A/N: WOO HOO!! WE WIN THE GOLD! GOOOOO CANADA! 5-2 BABY! WOO HOO!! OK, I'm calm now.
There's a big cliffhanger at the end of this, so I'm thinking of updating the day after. So the reason this is late, is because I was writing chapter 18 as well. Many things are explained here, and Hermione's pride plays a part in this chapter. I made Blaise slightly dense, and Pansy seem to be the ingenious mastermind. And also, there seems to be quite a lot of discussion about my beta readers Prof. Hullabub and Prof. Cortex. To settle it, they're equally great and fantastic betas as well as friends. There, case closed, and onto the story! And thanks to Hullabub for your added argument idea! And to Cortex for editing!
Disclaimer: Nothing but the plot is mine, everyone is JKR's.
Chapter 17: Unknown Confession
Draco and Hermione's feelings towards each other changed greatly. They were both very angry. As I was a Saturday, they two didn't have to look at each other. Well not by force anyway. So they stayed as far away from each other as possible.
Hermione went to Hogsmeade with the gang, which Draco blew off steam in front of the Slytherin fire. He was sitting quietly and in the shadows. If you looked hard enough, you probably would only see his eyes, which looked a ghostly blue-black in the firelight.
His shadow-ness was important in certain times. One of them was right now. Pansy and Blaise came from the dormitories on the way to Hogsmeade. Draco listened intently when they started talking about him. "So you're sure Draco was there?" Blaise asked.
"Of course he was! Didn't you see his hair from behind the corner?" Pansy said knowingly.
"I still don't know how you got Connely's hair. It was easy getting Draco's, but a Ravenclaw's?"
"During Herbology. I don't only flirt with Draco you know!" she laughed.
"And the mudblood was there when you were Draco?"
"Duh. I checked the announcement board and since her bloody Ancient Runes was canceled; she obviously was going to the library. She we…interrupted her so to say."
It was all making sense to Draco. He mentally slapped himself for not realizing it. They were using Polyjuice Potion when Hermione first got mad at me. Pansy was me and Blaise was her. Then Hermione saw then, well the fake me, near Transfiguration and I saw the fake Hermione with fake Connely. It all made sense. They were keeping him and Hermione apart. He couldn't keep quiet anymore. "So, you're the brains behind it all eh Pansy? You don't show it normally." He said loudly from his chair. Standing up he saw their bewildered looks on their faces.
"So you heard, Draco. Oh well. We've won anyway. Hermione's not taking you back anytime soon." Pansy smirked.
"You're despicable. Going to all lengths to break up my relationship all because you're jealous I don't like a pug-face snot like you. You've outdone yourself Pansy." He said cruelly, and coolly.
"Thanks dear. Now if you don't mind, Mr. Head Boy sir, I'll be leaving for Hogsmeade now. Who knows, I might see your Mudblood there, with, of I dunno, Connely?" she laughed and stalked to the common room door, with Blaise following behind.
Anger burned inside Draco. "That wench tricked me! Argh! I gotta tell Hermione. But she might not believe me. I'll make her believe me." He thought.
~*~
Hermione came back later in the day. And Draco was there to meet her. "What do you want now Malfoy?" she scowled.
"Pansy set it up. She used Polyjuice to impersonate me when she called a mudblood that time near the library. And when you saw me and Blaise, that was her and Blaise, and I saw her and Blaise as you and Connely." He explained hastily.
She looked at him suspiciously. "You've been thinking that up all day haven't you?" he was shocked.
"No…I…" he started.
"That's a good one. It was almost believable. What's it for? Trying to get me to believe you, get me in a bed with you, and cast me aside again?" she was being cruel.
"What's with you and always thinking I want to bed you! That's not all!" he was mad now.
"How dare you!! I really don't want to hear your lame excuses Malfoy. So just leave me alone and let me move on." She went to her room.
He angrily kicked his work chair over and watched it crash against the wall, shattering.
~ Hermione's POV ~
I wasn't sad. I'm not sad. Why should I me? I'll admit he sounded believable. Oh no…if he was. I snapped…oh no! I need to sort out my thoughts. Not here, he might be out there. *Crash*! What was that? He's really mad at me now isn't he? I really should've thought it over. I was just so…uptight about everything else, I just snapped.
I'm not going to the Gryffindor Common Room; they'll all want to know what happened. There'll be people in the Prefect bathroom. Nobody'll be in Myrtle's bathroom!
I ran out of my Head's rooms and silently stalked to the girls' bathroom. I wasn't really going to take a bath, just sort out my very mixed up thoughts.
Upon arriving at the bathroom, I locked myself in the farthest cubicle from the door. I sat there for a while thinking over and over about what Draco said. I sighed loudly and looked at the ground. "Rough time today?" a voice said. There floated Myrtle's head through the bathroom door, peering at me with her large glasses.
"Pretty much." I replied, getting over the initial shock of a head floating in front of me.
"Care to share? I haven't heard a good problem in a while. Well other than me being…"
Knowing of Myrtle's touchiness about being dead, I simply nodded. Sighing again I told her about my Draco fiasco. I don't know why I'm suddenly spilling, but I felt, "Hey, sometimes it's better to tell than keeping it bottled up inside." I thought.
It took a full 10 minutes for my explanation to Myrtle. "What should I do?" I asked her. She had taken a position of floating in the stall now. She opened her mouth but before she could answer, the bathroom door opened and Myrtle gasped before floating away quickly to her own stall.
Hermione stayed shock quiet as she heard the footsteps stop in front of the sinks. "I shouldn't be doing thins, but if I leave now, they'll know I'm listening in. Better sit tight and relax." I calmed myself.
The people (Hermione concluded there were two of them) came in laughing, then one of them said, "What's really weird, is how you got the mudblood's hair." One of them said.
Absentmindedly, Hermione raised a hand to stroke her hair. "That was hard…sorta. When I pushed her, that first time I snipped a small piece. Her hair was on her shoulders so I pushed her there."
"Ingenious Pansy. Draco probably told her you know. What if she believes him?"
"Pansy." Hermione thought. The other person must be Blaise. What did they mean 'When I pushed her'? She didn't…unless she…no…" she inwardly smacked herself for being so dumb. Polyjuice!
"She won't believe him. She's too stuck up and won't believe anyway but herself." Pansy said simply.
More footsteps. The door opened, then closed. When she couldn't hear anything else, Hermione cautiously opened the stall door. Myrtle was sitting on the sink counter. "Is that an answer to your question?" she asked.
Hermione splashed her face with water and gripped the sink. She nodded slowly and mumbled a thanks to the ghost before leaving the bathroom. "If ever, I'm clueless to how to tell him. I'll apologize profusely, explain I was over-reacting, and jumped to conclusions." She thought on her way to her room.
Once there she lay on her bed still thinking about what Pansy said. "Pansy was Draco, when he 'broke up' with me, I yelled at Draco 'cause I thought it was him. I saw Pansy as Draco with Blaise by the library. He saw Pansy as me with Peter who was Blaise. Oh man, I've messed up royally. Over-reacting to the extreme. All this talk of he was her and she was him is driving me crazy. I'll bathe in the Prefects bath, I might get confused again since he's so close. I need more time to think." She came to an inward conclusion and left for the Prefect's Bathroom.
She silently said the password (Augerey) to Boris the Bewildered. She was staring at the ground still thinking, "…after I tell him that I'll…oh my…" she looked up once she soundlessly closed the door and saw a surprising sight.
~ End Chapter 17 ~
A/N: DUM DUM DUM! CLIFFE! What did she see? Is it good? Bad? Phew, finally up with 17! I'll upload 18 in a day or two, so I don't leave you hanging very long.
lovinhp: It's another cliffhanger! I like your story too. It's good! Thanks for reviewing!
Caroline: Don't cry! *hands a tissue* hehe. Thanks for reviewing!
Chrissy: Is that an answer to your question? It's sorta weird 'cause then Pansy would be flirting with Blaise…ugh…I just noticed that now.
Lion1990: I promise they're hooking back together next chapter, and it's a very good one, I swear! Thanks for hanging with me!
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Rhiannon Greenleaf: I wrote chapter 17, like handwritten, but it wasn't typed. This story I've written everything out first before I've typed it, so I could add things on. Thanks!
Michee: I'm gonna try and work in the slap somehow. I have revenge planned, but the slap scene I still have to fit in.
Hyper_shark: They'll kiss and make up for sure next chapter! And revenge will be sweet…literally.
Prof. Hullabub: OK you're email works. I'll send you 18 when I'm done typing! I've always thought Blaise was a girl, it could be one of those unisex names like…Chris. Shut up! I'm not funny looking! :P! I could just change my mind and say Cortex is better…hmm…BRING ON THE GOLD!
Prof. Cortex: Here's 17! Sheesh! Cool your jets Cortex! And there'll be no Horklump name calling here! So :P!
Gail Williams – the REAL Weasley's Girl: Hi Gail! Hullabub is one of my other friends. I don't think you've met her yet, and I really don't know why they're arguing, they can't stand being equal to each other.
Prof. Corhullatexbub (aka Alice): Well Prof. Hullabub was the potions mistress (remember?), and Cortex is our Herbologist and Magiczoology teacher!
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Prof. Forla: Sorry, but there are no openings for Professor-ship, and because they were teachers at my old Hogwarts RPG, but we closed it down, but ANYWAY, they've always been Professors. And Hullabub's email's been down lately, BUT the whole oompa loompa thing was her idea, so they're equally the same!
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GO CANADA! WE WIN THE GOLD!
WE'RE RED, WE'RE WHITE, WE'RE DYNAMITE WE'RE GONNA KICK YOUR @$$ ALL DAY AND NITE, GOOOOOO CANADA! WOO HOO!
YAY! WE WIN! I just watched the game, and it was sooooo cool! Great game! Totally awesome! It's a Canadian thing, lol, sorry, just had to say it.
My chapter 18 up in a few days, 3 tops! Review, review, review!