A/N: hey guys sorry for the slow update i had writers block, i no its not an excuse but yer. hope you like it. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox chezzybabe
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I watched her get up and leave. "Was talking to this other person better than talking to me, Draco Malfoy?" I asked myself.
"Maybe it's just the way she is, what do you care anyway she is just a stupid mud-blood?"
"Hey that's not fair I changed remember, well I was meant to, after 'the dark lord' was defeated I swore an oath to never judge people on their blood line"
"Oh I remember, but think about it she did punch you in 3rd year and she is an insufferable know it all brat, and don't forget she is part of the 'golden trio'" I rolled my eyes and shook the little voice out of my head. I walked into her room and searched around for her.
"I better make sure things are alright I wouldn't want her complaining toMcGonagall about me now would I" I said in a low snide voice. I heard some sound coming from a door. I walked over. I lifted my hand to knock and heard:
"I know you hate it, but I love teasing you. I'll tell them for you. Are you going to send me the letters or do you want me to send Bolt over to get them so you won't have to use a school owl?"
She knows other wizards?
"Bolt please. You know I love that owl and spoil it rotten every chance I get"
"Alright I'll send him right over. So how are you handling everything?"
What does he mean handling everything?
"I'm doing better, it's hard but I can still talk to him via a painting so I think I will be able to deal. How are you handling everything?"
"I'm a strong boy I can do it all. You should know that by now"
I heard her and this mystery guy laugh. I raised my hand and knocked.
"I have to go Alex. I will call you tomorrow. Give my love to Lexi. Bye."
Who the hell is Lexi?
"Alright I will talk to you tomorrow and send Bolt right away. Love you. Bye"
"Love you too. Tell Lexi I love her and that mummy will see her soon. Bye" I heard her say before hanging up.
She loves him? He loves her? Could this mystery guy be in a relationship with her? Why do I care?
I took a slight step back as she opened the door. I watched her raise an eyebrow and walk past. I shook my head of the questions swirling and snapped back to reality. "The headmistress needs to see us now" I said in a loud voice.
She nodded and I left. I walked through the halls and was stopped by a few girls in younger years. I laughed at their jokes and told them to meet me later that I would find her. I was almost at the headmistress's office when I was crash tackled.
"Why haven't you been romantical with me at all since we got back Drakie? You used to be all over me as soon as we got on the train. What changed?" I high pitched voice that could only belong to pansy asked. I rolled my eyes and pushed her off me.
"Pansy, have you hit your head recently? Because I no that you can't be talking about me. I think your thinking of Goyle" I said putting my voice into a let go of me tone. I wiped myself down and walked away.
I could hear her mutter about how much I changed and how I never did this to her before. I rolled my eyes and quickened my pace. I arrived at the headmistress's office after giving a statue of a bird the password 'Brian' and climbing the stairs. I knocked on the door and heard her say a simple come in.
I walked in and sat, I was about to ask why she needed to see us when Hermione walked in looking like she had just run here after crying. I bushed it off as nothing and looked back at the professor.
"I'm awfully sorry I'm late I was stopped by a first year and was asked to take them to their common room" Hermione offered as an explanation.
The professor nodded sympathetically. "I asked you hear to talk to you about your rooms. I understand that you both have submitted lists of what you would like. I have read and reviewed them. Draco your colours and possessions have been approved and it is the same with you Hermione. You both asked about the other room on the landing. It is like a miniature room of requirement, it will transform to the guest or guests needs. I would also like to tell you that on the nights that you have patrol past midnight you are allowed to miss your first class with out any questions asked. Now, I would like for this year to focus on inter house unity. I am expecting you two to set an example and to plan a welcome back and masquerade dance. I would like it to be held in two weeks" she rambled.
I looked over at Hermione who was franticly scribbling this all down. I nodded to the professor and left. I walked down to the Slytherin common room and let myself in with just a flash of my head boy badge.
I walked into my old room and sat on Blaise's bed waiting for him. I knew he was the only person I could talk to about this. I watched him come in and start to get changed.
"I no you love me Blaise but I didn't think this is what our relationship was coming too" I said lightly. He jumped in fright and turned to face me.
"Draco what are you doing here shouldn't you be in your dorm with the wondrous head girl of yours" he said bitterly. I sighed.
"If you want to trade with me we can go and ask for it now. I'm more than happy to do it. I know you still like her but man I need your help so could you get over it for a few minutes please?" I asked trying to get my point across without being a complete asshole. He sighed and nodded.
"What do you need help with man?" he asked giving me his complete and utter attention.
"Well as you know this is our last year, I kinda wanted to go out with a bang I mean a big stunt that we can all do and all as in the whole of the 7th years as a farewell Hogwarts hello new world. I want your help in planning it. Plus we need to plan the rest of the years stunts now so we can work in other activities around them" I said in a serious one. He sighed and took out a piece of parchment and a self inking quill.
"Alright as a welcome back stunt it needs to be good. I was thinking something to do with the black lake. Possibly an underwater stunt? What do you think?" I divulged. "I'll start working on it and I'll give you suggestions for around 10 stunts tomorrow at breakfast. I'm going to go for a walk, when I get back can you be gone?" he said while leaving.
I rolled my eyes and left.Yes I have a whole year to plan the big stunt but I was going to need help. More help than Blaise could give me that's for sure. Plus I had my head duties and planning that stupid dance. Maybe I could convince granger to do all the work herself. I'll ask her when I get back to the common room.
I walked fiercely to the common room, with my plan of action set in concrete in my head. I muttered the ridiculous password of gorfelgguns to the portrait which was currently displaying a picture of dobby the insufferable prat of an ex house elf that we had. I walked into the common room to find her not their, I looked around all the common rooms and still found nothing.
I walked into my room. I flung my tie and cloak off and walked out onto my balcony. I walked over to the part closet to Hermione's and heard a soft whimpering. I sighed and walked back inside. I crept across the landing and leaned against her door. I could hear her crying and muttering something softly.
I knocked softly and open the door genteelly. I slipped into her newly decorated room and looked around. The walls were a deep crimson with black accents. She had a mahogany floor with pink and red rugs. There was a stereo and an Ipod dock on her selves along with lots of books. On her desk she had a laptop. She had a TV unit that held an LCD widescreen TV and around a hundred DVDs. There were touches of silver splashed around everywhere, not too much to make it look tacky but enough to make it look tasteful.
Wow she has this place set up. I looked around and saw it had surround sound too. I looked over to her bed. I saw her curled up in a ball crying. I inwardly sighed. Why am I doing this? I asked myself. I walked over and sat on her bed. I picked her up and held her close. I started rubbing soothing circles on her back subconsciously.
"Shhh, Hermione, it's alright. Tell me whats wrong" I said sweetly. This stupid mud-blood. Why am I being so nice to her? I pushed the bad thoughts out of my head and went back to comforting her.
I heard her stop a little. "He ….and she….and i…and it…and……miss…and love…and……her" I heard her say muffled. I leaned back and searched her red and puffy eyes for a clue.
"I can't tell you whats wrong because nobody else knows" she said fighting to keep the tears at bay.
"Nobody else knows about what? Is this to do with the phone call earlier? Is it to do with Alex? Or Lexi?" I asked trying to work it out. I saw her change when I said Alex and Lexi and I knew something was up.
Her eyes which had only moments held so many swirling emotions now had a barrier up that held them all back; it was like she was now in defensive mode.
"What do you know about Alex and Lexi?" she asked startled. I took in a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"I know that you love them both and that Alex is a wizard or knows enough about the wizarding world to have his own owl, but is still in the muggle world enough to have a phone" I said honestly.
"That's it. I thought you knew about something else about them" she said calming herself down.
"What happened to make you so upset Hermione?" I asked concerned. She wiped her eyes and locked ours together.
"I'm sorry Malfoy but I can't tell you because there are only 4 not wait 3 people that know and I can't risk anybody finding out" she said over protectively.
"Listen I know you don't trust me, and I know that you won't believe me when I say I've changed, but I have. So if you need to talk about it to someone else you can talk to me. Oh yer I almost forgot I like your room set up" I said while getting off the bed.
"Umm, thanks and I might take you up on that offer later. There is a prefect meeting tonight in the great hall it is at 8:30. Try to be there early we need to set a good example for the prefects to follow" she said as I made my way to the door.
"Yer done. And can we get some of them to help with the welcome back ball or does it have to be just us?" I asked as I turned the handle.
"I think it would be better if it was just us but if we need help we can get them involved but for now we aren't going to tell anyone" she told me as I stood leaning against her doorframe.
"Alright" I said while closing the door.
Maybe this ball I might be able to get Blaise and her together. God knows neither of them would do anything about it before then and maybe the masks might help ease them into it. It couldn't hurt to try right?
I walked across the landing and into my room. I picked a book out of my bag and walked onto my balcony. I sat leaning against the cold stone wall and read it. I stopped reading and watched the sun set. Another Saturday spent reading. Good work. I rolled my eyes and went inside.
I changed into some jeans and a dark blue shirt. I walked to the spare bathroom and looked around for the hair gel I'd left in there that morning. I gave up on searching and wandered over to granger's room to see if she had any I could borrow. It couldn't hurt right? I won't catch anything off her.
I knocked on her door for a few minutes to no avail. I opened it and looked around. Nothing her room was now in perfect order but she wasn't there. I turned to leave and something caught my eye. Her bathroom door was open and there were small puddles on the ground. What if something has happened to her? What if she is hurt? I was about to leave when I heard her screaming.
"What did you do to her?"
"I didn't do anything"
Then what happened and why isn't she with you?
"I don't know I took my eyes off her for a minute I swear and now she is gone and I can't find her"
"You took your eyes off her for a minute. She is a two year old why did you do that. If something has happened to her I will never forgive you Alex"
"Listen I'm sorry I didn't mean for it to happen. I've looked everywhere I promise I'll find her"
"Sorry doesn't cut it Alex you lost my daughter, and if you don't find her soon I swear you will wish you were never born"
"Hermione please this isn't going to help anyone. I need you to come and help me look or for you to get someone to help me look there isn't anyway ill find her on my on"
"Alright Alex, I'll try and get there or ill get someone there but please try and find her. Ill see you soon bye"
I stood there stunned as she left her walk-in only wearing a bra and underwear. Wow she has a good body. I shook the thought out of my head as she turned to face me. Her loud scream filled my ears and made them ring. She ran back into her walk in and began yelling dirty words at me.
"Well at least I don't have a child who is missing" I yelled frustrated at the situation. She opened the door now fully dressed in a pair of dark blue almost black jeans and a black top with spaghetti straps. Her mouth hung open is shook.
"Yes I heard that phone call and no I won't tell anybody. I'll even help you look for her if you want" I offered. I braced myself for another punch in the face.
I felt her body wrapped around mine and I opened my eyes confused. I looked down and saw her hugging me. Ok weird but I'll play along.
I hugged her back and she let go. "I'm sorry I don't know what came over me. We need to get to the headmistress's office and talk to her before we go and we have to be back by 8:20 at the latest" she said while pulling me out the door.
I nodded and started running. We have 2 hours to find a missing toddler. We're doomed. We made it to her office and Hermione rambled the explanation off she nodded and pushed us into a green fire. We were flooed to the shrieking shack.
Hermione took my hand and we aparated to an unknown destination. She dropped my hand and walked over to a guy who seemed to be looking for something. She hugged him tight and motioned for me to come over.
"Malfoy this is Alex. Alex, Malfoy is helping us look for Lexi. Now when and where did you last see her?" she said commandingly.
"Over by the fountain 5minutes before I called you so 10 minutes ago" he replied.
"So this is Malfoy comma Draco, why didn't you tell me he was coming before?" he added running his eyes over me.
"Don't you dare start I'm not happy with you and you don't want to make it worse. He over heard us and he is helping show him your picture of her and then get back to looking" she told him fiercely.
She began looking in some trees around the fountain.
"Sorry about her, I'm Alex. This picture was taken 2 days ago and the only difference is that she is wearing pink today not blue" she said while showing me the picture. I committed it to memory and nodded.
"So has she mentioned me before? I mean I kinda got the feeling from what you said earlier" I wondered aloud. He just laughed at me.
"Yer, you could say she mentioned you. Man you're an idiot. You put her through hell so when she came home she told me all about it. Plus everything else but it always started with a comment about a ferret" he said between fits of laughter.
Had I really been that cruel to her? I pushed the thoughts aside and started to look for Lexi.
We searched for ages. All of sudden there was a loud joyous scream. I covered my ears and walked towards the sound. I saw granger with a small girl in her arms.
"Thank god you found her" I heard Alex say. She turned to Alex with fire in her eyes and muttered some obscenities under her breath.
I let a little snigger out and looked over at the two. They looked like the picture perfect family. I could hear there murmured convocation but turned it out. I looked at the little angel in her arms.
She looked so much like her mother. She had the same coloured hair and the same eyes and skin tone. I sighed to myself.
"Granger, are we going to get back soon or what?" I said annoyed.
"Granger? He doesn't know does he" I heard Alex ask. She looked down.
"Nobody knows Alex and please don't tell him. I'm not ready for anybody to know yet" I heard her say.
"Aright Malfoy we can leave just let me say goodbye to her aright?" she said looking up at me. I nodded and turned around.
5 minutes later she walked up and motioned for me to follow her. I did and found her walking towards a large house. She opened the door without knocking and proceeded inside. I shrugged my shoulders and followed her. I was amazed at the inside of the house.
The walls were all a light blue colour with silver accents. There was wooden furniture everywhere. It looks like home except in blue and silver. All formal and everything. He watched her walk up some stairs and shrugged. I might as well follow her. I ventured up the stairs and into a room with an open door. I looked around to see an informal room.
It had a few lounges and chairs. There were pictures everywhere. Most of them of Hermione and Alex. There were a few of Hermione's friends and some of Alex's friends I assumed and a few of Lexi. I turned and walked out.
They really are the picture perfect family. I opened another door and found myself in a girl's bedroom. I looked around and found it very similar to Hermione's room back at Hogwarts. Of course I'm in her room. I slapped myself for being so stupid.
I took it all in. it was a big room with a large bed towards the center. She has the walls lined with bookshelves that were filled with books. Her desk had piles of books on it as well. I shook my head. Same old Granger, always reading.
I looked at her bedside table and noticed a picture of her and Fred Weasley. That a little odd but alright. I left her room and closed the door behind me.
"Hermione, where are you?" I called out. She popped her head out of a doorway and motioned for him to come in. I walked in and looked around. I saw I was in Lexi's room, there was a small bed and toys scattered everywhere.
Lexi was playing on the floor and Hermione was looking at her sweetly. I walked up behind her and got as close as possible without touching her.
"We really need to be getting back" I whispered in her ear. She nodded and picked up Lexi. I left the room and waited for her. She came out a minute or so later with tear filled eyes. She grabbed my hand and took me into a large family room of sorts.
"Alex we are going, I'll call you later. I love you, take care of her please" she said to Alex. He murmured something that made her laugh. I felt a tinge of jealously run through me.
"It was nice to meet you Draco" he said while he hugged Hermione.
"You too" I said faking my smile. They let go and she walked over to a fireplace. She grabbed a pick of floo powder and stepped inside.
"Headmistress of Hogwarts professor McGonagall's office" she called out. A green flame engulfed her and she was gone. I grabbed some powder and repeated her words. I flew out of the fireplace in the professor's office.
"I take it all is well now?" I heard her ask. I saw Hermione nod.
"Thank you for this professor" she said. I picked myself up and walked out. I made my way to the great hall in hopes that there would still be food. No such luck. Everyone had been cleared out for the prefects' meeting that was due to start in 10minutes.
I'll wait till we get back this thing can't drone on for to long can it? I watched as everyone came in.
"Alright everyone, we have been told that all patrols will be mixed house. This to encourage inter house unity. You will also change who you are patrolling with every two weeks. I want everyone to write their name on a piece of parchment and give it to me. The piece is to be small. The patrols groups will be girl boy and they will be picked at random so you don't get put with someone that you want" I said liking my power over them.
I watched as Hermione stumbled in the door. "Sorry guy I was held up with something. I trust that he has kept you busy. I'm going to guess he told you about the patrolling systems as well" she said while watching them.
She proceeded to randomly draw out the names and write them down with there partners, while I kept giving Blaise signals to talk to her after the meeting was over.
"The list will be put up outside the great hall in the morning, once a month you will be patrolling with either me or it. Today it the lucky two patrolling with us tonight are….Blaise Zambini and ……Ginny Weasley." She said pulling out the last two slips. I gave a there's your chance look to Blaise and he shot back with a sucked in look.
"Alright guys, if any of the prefect duties interfere with clubs or quidditch or anything talk to me or Malfoy about it but if you can just leave early or something please it would be less of a hassle for everyone" she said dismissing them.
"Oi stupid, dinner in kitchen for when you get back" she said while walking over to Ginny. I rolled my eyes and went to talk to Blaise.
"You're patrolling with her tonight so you should talk to her" I said in hushed tones.
"No, I can't anyway isn't she patrolling with the weasel?" I shook my head at his question.
"Were you listening at all when we were talking or were you to busy in your little fantasies?" I asked. I chuckled at his blush and knew the answer.
"Which on was it this time?" I asked.
"The school girl one. And then the teacher one" he said while his blush deepened to an almost purple colour. I laughed at him to the point that I was in hysterics. I was rolling on the ground crying, it was that funny.
I felt a sharp jab in my side and tried to contain myself. I looked to see a very angry looking Blaise and two very confused looking girls. I composed myself long enough to stand.
"Sorry Blaise was just telling me something about pansy that was funny" I said lying through my teeth.
"Well you two can talk about your sex lives later when we're not supposed to be patrolling" she said as I crashed to the floor in hysterics yet again.
"Sorry Ginny but you're going to have to deal with him. I promised to give professor McGonagall a copy of the rotation for the prefects and then we will start patrolling. I'll see you tomorrow and we can talk. I want you to get Ron and Harry and you together and meet me in your common room at 9 because I have a feeling we will be spending all day with my surprise and don't worry about food because I've got that covered as well. Have fun with Malfoy and don't hex or curse him into oblivion" I heard her call as she left with a happy looking Blaise in tow.
I composed myself and stood up. I saw the little weasel give me a questioning look and I shrugged. There is no way I'm betraying Blaise. Especially not to it. We walked around in silence before she turned on me.
"Look I know that why you were laughing had nothing to do with Pansy and I want to know why now" she said angrily while backing me up against a wall.
"Oh all right. Blaise has aHUGE thing for granger and there was mention of his little fantasies involving her, a teacher and a school girl, and when she walked over she acted like the teacher in his fantasies, which I no because he has told me about them, and I just cracked up. I'm sorry" I explained while I struggled to suppress another wave of laughter. I looked down at the she-weasel and saw that she had paled.
"I told you so are you going to let me off this wall now? Whats happened to you? You look like crap" I said feeling agitated.
She moved away and violently shook her head. I rolled my eyes at her and walked off. I walked briskly through the corridors with only the sound of both of our footsteps making noise.
We patrolled for a few hours only catching 3 people.
"Alright Weasley you need to go back to your common room now" I said as we neared Gryffindor tower. She nodded muttered her password and left. I walked back to my room yawning.
I walked into the kitchen for a midnight feast and found that just as she promised there was a dinner that appeared. I smiled to myself and ate. I walked up to my room and collapsed on my bed.