Chapter 4: Nice to meet you and its not a date.
Day 3
It was early in the evening when Hermione found herself getting ready for an early dinner with Harry, Ron and Luna. She was almost ready to go and meet them; Harry said he would be waiting downstairs while Ron and Luna had something to do before going to the restaurant where they would be meeting. From what they knew the restaurant was a casual place, but you had to dress nice. Hermione was wearing a red spaghetti strap knee length dress and low heeled sandals with straps that tied up above a few inches from her ankles. She had decided to let her hair down in soft curls.
"There all finished." She murmured, giving herself a look over and applying some lip-gloss.
"Not half bad." She heard a voice by the door and turned to see Draco leaning against the frame and with his arms crossed. "Gotta admit it Granger that if Potter hadn't had his eyes one you and I wouldn't have been in love with Ginny, I would have definitely given us a chance." He said stepping in to the room, sitting on her bed and looking at her with a innocent smile.
"I don't know whether to be flattered or insulted. And first of all Harry doesn't have his eyes on me and as for Ginny, I'd watch out for her. I talked to her last night and she told me a couple of interesting tings." She said staring hard at him.
Draco visibly gulped and stood up, true he was taller than her, but the hard look he was receiving, well lets just say that he was doing everything in his power not to quiver under her gaze. "Wha-what d-did she say" he stammered.
"That you kissed one of the girl you met downstairs. Which leads me to think that either you have a really, really good explanation or you are very much lying to me Malfoy." She said locking her gaze with his; even if the thought of lying would cross his mind; his eyes would give him away.
"Okay Hermione I did kiss her" Hermione's eyes opened wide "But see" he continued quickly "it was just a peck and besides it was on impulse, yeah I know there are things I have not told you but tomorrow I will explain everything, but please know that there is nothing between Marisa and I." he said pleading with his eyes that she would give him a chance to explain his actions.
"Very well, but I'm not getting in the middle of this thing, whatever it is, that's going on between you and Ginny okay?" She turned around and looked at the mirror for one last check.
"Yes! But I have one last thing I need you to do before you leave for your date." He said leaving the room.
"It's not a date!" She said following him towards the living room.
"Sure, sure" he said distractedly "I want you to wait a couple of minutes before you go. You see I want you to meet Marie and Marisa before anyone else." She was surprised by that.
"Well, I guess I could be a little late after all I have 15 minutes until I have to meet Harry for dinner, so sure why not?" She stayed thoughtful "Not to mention, it will help to get to the bottom of all your weird behavior since we arrived."
No sooner had she agreed to wait that there was a knock on the door. Draco gave Hermione a nervous smile and went to answer the door. He ushered them in and led them to the living room where Hermione was waiting. Before Draco could speak one of the girls did.
"Hi, I'm Marisa" The girl said to Hermione smiling at her and extending her had to shake. Hermione smiled back looking a little skeptical, but loosing it at soon as Marisa eagerly shook her hand. When Hermione let go of her hand Marisa gave a close look at Hermione.
"Damn girl, you look ready for a hot date!" Marisa exclaimed. Draco choked on his laughter; one for what Marisa had said and two for the look on Hermione's face who was blushing furiously.
"Ow! What the hell was that for?" Marisa exclaimed as her sister slapped the back of her head. The girl looked at Hermione and gave her an apologetic look. "I'm sorry for my sister's behavior," she gave Marisa a hard look "sometimes there is actual proof her brain is not connected to her mouth." she said " By the way I'm Marie" . Hermione had stopped blushing and shook her hand "Hermione" answered.
Hermione looked at them and noticed the differences in personalities just by the way they dressed. Marisa had on a pink skirt, white shirt and sandals; while Marie had on long blue jeans, black shoes and a black blouse that read "I'm with stupid" in big red letters.
Draco cleared his throat to get the girls attention. "Hermione, these are the girls Ginny saw me with the first day back and Marisa can confirm that there really is nothing going on between us." Marisa looked at Hermione and said "Believe me, he has his eyes on a another girl" she turned to Draco "which by the way you haven't even shown me a picture" she said giving Draco a mock glare. Hermione smiled at this, she was already seeing why Draco liked them.
"So, what do you guys have planed for tonight?" asked Hermione. Draco looked expectant at the sisters, apparently he didn't know either.
"Well, since it's still early, we're going to the mall to pick up a couple of things; and since Draco doesn't know the area and most of the people speak more Spanish than English, we thought it would be nice to show him around a bit" Said Marisa in a exited tone while Marie just gave a nod of confirmation.
"Shopping with you two?" asked Draco "This should be interesting." He said smiling. "Wait a minute, where is James?"
"He's out with the rest of out friends, you'll get to meet them soon enough just beware, they are absolutely crazy" answered Marie looking around.
"Yeah, they are fun though and can be serious if the situation calls for it" said Marisa. "Hey Drake can you give me some water?"
"What, oh, yeah just a moment" He said making his way to the kitchen leaving Hermione alone with Marisa and Marie.
"So, I guess you can speak Spanish." Said Hermione
"Well yeah we where born in this island and lived here for years when I was 10 and Marisa 9 we moved to London and lived there up until three years ago that we came back here" Said Marie
"Here is your water" said Draco
"Thanks" She drank it quickly and once she finished gave the glass to Draco and turned to her sister, "Can we go now?"
"Marisa be patient the mall closes in three hours and it gives you plenty of time to get whatever the hell you're looking for." Said Marie giving her a annoyed look.
"Easy for you to say! You're only going because you want to buy more freaking books and sit in the coffee shop reading and drinking chocolate until closing time" She shot back at her. While Hermione looked surprised at this.
"It's not my fault and besides I brought all the close I need and the few books I brought I finished the last one already. If I don't get something new to read the nights are going to be land and boring."
"Oh please!" she said exasperated and turned to Hermione with an incredulous look. "Have you ever known someone to read 1,000 pages in one night because she couldn't sleep and" she tuned to her sister "what? You brought like 8 books don't tell me you finished the in a week! You read a book like every night and it drives me crazy that can be such a bookworm!" she said. Hermione stayed silent while Draco snickered. And what is wrong with you, what's so funny?" she said to Draco.
"I don't know. Hey Hermione do you know someone like that?" Asked Draco finally bursting out laughing.
Hermione glared at him. "Shut up would you?" she said to Draco who kept on laughing. "Okay I admit it the same behavior can be seen in me and you, Ron and Harry are always teasing me about it. There happy?" she said
Marisa looked at Hermione and asked "Really?" amused by the situation as Marisa threw her arms up in surrender and muttered "I give up, but still lets go. Nice to meet you Hermione" she said heading towards the door. Marie fallowed her sister with her eyes and turned to Hermione, gave her a half smile and said "Later" and followed Marisa out of the room.
"I'll be there in a minute." Said Draco. He turned to Hermione, "So what do you think?"
"Interesting, how long will they be staying?"
"They leave the same day as us, August first."
"Oh, this should be fun."
"Yeah, I think so too. Bye Mione, and have fun with your date." He said closing the door before she could respond.
Hermione sighed and picked up her purse and made her way to meet Harry. All along thinking "It's not a date, it's not a date, it's not a dateā¦"
A/N ; Do not kill me! I got sick and tied to a bed until Sunday and had to do a bunch of crap for the Uni and today was the first day of breathing I've had. Hope you like it and review.
P.s. Thanks to all the one that did review the previous chapters.
