Sleeping with Friend Or Foe- Story 2
Disclaimer: Characters, actions, words etc... taken from JKR's Harry Potter © and used in this fanfiction do not belong to me. Even though I'd love to have Draco Malfoy…..Yum LOL!
Summary: Story one was smut ,smut and more smut with Hermione and her many lovers, but after so many men, she felt her real feelings with Draco, who she has been with for two months since Chapter 8: Finally. Now they must deal with the reality of being a real couple and all the fun and horrible things that come with it. STORY CAN GO IN MANY DIRECTIONS GIVE IT A CHANCE. SMUT WAS INTRO TO STORY TWO.
Author's Note: Omg I feel like the worst author in the world. I can't even begin to tell you how bad I feel for leaving you all hanging like this for so long. I hope all you readers are still there and ok. Please I hope you guys will read this and enjoy it. And please write me a review, thanks XOXO Teddybeargurl
Chapter recap……
"Well I don't know if an apology is going to fix everything. The last few weeks have been a nightmare. Honestly, I don't feel safe around you, and I don't think I ever will." Hermione said. She turned around and before she turned the corner.
"I still care about you. Don't you still care about me?" Hermione stopped at these words and turned.
"No. Now goodnight Draco." She said. And with that she spun around and went into her room. Draco sighed, nothing today was going right.
Chapter 10: Work
Hermione felt like she was watching herself from the outside as she heard Draco ask if she still cared about him. A very very small part of her whispered yes, but the Hermione who existed now could not fall into this trap again.
"No. Now I'm going to bed to study. Goodnight Draco." She heard herself say. Then Hermione spun around and hurried out of the room. When she reached her bedroom, she shut the door and locked it. Hermione took a deep breath and went over to her bed. She could not deal with this, first Snape, now Draco. She needed to do her homework at least a little. She shook her head lightly to clear it before she began to do it.
Draco was still standing where Hermione had left him and he felt something inside of him snapping. It felt like he was conflicted. A part of him cared for Hermione deeply, but another part of him still remembered what the Dark Lord had taught him. And the Dark Lord did not take easily with people becoming traitorous to his teachings.
Draco shivered at the thought of Voldemort finding out about his thoughts, so he decided to go somewhere to take his mind off of things. Draco went into his room, got his broom and left the dorm. He made his way through the castle where students were still milling around and walked onto the Quidditch pitch.
The scent of the damp grass and the gravel filled his nostrils as Draco took a deep breath of it. He mounted his broom and then kicked off from the ground. The air rushed past him as he climbed higher and higher into the air. The coolness of it soothed him and made him feel better.
As he did, a few rounds in the air, putting on the speed, he liked the feeling of lightness. Flying always made him feel as if nothing in the world mattered except him in that moment. Draco relaxed and smiled to himself. Things would get better, he wanted them too. He flew back down to the ground and then lay down. Even though the grass was damp, he lay there.
Draco looked up at the night sky, glittering with stars. They reminded him of the way Hermione's eyes used to sparkle when she saw him. When had that sparkle disappeared and made way for the cold emptiness he saw there now? Draco sighed, he knew it was his fault. He just lay there and looked at the sky, letting his worries fly away like the soft breeze.
Indoors, Hermione felt claustrophobic. She couldn't think of studying in her room, she needed to go somewhere that was familiar, so she decided to go to the library.
Hermione pulled on her long cloak, covering the long sweater dress that she'd changed into. Her cloak would hide her legs and the dress so that she could walk around the school without being in uniform. She did it often but no one ever noticed because Hermione was always so hidden and very quick to leave when she needed to.
Hermione quickly grabbed three huge textbooks and left. She didn't linger long enough to see if Draco was in his room because she really didn't want to find out.
Hermione made her way down through the castle and to the library. She went to her usual place in the back and sat down. She sighed, because here among the books she felt safe and happy. She was able to finally continue her studying as she had wanted to in her room.
Time ticked by as Hermione studied and did her assignments, until finally Madam Pince came clicking her teeth and saying the library was closed. Hermione nodded and gathered up her things. As she stumbled her way out, she didn't realize how many books and papers she had. She'd borrowed a few from the library as well as had her own three that she had brought with her. They teetered in front of her precariously as she turned a corner.
Hermione slowed down so as not to drop anything and then very carefully made her way to the dormitory. When she reached the portrait hole she breathed a sigh of relief. She looked up to see that the male knight in their portrait was gone, so Hermione reached up to tap the apple on the table in the portrait to give her entrance when she heard footsteps coming her way. She turned and saw a flash of white blonde hair. She instinctively shrank into the dark corner and watched him approach.
Hermione wished she had been a little quicker now, since she couldn't get her wand out with all her homework in her arms. She knew Draco would soon be close enough to see her, when she heard someone call out his name. Draco turned and began to make his way down the hall again. Hermione squinted and saw that it was Crabbe and Goyle.
None of them saw Hermione by the dorm entrance as they began to speak. But their voices carried to her as she stood in her place.
"Draco where have you been?" Crabbe asked. Draco looked at his friend and shrugged.
"Whatever we need more help with the cabinet. We haven't been as successful as last time," Goyle said.
"Yes and progress reports need to be sent. Plus there have been questions about you and your actions. I think when we write back that you should be there to help us." Crabbe added. Draco sighed and squeezed the bridge of his nose in thought.
"What have you guys gotten done so far?" He asked. He really didn't feel like discussing this at the moment.
"Nothing really. We were just able to get the magic to actually begin to flow through the cabinets. Other than that, it still destroys things when used." Draco nodded in understanding.
"Alright. We'll meet up in our usual spot tomorrow during my free period." Draco said.
At this Hermione slipped into the dorm and closed the entrance quietly. She went to her room with her head buzzing with thoughts. She put a locking spell on her door, that only she could open and shut it before she dropped all her things on her bed and sat down.
Draco's strange conversation with Crabbe and Goyle. What had that been about? A cabinet that they were trying to fix? What cabinet could that be? Hermione wondered if it tied into anything with the Dark Lord and Draco becoming a Death Eater. She supposed so, she couldn't remember a time before now that he'd been fixing anything.
Hermione didn't know what to make of it, but she knew she needed to find out. If it was anything for the Dark Lord, for the Order to know about it and have some knowledge of it would be great help. Hermione had the same free period as Draco so she would follow him tomorrow. She went into her bathroom and took out the new bottle of salve Snape had given her. She applied some to her wrists and her old bruises which were only very light discolorations on her skin, then she began to undress.
Hermione stilled as she heard the soft footsteps of Draco pad across the floor to his room, but as he did, she heard him stop for a moment. Hermione listened as he stood still for a few seconds out in the hall.
Draco stood outside of Hermione's closed bedroom door and was debating with himself to knock on it and talk to her. He could hear that she was still awake, he'd heard her footsteps, but he doubted she wanted to see him let alone talk to him. He sighed once and then turned and slipped into his room.
He flopped onto his bed, facedown and took a deep breath. The coolness of the pillow calmed him, but it didn't help to stop his thoughts.
The Dark Lord wanted progress reports. He most likely wanted to know what Draco was up to, if he was still following the Lord's orders. Draco just hoped that they could get the cabinet fixed as quickly possible so that he could continue at Hogwarts for the rest of the year without interference from the outside world. Maybe he could even focus on Hermione and possibly get her back.
Draco sighed. Things would get better eventually they just had to. Hermione and he were just…. He didn't know what word to use, but at this time, no one could do to him what she did. He couldn't even kiss the girls that he'd done things with. He'd always thought kissing meant more. Draco took a deep breath and then decided not to get up to change. He didn't feel like it, he could do it in the morning. And with that last thought Draco fell asleep.
Hermione moved as quietly as she could so as she could listen to hear if Draco approached her door again. He didn't so she relaxed as she cleaned up her books and climbed into bed. Tomorrow would yield to be very interesting, and hopefully not something she should worry about.
The next morning dawned cool and rainy. Hermione pulled back her curtains to look at the rain drops trickling down her window. She stared at it for a few moments before she got her things and got ready for the day.
Hermione wanted to look a little different today so she straightened her hair and plaited it into a single long braid which started at the nape of her neck and fell down her back. She brushed her bangs to cover her full forehead and put on some lip balm. She really didn't feel like putting on some makeup. She then packed her bag as lightly as she could and took her wand. She also slipped on her long cloak and left her room.
As Hermione passed Draco's room she noticed he was still in his robes from the night before and he looked filthy. His door was wide open and Hermione noticed that grass stains were on his robes as well. She raised one eyebrow in curiosity and then swiftly left.
As she did, Draco turned to see the edge of her cloak go past the door and he sat up. His head spun for a second as he caught himself and then he heard the portrait hole close as Hermione left. Draco sighed and looked at the time. If he wanted to get down to breakfast he needed to get up.
Draco dragged himself out of bed and got ready. He started to move faster as he began to wake up more and more. After half an hour he was ready and dragged himself down to breakfast. It was already in full swing when he sat down at the Slytherin table.
As Draco filled his plate, he glanced over at the Gryffindor table. His eyes scanned the seats and found what he was looking for immediately. Hermione was in mid laugh, covering her mouth as pumpkin juice squirted between her fingers. As it dripped down her hands and face, Draco smiled to himself. She was so cute.
"Ron don't say things like that while I'm drinking. I'll end up choking." Hermione said as she wiped her face and hands with a grin on her face. He grinned back and took a sip of his own juice.
"I can't help that I'm hilarious." He replied. Hermione shook her head and continued with her breakfast.
"What do you think we'll be doing in potions today?" Harry asked. Hermione shrugged.
"You never know with Snape. For all I know we could be doing something very hard." Hermione said. Both guys nodded in agreement. Hermione saw Neville quiver in fear at her words and she put her arm around his shoulder and hugged him in support.
"Don't worry Neville. It'll be ok." Hermione said as she gave him a squeeze and then rubbed his arm before she pulled away. Hermione finished her breakfast and followed the others out and to their class.
In Potions, Hermione made a point to sit beside Neville so as he would have a partner and so Draco couldn't try to sneak himself beside her. Hermione never knew it, but she had the right idea because Draco had wanted to catch the seat beside Hermione but saw when he got there that she was beside Neville.
Draco sat down glumly and kept looking at Hermione's back all through class as Snape explained their assignment of the day. Draco gloomily worked on his potion, stealing glances at Hermione as she worked with Neville on their potion. He was so distracted that he caused his potion to overheat as he flicked his wand. The potion bubbled up and out of the cauldron. His partner, who was a Slytherin boy by the name of Matthew Gonds, flew out of his seat at the overflow.
Draco who'd gotten it all over his hands, cursed under his breath as large pus filled boils burst painfully all over his skin. Matthew who'd sent his chair crashing to the floor, caused the whole class to turn and stare.
Snape swished over and looked at everything with an appraising eye. He glanced at Draco easily.
"You two will both receive a zero for this abomination and Draco to the hospital wing." His voice was icy and Matthew gave Draco a murderous look as Snape swept his wand over the mess and returned it to its original status.
Snape turned and went back up to his desk. As Draco turned and left the room, his eyes caught Hermione's for a split second before she turned away. He hadn't been able to read what he'd seen there, but he'd seen something.
Hermione turned away from Draco as he left the classroom. She'd seen the boils pop onto his skin and the pain flitting across his face. He must have added too much beetle root to his Euphoria. That's what usually causes it to counterbalance and become volatile and dangerous.
Hermione looked down at Neville and her potion. Its golden yellow colour glinted up at her alluringly. She shook her head, scattering the image of Draco in pain out of her mind and looked up at Neville. He was looking timidly at Snape, who had sat back down and was marking papers. Hermione nudged Neville so that he could get back to their potion. As Hermione cut some lotus leaf and Neville stirred, she let herself have one more thought about Draco before she convinced herself that he would be fine.
But Draco wasn't fine. As he sat in the hospital wing and Madam Pomfrey applied the jelly-like violet antidote onto his hands, he felt miserable. Not only was he in pain, but he also felt ashamed that everything seemed to be falling apart.
As the time ticked and Draco's boils shrunk he thought of how he had to go meet up with Crabbe and Goyle and how he was not looking forward to it. Finally after 45 minutes, Madame Pomfrey came in and removed the antidote. There were still small boils on Draco's fingers and on his palm but they were mostly gone.
"Now, it'll take a few days before those will completely go away. Take this and apply it every four hours. That will completely remove the potion from your skin and clear the boils." She handed him a jar of purple lotion. He took it and without a word left the hospital wing. Draco hurried back to the dungeons so that he could get his things before class ended. But as he slipped down the last staircase, the bell rung, and he could hear the sound of footsteps as students ended their lessons and went onto their next classes.
Draco hurried even faster as Gryffindors and Slytherins from his class began to walk toward him. Draco moved past Gonds who growled at him, and got into the classroom just as the last student walked out. Snape looked up at Draco and watched him as he struggled slightly to collect his things. Draco forced himself not to look back as he picked up his bag, took his book off the desk and left the room.
Now, Draco didn't hurry as he made his way upstairs to the seventh floor. He didn't notice that Hermione had been waiting for him in the dungeons and now crept quietly behind him as he made his way upstairs.
Hermione had stashed her bag behind a tapestry as she'd left class and then had rushed back to see Draco leaving the classroom. She had been swift enough that he hadn't seen her, but he made no notice of her and did not hurry to get upstairs.
Soon he was on the seventh floor and he could see Crabbe and Goyle waiting for him in front of the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy. Draco went over to them and nodded in greeting.
"Let's do this. Get us into the room." Draco said. Crabbe and Goyle scratched their heads as Hermione listened and peeked her head around the corner to stare. So they were going into the Room of Requirement. She wondered what they were going to use to get in.
"Do you not remember how to get into the room?" Draco asked. Crabbe and Goyle looked at each other for a second and Draco sighed.
"Alright I'm going to tell you. When you walk by the wall three times, you think of a place where you can hide something alright?" Both Crabbe and Goyle nodded. Hermione slid behind a tapestry that was closer to the boys as they turned toward the wall and Draco began walking. Hermione watched as they walked past the wall three times, and the door materialized.
Draco walked toward the door with both Crabbe and Goyle. This was the moment Hermione needed. She dashed toward the door as the boys filed in and slid herself in it and ducked behind a dilapidated couch as the door shut behind her. Hermione saw Crabbe look behind him at the door and frown but then turn back to the others. Hermione sighed, now she would find out what Draco was up to.
She followed as closely and quietly as she could behind broken and strange items in the cavernous room. She made sure to keep and eye on her trail so as to not make any noise as well as another eye on the three boys as they walked. Soon they'd reached a large cabinet that was dusty and old.
Hermione crouched down as Draco appraised it. Then he took out his wand. Both Crabbe and Goyle followed his lead.
"Do you have the list of spells that we were supposed to try on the cabinet?" Draco asked. Crabbe nodded and handed a piece of parchment to Draco. Hermione watched for almost an hour as they tried different spells on the cabinet. Most of the time, the spells only worked for Draco while Crabbe and Goyle's wands did nothing at all.
Finally after they had done some work, Draco looked around. Hermione crunched herself up tightly so as not to be seen. Draco grabbed a small book off of a broken dresser behind him. He opened the cabinet and placed the book inside. He shut it and then tapped it with his wand twice. He waited a few moments and then opened it. The book was gone and Draco smiled. He shut the cabinet again and repeated the process. Then he opened it once more and saw that the book was back. The only thing was that a corner of it was missing.
Hermione watched Draco examine the book carefully and he ran his finger over the missing corner lightly. He pursed his lips and then put the book down. He turned to Crabbe and Goyle.
"Well it's almost there. The book went and came, but when it came back only the corner was missing. I'll message my father about this, that way he'll know that I'm involved wholeheartedly." Draco said. The other two nodded as he glanced at his watch.
"Let's go, my free period is almost over." Draco said. They both nodded and made their way out. But as they did Hermione heard Crabbe say, "The Dark Lord will be very pleased about this."
Hermione stayed in her hiding place for a few minutes to make sure that Draco and the others were gone before she left. She made her way to the dungeons to collect her bag before she went up to lunch.
Hermione didn't know what do to with the information. She wasn't completely sure, but she guessed that the cabinet in the Room of Requirement could transport things, maybe it was like the Vanishing cabinet that Fred and George had pushed Montague in, in fifth year, but she still didn't know for sure. Hermione needed to tell someone, maybe Dumbledore…
She turned the corner to the Head Girl and Boy dormitory and reached it just as Draco came out. He looked surprised but glad to see her.
"Where are you coming from?" He asked. Hermione looked at him and shrugged.
"The Gryffindor common room. Are you going to lunch?" She asked and he nodded.
But as Hermione tried to enter the dorm, Draco blocked her path. Hermione gritted her teeth and turned to him.
"Don't go yet. How about you come down to lunch with me? We haven't done that together in a long time." Draco said. Hermione looked at him and shook her head.
"No thank you. I need to empty my bag and get a few more things before I go down." She said. He stared at her for a moment but didn't remove his arm.
"You know we have to do rounds tonight right?" He asked. She nodded.
"Of course I do, now can you please move your arm." Draco hesitated for a second before he nodded and removed his arm from her path. Hermione climbed through the portrait and didn't look back to see if Draco was watching as it shut quietly behind her.