Here is another chapter as promised and also within 24 hours. I am so glad for the reviews i am getting. thank you guys for all the support. i keep forgeting to mention that this story is after the war in their 7th year. however i didnt kill snape because i couldnt let him die. also because of blaise, draco is still acting like a jerk so i dont want any girls with him right now. so bear with me. and please love me and support till the end. i was thinking i should end this story but it is still long way till the end. however i dont want to have more then 15 chapters but let see what will happen. again thank you for your support and care. enjoy chapter 9
P.S; J.k. Rowling is our Queen. harry potter is her spleen (oh god i suck at rapping sorry just wanted to rhyme). enjoy.
Chapter 9
Hermione is walking down the corridor towards the library. She is clueless as to what is going on around her, because she has lot of thing in her mind at the moment. Why did I do that? I wasn't supposed to enjoy the kiss. This is all game for Malfoy and I am letting him win. Oh God, what am I going to do? She was thinking too hard when she bumped into someone; she retorted back and looked at the person she bumped into. It was Gregory Goyle. He looked happy.
"Sorry, Oh hey Greg… How are you?" She asked
"Are you alright, Hermione? You seem a bit out of place." he said
Realizing that even Gregory Goyle can tell her state of mind, she pulled herself together and said "oh, no, I am ok, just a bit tired that's all. So tell me you look happy, did anything happen?"
Showing his baby cute smile he said "Yes, I asked Millicent to the ball and she agreed to it."
She was smiling and was very happy for him, "oh I am so happy for you Greg, congrats. Well I hope you ask her out soon. It better be during the dance."
"That's the plan… So what is wrong with you? I know you lied when you said that you are just tired. Just tell me, I promise I won't judge." he chuckled
"Oh it's nothing,,.. Malfoy just asked me to the ball and I agreed." she told him. She knew that Greg was involved in the bet and he knows what Malfoy is planning but she genuinely wanted him to do better in life. This is the reason Hermione is not giving Goyle any hard time.
Goyle in the other hand looked upset. He was getting a very good friend, a true friend, who actually cared about him. But he had forgotten all about the bet. He felt guilty and disappointed in himself. Draco is his friend and Hermione has become his guide and a very good friend. He didn't want to lose her. And he knew very well that after she finds out what they had planned, she would never talk to him ever again. He didn't know what to do so he said "Hermione, I have to tell you something. I know after you hear me, you will not like me. You won't even talk to me but I have to tell you this. You have become a very good friend of mine and I really, honestly, truly don't wanna lose you. Please try and understand me. And believe me when I say this, I am going to change; well I'm changed just for you. So please forgive me."
Hermione was emotional person. She tries to be brave in any emotional situation, but ends up getting all teary. She knew what Greg was going to tell her. And she was very proud of him. In fact she was giving him a chance to come clean before her plan takes place. And here he was trying to confess of his guilt. She also didn't want her plan to get ruined beforehand, so she had to stop him before he tells her anything more. "You look very sad Greg. What is the matter?"
"Hermione, actually, my friends and I we had a deal about you. I was not supposed to let anyone know this but…" he was going to tell her about the bet but she stopped him.
"Greg, I know you and I have become very good friend recently. But those guys have been your friends since you all were little. If you guys have something going on together, don't you think it is wise to keep it between yourself? You have to be loyal to your friends. Right?" she said not wanting him to say anything further.
"But Hermione, what we planned might hurt…no it will definitely hurt you. Are you sure you don't want to know what it going on?" he asked
"Yes I am sure because I want you to not feel extra guilty about telling on your friends. At least you told me to be careful so now you shouldn't be guilty for not telling me. Right? I asked you to not tell me. Don't worry; if I find out, I won't hold it against you. You won't lose me as a friend." she promised. He smiled at her but he wasn't happy with himself. He might have to have a serious talk with his friends.
Goyle and Nott were sitting quietly in their common room when Draco and Blaise entered. Feeling that something was not right, Draco asked "who died?"
Goyle looked up at Draco and scowled at him "it will be you in the hands of Hermione, Nott and I will be helping her to dispose your body after that."
"OOO, touchy. What?... You hang out with Granger and now you grow an extra head for your thoughts?... I have never heard you say more than two words before," said Draco.
"Look Draco, all Goyle is trying to say is Granger is a good girl. I think we should think again about the bet. If you are happy we will get out of it." said Nott
"Wow looks like she got you both. I understand why Goyle will back up for the mudblood, why is it that you are favoring her too, Nott?" asked Blaise
"DON'T SAY THAT WORD," yelled all three boys scaring Blaise.
"Wow, chillax dudes, ok Granger happy?. Whatever, just answer the question, Nott." said Blaise
Nott looked at all three of his friends and sighed.
Flash back
"Don't touch me you ugly death eater." screeched Lavender Brown.
Theo Nott was partnered with her for the potion project but he wasn't having a very good time. Time and again she would be insulting and calling him names. He wasn't like the other Slytherins, who would give a snarky comments after an insult. But it was really hard to work with her. "Shut up you slut," he said. "I wasn't trying to be rude and was going to work with you without having any troubles, but you really make my job difficult. I know we aren't supposed to work together but we are stuck, so stop whining and get on with your part of the project."
"Do you think you can order me around? I am not one of your Slytherin whores ok. I think you haven't realized it yet but after the war we Gryffindor rule. So listen to me and do what I ask you to do. If you don't, I will make it look like you are torturing me and get you into trouble," she said with an evil smile.
By then Hermione Granger was passing their table in the library and she had heard everything. She came towards their table and said "Lavender, what do you think you are doing?"
Lavender was scared at first but she again gave Nott his evil smile and said "Hermione, I am glad you are here. Nott was really mean to me. He is calling me names and he said that Gryffindors are the worst partners in any project. He was saying that this idea could have been yours, calling you mudblood and stuff."
Nott could not believe his ears. He thought he was seriously in trouble but to his relief Hermione said "Lavender, I don't know if you think that I am stupid or naïve but I will have you know that I am not. I heard everything you said… What makes you say Gryffindor rules? All of us helped save this world. Are you out of your bloody mind? I thought you changed. Now be nice and apologize to Mr. Nott." she said very firmly.
"No, why would I want to apologize to a death eater?" Lavender asked
"Miss Brown, I will have you know that if you call him names one more time you will regret it." Hermione threatened her.
"What are you going to do Miss war heroine? Duct my points. Even if you are a Head Girl, you can't expel me. And why are you taking his side? Oh maybe because you were lip locking with one them now. I saw you kissing Malfoy yesterday when I went to get my book that I forgot to take with me.
Hermione was nervous and Nott was glad that Draco was moving on with his plan at first. But now he wanted to save Hermione from this awkward situation. He didn't have to, she was a Gryffindor after all. "Look Brown, I don't care what you saw and who you are going to tell about it. Hell if you tell that to Rita Skeeter, I won't give a fuck about it. But right now you listen to me and listen well. I have fought with a lot of death eater and helped Harry save this world. I have a lot of spells that I can use on you right now without the knowledge of any teacher. You do not want to mess with me (she intended that message to Nott as well). So do as I ask and apologize."
Lavender was scared now but she apologized and Hermione said "good now that everything is settled, you will be in detention with Filch tonight."
"What?" asked Brown horrified with the idea
"Well you see you still called him names while he wanted to work with you without any troubles. I could have ducted your points but I am in the same house as yours and none of the other house members would like that so you get a detention. Now I am getting late bye." she left.
Nott was about to go back to working with Brown when he decide to go after Granger " hey Granger"
Hermione turned to face Nott "Yes?"
"Er.. thanks." saying that he left. She smiled and thought two down, two more to go (even though this is Nott's flash back I can still put what Hermione was thinking, right?)
Flash back ends
"She is really very nice Draco, please listen to us. Whatever… even if you don't want to I am out and so is Goyle." he said.
"I am not going to back down and neither are you two. We do not give up Nott. Are you scared of losing? Well than, why don't you join the Gryffindor club and leave Slytherin house." Draco was pissed to hear what his friends were thinking. Well actually he was happy that they wanted to back out but he wasn't sure why he was happy. Maybe he was sure that's why he doesn't like being happy about it. After the kiss, he knew why he wasn't able to persuade Granger to be with him. He was attracted to her. After the kiss he thought he liked her but kicked that idea out of his mind. He was a death eater; he is not a good person. But she is as pure as unicorn. She is beautiful and he didn't deserve her. And he didn't want to lose his cool in front of his friends. That is the reason he was going on with the bet. He wants to win the bet in order to make him look like before. A bully and a prick. So after the Halloween ball, he would take Granger with him and seduce her. But here he was listening to his so called stupid friends, who didn't want to participate anymore.
"I am with Draco, I don't care what you guys think of Granger but I like to see her get humiliated." said Blaise. "So after the Halloween ball, he will take her to the room of requirement and have sex with her and you guys will shut up about it, do you hear me?" bellowed Blaise
"What the hell are you guys talking about?" all the boys turned their head to the new voice. Seeing Pansy standing with her arms fold and scowl in her head made the boys gulp in fear.
"Tell me what I am hearing is not right? You aren't betting on Hermione Granger?" asked Pansy
"Ok you aren't hearing it right, now go away." said Blaise but seeing her not smile he was quiet.
"No, you are hearing it right Pansy. But I try to talk to them they won't budge. They are going on with this bet and taking us down with them as well. I try telling Hermione about this but she told me not to back stab my 'friends'. She is such a nice person. I don't know what to do." said Goyle with tear in eyes.
Pansy seeing and hearing all this she said "don't worry Greg, I will back you up. I am not in this bet and these aren't my friends. I am not obligated to be quiet. I am going to find her and tell her." She left but two of the boys out of four were scared.
Pansy was looking for Hermione but with no luck in finding her. She was walking towards the way to Gryffindor tower (or at least she thought that was the way) but she ended up getting lost. Now totally panicking she had tears in her eyes. But with luck she came across the last person she wanted to see (or the only person, she couldn't decide). He was walking towards her direction. He hadn't seen her yet. After the kissing fiasco in potion, they haven't met in private. They worked in class with awkwardness but still manage to work. This will be the first time for them to be alone.
Ron now saw a very beautiful, dark haired girl (that's what he thought of Pansy now) in front of him, seemingly lost. He also thought that she might be crying. All the protectiveness started to build in his chest so he ran towards her (well not really ran, but you know what I mean).
"Pansy, what's wrong? Why are you crying? Did anybody say anything to you?" he asked very concerned.
She didn't know she was crying now and when she saw Ron she started to cry more. "Nn-no, no-bo-dy, said anything to me." she sobbed.
"Then why are you crying?" he asked still very concerned.
"I got lost." she sobbed
Biting his lips to prevent from smiling, Ron grabbed Pansy by her wrist and brought into his arms. She looked cute just then he thought. "Don't worry I've got you now. So why are you walking in this area by yourself?" he asked
Realizing why she was here, Pansy breaks through from his grip and looks into his eyes. Damn, those eyes are beautiful, she thought to herself and said "I came to see Hermione, but I can't find her anywhere. I have to tell her something very important. It's regarding Draco and the other boys." Ron knew what this was about but he didn't stop her. Pansy told him everything what she had heard. Ron took everything in and made a note to himself to tell Hermione about it. Then he said in a very calm voice "Pansy I don't know if I should be telling you this but I trust you to keep this to yourself, please this means a lot to me."
She was happy to hear that he trusted her so she nods with the promise "Ok I won't tell anyone."
"We all know what Malfoy is planning, actually it was Hermione who found out. She heard them talk. I don't know why but I trust you if you don't tell this to Malfoy. Hermione is planning something but it's nothing big like his plan."
She was shocked and asked "why didn't she confront him them?"
"Because she wanted to give him a chance to come clean, but I guess he wants to stick it till the end. Tell you what Goyle and Nott are off her list now." he smiled
Seeing him smile at her, she couldn't resist but smile back. All of a sudden they were awkward again. She smiled at him nervously and said "thank God she knows. Now I don't have to worry about her."
"Ya" said Ron nervously.
"Ok bye then, I came to say that much." She turned around to leave
"Hey, Pansy.." he called.
"Don't worry Ron I won't tell them. In fact I believe they need to be punished." She smiled knowingly by turning towards him. Again she turned to leave.
"Hey…" he said slowly
She turned towards again and stopped. "I've been meaning to ask you this for long time but hadn't gotten chance. Its Halloween ball this Saturday night, so I was wondering if you could come with me?" asked Ron now being very nervously
Pansy smiled playfully and said "Ron, you are a war hero for crying out loud. Why are you nervous? You know I would say yes. I thought you might ask me at the very last minute, that's what Hermione told me. Anyways yes I will go to the ball with you."
Without thinking or while thinking, he wasn't sure; he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her mouth closer to his lips. They kissed with the knowledge that they will be together for a long time.
Hermione was walking alone in the corridor towards the library. Ron had found her earlier and told her everything what Pansy had told him. She couldn't decide what she could make up of the idea that Pansy knew about her plan. She believed that the girl had changed and is willing to change for Ron's sake. But she was still Malfoy's childhood friend. However, Hermione wants to believe in Ron's trust and see what will happen. She was deep in her thoughts when a massive hand (it wasn't massive but Hermione was scared so it felt like massive to her) came from behind and covered her mouth and pulled her in an empty classroom. For a second, she was still gathering her thoughts as to what was occurring, but it seemed like she had brought herself back and was fighting the stranger. She was screaming and kicking without looking, but had to stop when she was pressed against the wall. Someone's body was preventing her from moving. With all her Gryffindor courage, she opened her eyes only to see a pair of flustered steel grey eyes looking back at her.
"Malfoy, what the fuck? Never, ever do that again. What the hell do you want? And do you mind getting off of me?" asked Hermione still shaken
"No thank you I am enjoying where I am. Never thought of you as a cursing kind, Granger. I must say, it is rather stimulating." he said without planning to move.
"Why are you pressing me against the wall with your body, Malfoy? Let me go."
"I missed you all day." He was, in fact, avoiding her the whole day because he thought Pansy had told her everything. He had seen Pansy in their common room after lunch and asked her if she told Granger about the plan. Pansy had said "you are still my friend Draco so I didn't tell her anything but after this event you and I are no longer friends for one and second I think you won't be able to win this bet because she is Hermione Granger. So really no good luck for you."
Pansy said that he wasn't able to win this bet with Granger so he is now here to prove her wrong. He had seen her walk alone and didn't want to miss this opportunity. And here he was pinning her against the wall and refusing to budge his body away from hers.
He was staring at her hungrily when she took in a deep, shuddering breath. She raised her hand to touch his cheek. She knew he was playing with her. Now it was her time to play. She had read a lot of books for past recent weeks for this plan to take place. The books had told her the ways to make a guy vulnerable. She wanted simply to put that idea into action. Standing on her tiptoes, she rained little kisses on his face. She started from fore head. Then left eye and then she moved to his right. He was so shocked with her action that he was unable to do anything. She started kissing his both cheeks and finally found her way to his lips. He retrieves himself from his vulnerability and locked lips with her. He closed his eyes with pleasure at the exquisite, naked touch of her; she parted his mouth with her tongue, delving in to give him a taste of what was to come.
Draco's mouth ground against hers, circling her tongue with his own. She opened her mouth wider to take all she could of him. That was enough to send him out of control. And without warning she pushed him away from her mouth and took her belongings from the floor and waited for him to come to senses.
Draco was not thinking straight; in fact he was not able to think at all. His mind was blending with his body. All the thinking power was kicked out of the window when she snaked her tongue in his mouth.
He slowly opened his eyes to see what was happening for them to stop such a pleasure. Before him, he saw pair of brown eyes looking back at him. The owner of the eyes looked extremely mouthwatering but saw that she was now decent. She had manage to retorted herself back to reality and was ready to leave the classroom.
"Today was just the intro as to let to know what will happen to you if you grabbed me from behind. Don't surprise me again, Malfoy. Or else I will never be kind enough to let you go."
It took him literary 5 seconds to understand her and when he did he said "well I was rather enjoying the punishment, Granger."
"Alright, good to know for the future." she said and left the class room.
He came running after her and asked, "What do you mean 'for the future'? Are you planning something to do to me?"
She chuckled and said "it is for me to decide and for you to find out."
He grabbed her by her arm and brought her closer to him. "Hermione, after the dance I want to take you somewhere. I know you said you don't like surprises but this will be the last surprise, I promise."
She knew very well where he was taking her. This wasn't a surprise for her but he doesn't need to know that. He also doesn't need to know what she has planned for him during his 'surprise'. Whenever she thought of hurting Draco, Hermione feels like burning sensation in her heart. She wanted to make herself feel better by saying that it is because she didn't eat right. But she very well knew the reason and she was scared. She was falling in love with a person who will be breaking her heart in the future. Realizing that Draco was still waiting for her answer, she looked him in the eyes and forced a smile and said "ok take me where ever you want, Draco."
Hearing what he wanted to hear Draco was very happy. He leaned towards her; his lips met her in a soft, tender kiss. The kiss was so miraculously sweet she felt the urge to cry. For Hermione, this boy was without a doubt a dream lover in every imaginable way. She found that out after their first kiss. And she could think of a hundred ways she wanted to be loved by him. If only he were real about his feelings; if only she could be with him always.
