Disclaimer: I neither own Hermione nor Draco(sob) nor any of the characters mentioned here. J.K Rowling does,though.
A/N- An author's note for the sake of an author's note...
Draco's POV
Draco sniggered as he thought of the red-haired blood-traiter again. He didn't know anyone would be daft enough to think that HE, Draco Lucious Malfoy, would want to read a mere mudblood's rantings.
True, he could use it to black-mail her and as entertaining as that sounds, he did not think it was gentlemanly. He came from a pure-blood aristocracy, after all.
His mind wandered off as he thought of the encounter with the blood-traiter and the diary again.
He was struggling to compltete his damn Astrology Essay about the angles of the various moons of Jupiter,when he first noticed it. It was sitting there looking forlorn and forgotten.
He picked it up and twirled it in his hands. Judging by the feel of it, the diary was made from leather.
He froze as he saw the name written in gold italics . He couldn't resist turning a page to see the tiny,neat handwriting inside. He smirked as he read the 'Dear Diary...'
"Give it here,you" yelled someone from behind him and the diary tumbled out of his arms onto the floor.
He turned around to see bright red hair disappearing from behind him. Ginny Weasley turned around to give him one last contempous look as she stormed out clutching Hermione Granger's diary.
" Mr Malfoy,your essay, please." said Professor Sinistra snapping him out of his flashback.
As he handed in his incomplete essay, he saw Hermione Granger looking at him. Judging from the way she held her shoulders, tense and uptight, he guessed she still thought that he actually read her stupid diary. Oh Please. He sneered at her.
" What are you staring at, Granger?"
"Mr Malfoy. May I have your undivided attention? Yes,now, who can tell me about the peculiar angle of Jupiter's moons to the other planet's natural satellites?" said Professor Sinistar pointing to the moving planet chart behind her.
And of course, know-it-all Granger had the answer. She struck her hand into the air and in the process almost knocked off Wee-Potty's glasses.
" Jupiter's moons have a peculiar angle as the size and shape..." she went on talking about moons, angles, shapes and sizes...nothing which held the remotest hint of interest for him. Draco vaguely wondered if Granger was even going to allow Sinistra to take the class when the Professor awarded her 20 points and told her to sit down.
Granger sat down as abruptly as she stood up. Her chocolate-brown eyes were glittering from the excitement of pleasing a teacher. Draco rolled his eyes.
Professor Sinistra riffled throught the class's essays and as she did so ,she said " Now, this particular part of Astronomy is very important since...Mr Malfoy?" she called with a hint of surprise in her tone.
" Here it comes" Draco thought and stood up reluctantly.
Professor Sinistra pushed her silver-rimmed glasses further up her nose. "Why haven't you completed your essay,Mr Malfoy?"
Draco shrugged. He couldn't tell her he didn't complete the essay because of a cold and a blood-traiter. No,he couldn't. Especially at troubled times like these, when everyone crooned over the Boy-Who-Wouldn't-Drop-Dead. No. He had to maintain his cold exterior and reputation.
Professor Sinistra inspected his silence.
" In that case,Mr Malfoy,a detention would be in order, I think. Meet me at my office at 8pm tonight, do you understand?" spoke Professor Sinistra in a rather stern voice.
Draco nodded once. A detention. Fanastic.
He caught Granger looking at him. He scowled at her. To his surprise and amusement, she looked away without any retribution. Ah,Merlin. Now,he was certainly curious to know the things she had jotted down in that diary of hers. A twinge of regret stabbed his insides. He quickly brushed it away, sniggering to himself. The mudblood probably wrote about snogging the Weasel.
He stopped sniggering as Professor Sinistra shot him a look. The bell rang and he filed out with the rest of his class, a devious plan forming in his mind.
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