Draco walked back up to the house in a daze. All he wanted was another chance. So upon walking back up to the house he saw He walked into the lounge room where Blaise had just stood up onto the stage and took the microphone.
"All right, well lets get this auction underway. Can someone bring the box up here with the girls names on it up here please" Blaise said sweetly. Draco just saw and old lady out the corner of his eye close a box and head towards the stage. So as fast as lightning Draco pulled his wand out and waved it in the air. A thin bit of paper made its way into the box with the name of Hermione Granger written on it. Draco smirked and took a seat in his seat up the front, only one table away from Hermione's. "OK, so I'll call the names of the girls out and they will come up here. After a few minutes we will send them to wait in our special guest room, while the gentlemen bid on them. Remember People, this is all for a good cause" Blaise smiled a big Dr. Chase smile and the entire girl population in the mansion swooned over him beside's Hermione and Cho.
"Alright well let's start. Pansy Parkinson" Hermione looked around to see her stand up from next to Draco, kiss his cheek and make her way up onto the stage. She was the girl Hermione found in bed with Draco. Blaise began saying the names of other girls Hermione didn't no but still she clapped. "Cho Chang, My lovely girlfriend ladies and gentlemen. And last but not least. Hermione Granger" Hermione's face fell. She didn't put her name in the box. She turned to Hector who was beaming in delight at Hermione.
"Did you do this?" Hermione asked in confusion, but Hector shook his head and Hermione turned bright red and once again tried to belittle herself.
"Come on folks, It seems a Miss Hermione Granger is a little nervous" Hermione smiled nervously around before getting out of her seat and walking up onto the stage. Most of the Male population in the room were staring at Hermione like she was a goddess. "A big round of thanks to these ladies as they go into the guest room" Hermione followed the other girls and as they were going into the guest room they were all given a number card. Hermione got number 17.
"My boyfriend Simon said he's going to bid up to 400 galleons on me" A long brunette haired girl said.
"My Date Nicolas said his daddy is willing to bet up to 700 galleons on me" A tall short haired blonde said from next to Hermione.
"My Boyfriend Draco Malfoy said he's willing to bet up to 10,000 galleons on me" Pansy Parkinson interrupted as she smirked and looked at the other girls. Her eyes landed on Hermione as she looked her up and down and a lazy smile came to her lips. "He said he's so in love with me and will spend whatever it takes to have me" Pansy then sneered at Hermione and turned around.
"What about you?" The tall blonde asked.
"I- I don't think anyone will bid on me" Hermione said truthfully until the blonde snorted.
"Are you kidding? Look at the dress you're in. You're the talk of the ball tonight, everyone wants to go on a date with you" Hermione held her breathe.
"Pansy Parkinson" An old lady yelled into the guest room. Pansy fixed her already perfect hair and left the room. The second she left a machine on the wall turned on and they could hear everything going on out in the room.
"Alright before Pansy comes out here can you all please raise you're cards… ok Thank-you, Pansy Parkinson ladies and gentlemen. She's a dove amongst seagulls. Thank-you Pansy" Pansy then re-entered the room smiling. "All right, we'll start the bidding at 300, 300 over there."400"
"400 over there… any more bids ladies and gentlemen? I personally know Pansy and form what I here she's a devil in the bed. 1000 alright 1500! And another one 6000 holy crap!" Blaise boomed into the microphone. "Sold for 6000 galleons, all sales go to the hospital, and you also get to go on a lovely date. That's good. Alright next is-" Hermione tuned out of what Blaise was saying an watched as all girls congratulated Pansy on the money she raised.
"What can I say?" Pansy said as her eyes locked with Hermione's. "He really loves me" Slowly the girls started going and coming back in. The tall blonde whose name is Hermione found out Casey and the brunette is Violet. Casey got 800 and Melissa got 650.
"Now, it's time for the beautifully stunning Hermione Granger" Hermione held her breathe as she walked up the steps and onto the stage. "Do a little spin" Blaise said as Hermione reached the middle. Hermione turned around and all the males whistled at her. "Thank-you Hermione please go back down now" Hermione smiled at Blaise before walking back down into the guest room nervously.
"All right, we'll start the bidding at 500 Galleons" Blaise said. Almost immediately someone called a number out. Draco sat in his seat waiting for the right time to jump in and start his bidding.
"1000" Came a voice from behind Draco.
"Alright well one thousa-" Blaise was talking until Hector interrupted.
"2000" Hector said loudly and proudly.
"3000" said another voice. Draco sat up in his seat really high and made eye contact with Blaise who gave a nervous look towards him.
"Five thousand galleons" Hector said with a big smile on his face.
"Five thousand five hundred" Said the other voice. This time Draco stood up to see Neville Longbottom with his card in the air. Draco forcefully sat back down and grumbled something before snatching his card off the table.
"Ok we have a bid towards number 44 up the back there, And from what I can see it is our own Hogwarts love struck Neville Longbottom" Blaise said before Hector raised his card in the air. Number 11.
"Ten thousand Galleons" Hector said with a smile.
"Wow… er- ten thousand… going once… going-" Blaise couldn't get to finish because Draco was to caught up in the moment that he almost forgot to bid.
"Twelve thousand" Draco said clearly. Hector turned to him and smirked before raising his hand again.
"Eighteen Thousand"
"Twenty Five thousand"
"Twenty seven thousand"
Hermione sat in the guest room with her mouth hanging open, along with everyone else's. Even Pansy. Hermione glanced at her and smiled."OK well… twenty seven thousand… going once… going twice-" This time Draco stood up and smirked. He would do anything to tell Hermione he was sorry. No matter the cost, no matter anything. He just wanted her to no her was genuinely sorry. You see over the past couple of weeks all Draco had done was mope around the house. Ever since he had woken up that morning and seen Hermione his heart has been slowly breaking to see her. And when he saw none other than Pansy Parkinson in his bed he had gone ballistic.
"Fifty thousand Galleons" Draco said as loud as possible and with a big happy smile. He look triumphantly towards Hector who shrugged then stood up.
"Sixty thousand" Hector said as he faced Draco. And unspoken bond between them was shared. And the bond was for Hermione's heart, Because draco wanted her to know that he cared for her. Even though he made a stupid mistake.
"Seventy-five thousand" Draco retorted quickly.
"Eighty-thousand" Hector said as he loosened the collar of his shirt.
"One hundred thousand" Draco said loudly. Everyone in the entire mansion including the guest room gasped.
"Going once, twice, sold!" Blaise said so quickly barely anyone heard him.
Back in the guest room everyone stood there staring at Hermione. Hermione nervously shifted on her feet and glanced at all the girls before her eyes landed on Pansy. All the other girls screamed in delight, and some in annoyance but other than that they ran happily up to Hermione and hugged her. But still Hermione kept her eyes on Pansy until the girls noticed Hermione and Pansy were having a staring war.
Hermione smirked and walked up to Pansy. She stood less than a 1 centimetre away so that Hermione was slightly looking down her nose at Pansy. Hermione felt her breathe on her chest and smirked lightly.
"What can I say" Hermione started in a slow sweet seductive voice. "He really loves me" Hermione then turned her head on an angle, smiled and left the room with her two new friends Violet and Casey following shortly behind.
Hermione walked down from the side of the stage with Casey and Violet, all three were completely unaware of the looks they were receiving.
"So that's my home number, don't be strangers ok! You both call!" Hermione said as she hugged both the girls and started to walk away.
"Hermione, love" Hector said as he walked over to her and embraced her. "You go the most bids" Hermione blushed and looked absentmindedly around the room for Draco.
"I know, I can't believe it" Hermione said. "Who… who ended up with me?" Hermione asked curiously as they both sat down. All of a sudden the food appeared out of nowhere and Hermione almost drooled over it, it looked that good.
"I'm not aloud to tell you, it's got to be a surprise, But I can tell you that when you go on the date, look for card number 11" Hector said with a wink. Hermione prayed to god that Hector was the one who got the final bid in. But something inside Hermione told her that it wasn't him.
"What have you got?" Hector said as he leaned over to look at Hermione's food.
"I have lobster and salad, what about you?" Hermione said as she put a piece in her mouth with her fingers.
"Peaking Duck and chips… I'll swap you some for some?" Hermione smiled and put a bit of lobster on her fork before putting it sweetly inside his mouth. "That, is irresistible" Hector said as he closed his eyes to savour the taste. "Care to try mine" Hermione smiled and nodded.
"Sure" Hector put some Peaking duck on his fork and led it to Hermione mouth. He carefully put his hand under the fork and Hermione bit it off. "That's really good" Hermione mumbled with a mouthful of the delicious food.
The night went smoothly for Hermione, because luckily Draco stayed out of her way. She only saw the back of his head once and when Hermione did a double take he had already gone.
"OK Ladies and Gentlemen" Blaise said as he stood back up on the stage. "It has come to that dance stage of the Charity event. All the ladies, would you mind lining up?" Blaise said as he motioned towards the right side of the dance floor. Hermione smiled and stood up before making her way over to the right side, she stood there patiently. "Now Gentlemen please make you're way over to the other side of the floor. Great now it is tradition for the females to pick the male to dance with. But we decided to change that this year. We are going to temporally blind both Parties and then lead the female over so she can pick that male she wants. So lets start" Blaise smiled a big smile before waving his wand.
Instantly Hermione became blind and she stood there very vulnerable for a few moments until she felt Blaise take her wrist gently. "Hermione it's Blaise" He whispered to Hermione so no one else could hear. "Who do you want to dance with, I can get the person for you if you like"
"Are you sure? Wouldn't that be classified as cheating?" Hermione whispered urgently.
"Yeah, but no one else will know" Hermione new ever though she couldn't see that Blaise was definitely smirking right about now. Hermione considered choosing Hector for a moment but then decided against it considering she had spent the whole night with him, she then thought about Draco briefly before snorting and pushing the thought aside. Whatever was between the two was in the past.
"Neville Longbottom" Hermione whispered to Blaise. He muttered an 'ok' before taking Hermione over to stand in front of a boy. After what seemed like forever the blindness finally disappeared leaving a very disgruntled Neville in front of Hermione. "Would you care to dance?" Hermione said with a big grin, Neville also smiled and began to dance with Hermione once the music started.
Hermione and Neville talked and danced for around an hour. Mostly about remembering past times and the good old days at Hogwarts until Neville's Grandmother came onto the dance floor demanding he go home with her immediately.
"Don't forget about me Neville" Hermione said happily as she kissed his cheek sweetly and let him go. Hermione then turned around and Saw Hector dancing with and unknown woman who looked to be in he late sixties. "Mr. Mane, it's getting quite late, would you mind taking me home?" Hermione said as she interrupted his dance.
"Why certainly Miss Granger. Terribly sorry Mother, I must go now" Hector said as he leaned down and kissed his mother on the cheek. Hermione and Hector walked out of the lounge room and said good-bye to a few random people before finally getting outside.
"I had fun tonight, thank-you Hector" Hermione said as she lightly blushed.
"I did to my fair woman" He said with a boomingly deep voice. "Now I was-" Hector was interrupted by a Dr Chase.
"Hermione" Blaise called as he ran down to meet them. Hector eyed Hermione and Blaise for a moment before saying he was going to wait in the Limo. Hermione just nodded and took a few footsteps towards Blaise who looked really concerned and anxious.
"Hey what's wrong?" Hermione said as she placed a hand on his upper arm. Blaise huffed for a moment to catch his breath but began speaking anyways.
"I'm worried about him Hermione" Blaise said as he took a seat on the red carpet and put his elbows on his drawn knees. Hermione groaned lightly before taking a seat and placing a comforting arm around him. "He's completely distraught about the whole situation… He said he didn't even realise he did it until he woke up the next morning" Blaise said with his head still buried in his hands. "You know what he said Hermione" Blaise started as he looked up at Hermione. "He said he thinks he was drugged by Pansy. You no in school how she was always clinging and stuff, yeah well apparently she's worse now. He said all he remembers is going to the club having a drink and seeing Pansy again"
"How do you know he's not lying?" Hermione said before she stood up and dusted the back of her dress off.
"Because he said… something which made me believe him" Hermione stared quizzically at Blaise before raising an eyebrow. "He said he loves you Hermione" Blaise quietly before walking back up into the mansion leaving a very, very stunned Hermione in his wake.
"Hermione love, come on" Hermione heard Hector call out. Slowly Hermione turned to see him waving at her to come to him. Hermione made her way over to the limo with a tear or two rolling down her cheek.
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