Keep Holding On.
By: Bridget Black-Malfoy
Chapter 2 – Arithmancy
When the moving staircase reached the top Hermione stepped off, and entered the room that was the heads room. She turned around to see Draco's look of amazement.
"What never seen anything more beautiful?"
Draco couldn't speak. The room was beautiful. With a small kitchen/dinner room on the left and a living room on the right. Behind the living room there was a study with two desks in the middle, and bookcases that lined the whole wall, with thousands of books sitting on the shelves. In the middle of the back there was a stair case that split and curved off in opposite directions. Then on the left back there was a door that Draco assumed led to a bathroom.
Draco didn't stand there for long. He walked to the staircase, and started to climb up it. Deciding to go up the right side he was lead to a landing, and on his right side he could see were the left branch of the stair case wound up to the landing as well.
Walking over to the door on the left he looked in and saw that it was a bedroom that was covered in black, with care bears.
"Definitely not my room." Draco said as he closed the door, and walked over to where there was a second door and opened it. It was covered in Green and silver.
"Classic, they think just because I am Slytherin I want to see Slytherin everywhere I bloody look."
"You can change it you know."
Draco jumped, and turned to find Hermione leaning against the railing of the staircase; Draco couldn't help but notice the provocative pose she was in, even if she did not see it herself.
"What?" Draco asked trying not to look at her.
"Dobby." Hermione said, and with a small pop there was Draco's old house elf.
"Yes miss?" Dobby said as he looked timidly at Draco, and then turned to Hermione.
"Dobby, will you please tell Draco how he can make it to where his bedroom changes?"
"Of course miss." Then turning to Draco. "Sir, all you have to do is think of what you want it to look like and then say trecere, and then with just a flick of your wand you say the day, describe how you want it, and then on that day it will be like that." Dobby said looking at Draco with expectant eyes.
"Well." Hermione interrupted. "I will let you two get that done, and then Draco you can come down stairs, and we can get started.
After more than fifteen minutes, Draco climb down the stairs, looked to his right, and saw that Hermione was sitting at the dinning table, with books covering every inch of space.
"Hermione what was the point of me making my room change everyday?"
"Well I figured that now you know about this place you might stay here more. And it gets kind of boring the same bedroom everyday."
Walking over to her he asked her, "What does your room change into?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because I just do, so why don't you tell me Granger." He looked at her with interest.
"If I tell you can we please get to the homework?"
"Yes."
"Well ok, it changes every other day. Black and Care bears, Black and Tinkerbell, Black and Hot Pink, and then Black and bright Green… Now can we please get onto homework?"
"What are Care Bears, and Tinkerbell?"
"Muggle Cartoons."
"Oh, well then ok. Lets get started."
"Great. We will get started with the basics, just to make sure you have them covered."
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After more than three hours of work they were both exhausted.
"You know what I think I am going to go to bed." Hermione said putting her books back in her bag, and then she pulled her parchment and quill closer to her, pulling the ink bottle cork out she dipped her quill, and started to write a note to Harry and Ron telling them that she was spending the night in the heads room.
"Crookshanks." Hermione said, and there was a light thud, and then walked over Hermiones ginger colored car. Hermione handed the cat the peace of parchment, and sent the ginger cat on her way.
"What was that?" Draco asked.
"Oh, I am going to sleep here, I don't feel like having to dodge teachers, to make it all the way back to Gryffindor Tower. So not worth it." Hermione stood, and made her way over to the kitchen counters, and started to make her favorite night time drink. Hot green tea with mandarin oranges.
"Umm, Granger… You wouldn't mind if I stayed too, would you?" Draco asked as he stood, and walked towards Hermione.
"No, I mean this is your tower as well. You are the head boy, right?"
They both laughed, and then stopped. They looked at each other, and then with out another word, Draco went up to his room, and Hermione continued to make her tea.
When she was done making her tea, she saw that Crookshanks was back, she grabbed up her cat, and then made her way to her room. When she entered she laid Crookshanks on her bed, and then sat her tea on the side table. Turning then to the door that lead to the bathroom, she entered, and was stunned to see the sight in front of her. Draco was standing there in all of his glory, a towel in his hand drying his wet hair. How stupid She thought to herself, with Draco here she should have knocked. The bathrooms were what joined the two bedrooms.
"Sorry, I'm so sorry." Hermione said before slamming the door behind her.
Draco was stunned, still with the towel in his hands, drying his hair. He could not believe that Hermione had actually walked in on him while he was naked.
"Strange night this is." He muttered to himself before he finished drying his hair, pulling on his black sleep pants, and walking over to Hermiones door.
He put his ear to the door, and heard singing. He knocked, and heard the singing stop.
"Hermione, the bathroom is clear now, if you want it still. Goodnight." And with that he walked away, and went to his own room.
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Hermione walked over to her door, when she had heard Dracos knock. Then waited to hear the door, on the other side of the bathroom, open and then close.
Then Hermione rushed over to her walk-in closet, and went to her dresser, and extracted her sleep shirt, and a pair of boxers. Then went to the bathroom. She liked the bathroom; it was an oasis, filled with beautiful exotic flowers that today were in the colors of pink, yellow, red, and orange. It had a large tube, that could become a Jacuzzi if she wanted it too, and then large full-length mirrors that were on the wall to her right, opposite of the tub. There were stairs that led to the tub with what Hermione imagined to be ivy of some kind, but she was not sure. Also there were two rooms positioned, on either side of the room, also on the side of the tub.
Hermione took a quick shower, and dressed in her sleep attire. Then deciding it would be proper to say sorry to Draco she made her way to Dracos door, and knocked.
"Yes?" Came the sound of Draco.
"May I come in please?" Hermione asked in a shy tone.
"You may."
Hermione opened the door, and a surprise met her eyes.
"Wow, your room looks as if it is from the darkest parts of the forbidden forest."
"You have been into the middle of the forest?" Draco asked surprised.
"Of course I have, why would I not have?"
Draco came closer to her.
"What do you want Hermione?"
"Oh, well I just wanted to tell you that I am sorry for walking in on you. I should have knocked; it is that I am just not use to having to share this place with someone. Do you forgive me?" Hermione asked. She didn't know why it was so important to her that he forgave her. But it did.
"Of course I do. Do you think that I would hate you all over again because you made a mistake?"
"What you don't hate me?"
"Of course not, Hermione I have already told you the only reason that I never wanted to be around you before, and why I called you mudblood was because of my father. But he died last year, and now I can choose who I like, and dislike. And I like you just fine." Draco said looking at her with a smile. "Do you think that we could be friends?" Draco asked putting his hand in front of him.
Hermione was quite taken aback, but all the same put her hand out there and shook Dracos.
"Friends." She said simply. And with a smile, she left the room, and went back to her own room. She climbed into bed, and snuggled up with Crookshanks, and her wish bear doll. And with a smile on her face she fell into a deep sleep.
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TBC…
Well, they are now friends. What do you think will happen next, will the friendship go away, stay the same, or turn into more? Please review, and continue to read. Thank you so much.
Also Thanks to Hermione-Hermyown, for reading over my stories as always. Also still looking for a third beta, if interested please email me at –
