Recap:
Draco had the same room as Hermione did except for the colors and the bed of a cat. He also had a bed, nightstand, and bathroom to the right, balcony to the left, study table at the corner, full-body mirror, cabinet and a shelf. The colors of his room are Green and Silver. He went to the bathroom and took a bath. After taking a bath, he slept on his bed. And he had a dream. He was dreaming about---
Chapter 2- The Dream
It was a misty night and beneath the tree, near the lake, sat a blond handsome figure. He was just there, reading and sometimes, looking at the lake. Hermione was enchanted by his charm so she went closer to him. The closer she got the clearer he became. Above them, the moon shone brightly. When she reached the figure, she cleared her throat and the figure looked up. The moon illuminated his eyes… his face. His cold gray eyes looked upon her chocolate brown ones. She was shocked to see Draco Malfoy but still happy to see him. They stared onto each other for seemed like hours but it was only a few minutes. She felt herself smiling and Draco stood up. He towered over her but he never took his eyes off her. He smiled and put his hand on her cheek.
"Draco, I--- " she started but he just put a finger on her lips and said, "Shhh…" he leaned in and…
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Hermione woke up and slammed her alarm clock. Her pressure was so strong, the alarm clock almost split in half. She winced at the pain but shrugged it off.
'It was such a good dream! Why stop it?' she thought. 'Hermione! Pull yourself together! Dreaming of Malfoy is a bad omen. You might die or something! And don't think it's a good dream.'
'But you know you want to.' Her conscience teased.
'What?! Are you kidding me? Why would I want to kiss that ferret?' she fought back.
'I'm your conscience. I know your true feelings. Deep inside you want him for yourself.' She continued.
'Liar!' Hermione shouted at her conscience.
'I don't lie. I'm just telling the truth. Don't deny it to me. I'm inside you. I know everything about you.' Hermione pictured that her conscience had a big grin plastered on her face. 'I also know how you secretly paid Colin Creevey 5 galleons to take a picture of Draco on his quidditch uniform.'
'I'm not listening. I'm not listening. Besides, that was a long time ago.' She defended.
'Sure! If you say 6th year is a long time ago. Suit yourself. But please, stop hiding it under your pillow. Put it in your nightstand.'
"Ahhhh!" Hermione shouted. Then she heard a loud thud. She went outside her room and heard Draco say, "Ow! Who the bloody hell shouts this early in a Saturday morning?!"
She tried to tiptoe back to her room but when she was halfway to her room, Draco went outside, in nothing but his boxers. Hermione turned around to see Draco but was shocked to see him in his boxers.
"Granger! Would you pipe down! You're not the only person here you know!" he shouted. For a few moments Hermione said nothing and kept staring at Draco. 'God! Look at that abs. Quidditch really paid off!' she thought. 'See!' her conscience appeared again.
"Would you shut up?!" Hermione shouted. Draco thought Hermione was talking to him and got mad. He went to her and pinned her on the wall, his face was so close, and she could feel his breath. "You're telling me to shut up? When you're the one who bloody shouts in the bloody morning!" he said angrily.
"Dr-I mean, Malfoy, I was not talking about you. I'm sorry! Alright? I'm sorry." She answered with fear. She was frightened with Draco's actions. He just looked away and went back to his room. When he closed the door, Hermione breathed deeply and suddenly the door opened again. Draco's eyes went up and down and said teasingly, "Nice body! Like the nightdress." After his remark, he went back to his room.
"IS THAT SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF OR BE PISSED?!" she screamed. "AAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!" then stomped back to her room. She went to her room and looked at herself at the mirror. She twirled and thought she didn't look bad. She just went to her cabinet and prepared her clothes. They were allowed to wear casual clothes since its Saturday. But during weekdays, they are obligated to wear robes. She went to bath and stayed there for more than half an hour. When she got out, she went to her bed. She wore red spaghetti strapped v-neck with black bolero. She wore fit Capri pants and sneakers. She looked at her mirror and brushed her hair. "Perfect." She mumbled.
Just in time when she went out of her room, she noticed Draco snoozing at the sofa. She went near him and saw how great he looked in his clothes. He was wearing a dark green polo inside and a black jacket over it. He wore dark jeans and black shoes. As she was staring at Draco, he opened his eyes. Then smiled. Upon seeing his perfect white teeth, Hermione sighed dreamily and snapped back to reality.
"I got you, Granger." He said confidently. "You were totally checking me out! Anyway, you can continue staring at me at the great hall while I'm at the Slytherin table, laughing AT you with my friends."
"I thought someone as evil as you doesn't have any friends. Oh what's that, Malfoy? Do I see a tear in your eyes?" she answered back. She knew she must have hit a nerve for Draco looked furious. "Daddy isn't here to hurt me? Oh yeah! I forgot. He's dead! Killed by your master, who was it? Oh yes, VOLDEMORT!"
"Don't talk about things you don't know, you insufferable know-it-all!" then he left her at the common room staring into space. How much he wanted to slam the door at her but couldn't. Not because he has feelings for her but because its a portrait. When she walked out of the room and went to the great hall, she wanted to talk to Harry and Ron about what had happened at the common room. She looked at the Gryffindor table and saw her two best friends sitting next to Neville. She happily went towards her friends.
"Good morning!" she said in a cheery voice. A smile attached to her face.
"What's gotten to you?" Harry asked. "Somehow I'm finding it hard to ask you if something good happened today because you're staying with my arch-enemy in a special common room."
"Actually, something good happened between me and Malfoy be-" but was cut off because Ron accidentally spit his pumpkin juice. "WHAT?!" he said shock seen on his eyes.
"I managed to make him pissed off!" Hermione said proudly and in a as-a-matter-of-fact tone. They spent the whole breakfast telling Harry and Ron what she did. Both Harry and Ron thought Hermione was wicked. She had actually changed her attitude. Draco meanwhile was at the Slytherin table talking to Blaise. He was cursing repeatedly and all the other Slytherins could do was stare and listen at him. No one dared stop him except for one. A girl. Not just any girl, a 6th year. She knew that Draco was the least enemy she wanted. But she couldn't take it anymore. He had gone past the line.
Regina went to Draco and bellowed, "I know I have no right to say this to you, but would you shut the bloody hell up! It's early in the morning and you keep on cursing?!" When they heard Regina's voice, they thought that someone had sent him a howler. Everyone kept quiet to listen. Dumbledore was there to witness it with other teachers including Severus Snape but did not stop Regina from shouting at Draco. Snape had an interested look on his eyes and dared not to ruin the situation. "You think it doesn't bother us, well then you're wrong! Nobody just has the guts to make you shut your frickin' mouth! To think I persuaded the sorting hat to put me in Slytherin to get to know you and I find out that you're just an arrogant bastard. Then I would have chosen the first decision the sorting hat had for me! Geez!" with that, she turned around and went to her seat to eat her breakfast. Moments of silence then everyone clapped their hands for Regina's bravery. The Slytherins didn't move but their eyes were on Regina, bewildered with her actions. Dumbledore just stood up, the twinkle in his eyes never fading and said, "Yes, thank you Ms. Spence. Today is your free day. You can do what ever you want. Oh and Mr. Malfoy, Ms. Granger, please proceed to my office after breakfast."
Draco looked dumbfounded. Pansy looked like she was about to kill Regina. Crabbe and Goyle looked impressed. They looked at Draco and instantly he knew what they were going to say. "Both of you like her now don't you?" he asked. The two just nodded and he shook his head. "The nerve of that woman!" he mumbled. An hour later, breakfast was finished and everybody proceeded to his or her destinations. Pansy Parkinson on the other hand, was following Draco. Before them was Regina Spence along with her clique. Pansy tugged on Draco's sleeve and gestured for him to watch her. He just stopped and told Pansy to do whatever she's planning. He just wanted it to be over with so he can go to Dumbledore's office without being followed by that annoying woman. Pansy walked towards Regina and pulled her hard. She applied too much strength that the sleeve of Regina's polo was torn. Then she pinned her to the wall. Draco went towards the two girls, trying hard to slip past the group of people surrounding the girls. When he was finally able to get through, he saw that Pansy was shouting at her and a cut on Regina's cheek was visible. Blood was trickling down her cheeks but she stood her ground. Her blood stained her white with dark blue polo.
"Who do you think you are to do that to MY Draco?" Pansy shouted.
"Hah! Draco? YOURS? Last I heard, he dodged you at the train causing you to fall down the train floor!" Regina answered Pansy with such malice in her tone. Several students laughed at Regina's retort but continued watching the feud between two Slytherins.
Pansy turned bright red and raised her hand to slap her. Just in time, Regina caught her hand and threw it to Pansy's side then slapping her straight in the face. Draco was too amused to stop the two from quarreling and the only prefect there were the Slytherins. The others were either in a meeting or had gone some place. Hermione was out of sight because she was already at Dumbledore's office. Pansy's cheek had a pinkish mark of Regina's hand. Everyone including Draco laughed at Pansy. They all thought Pansy deserved that slap in the face.
"You think you're beautiful?! You think you're seductive?! You think Draco adores you?!" Regina started. "Keep dreaming! When you do that voice at Draco, all I heard was a shrieking old hag! Don't think everyone loves you. Because they don't, so don't go to me pretending to be tough and be beaten. Compared to me, you're nothing! For me, and I don't know if Draco thinks this too. On behalf of everybody, you're just a worthless piece of trash."
She turned on her heel but someone stopped her. Someone grabbed her hand and without warning, his hands were on her back. She was being held with one hand supporting her back and was being kissed passionately by Draco Malfoy. There were gasps of horror from girls and smiles plastered on the guys' faces. Someone even yelled, "He shoots, he scores." And that was Blaise Zabini who was watching the whole time. After a few moments, Regina broke the kiss. She looked straight into Draco's eyes and said, "You don't want this." While covering her kiss swollen lips with her right hand and trying to hide a smile on her face. She successfully fooled everyone that she wasn't happy with what Draco did. She heard Draco speak.
"Oh yes I do, love." He answered.
She shuddered when she heard Draco call her 'love'. And he continued. "And I forgive you for yelling at me this morning at the great hall. And you do have the potential to be in Slytherin. Hitting Pansy like that and yelling at me, true Slytherin."
She ran her hand to her cheek and immediately, the wound healed and the bleeding stopped. She snapped her finger and her clothes changed. She was now wearing a black shirt and a brown skirt with floral lace details and a black short boots. It made her look so hot that Draco wanted to kiss her again but was able to stop himself. Guilt taking over her she apologized to Draco and left with her friends asking her how Draco's lips felt. That wasn't her first kiss but it sure made her feel that it was her first. Draco dismissed all the students still surrounding him and staring at him. He went to Dumbledore's office afterwards. He looked around the portraits of the former headmasters and headmistresses. Then knocked at the door. He heard Dumbledore say 'come in' and as he did he saw Hermione already seated infront of the table of the headmaster.
"Thank you for joining us, Mr. Malfoy." Dumbledore said. "Certainly you enjoyed the kiss you shared with our 6th year Slytherin prefect, while Ms. Granger and I waited for you here." The twinkle in dumbledores eyes never disappearing and it also looked amused. Draco was not shocked that Dumbledore knows that but when he looked at Hermione, she looked at him with great disgust.
"Making out with a 6th year prefect? You're desperate, Malfoy!" she said.
"No I'm not. I'm simply rewarding her for stopping Pansy bother me. Or are you just jealous that she got to feel my lips?" he answered coolly. Dumbledore cleared his throat and Hermione mumbled and apology. He gestured Draco to sit down.
"I was hoping that you two would get along and show the other students what house unity is all about. But anyway, I just wanted to inform you that the welcoming ball shall be on the the 16th of September. And I would like to tell you that you shall be preparing the ball along with the prefects. Also, Mr. Malfoy, I heard that you know how to play the piano, yes?" Draco nodded and he continued. "And Ms. Granger, I heard from your best friends that you sing well?" Hermione blushed and said, "Well… I can sing. I just don't know if I'm that good."
"It is good to know that you know those stuff. Because someone told me his or her idea about what the heads will do. Somehow, making you two dance might lead to your deaths." Dumbledore joked and continued. "So, he or she told me that why not just make the head boy play the piano along with other musicians and make the piano the lead instrument and make the head girl sing for the students." Hermione and Draco's jaws almost dropped on the floor. They simply can't imagine what kind of torture this would turn out. "I won't tell you who gave this idea for you might talk to try to do something." Dumbledore added.
"But we don't have to bring each other as a date, do we?" Draco asked.
"No. But if you want to, why not?" the headmaster answered.
"NO!" both shouted. Dumbledore just laughed and dismissed them. Both headed to the special common room. Draco said the password again and Ina simply blushed but opened. He entered and said, "We have got to change the password. It is irritating me! I don't love! I'm a Malfoy!"
Hermione just stared at him and thought that he was a moster. But she didn't know that Draco had mastered Occlumency. "I am not a monster." He said.
"Did you go through my mind?" she asked. "Talk about privacy."
"I'm just an amazing occlumens. Unlike you." He answered and went to his room to brush his teeth. Hermione did the same thing, but when she got out from her room, he's gone. She went outside and saw Luisa Spence walking by. She didn't look like her sister at all. She's in 7th year. Hermione walked up to her and started a conversation. Luisa looked happy to be talking to her.
"Wow! You're sister was very brave when she told Malfoy off! I was surprised myself." Hermione said. "To think she was supposed to be in Ravenclaw. She possessed the brutality of Slytherin. The bravery of Gryffindor. The mind of Ravenclaw and the heart of Hufflepuff. She's quite hard to place."
"Yeah. But you know, sometimes my sister can be very powerful that someone has to seal her powers. When she was young, she couldn't control her magic so everything floated around her and sometimes, things would explode. My father thought that she would be put in Slytherin but as she grew, she possessed the different qualities of the four houses. And now, well, my one and only sister was put in Slytherin." Luisa said. Hermione asked Luisa if she wanted to go talk at the lake and she agreed. As they were walking, they were talking about different subjects. Until they reached Ancient Runes. Both loved that subject.
Draco was at the Slytherin common room waiting for someone to go out. He saw Blaise and talked to him. Blaise slapped him at the back and said, "Nice shot, man! That girl's hot!"
"I just noticed it earlier." He answered. "Hey! Do you know the password to the girl's dormitory?"
"To hell I'd know that. I'm not like you Draco that can easily go there and the girls won't mind you seeing them in their underwear." Blaise answered.
Draco was taken aback but still what Blaise said was true. He looked at the stairs leading to the girl's dormitory. "Well then come with me. Nobody would bother you 'cuz you're with me." Blaise just rolled his eyes and followed Draco. When they were at the top, a portrait of a lady was there to greet them. She asked for the password but Draco said something to the lady that made her open the portrait. They entered and soon enough, the girls didn't mind them at all. Well, almost everybody didn't mind when he saw Regina quickly wear her white fit sando shirt. He noticed she had a great figure and perfect white skin. She was wearing a black bra 'cuz the color stood out from her sando. Blaise was still looking around and shouted. "My eyes! My eyes! I saw Pansy in her underwear! Am I gonna die? Am I gonna die?" Everyone laughed except for Pansy who was insulted. Draco slapped Blaise at the back and said, "Don't worry man, after this, I'll let you see the great bodies of Ravenclaw girls." Then he turned back to Regina who slapped him at the cheeks. Tears were streaming down her cheeks.
"Don't you dare do that to the Ravenclaws!" she shouted.
"What? Its only one girl. What's her name again? Oh yeah, Luisa." Regina's eye widened and was ready to slap Draco again when he caught her arm. He pinned her on her bed and he was on top of her. She looked away and said, "Don't touch her. Touch anybody just not her. Don't taint her name. She's my one and only older sister." Draco nodded and let go of her hands. But was still on top of her. He kissed her and soon enough, it became a snogging session. Blaise turned away and watched the girls change. Blaise tapped Draco at the shoulder and said, "Man, we have to leave." Draco stopped and left. He looked back at Regina and said, "Meet you again, love." She just looked away and saw the jealous eyes of her friends.
Hours passed and almost every student can be seen rounding Hogwarts. Only several students stayed at their common room. It was like an ordinary day until dinner. McGonagall announced that after dinner, students are needed to go to their house heads to get their schedules for their classes starts on Monday. Hermione talked to Harry and Ron about Luisa Spence. What they did, what they talked about, everything. Neville was looking at the Ravenclaw table trying to look for his girlfriend, Luna Lovegood. 'It's a good thing Neville found his happiness.' Hermione said. 'Now its time for Ron to find his.'
After dinner, they went to McGonagall's office. When Hermione saw her schedule, she complained to the professor. McGonagall just looked at her and she gave in. She went to Harry and Ron to see their schedules. The three of them had classes together but Hermione has the most number of classes. So they won't be spending much time together. Except for breakfast, lunch and dinner. She showed them her schedule and the two were shocked.
"You can always ask to change your schedule." Ron suggested. Harry looked at Ron and said, "You think Hermione didn't do that?" He looked down and muttered 'sorry.' Almost all of Hermione's classes on Monday were with the Slyhterins. She didn't want them to be all over her, insulting her. She decided to go to the special common room but stopped, turned around and said, "Think about what I told you, Ron. Oh and, prefect's meeting with Malfoy and I will be on Wednesday. Don't forget."
Harry looked at Ron but Ron just turned around and headed towards Gryffindor tower. Harry caught up with him and tapped him at the shoulder. Ron turned and told Harry.
"Alright! Alright! 'Mione told me that I should date her…" he trailed off.
"Mione told you that you could date her?" Harry asked with a grin on his face.
"No! Not Mione. The other girl. You know, the girl she's been talking about during dinner. The sister of our Slytherin idol, Luisa Spence."
"So, will you do it?" Harry asked.
"I don't know. I'll think about it…" he answered then headed towards Gryffindor tower, Harry following him.
Hermione arrived at the special common room and knew that Draco was already there for she can hear the sound of the water from his bathroom. 'Better do the same thing.' She thought. She went inside her room and flicked her wand. Her nightdress was prepared and music was heard.
"Moondance by Michael Buble." She said and the music changed. She loved to listen to Michael's music. She went to the bathroom and relaxed. She almost fell asleep so she went out of the bathroom. She dried herself and got dressed. She waved her wand and muttered a drying spell and her hair dried up. She went to her bed and went under her sheets. She fell into a deep dreamless sleep.
Draco was still awake thinking of someone. And this someone is… instead of Regina Spence, it is Hermione Granger.
Author's Note: The next chapter will be more interesting so please continue reading. Please R&R. Thanks for reading this story. REVIEW!