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hope you like it! it's not one of my favorites but hey! it's more story right?
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Chapter 27
Hermione was very frustrated, more frustrated than she had ever been. Ron was being his annoying self, but ever since she had started to “date” him (and their dating wasn’t even real relationship) he became more and more of a jerk. She couldn’t wait to get out into the hall after potions and tell him that this sham was over, and then, hopefully, get on with her life. She never had thought that something like this would go so wrong.
“You have ten more minutes.” Snape said so that his voice was heard through out the entire classroom. “As per procedure, one of you will come up to the desk, select a flask, and fill it with your potion and write the names of the people who made the potion on to the flask to be graded.” Hermione nodded to herself, and studied her potion closely. It was turning from a light shade of lilac to a rich, dark emerald. She smiled, as she knew that she had done it right. She looked over towards Draco’s table, he was working with Blaise, and his potion was doing the same. She next looked at Ron, who apparently had dozed off sometime in the last hour. She sighed to herself and pushed his feet of the desk, startling him awake.
“Go get a flask.” She said hotly, still annoyed that she did all the work.
“Couldn’t you go get it?” Ron asked sleepily, and began closing his eyes to fall back asleep.
“Ronald, go get the flask. It wasn’t a question.” She said through gritted teeth, trying to stop herself from lashing out in class, something that she had always prided herself in doing. Even when Umbridge taught Defense Against the Dark Arts, she kept her temper, at least around her. Ron opened one of his eyes and gave her a skeptical look. “Ronald. Now.” Hermione watched as he gave an exasperated sigh and stood up and walked to the front desk and snatched a glass flask from on it and marched back furiously.
“Here.” He slammed it on the desk, “Happy now?” Ron flopped back into his chair and crossed his arms in a furious manner. Hermione was now seething even more than she was before. She couldn’t believe his nerve! She took a few calming breaths and stirred her potion in a clockwise manner a few more times so that it would attain the right shade of green before pouring it into her newly acquired flask and placing her name on it, and only her name on it. She strolled pleasantly up to the desk and handed the bottle to Snape.
“There is only your name on this Miss Granger.” Snape drawled with feigned interest.
“Yes Professor, I brewed the potion all by myself, with no help from my partner and thus I believe he should not receive any credit.” Hermione said with a very straight and firm face. Blaise who happened to be standing next to her handing in Draco’s and his potion laughed out loud.
“Finally, I thought you we’re going to let those two oafs you call friends walk all over you your entire life.” Blaise commented, a small smile hidden on his face. Snape had nodded in understandment.
“Very well, you do realize that Mr. Weasley will receive a failure for this assignment.”
“Very much so. Thank you Professor.” And with that, Hermione turned around and faced the room, and much to her surprise everyone was looking at her. Sighing, she walked down from Snape’s desk and made her way back to her own desk and reached down to grab her bag from off the floor and then leave when Ron grabbed her wrist.
“What the hell was that?”
“What Ronald? You didn’t do any of the assignment and didn’t deserve any credit.” Hermione snatched her wrist out of his grasp and hastily grabbed her bag off of the floor, throwing it over her shoulder.
“Don’t you know that I’m close to failing?”
“Then I guess you ought to be making more of an effort for once in your life.” Hermione said boldly and turned away from him as if to leave, when he grabbed her arm roughly. “Let go of me Ron.” Hermione said softly, starting to become scared of what he might do.
“What the hell is the matter with you? You’ve never acted like this before! You’re being such a cold-blooded witch!”
“Ron, you’re hurting me.” Hermione said quietly, trying to hold back tears that where threatening to fall from her fear of Ron and what he might do, even under a teacher’s nose.
Draco was near a boiling point, and the moment he saw the beginnings of tears in Hermione’s eyes, he was blown over the top. He quickly marched over to her and gently grabbed her arm and peeled Ron’s hand off of her with great fury, he looked down at where his hand had been and saw the beginnings of a bruise. He resisted the urge he felt to punch the git in the face.
“Come on, let’s get you out of here, away from this abusive air head.” Draco said the last part so every one knew what Ron was, something that no one thought that Ron would have ever become.
well...now that i've got that off my chest*whew* i can go on and say great post!!! i luved it! can't wait for more and post more soon!!!