A/N: Never underestimate the power of reviewing. Even now, when I'm still
twiddling my thumbs and waiting for a sign from heaven (actually, for a
certain university to take me off the waiting list), I still had the
ability to write this chapter. I hope you like it.
Chapter 8: Is he bluffing?
"Seriously Hermione, I don't see the problem." Ron said while polishing his new broom.
"You don't see the problem? RONALD WEASLEY, the most well-known playboy in Hogwarts has just threatened to kiss me! Ohh, and one more thing, he didn't threaten to kiss me in say, 3 months, or hmm.Lets see, 3 weeks, and ohh.not even 3 days. He threatened to kiss me TONIGHT! That's 3 hours from now. And you tell me you don't see the problem?" Hermione screeched.
"Well, he was possibly just bluffing, playing with your mind and making you overreact like this. Do you seriously think he wants to kiss you?" Ron asked.
"Ahem." It was Harry. He felt that the conversation was going to take a turn for the worst very soon.
"Explain yourself!" Hermione hissed.
"Well, I just don't think a guy like Draco is that desperate ooomph!" Harry had just elbowed Ron, HARD.
"So you're saying the only reason a guy would want to kiss me is if he's desperate?" Hermione asked, her ego taking one hell of a beating.
"No..not in those words no." Ron said weakly.
"Well, say it the right words. It sounded very much like that to me!" Hermione ordered, trying very hard to keep the hurt out of her voice.
"Uhhh...I'm just saying that the only reason DRACO would want to kiss you is if he's desperate. Other guys would love to kiss you..just not guys like Draco." He answered. Honestly, Hermione did not feel much better.
"And what is it about me that repulses guys like Draco?" Hermione snapped.
"Hey.don't use my words against me. I'm not saying that you're repulsive. I'm just saying that guys like Draco just don't like girls like you."
"And what's wrong with girls like me?"
"Look, Hermione, I think Ron's just trying to say.."
"Let him speak for himself. I'm not angry. I just want to know exactly what is it about me that makes it incomprehensible for a guy to want to kiss me" Hermione lied. She was angry. She was angry at her self for feeling hurt. She was angry at herself for WANTING a guy like Draco to want to kiss her. Not KISS HER, mind you, just WANT TO KISS HER.
"It's just that..uhh..you know. Guys like Draco kiss for a reason. They have, you know, an agenda. Kissing leads to snogging and snogging leads to..you know."
"I get the picture. I don't get how it has to do with my situation."
"It's just pretty obvious to everyone that you would insist on stopping at just kissing and won't do..you know...later." Ron was turning a very bright shade of red. If Hermione wasn't so angry, she would actually see the humour in this situation.
"That's all? That's why you're so sure that Draco was just bluffing?" Hermione asked, honestly feeling a bit better.
"Well, and there are the other things AWWW!" Harry had just stepped on Ron's foot.
"What other things?"
"Umm.well..guys like Draco are into legs and curves and ahh.physical stuff. And you're, well..you're more ...mental stuff." Ron said.
Hermione just blinked, went into her room, and slammed the door behind her.
"Ron" Harry said, his voice exasperated.
"Yeah?"
"What you said was not only tactless..."
Ron sighed.
"It was also very much untrue." Harry finished.
"Oh come on Harry, you know very well that Draco's probably only playing with her."
"That may be the case, Ron, but that doesn't mean that she can't attract him."
"but.."
"Look, I guess you haven't noticed. Hermione's grown up since we first met her on the train for our first year at Hogwarts. She HAS the physical stuff."
***
Hermione stared at her reflection in the mirror.
Alright, so she was short.
Most of the girls Draco dated were tall. At least, they were all taller than his shoulder.
She probably didn't even REACH his shoulder.
And since she was short, there wasn't any chance that her legs would be long. In fact, had her legs been long, she would have looked extremely weird.
All the girls Draco dated had long shapely legs. (This can actually be assumed, seeing as that they were all tall.)
She DID have curves. They just weren't as obvious as the other girls'. (This is not surprise since she usually wore clothes about a size too big for her - it's more cost effective)
The girls Draco dated had extremely obvious curves.
She wasn't voluptuous. She couldn't be voluptuous. It was physically impossible, for if she were voluptuous, she would fall down head first, since her feet were so small.
All the girls Draco dated were voluptuous.
She was wearing long sleeved, long legged pajamas with Bugs Bunny painted on it, chewing a carrot.
She was pretty sure that none of the girls Draco date wore long sleeved pajamas.
Therefore, she should have nothing to worry about. Ron was right, Draco was probably bluffng.
He did look extremely serious.
Good bluffers always looked extremely serious.
Draco had never bluffed before.
Well, she didn't know him that well.
As if! She had probably learned everything there was to know about Draco Malfoy over the last couple of years. He didn't BLUFF!
He didn't get attracted to girls like her either.
Well, technically, he wasn't going to kiss her because he was attracted to her. The reason he threatened was because she was the only one who said no.
Hermione sighed. Look, there was no way he could break into her room anyway. There was a password in front of the Gryffindor common room. And since she was Head girl, there was also another password in front of her room. There was no way Draco could know two passwords.
But if..
Shut up and get to sleep!
Hermione went to her bed, turned off the light, uttered a quicksleep spell, and drifted off to a dreamless sleep.
Little did she know that ,at that very same moment, Draco Malfoy was standing in front of the Gryffindor common room.
Disclaimer: na aa..I would have loved to have owned these characters, but no. they *sniff sniff* belong to someone else.
A/N: I know, cliffie right? Don't worry, the next chapter will be up soon, I hope.
Chapter 8: Is he bluffing?
"Seriously Hermione, I don't see the problem." Ron said while polishing his new broom.
"You don't see the problem? RONALD WEASLEY, the most well-known playboy in Hogwarts has just threatened to kiss me! Ohh, and one more thing, he didn't threaten to kiss me in say, 3 months, or hmm.Lets see, 3 weeks, and ohh.not even 3 days. He threatened to kiss me TONIGHT! That's 3 hours from now. And you tell me you don't see the problem?" Hermione screeched.
"Well, he was possibly just bluffing, playing with your mind and making you overreact like this. Do you seriously think he wants to kiss you?" Ron asked.
"Ahem." It was Harry. He felt that the conversation was going to take a turn for the worst very soon.
"Explain yourself!" Hermione hissed.
"Well, I just don't think a guy like Draco is that desperate ooomph!" Harry had just elbowed Ron, HARD.
"So you're saying the only reason a guy would want to kiss me is if he's desperate?" Hermione asked, her ego taking one hell of a beating.
"No..not in those words no." Ron said weakly.
"Well, say it the right words. It sounded very much like that to me!" Hermione ordered, trying very hard to keep the hurt out of her voice.
"Uhhh...I'm just saying that the only reason DRACO would want to kiss you is if he's desperate. Other guys would love to kiss you..just not guys like Draco." He answered. Honestly, Hermione did not feel much better.
"And what is it about me that repulses guys like Draco?" Hermione snapped.
"Hey.don't use my words against me. I'm not saying that you're repulsive. I'm just saying that guys like Draco just don't like girls like you."
"And what's wrong with girls like me?"
"Look, Hermione, I think Ron's just trying to say.."
"Let him speak for himself. I'm not angry. I just want to know exactly what is it about me that makes it incomprehensible for a guy to want to kiss me" Hermione lied. She was angry. She was angry at her self for feeling hurt. She was angry at herself for WANTING a guy like Draco to want to kiss her. Not KISS HER, mind you, just WANT TO KISS HER.
"It's just that..uhh..you know. Guys like Draco kiss for a reason. They have, you know, an agenda. Kissing leads to snogging and snogging leads to..you know."
"I get the picture. I don't get how it has to do with my situation."
"It's just pretty obvious to everyone that you would insist on stopping at just kissing and won't do..you know...later." Ron was turning a very bright shade of red. If Hermione wasn't so angry, she would actually see the humour in this situation.
"That's all? That's why you're so sure that Draco was just bluffing?" Hermione asked, honestly feeling a bit better.
"Well, and there are the other things AWWW!" Harry had just stepped on Ron's foot.
"What other things?"
"Umm.well..guys like Draco are into legs and curves and ahh.physical stuff. And you're, well..you're more ...mental stuff." Ron said.
Hermione just blinked, went into her room, and slammed the door behind her.
"Ron" Harry said, his voice exasperated.
"Yeah?"
"What you said was not only tactless..."
Ron sighed.
"It was also very much untrue." Harry finished.
"Oh come on Harry, you know very well that Draco's probably only playing with her."
"That may be the case, Ron, but that doesn't mean that she can't attract him."
"but.."
"Look, I guess you haven't noticed. Hermione's grown up since we first met her on the train for our first year at Hogwarts. She HAS the physical stuff."
***
Hermione stared at her reflection in the mirror.
Alright, so she was short.
Most of the girls Draco dated were tall. At least, they were all taller than his shoulder.
She probably didn't even REACH his shoulder.
And since she was short, there wasn't any chance that her legs would be long. In fact, had her legs been long, she would have looked extremely weird.
All the girls Draco dated had long shapely legs. (This can actually be assumed, seeing as that they were all tall.)
She DID have curves. They just weren't as obvious as the other girls'. (This is not surprise since she usually wore clothes about a size too big for her - it's more cost effective)
The girls Draco dated had extremely obvious curves.
She wasn't voluptuous. She couldn't be voluptuous. It was physically impossible, for if she were voluptuous, she would fall down head first, since her feet were so small.
All the girls Draco dated were voluptuous.
She was wearing long sleeved, long legged pajamas with Bugs Bunny painted on it, chewing a carrot.
She was pretty sure that none of the girls Draco date wore long sleeved pajamas.
Therefore, she should have nothing to worry about. Ron was right, Draco was probably bluffng.
He did look extremely serious.
Good bluffers always looked extremely serious.
Draco had never bluffed before.
Well, she didn't know him that well.
As if! She had probably learned everything there was to know about Draco Malfoy over the last couple of years. He didn't BLUFF!
He didn't get attracted to girls like her either.
Well, technically, he wasn't going to kiss her because he was attracted to her. The reason he threatened was because she was the only one who said no.
Hermione sighed. Look, there was no way he could break into her room anyway. There was a password in front of the Gryffindor common room. And since she was Head girl, there was also another password in front of her room. There was no way Draco could know two passwords.
But if..
Shut up and get to sleep!
Hermione went to her bed, turned off the light, uttered a quicksleep spell, and drifted off to a dreamless sleep.
Little did she know that ,at that very same moment, Draco Malfoy was standing in front of the Gryffindor common room.
Disclaimer: na aa..I would have loved to have owned these characters, but no. they *sniff sniff* belong to someone else.
A/N: I know, cliffie right? Don't worry, the next chapter will be up soon, I hope.
