Holy cow guys! I'm sooooo incredibly sorry it's taken me this long to write a new chapter...and this chapter! It's horribly short, andI apologize for that! I hope y'all will enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: Not mine, duhie! hehe.Just my luck, Hermione thought to herself as she pulled out her wand for the fifth time in the past two hours and twenty-four minutes to remove yet another stain from her white gown.
"Hermy! Where fore art thooooou HERMY?" Came a slurred cry from the floor.
Hermione blushed crimson and gave an embarrassed smile at her colleagues. It's not that it mattered, though, considering they were all smashed. "Draco Malfoy," She hissed to the abashed figure sprawled out on the floor before her, "you'd better get up this instant or else…I'll—"
"Hermy, dahling, would you be a dear and help me up? I've got one heck of a headache…and—oh my! Santa's here! Oh please, Hermy, don't let him see me being a bad boy! I'll never get any presents!" Draco said, his bloodshot eyes widening in fear at the sight of one of the mediwizards dressed like Santa for the Halloween party.
"Oh get up you prat!" Hermione said, bending over in her flowing, halter-top gown to help up the drunken toga man. "Victoria, I'm leaving!" Hermione shouted to her friend who was shamelessly flirting with the bartender in her devil outfit.
"Bye Hermione! Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" She shouted, waving so frantically that she almost knocked herself out of her chair. "Whoopsies, looks like I'm a little tipsy!" She laughed.
Hermione rolled her eyes and draped one of Draco's arms over her shoulders as she began the walk outside the building so she could apparate.
"HIT MEEE BABY ONE MOORRE TIIIIIME!" Draco bellowed from the top of his lungs as Hermione hauled him up the stairs to her flat.
"Gladly," She mumbled under her breath before casting the necessary spells to open her door.
"You know, that muggle pop diva was quite a sensssssation." Draco stated in a drunken intellect, stumbling slightly, causing Hermione to huff with effort to keep him up.
"You big oaf! You're sleeping on the couch!" She said, dropping him there, face down.
"Mmmmfng ghamdb," He said, not bothering to roll over.
Hermione shook her head and headed to her bathroom to change into her pajamas before she dealt with him. She looked in the mirror before washing her face. Her make-up had turned out perfectly, and her hair in perfect ringlets like the goddess Aphrodite would have. Her crown was slightly askew, but that was probably from her ducking when an extremely turned-on and drunk co-worker came lunging towards her for a kiss.
"And it was all a waste," She said to herself before magically removing the make up and pulling her hair up into a messy bun.
She returned to Draco clad in dark green plaid pajama bottoms and a black cami just to find him snoring into the couch's cushions. Hermione smirked and conjured a blanket out of air and placed it on him. "Goodnight my not-so-charming prince," She said before turning herself in to her own exhaustion.
Hermione awoke to the pleasant smell of freshly brewed coffee and toast. "Mmm, Ginny must be here…but why?" She said as she stretched. She then lunged from her bed and slipped on her fluffy black slippers and scampered off to kitchen…but not to find her feisty red-headed Ginny Potter.
Draco turned around and grinned. "I've made us toast and coffee!" He said, showing her two mugs that were in front of him.
Hermione gasped. "What are you doing wearing my clothes!" She shouted, her jaw dropping. Draco's defined chest was being displayed through a very small t-shirt of Hermione's as well as his ankles, considering the pajama pants he was wearing didn't reach very far.
Draco glanced down at his attire and looked at her. "Well, you didn't expect me to stay in a skirt all night, did you?" He asked before setting down the two steaming mugs of coffee on the table followed by some severely burnt toast. "And that poppy thing that eats the bread and then spits it out is amazing! Where did you ever find such an appliance?"
Hermione rolled her eyes and took a sip of her coffee. "A Muggle store four blocks away."
Draco's jaw dropped. "Muggles are responsible for this amazing invention? What a waste!" He said distastefully as he took a sip of his own coffee.
And that's how they sat for the next twenty minutes. Draco would occasionally shoot the toaster and other shiny appliances a glare while sipping casually on his coffee while Hermione stared out the window, arms crossed.
"So, yeah, I think I'm going to be heading home now…" Draco said as he finally allowed the last drop of coffee to slowly caress its way down his throat.
"Yes, and I have to head into Diagon Ally—my new book should be in," Hermione said, also standing up.
Draco looked around awkwardly for a few moments before running his hand through his hair. "Uh, did you have a good time last night?"
Hermione chewed on her lip as she thought out her answer. "Yes…in a weird way. But thank you for coming with me anyway. I could tell that you had fun."
"Well, that's good. I don't remember half of what happened anyway, so I just thought it'd be kind of me to ask you how you things went."
Hermione gave him a blank stare before realizing what he said. She smiled to herself. "Well, yeah, I would think so. But since you were being a bad date, there were several others who were willing to make it up to me…"
Draco felt something deep inside him twinge, but chose to ignore it. "Good for you. I guess I'll be seeing you around Granger?" He said, heading towards her window.
"I guess so." She said as Draco opened the window, allowing a fresh gust of nippy air into the room. Draco gave her a wink before sitting himself down on the windowsill, then gave himself a gentle push to send him plummeting the four stories to the ground. Hermione gasped and ran for the window only to see a single red rose on the pavement below her. She smiled to herself for a moment, then closed the door and quickly got in the shower.
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