Chapter 25
(Draco's POV)
Yes, he was right she was in the library. Time to make my move.
I thought, as I sat down next to her.
"Hi Hermione," I said with a smile.
"Hi Draco," she said, with her head in a book. We had come accustom to calling each other by first name instead of last.
"So… do you—"
"Look Draco, I'm not ready to go out with anyone at the moment… so my answer is no," she got up and left.
"But…but I was just wondering if you would like to go to dinner in the Great Hall instead of reading a book. I mean, you must be hungry."
"Oh, okay let's go," she waited for me to get up and go with her.
At the entrance to the Great Hall, we split off into two our separate ways.
…&…
(Hermione's POV)
"Hermione, are you alright?" Ginny laid her hand on my shoulder.
"Yeah, Mione, are you feeling O.K?" Harry asked.
"I'm fine guys, I promise," I continued eating my food.
"Okay, if you're sure," Ginny gave me a quick stare I couldn't look away from.
…&…
After dinner I waited for Draco outside the Great Hall.
"Hey," he said looking around.
"Hi," I smiled.
"What'd I do? You're giving me that freaky, devilish, smile that you give me every time I do something wrong," he stepped back.
I stepped forward, "you didn't do anything wrong, you did something right."
"What'd I do?"
"You came to check up on me even though I just broke up with your best friend."
"Oh. Okay, as long as that is a compliment, I'm good with it."
"Tsk, tsk, Malfoy. Tsk, tsk," I began to walk away from him.
"Wait. What?" he ran after me.
"You only think about your self, don't you?" I asked.
"Well, duh," he said.
"I knew it, you self-centered bitch," I cursed and ran down the hallways to the portrait.
"Wait, Hermione, I didn't mean it that way. I was joking," he called out, "I really care about you," he whispered.
I blocked him out so I couldn't hear anything that he could have said to make me stop by the time I had gotten to the portrait. I crawled inside and sprinted straight to my dormitory, jumped on to my bed and cried all night long.