Disclaimer: I don't own and of the following characters. They are property of JK Rowling and Warner Brothers..I think. I would like to own Draco Malfoy, but since he is a fictional character I can't. Only in my dreams...lol.
Authors Note: If you are wondering, I'm going to try to keep this as light and fluffy as possible. This means no sx scenes. I'm also trying to make it a bit funny and am trying to get the characters to act as they do in the books. Ad I'm not from Britain so there will probably be very little Britush slang andmore American. But oh well. I like reviews too. Please review.
Chapter One: What's Blonde, Annoying, and...Cute?
It all started when I was wandering around Flourish & Blotts gathering up my new school books. I was going to my seventh and last year in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; it was really exciting because I was made Head Girl and I'm pretty sure Harry or Ron would be Head Boy along with me. This year is NEWTS also. I'm going to be studying like mad.
Back to the book shop. I was looking for Standard Book of Spells Grade 7. When I found it, it was up on the top of one of the shelves. When I tried to reach it, I just knocked it off and it fell to the floor. I bent down to pick it up; but someone beat me to it.
"Thank you, Granger. I need this exact book." said a cold drawl that could only come from none other than Draco Malfoy.
"Give it back, Malfoy." I demanded.
"Why? I need the book too and since you're so resourceful I'm sure you can get another one. After all, this is a book shop isn't it?"
"Why do you argue about the tiniest things-"
"Because it get's you all puffy." Draco replied, cutting me off.
"So you like seeing me mad? That's...very nice of you, isn't it?" I said sarcastically, even though I don't really think he caught it. Draco didn't speak though. Instead he looked over my shoulder. I turned around and saw...Draco's twin? No. It was his father...close enough.
"Is there a problem here?" he asked, staring at me.
"No, Father. Granger was just helping me find my book." Draco said.
"Really...how nice of her..." Lucious said so slowly it was sickening. He was looking at my face...examining it. He then took his hand, reached under my chin, and lifted it up. I didn't do anything, even though I wanted to. It's like I was under his Imperious curse or something.
"You know, you're very pretty for a muggle born girl." he said. I noticed right away that he didn't say mudblood. Why was he being nice? Wait...did he just call me pretty?
"If you were born to pure blood, maybe there could...be a place for you in the Malfoy family..." he said in his slow drawl. He also glanced to Draco when he said this. I wanted to barf. I couldn't see Draco's expression because Daddy Dearest was still holding my face towards him.
"I don't think she's interested in young Malfoy." came of voice that sounded a bit mad. Harry. I thought.
Lucious let my face go and turned to see Harry and Ron standing behind him. Ron looked like someone violated his broom, which he loved dearly, and Harry had that look in his eyes that was only reserved for Malfoy. Guess it's for the whole family.
"Silly boy. I don't want her to be interested in Draco at all. She's not..." he stopped, apparently wanting to choose the right word. "...worthy."
"Sir, I don't think Malfoy is worthy enough to even be thinking about Hermione. And not that it's any of my business, but why were you looking at her like that?" Harry asked. Ron was just pink.
"As you can obviously see, Miss Granger is very pretty and I was interested in knowing how a mudblood could be so intriguing." Lucious said calmly. He used the word mudblood. So much for being nice.
"I know she's pretty. I found that out in the fifth year, and I'm sure Hermione would appreciate it if you never touched her again." Harry insisted. Ron turned red.
With that, Lucious nodded and turned toward Draco. "Hurry along, Draco. We have things to get."
Draco took one last glance at me and followed his father. I notice he left the book he took from me on one of the lower shelves. That was weird...
"What was all that about?" Harry asked me. Ron was purple.
"Ron breathe!" I exclaimed.
"I'm trying!" he said. He took one deep breather and the color, or lack of it came back slowly.
"I can't believe he touched you!" Ron said.
"It's not like I wanted him to! He just...appeared and it was like I was under a spell-"
"That's it! He put you under a spell to get you to-"
"To what?" Harry cut Ron off.
We stood there a few minutes. Just thinking about what happened. Then Ginny came and nudged me on the shoulder and we searched for our books. I made sure to grab the one that Draco left in my reach. We left for Madam Malkin's to get Ron fitted for his new robes. He had grown quite a bit over the summer. He was now 6'4 leaving me and Harry feeling short.
While we were waiting, I offered to go and buy us all Ice Cream from Florean Fortescue's and Ginny came with me. We walked a little ways down the Alley and found the Parlor. After we paid for the ice cream and turned around, I bumped into Malfoy again. The smaller one not the father.
"Watch where you're going!" he yelled. I had almost gotten ice cream on he perfect robes.
"You're the one who ran into me!" I exclaimed. Ginny looked up at Draco and smiled a bit.
"Just get out of my way, mudblood." he said fast as he walked along. When I turned around, I caught him looking back on me. Weird.
"You and Draco sure do fight a lot. Almost as much as my brother and you." Ginny said as we walked back to the robe shop.
"Since when do you call him by his first name?" I asked.
"Since he began looking as cute as he is." she replied. I almost gagged on a peanut.
"Ginny, you cannot be serious? This is Malfoy we're talking about! He hates us!" I insisted.
"So! Can't a girl think he's cute? It's not like I'm gonna date him. He's not that cute."
When we got to the robes shop, Harry and Ron were waiting outside. They gladly took the ice cream and ate it up. I saw that Harry got a bit on his nose and offered to wipe it off with my napkin.
"You're so sweet." he said simply.
"I know." I said cutely. Was I flirting with Harry? That's new...
I casually looked in Ron's direction, he was obviously staring at me and Harry and looked away whenever I caught him. He pretended to be talking with Ginny. He had asked me out in the previous year and I turned him down because I didn't feel that way about him. He's more of a brother to me. Sometimes I wonder if he still really likes me though. It's makes me feel guilty when I see him see me with other guys.
"So Hermione," Ron pipped up a few minutes later. "Did you get made Head Girl?"
"Yes! What about either of you?" I asked looking between Harry and Ron. Ron seemed offended.
"No we didn't. And since we didn't, we figured-"
"Malfoy did." I finished for Ron. I let out a small scream.
My mother and father picked me up a and hour or so later. Just enough time for Ron, Harry, Ginny, and me to catch up on things. We said our goodbyes and I left with my parents. Tomorrow was the first day of school! How exciting!