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A Date
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A date…
He asked me on a date! That in itself is preposterous but the fact that I actually agreed to this nonsense is complete madness.
Ask me what compelled me that I wouldn't be able to give you a suitable answer.
Nevertheless, the fact is, Draco Malfoy asked me on a date… and I said yes. At the risk of sounding repetitive, I'll say in my defense that I haven't quite digested the whole concept yet. Maybe I need to say it again…
A DATE! I'm going on a bloody date with MALFOY!
No! The shock hasn't quite passed yet but I'm starting to sound stupid so I'll stop screaming that around like a fool.
I can't help mumbling about it though as I'm pacing around my room. Maybe I'm dreaming. But as I pinch myself, I'm horridly reminded it's not a dream.
I sit. I stand. I walk. I stop. I jump.
I want to start running too but I feel as if I'm going insane so I stand in front of the window, looking up at the sky. I dream of the nebula for a few minutes until I'm completely calm. I then proceed to my bed, sitting in Indian style with my finger on my chin as if to aid the processing of these numerous thoughts filling my head.
Ok so he asked me on a date. We all know by now I said yes. But why did he ask me out of all people. Of course this is all Dumbledore's fault. If he hadn't come up with this foolish idea of having 'Date Night' in a week none of this would've happened.
But the fact is he did. And all students are required to attend. Even the professors are to be accompanied. I wonder who Snape will take for a moment but I erase that disturbing image to come back to the more pressing subject.
Why did he ask me to be his date? To piss me off evidently. He probably didn't expect me to say yes. Besides, I'll try to convince myself I agreed to piss him off.
There then. It's a win-win. But now we're both stuck with each other. And as I'm just starting to get used to the idea, I remember hearing Harry tell Ron he should hurry and ask me to be his date.
"Oh!" The word left my lips without me even noticing. HARRY AND RON! Merlin what are they going to say when they find out…
My finger is no longer on my chin, it's easily found its way in between my teeth, letting them ravage through the nail all the way to the skin.
They're going to kill me! Maybe I should save them the effort and simply jump off the astronomy tower. I get up, my goal firmly set but I sit back down.
"Stop being stupid Hermione" my lips say. "It's going to be alright. It's just a bloody date. With Draco Malfoy maybe but it's nothing to be suicidal about."
I nod fervently as if agreeing with my words and bring my middle finger to my teeth this time. The other one hurts.
Ok so… how should I go about telling my best friends? On the bright side, Ginny will be thrilled to hear the news, her that always found something attractive to the skinny, tall snake that my date was.
At the thought of such obscenity, my lips stretch into a grimace. Malfoy wasn't the ugliest of all but he certainly wasn't any god like all the girls in this castle seemed to think. He's alright I guess. I'd still rather go with Ron of course. But I no longer have that choice. Maybe I could talk Malfoy out of it though… I think about the opportunity for a while before dismissing it pathetically.
He would never let me out without a price and I was surely not about to be at Malfoy's mercy. Again I nodded, agreeing with myself on the subject.
So now all I had to do was tell Harry. And Ron. And Ginny. Maybe I'll tell Ginny first. She might be able to calm Harry's and Ron's wrath when they find out.
Ok so by now my breathing slowed down, letting me realized that the 4 hours I am to spend with Malfoy will be disastrous. We probably will end up trying to kill the other.
With another grimace, I ask myself once more why on earth I agreed to go with him, ordering myself to answer honestly or not to answer at all.
I couldn't answer. I wasn't sure really why I had said yes. The truth was I never completely hated Malfoy. Of course he was arrogant, pretentious, despicable, impatient, cruel and full of himself. He irked my every nerves every time he opened his mouth nonetheless I never really hated him. I always found him to have an interesting character with his ability to never let his emotions surface or with that way he always seemed to have everything under control. I never believed he was advertently bad either. He was a Malfoy and after all there were expectations that came with the name. But to me he was a puzzle.
Shrugging the subject off, I got up, finally deciding it was time to tell someone I was going to "Date Night" with Malfoy. Best it be Ginny. So I left the Head Prefect's room to go hunt the redhead down. Thankfully, I found her walking out of the library.
She was all excited to be going to this nonsense event with Harry. I swallowed hard. I couldn't do it. It would probably be best if I simply showed up Sunday with Malfoy… Yes it'd be best.
"Oh here you are 'Mione! I'm going to Date Night with Harry can you believe it!" she said with a bright smile
Why yes of course he's in love with you and you're in love with him! I tell myself with a grimace. "Yes that's wonderful Ginny" I say aloud with somewhat of a smile.
"Oh yes it is! I don't even know what I'm going to wear yet! I'm so excited! Oh but who are you going with? Has Ron asked you yet?" she asks, putting her arm under mine.
We start walking to the Gryffindor tower. I don't know if I should lie or tell the truth.
"No he hasn't…" I start. "But somebody else did… and I said yes…"
I decide it's best I tell the truth. Besides I'm bad with lies.
"Well who is it? !"
She's almost jumping up and down with joy as I'm having a tremendous hard time walking.
"Well… you have to promise not to tell anyone…"
"Why of course you have my word but tell already! !"
I think about lying once more.
"Malfoy…" I hate that way my lips have of betraying me. You'd think they'd settle with me for once.
Abruptly, she stops walking, turning to look at me with wide eyes.
"You're lying! !" she whispers.
No I'm not but I sure wish I was I tell myself silently.
Her face grows from the surprise to complete excitement. She's back to jumping up and down, mumbling about how I was lucky, and how every girl would be jealous and of course about how Malfoy was handsome.
I stop listening to note that it is definitely best I tell no one else about this. Let them all be surprised because I'm not sure I can confront anyone else about this.
"Yes well… Now I'm stuck going with him. Anyways Gin' I have to do something. Please promise me you won't tell anybody about this…"
"Oh by Merlin's beard I won't! This is so exciting! "
I don't know what can be so exciting about it but I bid her goodnight and go look for the someone that had started all of this.
I soon find him by the lake, thankfully by himself. He saw me coming but he didn't move, simply throwing some rocks into the dark lake.
Slowly I sit down, grateful that my knees didn't let me down until now.
We sit there in silence for a while. I didn't really know what I wanted from him.
"What are you doing here Granger?" He asks spitefully.
Maybe I did hate him after all. Why did he have to be so rude when I only came to say a few words.
I lift my head only to see his cold steely eyes looking at me with a spark I had never seen in them.
"I wanted to talk about Sunday…" I say, not letting go of the tensed stare we both held.
"There isn't much to say… I'm going with you, and you're going with me."
"Yes I know…"
By now, I've turned my head back to the lake but I can still feel his eyes on me, making me feel all the more uncomfortable.
"Well then… You don't have to be here."
"I was just wondering if we could keep it a secret until then…"
"I'm sure you've already told somebody am I wrong?"
I can feel the smirk in the words and with them I blush.
"Yes but I've only told Ginny and she promised not to say a word…"
"Of course… Well I wasn't planning on telling the world. It isn't such a marvelous thing that I'm bringing you as my date. It's pretty pathetic really."
For some reason, the words hurt. If he didn't want to go with me why in the world did he ask me then. I was about to ask my question out loud when his arm brushed mine to pick up a rock.
We both stop moving. Breathing even. But he simply throws his stone into the lake after a few seconds.
"Why did you ask me?"
Again, my lips betray me. I want to rip them off my mouth but I'm not sure that'd be a smart move.
"Is there a reason why you're here Granger?" he asks, once more staring at me uncomfortably. "You could just break off the deal and we'd both be free to go with anyone else…"
Pain. There is pain in his voice. Or maybe it is my ears that are playing a prank on me.
"I'd understand if you don't think you're good enough to go with me because after all you aren't."
He tried to cover it with these hurtful words but I dismissed them, focusing on the reason he sounded hurt earlier.
"No… I'm going with you."
I'm not sure why I said these words because he was indeed giving me an option to be Ron's date.
"I was just thinking we should do something out of the ordinary to unease the population of the castle." I smirk.
He looks at me interestingly, raising an eyebrow in the process.
"Don't you think it's enough we're going together?"
"Yes of course but we should entertain their curiosity should we not…"
I look at him and he is smirking too. I don't know why I find that relieving. Or why I think it is nice talking to Malfoy for once. At this point it is clear I don't know much.
"Well then let me hear your idea…"
My grin became a smile. Am I happy he is considering my option?
"We should wear masks when we walk in and tear them off after our first dance…"
He looks at me for a moment and again I turn my gaze away, not able to read what his meant.
"Whoever said I was planning on dancing with you Granger?"
I hold my breath. I really should break off the deal after all...
"But it's a decent idea I guess… Where should we find such masks?"
He was joking. I am not quite used to his 'joking' voice yet though...
"I'll make them. It's pretty easy…"
"Don't go make me look like an idiot now Granger. If we're going to do this at least do something worthy of me…"
I laugh, rolling my eyes.
It is definitely disturbing to talk to Malfoy without any real insults.
"I'm good at art craft Malfoy no worries."
"Hum… well just so that you're not I'll make sure to look around for some back up masks" he says with a sincere smile that leaves me astounded.
What was his deal because at this point I was no longer sure I was talking to a slimy slytherin.
"Very well then but you'll see we won't need your back ups!"
I get up. It's too much. I can no longer handle all of this in one day. But he gets up as well.
"One more thing Granger… I'll get you the dress you choose so send me an owl to let me know where I should get it…"
My eyebrows frown. What is he doing? ! Has he fallen off his broom and forgotten we are enemies? Then again maybe I've had my head hit with a buldger as well because I am here participating to this nonsense after all.
"Tell you what… why don't you choose a dress for me Malfoy?"
I want to slap my hand against my lips. What possessed me to say such a thing? I calm myself down quickly though knowing he wouldn't possibly agree.
He raises an eyebrow. Again, I look into his grey eyes that seem to announce a hurricane.
"I guess I could do that… Maybe I'll choose something that'll make you look less like a hippogriff for a change."
He smiles but my eyes widen while my jaw threaten to drops open.
I want to pinch myself again because this time I am certain I am dreaming. Taking a few minutes to recompose myself, I start walking next to him back to the castle.
"Well then I'll make sure to have a back up dress in case the one you get me doesn't please me!"
It was a joke. And we both somewhat laugh. There is tension between us though. I can feel it.
"Unlike you Granger I have good taste!"
"We'll see about that Sunday Malfoy…"
We both stop when the entrance of the castle comes close. He looks at me once more and I hold my hand out.
"Goodnight Malfoy…"
He hesitates for more than five minutes but I refuse to pull my hand back. I feel like my knees are going to give in soon though.
"You won't die touching a mudblood Malfoy I assure you …" My voice whispers shakily.
While the moon illuminates the park, I perhaps see why Ginny thought Malfoy was indeed handsome. But that thought quickly vanishes as he slowly bends down.
"I know Granger…"
And there, he kisses my cheek lightly. I'm not even sure it is a kiss actually. His lips barely brushed my cheek and yet it burned achingly.
He doesn't let me place a word that he makes his way to the dungeons. I stand there for a while before finally moving back to my quarters.
Maybe I'll jump off the astronomy tower after all to wake up from this nightmare, I thought.
But it isn't a nightmare at all.
It feels more like a dream.
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Muahahaha!
I feel evil to end this story like this but i thought i could just stop there! lol But if you guys wish to have a sequel to it let me know because i started writing a potential part 2 to it [_Yes i have no life lol_]... !
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Mrs Malfoy.