This is the next in the list. Don't you love the title?
A DIALOGUE
Draco watched as Hermione settled herself on the floor and began to deal her brand new, plastic wrapped, casino-worthy deck of cards.
"Face up, down, down, down, down, down, down, up, down, down, down, down, down, up..." he thought to himself as he monitored her progress.
"What are you doing, Hermione?" Draco asked, curious.
"Solitaire," she answered simply.
"Oh!" he exclaimed, trying much too hard to hide his confusion. Hermione giggled.
"You have no idea what I'm talking about, do you?"
"Nope," he replied and turned back to his book, pretending not to be interested, while she turned back to her game. Against his will, Draco's eyes drifted back to the cards, watching as Hermione's fingers delicately moved and flipped each one. Then, she sighed and began to collect the cards into one pile. Draco looked from her hands to her face and back as she did this, confused at her action.
"What? That's it? Why did you stop?" he asked, naïve to the mechanics of her mind.
"I won," Hermione said, looking up with a smile.
"You won already? I've never played a game you can win that quickly," he said, looking surprised, and she laughed.
"Haven't you ever played heads-or-tails?" she inquired smartly and with a smirk.
"Yeah, but all you need to win that is the ability to say one word. A griffin could win heads-or-tails, but I doubt it could win slimy-pear or whatever you said it was called."
Hermione laughed again, enjoying the fresh new battle of ignorance verses common knowledge.
"Solitaire, like solitary-as in one... it's a game for one person," she explained and Draco nodded, once again turning back to his book. Hermione sighed deeply and began to shuffle her cards again.
"Okay, what is it?" Draco asked and Hermione turned her head to face him.
"Hm?"
"Come on, out with it. That was your -something is wrong but I'm not going to say anything because I don't want to bother anyone- sigh. So, tell me what's wrong," he demanded calmly. Hermione smiled at his ability to pick up on an involuntary mannerism as such, and shrugged.
"It's nothing, really; I was just thinking that this game is incredibly boring and that, if I were smart, I would find something better to do," she said, nodded, and slid her cards back into their box.
"Hey, we could always play heads-or-tails," Draco suggested with a smirk and Hermione matched it.
"Oh, sure... just let me get my griffin."
Not much romance, is there? Lol. That's what's weird about these... they're pretty much pointless.
A DIALOGUE
Draco watched as Hermione settled herself on the floor and began to deal her brand new, plastic wrapped, casino-worthy deck of cards.
"Face up, down, down, down, down, down, down, up, down, down, down, down, down, up..." he thought to himself as he monitored her progress.
"What are you doing, Hermione?" Draco asked, curious.
"Solitaire," she answered simply.
"Oh!" he exclaimed, trying much too hard to hide his confusion. Hermione giggled.
"You have no idea what I'm talking about, do you?"
"Nope," he replied and turned back to his book, pretending not to be interested, while she turned back to her game. Against his will, Draco's eyes drifted back to the cards, watching as Hermione's fingers delicately moved and flipped each one. Then, she sighed and began to collect the cards into one pile. Draco looked from her hands to her face and back as she did this, confused at her action.
"What? That's it? Why did you stop?" he asked, naïve to the mechanics of her mind.
"I won," Hermione said, looking up with a smile.
"You won already? I've never played a game you can win that quickly," he said, looking surprised, and she laughed.
"Haven't you ever played heads-or-tails?" she inquired smartly and with a smirk.
"Yeah, but all you need to win that is the ability to say one word. A griffin could win heads-or-tails, but I doubt it could win slimy-pear or whatever you said it was called."
Hermione laughed again, enjoying the fresh new battle of ignorance verses common knowledge.
"Solitaire, like solitary-as in one... it's a game for one person," she explained and Draco nodded, once again turning back to his book. Hermione sighed deeply and began to shuffle her cards again.
"Okay, what is it?" Draco asked and Hermione turned her head to face him.
"Hm?"
"Come on, out with it. That was your -something is wrong but I'm not going to say anything because I don't want to bother anyone- sigh. So, tell me what's wrong," he demanded calmly. Hermione smiled at his ability to pick up on an involuntary mannerism as such, and shrugged.
"It's nothing, really; I was just thinking that this game is incredibly boring and that, if I were smart, I would find something better to do," she said, nodded, and slid her cards back into their box.
"Hey, we could always play heads-or-tails," Draco suggested with a smirk and Hermione matched it.
"Oh, sure... just let me get my griffin."
Not much romance, is there? Lol. That's what's weird about these... they're pretty much pointless.