Chapter 4
DPOV
I woke up a little later then I should have, but I gave myself some slack-it's Friday anyways.
I got out of bed and stretched, I was so ready for the weekend. I thought over what classes I had today; Herbology, Charms, and Transfiguration. Damn, can't skip McGonagall's class without her raising hell.
I walked over to the bathroom door and slowly grasped the handle, it was really hard to tell if it was occupied or not. I swung it open to see an empty room. I quickly took a shower and started to model my sexy hair so that it fell just perfectly. When I was done a strange thought hit me; did I really spend more time in the bathroom than the girl that I share it with? Well, I sighed as I put on my robes and headed out to the Great Hall, that was all going to change after today. Granger's leaving.
As the topic of her came into my head it wasn't filled with insults to her blood status. I had meant the apology that I had said to her. Over the summer my mother had taught me that blood didn't really matter. I believed her. The main argument that my parents had given me growing up was that muggles and muggleborns weren't as smart as purebloods. That could easily be proven wrong if you looked at Granger and Crab or Goyle. That whole summer my mother had chipped away all my biases towards others, especially women. She taught me everything there was to know about how to be a gentleman. Needless to say, it was a long summer.
I strutted into the Great Hall, heading towards Blaise and the other Slytherins. I sat down with a nod to my friends, and turned to breakfast. It was a quiet today, most of the Slytherins looked like they were half asleep. I looked around, most of the Hall seems to be half asleep.
Except for the Gryffindors, they seemed to be just as happy and peppy as normal. Well, maybe more than normal because it was Friday and tomorrow was the weekend. I looked along the table absently, letting my mind wander. Before I really realized it, I had been staring at Granger and her friends for quite some time now. I noticed how she had changed from the past, she didn't look so innocent. She looked grown up. And damn, growing up had treated her well. You could ask any guy that and they would have to agree. She was sitting by Potter and Weasley, of course. Potter looked the same, maybe looked like he had more scars, but I only really noticed the one on his forehead. Weasley was wolfing down his breakfast, it made me sick. I pushed away my plate a bit, realizing that my hunger had completely disappeared. I looked over at the people around Weasley and wondered how they could eat so close to him and not lose their appetites. I guess if you're around them for long enough it grows on you. I remembered that when I used to eat with Crab and Goyle, I had learned to look away whenever the school served something bigger than a fist. They never did learn how to chew.
My mind wandered back to Granger. One thing that I couldn't help but remember was the night Weasley started yelling at us for having a simple conversation. I found it completely amusing to watch, of course, but there was something else I noticed while watching them go at it. It was Granger, when she was yelling I could have sworn half the time she was the one looking down on Weasley.
I shook my head, earning a strange look from Blaise, she couldn't have been talker than Weasley. He's the missing step from human to Hagrid.
I started to pick at my food a bit so it didn't look like I was just sitting here thinking, there was another thing too. While she was screaming, her hair started to look… different. The tips of her hair seemed to glow redder and redder whenever she yelled something. It was kinda cool, added a whole different effect to watching the fight.
I smiled, if I didn't enjoy the fighting, there was one thing I really did enjoy- the look of shock on Weasley's face when Granger seductively talked to me before running out of the room. That was the main motivation behind the potions note passing. Even if it was only pretend, I liked the idea of some sort of relationship between Granger.
"Draco, class!" It was obvious that Blaise had been attempting to call me out of my thoughts for a while now.
"Herbology, right?" I answered him, getting up from the table.
"Yeah.." He said, starting to walk away. He was walking to slow to ditch me, but I caught up to him pretty quickly. Quickly for a Malfoy, mind you. Malfoys still have to appear how high and mightly they are to everyone.
Really I just don't want to have to talk to people. They always say stupid shit, and if they're afraid of you, sha-bam!, they leave you alone.
Herbology was boring. We learned basically everything we needed to last year, now we just had to tend to all of the plants and make then able to "Thrive!". It's not that hard, she my plants aren't turning into a jungle, but they're living. And that is all I care about.
The rest of the day passed in a flash. Before I knew it it was dinner time, and we were all filing into the Great Hall. I ate quickly, just wanting to get back to my room where I could relax for a bit.
Back in the common room I sat myself down in one of the comfy chairs hidden in a corner under a shadow. I pulled out a book to read and slowly got lost in the pages. I didn't care much about being seen, plus with the shadow I was pretty well hidden.
The portrait opened and closed, opened and closed. Guess dinner was over and everyone's coming back now. Usually The-Golden-Trio plus two hung out in the common room all night long. I assumed, because it was Friday and Granger was leaving, that they would be out here talking loudly all the way through the morning.
Good-bye sweet silence. I hope to hear from you again.
Hour and a half. Non-stop talking for an hour and a half!
As it turns it wasn't just the Golden Trio plus two, but plus three! Apparently the she-Weasley was trying to spend as much time with Granger as possible. So that just made the volume level go up a whole lot. Because I couldn't read my book with all the chatter going on, I was trying to figure out how the she-Weasley was able to talk to everyone at the same time and actually keep up with the conversations. Must be a girl thing because Granger doesn't look confused, but every now and again one of the guys does.
I heard them talking about the Granger replacement, all I could think when I heard that was how I was going to lose my bathroom time.
I began to plot my escape. If I got up quietly and went into my room they would only have to see one once and then I'd be in my room. But I would still be able to hear them, and if I left from my room they would stop and stare at me Again. Don't want that.
So I'm going to leave strait through the portrait, maybe go to an empty class room and read my book. The library's surely close by now. Or close to closing. I gathered myself, ready to get up and stroll to the door as soon as they were all laughing really hard again.
They started to reminisce about something that had happened over the summer, and I could tell from how Weasley was turning red that they were going to start laughing at him soon.
And there they go, laughing like crazy. I got up and went to the portrait and left the room in a breeze. I don't think anyone even noticed that I had been in the room the whole time.
I started down the halls. Realizing I wasn't headed anywhere in particular, I slowed my pace. I remembered that Blaise hadn't come back to the common room. Probably making out with the first girl that agreed to with him.
Okay, so I shouldn't try randomly at doors to find an empty class room. Don't want to walk in on anything. I shuddered, that would just be completely unpleasant for everyone.
I walked along the corridor for a little while. When I came up to a window I looked out. It was pleasant out. So I started to head in the direction of the grounds. I didn't even care if anyone saw me, I was 17 and it was a Friday night. I should be allowed to go to Hogsmead if I damn well pleased.
Once outside I took in a deep breath of fresh air before heading over to the lake. I really liked the lake, but I was still afraid of the forest so I chose to sit under a tree that wasn't too close to the forest line.
I pulled out my book, finally able to get lost in the pages of my story. It was one that my mother had sent me that she thought I might like. I was hesitant at first, but it had a good blank cover that wouldn't show off to the world what I was reading. That was always something I liked, showing as little of myself to the outside world as possible. As it turned out it had a pretty good story. My thoughts on it were that it would have a twist ending for the main character, though I had no idea on what it would be.
After about half an hour I started to see lights shining from the castle. That wasn't exactly out of the ordinary, but they seemed to have grown stronger, brighter. I looked up and saw that someone had just opened the door and was coming outside. I hid myself behind the tree better, and continued to look to see who it was.
It looked like two young women. A glint of red caught my eye and I knew exactly who it was. I relaxed; it was just the she-Weasley and Granger. A few seconds later I saw a tall, older women who I guessed was McGonagall. Well I wouldn't have thought that Ginny would get to go this far with Granger, but I guess girls are more depended on their friends. But then why wasn't Potter or Weasley with too?
Oh well, not my problem as long as no one noticed that I was over here. I started to get back into my book while the setting sun was still giving me enough light to read. I saw out of the corner of my eye when they started to make their way to the outskirts of the grounds.
Uff, now would probably be the best time for me to slip back into the castle without getting caught. McGonagall would probably be waiting around by the door for the new student to show up and notice when I walk in late.
I got up slowly, I had been sitting in quite an uncomfortable position for quite some time- now that I think about it.
Making a quick glance around me, I set off at a quick pace towards the castle.
Breezing in through the doors I noticed that no one was around. Yes! Sweet Success! I continued up to the common room. When I walked in I noticed that everyone had left. I guess the girls were the center of all the attention. Well I guess I'll have maybe a week of silence in the common room until the new girl got all friendly with Granger's friends here.
I yawned, guess that's my q to go to sleep. Guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow to catch a glimpse of the new roommate.
I woke up suddenly in the middle of the night.
Great, one of the few days that I get to sleep in, and I wake up in the middle of the night!
I opened the door to the common room, already half asleep. I wasn't sure what I was looking for exactly, but I just felt like walking around a little bit.
If I was in conscious, I would have been completely overjoyed with the fact that no one was out in the common room to see me walking around only in my boxers. I decided to take a look at the bookshelf that was in a corner of the room. I hadn't gotten a chance to look to see if it was any good yet, and I figured now was as good a time as any!
I pulled out a couple of books and sat down in a cushy arm-chair to read the backs of a couple of them.
As I was just reading through the second cover, I heard the muffled sound of a door opening and closing.
I looked up, thanking any Holy thing I could think of that I was sitting in the corner that was almost completely hidden in the shadows, to find that the Granger replacement walking up to her new room and going inside. I noticed that she only carried one bag, so she probably shrunk her stuff down. But the thing that really caught my eye was her hair. It seemed to emit a glow, making it shine even in the darkness. I sat there staring at the door she had disappeared through when I realized my eyes were starting to droop due to the late hour.
I pulled myself out of the chair, walked to my door, pulled it open, and immediately collapsed onto my bed.
