Chapter 10
"HOLY CRAP! HERMIONE'S KISSING THAT FERRET!"
Draco jumped back from a dazed Hermione who seemed to have her eye's closed. Horrified at the familiar voice, Draco turned towards the fireplace where, to Draco's fear, stood Ron and Ginny and Harry.
Each had confused and anger etched on their faces. Draco gulped. Ron's mouth was wide open whereas Ginny was smirking and Harry was puzzled. An awkward silence broke out.
But it didn't last very long. A loud snore erupted and all three looked at the source. Hermione lay back on the sofa, one arm to her side and the other on her stomach, a smile spread on her face.
"Y-you…t-that…bloody ferret! What were you doing? Trying to take advantage of Hermione whilst she was sleeping! And what the fuck are you doing here? You sick, perverted, psychotic bas…"
"Stop there Weasley! You have absolutely no idea of what was going on so don't bloody well accuse me for something I haven't done!" Draco yelled equally back to a very red Ron.
"Ron calm down. I'm sure Malfoy has a good reason for being here." Ginny said reasonably and gave Draco a 'You better have a good excuse!' look to which Draco rolled his eyes.
"Yeah Malfoy, what the fuck are you doing in the Gryffindor common room? Isn't it all beneath you?!" Ron yelled out, no sign of calm in his voice.
"You know full well that I don't think like that anymore so don't act like a bloody twat!"
Ron knew that Draco wasn't like that anymore and he had proved that in the war but it was a habit that was hard to forget.
"Fuck you Malfoy!" Ron spat.
Draco was about to lunge at him when Ginny came in between holding Draco back and Harry did the same with Ron.
"Ron calm down. Give Malfoy a chance to talk!" Harry spoke after ages, the puzzled look still there.
"Well?" Harry urged and Draco sighed.
"Ganger and I went to Hogsmeade for the day and she got drunk so I bought her back and I was giving her a blanket when she kissed me. And that's where you lot come in." Draco said. So he lied a bit and missed out some details but he was positive that none of them would be able to digest it.
"Drunk?! Hermione doesn't drink Malfoy!" Harry said bewildered.
"He probably mixed something in her butterbeer!"
"I'm not that shallow Weasley!" Draco hissed earning a snort from Ron.
"Wait a minute, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to home celebrating Christmas?" Draco said his voice quiet and venomous.
"That's none of your business ferret!"
"Fine have it your way! Call me when Granger wakes up! We'd love to tell you about the fun we've had in your absence." Draco said smirking and winking at them before leaving the tower.
But not before he heard a thud!
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A few hours later Hermione woke up, her head killing and her eyes bleary. She couldn't remember how she got here or what time of the day it was. The morning seemed to be wiped from her memory.
Rubbing her eyes, Hermione opened her eyes wider and looked around. Her eye's rested on an angry Ron but Hermione shook it away thinking it was her imagination.
Then her eyes rested on Harry and then Ginny. And then Ron again. They were moving, coming towards her. Smiling and glaring at her, hands outstretched. Going for her, just about to grab her, Ron's angry face obscuring everything else.
"Argh!" Hermione screamed, not doing anything good for her head, and pulled the blanket over her head, shielding her eyes from the red hair.
"Hermione!" the voice echoed over and over again, a male voice and then a female. Familiar voices.
Poking her eyes out, everything seemed much clearer. There stood indeed her three best friends all wearing different emotions.
"Oh my god! Is it you?! What are you doing here? Christmas holidays can't be over! I mean...oh my head!" Hermione rushed the words out as she jumped but returned to the sitting a second later as pain erupted all over body.
"Hermione what is going on? We flooed to find you kissing Malfoy!"
"Harry! What are you on about! I wouldn't kiss Malfoy!" Hermione looked at him, squinting at him.
"Well all three of us saw you, battling your tongues with each other and don't deny it Hermione; Malfoy said it was you who kissed him!" Ron said angrily, kneeling in front of her.
"I-I can't remember!" Hermione said, telling the truth. She couldn't remember anything. The last thing that popped into her head was her and Draco walking to the Three Broomsticks and Draco ordering something and daring…
Hermione got up, a small rush of pain moving to her head but she ignored it and stormed out of the common room in a wild search for a certain handsome blond.
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Draco was sitting in the library with a book in hand but not actually reading it. His mind pondered over the day's events, in the pub.
At how some strange feeling overcame him when he watched other men touching her and shouting dirty comments at her. What was it? Anger? Annoyance? Jealousy? No it couldn't be jealousy; there was no reason to be. Unless…nope! No reason at all.
His mind jogged from the pub to the Gryffindor common room. How nervous he became when Hermione pulled him towards her. And the song, after she changed the lyrics, made some sort of revelation.
She called me her uptown guy…could that mean she likes me or something?!
Draco's mind was stuck at the question for a long time; waiting for some answer to creep in. And it came in the form of a shriek.
"Draco Malfoy! Get you're arse here this instant!"
I'll take that as a no then!
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