Chap 3

Hermione leaned against the railing, staring out over the dance floor again, replaying the last few images in her head again and again. I barely even notice when Ginny walks up and stands next to me. "Don't jump," she jokes, Hermione just give her a smoldering glare then turn back to the dance floor again, looking for the raven haired goddess. Hermione sighed as she straightened, resisting the urge to light another cigarette and stared down at her boots, "I figure you aren't done here, so can you get a ride back to your house?"

Ginny nodded and then said, "I assume your next question is, 'where's Ron' right?" Hermione nodded, "Last I saw him he was over there passed out under the tables."

Hermione turned to the direction Ginny pointed, "Thanks Gin." Hermione said quietly then went to rescue Ron.

XxX

Pansy glared at Marietta and the other girls at here table, "I can't believe you told him we were here. You know what happens every time!" Pansy sighed, glaring daggers at her "friends".

They giggled at the angry look on her face. Marietta whispered something under her breath and they giggled again. Pansy clenched her fists resisting the urge to swear them out or maybe even smashing their faces in. "Look, I'm done with your games," she growled, "I'm going home." She whirled around and stalked across the balcony, just walking to relieve the pressure before she exploded at some innocent bystander.

She barely even noticed the familiar girl in blue jeans and black leather jacket crawling under the table. She stopped though to stare out over the dance floor again. She whirled around when she heard someone's head connect squarely with a table, as the girl she danced with earlier, crawled back out from under the table, dragging a red headed boy with her.

"You need help with him?" Pansy asked as she grabbed his other arm.

The girl didn't even look up as she said "No, I got him." She then threw his arm over her shoulder and propped him up. "Thanks though…" she said as she looked up to see who had offered help and nearly dropped Ron. Making a desperate grab to keep from dropping Ron on his head, "You… what are you doing over here I thought your friends needed you?"

Pansy looked back towards her "friends", "they're being stupid, and I just don't want to talk about it, ok?" she said quietly. The girl nodded understanding, and then asked, "You need a ride or something?"

"You wouldn't mind would you?" Pansy asked. As the other girl shook her head, "no, it's fine, I've got no problem with giving you a lift. But I've got to drop Ron here, at his house first."

XxX

Once Ron was in the back and tucked under the blankets. They both stopped and took deep breaths of the cool and refreshing, night air. Pansy fidgeted nervously, "I hate to say this and sound like an absolute dunce, but I don't believe I caught your name."

The girl grinned than said, "Hermione. Hermione Granger and you're Pansy Parkinson." Hermione smiled at Pansy. "We go to school together."