A Never Ending Dare - A Hermione/Draco Love Story
a/n: I own nothing! Everything belongs to J.K. Rowling! No copyright infringement intended. R&R! First story on FanFiction, so go light on the insults. :)
PLOT: Blaise, Crabbe, and Goyle dares Draco to ask Hermione out on a date, and if he succeeds he would receive a total 250 galleons from them. Draco is surprised how much Blaise is offering but still doesn't want to do the dare. But then he realizes if he didn't do the dare, he would not hear, talk, or see for a month. Without a choice, he asks Hermione out many times and is always turned down. Then finally Hermione sees how persistent Draco is and finally says yes to end the annoyance. But when Draco hangs out with Hermione more often, he realizes that he might have feelings for her.
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Chapter One - The Dare
Draco, fixing his tie, walked in the Slytherin common room finding Blaise, Crabbe, and Goyle laughing and snickering.
What are you guys up to now?" Draco asked.
"Just daring each other," Blaise answered.
"I don't know why I hang out with you guys. Bunch of immatures wasting valuable time."
"We're not wasting time, I gained 200 galleons for doing 1 dare! Care to join, Malfoy?" Crabbe waited for an answer but nothing out from Draco's mouth.
'"I'll through an extra 50 galleons if you come and play with us," Goyle said convincingly.
"Fine," Draco finally said, "but i'll only do one dare."
Draco walked where the other guys were and waited for them to come up with a good dare that was worth their money.
"HAH! I got one!" yelled Blaise, smirking. "We will give you 150 galleons plus the the other 50 if you..." The suspense was building on, "ask that filthy mudblood you hate out until she says yes."
Everything in the room was silent.
Draco finally said something to end the silence, "You mean Hermione Granger?"
"Yes, I mean Granger. Who else?" Blaise said in a smart tone.
Draco was lost in his thoughts. If I do the dare, he thought, Father might find out and will think I'm as stupid as Potter. And if I do it, well, nothing will happen. I'll just get money, lots of it. But then again, I don't need the money.
He look at his friends' faces. They had anxious expressions.
"Do I have to do this?" he asked, hoping for a "no" but he knew it would be opposite.
"Yes, you have to do it!" said Goyle. "Unless..."
"Unless what?!" Draco asked suddenly, getting his hopes up.
"Unless, you want to ask Potter out," Goyle said, breaking out into a laugh.
"Are you serious?" said Draco angry.
"Yeah, I'm dead serious."
"Why am I entitled to do this anyway?"
Blaise sighed and started to speak, "Okay," he began, "You know that in the muggle world when you play Dare you can always say "no" to it and don't face any consequences. But here in the wizard world when you say "no" to the dares, you get a consequence."
"And what's that?" interrupted Draco.
"You can't see, hear, or talk for a month," Crabbe said, getting into the conversation.
Draco grunted. Why are dares so serious in the wizard world?, he asked himself and then asked them a question. "Why didn't you guys tell me this earlier?"
"Because we wanted you to play the game," they all said at the same time.
He sighed. Then finally, he agreed to do it since he had no choice.
"Throw an extra 50 and I'll do it."
"It's done," Blaise said.
"So when do I start?" Draco asked anxiously.
"Now."
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They all started walking to the library, guessing that Hermione would be there studying for something like she always did. Once they were there they all stopped. Then Blaise observed Draco and whispered to him.
"Malfoy, you look like your going to throw up slugs? Something wrong?" Blaise asked still looking and Draco.
"Yes! There is something wrong! If I ask that filthy mudblood out everyone will know! And that would mess up my image," he yelled in a quiet voice.
"Hah. What image? Ferret boy?" commented Crabbe and started to laugh.
Draco gave him a glare and he stopped.
"Ok," said Blaise trying to make up a strategy, "first you'll go into the library and look for her. Then if you see her, act causual and then just ask her out."
"Hah. You make it sound easy," Draco said, tension rising up his shoulders.
"That's because it is," said Goyle.
"Shut Up," Draco said and slowly walked into the library.
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a/n: Yup. That's it. For now. R&R cause I wanna know if this story is worth my while. Suggestions welcomed. Hope that this story isn't too sucky! Thanks for reading though. :)
