Written for The Mystery Competition: Bewildering Poke,you will be writing about Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger. You must write about one of these characters having a crush on the other, and you must use the word 'paraprosexia' in the story somewhere.
From his perfect vantage point at the next table over in Potions, Draco Malfoy could clearly see Hermione Granger groaning and face-palming yet again.
"Harry, Ron, don't you two ever pay attention in class? Professor Snape clearly went over how to stir the cauldron just five minutes ago. I swear, it's like you both have paraprosexia in Potions class," Hermione said, her thick brown hair bouncing with every word.
The aforementioned friends blushed scarlet. "Sorry, Hermione... We've just forgotten. Err, could you show us again how to get the mixture to be lavender?"
It was evident to Draco that Harry and Ron didn't care one bit about listening to what Professor Snape was saying, but Hermione merely sighed and demonstrated for them. She was so admiringly loyal to her idiot friends...
Out of nowhere, Pansy poked him. "What are you staring at, Draco?" she asked him, winking.
"Uh... uh... Nothing! Nothing at all!" Although Draco tried his hardest to look in any direction but Hermione's table, his eyes were pulled like a magnet back to where she was working.
Pansy snorted and looked him straight in the eye. "Has somebody got a... crush, perhaps?"
"Nothing of the sort, I assure you."
But... Draco supposed he did, in fact, have a crush on Hermione Granger. He didn't mind all that much, though, he decided.