True, Blue and Lost Without a Clue

Part 2 of the 'notorious' 'You, Me and Destiny'

So, here I am. Again. With the continuation of my fanfic, 'You, Me and Destiny'. Like I stated in my first fic, everything here is Copyright J.K Rowling ©. I'm just your average fan writing a HP fanfic for fun. Don't like it? Leave.

Now, with all that said, on with the story….*drumroll*

'She likes me…' I thought giddily. 'She actually likes me. She sees the actual me. She doesn't want to play me. She likes me!'

I couldn't help it but have that goofy grin plastered on my face. I really couldn't. 'She likes me' I repeated over and over in my head. 'She likes me…'

"You okay, Draco?" Cho said suddenly. I shook my thoughts away and turned to the girl I was escorting to her class. 'Cho likes me…' a small voice said inside my head.

"You're acting really weird." Cho said to me. "Is something wrong?" Her voice sounded so sympathetic. 'She cares about how I feel. Hermione never did…' I thought.

I smiled. "No, everything's alright. No problem here, not one thing, no way, not me, nuh-uh." I shook my head for emphasis.

Cho laughed. "Is that your normal self?" she asked.

I laughed too. "Yeah, if you count dizziness, nausea, sweaty palms and butterflies in your stomach normal." I joked.

Cho laughed again. "I guess nothing is really bothering you." She joked. Then she laughed once more. Her laugh sounded so…free.

"Oh yeah? Maybe something is bothering you." I teased.

Her face changed to puzzlement. "What do you mean?"

I grabbed one of her books and ran ahead toward her History class. "This is!!!!" I called to her, laughing.

She ran after me. "Give it back before I stop playing nice!!!" she squealed.

"What're you planning to do??" I teased her went she caught up to me. "Tickle me?"

"Exactly." She reached forward and tickled me. I'm pretty ticklish, so it didn't a long time before I started to laugh.

"Okay! Okay! You win!!!" I exclaimed.

She withdrew her hand and smiled at me. I returned the smile and offered my elbow. She took it and we continued our journey toward her class.

All was peaceful as we (Cho and I) hurried to Binn's class. That is, until we ran into my former flame, Hermione Granger.

"Draco?" she gaped at me.

"Nice to see you too, Mudblood." I sneered.

"You?" she said in total shock. "And Cho?"

"Goodbye, Mudblood." I said firmly, staring into her chestnut-brown eyes. Memories of us (Hermione and I) played over in my head, but I quickly pushed it away.

"But…." Hermione started to say. She looked so cute when…wait, what am I saying?

"Goodbye." Cho cut her off. Cho then turned to me. "C'mon, Draco, we need to go." She said as she tugged at my arm. We quickly left Hermione standing there, open-mouthed.

"You okay?" Cho whispered in my ear, concerned.

I started to shake my head, but the shocked face of Hermione suddenly made me stop. I shook my head to clear thought of how beautiful Hermione looked. "I'm…fine." I croaked weakly.

Cho shook her head. "There's definitely something wrong with you, Draco." She said. "Skip your classes. Get better soon. I'll be fine on my way to class, even though I'm already late."

I gasped as I remembered Cho's class. "Oh Cho, I'm so, so, so—"

But Cho just waved my apology away. "Don't worry about it. I'll see you when I see you." She said. After a smile, she ran toward to her History of Magic class.

I stared after her, thinking about how kind and caring she was to me, yet I didn't picture her face, her pretty face smiling back at me. I pictured Hermione's stunning face. 'What's wrong with me?' I thought desperately.

******

I took Cho's advice and faked a sickness to Madam Pomfrey. She lapped it up like a pathetic puppy, but then, she lapped it up so much, almost made me stay there overnight. After convincing her that I was better, I went down to the Great Hall for dinner. As I sat down. I sneaked a peek at Hermione. As it turns out, she was trying to look at me too. She blushed as she saw me, then turned around quickly. I blushed too. I couldn't shake the feeling. 'You have NOTHING to do with that Mudblood, remember? She broke your heart, so why pay attention to her while Cho is the one who actually has feelings for you?' A firm voice said in my head.

'I know! I know! As of now, Hermione is gone from my head for good. And I mean For Good…' I said to myself just as firmly as the voice in my head. Unfortunately, it was easier said than done….

Later, as the prefects were sending us back to our dormitories I heard a voice call out my name. My first name.

"Draco!" Cho called out. I stopped to let Cho catch up to me. "What's up?" I greeted Cho as she caught her breath.

"Nothing much. You feeling better?"

"Yeah. Thanks for asking, Cho."

"Anytime."

"Listen." I said to Cho, who smiled at me, with the conversation with myself --(author's note: is Malfoy going insane?)—playing over and over in my head "I just want to thank you."

Cho's face puzzled up. "For?"

I smiled even bigger at Cho. "For seeing the real me."

Cho smiled back at me, understanding what I said. "You're welcome, Draco. And I want to thank you."

"For?" I asked, confused.

"For everything." She said, smiling sadly back at me.

"But what did I do?" I asked. "I really haven't done anything for you."

She just grinned weakly. "See you tomorrow, Draco." She said, touching my hand.

I pulled her into my arms and gave her a tight hug. "See you tomorrow..." I whispered in Cho's ear.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Hermione and her buddies Potter and Weasley eying Cho and I embrace. Potter looked at me with pure hatred and Hermione looked at Cho with the uttermost loathing.

I broke the hold from Cho and faced the three. "What the hell are you guys doing?" I asked, my voice angry.

"We're just walking." Weasley replied. "Not against the law, is it?"

"Don't go copying lines from Book 4, Weasley!!" I snapped. (author's note: wow, Ron remembers a line from Book 4 and Malfoy realizes it!) "I know you guys were staring at us," I turned to look at Cho. "Embracing. You three got a problem with that?"

Potter opened his mouth to answer but Hermione cut him off. "Drop it, Harry."

"But we…" Weasley started to say.

"I said drop it." Hermione said firmly. Both boys fell silent and so did we.

"Let's go." Harry finally said, and the three quietly went up to their dormitories.

"C'mon Cho." I said as the three disappeared from earshot. "Want me to bring you up to your room?"

"Sure." And I took Cho up to the Ravenclaw dormitory. Once at the door Cho turned to me. "Thanks Draco." She said, smiling at me. I leaned forward and kissed Cho on the cheek. "Bye…" I said softly.

"See you." Cho answered in the same soft voice.

I then left Cho and and started to walk back to the Slytherin dormitory. 'See?' I said to myself. 'I knew I could do it. I knew I could stop obsessing over Hermione. I knew it.'

'Suuure Malfoy, suuurre…' answered that firm voice in my head.

******

The next day, while heading toward my first class, I heard a familiar voice call me. A familiar female voice.

"Mal… er, Draco! Wait up!" called Hermione. Although I wasn't that keen on the idea of seeing Hermione, I stopped anyway.

"What do you want, Mudblood? I don't have time for you." I said irritably as she caught up to me.

"Listen Draco. I think you already know, but…" Hermione started to say, but then she turned beet red.

"What?" I asked in a whisper, already knowing the answer.

"I think I'm in love you again." Hermione said softly.

I stared at her, in shock, but for some reason, she just said the seven words I wanted to hear, yet at the same time, she said the seven words I've been dreading to hear.

"I know, I know, you're going out…. with her," she shuddered at the thought of Cho "But I cant help it. I love you." Hermione said.

"Well, you lost your chance, Mudblood. You dumped me for Weasley. What did you expect me to do, wait for you forever, when Cho told me that she likes me?" I asked Hermione.

"No." Hermione whispered. "I'm just asking for a second chance."

I knew I supposed to be mad at her, but I melted at her words. I fell like a ton of bricks.

"Please Draco, give me a second chance." Hermione begged. "I love you."

I don't know exactly why I said it, but I did. "I love you too, Hermione."



And that concludes 'True, Blue and Lost Without a Clue'. For now, I'll leave you guys in suspense (ha!) on what will happen next until my brain starts working correctly once again.

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