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Draco POV
It was our last day of muggle week, and Hermione looked sad.
"I had so much fun though!" she cried. She looked at me. "What about you?"
I shrugged. "This was alright." I replied.
"You seemed like you were having so much fun." she said, smiling.
"Yeah, well, I might as well." I mumbled. She laughed.
"Deny all you want, Draco." she chuckled. We were just sitting in our room, looking at flyers we had collected over the days.
There was a quite knock on the door. I picked up my wand, muttered "Alohamora." and the door opened. Blaise was standing in the doorway.
"Hey mate. Hello Hermione." he greeted.
"Hi." I replied.
"Hello Blaise. Been doing well?" asked Hermione, politely.
"Rather well. I just haven't annoyed my dear friend here for a while, and I was worried that he might be turning sensitive, so I came to check on him. But I presume that you've been taking my job on annoying the hell out of him?" asked Blaise.
"Of course." she said.
"Wow, I just love my friends." I said, sarcastically. "Really. I need to find a new best friend. I heard Darren Calder is-"
"Whoa there! How can you be doing this to me, Draco? I thought you loved me!" yelled Blaise, falling to his knees in mock horror and hurt.
"What? You've been cheating on me?" gasped Hermione. "Draco, you two-timing liar!" she slapped me, and walked away in a huff.
"Really?" I yelled after her. "Drama queens." I muttered. I thought I saw her smile as she walked away. Blaise grinned.
"I believe my work here is done." he said. He got up and walked out the door.
That's it. I'm going to be a loner. Or at least get new friends. Normal friends.
During lunch, Professor Dumbledore called our attention to make a speech.
"Hello everyone. I hope that you all have had a fun time during muggle week. As you all know, today will be the last day for this, so no classes will be held. Normal classes will resume tomorrow. Although, for today, I suggest you all find something fun to do to spend your last day as a muggle." he called.
Mumbles rushed throughout our table. Blaise turned to me lazily. "So what will you be doing?" he asked.
I shrugged. "I don't know. Hermione probably has plans."
"Since when have you started following whatever Hermione said?" he asked, one eyebrow raised in amusement.
I sighed. "I honestly don't know how she gets to me like that, but she does. I just go with it to avoid her somehow hacking my hair off." I said, grinning.
"Or you're falling in love." suggested Blaise.
"With Hermione? No way." I scoffed.
"It seems like it. You get all nice when it comes to Granger. And, for another thing, you never call her a mudblood, nor do you call her Granger anymore. And she's all you talk about." he noted.
"Yeah, well I'm around her so much, she's rubbing off on me." I mumbled. But my face reddened. Everything Blaise said was true. I felt soothed when I was with her. She made me feel happier. Hell, she even got my parents to accept her! And whenever I was with her, I always wanted to kiss her.
Oh Merlin, I think I love her.
No! I can't! There's no way I love her!
"Draco!" Blaise's sharp voice snapped me back into reality, out of my thoughts.
"Oh hi." I said, clearing her out of my thoughts.
He looked at me strangely. "Your facial expressions during your thought periods confuse me." he said.
I blushed. "Never mind. I'm going to talk to Hermione." I said, standing up quickly, and walking towards the Gryffindor table.
"Hi 'Mione." I greeted. Whoa. Did I just call her that?
If she noticed, she made no sign of it. "Hi." she replied, putting italian dressing on her salad.
"I was wondering what plans you had for this afternoon, and if you're dragging me into it." I said.
She looked at me and grinned. "Of course I'm dragging you into it. We will be going to the carnival that's in London." she said.
"Fine, but this time, I get to bring Blaise. I need a Slytherin around, or I'm gonna turn into a Gryffindor." I said, grinning.
She shrugged. "Alright." she said, casually.
"One question. What's a carnival, by the way?" I asked.
She grinned. "You'll find out."
A couple of hours later, I stood in a giant fairground, crowded with people, stands, and tents, complete with some muggle thing called a "ferris wheel" in the middle.
"So this is a carnival! Full of fun and games." said Hermione. "My parents used to take me to these all the time." she said, excitedly.
"I see." I said, looking around. "My, it's crowded."
"Yep. A lot of muggles like these sort of things." she said. "Say. Where's Blaise?"
I shrugged. "Didn't come. I guess he had other plans." Actually, he was being so annoying that I didn't ask him.
She just let it go. "Oh! An arcade!" she said, running towards a tent. I followed her, and I stepped into a room full of different boxes or things.
She looked around, gasping. Her eyes fell on one certain machine. "Skee-ball!" she yelled, running over to that machine. I ran after her.
"Merlin, Hermione. You're like a puppy. Way too energetic." I said, catching my breath.
She ignored me, and picked up a small sphere. The box in front of us was long, and at the very far end, there were a bunch of strange holes with different numbers on them.
"What the hell is this?" I asked.
"Skee-ball. You take these balls and try to roll them into those holes. The higher the value of the target, the more tickets you get from the game. You take the tickets to buy things later." she explained.
I sighed. "Muggle things are so sophisticated."
She grinned, and began her try, throwing the small green sphere into a target labeled "50". She dis a fist-pump and grabbed another all.
I watched in interest as she kept throwing the small balls. Soon enough, a few strange pieces of paper came from the machine.
"These are tickets." she explained.
I looked at the machine. "This doesn't look very hard." I said.
"You try." she said, handing me a ball. I shot it, and it landed in the target labeled "100". Hermione's jaw dropped. I grinned.
Somehow, with the 10 shots I was given, I managed to get all "100".
I smirked at Hermione.
"It must be beginner's luck." she mumbled.
"It's all in the wrist." I grinned.
We spent a lot of our time just going around to the different machines to play the games and earn tickets. I had to admit it was fun.
Finally, we reached a small booth full of different small trinkets and toys, as well as large stuffed animals.
"Well, we got 255 tickets." I said. "What do you want?"
She looked around in the booth, and she gasped when she saw something. "That teddy bear!" she squealed.
Her childish attitude was so cute, how she found everything to be so exciting. She pointed out the bear, which was perfectly 175 tickets, leaving 80 tickets.
"Alright. Pick something worth 80 tickets." I said.
She looked around very carefully, until she found something else. "Oh, this bracelet is so cute!" she squealed, picking up a small charm bracelet with a couple of little Teddy bear charms on it.
"Are you obsessed with teddy bears?" I asked, amused.
"I had a lot at home too." she said grinning.
We took the bracelet, which was conveniently 80 tickets. I looked at her.
"Hey. You're wearing the necklace." I said, noticing it for the first time.
Hermione's hand instinctively went up to touch it. "Oh yeah. It's really pretty." she said, looking away. I was about to say something else, but her eyes suddenly flickered to something else. "Oh! We need to ride the ferris wheel!" she exclaimed, taking me by the hand and pulling me towards the large wheel.
She made me pay for our seats, and we stepped in. Soon, our little car was being pulled up in the air, giving us a marvelous view of London, and all of the city lights.
The wheel didn't stop until we reached the very top, where the whole place looked beautiful. I was even amazed.
"The stars are beautiful tonight." she said, gazing outside. I nodded my head in agreement.
"London is pretty. The lights are really bright." I observed.
"You know, you've gotten a lot nicer. Blaise was right. You are turning sensitive." she said, teasing me.
"Yeah, and you've stopped being a know-it-all. Oh wait. Never mind. You still are." I said, grinning. That remark earned me a kick in the shin.
"Anyway, this is the kind of place I'd like to be. Somewhere peaceful, where are bright city lights and twinkling stars." she sighed. She looked so happy.
"It is nice." I agreed.
Who knew? Muggle week wasn't so bad after all.
A/N: And there is the end of muggle week... :( Well, it was fun while it lasted! :)
And yes, I have decided that Hermione has an obsession with teddy bears. I just imagine that she would. What do you think? :)
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