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Without further ado, chapter 2 of The Lioness and the Serpent
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, neither do I seek to reap financial benefits from this piece of fiction. I am merely a fan yearning to manipulate Rowling's characters in such a way as to entertain myself and others.
-the story-
There was a knock at the door.
"Yes?"
"If you knew I wanted you, why didn't you just do something about it?"
"Granger, I like things to be done in a certain way… I also do not appreciate being used. I have had too many aspects of my life controlled by other people. My sexuality and the goings on of my bedroom are some of the few things that I still have yet to relinquish." Draco closed the book he had been reading and looked at her.
"I understand that now. And I am sorry." She stood in the doorway, rubbing her arm absently as if her feared so would get bitten by some strange feral animal. Draco felt as if he'd love to do the biting.
He chuckled to himself. "Come, Granger, sit here with me on the bed." She did as he asked.
"So, why did you think that I would be a suitable choice for you to use while exacting your revenge on my good, old, chum the Weasel? Hmm?" Draco rolled onto his side so he could get a better view of Hermione's face.
"I heard people talking…" She looked down. She must've been ashamed and embarrassed of the things she had heard, still such the prude.
"People?" Draco raised an eyebrow.
"Girls from all different houses. I kept hearing how great you were and how much they envied each other. I was curious and thought this would be a great research opportunity, also…you being the son of a notably horrid Death Eater, and a former inductee into Voldemort's ranks would only increase Ron's sense of jealousy and rage." She looked up at him, her eyes, moist with honesty and the smallest hint at arousal. Excellent.
"I do understand the bit about my dark connections, but what is this about a research opportunity?" There went the other eyebrow and the smirk.
"It wasn't meant to be anything more than that. I wanted to know what it was like to be with the number one shag Hogwarts has had for the past three years running."
"Number one, huh? Who's number two? And have you been with them?" The smirk was turning into a grin of skepticism. He knew that she hadn't been with anyone, except perhaps for maybe Weasley.
"Top Ten, apart from you."
Draco couldn't believe it. "Ten?"
"Ten."
"Start from the bottom up, in rank—not quality to your tastes." Draco fumed. He was hoping to be at least her second ever.
"Well at number ten we have Terrance Higgs whom you know of course, nine is Seamus Finnagan, eight is Owen Cauldwell, he's a Ravenclaw, seven… Dean Thomas, six…Fred and George Weasley, five…Oliver Wood, four…Blaise Zabini, three…Cedric Diggory, two…Harry Potter, and then…you."
Draco's eyes felt as if they were about to fall out of his head. He was astonished, amazed, abashed, amused and a whole slew of other 'a' adjectives. "Who are you and what have you done with the real Hermione Granger?" He looked under the sheets and under his pillow. "So, you've been with all these boys then?"
"Why do you sound so amazed? You've been with at least twice as many girls." She seemed to be gaining some confidence. Maybe she would develop enough to fight back. He'd like that.
"This is true. I was just astonished that the Prude of Hogwarts had seen and gotten so much action, some of which would even seem a bit exotic for her assumed tastes. That is to say…I assumed that a threesome would be too taboo for you." Ugh. That rhymed too much for Draco. It was "too cute."
"It was fun for a fling. Not something I want to make a habit of." Hermione made herself more comfortable by turning around to face him, arranging herself cross-legged on his queen sized bed adorned with silver satin sheets and a good heavy emerald comforter.
Thank Merlin! Draco was not one for sharing…especially not on a regular basis. Every once in a while, maybe. Maybe.
They sat there, in silence for what seemed like hours. Draco had picked his book back up and was going to return to the last paragraph of the page when Hermione spoke up. "So…."
"So." Sorry, Scarecrow. You and Tip will just have to keep fighting Jellia Jam all by yourselves.
"Aren't you…? I mean, would you…" She sighed heavily, trying to find the appropriate words for the question Draco was dying for her to ask. "What do you think of my proposition?"
"And what was your proposition exactly?" He wasn't sure what she was getting at. She hadn't actually ever asked him to do anything for her in exchange for anything in return. She had merely explained her behavior.
"About…you know...relations." Draco noticed the blush that was beginning to make a permanent home on Hermione's cheekbones.
"I don't recall any kind of proposition… Remind me again what the parameters were?"
Hermione rolled her eyes and made some sort of noise that women used to show that they are aggravated and annoyed. She also stood up, an act that signaled to Draco that he was quickly losing what he had been strategically vying for, so he also stood up.
"You are so difficult! First you act like you want to get me drunk to get me in bed with you, I ask you if you want to shag me to get back at Ron, I tell you that I want to shag you because you are apparently tops, and now you act like you don't care?" Hermione was clearly angry. Had she sent out clear vibes and direct signals that she wanted him? Draco knew that she had, but it was all part of his little scheme.
"I told you, Granger. I like things to be done in a certain way."
"Oh, yeah? So tell me what I'm supposed to do? Am I supposed to just let you command and control me? Let you instruct me on what actions to perform? Let you tell me I'm worthless? Is that what you want?" She made to slap him, but Draco caught her wrist.
"Yes, all except the worthless bit. And you know that it would feel so good to let someone else have control for a change. You, Hermione Granger, who micromanages every single minute of her day can only dream of how good it feels to not know what comes next. When you were with any of those other blokes, did they ever surprise you? Did they ever disregard your requests and give you what you really wanted instead of what you asked for? Did any of them do what you have dreamed I would do to you?" He squeezed her wrist little by little as he spoke, and he let go as he waited for the response that never came.
"I thought not, here's what you need to do right now. Go to your bedroom for five minutes. Breathe. Calm down, and think truly and deeply. Do you want this? If once the five minutes has passed and you're still not sure then you don't really want to get back at Weasley, and you really could care less about what those other girls said. I will not wait any longer than five minutes. Go."
She left, and for the second time that night, within five minutes there was a knock at Draco Malfoy's bedroom door.
End.
A/N—Okay! So this was, of course, not the main event, but don't worry! It's coming! Also Draco is being dominant, but Hermione will have her go! As always please feel free to leave a comment! Any flavor is awesome! Good reviews, bad reviews, I'll take anything you want to give! Easy peasy lemon sleazy! Lol.
References for folks who didn't get them! Only one that I could spot: Scarecrow, Tip, and Jellia Jam… from the book that Draco was reading. It was from the "The Land of Oz," second in the Oz series written by Frank L. Baum. I like to think that Draco would read anything…he and Hermione are the same that way.
Again thank you so much for the reviews and goading to extend this fic! Here is a shameful plug for some of my other stuff: If you like The Beatles, I've done some "semi-songfics." This is where I take the lyrics and make them into real dialogue. (I also tried my hand a real songfic where the song was the story and there were snippets of plot tossed in) Plus I have another Dramione fic "Suffer No More" and an OC fic "Girls Can Play Quidditch." Both of which I am in the process of revamping and updating.
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K M Rose
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