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Alliance
"Granger." Pearly grey eyes leveled neutrally at the bushy-haired bookworm sitting before him in the library.
"Malfoy." Hermione returned equally. She had just spent five hours in the library perfecting the three rolls of parchment she had written for her potions essay. Books were stacked around her, fort-like, and broken quills and empty ink pots littered the table. She tiredly pushed her curly hair out of her face, inadvertently smudging her cheek with ink.
Draco averted his eyes, willing himself not to think about her, her perfect face, thoughts of wiping the excess ink off her face for her. He had a purpose. Think, Draco.
"You're first in our class right now."
"And you are second"
"A close second," he defended.
"Yet, nonetheless, second." She had a hint of a smirk on her face. It had only been a couple weeks, early October now. The oddly pretty bookworm unsurprisingly had no friends but had a reputation for perfection in the classes.
"I have a… proposal for you."
"Oh?" She arched a brow and turned away. His heart skipped a beat. "Best get on with it, I don't have all day."
"We should work together," he blurted out. Blood thundered through his head, his heart pumping wildly. Please accept, he prayed internally. It had been difficult enough for him to muster up the courage to go up to her, and even more humiliating when he realized his crush on her.
Hermione turned back around to face Draco and stood up, her face inches from his.
"I accept." She held her hand out, for a truce.
It would be the start of a decades-long, close alliance that would lead them to the top of Wizarding Society. For now, at least, it would see academic excellence to an extent to which Hogwarts had never seen.
"Now, let's talk Potions." Draco happily pulled out his, equally long, three scrolls to compare. His nerves calmed a little, and he was left with the giddiness of adrenaline.
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