Money Bought- chapter five!
Author: Tigre
Rating: PG-13!
A/N: Holy potato muffins! I got 135 reviews! EEEPPPPPPPPP!! Well, this is the chapter after the chapter-you've-all-been-waiting-for!
Dedication: For Cheetah and Panthre, because they are my friends and they read the story. Also because at our school, we are the only members of the Writing Club! WHOO! The Hamburger Helper, Bagel, and Potato LIVES!!! *Please don't ask…what you don't know cannot hurt you…LOL*
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The next morning, Hermione woke up rather early. Of all things, she was still in denial. The fact that she and Malfoy had snogged would probably take a few days short of eternity to completely digest.
Hermione got dressed quickly, and walked quickly down the stairs to breakfast. She was almost sure that someone would come up to her and ask her if she was snogging with Malfoy. For that reason, she decided to keep an exceptionally low profile.
Sitting down next to Harry and Ron, she proceeded to eat her blueberry muffin. Parvati and Lavender were sitting across the table, giggling. They were also staring at Hermione in a rather awkward way. After about 20 minutes of this behaviour, Hermione got quite annoyed.
Suddenly, Lavender piped up. "Hey, Hermione, did you talk to *HIM* yet, like last night or something? Because if not, we'll have to talk to him for you." Lavender's cheery voice was edged with a frigid layer of sarcasm.
Hermione banged her fist on the table. "What would you know about last night?" She asked, scowl apparent. Harry and Ron were suddenly giving her very cold looks. Hermione really didn't want to be in this sort of situation, but she was stuck in a moment that she couldn't get out of.
"Last night? Why, did something *happen*, Hermione?" Parvati inquired, stifling her giggles long enough to spit out a sentence. "We're all ears!"
Hermione's cheeks darkened slightly. "Nothing happened," she said, and returned to stuffing her face with a few more blueberry muffins. After that, she turned on her heel and headed out the door. "And YES, Parvati/Lavender, I assure you that I will be at that makeover session and I WILL have a date with…HIM!"
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Back in the common room, Hermione picked up another one of her favoured blue quills. This one was a nice midnight colour, it would do nicely for penning another letter. With a few quick swipes of a hand, the slight note was written and owled off to Draco. It plainly said that she wanted a meeting with him that Saturday at seven o' clock.
Since it was Tuesday, Hermione did not have that much idle time on her hands. She really needed to go to class first thing. She checked her schedule and let out a stomp of anger. Double Potions with the Slytherins! Oh…how come that bloody subject called POTIONS always had to be at the time when she really DIDN'T need it!
Running a hand through her cinnamon hair, Hermione quickly decided what she would do if Draco approached her. At first, she decided to tell him off with a bit of attitude, but that really wouldn't work on the king of sarcasm. Maybe she would try the 'I'm avoiding you' approach, and not stare at his hideous face at all. That seemed like an all right plan. Her mind had been made up. She would avoid the notoriously good-looking Draco Malfoy at all costs- or have Snape scream insults at her.
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About a few minutes later, Hermione picked up her brown book sack and walked briskly down the many staircases to the epitome of the school. She saw some students wandering around the hallway, looking very plainly lost. Out of the corner of her ginger-coloured eyes, however, she saw a streak of silver-blonde hair. Draco. But really, what would he be doing about ten minutes early for class?
Draco saw her, and signalled so that they could talk. As she moved closer to where he was standing, Hermione stared down at her feet. She really didn't want to look Draco in the face, not after last night. He was shockingly handsome, indeed so, and Hermione knew that if she happened to catch his eye, they would probably snog for as long as first period. Not a good thing especially when your professor is a heartless git who doesn't know the meaning of the word "love".
Hermione dared to lift her head just a bit, because it would be rude if she stared down at her feet while he was talking to her. As she did, a wave of thought overcame her. There was something different about Draco this morning. It wasn't his hair, it was still in the same surfer-messy style as always. What else could it be? You couldn't easily change the colour of your eyes-
Dear LORD! a voice screamed in the head of Hermione. He's wearing leather pants! LEATHER! But why the sudden change in clothing? I mean, it's not like I don't appreciate the change, of course not…Hermione's cheeks blanched at that thought. She was humiliated with herself for thinking such…flirtatious thoughts! She really should have left it to Parvati and Lavender to think about men from Slytherin wearing leather, NOT HER. Such ideas were best left to the internally blonde, not to the internally brainy.
"…Hermione, are you bloody listening to any bloody word that I have bloodily been saying?" Draco asked, arms crossed against his chest. It was at this time that Hermione noticed that Draco was wearing a dark blue muscle shirt. The whole outfit looked quite good on him. Brown, as disgusting as it seemed, really looked awesome on Draco.
Hermione, still quite alarmed by the entire situation, managed a feeble 'yes'. In truth, she wasn't paying attention to whatever he said, but Draco really didn't have to know that.
"By the way, Draco," Hermione said after her blushing cheeks had faded quite a bit, "why the sudden change in the outfit? I mean, normally you're stalking about moodily in all black, wearing a great sweeping cloak…"
Draco smirked. "I have my reasons," he phrased casually. Beginning to walk back to class, he whispered in her ear. "Last night changed everything, Hermione. I think that that's explanation enough." His lips quickly brushed against her cheek in a chaste kiss. With that, he continued his walk down to the dungeons.
Even more confused than she had been before, Hermione stood still in the same spot. Her hand came slowly up to her right cheek, where he had kissed her. Blushing furiously, she headed off to the dungeons, echoing in Draco's footsteps. She was going to be late, but so would Draco. The only problem was, what would everyone think of this?
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A/N: Hahahahahha! As you can tell, I'm really having fun with this story. A lot of fun…that's why the whole Draco thing. He's not really being that mushy, people. ^^ If you're not happy, then I'm not jolly. Ho hum.
On a happier note…I got 64 reviews on JUST THAT LAST BLOODY CHAPTER! Now the big thank-you section! Mare- *thank you ever so much for the compliment…lol…spike…* kat *of course, I'll finish this* icestar *you think I'm one of the best? Thanks a lot! About the British slang- I'm not even British, I just know when to use it (I hope) and when not to. I have a new take on D/Hr? COOL!* Rhydia *Ever notice that Spike looks a lot like Lucius Malfoy…* Cheetah * Dang straight you shouldn't be thinking of Mr. Sherry, LOL…* selena * So I'm not the only one that says 'ja' a lot! Ja!* Lavender James * I have great writing skills? OMG! Thank you!* Aphrodite * This really would have come out a lot sooner if my darn teachers didn't all surprise me with evil quizzes and homework…grr…* Moopies *Maybe Spike and Draco ARE one and the same! LOL.* Amanda *I always say peace out, again, I thought I was the only one…* Jordan *I'm very very busy…hope this was quick enough!* The Soul Innocence * Setting a mini-Fluffy on me would scare me half to death, because I'm really scared of some dogs…* Laura *I like making people happy. At this rate, I think I might be a clown when I grow up…(j/k)* Anastasia *All of those awesome enough to review get their awesome name at the bottom, it's a really good policy* MrsPitt *D/H is actually a really original ship. It's one of my faves.* tickle the dragon *Sorry…I just think of Parvati and Lavender sort of as valley girls in comparison to Hermione…* Lavender Gold *Of course Hermione could lie her way out of the bet, but that wouldn't be much fun.* laura *Happy to know you love it so much, lol* Baz *I think he's had lots of girlfriends, after all, he's DRACO* bad grrrl *Draco-marshmallow= scary thought* Starwriter *I'm planning on being a fanfic author until the day that I die…* Midgy *This part was obviously an act, okay? Draco's still evil* rei *thanks* GypsyJ *Holy Potato? Have you started saying that with your friends? Because I do and they are really all annoyed by now…* digimonmatt *thank you* Camille *of course teachers are scary, that's why they're teachers* Chrissy *Aw…are you sure that will stick in the mind of all readers?* Gundamgurl *Thanks!* Cherry Blossom *D/H is my fave pairing too* mariella *exactly…there's the whole Blaise Zabini question…* summer thyme *Malfoy in PJ's, indeed…* hermoine angel * I don't know how their date is going to go yet…* level *40 galleons is what they are paying her…* LoPotter *Of course* Kelsey S. *Thank you* ~*~Angel~*~ * ^^ Thanks* Aurora *I will!* Jade * I'm like the biggest Draco fan ever…* Laureate *I'm no longer sad, LOL* Venus Saturnalia * Draco is an evil comedian…* Starwriter *Thanks* Carmen *I got this out as quick as I could* allee kat *Hermione and Draco will live on!* Arwen/Ginny *Happy you think this is interesting* kiki *I rock?* Tears of Ice * Thank you* Lighter Side of Darkness *I hope I'm keeping the characters in check* the Fallen Angel *Well, Hermione was sort of dragged into this D/H relationship* MistleToe * I'm a good author? Aw, shucks…* ~HermionePika!~ *No, the service is going to not be working for a lot of the story…* mickey *Hermione and Draco…will…get all the money they lost, trust me…* Aaliyah *I do cliffhangers because I can* ljp *My writing club teacher thinks I'm nutters because I really like Snape…* Jive *Whoo! In-characterness!* alexandrea * Hermione/Draco is unusual, yeah, but what's written is either really good or really cruddy* pika *LOL!* Aphrodite * We all love Draco and we would all like to marry him. Except for the few guys that read this, of course…* Draco's girl * Thank you!*
A/N 2: Wow! Thank you all the reviewers! If anyone wants to know anything about me, go back to my author page and click on the link! That way, you can tell me about any similarities you have with me! Trust me, I talk about a lot of really weird things that I like to my friends…*
