There, He was doing it again. It drove him mad; all this staring, spacing out all the time just because of that mudblood, damn it; he couldn't even say it anymore! Still, he couldn't lay his eyes off her. Curly smooth hair, perfectly curved body, little sweet nose, voluptuous lips and most of all warm chocolaty eyes.
He watched her get up from her seat and walk gracefully towards the doors of the great hall, although something about her was disturbing, she looked upset. Ron and Harry were frowning and they followed her out.
"I wonder what's on her mind..." Draco muttered under his breath. "What did you say sweetie pumps?" Pansy asked while yawning, "you weren't with us tonight... watching the gryffindor table. Are you planning something against Potter?" "Yeah, yeah..." Draco hushed her, and went back to talking with his alleged slytherin friends.
Later on in gryffindor common room an ocean spilled out of Hermione's eyes while Harry was trying to calm her down and Ron was spitting out as many apologies as he could. "I'm truly sorry Hermione! Really!" "Why did you have to?! Am I boring you?" Harry became quite terrified by the fire in her eyes, she really looked angry. And so she was, but not only that- she was hurt.
'How could he do this to me?' She thought, with all her care and love, he spat her right in the face. She always did the best she could to please him. Well, obviously that wasn't enough.
And that's when she came to her decision- "Ron, I can't keep going on like that, I will never be able to forgive you and we were quite in the dirt lately... I think we should break up". "What?!" Ron was shocked, he was so sorry he went with that stupid hufflepuff Hannah Abbot in the first place, now his girlfriend was breaking up with him for a one night of quick satisfaction...
His mind started wandering and he started thinking about many things, the last thing he wanted right now was to deal with Hermione.
After the blur of his daydreaming faded, he found Hermione frowning at him, with tears in her eyes. "Well, I don't know what to say," he blurted out "I'm pretty shocked Hermione, I plead you to change your mind about this!" "I'm sorry Ron, but I just can't get hurt like this anymore" Hermione turned around and climbed up the stairs to the girls dormitories.
That night, Draco couldn't sleep, he knew something was wrong with Hermione, he felt it. He planned on finding out what happened to her tomorrow when finally sleep came over him and he embraced it willingly.
The next day came with cheers and excitement. Everybody was nervous about today for it was going to be the most important match of the year- Gryffindor vs. Slytherin. Draco woke up, hot and sweaty. A shiver climbed up his spine, he dreamed about her again.
Then the match came to his mind and he was disappointed that he had to cancel checking on Hermione. 'Well then... might as well change and go have a quick breakfast before the warm up practice for today' he thought to himself so he had a short shower, grabbed a snack in the great hall and made out for the pitch.
On his way out he caught a glimpse of Dark colored hair and he bet he heard a bit of crying too. Before he knew it, he was running, trying to keep up with her, she was a rather fast runner.
By the time she stopped he realized they were right next to the forbidden forest and she sat down on a log.
"Granger" he said sneering, "you've got something on your sleeve, I reckon it's your heart", "leave me alone Malfoy, I'm not in the mood for fighting now, besides, I need to think" Hermione squeaked while letting out a small sob "careful, careful my little Granger, you wouldn't want to get too sentimental on me. After all, I'm not a shoulder to cry on. Why I'd say that Weasel hurt you, am I right?"
Actually, he felt like he hurt her by saying that and he didn't like it, although he knew he couldn't give himself away by acting as if he cared, he did! So he had to say something, at least to smoothen out a bit of the roughness from what he said. "It's alright Granger I'm not here for a fight anyways..." "Then what are you here for? I mean, we usually don't have soul to soul conversations". "What are you doing here Malfoy? Go stick your nose some place else, you're not wanted here" Harry suddenly interrupted, and slowly raised his fist. He saw them talking on his way to practice and felt he had to protect Hermione, especially now when she was so vulnerable.
"Easy easy Potter, you know you don't have to be so protective about Granger, she can take care of herself... oh and thank you for the permission, I will go stick my nose, by your girlfriend if you don't mind. Too bad it's not really going to be my nose that I will stick..."
Harry was so furious you almost saw the steam coming out of his ears. "Just Fuck off!" is all he could say. Draco didn't take any notice to Harry's dangerous fist waving and his dirty language, and just said politely "Good bye Granger, you for the nice chat we had and the explanation will have to wait for later".
'Oh Merlin! The practice! How could he forget everything all of a sudden? Montigiu was going to kill him!' Draco took off to the pitch as fast as he could.
"You alright Hermione?" asked Harry worriedly "Yes I'm fine thank you, but I guess that Malfoy was actually right about the part that you could loosen up a bit about me, I can look after myself." "Well, you're right, but I saw you with him looking so hurt and I couldn't just keep on walking like nothing happened, especially after Ron yesterday".
"Alright.. Wait, you have to go to practice! Hurry up and good luck at the game!" Hermione pushed Harry away and he stumbled a little. "Why, aren't you coming?" Harry asked somewhat surprised. "No, I want some privacy to think over things, and while everyone is at the pitch cheering is the best time because the castle is isolated" "Fine! Feel better then. See you later." Harry was disappointed, Hermione never missed games unless she really had to, and Harry had counted on her to come. But there was nothing he could do about it so he started walking away hastily, but trying to not seem so, that Hermione won't notice.
Hermione watched Harry drifting away in the fog of the day and felt a bit melancholic so she decided to take a stroll and maybe hop off to the library later.
Suddenly a thought came to her 'I wonder what Malfoy wanted to tell me' and she gasped 'this is Malfoy! What am I thinking?? The biggest ferret I know and I want to hear why he came after me? God Hermione, you've really changed over the year...'
Meanwhile Harry and Ron were getting ready for the match, and talked about the incident with Hermione.
"You're my best friend mate, but I guess you do deserve it, you shouldn't have cheated on her. Lately you've been taking her too much for granted" Harry said. "I know, I know but I was getting bored...it's been almost a year and we haven't done anything yet", "Ron, don't be so selfish! Ginny and I are already together for quite some time and we don't do anything more than kissing, yet you don't see me fooling around with every girl I meet. I'm waiting until she's ready and it's going to be much better than hooking up with some slut for a night" "hey don't exaggerate, Hannah's not some slut, you know her too!"
"Don't be a smart ass, you know what I meant" "yeah, I'm sorry mate, I guess you're right. The game is beginning let's go" and they came out of the changing rooms.
"Angelina Johnson has the quaffle, she passes to Alicia Spinnet, and... 10 points to gryffindor! That's my girlfriend!" "Thomas!" shouted prof. McGonagall.
The game went quite well to gryffindor, as usual, and slytherin didn't have many expectations but Draco really made an effort in watching the snitch. He felt like he had to prove something, to someone, and he thought he knew who it was.
Too bad that that designated person wasn't there, but reading a thick book in the library and on the way thinking about the hard matters in life.
Surprisingly, Draco caught sight of a gold spot flickering around the pitch, and he noticed Harry didn't see it. At first he slowly drifted towards the direction, as if searching normally, and then he took a dive and quickly sped to reach the snitch. Harry quickly noticed what was going on and followed Draco as fast as he could, but he was too late- Draco had already clutched the golden ball in his hands and the game was over.
Draco couldn't believe it, after so long he had caught the snitch and he was proud at the thought that his team won just because of him.
Everyone from slytherin rushed down to the lawn and leaped at him. There was no girl from his house that hadn't kissed him that day, and even some of the boys did.
Hermione watched people come in the common room with disappointed faces, and she knew how the game ended immediately.
Finally, Harry and Ron entered the room and they looked like their faces were soaked. "Did it go that bad??" Hermione asked. She had never seen them like that after a match, even when they had lost. "It wasn't even a close fight, he just dove in and caught the snitch, and I didn't notice" "Never mind Harry, you'll win next time! I bet it was just rough luck- and those opportunities don't come twice. In the end the better one wins"
Ron looked at her oddly "Wow, you suddenly became a real pro in quidditch, Hermione" "No, I just read a book about seekers in the library, you know me, I read every book I find" "I know, that's why it's funny you'll be reading about something interesting like quidditch!" "You bastard!"
It was funny, and she was happy about it, but even after their aching break up, Hermione and Ron stayed on good terms. They had a very unique relationship- and even if their romantic one was over it didn't mean they didn't keep on being best friends.
And with all that, Hermione had in a queer way, someone else on her mind that moment, and there was no way she would tell who it was.
A/N: I hope you all liked it, don't worry it's not gonna be all boring in the next chapters... there is going to be R . This chapter was just for the developing of the characters. Please review and keep on reading the next chappies!!
He watched her get up from her seat and walk gracefully towards the doors of the great hall, although something about her was disturbing, she looked upset. Ron and Harry were frowning and they followed her out.
"I wonder what's on her mind..." Draco muttered under his breath. "What did you say sweetie pumps?" Pansy asked while yawning, "you weren't with us tonight... watching the gryffindor table. Are you planning something against Potter?" "Yeah, yeah..." Draco hushed her, and went back to talking with his alleged slytherin friends.
Later on in gryffindor common room an ocean spilled out of Hermione's eyes while Harry was trying to calm her down and Ron was spitting out as many apologies as he could. "I'm truly sorry Hermione! Really!" "Why did you have to?! Am I boring you?" Harry became quite terrified by the fire in her eyes, she really looked angry. And so she was, but not only that- she was hurt.
'How could he do this to me?' She thought, with all her care and love, he spat her right in the face. She always did the best she could to please him. Well, obviously that wasn't enough.
And that's when she came to her decision- "Ron, I can't keep going on like that, I will never be able to forgive you and we were quite in the dirt lately... I think we should break up". "What?!" Ron was shocked, he was so sorry he went with that stupid hufflepuff Hannah Abbot in the first place, now his girlfriend was breaking up with him for a one night of quick satisfaction...
His mind started wandering and he started thinking about many things, the last thing he wanted right now was to deal with Hermione.
After the blur of his daydreaming faded, he found Hermione frowning at him, with tears in her eyes. "Well, I don't know what to say," he blurted out "I'm pretty shocked Hermione, I plead you to change your mind about this!" "I'm sorry Ron, but I just can't get hurt like this anymore" Hermione turned around and climbed up the stairs to the girls dormitories.
That night, Draco couldn't sleep, he knew something was wrong with Hermione, he felt it. He planned on finding out what happened to her tomorrow when finally sleep came over him and he embraced it willingly.
The next day came with cheers and excitement. Everybody was nervous about today for it was going to be the most important match of the year- Gryffindor vs. Slytherin. Draco woke up, hot and sweaty. A shiver climbed up his spine, he dreamed about her again.
Then the match came to his mind and he was disappointed that he had to cancel checking on Hermione. 'Well then... might as well change and go have a quick breakfast before the warm up practice for today' he thought to himself so he had a short shower, grabbed a snack in the great hall and made out for the pitch.
On his way out he caught a glimpse of Dark colored hair and he bet he heard a bit of crying too. Before he knew it, he was running, trying to keep up with her, she was a rather fast runner.
By the time she stopped he realized they were right next to the forbidden forest and she sat down on a log.
"Granger" he said sneering, "you've got something on your sleeve, I reckon it's your heart", "leave me alone Malfoy, I'm not in the mood for fighting now, besides, I need to think" Hermione squeaked while letting out a small sob "careful, careful my little Granger, you wouldn't want to get too sentimental on me. After all, I'm not a shoulder to cry on. Why I'd say that Weasel hurt you, am I right?"
Actually, he felt like he hurt her by saying that and he didn't like it, although he knew he couldn't give himself away by acting as if he cared, he did! So he had to say something, at least to smoothen out a bit of the roughness from what he said. "It's alright Granger I'm not here for a fight anyways..." "Then what are you here for? I mean, we usually don't have soul to soul conversations". "What are you doing here Malfoy? Go stick your nose some place else, you're not wanted here" Harry suddenly interrupted, and slowly raised his fist. He saw them talking on his way to practice and felt he had to protect Hermione, especially now when she was so vulnerable.
"Easy easy Potter, you know you don't have to be so protective about Granger, she can take care of herself... oh and thank you for the permission, I will go stick my nose, by your girlfriend if you don't mind. Too bad it's not really going to be my nose that I will stick..."
Harry was so furious you almost saw the steam coming out of his ears. "Just Fuck off!" is all he could say. Draco didn't take any notice to Harry's dangerous fist waving and his dirty language, and just said politely "Good bye Granger, you for the nice chat we had and the explanation will have to wait for later".
'Oh Merlin! The practice! How could he forget everything all of a sudden? Montigiu was going to kill him!' Draco took off to the pitch as fast as he could.
"You alright Hermione?" asked Harry worriedly "Yes I'm fine thank you, but I guess that Malfoy was actually right about the part that you could loosen up a bit about me, I can look after myself." "Well, you're right, but I saw you with him looking so hurt and I couldn't just keep on walking like nothing happened, especially after Ron yesterday".
"Alright.. Wait, you have to go to practice! Hurry up and good luck at the game!" Hermione pushed Harry away and he stumbled a little. "Why, aren't you coming?" Harry asked somewhat surprised. "No, I want some privacy to think over things, and while everyone is at the pitch cheering is the best time because the castle is isolated" "Fine! Feel better then. See you later." Harry was disappointed, Hermione never missed games unless she really had to, and Harry had counted on her to come. But there was nothing he could do about it so he started walking away hastily, but trying to not seem so, that Hermione won't notice.
Hermione watched Harry drifting away in the fog of the day and felt a bit melancholic so she decided to take a stroll and maybe hop off to the library later.
Suddenly a thought came to her 'I wonder what Malfoy wanted to tell me' and she gasped 'this is Malfoy! What am I thinking?? The biggest ferret I know and I want to hear why he came after me? God Hermione, you've really changed over the year...'
Meanwhile Harry and Ron were getting ready for the match, and talked about the incident with Hermione.
"You're my best friend mate, but I guess you do deserve it, you shouldn't have cheated on her. Lately you've been taking her too much for granted" Harry said. "I know, I know but I was getting bored...it's been almost a year and we haven't done anything yet", "Ron, don't be so selfish! Ginny and I are already together for quite some time and we don't do anything more than kissing, yet you don't see me fooling around with every girl I meet. I'm waiting until she's ready and it's going to be much better than hooking up with some slut for a night" "hey don't exaggerate, Hannah's not some slut, you know her too!"
"Don't be a smart ass, you know what I meant" "yeah, I'm sorry mate, I guess you're right. The game is beginning let's go" and they came out of the changing rooms.
"Angelina Johnson has the quaffle, she passes to Alicia Spinnet, and... 10 points to gryffindor! That's my girlfriend!" "Thomas!" shouted prof. McGonagall.
The game went quite well to gryffindor, as usual, and slytherin didn't have many expectations but Draco really made an effort in watching the snitch. He felt like he had to prove something, to someone, and he thought he knew who it was.
Too bad that that designated person wasn't there, but reading a thick book in the library and on the way thinking about the hard matters in life.
Surprisingly, Draco caught sight of a gold spot flickering around the pitch, and he noticed Harry didn't see it. At first he slowly drifted towards the direction, as if searching normally, and then he took a dive and quickly sped to reach the snitch. Harry quickly noticed what was going on and followed Draco as fast as he could, but he was too late- Draco had already clutched the golden ball in his hands and the game was over.
Draco couldn't believe it, after so long he had caught the snitch and he was proud at the thought that his team won just because of him.
Everyone from slytherin rushed down to the lawn and leaped at him. There was no girl from his house that hadn't kissed him that day, and even some of the boys did.
Hermione watched people come in the common room with disappointed faces, and she knew how the game ended immediately.
Finally, Harry and Ron entered the room and they looked like their faces were soaked. "Did it go that bad??" Hermione asked. She had never seen them like that after a match, even when they had lost. "It wasn't even a close fight, he just dove in and caught the snitch, and I didn't notice" "Never mind Harry, you'll win next time! I bet it was just rough luck- and those opportunities don't come twice. In the end the better one wins"
Ron looked at her oddly "Wow, you suddenly became a real pro in quidditch, Hermione" "No, I just read a book about seekers in the library, you know me, I read every book I find" "I know, that's why it's funny you'll be reading about something interesting like quidditch!" "You bastard!"
It was funny, and she was happy about it, but even after their aching break up, Hermione and Ron stayed on good terms. They had a very unique relationship- and even if their romantic one was over it didn't mean they didn't keep on being best friends.
And with all that, Hermione had in a queer way, someone else on her mind that moment, and there was no way she would tell who it was.
A/N: I hope you all liked it, don't worry it's not gonna be all boring in the next chapters... there is going to be R . This chapter was just for the developing of the characters. Please review and keep on reading the next chappies!!