* Harry Potter and the Evil Twin *
* Chapter 16: Deep Thoughts*
* By Cyber Gal *
After "tutoring" Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger retired to her dormitories. She flopped down on the bed, not really bothering to change into her nightwear. It had been a long day and all she wanted to do was go to sleep. She lay down for a long time, thinking about what happened not so long ago in that secret room. She was so deep in thought; it was hard to fall asleep.
Hermione tossed and turned in bed. Her thoughts wouldn't leave her alone. She couldn't believe what she had actually done. She had kissed Draco Malfoy. Draco Malfoy, the person she hated most in the whole entire school, the person who teased her all day long and for the past 4 years, the person who made fun of everything about her from head to toe. Draco Malfoy, the son of Lucius Malfoy and who everyone thought, including her, would probably be the next Dark Lord. Draco Malfoy, the boy who she always had to beat in everything, and the boy who despised Harry and Ron so much and vice versa. But yet again, Draco Malfoy, a boy that she barely knew, or had never taken the time to know. And last, but not least: Draco Malfoy, who was probably the best looking boy in the school, not to mention, one of the best kissers.
Time passed by slowly, and still, Hermione couldn't fall asleep. She sighed, glancing over at her clock. It was useless for her to go back to sleep. She would have to get up for breakfast in an hour. She got out of bed and quietly walked over to her desk, careful not to wake up her roommates, Lavender and Parvati. Hermione looked out the window, overlooking the Hogwarts grounds. As she stood there, she saw a strange looking owl fly past her window, a look of anger and determination in its eyes. And as she stared, she couldn't help herself wonder if Draco had been up all night too.
"I got to get him off my mind" Hermione furiously thought. "I need a distraction." Then, his adorable, blush filled face and messy silver hair, fresh from their make-out session, popped in her mind. "BADLY." she added.
Being Hermione, she decided to check over her potion's essay. She thought it was the best option to get HIM off her mind. But it was hard for Hermione to totally focus on the essay. Her head was spinning. This year was crazy. First she kissed Harry, the person that she had loved since the first day she met him. And now, she flirted with and kissed Draco whom she had loathed her whole life. But the more she thought about it, the more she realized that when she kissed Harry, it lacked passion. It lacked heat, and intensity. It lacked fire, sparks, and there were no tingly feelings, or shivers that ran up and down her body. Those elements were present when she kissed Draco. All her life Hermione had dreamed of being with Harry. Ever since she had first seen him on the Hogwarts Express, she knew she loved him. But, it was different now. It was one thing to wish to be with Harry and imagine how life would be if it were true, but actually being with him wasn't as good as wishing. Harry was her best friend. Hermione had never been as close with someone as she had been with Harry. The thought of ruining their friendship over a simple crush made her totally reconsider her thoughts about dating him. It was the same with Ron. His friendship meant the world to her. Without Ron and Harry, there would be no Hermione. She would of course still be alive, but she wouldn't be the same person as she would be with the two of them by her side.
It was strange. She had hated Draco Malfoy her whole life at Hogwarts. But that short moment when he kissed her had been the best moment of her life. It was weird but when Draco was being himself and not putting on the-I'm-so-tough-and-mean act, she felt comfortable around him. When Harry had kissed her it had been awkward and all Hermione had wanted to do was run and get out of them room and soon as possible. Hermione sighed again. She watched the strange owl fly bye again, but this time she noticed how different the owl was from other owls. It flew different. Almost mechanical like, not graceful like the other owls. It looked like it was awkward in the air, as if flying was something that it didn't do often. The owl looked different too. It had green eyes, deep green eyes for that matter. And all over the owl were strange marking, ones that she had never scene on an owl before. As it swooped by the owl looked at her, with an unblinking stare and Hermione could have sworn that it stopped in dead air, not moving, but floating there, staring at her. But when she blinked, the owl disappeared from her sight, leaving without a trace.
Hermione closed her window and returned to her desk, sitting down and staring over her potions essay again. But yet again, she couldn't concentrate. Images of Draco kept appearing in her mind. If her decision came down to which boy would she'd be better off with, Harry, of course, would win. But there was something about Draco that made him seem more appealing. He gave off this sense of danger and excitement. And that special something was what Hermione was longing for all her life. Aside from the fact that his kisses make her go weak at the knees and hunger for more, he had a perfect set of sparkling white teeth. Draco had that amazing smile that made you keel over. He had that cute, handsome face and those magnificent silver eyes that when she looked into them, it seemed that she could read his mind, and know exactly what he was thinking. He, of course... how could she forget? He had that sexy, killer body, with muscles formed from many days of working out. Quidditch had served him well. Hermione smiled remembering how she had laughed with him and how he seemed so angelic then. But thinking of the possibility of them being together was useless. As much as she looked at his points-up side, she couldn't help thinking of what other people may think about him. Hell, how people thought of him already. Draco Malfoy: villain, enemy, an ally of the Dark Lord and a Death Eater to be. But, all those are wrong. In that short time she had spent with him he had proven that his reputation was just an act.
Hermione felt there was no one she could talk about her problem. She couldn't talk about this with her parents, they just wouldn't understand. Harry and Ron would never understand how she felt. If Harry ever found out that her heart was with Draco, he would totally flip. She could imagine it now. Harry and Draco in a show down, wands in hands, with menacing glares on their faces, determined to duel till the death. Ron would insist that she was under some sort of Confundus Charm and make jokes all day long about a Gyffindor being with a Slytherin. Ginny would never understand either. Hermione had always found that she could talk to Ginny. But on the subject of Draco, it was impossible. She hated Slytherins, especially the Malfoy's. None of the other Gryffindor's would understand.
There was a slight chance in talking this over with her mother. After all, if Hermione had remembered right, her parent's love life hadn't been exactly smooth either. She remembered her mother talking about how she had lived in the West Side of her town, while her father had lived in the East. The two sides had hated each other, but when her mother had met her father, it had been love at first sight. The West Side straight A student had fallen in love with the East Side's toughest gang leader. Hermione remembered a phrase that her mother has used often when discussing her parent's relationship, 'Good girls always fall for the bad guys.' In fact Hermione felt her mother would be able to relate a lot. Her and Draco's case was very similar to her parents.
But as she dreamt about how her and Draco could be together, there was another thought in the back of her mind, something that she hoped was very wrong. There was this strange feeling that their whole encounter had been a joke and that maybe Draco had done all of this for a good laugh. He was probably laughing right now, telling all of his friends how he had fooled Hermione Granger, top student at Hogwarts. He could be cracking up while Hermione was planning out how they would get together and all the sappy details.
"Hermione?" Hermione turned at the voice, it was Parvati.
"What? I didn't wake you, did I?" Hermione asked.
"No. You didn't. That owl, though, did." And she pointed to a very well-groomed eagle owl which was ruffling its feathers like crazy, trying to get Hermione's attention.
"Oh, thanks." She told Parvati and headed toward the owl, which held a letter. As Hermione untied the letter attached to the owl, Parvati inched forward with her, curious to what was inside the letter.
"That's from the Malfoy's!" Parvati cried pointing to the family crest, which was on the owl's collar and indicated its property to the Malfoy's.
Over the past weeks Hermione and Parvati had gotten to be good friends. When Hermione had first met her, she had thought Parvati was a ditz, someone who was interested in things totally opposite from her. But with time, Hermione had learned that first impressions aren't always right. She found out that Parvati had a lot of the same interests as her and the two got long great. Parvati was the type of person who knew all the latest gossip and was in with the latest trends, but at the same time she was smart and did have pride in being a good student. Hermione was close with Harry and Ron and she could tell them her darkest secrets but when it came time to liking a boy, Parvati was the person to talk to.
"Well, what does it say? Come on Hermi, you can tell me! Open it!" Parvati prodded in a soft voice.
Hermione opened the letter slowly; hoping it meant good news. This whole Draco business was driving her crazy.
Dear Hermione,
Tonight was, well, tonight was great. I can't believe I actually had a great time being tutored. I had fun being with you and I hope we can do it again. I must admit that I needed that good laugh. Things have been crazy lately. Thanks again for a great night.
Draco Malfoy
Hermione folded up the letter with her heart pounding in her chest. So it wasn't joke, Draco had had a good time too. She felt relieved, like a big weight had been lifted off her shoulder.
"I think someone's in love!" Parvati shrieked giving Hermione a big hug.
"Parvati! Quiet down or you'll wake Lavender," Hermione scolded trying to sound firm but at the same time he just as excited as Parvati was.
"Sorry," Parvati whispered back. "Hermione's in love with Draco Malfoy!"
"I am not!"
"You are too! I saw the look on your face while you were reading that letter. It's obvious Herm. You can't fool me," Parvati opposed.
"Alright I am," Hermione admitted. "But don't tell anyone Parvati. I'll be the laughing stock of Gryffindor."
"No problem. But let's do a fair trade," Parvati replied in her "ready to find out the latest gossip" attitude. "Since you told me that you're in love with Draco Malfoy, I'm forced to tell you that I'm madly obsessed with Neville.
"Oh my god you are?" Hermione said falling on her bed laughing. "I would have never suspected that!"
"Yeah I know, but, well I can't help it. But if you think that's bad, wait till you hear who Lavender likes."
"Oh no!" Hermione cried. "Who is it, Parvati?"
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The End (for now)
FINALLY! I did it, thanks to a BIG help from Joycie my beta reader! Without her constant asking and giving me tons of ides, this chapter wouldn't be out. Thanks again Joycie. Anyway how was this chapter everyone? Sorry about the long wait. I know you guys don't want to her this, but I was busy. I told you I would get the chapter out and finally, I did. Anyway, there was some more action (well not really but…) with Draco and Hermione. Is Hermione going to end up with Draco? Harry? Voldemort? No just kidding. But you'll just have to wait and see. As for William Potter…he's up to something…big! And Voldemort? Well…he's up to something too, as always. That's all for now. The next chapter will be out…um…well whenever I get a burst of ideas. And there's no planing that. Hopefully it'll be soon. I won't leave you guys hanging too long…
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