A/n- Its one of the last chapters. I think the story will end in the 9th chapter. I hope you guys keep reading and like it too. Thank You!
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Chapter 7- Old Enemies and New Friends.
The sight of Snape and Mcgonnagal kissing would've been less shocking than this.
Hermione Granger looked around , it didn't look like hell had frozen over, neither had pigs started to fly, then how was it possible that Ron Weasely, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy were sitting on the same table laughing.
She pinched herself, and as it turns out ,No ,it wasn't a dream.
She walked towards their table and heard Ron's voice flow through,
"You should've seen the way the quaffle was passed around, man it was..."
Of course, they were talking about Quidditch, what else could those three have in common except their love for the game. Malfoy was the only one facing the doorway , so it was only him who saw her approaching their table. His eyes twinkled and he pulled out the chair next to him for her ,Harry and Ron turned to see who it was. They said "Hey-mione" in such a unison that all four of them laughed.
"Well, this is unusual." She said ,then deliberately sat on the seat next to Harry and not on the one Malfoy had pulled out. Malfoy raised his left eyebrow but didn't say a word.
Her two best-friends looked nervous of her reaction, well, at least Harry did. One never knew with Ron. But Hermione wasn't angry , she was amused and ,thought she would never admit it, somewhat happy that her friendship with Draco wouldn't be a problem with Harry or Ron.
"Oh..umm ,actually ,you see Mione," began Harry " we were doing our potions essay and didn't know how many handfuls of flaxweed is added to the draught of wakefulness. And neither of us had our books, so we were wondering in which book here could we find then I saw Malfoy and I thought ,maybe he knew and I asked him and he helped us and..." then Harry awkwardly waved his arms around the table.
Ron looked a little scared ,and she was oddly touched at how much her reaction mattered to her friends. She just smiled at Harry and them opened her potions book , so that she could complete her essay too.
Harry breathed a sigh of relief and Ron just looked plain shocked as if he couldn't believe she wasn't angry. She looked up to find Malfoy looking at her with an amused expression on his face. But she just smiled at him and started writing. The boys started to talk about quidditch again and she tuned them out. But her mind wandered towards the fact that working with Malfoy didn't seem awkward at all.
She was interrupted a few minutes later by Ron saying "Hey Mione how many tablespoons off crushed unicorn horn are added to the polyjuice potion?"
"Three" said Hermione.
"No , granger" said Malfoy,frowning " Not three, four tablespoons are added"
" I'm very sure its three Malfoy" she said with a scowl, she knew she was right.
"I've read the recipe so many times granger that it is printed on my brain, Granger-"
"Yes, but I brewed it in my second year , so I'm pretty sure I'm right " she said, immediately regretting it .
Malfoy looked so shocked that it was almost funny, but the scowls that Ron and Harry were looking at her with, showed that it wasn't funny at all.
"You brewed POLYJUICE Potion in your Second year?"Malfoy asked , and she was sure that if his eyes got any wider, they would fall out.
"Umm..yeah ,I did" she replied,trying not to look at any of the others.
"Why?"Malfoy looked at her , and then at Harry and Ron. And as he registered their expressions, his face brightened with understanding "Now this is a story I have to hear" he said leaning back in his chair , grinning .
"It was your Idea Hermione " said Ron" I think , you should tell it "
"Uhmmm.." she cleared her throat and began " You remember how everyone was getting petrified in the second year , right and the blame fell on Harry?"when he nodded she continued "We,umm, had our own thoughts on who it could be and used the potion to determine that it wasn't"
"And who was your suspect?" he asked.
Hermione grimaced ,she did not want to answer that.
"Well,ummm , thought it was ,well, you" she said and saw his eyes go wider,she decided to get the rest of it out too " On Christmas eve that year,Ron and Harry changed as Crabbe and Goyle and entered your common room and, by the way you talked it was clear that it wasn't you" the slight hurt in his eyes made her explain more "Draco, You have to understand that with the way you acted it wasn't difficult to imagine that you were responsible"
He stared at her for a moment , then nodded and said "I understand why you might presume it, and as a slytherin I must add it was a good plan. But what I don't get is why did you not come with them? I mean if you brewed a potion that hard in your second year them you must have wanted to be there too ?" he asked and Hermione grimaced as Ron and Harry howled with laughter at Draco's question.
Draco looked confused at the laughter. Hermione decided to get it over with.
"Well , you see Polyjuice potion is only effective with humans, and the hair the I took wasn't quite human" she said ,stammering through out .
Ron laughed up again and said
"You should've seen her , merlin with whiskers and hair on her face and a tail" and he started laughing again.
Draco's face looked almost comical as the fact that she's turned into a cat human sinked in.
"You became a cat?" he exclaimed
Then he too started laughing , and even Hermione couldn't control her smile. They only quieted down when Ms Pince , who looked a little shocked at the people sitting together, came to shush she left ,Ron stood and said "We have to go Harry,its time for quid ditch practice" and Harry stood as well, they said their goodbyes and left.
Hermione added finishing touches to her essay and decided it was time to go to the common room.
She stood and said to Draco "I think I'm going to the common room, rest a little before dinner" ,he stood as well and said "I'll walk you there"
"No, it's alright- " but her protest died at her lips as his expression said "are we going to do that again?"and she decided she wouldn't mind his company for a few more minutes.
They walked together with their hands almost touching and every time their hands brushed, her heart gave a little flutter. After a few minutes he stopped and turned to her to say
"Granger, I remember a little of the night when Potter and Weasley came to our common room and I just want to say that I'm so sorry for what I said about you-"
But she cut off his apology , she didn't need to hear it, she knew how much he regretted everything.
"It's okay , Draco" she said smiling at him and forced herself to not stare at his deep grey eyes.
"I think we've already established that you did what you did because you were jealous of me " He laughed and then they started walking again. His laugh sent a shiver down her spine and she had to control the urge to kiss him.
After a few minutes of walking, she heard him laugh again.
"What's so funny?" she asked
"Just imagining you in whiskers , Granger" he said
A/n- I hope you guys liked it. And I'm sorry for the delay but you know school and studies are the hurdles that stand in my way!
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