Chapter 2
Hermione sat through her classes that day, Malfoy's request running laps through her tired brain. After classes, she turned to their joint common room, hoping to find Malfoy /not/ there. But with her luck, there he sat in all his glamour. That thought made her do a double take. She'd never thought he was /glamourous/. She just shook her head and walked in further.
"What do you want, Malfoy?"
"Do I have to want something to be out here?"
"For you? Yes. You do." He smirked and held out his closed fist.
"Missing something, Granger?"
"Missing something, Granger?" This threw her off. She frowned.
"No." He held up her Head Girl badge, glinting silver and dark purple, the letters HG shining. Hermione gasped.
"Where did you get that, Ferret?!" she reached for it and just as she did, Malfoy raised it above his head.
"Ah-ah-aahhh. Be nice Granger. You'll get it back... If you go to the Three Broomsticks with me and my friends." Hermione stopped a moment to consider this... She needed her Head Girl badge but she didn't want to go out with Malfoy.
"Fine." She held out her hand to receive the badge.
"You'll get it /after/ we come back."
"That's not fair, Malfoy!" Malfoy leaned in and her eyes widened slightly.
"Suck it up, Granger. Life's not fair." He smirked and walked away. After Hermione recovered from the initial shock, she quickly scratched out a note to send to Ginny and sent the owl to find her. Twenty minutes later a snow covered Ginny showed up.
"So it's like a date?!" were the first words Ginny managed to say.
"No!"
"But... You're going to the Three Broomsticks... With Malfoy?" She sounded confused.
"With his friends. And you." At that moment, Malfoy walked down. He looked over Hermione quickly.
"Granger, you are not wearing those robes to the Three Broomsticks."
"And what's wrong with my outfit?" She frowned, looking down at her school uniform.
"You look... Well like you. And if you're to be seen with me, then you /must/ look better." She huffed and stormed up the stairs, which left Ginny and Malfoy alone.
"Ferret."
"Weaselbee." Ginny smirked and looked away. A few minutes later Hermione walked down in jeans and a sweater. Malfoy frowned.
"Granger-"
"I'm not changing again! Get over it!" And with that she stalked out of the common room.
Draco stared after the Weasley girl and Granger and grinned and walked out after them. They walked out of the castle, down to Hogsmeade, and into the bustling Three Broomsticks. As they picked a table, the girls turned to each other and started talking, ignoring Malfoy and a few unimportant Slytherin's he'd forced into coming. When he did try to talk to them, they just pretended he didn't exist. Eventually, Draco ordered some firewhiskey from Madame Rosemerta. At this point, Granger would look up at him from time to time and when he caught her, he'd sneer and take another drink of the drink that burned his throat but felt amazing afterwards. Around 11 pm Granger got up and disappeared into the crowd that had come through after dinner. The Weasley girl grabbed his ear and pulled him up and out of the Three Broomsticks. He scowled and pulled away drunkenly and stumbled.
"Stay here, Ferret. I'm going to fine Hermione." He mumbled a response and then waited until she was out of sight to stumble off to find Granger himself.