M&M's: Malfoys and Mudbloods
Chapter One: Something To Talk About
Lyrics/Thoughts
"Hey 'Mione can I ask you something?" Ginny asked as she and Hermione sat down on the terrace of Bella Pietra, Diagon Alley's most popular Italian restaurant.
"Sure Ginny, what's on your mind?" Hermione smiled at the redhead as she looked over the menu, and waited for Blaise to come and take their order.
"Hey gorgeous." Blaise came and pecked Ginny on the cheek. "What will it be girls?"
Ginny giggled, "The usual." Blaise nodded and winked at Hermione as he walked away.
"You're so lucky Ginny, he's totally in love with you."
"I know..." Ginny sighed dreamily, "Speaking of love, what's going on with you and Malfoy?"
"What!" the brunette exclaimed almost choking on the water she was drinking.
"Well you know, you too have been hanging around each other a lot and people have been starting to talk about the two of you."
"We're just friends, we're both orphans, we've both loved and lost, we just understand each other, that's all. There's nothing going on between Draco and I." Hermione explained, trying to hide a blush coming to her cheeks.
"Since when did you start calling him Draco?" Ginny raised an inquisitive eyebrow.
Blaise returned with their order and sat down, "So what are the two most beautiful girls in the world talking about?"
"Actually I was just mentioning to 'Mione about how cozy she and Draco have gotten over the past couple of months."
Hermione turned an even darker shade of red, "Look at the time, I should run." And with that she got up and left.
She walked past a group of young witches, "Look there's the girl that Draco Malfoy's been dating." They whispered in awe as some of them glared enviously.
Hermione's blush grew even deeper if at all possible. What the hell was wrong with everyone, she and Draco were just friends. Just friends she reassured herself, although he does look so cute when he smiles, and his lips look so soft and then there was that dream the other night- No! Just friends.
She was so deep in thought that she wasn't watching where she was going, the next thing she knew she bowled over someone. "Oh my! I'm so sorry!" she immediately apologized.
"Gees 'Mione, it's nice to see you too!" a very familiar voice joked.
Hermione looked up, "Draco!" she exclaimed, hoping that the blush was gone from her cheeks.
Draco stood up, and offered his hand to her, "I was actually just looking for you, I wanted to know if you wanted to go see a movie tonight." He smiled his devastatingly handsome smile that made women weak at the knees.
Hermione smiled back at him, completely forgetting anything anyone had mentioned about the two of them being a couple, "Sure, I'd love too"
"Great. I'll swing by around 7, I have to go talk to Blaise, I'll see you later."
Hermione nodded and headed off as Draco watched her disappear around the corner before continuing to the Crown Arcade.
A few hours later Draco was ringing the doorbell to Hermione's apartment, "Come in, I'm almost ready!" she replied through the intercom as she buzzed him in.
Draco adjusted his green track jacket, dusted some imaginary lint from his jeans and headed in. He opened her front door and let himself in, taking a seat in her living room on her couch. He looked around the apartment; it was much like his, spotlessly clean. They were both slightly anal retentive and had to have things super neat.
"Ok I'm ready." Hermione appeared from her room wearing apair of vintage washed skinny jeans and a sugar pink long sleeve shirt that barely clung to her shoulders.
Draco stared at her for a moment, "How that jerk Viktor ever let you go is beyond me." Hermione's smile faltered a bit as Draco mentally slapped himself for bringing up the oaf that broke her heart.
"Eh, it's his loss." She recovered graciously.
"Shall we?" Draco led her out.
The two of them walked for a moment in silence, as Draco thought back to his conversation with Blaise earlier that day.
Flashback
"Hey Blaise, I need to talk to you."
"Sure Draco, what's up?" The blue eyed Italian headed to the counter and took a seat next to his best friend.
"I have this problem." Draco stared at his hands, "And it's about this girl..."
"'Mione, uh huh go on..." Blaise stated knowingly.
Draco turned to face him, "How do you know?"
The former Slytherin laughed, "Come on Draco, it's obvious! You too have been inseparable for the past couple months."
"So I'm like that with all the girls." Draco tried to defend himself.
Blaise shook his head, "Nope, not like how you are with 'Mione, you two… I don't know how to describe it, but everyone can see there's something going on between the two of you."
End Flashback
"So like I was saying, I met Tom Felton the other day and he asked me to marry him so I'm flying to Vegas tomorrow."
"WHAT!" Draco stopped in his tracks and turned Hermione to face him.
She laughed, "I was wondering when you were going to start paying attention."
Draco grinned sheepishly, "Sorry about that, I was just thinking about what Blaise was telling me earlier."
Hermione rolled her eyes, "Did he and Ginny give you the same speech on how cozy we've become?" She air quoted the word cozy and continued walking not noticing how nervous Draco had suddenly become, "I swear, they have entirely too much time on their hands. But it's not only them, it seems that a lot of people think we're together. Isn't that funny?"
"Yea," Draco half-heartedly laughed, "Funny."
People are talkin, talking 'bout people
I hear them whisper, you won't believe it
They think we're lovers kept under covers
I just ignore it, but they keep saying
"Ya Blaise kept saying that we have an unspoken attraction to one another." She looked at Draco who just smiled back at her. "I mean ever since you switched sides, people have wanted to tie you and I together. It's crazy! Even when you were with Pansy they still made up stories about you and I. When are they going to realize that there's nothing between us other than six years of despising one another, which somehow led to an unshakeable friendship… Just because Harry and Pansy hooked up, and Ginny and Blaise, and Ron and Millie, and Neville and Daphne they think that all Slytherins and Gryffindors of our year need to be together… To think with our history, that you and I could be anything other than friends…" Stormy silver met molten bronze, "Isn't that crazy." She whispered.
Draco stepped closer to her, "Ya, crazy."
We laugh just a little too loud
We stand just a little too close
We stare just a little too long
Maybe they're seeing, something we don't, darlin'
"Hey guys what's up!" A bubbly voice broke the two out of their gaze.
"Hey Pansy, Harry." Hermione smiled at the couple who had approached them.
Draco smiled softly at the two, "Pans, Potter." He realized that this was the first time that he had seen the new couple together and didn't feel any type of jealousy or malice towards the man that had stolen Pansy from him.
Harry nodded in response and he and Pansy smiled at the picture that Hermione and Draco made together. "Out on a date you two?" Pansy grinned as she nudged Hermione in the ribs playfully.
Both of them turned pink as they came up with excuses on why they needed to leave. They rushed off quickly leaving Pansy and Harry behind, both laughing. "They need to admit to one another how they feel." Harry kissed Pansy's forhead.
The petite blonde nodded in agreement, "I'm glad that they've both found someone."
"Do you see what I mean!" Hermione exclaimed as they walked through the park, a shortcut to the theatre. "Everyone thinks that there's something going on between the two of us!" This time she didn't miss the look of nervousness that flashed across Draco's handsome face. "Wait, Draco, what's wrong?"
He shook his head, "Nothing, come on, we better hurry up or we're going to miss the movie." He quickened his steps.
Hermione slowly followed behind, Could he- Nah, he couldn't possibly like me... could he? She shook the foolish thought of him having feelings for her from her mind
I feel so foolish, I never noticed
You'd act so nervous, could you be falling for me?
It took a rumor to make me wonder
Now I'm convinced I'm going under
Hermione tried to enjoy the movie but she couldn't help thinking about what everyone had been saying to her. The walk home was a quite one, both parties lost in their own thoughts of the other.
Thinking 'bout you every day
Dreaming 'bout you every night
Hoping that you feel the same way
"Well, I had a nice night Draco." Hermione smiled nervously at him as they stood outside her door. Ever since she had begun to think of her and him together, she didn't know how to act around him.
"Ya me too, goodnight 'Mione." He kissed her forehead like he usually did, but this time yearned to kiss her lips. He looked at her lips then into her eyes, asking silently for permission. When her whiskey colored eyes sparkled and she softly licked her lips, he took it as a yes and slowly leaned in, covering her lips with his.
Hermione's heart began to pound and she swore she saw stars when his lips touched hers. The kiss was soft, and tender as she hesitantly brought her arms up around his neck. She felt goose bumps on her skin as he responded, by wrapping an arm around her waist, the other caressing her cheek and playing with the strands of her hair. He pulled her closer to him so their bodies were touching and deepened the kiss.
Draco's left hand lost itself in her mass of silky auburn hair, as his right held her tightly to him. Never had a kiss moved him the way this one was. He smiled as he heard her whimper in content as his tongue met hers. When he felt the need to breathe he slowly pulled away from her resting his forehead against her. He could feel her chest moving up and down, breathing deeply as was he.
His mercury eyes studied every inch of her face, she was absolutely exquisite, she slowly opened her eyes, and smiled softly at the sight of his handsome face bathed in the moonlight, making him seem like some sort of angel. "Maybe they weren't so crazy after all." She whispered as she brushed a platinum lock of his hair from his face. Draco smiled back at her before claiming her lips once again. He blindly fumbled for the door knob and flung it open, lead her inside and the two fell down on the couch, never breaking contact with one another's lips.
Now that we know it, let's really show it
Let's give them something to talk about
The song belongs to Bonnie Rait. I always thought that Hermione and Draco would make a cute couple and I'm sorry for those of you who disagree, but this is fanfiction, and while I DON'T own the characters, I can make them do whatever I want! Insert evil laugh he he he
Hermione and the rest of the people in her year are around 25/26… Ginny would be a year younger (duh)… I'll go more into detail of how they all became friends in the next chapter. This fic is a rewrite of another fic of mine, so to those who have read M&M's it's the same basic thing, just formatted to the HP world :)
Pairings: Draco/Hermione, Harry/Pansy, Blaise/Ginny, Ron/Millicent...
Oh yea… if someone could tell me what color Pansy's hair really is? Some say blonde, others say black… I have no clue… I also don't have a beta, so if anyone sees any mistakes, kindly let me know!
One love,
NelStar7
May 28, 2006