Okay so I had some free time and had a few reviews and story alerts so I decided 'what the heck I might as well update'. So here's the next one! Hope you like and please review!
Disclaimer: Don't own anything other than the idea and a love of Lynx :P.
Hermione walked quickly down the corridor and entered the Gryffindor common room in a daze. All she could think about was that kiss. The kiss that had changed her whole world.
'Hermione! Come sit down!' Ron shouted over to her.
Trying to get her attention was one of his daily quests. Everyone knew he was in love with her, everyone except Hermione that is. Hermione still thought of Ron as her best friend. She trusted him with her life and would risk hers for him. She did love him. She loved him with all her heart, just not in the way Ron loved her.
Hermione looked up at her two best friends; Harry and Ron, sitting with Ginny and began to absent-mindedly walk towards them. She sat down heavily on the couch beside Ron, still having said nothing.
'Are you okay Hermione?' Harry asked, concern filling his eyes. 'It's just you look really pale and you haven't once told us that we should be studying. In fact you haven't said a word. Hermione?' Harry raised his voice calling Hermione trying to catch her attention, waving his hand in front of her face.
'Sorry?' Hermione asked finally looking up from staring at the floor, the dazed look on her face now replaced with a confused one. 'Did you say something Harry? I was just....um....I was thinking about our NEWTs.' Hermione said deciding to think up of an excuse before the boys decided to investigate.
'Hermione, relax they're not 'til next year yet! Merlin you really need to learn how to relax and live in the moment more. Otherwise you might end up smart in books but nothing else.' Ron said looking at her pityingly and shaking his head.
Hermione just looked at him confused as to whether or not he had actually just said that to her. 'I'm sorry did you just tell me I need to learn more about socialising?' She asked him as Harry and Ginny looked on in amusement.
Ron's eyes grew at the mistake he now realised he had made. He had poked the sleeping bear. Hermione had already been stressed out for weeks about NEWTs and Ron was starting to miss his best friend and the girl he thought he loved. 'Oh no I didn't mean it like that 'Mione, I just meant that we still have a year to revise and...well we miss you. We haven't hung out properly in ages.' At that Hermione softened. It was true, she had been neglecting her friends in favour of studying, but that was all going to change. She looked at her friend, taking in each of them and found Harry gazing at Ginny and looking away anytime she caught him looking. 'How could I have not noticed this before?' Hermione thought, 'Merlin I really have been neglecting them too much.'
Harry turned to Hermione and said 'It's true, we were just talking about how much we missed you and how we really want to hang out soon. Then Ginny said that she saw a notice about there being a trip to Hogsmead soon so we thought we could all go and hang out then. What do you think?'
'Oh that sounds perfect! We could go in early and go to The Three Broomsticks and Zonkos and everything.' Hermione said, sounding really excited about hanging out with her friends.
Harry smiled at Hermione and said, 'Perfect, we can talk more about it tomorrow, I'm going to bed.' Harry stood up and stretched, said goodnight and walked up to his dorm to go to bed.
'Yeah, I think I'm going to join him. Night guys.' Ron said as he stood, stretched and walked over to the stairs and went up to bed, casting a last look over his shoulder at Hermione as she too went up to bed for the night, a look of contemplation on her face.
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The next morning Hermione woke from a dream of bathrooms and a certain scent she couldn't place. After a minute of pondering the scent she realised what it was. Lynx. The Lynx that Malfoy was wearing last night when he had kissed her.
'No I won't think about that today. I'm going to plan going to Hogsmead with my friends, I'm not going to think about a stupid kiss that never should have happened......even if it was the best kiss of my life. No! I'm not going to think like that! I'm going to get up, get dressed and go to classes.'
With that thought, Hermione leaped out of bed, got dressed and went to breakfast with her friends. One thing she had forgotten about though was her first class. First classes were always horrible; you were never properly awake, you brain just didn't want to cooperate and usually the first class of the day had 6th year Gryffindoor's paired with the 6th year Slytherin's. This day was of course no exception and the first class was down in the dungeons with the help of one Professor Snape.
'Potions with the Slytherin's. Great. One more way to calm my nerves. Merlin it's going to be so awkward!' Hermione thought as she and her friends began the long walk down to the dungeons to have their first class
No, no it's going to be fine' Hermione contradicted herself as her thoughts began to run riot. 'I don't even have to look at him. There is no reason I should have to even think about him let alone talk to him! So this is going to be my last thought about Malfoy. No more Malfoy thoughts. All gone. Oh Merlin there he is. Wow he is fine! No, no don't look at him, just walk on by and sit down.'
At this Hermione strode confidently down the aisle to her seat and sat down, very proud of the fact that she didn't fall. She was just settling in when Professor Snape walked in the door saying 'Don't bother getting your books out. You are being put in arranged positions of my class.' At this the class began groaning and mumbling, 'Silence! There will be no discussions. You will sit where I put you and you will do it quietly!' Snape was looking at each student, staring daggers at anyone who looked as if they could stand up to him.
'To start us off I would like Mr. Potter up here at the front desk beside Ms. Parkinson' sniggers could be heard around the classroom, but Snape silenced them with a deadly look.
Snape continued calling out names until here were just four students left; Ron, Hermione, Goyle and Malfoy. 'Mr. Malfoy and-''please don't be me, please don't be me.' Ran through Hermione's mind at 100m/p.
'Oh yes, Mr. Malfoy and Ms. Granger. I trust you will work well together. What with the two of you being so gifted in the art of Potion making.' Snape smirked at the two students as Hermione tried to sit as far from Malfoy as possible and Malfoy smirked in her direction.
Snape finished with the assigned seating and then told the students what potion they would be brewing that day; Girding Potion. The potion that gives its user extra endurance.
Hermione went to the cupboard at the back of the class to get the required ingredients, and began to ready the desk for working. Malfoy on the other hand, watched in amusement as Hermione squirmed under his gaze. Hermione had finished readying the desk and was setting out the cauldron and chopping board when she faced Malfoy saying, 'Are you going to help or do I have to do it myself?' she asked putting her and on her hips and staring at Malfoy with daggers in her eyes, even though inside her head she was terrified to look at him, she wouldn't let him know that.
'Oh sorry do you need help? Are you, Hermione Granger, unable to do this?' Malfoy said, smirking at her as he looked at Hermione, noticing how her eyes flared at the notion that someone thought she was incapable, even if it was Malfoy. 'What am I doing? I'm not supposed to notice her eyes? I'm not supposed to notice anything about her other then the fact that she is a mudblood, goody goody.' Malfoy thought as he stared at Hermione, who was again, squirming under his intense gaze.
'Look.....about last night' Hermione began but stopped as soon as Malfoy's smirk turned into a fully grown grin. He was like a child who was told they were going to Disneyland for summer. Hermione didn't know what to make of it so stopped.
'What about last night? Finally going to admit that you're in love with me?' Malfoy said moving forwards to stand closer to Hermione. Hermione was not comfortable with this as it was in the middle of a class, she didn't know what might happen, and she had realised that he again wore that intoxicating deodorant, Lynx, but there was a difference. This was a different Lynx; it was less intense and calmer. Hermione breathed in deeply for a second, and then realising what could happen, tried to get away from him by going to the opposite side of the desk.
'You noticed then? I'm wearing it again to see what you thought. This is a different one though. Did you know they had so many different ones out? I'm thinking of wearing a different one each day to see which you like best. So? This one or last night's? Which do you like best?' Malfoy asked leaning over the desk to look into Hermione's eyes. Trying to read what she thought.
Hermione looked up at Draco and saw him looking deeply into her eyes. She got caught there for a few seconds and would've stayed there if Ron hadn't elbowed her in the back whispering, 'you better get 'round to you side of the table, I know Malfoy's horrible but Snape's coming.' This woke Hermione from her daze and she instantly raised her arm and nearly shouted at Snape 'Sir, I don't feel well may I go to the madam Pomfrey?'
Snape turned to her, looked her up and down and nodded, saying 'Draco you better go with her, make sure she doesn't die on the way.'
At this Hermione's face fell. She turned to get her book bag and noticed Draco had the biggest smirk on his face, 'Yes Professor.' Was all he said, but all you had to do was look at him to realise how happy he was with the events that had just taken place. The class were stunned into silence from this as he was supposed to hate Granger with all his heart. Harry and Ron would have some questions for Hermione later on but all she could think about was 'Oh Merlin, I'm going to be alone, in an empty corridor with him and his stupid to good to be true Lynx and I have no idea what I'm going to do.'
However all Malfoy could think was 'Wow this is going to be fun!'
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