OK sorry I kind of left a cliffhanger there! I've been super busy, with school and all, and I'm going away for vacation next week. This chapter was really hard to write cause I've been having a major writer's block. (I've also been lazy but that's besides the point). The 'plan' isn't coming up in this chapter! I'm really sorry. It got really long, and I kind of wanted the plan to have it's own chapter title. It'd make the 'mood' of the story better I guess.
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-The Next Morning
*Hermione's POV*
I rushed into the Great Hall, afraid that I was going to be late for breakfast, and my next class. I saw that most students were still there, so I relaxed a little. I was still tense, but I didn't know why. I saw Malfoy staring at me with a mischievous smile on his face. I looked away quickly. 'What was that all about?' I wondered. I sat down at my usual spot at the table, and saw Harry looking at me with same expression on his face as Malfoy. "What is going on?" I demanded.
"What are you talking about Mione?" asked Harry with a innocent expression on his face.
"Never mind, I'll just drop it," I said with a fake pout. I looked up at the two of them and saw them snicker at one another, and then glance at Malfoy. He returned their snicker by chuckling a bit. "Woah, woah, woah! Hold up a second. What was that all about?" I declared.
"What was what all about?" they said in unison.
"Something odd is going on around here, and I'm going to find out what if it's the last thing I do!" I hollered as I got up and left the Hall in a huff. I went up to the library to see if anything suspicious was going on. I saw Pansy and Blaise Zabani over in a corner huddled over a book. 'Maybe they finally got together, they have the same qualities. They're cunning when it comes to getting their way, nasty, and plain cruel.' I knew all too well how sly Pansy was. Tricking Draco like that. I almost felt sorry for him. ALMOST. I'm still hurting inside. If truth be told, I think I miss him. He always made me laugh. I looked like I was on another planet, and Pansy shrieked in surprise.
"What are you doing here?!" she cried out. "How long have you been here? Did you hear anything?"
"What are you talking about?" I spit back at her. I'll never forgive her luring Draco to the Astronomy Tower that night.
"No-nothing," she said suddenly looking scared. "You really didn't hear anything?" she asked insecurely.
"No!" I exclaimed. "Why? What are you guys doing?"
"Nothing," Blaise said nonchalantly, and they gathered up their things and left. 'I wonder what that was all about' I thought. Their probably planning how to sneak past Filch to get down to the dungeons. I groaned in disgust. Pansy is probably going to be the first one of our graduating class pregnant. I saw something lying on the table they were sitting at. It was a piece of parchment that had the letters "ius Cu" on them. The piece looked like it had been ripped of a much bigger piece of parchment. 'ius Cu, ius Cu' those half-words kept singing in my head. I wanted to know what the whole statement was. I was thinking about it, and I saw another piece with the title Ways To Curse and Hex Your Friends and Enemies.
"Excuse me, Madam Pince?" I said to the librarian.
"Hello Hermione, is there anything I can help you with?" she asked.
"Yes, actually there is. I was wondering, do you have the book called Ways To Curse and Hex Your Friends and Enemies?" I questioned.
"That book is in the Restricted Section, Miss Granger. May I ask why you wanted it?" she inquired somewhat curiously.
"I was just wondering," I answered. She looked a little disappointed, as though she wanted me to have some wild explanation about why I was asking about that book. I walked out the library towards my next class which was Charms. I couldn't help wondering why in the world Pansy and Blaise would want that book. 'Probably to hex Ron, Harry, and me.'
I entered the classroom five minutes late. "Miss Granger, where have you been?" Professor Flitwick asked.
"I was in the library doing some research and I lost track of time," I lied. 'Sorry," I said.
"It's all right, take a seat, we're doing the Simubera Charm today. It will clean whatever you tell it to. For example, you'd say Simubera Desk if you wanted your desk clean," Prof. Flitwick explained. When we were trying to clean our desk, I did it with no problems. Ron stared at me in disbelief. All he could manage to do was make his school books fall off onto the floor. Big 'thuds' kept coming from his desk. Mine were neatly piled on the floor in front of me. Class ended, and everything looked nice and clean. I left the classroom, and headed to Care of Magical Creatures.
-Lunch time
"So Mione, we have the rest of the afternoon off after Potions. What are you going to do?" Ron asked.
"Why?" I asked. "I was planning on hanging out with you guys. Unless you had other plans that is," I ventured on.
"Oh no, we were just wondering," Harry said and shot Ron a look.
"Why is everyone keeping secrets from me lately?" I blurted out.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked.
"Never mind, if you're not going to tell me anything, I won't tell you anything," I said. If they were going to keep secrets from me, then I wasn't going to tell them about Pansy.
"OK, but you'll find out about ours soon," Ron said with a huge smile on his face.
"Is this the same thing that you were talking about before?" I questioned.
"Maybe," Harry said. I sighed, and started to eat a carrot. "Come on guys, lets go get our books for Potions," Harry said.
"OK," Ron and I agreed. We started heading up the stairs in utter silence. No one spoke until we were up in the common room. We collected our books, and proceeded down to the dungeons.
*Draco's POV*
I saw Hermione walk in the classroom with Potter and Weasley. She looked so beautiful. I had finally realized that I had developed a crush on Herm. It took me a year to realize it, but now I knew it. It wasn't love quite yet. I was nervous past words right now. What would happen tonight? Does she really hate me? How will she react to my apology? Last night while I was lying in bed, I decided that the plan would be an apology. Potter and Weasley didn't know this though. We had all had a big talk. We decided that us three would try to get along better for Hermione. Weasley and Potter understood what would change if Hermione and I got together. I could only hope we'd get together. I looked dreamily at her, and Pansy snorted in distaste. Like I cared. I hated Pansy now, she purposely tried to break up my friendship with Mione. "Malfoy! Pay attention," Snape snapped. "Oh great, he's in a bad mood," I sighed. This was going to be a long day.
When Potions was finally over, I motioned to Weasley and Potter to come over to talk to me. Hermione looked at them, and then me really suspiciously. Potter said something to her, and she left. "What do you want Malfoy? Herm's beginning to suspect something," Weasley seethed.
"Chill Weasel, I just wanted to run through the plan one more time," I said.
"We know what we're doing Malfoy! We've gone over this tons of times," Potter told me.
"OK," I said uneasily. If something went wrong, I'd be so angry. Potter and Weasley left, so I was alone. All on my own now. I went upstairs to my dorm, and decided to study a little for the History of Magic exam that was coming up after holidays.
-Meanwhile
*Hermione's POV*
"Where's Ron gone to?" I asked Harry.
"He had to go talk to Professor McGonagall about extra credit," Harry stated. I rolled my eyes. Ron's worst subject, besides Potions, was transfiguration.
"Want to play a game of chess?" I asked Harry. I wasn't very good at chess, but I was bored and I wanted something to do. I had already done most of my homework for the holidays.
"Sure, but it'll have to be quick. I have to study for the History of Magic exam coming up after the holidays," Harry informed me.
"OK," I said and set up my board. Harry and I had been playing for about a hour when he got an owl. "What's it say? Who's it from?" I questioned.
"I can't tell you, sorry Mione," Harry said.
I blew up. "Oh, yeah, here we go with the secrets again!" I was fuming.
"Herm, please don't be mad. I swear you'll find out really soon. If you don't, I promise I'll make myself get a week's worth of detentions from Snape," Harry announced.
"I guess, shall we?" I said pointing to the game that was still unfinished.
"Sorry Mione, I really have to study. I don't think I've listened in any of Binns' classes," Harry said.
I stifled a laugh and told him it was all right. I starting heading to my dorm when I heard Harry yell from downstairs.
"^&*%" he exclaimed loudly. (A/N- My parents can read this, and I don't want to take any chances with swearing, I'd be in deep ---- then!)
"HARRY JAMES POTTER! There are first years here," I scolded him.
"Sorry, it's just that I left my History of Magic book in the prefect bathroom. I was studying in the bath. I don't have the time to go get it! Will you get it for me?" Harry asked looking anxious.
"Yeah, sure," I told him. "I'll be right back." I walked out of the portrait hole, and started towards the bathroom. I had been walking for five minutes, and I saw a note card on the ground followed by many little candies.
"Hermione" the card read. I picked it up, and looked at the back of it. "Follow the kisses," was all the card said.
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A/N- I'm such a bad person! I didn't get the plan into this chapter I got the beginning of the plan into it though. I know I promised and I'm so sorry! I think this chapter is kind of long- longer than usual at least. I solemnly swear the plan will be in the next chapter. The beginning of this chapter was really hard to write. I guess I was having a major writers block. I hope you liked this chapter! I worked hard!
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-The Next Morning
*Hermione's POV*
I rushed into the Great Hall, afraid that I was going to be late for breakfast, and my next class. I saw that most students were still there, so I relaxed a little. I was still tense, but I didn't know why. I saw Malfoy staring at me with a mischievous smile on his face. I looked away quickly. 'What was that all about?' I wondered. I sat down at my usual spot at the table, and saw Harry looking at me with same expression on his face as Malfoy. "What is going on?" I demanded.
"What are you talking about Mione?" asked Harry with a innocent expression on his face.
"Never mind, I'll just drop it," I said with a fake pout. I looked up at the two of them and saw them snicker at one another, and then glance at Malfoy. He returned their snicker by chuckling a bit. "Woah, woah, woah! Hold up a second. What was that all about?" I declared.
"What was what all about?" they said in unison.
"Something odd is going on around here, and I'm going to find out what if it's the last thing I do!" I hollered as I got up and left the Hall in a huff. I went up to the library to see if anything suspicious was going on. I saw Pansy and Blaise Zabani over in a corner huddled over a book. 'Maybe they finally got together, they have the same qualities. They're cunning when it comes to getting their way, nasty, and plain cruel.' I knew all too well how sly Pansy was. Tricking Draco like that. I almost felt sorry for him. ALMOST. I'm still hurting inside. If truth be told, I think I miss him. He always made me laugh. I looked like I was on another planet, and Pansy shrieked in surprise.
"What are you doing here?!" she cried out. "How long have you been here? Did you hear anything?"
"What are you talking about?" I spit back at her. I'll never forgive her luring Draco to the Astronomy Tower that night.
"No-nothing," she said suddenly looking scared. "You really didn't hear anything?" she asked insecurely.
"No!" I exclaimed. "Why? What are you guys doing?"
"Nothing," Blaise said nonchalantly, and they gathered up their things and left. 'I wonder what that was all about' I thought. Their probably planning how to sneak past Filch to get down to the dungeons. I groaned in disgust. Pansy is probably going to be the first one of our graduating class pregnant. I saw something lying on the table they were sitting at. It was a piece of parchment that had the letters "ius Cu" on them. The piece looked like it had been ripped of a much bigger piece of parchment. 'ius Cu, ius Cu' those half-words kept singing in my head. I wanted to know what the whole statement was. I was thinking about it, and I saw another piece with the title Ways To Curse and Hex Your Friends and Enemies.
"Excuse me, Madam Pince?" I said to the librarian.
"Hello Hermione, is there anything I can help you with?" she asked.
"Yes, actually there is. I was wondering, do you have the book called Ways To Curse and Hex Your Friends and Enemies?" I questioned.
"That book is in the Restricted Section, Miss Granger. May I ask why you wanted it?" she inquired somewhat curiously.
"I was just wondering," I answered. She looked a little disappointed, as though she wanted me to have some wild explanation about why I was asking about that book. I walked out the library towards my next class which was Charms. I couldn't help wondering why in the world Pansy and Blaise would want that book. 'Probably to hex Ron, Harry, and me.'
I entered the classroom five minutes late. "Miss Granger, where have you been?" Professor Flitwick asked.
"I was in the library doing some research and I lost track of time," I lied. 'Sorry," I said.
"It's all right, take a seat, we're doing the Simubera Charm today. It will clean whatever you tell it to. For example, you'd say Simubera Desk if you wanted your desk clean," Prof. Flitwick explained. When we were trying to clean our desk, I did it with no problems. Ron stared at me in disbelief. All he could manage to do was make his school books fall off onto the floor. Big 'thuds' kept coming from his desk. Mine were neatly piled on the floor in front of me. Class ended, and everything looked nice and clean. I left the classroom, and headed to Care of Magical Creatures.
-Lunch time
"So Mione, we have the rest of the afternoon off after Potions. What are you going to do?" Ron asked.
"Why?" I asked. "I was planning on hanging out with you guys. Unless you had other plans that is," I ventured on.
"Oh no, we were just wondering," Harry said and shot Ron a look.
"Why is everyone keeping secrets from me lately?" I blurted out.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked.
"Never mind, if you're not going to tell me anything, I won't tell you anything," I said. If they were going to keep secrets from me, then I wasn't going to tell them about Pansy.
"OK, but you'll find out about ours soon," Ron said with a huge smile on his face.
"Is this the same thing that you were talking about before?" I questioned.
"Maybe," Harry said. I sighed, and started to eat a carrot. "Come on guys, lets go get our books for Potions," Harry said.
"OK," Ron and I agreed. We started heading up the stairs in utter silence. No one spoke until we were up in the common room. We collected our books, and proceeded down to the dungeons.
*Draco's POV*
I saw Hermione walk in the classroom with Potter and Weasley. She looked so beautiful. I had finally realized that I had developed a crush on Herm. It took me a year to realize it, but now I knew it. It wasn't love quite yet. I was nervous past words right now. What would happen tonight? Does she really hate me? How will she react to my apology? Last night while I was lying in bed, I decided that the plan would be an apology. Potter and Weasley didn't know this though. We had all had a big talk. We decided that us three would try to get along better for Hermione. Weasley and Potter understood what would change if Hermione and I got together. I could only hope we'd get together. I looked dreamily at her, and Pansy snorted in distaste. Like I cared. I hated Pansy now, she purposely tried to break up my friendship with Mione. "Malfoy! Pay attention," Snape snapped. "Oh great, he's in a bad mood," I sighed. This was going to be a long day.
When Potions was finally over, I motioned to Weasley and Potter to come over to talk to me. Hermione looked at them, and then me really suspiciously. Potter said something to her, and she left. "What do you want Malfoy? Herm's beginning to suspect something," Weasley seethed.
"Chill Weasel, I just wanted to run through the plan one more time," I said.
"We know what we're doing Malfoy! We've gone over this tons of times," Potter told me.
"OK," I said uneasily. If something went wrong, I'd be so angry. Potter and Weasley left, so I was alone. All on my own now. I went upstairs to my dorm, and decided to study a little for the History of Magic exam that was coming up after holidays.
-Meanwhile
*Hermione's POV*
"Where's Ron gone to?" I asked Harry.
"He had to go talk to Professor McGonagall about extra credit," Harry stated. I rolled my eyes. Ron's worst subject, besides Potions, was transfiguration.
"Want to play a game of chess?" I asked Harry. I wasn't very good at chess, but I was bored and I wanted something to do. I had already done most of my homework for the holidays.
"Sure, but it'll have to be quick. I have to study for the History of Magic exam coming up after the holidays," Harry informed me.
"OK," I said and set up my board. Harry and I had been playing for about a hour when he got an owl. "What's it say? Who's it from?" I questioned.
"I can't tell you, sorry Mione," Harry said.
I blew up. "Oh, yeah, here we go with the secrets again!" I was fuming.
"Herm, please don't be mad. I swear you'll find out really soon. If you don't, I promise I'll make myself get a week's worth of detentions from Snape," Harry announced.
"I guess, shall we?" I said pointing to the game that was still unfinished.
"Sorry Mione, I really have to study. I don't think I've listened in any of Binns' classes," Harry said.
I stifled a laugh and told him it was all right. I starting heading to my dorm when I heard Harry yell from downstairs.
"^&*%" he exclaimed loudly. (A/N- My parents can read this, and I don't want to take any chances with swearing, I'd be in deep ---- then!)
"HARRY JAMES POTTER! There are first years here," I scolded him.
"Sorry, it's just that I left my History of Magic book in the prefect bathroom. I was studying in the bath. I don't have the time to go get it! Will you get it for me?" Harry asked looking anxious.
"Yeah, sure," I told him. "I'll be right back." I walked out of the portrait hole, and started towards the bathroom. I had been walking for five minutes, and I saw a note card on the ground followed by many little candies.
"Hermione" the card read. I picked it up, and looked at the back of it. "Follow the kisses," was all the card said.
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A/N- I'm such a bad person! I didn't get the plan into this chapter I got the beginning of the plan into it though. I know I promised and I'm so sorry! I think this chapter is kind of long- longer than usual at least. I solemnly swear the plan will be in the next chapter. The beginning of this chapter was really hard to write. I guess I was having a major writers block. I hope you liked this chapter! I worked hard!