//Draco thoughts will be indicated with slashes and italics letters//

sorry for all mess with all those thoughts :) Just think that stars are girly stuff and slashes are so you know- manly! :)

And there are some not really good words here, so I don't know if PG-13 is safe enough. So I warned you :))

Chapter 5 - Enigma

//Poor girl. It's so funny to see how she suffers when I kiss her. Well, not exactly. It's funny to see how Potter suffers when I kiss her. And how pitiful he looked when he went away. Oh, how did I deserve such happiness?! I think I almost made Potter cry! Yeah! My dad would be proud of me. Though he wouldn't be that delighted to know I'm 'dating' mudblood. But if he ever find out real truth he'll kill me... He'd be wishing I was really dating a mudblood instead of... Ouch!//

"Ouch. What for was that?!" - Draco hissed with amazement, - "It hurts!"

//I'd never thought a simple pitching can be so painful. Especially when it's ass that pinched//

"We need to talk", - Hermione wasn't going to waste any more time, - "Let's go in some quiet place".

"And why do you think I'll go with you?", - Draco grinned at a girl who was now loosing her temper and flashed scarlet.

"Coz we have to discuss something", - she could barely talk.

//Cool, she hates me so much - and yet she had to play my girlfriend. It was my luck I met her and not any other girl when I needed an alibi//

"No, we don't" - now Draco was almost laughing.

"Stop that! We have to talk. Now!"

"And you're not afraid of missing next classes, are you?" - there was fulsome worry in his voice.

"Malfoy!!! We'll talk or I... I..." - Hermione wanted to kill Malfoy right now, she wanted it so badly, but she was raised up in decent family, so she was just standing there unable to answer this scum.

"Or you'd stammer and won't be able to tell me how much you love me?"

//How stupid she looks now. Wonderful. And she looks more sparkling than always. Anger becomes her. Not that it really mattered//

"Ok, Malfoy, you asked for that", - and with those words she suddenly became shouting really loud, so everyone around turned to see what's going on, - "What do you mean? What do you mean we can't have sex before wedding??? I don't care if you're still a *VIRGIN*!!!

//Bitch! Little bitch! I'll kill her for sure//

"Darling, but if you're *NOT VIRGIN* it doesn't mean everyone should loose their innocence like YOU did!"

*Son of bitch! I'll kill him, I'll kill him after I graduate Hogwarts*

"Let's go" - they said in unison.

"Glad we reached consensus", -Hermione was humiliated as never in her life (except of course, kissing Malfoy in front of the class).

Rest of their way to the lake (the decision to have a chat there wasn't said out loud, but it was the only place they both could think of) none of them said a word.

//Oh, that's becoming annoying. I don't like it. Of course noone would ever believe that I'm a virgin - what a ridiculous idea. Only that mudblood could think of it! But if she'll continue disobeying I'll have to do something. At first I'd have to ask Vicky's advice. And she was so happy when she found out who would be our alibi. Perfect victim. Not that I'd give up that mudblood so fast. Being dumped by mudblood - my reputation would be utterly damaged//

*I can't take it anymore. To tell I'm not virgin anymore? How did he dare?! Of course I can admit that telling he's as innocent as an angel was reeeeeeally not the best I could do, but I didn't have much choice, did I? We really have to talk. Why did he needed an alibi anyway? Did he stole something? Or... killed someone?* - she stared at him in disbelief, trying to see something in his face, indicating that he was a murderer.

//Why does she stares at me? She obviously doesn't admiring me. Which is really puzzling. I'm way more handsome than any of her friends. And why does she like them? Why did she have to find such trash. She's cute enough to find a decent guy. Not me, of course, I'm to perfect for her.//

Draco smiled with pride for himself.

*Now he's smiling. I hope he didn't notice I was staring at him. Oh, no. I think he did. That's why he's smiling! He thinks I like him! He thinks I'm studying his face! No, no, no. No way! I'd never study his face. These is nothing interesting in it. Just a nose, a pair of eyes and lips. Of course his eyes are particular. I've never seen such eyes before. Not that they're simple grey. They more like silver with black round and sparks of blue in the center. It's funny to see how his eyes become livid when he's in anger. And his lips become so thin when he's disappointed. Really funny. Not that I care.*

By the time they reached the lake both were anxious and already tired of each other.

They stopped by the water and Hermione started first.

"Why did you need an alibi?"

"And why do you think I'll answer that question?"

"Common sense. Or I'd made your life miserable"

"No, you won't. I know one dark secret of yours to. Don't forget about it"

There were something disturbing in looking into her eyes. Not that he was nervous. Not at all. He wasn't nervous even when he kissed her. But now he felt something strange. But it was too weird to think of. He had more important issues to handle.

"I do remember about it, but some of us maybe forgot now a simple innocent joke can affect one's life" - the way Hermione said 'innocent' didn't left much space for interpretation of her thought.

//If I tell her the truth what she can possibly do? Tell anyone? I doubt it. It'd be useless for her. Otherwise she might even be more indulgent to pretending that we have "a relationships"//

"Ok. I'll tell you, but promise this secret would die with you", - Draco wasn't trying to scare her, he just said what was evident for him.

"Yes, I promise", - Hermione was eager to know Malfoy's darkest secret is.

"I'm seeing someone and I don't want anyone to know about it. You're my alibi, my cover", - after saying that he stared at her, checking if she realized what he just said. Really realized.

*Seeing. Dating. Everything is making sense finally. Like small pieces of a huge picture. The way he behaved. The way he treated me. The way he talked, looked - and even kissed*

With a sigh of relief that her "so-called" boyfriend wasn't a killer or a thief Hermione cheerfully announced:


"You're a gay!"

Draco was speechless from Hermione's shrewdness. Then he took her chin, making Herm step closer to him, so now her face was in few inches to his.

"I am not a gay. Her name is Vicky and she's the most beautiful and delightful creature I've ever met", - seeing Hermione's confusion he continued, - "She's a squib", - he smiled a bit then gave her light, tender kiss and repeated, - "No, I'm not a gay. Not at all."

Hermione stood stook-still, seeing how The Boy Who Had No Mystery now, yet more enigmatic than ever, was coming away. She raised hand to touch her lips, not even knowing what she was doing and then she sat just where she was - on dirty ground covered with bald patched of grass - and was sitting there for a really long time, considering new facts, and not haveing a clue what to do with them.