First Kiss Chapter one. Trying to work up the nerve!

Chapter 184

Chapter 184

The following days were very quiet, no one seemed to realize that anything had happen and the tiny article in the Daily Prophet was hidden in the back so that most in the wizarding world missed it completely, it wasn’t until Hermione saw it while reading during her lunch break with Harry, Draco and Ron that they found out about it.

“I don’t believe it, wow look at this.” Harry handed the paper to Harry who looked it over missing it completely. “I don’t see anything?” Harry told her quickly scanning the paper.

“Oh sorry it’s not very big look down near the bottom under the article about Rat tonic and do they make fleas stronger when they bite the rats.” Hermione told Harry who looked at her with arched eyebrows.

“So does it make them stronger?” Harry asked with a quirky smile.

“Not really they couldn’t seem to come up with any concrete evident on it nor could anyone really agree on the testing of it,” Hermione told him automatically as the three boys withheld their laughter. Harry to keep it in looked down at the bottom of the paper there in the bottom inside corner so well hidden it was as though it was placed there as a after thought filler.

     Found dead in prison cell.

    Delores Umbridge was found dead last night

    they figured she was dead for at least a week

    before she was found. Cause unknown.

That was all there was to say about the former Undersecretary to the Minister and what ever else she had made a position for her self there. Harry blinked a few times; he had no feelings of sorrow for her passing. He really didn’t care since he hated her, but he would have thought that she’d have gotten a little more recognition then that. Harry laughed he couldn’t help it as he passed the paper to Ron who took it with a half smile eager to see what was said to make him laugh like that.

Hermione was smirking as she watched him reading.

“I thought the same thing,” Hermione and Harry burst into laughter at this.

Ron read the article in moments as he burst into laughter handing it to Draco who took it looking quite amused and puzzled he read the small article he too burst into laughter.

“Draco, I thought you like her?” Hermione said with arched eyes.

“Yeah right, she was a smelly obnoxious old hag who acted as though everyone loved her. Do you know she had the hots for Professor Snape,” Draco told them with a smirk as Ron goggled at him.

“WHAT your joking right?” Ron asked.

Draco winked at her with a shake of his head; Ron scowled at him but neither paid attention to him.

“Nope I’m not I was at home when she came to visit mom, she would also show up for meetings, not the really important ones, the Dark Lord only invited certain ones in on those meetings, yes Professor Snape was always at those. The Dark Lord favored him above everyone else,” Draco confided since he was on the inside with the Death Eaters he had more information then others had.

“Anyway she’d come over to see mom since they were in school together and had been friends. She’d go on about how much she still loved him and how one day they would get married, once he was ready to give up being a bachelor, she would be ready to become Mrs. Snape.” Draco smirked they looked sicken by the idea of anyone marrying her.

“Mom always told me that she said the same thing in school, but Professor Snape told her to get lost over and over and that he couldn’t stand her. She’d ignore it and follow him like a lost puppy anyway. Mom said that the only reason she became a Death Eater was to get him to date her and had even tried to get the Dark Lord to set them up for her help to him. He had gotten mad and told her and the Dark Lord he would prefer to be crucio then to take her on a date. Mom told me she had screamed because the Dark Lord did hit him with that curse and when he got up from the floor and said that it was less painful then going out with her.”