.



Hermione and Ginny were having a splendid time together shopping in Hogsmeade. Hermione bought five short dresses that she could wear in the dormitory, while Ginny bought a pair of black shorts with small red stripes running down the sides.



They decided to eat their dinner in Hogsmeade since it was already six in the evening. They settled on The Three Broomsticks, and ordered their food along with two non-alcoholic butterbeers. As they started to head for Hogwarts, they decided that Ginny should sleep in the Heads’ Guest Room.



On their way back to theschool, Ginny brought up the morning disscusion again, which restarted the argument that lasted the whole way back to school.



“HE LIKES YOU!”



“HE DOES NOT!”



“DOES!”



“NOT!”



“DOES TOO!”



“HE DOES NOT LIKE ME, AND THATS FINAL!”



“ YOU DON’T KNOW THAT, I SAW LOVE IN HIS EYES!



“MAYBE IT WAS TOWARDS YOU!”



“EWWWWW!!!! HERMIONE YOU ARE SO BAD! HE LIKES YOU!”



And so they continued arguing back and forth, neither one willing to give up. It was after 8:00 when they reached the school, and it was nearly 8:30 by the time they made it to the Heads’ Dorm. Hermione asked the Potraits if Blaise was in their Common Room yet, but they said he hadn’t shown up yet. So, Hermione gave the password, and they entered the Common Room, with Ginny headed towards the Guest Room still arguing her point.



“ He likes you, Hermione! You’re denying the truth!”



“ He does not!”



“Does too!” With that, the redhead disappeared behind the door of the Guest Room.



“DOES NOT!” Hermione yelled after her and went into her room, all the time thinking about the possibilty of what Ginny was saying being true. She changed into her PJs and got into her bed, and immediately fell asleep, but her last thought before she fell into her dreamland was..



“Could he really still care for me after 4 years? I guess i’ll just have to wait and see!”



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