Full Summary: Ever since hermione's first day at hogwarts, there has always been a certain slytherin that had her attention. Even though he hurt her, and called her a mudblood, she loved him. But she was always careful about keeping that secret close to her heart, because she knew how people (especially him) would react if they found out. But when a truth spilling potion is slipped into Hermione's drink as a joke, she accidentally spills that secret to none other than Draco Malfoy himself.
"Hermione, help me zip up this dress will you?" Ginny asked. Hermione walked over and zipped up the dress for her. It was a cherry red, strapless dress that reached mid-thigh, and it looked extremely stunning with her bright red hair. "Thanks." she said. Then she turned to Hermione. "What are you wearing?"
They were going to a party in a deserted classroom somewhere in Hogwarts. Hermione had never attended one herself, but Ginny was always going, and she said they were a lot of fun. She also mentioned that Hermione needed to put the books away and have a little fun, or she'd force her to herself.
"I have no idea." Hermione said. "I don't really have anything. I don't usually go to parties or dress up." Ginny tapped her finger on her chin for a moment before going to her wardrobe and pulling out a dark blue, long-sleeve dress that reached mid-thigh. "That thing looks like it belongs on a five year old girl. It would never fit me."
Ginny rolled her eyes and threw the dress to Hermione. "Just try it on. It'll look sexy." Hermione put the dress on and was surprised at how comfortable it was. It clung to her body like it was damp spandex.
"I don't know.." Hermione said. "You don't think it's too sexy?" Ginny laughed aloud when she heard this.
"Too sexy? There's no such thing as too sexy! You look stunning! Now let me just do a make up and hair spell.." Ginny said, as she waved her wand in Hermione's face. Hermione looked in the mirror and her mouth dropped. She never thought of herself to be sexy, but here she was. She wondered what Draco would think if he saw her tonight. Would he think she was sexy too? She smiled brightly and hugged Ginny. "You ready?" Ginny asked, and Hermione nodded, and they began walking to the party.
When they got there, Hermione's eyes went wide. There were people dancing. No, not classy ballroom dancing like at the Yule Ball. Grinding. People were drinking hard liquor, and smoking cigarettes.. It was definitely not what she expected. But then again.. what had she expected?
"Come on, let's get something to drink." Ginny said, pulling Hermione's arm toward the table with the alcohol and snacks. Ginny poured both of them shots of something that smelled a lot like rubbing alcohol and handed her one. "Come onnnn." She said, as Hermione looked at the drink with a frown on her face.
"Fuck it." Hermione said, and she swallowed the drink in one swallow. She made a face at Ginny. "That's disgusting." She said, coughing.
"You're supposed to have a chaser!" Ginny laughed, giving Hermione a Butterbeer to wash it down with. After Hermione's coughing-fit ended, she looked around. There were people from all four houses here. She wondered if Draco was somewhere around here.. knowing him, he would be. She decided to keep an eye out for him. "Come on, 'Mione. Let's go dance!" She dragged Hermione to the middle of the room where bodies were grinding and dancing together. They started dancing, and not even a minute in, a guy starts dancing with Ginny. Hermione continues dancing, but feels a bit awkward just dancing by herself now that Ginny was dancing with someone. She decided to go and get another drink. As she walked more toward the table, she saw him standing there. Pansy was trying to grind on him next to the alcohol table, but she was doing a terrible job at it. She looked more like she was having a seizure. Draco rolled his eyes and pushed her away.
"Stop, Pansy. I'm not in the mood." he said. When he looked up, he saw Hermione staring at him. Hermione got ahold of herself and walked toward the alcohol table, pouring herself another shot and acting like she didn't notice him starting. "Granger, is that you?" He asked, walking toward her. He stopped when she looked at him, and he smirked. "Not half-bad for a mudblood." He said. He went over to the drinks and mixed something together, and handed it to her. "If you're not a pussy, drink this." he said, handing her the drink he made. She eyed him suspiciously, but took the drink. She was grateful to have any sort of contact with him. And he was kind enough to make her a drink.
"Let me drink this first." She said, pointing to her shot. She downed it, and drank some butterbeer to help it go down smoothly. She wanted to look like a bad ass in front of him. And she seemed to have pulled it off, because he looked impressed. Although she was starting to get a bit dizzy. She didn't know if drinking his drink was such a good idea, but she did. She gulped it down, trying to impress him, and he laughed. I made him laugh, she thought, smiling as the room began to spin.
"Good, good." he said. "Now tell me, Granger. Do you have any secrets I should know about? Anything you've never told anyone that I could someday use against you?"
Hermione looked at him. "Well the fact that I've been in love with you since the first day of Hogwarts is probably a good one." She said. She gasped and covered her mouth, while Draco's eyes went wide.
"What did you just say?" he asked. She pushed him away and ran toward Ginny, who was grinding on Dean. She poked her to get her attention. She must have had an extremely scared look on her face, because Ginny immediately stopped dancing and asked her what was wrong.
"Um, nothing's wrong." She said, calming herself down. She felt the effects of a truth-spilling potion in her body. She cursed herself for trusting him. "I'm just going to go get some air. I didn't want you to worry if you couldn't find me." she said. Ginny nodded and started dancing with Dean again, while Hermione ran out of the room faster than she had ever run before.