Hermes' Secret

Chapter 3- First day

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'We have Charms first thing' Draco moaned, his face plastered to the Charms book 'I hate Professor Flitwick's squeaky voice so early in the morning'

'Maybe you wouldn't hate his voice so much in the morning, if you didn't stay up playing cards with Blaise all night long' Hermione reprimanded. 'You have had two late nights in a row-'

'Would you stop with the lecturing for the morning, at least' Blaise moaned, his head drooping slowly onto his plate.

'You two are incorrigible. How are you to pay attention in class if you are going to be asleep?'

'We will pay attention...just not to the lesson' Blaise chuckled, waking up slightly 'At least Malfoy will'

'What am I missing?' Hermione asked, dully, not liking where the conversation was going but intrigued all the same.

'Draco has this obsession with his textbook' Pansy laughed, joining in on the conversation.

'I simply admire the author's good work at creating such an amazing book that is-'

'Obsession' Theo laughed causing Draco to roll his eyes.

'Hey, Hermes. You grew up in France. Have you heard of Hermione Granger?' Blaise asked 'Maybe you can introduce her to Draco-?' Draco cut him off with a harsh glare.

'Hermione Granger?' Hermione asked, hoping her voice didn't appear too squeaky. She coughed subtly. "What do you want with her?"

'She is the author of our Charms textbook' Blaise showed her the name at the bottom of 'Charms for the Seventh'. Hermione traced her fingers over the name, a glimpse of pride fluttering through her. Hogwarts had chosen her books to teach their students charms. A smile flitted across her face.

'She went to Beaxbatons with me' Hermione answered tentatively, returning to her breakfast and tearing her eyes away from her name.

'Oh, that is fabulous!' Pansy laughed mockingly 'You can set her up with Draco'

'I'm not sure about that...' Hermione started only to find the boys distracted by the many owls circling overhead. 'Saved by the post' she muttered.

A newspaper landed on Blaise's head along with three baskets of sweets.

'Ow!' he exclaimed, as Theo scrambled to help himself to as many of the fallen sweets as he could carry.

'Oi, half of them are mine. You owe me from that bet we had during the summer' Draco said, as Blaise fumbled with the newspaper.

'You bet on sweets?' Hermione asked incredulously. "You're seventeen years old"

'They are crazy about sweets. It is a wonder that they stay fit,' Pansy chuckled.

Hermione simply nodded, frowning at the number of sweets spilling onto the table.

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Being the first ones there, Hermione walked into Charms brightly, accepting the Charms book that Flitwick handed her.

'Why do you guys sit at the back?' Hermione asked in a furious whisper, as she made her way to the front row.

Feeling sorry for her, Blaise took the seat next to her and soon the rest of the Slytherin gang had piled up next to and behind them.