Chapter 28

Brainwashing?

Don't forget to read chapter 27! I deleted the Authors Note and placed a chapter up instead!

Chapter 28

Considering the nights I spent with Granger had been reaching into the early morning, I was absolutely exhausted by the time I reached my bed. I had almost fallen asleep on the couch in her common room but, thankfully, I didn't.

Granger had pushed me out the door after we had discussed a way to get rid of Pansy. She thought that, since Pansy had been shagging every other bloke in school, my father and mother would understand my desire to not marry a girl who had been slumming.

I think it just might work. The only problem was keeping Pansy out of my hair long enough to get to work on the letter. It would take much thought. I fell onto the couch in the common room and drifted off to sleep.

Jason woke me up the next morning when he dropped all his supplies down the stairs. "Shit!" he muttered and gathered all his things up from the steps. He lazily threw them on the armchair and began organizing them.

I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and mumbled a spell that slid all his papers back into their place. He obviously hadn't thought of that and shot me a look of annoyance. He hated it when I corrected him.

"You were out late." He stated and shoved his papers into his bag. I sat up and shed myself of my robes down to my trousers. Most of my housemates had seen me in nothing but pants so it wasn't a big deal if anyone saw me now. I could ignore the swoons and giggles.

"Yeah, had to handle a few things." I piled my clothes in the dirty bin, pulling the small note I had neglected to read from Granger out, and trudged upstairs to get new clothes.

"Granger again?" he inquired and I didn't give him an answer. He didn't really need to know. I dropped the note into my robes pocket. I came back out and heard Pansy speaking quietly to him. I peered over the railing and she caught my eye.

She said goodbye to Jason and left for breakfast. "What was that all about?" I raised my eyebrow at my friend and he shrugged.

"She's just being a bitch about you. Did you leave her last night?"

"No, she left me. I'm planning on dumping her though." I pulled my fresh robe on over my clean clothes.

"For Granger…?" he pressed on.

"Why do you care?" I curled my lip up at him.

"I can tell when something is going on with you and a bird, Malfoy. And I don't know what you're playing at, but it's not smart. You know how Pansy is and if your father finds out you've been shagging a mudblood…"

"I haven't been shagging her."

"Gotten pretty damn close though haven't you?" he crossed his arms at me in a knowing way.

"No." I growled, feeling bile rise in my throat. He was my friend, but he would rat me out in a heartbeat. It's what we Slytherins did.

"You are going to tell me, Draco. You can't keep this all inside. You'll break down eventually."

He swung his bag over his shoulder and left. I shook my head and gathered my things for class. Blaise met me outside Charms class and gave me a smirk.

"How's things with the Mudblood?"

"Merlin, does everyone think I'm shagging her?" I hissed and he gave me a punch in the arm.

"It's Hogwarts. You can't keep secrets here." He was right. Granger was going to think I spilt the news to everyone.

"How's the Headboy? You break his skull?" Crabbe questioned from the row in front of me. I gave him a dark look and he immediately stopped smiling.

The class went on with no other problems. Possibly because I gave everyone "go to hell" looks and no one so much as blinked in my direction. I made my way out of class as fast as possible but as soon as I made it into the dungeons, I was pulled back and socked in the face.

"What the hell!?" I cried and I opened my now aching eye to see Weasel, glaring at me.

"I don't know what you did to Hermione but I swear if you touch her again I will rip your throat out of your skinny little neck." He gave me another punch to the stomach and I slammed my head into his chest to throw him back. He hit his head on the stone floor and I spat down at him.

"Don't you ever touch me again." He stared up at me, dazed, maybe unconscious; I didn't really care either way. I strode off to Potions and was pleased when not one of the golden trio arrived.

I was finally able to get my potion done and Snape, so kindly reminded me of my detention that I had managed to skip out on. I apologized and promised to serve it tonight. I would have to cancel my date with Granger but I'm certain Dumblebrox would understand.

I finished my classes for that day without speaking to anyone. Granger didn't even approach me which I was slightly grateful for and slightly upset about. It was a confusing feeling for me.

She even shot me a nasty look after our last class. I didn't quite understand what I did but it must've been something to do with knocking out her ex-boyfriend or the entire school finding out about us. My guess was a combination of both.

On my way to dinner is when I was hit in the back of the head with some sort of charm.

(A/N: this part will be confusing but I'll try to help you understand it.)

When I awoke, I no longer had knowledge of Granger for the past few months. My memory felt hazy for several parts of the month and I was clueless as to why I had a golden necklace around my neck. I had meant to ask Pansy about it but she was lying in bed next to me, her lips turned up in a smile and I lost all thought about my necklace.

I rolled on top of my girlfriend and proceeded to snog her senseless. She obviously did not want to go to dinner and preferred to stay in bed with me. She suggested something along the lines of eating each other. It gave me a slight cannibal feeling but I agreed to stay. It wasn't as though I had other things to do.

Once my stomach started snarling at me to get food, I slid out of bed, leaving her completely unconscious and I pulled my clothes back on. No one had come back from dinner yet so I made my way down past everyone who was coming down the dungeons.

I opened the kitchens and ordered something quick. I sat with my house-elf, toes, and lightly talked with him. He poofed away when the kitchens opened up again and Ginny Weasley stuck her head in. He left because if a house elf is caught by a teacher serving a student, they are punished.

"Oh…Malfoy." She gave me a small nod of acknowledgement and I nodded back before turning back to my food. She quietly gathered herself a two glasses of hot chocolate and was on her way out before she stopped and turned to me.

"Can I ask you something?" I didn't say anything but I looked up at her and she cautiously continued. "What are you doing with Hermione?"

I scoffed, "I'm not doing anything with that, Mudblood."

She dropped her tray off drinks on the counter and fixed me with a dark look. "Hermione told me all about what was going on and today, she suddenly can't remember! If you wiped her memory I swear I'm going to the Headmaster." She gave me a heavy look and stormed off.

"I haven't touched the filthy girl!" I shouted after her and my lips twisted to a scowl. I was still in a cross mood when I returned to the common room. I gave the third bar on the girl's staircase a slight twist to the left and smirked lightly.

My many quests into the girls dormitories had lead me to the find this little secret that allowed me to go up the staircase. I checked on my girlfriend who had set up the top dorm as a sort of "Privacy dorm" for when any of the girls brought back a guy.

Lately it had been just Pansy's room. I searched through her room for something to occupy my time while she slept. Over in the corner and underneath one of her t-shirts there was a bowl filled with silver swirls.

I touched it and the image of Granger falling down the stone steps appeared and I stifled a chuckle. 'Pansy must keep a memory bowl full of the pranks she pulls on the Mudblood.' I thought and I dropped my head down into the silver mess.

Imagine my surprise when I saw not Pansy, but myself in the library with Granger. She was pressed against the bookshelves in the very back of the room and was struggling to get me off her. She pushed and the necklace I have around my neck snapped off and hit the floor.

"Get…off me…"

"No." My person growled as my lips moved towards her.

"I…Malfoy don't. I…I'm going to scream." She squirmed and arched her back, shoving her knee into my stomach and the other Draco winced in pain and let go of one of her hands.

That escaped hand dove into her cloak and grasped her wand. She pointed it into my face and with a shaky breath, "Don't make me hurt you, Malfoy."

I snarled and snatched at the wand. She was too frightened to cast a spell at me. I discarded it and pinned her hand back up.

"You bastard." She sneered at me

"Mudblood."

"I hate you!" she hissed and my lips turned into a scowl as I whispered, "I hate you too." And then I pressed my lips to hers. My eyes blinked and I didn't understand what I was seeing.

I was snogging Granger. Hermione Granger was snogging me.

My lips traveled down to her jaw line and I kissed down to her neck. I grazed my lips over the side of her neck and she shivered against me, whispering, "Malfoy…s…stop it."

"I don't think you want me to stop, mudblood. You like this." I had whispered against her and then I bit into her neck and Granger screamed.

I forced my head out of the bowl and felt dizzy and confused. When in the bloody name of Merlin had I been snogging Granger?

"Funny thing isn't it?" Pansy wrapped her arms around me from behind and peered over my shoulder. "I got it at Zonko's. It's suppose to show you the most embarrassing, unlikely thing you could do." She wasn't being honest. I could tell with her.

I slide out of her grasp and gave her neck a soft kiss before I left. If I was recalling correctly, I had detention to serve tonight. Yet, I had this aching thought in the back of my mind that I had something else planned tonight as well.

I tugged the necklace out of my shirt and gazed at it while I walked my way to Snape's room. I wasn't quite able to see the bushy haired girl stomping down the stairway and we collided.

"Dammit, Granger, watch where you're going." I brushed myself off and scoffed down at her, surprising myself when I stretched out my hand to offer her assistance. It was even more surprising when she took my hand and didn't put up a fuss.

She wasn't that far away from me, and she stared at me for a moment with a thankful word on her lips until those same lips curled up into a sneer. She shouldered me to the side and entered our Potions classroom.

"Mr. Malfoy," Snape gave me a quick nod and he didn't so much as blink at Granger when she entered his supply closet without even asking.

My eyebrows raised but he merely leaned in and said, "You will be re-shelving my potions books and assisting Ms. Granger in anything she needs help in."

I nodded at him and he said in a whisper, "This should give you some time to charm her, Draco." With a swirl of his robes, he left me feeling quite puzzled and slightly cross with my detention work.

Well now, I couldn't let him fall in love with her without any issue now could I? Do not fret though, they will not be starting back at square one. See you all next Monday!