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Note: I translated "sticky goo" into Italian and that's what freetranslation.com decided to spit out at me. ^^;; Read and find out why I had to translate sticky goo. ^^;;

Darkside

Chapter III

The previous day had been rather interesting for Hermione and Draco. He had found the heir and she had been revealed to something she had no idea about.

Should she follow after her father, or should she run and join the light side?

She got out of bed, her first class this morning was potions. She didn't really want to face Snape after skipping yesterday to chat with Draco. She was sure Pansy was curious as to where they were.

Hermione grabbed some robes and the uniform, she opened the door to the bathroom and found it already steam-filled. The shower was running. The glass was tinted and blurred, so she wouldn't see anything, if there was anything to see. She walked in and started brushing her teeth; the shower stopped. She rinsed as Draco stepped out from behind the glass door, a towel wrapped around his lower half.

"What're you doing in here?" He demanded.

"Brushing my teeth and I was waiting for you to finish."

"Why is that?"

"Because I need to shower."

Draco noticed she was wearing silky black pajama pants and green spaghetti strap top.

"Too bad I just took one, or I would join you. Or can I join you anyways?" he smirked.

She blushed. "Draco! Stop with the sexual responses. That will never happen between us."

"Fine… Ariana."

She moved to kick him but he caught her leg before it made contact with his…assets.

"Looks like the little teacher's pet is caught. What shall I do with her now that I've caught her?"

"You shall let me go, now, Draco."

Draco pondered for a moment. Then an idea came to his head.

"Kiss me, and then I may consider it." He grinned. He loved embarrassing her like this.

"In your dreams, Draco. Now, will you let me shower?"

He let her leg go. "Of course, however in my dreams, there is definitely more between us." Draco smirked and moved to get past her, grabbing her ass on the way out.

She glared at him furiously. He chuckled. She slammed the door behind him.

"Someone doesn't wear underwear…" Draco mused. "At least when they sleep."

He knew he was getting to her. He loved it. She got so mad so easily. He knew they were stuck, so he was making the best of it. Why not just get laid now, why wait 'til later? She would come around eventually.

He heard the shower come on. "I think I'll leave her alone, just this once…"

Draco got out his robes and put them on. He towel-dried his hair and then used a drying charm to make sure it was dry. He didn't feel like gelling it today so he just let it hang in front of his eyes.

There was a knock at his portrait to the Slytherin Common Room. He opened the portrait to see Pansy standing there.

She walked in. "Damn you're sexy." She smiled. She was barely clothed, clad in only light pink tight pajama bottoms and a light pink tank to match.

Draco grinned and embraced her. "I know." He lead her into a deep kiss, like he said, he needed a good lay. Pansy was definitely a good one.

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Hermione stepped out of the shower, half expecting to see Draco standing there. To her surprise he wasn't. She heard some interesting noises coming through the wall though. They were sounds of pleasure.

"Draco's going at it with someone." She muttered to herself.

Curiosity must have gotten the better of her because she peeked into Draco's room. It was Draco and Pansy. She closed the door and shuddered. She knew he and Pansy were involved sexually, but she never thought that she would witness it, and frankly, she didn't want to.

She wasn't all that innocent, but she was still a virgin. She knew how to please a man. She and some of her summer flings had tried some interesting things.

Hermione walked back into her own room. She dressed in her robes and went down to the common room, to curl up with a good book.

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Pansy disappeared through the portrait hole, smiling and blowing a kiss to Draco.

"She's such a good fuck. Very talented mouth too."

Draco put his robes on again and walked down to the common room.

He found Hermione curled up with a book and a cup of coffee as usual. Coffee and reading seemed to be her addiction.

Draco walked down calmly and sat down on a couch opposite her. He pulled out his Arithmancy book and quickly finished his homework.

"Walls aren't sound proof you know." Hermione said, breaking the silence.

"Why do you say that?"

"I think you know. You and Pansy were making a lot of noise this morning."

"Oh, that. It was all in good fun."

"You couldn't have me, so you opted for my best friend, I suppose." She said, never looking up from her book.

"No, Ariana. I could have you at anytime. It would just be forced. I would prefer even your fun sadomasochistic version of sex over rape. I'm sure you would too." He retorted, reaching for his Muggle Studies book on the table.

Hermione muttered a spell and the book flew at him, smacking his head. "Because I can't reach."

Draco rolled his eyes. "All all women as stubborn and evil are you are?" He rubbed his head.

"No… some are worse." She shut her book and walked out of their common room, heading down to breakfast.

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Students filed into the Potions classroom, eyeing Professor Snape at his desk. The group of Gryffindor's took their respected seats: as far away from Snape as they could get.

Hermione walked into the classroom.

"Miss Granger, I need to speak with you and Mr. Malfoy about your absences yesterday. Please see me tomorrow before class or after dinner tonight."

"Yes, Sir."

Draco walked in right after Snape had talked to Hermione. "Draco, Snape wants to see us before class tomorrow or after dinner tonight.

"Perhaps he does care about our absences then. By the way, Pansy said your partner was Scarhead."

"M'kay." She muttered, taking her seat next to Pansy.

"Hey 'Mione!" Pansy beamed.

"Hi Pansy."

"Guess what!" Pansy began to tell her about her… adventure with Draco that happened that morning.

"I know Pansy, I heard… and saw…"

Pansy gasped. "You… you did?" She covered her mouth her hand and started to get teary eyed.

Hermione patted the blonde's back. "Yes, Pansy, just try and be a bit quieter… next time." She forced a smile and winked.

Pansy threw her arms around Hermione's neck. "You're the best."

Hermione smiled.

Professor Snape stepped in front of the class. He looked more cross that usual.

"As you found out yesterday, we will be working on some fairly potent potions this year. Today, we will be making a potion called Sdolcinatura Appiccicosa. This potion will "stick" two people together for 8 hours. You and your partner will be together for this time, this will give you time to get to know them, as you will be working with them for the rest of this term at least. Since Slytherin's and Gryffindor's have all classes together today, this shouldn't be a problem. You will be forced to stay within a 4 foot radius of the other person. Now I suggest that you get to work, the ingredients are the board."

Everyone scrambled over to their partner, groaning along the way.

Hermione walked over to Harry.

"Hello. I'm Hermione Granger."

"I know; you're head girl. I'm Harry Potter."

"Shall we get started?"

"Sure. What's the first thing?" Harry asked.

"It says add a leaf of unicotu to a pint of boiling water, then slowly stir in two small vials of gingona. One time right and two and one half times to the left. Add two hair's of the maticore. Then whisper the names of the people you want to "stick" together to the potion. Stir in a bay leaf and one rice kernel, then, add a "

"Sounds easy enough."

"BANG!" It came from where Neville and Pansy were. The potion had splattered on Pansy's clothes. Millicent had stepped away from it just in time and it had hit Pansy.

"You! You! You Gryffindor!" Apparently Pansy couldn't think of anything.

Snape quickly rushed to where they were. Pansy started to turn a funny blue-orange color.

"Mr. Weasley, Take Miss Parkinson to the hospital wing; tell Madam Pomfrey what happened."

Ron picked up Pansy, looking like he was being attacked by death eaters. He took her to the hospital wing.

"Mr. Longbottom, clean this up immediately! Ten Points from Gryffindor for adding the Manticore hair before the Gingona!" Snape stormed off to his desk to grade papers.

Hermione and Harry started adding the ingredients, correctly.

"You're not like other Slytherin's." He said, while mixing their potion.

"Why do you say that? You don't know a thing about me."

"You don't have the ego that goes with Slytherin." He said casually.

She glared at him. How could he say that! Slytherin was her house, how did he know anything about what they were like.

"Look, I may not be your typical egotistical bitch, like Draco or Pansy, but I have my ego and I have my pride. Don't say things you know nothing about. It makes you look stupid. Don't assume that you know a lot about me because I promise you, you don't know the first thing about me."

"Sorry… You just seem different." He said meekly, stirring for the last time. "It's done."

"Lets get it over with then."

They both drank a vial of it. The world suddenly felt hazy as if they were being sucked into each other. Suddenly, they could hear each other's immediate thoughts.

"Oww. That hurt. Stupid foul tasting potion. Damnit. Fuck. " Hermione gripped her stomach.

"I hope she's okay, she looks in pain. Wow… she's so pretty." Harry mused.

"WHAT!?" They both shouted.

"Did I just hear what you were thinking?" They said at the same time.

"What is the matter Miss Granger? Mr. Potter?"

"It looks like you've discovered the other secret to this potion. It lets you hear the other persons immediate thoughts. I suppose I …forgot… to include that wonderful piece of information." Professor Snape said to the pair.

Hermione and Harry looked at each other.

"Class, Miss Granger and Mr. Potter have discovered the secret of the potion you have been brewing. You are able to hear the other persons thoughts. I trust that you are almost done. I expect a two page report on what you heard and what happened throughout the day."

The class groaned; Hermione and Harry nodded.

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Throughout the day the two were careful not to think about deeply personal stuff, like Voldemort, What the other one looked like, sex, or other personal stuff. Needless to say, Harry didn't find out as much as he would've liked to find out about the Head Girl.

The potion finally wore off at Dinner time. Pansy was still in the Hospital wing and Ron was no where to be seen.

Lavender was worried as to where Ron had disappeared to after that tragic potions accident with Pansy.

Hermione decided to go to the Hospital wing to see how Pansy was doing. She found Draco.

"Do you want to come with me to see how Pansy is doing?"

"I suppose."

They walked to the hospital wing, only to find that Pansy was not there.

"She and Mr. Weasley left about two hours ago." Madam Pomfrey said.

Draco and Hermione walked away.

"She wouldn't hang out with the Weasel unless she had to."

"Do you think they drank that god awful potion?"

"Perhaps. But they weren't even close to finishing. Patil and I were just behind them and we hadn't added the second ingredient yet."

"Hmm, Maybe they went back to finish it. But they should've come to dinner."

Draco laughed. "Yeah, Weasel's so poor he can't afford to miss a meal."

Hermione giggled a bit. "That was a bit mean, Draco."

"It's only the truth."

"I suppose."

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"Thanks for taking me to the hospital wing, Ron." Pansy said.

"Professor Snape told me too." Ron said.

"Are you and your girlfriend having problems." Pansy inquired.

"Yeah, how did you know?"

"I can hear your thoughts, remember? They're dwelling on her."

"Oh… yeah…"

The two were sitting in the Slytherin Common Room. They had been talking for about an hour. Pansy said she didn't feel good after they drank the potion an hour or so ago. Ron sucked up his ego and went with her into the Slytherin Common Room. The portrait had a fit about him going in there though.

"You really like him, don't you?"

"Yes."

"How could you like something as cold and egotistical as Malfoy is?" Ron asked.

Pansy drew her knees to her chest and rested her chin on them.

"I just always have. It's impossible though. He will never love me, I'm just his sex toy."

Ron flinched. "Too much info, Pans." He said, as if they were old friends.

"Sorry. Hermione walked in on us this morning and it's been on my mind all day."

"Oh dear. She seems different, like she doesn't despise all Gryffindors."

"I don't think it matters to her either way, she's quite secretive. She's my best friend… My only friend. Everyone else just thinks I'm some stupid, brainless puppy dog who is obsessed with Draco. I'm not nearly as stupid as they think."

"You know… actually talking to you has made me change what I think about you. I was dreading this at first, but you're really quite nice and pretty."

"Thank you. It's done the same for you. My opinion has changed too. Perhaps all people really need to do is talk to one another. Maybe if they did that, the world would be a better place."

"True." Ron looked down at his watch. "Shit! We're missing dinner." Ron grabbed her hand and dragged her down to the Great hall.

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"Apparently they were together." Hermione said, as she saw the red headed boy dragging her best friend toward the Great Hall.

"Some things never change; the Weasel still can't stand to miss a meal." Draco rolled his eyes and grabbed Hermione's hand.

She pulled her hand from his grasp. "What the hell are you doing?"

"I was trying to be friendly." He retorted.

"Like I believe that." Hermione rolled her eyes.

"C'mon, Ariana, Let us away to our common room to plan this Halloween Ball." He grabbed her hand again and dragged her off toward their common room.

"Don't call me that Draco Kael."

"I'll call you anything I like, Ariana Tanith."

"Not if you know what's good for you."

"Perhaps I don't know what's good for me then. C'mon."

Hermione sighed and gave in, not bothering to throw an insult at him. He dragged her off to plan the Halloween ball which would be coming up in a month or so. Then Lord Voldemort would appear and announce his daughter for the entire darkside to see.