Disclaimer: Harry Potter & all related insignia.. not mine.. I ain't J.K., love..
A/N: Okay.. so this chap is… dundundundun… the chaps of all chaps… haha
Nah.. but it's where everything starts…
Okay for those who are confused… here's a summary of chaps 1-12
Hermione & draco are heads… They argue & then start to get close… cliché… Draco is also being pressured by his father to complete the 'task' which I have not mentioned yet but should be obvious by now.. or not.. heehee… then, an anonymous character uses the imperius curse on Ginny & she attacks Hermione… Draco becomes Hermione's nurse but was replaced by Erik "Prissy" Pristine because the staff saw that Draco had too many responsibilities already… Then there's the jealousy ahemahem & the concern coughcough… then there's Ginny finally confessing to McGonagall that she did not fight the imperius curse off when she learned that her task was to make hermione's life a living hell... Ginny was jealous of Hermione & the attention so she thought messing around with curses as the imperius was not serious… She did not know that she was to injure Hermione severely… then there's the Pristine-Draco brewing rivalry… tada! Hope that cleared some thing's up…
Note: Ginny was just partially conscious but she felt guilty b/c she thought the damage she would do to Hermione won't be that serious…
Ok… 13th chap for all of ya… enjoy…
Chapter 13
Erik had been her nurse for six days already and tomorrow, he would cease to be the nurse…
Hermione discovered that he loved quidditch and poetry. She learned a lot of things from the guy. He was very interesting. But she missed Malfoy. There she admitted it. Malfoy was different, he was.. Malfoy. And speaking of the devil…
Malfoy barged in on the two talking…
"Can I borrow Granger for a while?" Draco asked, although his tone was more of commanding than requesting…
"Uh—" But he did not finish, because Draco was already carrying Hermione out of the portrait…
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"Will you put me down Malfoy!" She said protesting
"No…" He said firmly
The moon was full and it was the only source of light they had… He had carried her to the quidditch pitch…
And when they arrived at their destination.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Hermione asked indignantly
He did not answer…
"I asked you a question Malfoy!" She told him
He still did not answer, he just sat there in the grass…
"If you do not answer me now, I will walk out on you!" She threatened
"How will you walk out on me Granger? When Pristine has not even taught you how to properly use those lower appendages of yours again?" He asked still not looking at her…
She did not know what to retort. These were the few moments when Hermione Granger is left speechless…
"Cat got your tongue Granger?" He asked coolly "Has Pristine's rookie nursing style affected even your before-witty-brain?"
"Malfoy! Why are you including Erik in this? Huh? What has he done to you? Because as I remember quite well, Erik did not do anything to make you angry like this!" She said crossly
"By being Erik Pristine…" He said simply
"Why do you always whine about Erik Pristine this and that…"
"Granger… I took you here to show you something… Every time this Pristine topic is opened we fight! Can we not open it up?" He asked her
"You are the one who always opens—"
"Shhh…" He said gently. He was very strange… One minute he's all flustered, looking ready to kill and the next he's as meek as a lamb…
When she was silent… He spoke… "Every year, at this time of the month, my mother would take me outside… We would spread a blanket on the grass outside and we would position ourselves, waiting for the meteor shower…" He said calmly while just looking up at the sky… He then lay on the blanket and looked at the sky… Then he patted a space beside him, asking her to lie down next to him…
Then she finally got over their fight and looking at the stars, and asked him…
"What does a meteor shower look like again?" She asked out-of-the-blue
"What! Don't tell me you—"He said surprised, lifting his head a little
"I saw one already… But that was like nine years ago, when I was little…" She said
"Always confined inside the four corners of the library…" He said chuckling… "Honestly Granger, you should go out and live a little… You're missing a lot…"
She did not say anything
"Granger, well, I don't know how you would describe it… We all have our own descriptions… But in my opinion, it's splendid… Whoever made those stars was brilliant… Imagine, a group of meteorites falling down on earth… Grazing this once-beautiful world with their splendor."
"What do you wish for every time they fall?" Hermione asked still focused on the heavens…
But she was not answered when the meteor shower started… Her eyes sparkled with the lights… Malfoy was right, she was missing out on many of life's little treasures… She was in awe with the sight in front of her… The meteors were burning and falling and they showered the earth with their beauty.
Draco smiled at the scene unfolding before them… Then he looked at her… She was glowing in the dark… The lights were shining on her face, and she was very happy. And somehow, seeing Granger happy also delighted him…
"They're beautiful aren't they?" She asked happily looking at the meteor shower…
"Yes… Beautiful…" He said, although he was not looking at the meteor shower, he was looking at her face… Radiant and simple… She was indeed very different from all the girls… If Pansy were in her place, she would not appreciate the scene and would just pounce on him and ask him to snog her senseless… She was different… And although the meteor shower came just once in a year, (in the magical world it had a schedule) he was willing to miss even just one… He looked at her amazed face… The meteor shower he might still see next year, but this one he won't… This sight… Her face… Next year, everything will be different… And he was willing to miss just one meteor shower to witness this one, for what he feels would be the last time…
He was observing her features when she said, "Malfoy, it's almost over…" And she looked at him and caught him staring… He looked away, probably ashamed of his un-malfoy like behavior or so she thought…
When the meteor shower was finished, he asked, "What did you wish for?" He asked her
"I'm not telling unless you tell me yours…" She said playfully…
"Why on earth should a certain Ms. Granger suddenly become interested in my wishes?" He asked jokingly
"Oh, just wanna know…" She said chortling
"Do you really wanna know?" He asked her…
"Yep…"
"Do you really really wanna know?"
"Yes, and another yes…"
Then he sat down and leaned down to meet his face with hers, although the distance of their faces was still 'safe.'
"Are you sure you wanna know?" He continued playfully…
"Yes…" Hermione said laughing quietly… Malfoy was just plain weird when he was off doing good deeds for other people…
Then he started tickling Hermione senseless…
"This is what I wished for…" He said happily
"Don't!-Stop!" She screamed while laughing
"Don't stop ay? Okay… Whatever pleases you milady…" Then he continued to tickle Hermione
When they were finished with the tickling session…
She was still laughing…
"Nobody's tickling you now Granger…" He said jokingly
"I just find it funny…" She said chuckling
"Find what funny?" He asked curiously
"You…" She said laughing
"Why is that?" He said trying to sound annoyed but could not hide the humor in his voice…
"Well, you're Draco Malfoy and I can't believe I'd live to see the day with a Draco Malfoy tickling one Hermione Granger…"
"Yeah… Well, that's what lots of people don't know about me… As you already know, I love teasing and taunting people but I also love to 'look for their ticklish areas'…"
"Really? Because before we were—ah… Civil, as you had worded it five nights ago, I thought you were a spoilt prune with no fun at all… But now look at it all… You love flying, you watch meteor showers, you love tickling people… These are many of the few things that people would never think of or even dare associate with Draco Malfoy… Draco Malfoy, sounds macho, masculine and all that stuff…"
"You know, like I told you, you should live a little… I don't care if right now, the whole Hogwarts School is watching us gazing at the night sky waiting for that meteor shower… I don't care if the whole Slytherin house discovers that I have a love for discovering the ticklish parts of other people… You see Granger… I don't care of what others say… If they say something positive about me, well then, God bless them, if they say negative things about me, well I'm sorry, but that's their opinion… Besides, it would be them looking stupid when I prove them wrong…" He said with a small smile
"Oh…" Was all that she could muster… Malfoy was opening up to her again…
"Granger, have you ever felt that everybody eyes you closely and that you are under observance?" He said, he was still lying down on the blanket with his front body touching the ground…
"Yes… As you know, well being 1st also has its nuisances… Well, all those who like to take your position eye your every movement and wait for the right time to pounce on you on your weakness…" She said sadly "You?"
"Of course I'm always being eyed… By my father… By the purebloods, by society and even by some of your Gryffindor lackeys…"
"I'm sorry… I admit I was one of them too… Well that was, like I told you, before we were civil… And honestly, I like being one of those few people who know things about Draco Malfoy that many don't…" She said sincerely "And for that I thank you… For choosing me to be one of those who know this side of you… But could you tell me, why me?" She asked… This time positioning herself in a sitting pose…
Draco also sat down…
"Would you like to guess?" Draco said blankly
"No… Just tell me, why?" She said politely
"Granger, if it were Parkinson in your place now, what do you think would happen?" He asked challengingly
"Of course the slut would never even last a minute lying down next to you without wanting you to snog her senseless…" She said as if stating the obvious…
"Just how I wanted you to describe it…" He said smirking…
"But why not just Blaise? I mean, Blaise won't jump you after every second of being with you, right?" Granger asked uncertain
"Of course Blaise is a man! Zabini is one hell of a playboy… He would be considered one of the man-whores of the whole Hogwarts student body…" He said chuckling…
Hermione laughed at this… "So why me?"
"Well Granger, you're not typical. You have better judgment than other people; you look at the other side of the coin, you…"
"Malfoy…" Then she stared at him in disbelief
"Okay… You wanna know… Well Granger, you're uh… beau--Okay-looking, you're smart, you're fu—sensible to talk to… You're cu—witty… You're kind and you accepted me as Draco not just as Malfoy…"
"Oh…" She was blushing because all that Malfoy said were compliments…
"Thank you… You're err—not so bad yourself!" She said quickly "But still, I don't know why me? Why would you take me under these stars instead of other people, I'm sure there are lots of smart people there… Why me?"
"Granger… Can you not see? Read between the lines? String all fucking clues?" He asked annoyed…
"I don't really get it Malfoy…" She said honestly and in a defeated tone…
"You're really making this hard, aren't you? You know… torturing me in your little ways…" He said really annoyed this time… Feeling that his pride was injured beyond repair…
"Honestly, I don't get it…" She said sincerely
She then felt that he was too close for comfort…
He was very near… She felt her heart would pound out of her body in an instant… He was looking straight into her eyes… She felt his breath prickle her neck… She was frozen… Hermione found herself stuck on the ground… He was leaning in, and the distance between them was closing… Her eyes were as round as saucers… Hermione was really confused…
"I like you…" He said in a husky voice…
He was going to kiss her! And their lips were just an inch apart…
When…
"Hermione…"
She immediately sat back and pushed Draco… "Erik!" She said sighing with relief and happiness, and then she hugged the boy…
A/N: okay! So here is my thank you list.. haha…PLEASE READ... muahaha... belated happy halloween dude(tte)s!
Miz Felton (thanks for the many reviews! Hope the summary wayyy up should clear some things up! C: ), LolaCherryColaGirl (I figured… I think during the time I uploaded the prev. chap, the site was experiencing difficulties regarding the alerts… but glad it's fixed now!) the.princess29 ( haha… he's prissy alright… finally the line that I was dying to post… the line about the forbidden friggin thoughts… YAY! See ya in Davao chix), lily1121 (omg, I totally encourage you to write one! I too was hesitant at first but… writing is passion, love… james/lily shipper too? I am… haha…), Steelo (I like the sound of that alright!! Drakey meets Prissy… Drakey (?!) is eww… ahha… thanks for the review!), Da Stogey (well, Prissy is creepy… haha… but he & hermione kinda talked & Hermione told him her love for poetry… but still, Prissy is creepy… haha… thanks for the love!)
THANK YOU for all of you who reviewed… I'm sorry if I rushed things up between Hermione & Priss… haha… priss… I think I only wrote 2 chaps or three (?) about Hermione & Priss… coz honestly… I don't like Pristine too… hehee… and i think Prissy & hermione scenes wont be vital until... SEE YA NEXT CHAP WHERE THE REAL ACTION COMES IN!…
Thanks to all who reviewed! I love you guys!!!
To all those who read but did not review, thanks too… it's never too late to review! I will always love reviews!!!
& because I cannot update after one or two weeks (sorry guys… leavin for Davao… chica!...) here's a freakin teaser…
"Erik, I'm so lucky I met you… I wouldn't have wanted anything else in this world…" She said gratefully
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"You fucking jerk!" He then punched him on the nose…
Toodles!
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