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a/n: Okay, so i've thought of making the plot's light atmosphere a little thicker... c;
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Chapter 10
"I'm sorry, Granger… I didn't mean to… I just, I'm just used to doing that to my mother…"
Hermione felt a blush creeping but thanks to the darkness Draco did not notice…
Draco went out of her room & left her behind...
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He was entranced… he did not notice that he was staring at the bath soap for twenty minutes already…
He was thinking about Granger
He admitted that he was starting to get attached to the girl, but he doesn't want to.. Well, she isn't that bad-looking… She is intelligent, courageous, stubborn, someone who isn't afraid to stand up against him… Someone like his ideal girl…
He laughed at the thought… Who would've thought that mudblood-hater malfoy would actually get attached to one… Ironic…
Well, Draco isn't someone who would deny what he was feeling for the girl… Sure, he wasn't in love with her, but try as he might to deny it, it's hard to be with Granger and not fall for her… He was even surprised that Potter and Weasley still remain friends with her… Maybe Weasley has feelings for her that are yet to be revealed…
Draco knew what was gonna happen… Just like an old cliché, a muggle drama… Boy pretends to fall for the girl, Boy actually falls for the girl, girl learns about the boy's plan, girl leaves boy for good, boy denies the pain, girl leaves boy broken, girl thinks she was more hurt without knowing that boy feels the pain twice…
He got out of the shower and covered his body with a towel… He looked at the mirror and saw his reflection… He was just another toy, everybody's toy… His father's plaything, Voldemort's thug, Pansy's toy… He was a guinea pig, he was nothing…
He punched the mirror, and saw the blood from the injured knuckle, he wasn't satisfied, he punched it again and again, waiting for that feeling of the shards of glass slicing his pale white hand… "Bleed… Bleed…" He was chanting over and over again… He was like a madman… He continued punching the mirror, he did not even remove the broken pieces that pierced his flesh…
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Hermione was really thirsty, she really was… She tried to get up, but her knees failed her… She transfigured a stool into a wheelchair…
"Just hope, it's sturdy enough…"
She was moving the wheels when she stopped near the bathroom door and saw Malfoy… He was punching the mirror over and over, and he was really bleeding… She heard him say "Bleed" Over and over again… Then she heard him say to himself…
"Get used to the pain; it isn't even half of what you're going to experience"
Hermione felt tears prickle her eyes… Malfoy looked very sadistic… He was torturing himself… Was it because of her? Of what he had done to her moments ago? She was crying really hard… Maybe he regrets what he's done… Maybe he'll be tortured by his father because of some stupid mistake… And sadly, she doesn't want him getting hurt because of her…
She moved the wheels towards her bed and sat in the bed crying…
I don't want Malfoy getting hurt, all because of me… I don't want anybody getting hurt…
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Hermione woke up seeing Malfoy seated beside her bed…
"Malfoy!" She asked groggily
"Good morning to you too Granger…" He said with a smirk…
And then events of last night flashed in her mind…
"What happened to your hand?" She asked carefully
He instinctively hid his bandaged hand, smirked at her and said, "Just a little accident Granger…"
"Malfoy, what kind of accident?"
"I accidentally broke a mirror…"
"ACCIDENTALLY!" She asked suddenly tempers flying
"So, you saw…" He said blankly
"SAW! I did not just see, Malfoy, I witnessed! What were you doing with your hand! Were you trying to amputate it!"
"No…"
"Was it because of me? Because of what you did last night?" She was crying this time… "Will Lucius kill you because of it? Because I assure you I won't tell a single soul! And don't worry, I believe it was an accident… I do…" But she sounded like she was trying to convince herself, because part of her wished that he kissed her intentionally and not just accidentally…
"No…"
"Then what was it about? Do you want to stop being my nurse? What! What!"
He hugged her and patted her for comfort, she needs to calm down…
"Shh… Granger, none of that was about you… I'll be your nurse… Just calm down…" He said reassuringly
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After being given breakfast, her medications and a calming draught, Hermione finally was at ease and Draco left her…
After that eventful encounter, Draco & Hermione went with the schedule, she would be given medication thrice a day and a tutorial at night… This went on 'til their 7th day of treatment…
"Mr. Malfoy, a word please…" McGonagall excused him from Ancient Runes
"What is it professor?" He asked slowly
"Mr. Malfoy, thank you for your services to Ms. Granger, and I am happy to tell you that you shall stop being her nurse now…"
Malfoy was surprised… "Is she well now?"
"No, I'm afraid, but we have seen that you have been doing your duties faithfully and we have seen that head duties and nursing a sick student plus tutoring would really be stressful, so you will stop treating Ms. Granger tomorrow… There will be a tutor and a nurse whom we will introduce to her tomorrow…"
Draco felt sudden disappointment, because the mudblood was growing on him… But he needs to keep fronts up… "Very well professor…"
That evening, Draco went to the portrait when he heard people inside…
"Hermione… we're really sorry…" The weasel said respectfully
"We were really wrong…" Harry said shamefully
"You guys… You know that I'd forgive you anytime…" She said tears flooding her eyes…
She hugged the two…
Draco felt it was his turn to enter… "Sorry to break this bonding moment, but I need to talk to Granger… Alone…"
"What are you doing here Malfoy?" Weasley asked
"What the hell do you think am I doing! Weasley, are you sniffing substances that shrink your already-pea-sized brain! Of course I should, could, and will be here because Granger and I are heads…" He replied rudely
Ron's ears were as red as his hair…
"Now, please let me speak to Granger alone…"
"I hate to break this up to you… Malfoy, but if you're thinking of befriending Hermione then you got it wrong, she would never be messing with your kind…" Potter remarked
"Potter, watch that tongue, you never know if tonight Voldemort slits that out of your pathetic mouth…" Draco said dangerously
"You and your fucking lord… You are just a tool Malfoy, and once he is through with you, he will dispose you, just like what he does with his deatheaters" Potter replied
"Never speak of what you do not know Potter… You might regret it…" He said full of disdain "Let me speak to Granger now…"
"Malfoy, no matter what you do, you will never be more than a nurse to her…" Potter said sourly
Draco was struck… But he wasn't one to give up…
Granger was listening and surprised at their arguments…
"Now that you speak of it… Rejoice Potter, because now I won't have a reason to be near your golden girl…" He said with a smirk
Hermione reacted this time… "What do you mean Malfoy?"
"McGonagall told me that my services weren't needed already starting tomorrow… happy now Potter?" He said blankly
"Really happy…" Potter replied…
"So what the hell are you still doing here Malfoy, you' re not her nurse anymore…" Weasley joined in
"Are you dumber than Longbottom, Weasley? Haven't you heard, it's effective tomorrow… Now that you've spoken with my patient get out… Out…"
"No…" Potter stubbornly answered
"Don't let me hex your balls into oblivion, Potter… I am a nurse and doing that is not illegal… You are disturbing my patient ... Out…"
"Remember what I said Malfoy, after tonight… You will be nothing to Hermione…"
And the dumb duo left…
"Malfoy, I'm so sorry…"
"I understand…"
"I'm sorry and I am really thankfully that you've been my nurse, even for just a week…"
"You're welcome" He said blankly
"Listen, about what Harry said… That isn't true… You know that things have changed between us right?"
"Yes"
"So… What are we exactly?" Hermione asked hopefully… She wanted him to say they were friends, or at least acquaintances or sort of… Anything besides enemies…
"We are civil…" And then he left to get her medications…
Hermione was a little ashamed because she wasn't expecting that… Maybe he really was just in a foul mood because of what her friends did… At least they weren't enemies anymore… Right?
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He was collecting her medications when a letter came…
Meet me. Now.
There was no signature… Draco smirked "No surprises there…"
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"Why the hell did you do that?" Lucius asked angrily.
"Do what?" Asked the other
"You controlled the Weasley Girl!" Lucius replied still angry
"My, my, don't you ever say thank you to someone who has done you a favor?" The man asked again
"You moron! You have not done me a favor! You will arise suspicion from Hogwarts! Of course they'll blame me… Lucius this and that! You are so pathetic… That old muggle-loving bat, Dumbledore will hesitate in allowing me to enter that cursed school!"
"Oh… my mistake… Oops…" The other said mockingly…
"You have done that on purpose! You are trying to suck up on the Dark Lord… On my behalf!" Lucius accused the man
"But why would I do that to you Lucius?" The man asked with a smirk
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