Draco blinked hard. Did Potter just say that?! He saw that Ron looked like an angry bull dog, the Weasel girl was dumbfounded and the twins looked like they were ready to kill.
Yup, Potter must've said that.
At first Draco didn't believe his ears, blinked hard a lot of times, slapped himself, looked at one to the other, and suddenly he came back to life. Share a room with her!!!
"HELL NOOOO!!!" Draco hissed at Harry. "I WOULD NEVER WANT TO SHARE A ROOM WITH HER!" He spat and looked at Harry, Hermione, back to Harry, and on and on, he was revolted.
"Well DUH!! No one here wants you to!" Ginny spat back with same amount of revulsion. She rolled her eyes and stomped her feet.
Draco stared at her with hate. "Then why the hell did your boyfriend just say that she has to sleep in my room!!" He boomed. Ginny went slightly pink and Harry got all the more pissed.
He went to Mafloy and pushed him to the wall, his right arm firmly on Malfoy's chest, threatening to strangle him.
"Look Malfoy." He began angrily, "I may not have a wand but I used to live in a Muggle society, and I know what to do to cause you pain without so much as uttering a single spell." He said viciously.
His green eyes flaming with anger, "I personally don't want Hermione to share a room with you too, what with you never respecting her, never giving her the benefit of the doubt, never being sensitive to her feelings" He started, putting more effort on the arm that was holding Draco. "Well, not that you'd ever learn how to do that, but it's the only way." He said with anger.
Draco looked at him with blank eyes. This is Potter?! It was the only time he ever saw the hero so angry that he actually missed the old Harry. He shook his head. Say what!? He looked hard at Harry, he drained his steel gray eyes of emotion, of fear, and he said in a cold voice, "Let me go, Potter." He looked even more into the boy's eyes, "Let go, now."
Harry looked at him for a while, contemplating, and by the looks of it, he didn't seem like he wanted to let the Slytherin go.
"Harry, let him go." Fred said quietly, though he still was furious. "We have to fix it up." He said simply.
Harry let Malfoy go and shot a killer look at him, before stomping back at Hermione's side. Draco breathed in.
"Fix it up?!" Draco asked surprised. "Incase you haven't heard, I refuse to be with her all day and night." He looked hard on the red headed joker.
He never saw them all so serious before. Nor so angry, vivid, livid, angry, vivid, livid… well, you get the point.
"You just have to bear with me. I'm in suffering too." Hermione said exasperated.
"Who says I have to heal you, even if I could?!" Draco said in defense.
"Because," George stepped forward, coming closer and closer to Draco, "Fred and I are still here, and in case you've forgotten, we never were boys for rules and regulations, so it wouldn't matter to us if we decided to hurt you and got in trouble for it. We're already used to trouble. Don't think we wouldn't go for it yet again, you Pureblood filth." He was angry and he looked like he was going to hex him right then and there. He drew out his wand.
Draco gulped. He couldn't believe it, he was here in the Burrow, he was a Malfoy, and he was being scared off by some jokers. But still, he had no choice, he just had to agree. "Alright alright! Let's just finish this off okay?! Get this bloody finished." He said hastily.
Everyone broke into evil grins once again. "Alright Harry and Ron, and Ginny" Fred added hastily as his sister let out a grunt, "you guys just gotta chill, okay? Let go of the anger… let go…let go… release… release…" Fred said, closing his eyes and waving his arms in an attempt to follow some yoga instructor or guidance counselor.
"Yeah, because if he does try some hanky panky, our wands are always, at the ready." George said with excitement.
The three loosened up a bit and they finally smiled.
"Yeah, okay." Harry grinned, his green eyes blazing with contentment.
"Yeah, we'd be glad to see him punished if ever, anyway." Ginny smiled and teased.
Ron was grinning from ear to ear that he actually looked funny. Well, he always looks stupidly funny. Draco thought to himself.
He then snorted. "As if I'd attempt some hanky panky…." And he rolled his eyes.
"We never know." Fred winked and all of them gave disgusted faces, and they broke into a laugh, well, everyone except Draco.
Hermione was smiling when she said, "Okay, so what do we do now?" She asked them curiously.
"Hmmm." Fred said, suddenly thinking.
"You don't look very handsome when you think, bro." George said.
"Shut up, you look exactly like me might I remind you." Fred retorted.
"Which means you don't look very handsome when you think too." Hermione said happily.
"Oh just please get on with it!" Draco pleaded exasperated.
Fred lit up. "Did you hear that mate?" He asked, pretending like he was looking for the source of sound with eyes wide open.
"Yes, mate." George joined in. "I think I heard a Malfoy plead… why, amazing!" He exclaimed, as though they discovered a piece of information that would change the course of history forever.
"This would change the course of history forever!" Fred exclaimed.
Well. The twins were always like that.
Draco decided he should just get used to it because he'd just tire himself loathing them. "So yeah, what do we do?" Draco asked them.
The twins grinned. "I like it when you ask for help, you're so macho." Fred said in a girly voice.
"Yeah… sooo macho." George added, batting his eyelashes.
"Oh c'mon! You're embarrassing!" Ron said and hit his brothers.
"OWW!" They rubbed their heads. "What was that for?!"
"That was for being stupid." Ron muttered.
"Why, you should hit them all the time then." Draco added.
"Well anyway… Moving on." Hermione said before they could have an exchange of words again, "What do we do?" She looked at the twins.
"Hmmm." Harry said.
"Okay, you're obviously not a red headed twin, Potter." Draco said and smirked.
"We should first check how near Malfoy should be to Hermione in order to heal her." Harry said as if he hadn't heard Draco.
"How do we do that?!" Ron asked with worry and had a face of utter confusion.
"Easy, brother." George said drawing out his wand.
"You're the one we should hit for being stupid." Fred added while watching George.
Draco snorted. "That would be a lot harder then, you'd have to hit him more." And Ron just glared while Draco tried to look innocent.
"Malfoy, stand right there." Geroge pointed at a place that was probably 5 feet from him. "And 'Mione, stand here," He motioned for her to stay were he was, so that the two were exactly five feet apart. Then George flicked his wand and there suddenly was writing on the floor space that was between Hermione and Draco.
They looked at it, and it seemed like a giant ruler, written on the wooden floor, with markings and lines, complete with measurements.
Harry, Ron and Ginny stepped aside so the clearing would be free of humans. They watched beside Hermione, since they already knew what the twins would have them do.
"Now Malfoy, walk up to there." Fred pointed at the line that had 4 feet written on it.
Draco obediently walked to the mark and immediately, five heads quickly turned to Hermione. Four red heads, and one raven haired boy.
Draco laughed inwardly. They looked like cats suddenly jerking their heads here and there.
"Notice anything?" Fred said.
"Nope." George replied.
"No result." Ron said, staring intently at Hermione's skin, seeing if maybe a blue boil would've disappeared.
"Nada." Harry replied, looking at her neck to see if a violet one disappeared.
"Oh this is stupid!" Ginny said exasperated. "Nothing happened!" She waved her arms.
"Arytee then." George said, and looked at Draco. "Move up to three feet." And Draco obediently walked up to the mark with three feet.
Draco felt rather stupid, like being an experimental rat, being told to do this and that, obeying without question, the only thing was, he felt like he was being examined by mad and weird wanna-be scientists. He rolled his eyes as the heads jerked in unison again at the other experimental rat that had boils. They looked so synchronized that it looked really funny.
"None." Harry immediately said. He was looking at her arm, which apparently had more colors of blue, he thought.
"None too." Ron muttered, he was looking at her face, hoping the silver one near her eye would go away.
Ginny refused to answer, it was obvious that it wasn't working and she was growing impatient. She glared at the twins.
"Now now dear sister." Fred waved, holding his hands in defense, "We're just doing it nice and slow, plus," He added, looking pointedly at Malfoy. "It's fun."
They all grinned and Mafloy was praying that it'd be over.
"Two feet, if you please." Fred said in a Dumbledore sort of way.
Malfoy moved and stopped at the mark with 2 feet on it, and he looked at Hermione.
Unfortunately, nothing happened still.
Hermione let out an exasperated sigh. "It's still not working!!" And she added, "Ron, stop staring, nothing happened!"
Ron quickly looked away and turned red. They all snickered. Draco laughed too, for the first time since he arrived there, not the evil laughter sort of thing.
"Alright, Mafloy, 1 foot…." George trailed in a sort of worried tone, wondering if it still wouldn't work. How close should he have to be?
Draco slowly moved, and they all quietly and slowly looked up at Hermione, hopeful, and then-
"Damn it how close do I have to be!!" Draco exclaimed as he saw that nothing happened.
"Yeah!" Hermione agreed with him
Wwwwhaaat?! Draco said inwardly. Did she just agree with me!? Then he shook himself. There you go again with your mental wars…. And he smirked.
"Hey, move a bit closer, like half a foot away or something." Fred said, looking intently at Hermione.
Draco slowly moved at least half a foot away from Hermione, then Ron shouted in excitement.
"There! Look! The silver one near her eye disappeared!" He said triumphantly, smiling like a madman.
Hermione shook her head, "Thank you for the information Ron, but he can't go healing me one little boil at a time." Hermione said laughing. Ron went red again.
Draco smirked again. "Aww. The only time he says something he thinks is useful and he gets shunned by his lil' crush." He finished with a glint in his eyes.
"Sod off Malfoy!" Ron went real red. They all laughed heartily.
"Calm down Ron, Malfoy was only joking." Harry said, patting Ron's back.
Draco stared. Did Potter just stay on my side…? He thought. Then he pushed the thought away and blamed the experimental rat theory for contaminating his sanity.
"Hug her Mafloy." Fred said suddenly.
Say Whaaat?!?! Draco blinked hard and suddenly Harry stopped laughing and they all gagged at Fred, well, everyone except George, who seemed to agree with his
He hugs me?!?! Hermione thought to herself. Oh heck no!!!
"OH HELL NO!!!" Draco said, linking Hermione's thoughts.
Harry, Ron and Ginny were simply staring wide-eyed.
Fred grinned. "Well, come on now Drakie-poo." He said in a Pansy sort of voice. "You have to hug her, see if it does dramatic change." He finished off.
"Oh no!" Draco said in his defense.
"Oh YES!" George said excitedly and drew out his wand. "Hmmmm?" He said to Malfoy, and raised his eyebrows.
Draco cursed himself inwardly, and then… he was slowly walking towards Hermione, and he hugged her.
He hugged her!
She felt warm and delicate wrapped in his arms, like someone he would feel like protecting. She shook in nervousness a bit the moment he came into contact with her, but then relaxed and put her weight on Malfoy. Dear Merlin the Slytherins will kill me mercilessly for this. He thought to himself.
Hermione didn't know what to do when she saw the blonde Slytherin approach her, and when they came into contact, she shook a bit, but then she relaxed when she felt that his arms were strong and lean, and put her weight on him. He wasn't the Draco she knew in school, well, maybe he still was, but this one was different. They just froze there, in a hug, in silence, with Harry, Ron and Ginny sporting wide open mouths and saucer size eyes.
Suddenly a voice broke the silence. "Well will you look at that!" Fred claimed triumphantly.
Harry, Ron and Ginny snapped back to reality and closed their mouths. They immediately looked at Hermione.
Draco looked at Hermione too, and smiled.
Hermione could've sworn she saw Malfoy smile for a moment, but as fast as it appeared, it was swiped off his face immediately, and he replaced it with a smirk.
Oh crap I think she saw me smile. Draco cursed himself inwardly as he put on a smirk immediately.
There was no trace of any rainbow colored boil on Hermione, no boils at all, she was normal, she was healed, she had perfect skin again.
"You see! YOU SEE!!!" George said in excitement, getting all touchy and happy.
"Oh for crying out loud you're such a girl." Draco said to George.
George stuck out his tongue and ignored him.
"And childish too." Hermione said softly to Draco with a smile.
Draco didn't know what to do, whether to agree, to smile back, whatever. He decided to just smirk and look at the twins again.
"And she's healed!" Fred said happily and Ginny hugged Harry in happiness.
Draco let go of Hermione and stepped back a bit.
Suddenly the smiles on their faces disappeared.
"Aw men!" Fred cried out in pain.
"It's back!" George piped.
"Nooo!" Ron and Harry said at the same time, and Draco looked at Hermione.
Sure enough, there were the multi colored boils again, spread all over her skin.
"Darn it." Fred said angrily. "Hey, Malfoy, move a bit closer to Hermione, like a hand away or something." He said hastily.
"Hand away??! Is there even a measurement for that??" George asked his twin.
"Oh for crying out loud!" Ginny said exasperated.
So Draco just moved closer to Hermione, ignoring the Weasleys who couln't go a minute without arguing in a friendly way.
He was so close that you could just slip your hand narrowly between.
"There you go!" Harry exclaimed happily.
The boils in Hermione's face disappeared, she still had boils in her arms and legs and Merlin knows where else, but all the ones on her face disappeared.
"Hmmmm." George suddenly said. "Seems like the closer you get, the more you heal her, so, at least you have to be that close to her to get some good enough results." He finished.
"Poke her!" Fred said childishly.
"What?!" Draco said in surprise.
"Go on! Poke her!" Fred said getting impatient. "Let's see what happens."
Draco gave a killer glare and poked Hermione in the arm.
"Ow!" Hermione said, but nevertheless, all boils in her arm disappeared.
"That settles it!" The twins said in unison. "You have to be in contact with her to get better results!"
"Oh no!!!" Ginny suddenly said. They all looked at her.
"What now, sister?! Must you always interrupt?!" Fred complained.
"Does that mean they have to sleep together? I mean, close enough that it will have some results on Hermione?" She asked suddenly.
Fred smacked himself. "Right!" He said and smacked himself one more time.
"George, we can't conjure another bed for Hermione in Draco's room, she has to sleep in the same bed!"
Draco was surprised by levels he didn't even know existed. "Ughhh! Why do I have to be so close to her to inflict results!!" He said in exasperation.
"Oh you better make sure there will be no hanky panky!!!"
AN: Okay, so I hope you like this chapter, please leave a review. I'm getting excited already! Haha. :)