Chapter Twelve:
Monday
28th of March, 2011. Monday.
Hermione did not dream that night. She went to bed at some time she couldn't remember and she lay in bed, thinking about everything. At the time it felt like she was very calm, she didn't even feel herself… It was because she was extremely tired and without her remembering, after she woke up in the morning, she had fallen asleep.
When she woke up, she felt her mind very foggy. At first she forgot where she was, what was going on, how she woke up… it was like she was on some up and down rollercoaster when she was dead still under the blankets. It took what felt like a very long time when Hermione came back out of her foggy, sleep filled state. Her eyes had been shut the whole time, half hoping to sleep a little longer.
She began aware of the light behind her eyelids and the mess of her now-straight hair on her head; no matter that Hermione's hair was turned into straight hair, it still got messy when she went to sleep. It didn't make Hermione- she didn't really care. Then she was about to open her eyes when she heard a sigh- a sigh from a boy, who was too close for her liking. She recognised the voice and then remembered everything- she wants to smack her forehead for being so silly.
The bed was pressured down for a moment as the figure got off the bed. Hermione could tell that he was awake for a while- and that he obviously wasn't trying to be quiet.
"Hermione?" The male was suddenly at her side, his breath on Hermione's arm.
Today was Monday, Hermione finally accepted the fact. It was the day of the results… day that also, her Transfiguration homework is due- and she barely finished it.
Since Midday on Saturday, the rules of the Marriage Law started, even though it was for the temporary couples. Meaning that everybody was placed into their dorms made for the Marriage Law and everybody had to live along the Marriage Law and one of the rules was living in the bed with the temporary pair.
As far as Hermione Granger knew, nobody was "happy" with their couple because the tests were mixed up, meaning that everyone was paired with someone who wasn't their 'true love'. Nobody seemed to actually complain about their pair, expect a fair few, but that was understandable as some of the results did come up with some pairs being relatives.
Blaise Zabini and Hermione Granger didn't mind living in their dorm together: they weren't exactly friends- but they were getting there.
There are two towers for the Marriage Law Dorms and nobody understood how they missed them- had they been there before they arrived at Hogwarts that year? Had it been made recently? The Marriage Law was originally for year sevens and sixes only, but it turned out that the results could reach for many years.
There was only allowed to be one pair living in one dorm but the students were allowed to stay in any other dorms occasionally. There was so much room that students could create another room for a guest.
"Hermione? Are you awake, yet?"
"Yeah," Hermione mumbled, opening her eyes.
"Good! The results are here," Blaise smiled.
Hermione froze under the blankets. The results are here. Hearing the words out loud just made it more realistic.
"Okay," Hermione squeaked.
Both the Slytherin and Dumbledore students ran all the way to the Great Hall once they changed out of their normal clothes into their robes.
The Great Hall was set out as last time: All the results on papers scattered on a side of every House Table. Only difference was this time the Great Hall was packed, every Table had a group of people searching desperately through the papers.
Hermione Granger walked towards the Gryffindor Table but then stopped and ran to the Slytherin Table. Blaise Zabini ran to the Dumbledore Table.
The brunette made her way through groups of people and grabbed a bunch of papers then turned to get out. Instead, she bumped into Pansy Parkinson who snapped a hasty 'move it!' "Move it!" Hermione rolled her eyes as Parkinson dove through and reached for some papers as well.
Eventually, Hermione got out of the crowd and searched through the papers she held. She found the students around her really distracting; laughing, jumping up and down…
She glanced and saw Harry and Ginny running across the Gryffindor Table to reach the end where the papers where. Watching her friends run, she saw on the side of her eye, me looking through some papers.
I was frustrated, I couldn't see my name any papers but I was distracted by the students around me as Hermione. Abruptly, one Slytherin boy besides me yelled. I almost jumped out of my skin, and blood still rushing through me from the surprise, I screeched, "DUDE!"
He went quiet but ran to one of his friends, obviously reporting who he got.
I sighed, shaking my head just when I saw Hermione Granger glance at me. I frowned at her but she didn't change her expression. I could see in her eyes the anxiousity. A moment later, she was back to searching through the papers. I did the same, trying to get the wild look in her eyes out of my head. This wasn't such a big deal…
30 minutes later, the Great Hall was emptier.
Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley were sitting around the Gryffindor Table, looking flushed. There was only 2 other Gryffindors around the Table besides them.
There was one Slytherin around the Slytherin Table besides Hermione Granger and I. The Slytherin was standing but Granger and I sat down, Hermione in front of me. We had bundles of papers around us, on the table in front of us, one list in our hands.
She groaned, "How hard is it to find a bloody name?"
"Tell me about it!" Harry groaned from the other table.
Granger sighed, chucking some papers back on the table. "I think I searched all the papers more than once!"
"I doubt it," I grunted. "Now shut up, Bookworm, I can't find my name on the papers either, you know!"
Granger inhaled deeply, "I can't handle this!" She stood up.
"Would you sit down? I'm sure you'll find it soon, you stupid Mudblood!"
She looked like she was going to punch me in the face. "Don't you dare call me Mudblood again! I don't want to sit down, what if I already looked on a paper that contained my name, you insufferable Pureblood."
"SHUT UP, GRANGER!" I yelled. "Get the fuck out of the Great Hall then!"
It should have expected it, the wand was pointed in front of me and I was still surprised.
"What the-" Harry gasped, jumping from his seat, "Hermione, put your wand away!"
"Yeah, Granger," I sneered. "Listen to Harry; Put your wand away!"
Granger growled at me and then put her wand away muttering, "Stupid freaking bouncing ferret."
I let go of the list of paper I held. Why is there so much pressure in finding a name? Why is there some much commotion in this stupid Marriage Law? Why am I acting so… like the old me? Why did I call Hermione Mudblood?
Why do I not really care right now?
"What was that?" I finally scowled.
Granger was sitting down again. She snapped, "Nothing at all, Draco!"
"I think it sure sounded like words, Hermione!"
There was a pause where Ginny placed a list on the table and stood up next to Harry, she opened her mouth to say something but Hermione suddenly bellowed, "YOU BLOODY PRAT! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST STOP? THE WHOLE WORLD DOESN'T BLOODY RUN AROUND YOU!"
I felt like I got backhanded, "IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU WERE THE ONE WHO WOULDN'T SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
"Merlin!" A girl suddenly squealed, and the voice didn't sound like Granger's.
Granger and I stared at each other for a long moment, daring the other to make a move. Granger scoffed and broke the contact first. We both turned to face Harry and Ginny.
"HARRY!" Ginny screeched, waving the paper so dropped on the table around in the air as she slightly jumped up and down from the heels on her feet. "HARRY, WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!"
She squealed again but Harry's lips stopped the sound from continuing.
I rolled my eyes and went back to search through the papers. Granger didn't say anything, probably feeling delighted for her best friends. She stared at the papers for a moment before returning to the pile besides her.
It was 20 minutes later when I realised it was just Hermione Granger and I in the Great Hall.
"Maybe we could go to Professor McGonagall and see if she can tell us?" Granger suddenly suggested.
"No, I'm not walking all the way to McGonagall's office with the possibility that she doesn't know," I sighed.
Granger exhaled loudly and grabbed another paper, I did the same. It took a moment before it connected in my head that I saw my name. My eyes scrolled down to the middle of the page and my eyebrows shot up.
"G-Granger!" I gasped.
"What?" Granger asked, sounding uninteresting.
"I found my name!" I said, almost jumping up and down.
"Well good for you… Who did you get?" Granger sighed, grabbing another paper.
I paused, daring not to look at the paper as I replied, "I don't know."
"Why?" Granger's eyebrows furrowed, her face lifting to look at me. "Doesn't it say?"
I shook my head, putting down the paper. "I didn't look."
"Why?" Granger repeated, more confused.
I shrugged.
"Oh come on, Malfoy. Don't tell me you're scared!"
"I'm not scared… Bookworm," I snarled.
She glared at me but I picked up my paper, scanning for my name again. I found it and thought for a second my heart had stopped. My mind went blank but then suddenly, thoughts went crazy in my head subsequently. I felt lightheaded.
