CH 3

Draco walked out of his house with Blaise and Laura at his side. As he walked towards Hermione's house his heart hammered in his chest.

He didn't understand why he felt this way.

'She's just my neighbor. I'm doing this for Laura,' thought Draco.

The three walked up the steps and Draco gently pressed the doorbell.

A second later the door opened and there stood Hermione Granger in skinny jeans and a cute top with a plate in her hand.

As she looked at Draco his mouth went dry.

He tried to speak but failed miserably.

Why couldn't he speak?

Blaise decided to cut in and said, "Hello Hermione, darling,"

She raised an eyebrow suspiciously and he winked. Then to Draco's surprise she ran to Blaise and gave him a one-armed hug!

"Blaise! It's been so long! What are you doing here?"

"Oh, you know, charming all the ladies in the world," smirked Blaise.

She swatted his shoulder playfully.

"That's what you think! You haven't charmed me! So HA!"

"I can try dear, but with you, it's impossible,"

"Anyways, what are you doing here? And who's this?"

Hermione kneeled down and asked the child her name.

"It's Laura! It's nice to meet you Mione! Guess what! It's my birthday and I'm 4 today!"

"Is that so? Well, Laura, it's my birthday too!"

"Wow, really? We could be twins! But you would be a lot lot older than me,"

Hermione laughed and returned to her standing position.

"So Mr. Zabini, why are you here? To try and charm me?"

"Nope, been there, done that. And happy birthday!" exclaimed Blaise, pulling a bouquet of flowers out from behind his back.

"Thanks Blaise! And hey Draco. I hope Tissy's being treated well?" she asked with a wink.

Draco cleared his throat and replied, "Yeah, she is. Thanks to you. And happy birthday,"

"Thanks Draco! Why don't you guys come in? It's pretty cold out there,"

"Oh well actually I'm here to ask you if you'd like to come to Draco's house for a couple hours and watch a movie,"

"Okay… There's more to it though, right?"

"Precisely. I'll explain it to you on the way,"

"Sure. Do you guys want any left over cake? My friends were just over and they brought me a cake,"

Draco shook his head no and Hermione went inside for a second.

When Blaise looked at her questioningly she replied, "I put the flowers in a vase,"

"Oh,"

She locked her door with keys instead of her wand this time.

Blaise held his arm out and smiled.

"Shall we, Ms. Granger?"

She smiled back.

"We shall Mr. Zabini," Hermione said, taking his arm.

Draco was glad that Laura was with him because then he had an excuse NOT to talk to Hermione.

Meanwhile Blaise was explaining the events of today to Hermione.

"So she just randomly picked your car?"

"Yeah, pretty much. Her parents abused her pretty badly. Oh, I didn't tell Draco yet but she's a witch,"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. While Draco was decorating her room she told me that a lady gave her this magic bag that belonged to her mom,"

"Does she have it?"

"Yup. She showed it to me and said that I couldn't tell anyone but she could fit inside it,"

"So it probably has an Undetectable Extension Charm on it,"

"She brought all of her clothes and toys. You know, she reminds me of you,"

Hermione laughed.

"Really? What part of her?"

"Her eyes. It's funny, I've never seen anyone with the same color eyes as you,"

"But probably more than half of the world has brown eyes,"

"But your eyes are a special kind of brown. You know, it's strange how the kid has Malfoy's hair color and your eyes. If I didn't know any better I'd say it was your kid!"

Hermione's face drained of all color for a second, but then she punched him in the arm and said, "Never say that again Zabini. I'll make sure you don't have children,"

"Draco said the same exact thing earlier this evening. You guys think way too much alike,"

"Well, great minds think alike!"

"So you think his mind is great?"

"No.. That's not what I meant! Ugh, I've had it with people like you!"

Hermione and Blaise laughed joyfully.

Meanwhile Draco was thinking, 'How the fuck do they know each other? And why are they laughing?'

The four walked into the house and Draco led the way to the media room.

Blaise sat himself down on one of the recliners and Hermione and Laura followed suit.

Draco asked the group, "What movie do you want to watch?"

"Do you have Grownups?"

"Is that some kind of Muggle movie?"

"Yeah, but it's funny as hell,"

"I don't think I have it,"

"Here, let me check,"

Hermione got up and walked towards the cabinet.

He kept his hands on the doorknob to the cabinet so Hermione couldn't open it unless he moved his hands.

"Your hands?" remarked Hermione with a smile.

"O- oh, right. Sorry,"

Draco tried to pull his hands away from the cabinet but alas, he couldn't!

"I can't!"

"What do you mean you can't?"

"They're stuck!"

Meanwhile in his recliners Blaise was silently laughing with tears coming out of his eyes. Sticking Charms are handy to know.

Laura was already in a deep sleep so she didn't hear Blaise.

Hermione put her hands on Draco's to try and pull his hands off of the cabinet.

At that moment electricity shot up both Hermione and Draco's arms. No, they didn't get electrocuted or anything, but they felt all… tingly.

Hermione immediately pulled her hands way from Draco's. Draco would have too but his hands were still stuck. After Hermione pulled her hands away from Draco's her eyes locked on something. Blaise Zabini.

She walked slowly and quietly towards him, much like a lion stalking her prey.

"Blaise Zabini what did you do to Draco!" Hermione yelled with her wand pointed towards Blaise.

Blaise immediately tried to stop laughing and ended up choking. Then he started laugh-choking which made the whole room laugh.

After Blaise had calmed down enough Hermione pointed her wand at him again.

"What did you do?"

"Nothing much, just a Sticking Charm,"

Hermione sighed.

"Finite Incantem,"

After Draco's hands were free he rubbed them and looked at her with a smile.

She grinned and started hunting through the movie cabinets.

"Found it!" she exclaimed triumphantly, holding it above her head.

She put it into the DVD slot and walked back to the recliner.

Laura was still sleeping deeply.

"So Hermione, how do you and Blaise know each other?" asked Draco.

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