Imperiused (Dramione)

Christmas Holidays (Part 2)

This chapter is for paigejunge , AshleyClarke0 , and AlexisKarabec for voting on my previous chapter. Thanks!

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Hermione could not sleep that night, she was feeling too guilty for cheating and lying not only to her boyfriend and best friends, but also to the whole Weasley family who considers her as one of their own.

While at the other side of the bedroom, Ginny slept peacefully. Harry has squelched all her trepidations and assured her that she's the only one for him.

It was past midnight when Hermione finally slept, but very fretfully. Even her dreams were laced with guilt, but a familiar blonde wizard kept appearing and seducing her in her sleep.

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"Hermione, wake up! Mum is calling us for breakfast," Ginny nudged her still sleeping friend. When Hermione did not reply after a few minutes, she shouted on her ear, "Wake up!"

Hermione was startled by her friend's yell. Because she didn't sleep well, she was quite irritated with her. "Ginny, shut it! I still want to sleep!" She replied angrily.

"It's breakfast time already, and the boys will be leaving after that," Ginny explained, wanting to go down to the kitchen to see Harry.

"I'll eat later, I'm still sleepy. Just say goodbye to the boys for me, we'll see them later anyway," she replied sleepily. "Please," she added to break the tension, wanting Ginny to leave her alone to sleep.

"Fine, I'll just tell them," Ginny huffed, walking fast towards the door.

Hermione tried sleeping again, her head was pounding due to Ginny's sudden interruption. She hadn't slept peacefully during the early hours of the morning, and she badly wanted to. She tossed and turned to get a comfortable position to sleep, and succeeded after a few minutes.
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Hermione's days at the Burrow prior to Christmas day consisted of: 1. eating breakfast with the family, (she actually succeeded falling asleep early and getting up in time for breakfast by taking a sleeping potion she got from the Weasley's potions storage); 2. helping Molly and Ginny do the house chores; 3. eating lunch with Molly and Ginny; 4. chatting with Ginny about Harry; 5. waiting for the boys to come home while doing some school work; 6. having dinner with the family; 7. chatting with her best friends; 8. snogging Ron (or mostly being snogged by Ron); and 9. saying goodnight to her friends before taking some sleeping potion to help her sleep.

These mundane tasks makes her want to go back to Hogwarts, at least there's the library to keep her from dying of boredom. Thoughts of Malfoy always creeps up on her lethargic brain, making her lose focus on her tasks.

It was quite unusual for her to feel this way, since she always enjoyed being with the Weasleys. Maybe it's because Ron and Harry are not always there, or because it was the twins absence that makes a difference, or a certain Slytherin keeps on snaking on her thoughts and dreams, making her pine for him.
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