Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter!
Rating: M (for later chapters)
A/N: An idea that I thought would be fun to write. I hope you enjoy!
Prologue: And so it begins…with a challenge!
Hermione Granger, know-it-all witch, top of the class, and of course head girl of the seventh years, threw a scroll down on the table with an air of authority. "Read it and sign."
Draco Malfoy, Slytherin prince, heartthrob and well-known player of the seventh years, raised a brow. "And pray tell, Granger, what is this?" His grey eyes slid from the scroll to her with disinterest.
She tapped her fingers on her crossed arms. "Conditions. Basically an agreement of what we can and can't do while…dating." She blundered slightly at the last word, still uncomfortable at the idea of being with someone she'd despised since their first year. Or at least, that's what she had thought until the last two years. Freaking hormones and everything.
"I can see that now," Draco muttered as he opened the scroll and scanned the contents. He looked up at her after a moment. "I don't see how this would help with anything. I'm only going along with this 'dating' idea of yours cause you won't let me have sex with you otherwise."
She cringed when he mentioned that word. Finally, she forced herself to sit down across from him. "You know, I don't want to have anything to do with you at all, but considering what's going on between us, I'd feel more comfortable if I had some leverage."
He leaned forward then, a smirk slowly making its way across his features. Hermione couldn't help being drawn in, his grey eyes that revealed so much more than he knew and the warmth that radiated from him that she never felt from other men before. "You already know what kind of leverage you have over me." He flicked the scroll toward her. "Which is why this is unneeded."
She huffed and set the scroll between them both. "If you don't sign this, then you won't get what you want."
He sneered at her. "Are you so sure? The reason why we're doing this isn't a one-way kind of business. You know you want it too. Heck, I've seen the way you look at me, Granger, and let's just say I hope those two dolt friends of yours don't start noticing soon."
She bit her bottom lip, showing some doubt but held with her conviction. Grabbing the scroll, she shot up. "Fine, we'll see how long before you break. And know this," she pointed a finger at him and declared, "I'm not going down." She spun around leaving a rather amused-looking Draco. His eyes narrowed, his usual smirk present, excited at the challenge. All that was going through his mind now were plans on how to make Granger break first.