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A/N: this is my fourth chapter. It's giving me a hard time in making this story but ill finish it somehow...

I would also like to thank blaire08 for giving me constant reviews… haha…

Chapter 4:

While Draco was having his meeting with Alroze, Hermione was still thinking of the sudden behavior of Draco. Him, calling her in the middle of the night and asking unnecessary questions. Who do you think will not suspect in that kind of behavior? Of course, Hermione, being a know-it-all girl all her life knows that there is something fishy going on. And she wants to know what it is. But even though she wants to know everything, she can't because she doesn't know where to find the perfect guy to ask. So, she decided to drop the topic. But then she realized that she's bored to death. She doesn't know what to do because she doesn't have work today and she doesn't have any things or work that can fully occupy her the whole day. She wished that there would be someone who can pull her out of this boredom. And just like that, as if Merlin had heard her wish, someone had called her. She hurriedly picked up the phone…

"Hello, Good Morning, this is Hermione Granger, may I help you?" Hermione said.

"Whoa! Hermione, no need for you to be that formal! It's me, Bianca." Bianca said.

Bianca is a friend of Hermione. If in the wizarding world, she had Ron and Harry as her best buds, here in the Muggle London, she has Bianca as her best friend.

"Ohhh… hi there… it's been a long time since. Why did you call me?" Hermione inquired.

"I just want to ask you to accompany me in buying different furniture for my house. I know that you have a good taste for that kind of things. And I also want to hang out and cope up with things" "So what do you think?" Bianca asked.

"Just in time" Hermione thought to herself.

"Of course, I would gladly accompany you. I'm really glad that you called because if you didn't maybe I'll be dying here now." Hermione said sarcastically.

"Haha… so lets just meet up at our favorite place (The Starbucks)" Bianca asked.

"Alright. See you there in one hour"

"Okay"

After hanging the phone, Hermione immediately took shower and dressed in her casual clothes. 45 minutes after, she's done preparing herself and is preparing to go to the shop even if it's quite early because being late is not in her nature. When she got inside the shop, she quickly spots a place in the far corner. She hurriedly sat in there and waited for Bianca to come. When she looked at her watch, its only 9:50 am. Even if she's being impatient in waiting for Bianca to come, she cannot blame her because she's the one who's being early. She cannot tell her that she's late because their meeting time is 10:00 am. So she just waited there for Bianca to come. At exactly 10 am, Bianca arrived. She knows that the most things that Hermione hates are a person being late in an appointment or meeting. When she entered the shop, she hurriedly went to the table where Hermione is. When she got there, she hastily sat down, panting for her dear life.

"Why are you panting madly" asked Hermione.

"I… I… ha...have to run just to… to get here in time. I know how you hate being late" Bianca said in between pants

Hermione doesn't know what to say so she just laughed at her friend. At first, Bianca thought that Hermione has lost her mind but after a minute or so she found herself laughing alongside with her. 2 minutes have merely passed when their laughter have subsided. Bianca asked Hermione if they should start buying furnitures or just eat there first and Hermione picked the idea of buying things so that after that they could catch up on things. While strolling at mall searching for the things they needed, Hermione cannot keep herself in reminiscing the days when she, Harry and Ron are strolling in Hogsmeade buying things that they needed for school and things that they want to buy for themselves. Sometimes she's even tempted to go back to the wizarding world but the truth always come back to her that she cannot do it because she swore that she will forever forget about that place and will never comeback there. Bianca suddenly realized that Hermione is rather being too quiet.

"Hermione, are you alright?" Bianca asked, concern is showed in her eyes.

"Of course! I just remember some things. Don't worry about me" Hermione hurriedly said it seeing the look in Bianca's eyes.

"You scared me. I thought there's something wrong with you"

"No, I'm alright don't worry, let's just continue shopping now" Hermione said.

"Okay"

It took them 3 hours to buy all the needed things so after the shopping spree both of them are really hungry that they can eat the whole food available in the restaurant. When they are finished eating, they started talking about he things that they have missed with each other. Their chats have lasted for more than an hour in which they decided to take a break and take a stroll in the mall. They went to different shops and helped each other in buying different clothes that fit them perfectly. They also went to the arcade to have more fun with each others company.

When Hermione checked her watched, she was shocked to see that it's already 5:30 pm, so she invited Bianca to dinner. They went to Max's to eat dinner and Hermione said that it was her treat. So they ordered their food and eat it quietly. After eating they started talking again. While talking, Bianca's eyes landed on Hermione's bruised hand.

"What happened to your hand?!" Bianca asked, frightened.

"ohh… this… I have this bruise for merely 2 days now…"

"Someone just bumped into me and when I looked at my hand, this bruised had formed. I don't know why I have this bruise or why it's this big" Hermione explained.

"Who's this person your talking about?" Bianca asked.

"I don't know if you know him, but the person I'm referring to is Draco Malfoy" Hermione said.

"What's his name again?" Bianca asked again because she thought she didn't hear it properly.

"Draco Malfoy. Why do you know this person?"

"Yes, I know him. He's the co-worker of Joshua!"

"Joshua?! Who is this guy?!" Hermione asked the now blushing Bianca.

"Umm…he's…he's… my new boyfriend" Bianca confessed.

"You have a new boyfriend and you didn't even tell me" Hermione said, slightly offended.

"Sorry… I forgot…" Bianca said with a pout on her lips asking for forgiveness.

"Alright. But is it true that he's a co-worker of Draco?"

"Yup"

"Can I ask you a favor?" Hermione asked.

"What is it?"

"Can you ask Joshua if he knows where Draco lives because there's some things that I to asked him, please??" Hermione pleaded.

"Alright, I'll talk to him about it" Bianca said.

"Thanks"

"Your Welcome"

After that conversation, both of them decided that they should call it a night and decided to go home. When Hermione arrived at her house, the only thing that is in her mind is that now she's going to have the answers she's craving to know