lacy oh lacy
Hermione watched as Daphne draped herself over Theo’s arm. She swallowed the bile in her throat that attempted to make itself known. She hadn’t been able to take her eyes off of the young woman since they had started school a few weeks ago. After spending so much time alone just the two of them she was having withdrawals and seeing her with him only made it worse.
Harry patted her shoulder to get her attention. She looked over at him, sighed and stood up and followed him to class. She felt so drained. She hadn’t had a good night's sleep since that last night with Daphne. She watched as Theo led Daphne into class, his hand on the small of her back the way Hermione would lay hers when they would lay in bed together late at night. “ Mione…” Harry whispered, getting her attention again. She shook her head and dropped it onto her desk.
ooh i care i care i care
like perfume that you wear i linger all the time watching hidden in plain sight
Hermione felt like maybe she was the only one in their relationship who actually cared because Daphne seemed fine anytime she saw her. It was aggravating at least to see the love of her life seem fine without her. She tried to make excuses for it. Maybe she was just playing her part really well. There was no way she was actually in love with Theo. Not like that.
It took Draco Malfoy calling her out for her to realize that she was just too invested for it to seem normal to the outside world. “ I know you and Greengrass had something going on but stop watching her, it's obvious.” He grunted while they worked on their project for Ancient Runes. Hermione jerked back in shock at being caught. She frowned and sighed not denying his accusations and also not saying a word because she had none. She felt embarrassed and ashamed but seen at the same time. “ I know you watch her because I watch him too.” He said quietly not long after.
lacy oh lacy
it’s like you’re out to get me
you poison every little thing that i do
Hermione had in some weird way started a friendship with Draco Malfoy over their shared heartbreak for the relationship between Daphne Greengrass and Theodore Nott. Somehow Daphne had also ruined that for Hermione as well because it was a constant reminder that Daphne wasn’t hers. That Daphne was with Theo. Because if Draco was here then Theo was there.
Draco and Harry being her best friends and being friends themselves wasn’t something she foresaw happening this year but she didn’t mind it one bit. In a way, it was meant to be that Draco had pulled away from the Slytherins after Theo had dumped him for Daphne and he had no other friends. Hermione had a known problem for picking up strays. With Ron not coming back for their 8th year it gave Harry the chance to actually give Draco a chance without having to hear the redhead spew nonsense about how evil he was to him.
lacy oh lacy
i just loathe you lately
and i despise my jealous eyes
and how hard they fell for you
yeah i despise my rotten mind
and how much it worships you
Over the rest of September leading into October Hermione fell into a pattern of hating and loving Daphne all the same. Most nights she cried in Harry’s arms about it, others she got pissed enough to not think about her. She couldn’t for the love of Merlin and all things magic figure out where her feelings for the girl stood when she wasn’t sure where Daphne stood. It had only been a month and the Silence on the blonde’s end was killing her already.
Hermione was tired of feeling the way she did already. It hadn't even been months yet and she felt like she had been without Daphne for years. She didn’t want to follow in Draco’s footsteps and start messing around with any girl she knew was out or even questioning but she needed something or someone to get her mind off of the blonde blue-eyed Slytherin who was occupying her mind day and night.