Hey guys! I just want to say thanks for all the nice reviews, and sorry for how long it took me to post Chapter 2.. I have no excuse. Anyway, Enjoy!
Chapter 3: Stupid Stupid Stupid Me
Draco Malfoy walked to work the next day, because he was ready to go far too early. He walked through the magic window of the abandoned department store and scanned the lobby for Granger. He couldn't see her anywhere, so he walked toward the elevator until he heard a cracked voice behind him say:
"You might think it's ok to ignore your mentor, but I definetly don't approve."
Draco spun wildly, looking for the source of the voice. With a shock, he realized it had come from a woman wearing sweatpants and a sweatshirt, with her pulled back in a gnarled ponytail.
"Granger? You look like an ogre!"
"Thank you for that assessment Malfoy." She replied dryly.
"Soo, what do we have to do today?" Draco tried to change the subject.
"Nothing. I got all my work done yesterday, and there are no new patients for me. I was planning on letting you do whatever you wanted."
"AAAAnd what would you do then?"
"Cry." She looked dead serious.
"Granger, what happened?"
"I had to sleep at the Leaky Cauldron last night."
"What about your flat?'
"It is occupied by my cheating, lying husband and his idiot girlfriend." She said lifelessly
"WHAT? What was her name?"
"Cher" Hermione said, "Or at least that's what her bag said on it."
Draco did a double take. Cher? Cher was Blaise's girlfriend! She was the rudest, dippiest girl in existence! Why would Weasely choose her over Granger? Granger was smart, pretty, (at least usually pretty) and faithful! Ron was an idiot. Wait, did Draco just think that? Uugh, stupid Granger! She's making him go soft!
"That's not possible. She is dating Zabini."
"Not anymore." Granger sighed.
Draco considered for a moment.
"Well, if we don't have any work to do here, you have work to do there," He gestured at Granger's face, "come with me."
Hermione definitely didn't want to spend any time with an idiot pureblood like Malfoy, but she realized that she didn't really have a choice. She stood slowly, and Malfoy grabbed her arm and apparated them out of St. Mungo's. They appeared in a room with pillars and columns, and soaring ceilings.
"Welcome to the NEW Malfoy Manor." Draco smirked.
"New? What was wrong with the old one?"
"Lucius lives there."
"Your dad?"
"He is no dad of mine!"
Hermione frowned. Draco had always been his father's son… what had happened?
"You probably want to know what happened…" Draco admitted grudgingly.
"Duh." Hermione snorted.
"Deal with it. I'm not going to tell you." Hermione could tell he was throwing up walls, refusing to let anyone in. What could he be hiding? Hermione resolved to force it out of him, but she wasn't in the mood at the moment, so she sulked and followed Malfoy around his house as he chirped in a falsely cheery voice about the new renovations that had been required to make the place hospitable.
When Malfoy stopped suddenly, it was all Hermione could do to not smack into him.
"Soo… You are living at the Leaky Cauldron?" he said slowly.
"Until I find a new place." Hermione said dully.
"Well… er.. well you know how I sometimes have to go home with you to view you once a week or something?" Asked Malfoy quickly.
"Yes?"
"Well.. er.. you don't have somewhere to stay and.."
"What's your point Malfoy?" Snapped Hermione.
"Doyouwanttostayheremaybe?" mumbled Malfoy.
"Pardon?"
"Do you want to stay here.. at the manor with me and my mother?"
"Oh no that's ok Malfoy. I'm perfectly alright. Besides, I couldn't do that to you, and if I was dependent on your hospitality, I wouldn't be a very good mentor, would I?" Hermione said in a very business-like tone. What Hermione didn't say, however, was that she was absolutely terrified of Narcissa Malfoy. The woman was as cold as ice, and Hermione knew just how much she hated muggle borns.
"Oh. Well the offer will always be open." Malfoy said, adopting the same formal tone.
Hermione sighed, and they looked at each other for a moment before Hermione glanced at the clock behind Malfoy.
"Oh no! I have to go… It's late.. sorry for running out.. bye!" Hermione disappeared on the spot, whisking her last word away with her.
"So much for making her feel better." Muttered Malfoy, before turning around and entering the room they had been standing in front of, which happened to be his bedroom.
When Hermione arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, she sank into the worn armchair by her fireplace, and sighed, a tear trickling down her cheek.
Stupid stupid stupid me.
I am planning on adding the rest of the Weasly family and Harry into the next chapter... If anyone wants to suggest girlfriends for George, Percy, or any other singles let me know! If there is a character other than a Weasly that you want to see, tell me that too. Thanks!