A/N- Well, here it is. The requested second part! It just got interesting! (Whoa. Way too much
Friends. My apologies.) Thanks for the nice reviews on the first part, ya'll are the best. Also
there's a scene in here from a certain TV show. I don't think anyone will recognize it, but if
you can, I am beyond impressed. Okay, that's everything. Dim the lights, grab a bowl of popcorn
(get your keyboard all greasy, why not?) and enjoy...
Between Enemies Part Two: The Truth Discovered
It was extremely late, but Hermione couldn't sleep. She sat straight up in bed,
her mind going about a million miles an hour. She couldn't believe that Harry and Ron hadn't noticed how weird she was acting. She had stumbled over about every word she had tried to getout, and turned all red when they had asked her how detention had gone. She could just tell them...NO! She couldn't. Ron would kill her, and Harry would be disgusted. She would just have to make sure nothing ever happened between her and Draco again, and it could just be her little secret. But now that it was all over, Hermione realized that she was a little disgusted too. It was Draco after all. Draco Malfoy, who she had hated for nearly five years. And she had just kissed him. Hermione shuddered slightly. It was so strange to even think about.
Deciding that she obviously wasn't going to get any sleep, Hermione decided to get some
studying done that she had missed because of her detention. Going down to the common room, she
opened up her Charms book. But she was asleep, head in her book, in about two minutes.
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The next morning, Hermione woke up, and looked around the room, bleary-eyed. She forgot where she was for a moment. The common room. Of course. She must have fallen asleep. Rubbing her eyes sleepily, she started to head up to the girl's dorm.
"Morning, Hermione!" She turned around to see Harry and Ron coming down the boy's stairs, wide awake.
"Hey, guys." She said quickly, her heart beating fast.
"Hermione, did you sleep down here?" Ron looked at her Charms book open on the table.
"Yeah...er, I wasn't really tired."
Ron and Harry looked at her a little strangely, but decided to let it go.
The three of them went down to breakfast. They passed the Slytherin table. Draco was sitting with Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy, but he saw Hermione walking by. He looked up quickly at her, smiling. She didn't smile back. It was just too strange to even think about Draco as a prospective love interest. But...but nothing, Hermione. She ordered herself to stop thinking about it.
After breakfast, Hermione told them she was going to the library to do some last minute research for the Charms test today. Harry and Ron said good-bye, but she noticed Ron was watching her with something that looked strangely like suspicion. She figured it was her imagination.
Reaching the library, she walked back to the Charms section and started to look for books about Laughing Charms, which, if used incorrectly, could make the person actually die of laughter. (A/N-Ever feel like you're under one of those?) She pulled out a couple of books, and was about to go back and sit down. When she turned around, she suddenly dropped everything she was holding. Draco was standing right in front of her.
"D-Draco! What are you doing here?" She stammered, picking up her books.
"I wanted to see you again." He told her, sounding uncharacteristically nice.
"I don't know what you're talking about." She said quickly, going to walk past him.
But he stopped her, grabbing her by the shoulders.
"I don't see why we couldn't be a couple, Hermione." He said quietly.
"Er…where do you want me to start? You're a Slytherin, I'm a Gryffindor. You hated me for five years, and same with me. You're Draco Malfoy, I'm Hermione Granger, remember? It just wouldn't make sense. And I don't even want to think what Harry, Ron, Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy would think! Not to mention all our other friends! No, Draco. It was just one thing that happened. I don't know why it happened, and it's never happening again. It was a mistake." Hermione said this all in a very fast whisper.
"I don't think it was." Draco was speaking so quietly that Hermione could barely hear him.
"I've got to go-studying to do." She said, trying to get away from his grip on her shoulders.
"You can say what you want, Hermione. But you know it isn't true." And Draco kissed her again.
She didn't push him off right away, but almost immediately, she did.
"I've got to go." Suddenly, she heard a loud sputter of indignation.
Turning, she saw Ron standing there, his eyes wide and his mouth hanging open.
"Hermione--" He started, but then turned and ran off.
"Ron, wait! RON!" She sped off after him.
Ron's long legs enabled him to move very fast, and it took Hermione awhile to catch up with him in a deserted hall.
"Ron, please--"
"I knew it! Not in the sense that I actually knew anything, but I knew there was something I didn't know!" Ron sputtered.
"Ron, I was going to tell you!"
"When? Your wedding day?" Ron shouted.
"Ron, honestly, I was going to tell you." Hermione replied, trying to keep her voice down.
"And what was stopping you? The shame? This is Draco Malfoy, remember? And we all practically have a We Hate Draco Club, which I THOUGHT you were a part of! Hermione, what were you thinking?"
"I don't know, Ron. It was just something that happened. It was just a kiss. It didn't mean that much." Hermione said quietly.
"Oh, but it does mean something, Hermione. It means you'd rather be with someone we both hate than with me." At these words, Ron quickly ran off.
Hermione stood, tears falling down her cheeks. These last words surprised her. What had Ron meant by that? And now he was probably going to tell the whole Gryffindor common room, and make her an outcast. She started crying harder. Why had this all happened?
Hermione discovered that Ron had told no one about her and Draco. Which made her very relieved.
But he also didn't speak to her at all. He looked extremely hurt and extremely disgusted with
her. She had to admit that she was a little disgusted with herself. She was ending this with
Malfoy. Tonight.
Walking to the trophy room, Hermione went over in her mind what she was going to say. She opened the door to once again see Professor McGongall and Malfoy standing there. Malfoy didn't look at her. Professor McGongall smiled, suspecting nothing.
"You two did a fine job last night. Just finish up everything and you're free to go." She handed them their cleaning supplies and left, closing the door behind her.
Draco and Hermione looked awkwardly at each other.
"What did Ron say?" Draco finally asked.
"About that, Malfoy. We can never see each other again. Ever. Partly because I honestly believe what happened last night was a mistake. Partly because I think I'm in love with someone else." She said this without meeting his eyes.
"Oh, Weasley, eh? Not too hard to see. Whatever, Hermione. If that's how you want it."
"It is."
"Fine."
And they didn't speak the rest of the night, just cleaned the rest of the trophy room in silence.
"I guess we're finished, then." Draco said, putting his polishing rag back in the bucket.
Hermione said nothing.
"Bye, Hermione." It was the first time Draco had ever called her by her first name. She looked up at him. His silver eyes weren't as narrowed as usual.
"Bye, Draco." Hermione smiled at him, and he smiled back.
Then he left.
The two of them never spoke of that night again. Ron never told anyone what he knew, not even Harry. Draco went back to hating Harry and Ron, but he never treated Hermione badly again. They just had an unspoken agreement to actually act civil around each other. It was strange to look back upon that night, for both of them. Neither ever could really explain what happened. But it had been interesting, that was for sure. And neither ever forgot it.
A/N- The end! Sorry to disappoint any D/H shippers, I just wrote this how I thought things
would go if Draco and Hermione ever had anything happen between them. Please don't flame-it's
just my opinion! Guess what? It did ice over, so no finals for me today! Yay! That's the only
way I got to finish this, and I must say, it was much more fun than studying. I hope everyone
liked it. Did anybody recognize a scene from a TV show? I'll give you a hint-it was a scene that
was originally between Willow and Xander. Got it now? Put it in your review if you know, and
can tell me what scene it was! Or bonus: what episode! (Then I'd be REALLY impressed. Love to
all of you!)
Friends. My apologies.) Thanks for the nice reviews on the first part, ya'll are the best. Also
there's a scene in here from a certain TV show. I don't think anyone will recognize it, but if
you can, I am beyond impressed. Okay, that's everything. Dim the lights, grab a bowl of popcorn
(get your keyboard all greasy, why not?) and enjoy...
Between Enemies Part Two: The Truth Discovered
It was extremely late, but Hermione couldn't sleep. She sat straight up in bed,
her mind going about a million miles an hour. She couldn't believe that Harry and Ron hadn't noticed how weird she was acting. She had stumbled over about every word she had tried to getout, and turned all red when they had asked her how detention had gone. She could just tell them...NO! She couldn't. Ron would kill her, and Harry would be disgusted. She would just have to make sure nothing ever happened between her and Draco again, and it could just be her little secret. But now that it was all over, Hermione realized that she was a little disgusted too. It was Draco after all. Draco Malfoy, who she had hated for nearly five years. And she had just kissed him. Hermione shuddered slightly. It was so strange to even think about.
Deciding that she obviously wasn't going to get any sleep, Hermione decided to get some
studying done that she had missed because of her detention. Going down to the common room, she
opened up her Charms book. But she was asleep, head in her book, in about two minutes.
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The next morning, Hermione woke up, and looked around the room, bleary-eyed. She forgot where she was for a moment. The common room. Of course. She must have fallen asleep. Rubbing her eyes sleepily, she started to head up to the girl's dorm.
"Morning, Hermione!" She turned around to see Harry and Ron coming down the boy's stairs, wide awake.
"Hey, guys." She said quickly, her heart beating fast.
"Hermione, did you sleep down here?" Ron looked at her Charms book open on the table.
"Yeah...er, I wasn't really tired."
Ron and Harry looked at her a little strangely, but decided to let it go.
The three of them went down to breakfast. They passed the Slytherin table. Draco was sitting with Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy, but he saw Hermione walking by. He looked up quickly at her, smiling. She didn't smile back. It was just too strange to even think about Draco as a prospective love interest. But...but nothing, Hermione. She ordered herself to stop thinking about it.
After breakfast, Hermione told them she was going to the library to do some last minute research for the Charms test today. Harry and Ron said good-bye, but she noticed Ron was watching her with something that looked strangely like suspicion. She figured it was her imagination.
Reaching the library, she walked back to the Charms section and started to look for books about Laughing Charms, which, if used incorrectly, could make the person actually die of laughter. (A/N-Ever feel like you're under one of those?) She pulled out a couple of books, and was about to go back and sit down. When she turned around, she suddenly dropped everything she was holding. Draco was standing right in front of her.
"D-Draco! What are you doing here?" She stammered, picking up her books.
"I wanted to see you again." He told her, sounding uncharacteristically nice.
"I don't know what you're talking about." She said quickly, going to walk past him.
But he stopped her, grabbing her by the shoulders.
"I don't see why we couldn't be a couple, Hermione." He said quietly.
"Er…where do you want me to start? You're a Slytherin, I'm a Gryffindor. You hated me for five years, and same with me. You're Draco Malfoy, I'm Hermione Granger, remember? It just wouldn't make sense. And I don't even want to think what Harry, Ron, Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy would think! Not to mention all our other friends! No, Draco. It was just one thing that happened. I don't know why it happened, and it's never happening again. It was a mistake." Hermione said this all in a very fast whisper.
"I don't think it was." Draco was speaking so quietly that Hermione could barely hear him.
"I've got to go-studying to do." She said, trying to get away from his grip on her shoulders.
"You can say what you want, Hermione. But you know it isn't true." And Draco kissed her again.
She didn't push him off right away, but almost immediately, she did.
"I've got to go." Suddenly, she heard a loud sputter of indignation.
Turning, she saw Ron standing there, his eyes wide and his mouth hanging open.
"Hermione--" He started, but then turned and ran off.
"Ron, wait! RON!" She sped off after him.
Ron's long legs enabled him to move very fast, and it took Hermione awhile to catch up with him in a deserted hall.
"Ron, please--"
"I knew it! Not in the sense that I actually knew anything, but I knew there was something I didn't know!" Ron sputtered.
"Ron, I was going to tell you!"
"When? Your wedding day?" Ron shouted.
"Ron, honestly, I was going to tell you." Hermione replied, trying to keep her voice down.
"And what was stopping you? The shame? This is Draco Malfoy, remember? And we all practically have a We Hate Draco Club, which I THOUGHT you were a part of! Hermione, what were you thinking?"
"I don't know, Ron. It was just something that happened. It was just a kiss. It didn't mean that much." Hermione said quietly.
"Oh, but it does mean something, Hermione. It means you'd rather be with someone we both hate than with me." At these words, Ron quickly ran off.
Hermione stood, tears falling down her cheeks. These last words surprised her. What had Ron meant by that? And now he was probably going to tell the whole Gryffindor common room, and make her an outcast. She started crying harder. Why had this all happened?
Hermione discovered that Ron had told no one about her and Draco. Which made her very relieved.
But he also didn't speak to her at all. He looked extremely hurt and extremely disgusted with
her. She had to admit that she was a little disgusted with herself. She was ending this with
Malfoy. Tonight.
Walking to the trophy room, Hermione went over in her mind what she was going to say. She opened the door to once again see Professor McGongall and Malfoy standing there. Malfoy didn't look at her. Professor McGongall smiled, suspecting nothing.
"You two did a fine job last night. Just finish up everything and you're free to go." She handed them their cleaning supplies and left, closing the door behind her.
Draco and Hermione looked awkwardly at each other.
"What did Ron say?" Draco finally asked.
"About that, Malfoy. We can never see each other again. Ever. Partly because I honestly believe what happened last night was a mistake. Partly because I think I'm in love with someone else." She said this without meeting his eyes.
"Oh, Weasley, eh? Not too hard to see. Whatever, Hermione. If that's how you want it."
"It is."
"Fine."
And they didn't speak the rest of the night, just cleaned the rest of the trophy room in silence.
"I guess we're finished, then." Draco said, putting his polishing rag back in the bucket.
Hermione said nothing.
"Bye, Hermione." It was the first time Draco had ever called her by her first name. She looked up at him. His silver eyes weren't as narrowed as usual.
"Bye, Draco." Hermione smiled at him, and he smiled back.
Then he left.
The two of them never spoke of that night again. Ron never told anyone what he knew, not even Harry. Draco went back to hating Harry and Ron, but he never treated Hermione badly again. They just had an unspoken agreement to actually act civil around each other. It was strange to look back upon that night, for both of them. Neither ever could really explain what happened. But it had been interesting, that was for sure. And neither ever forgot it.
A/N- The end! Sorry to disappoint any D/H shippers, I just wrote this how I thought things
would go if Draco and Hermione ever had anything happen between them. Please don't flame-it's
just my opinion! Guess what? It did ice over, so no finals for me today! Yay! That's the only
way I got to finish this, and I must say, it was much more fun than studying. I hope everyone
liked it. Did anybody recognize a scene from a TV show? I'll give you a hint-it was a scene that
was originally between Willow and Xander. Got it now? Put it in your review if you know, and
can tell me what scene it was! Or bonus: what episode! (Then I'd be REALLY impressed. Love to
all of you!)