1 Potions isn't the Reason
A/N: Wow! I must be on a role and feel so honored! It's not everyday when an author is so highly respected. LoL! Anyways I decided to start speeding things up on my updates. Good for you, and not as great for me. LoL! I promise (and hopefully can keep it) that I won't have any more late updates like that. Well let's just get on with this story. That's the only reason why you're here.
HERMIONE'S POV:
I was just sitting on a squishy chair in the common room into the fire. I wish I could just replay what I have done the other night. Draco made the move and I feel very confused. Actually I believe we did it at the same time. Life is a very confusing thing, especially when you're a teenager. Draco Malfoy, he's quite nice if you get through the ice, sleet, and snow. I started to remember the short yet beautiful moment.
*~*Flashback from the other day*~*
"Hey Granger what are you doing here?" Malfoy said in an unusual tone. I was an hour or so early and having Malfoy in the same room with me, alone, was not at all a good idea.
"What's it to you, Malfoy? I mean unless if you need some practice on me for you and your father killing poor defenseless muggles." I got to him to quick. Malfoy sat at the table and looked as if he was about to cry. What the hell did I just do?
" You're right. I'm probably going to end up like the murdering bastard." Ice was pouring through his eyes right now. I knew what was the remedy of a sad person. I sat down next to him and started talking. God I didn't want to do this. Why did I have to have a freakin conscience?
"No you aren't Draco. You actually have the decency to know when you go too far. You're father thinks that he can go beyond the limit." Malfoy picked his head up with amazement of me addressing him to his first name.
"You have no idea how hard and horrible my fucking life is." Draco began. He told me about his life in general and it's awful. Coming from a muggle family and all I thought child abuse and being raped is as bad as it can get but I was wrong. Draco's father doing curses on him (Draco) such as "Crucio" and even giving him threats like "Avada Kedrava".
"Draco, I'm so sorry about this all. I really am. I wish I could do something." There was a small moment of silence. I couldn't change anything in Draco's life. Nothing. What could I do? I couldn't just go up to Lucius and wave my finger at him and say, "Stop that you fuckin bastard!" and slap him. I wish I could do something but before I was going to leave for the potions room for my tutoring Draco replied to my statement.
" Well you could kiss me." I was shocked on my supposed to be archenemy's reply. I told him I wish I could do something and that was something. I didn't want to do it. I couldn't I mean if anybody figured out that I, Hermione Granger, kissed bad-boy Draco Malfoy. I just don't want to think about it. I mean what the hell am I supposed to say to Harry and Ron?
"I have to get to my tutoring session and I think Snape would be a bit happier if I just started coming on my own instead of him picking me up from here." Draco started to look a bit depressed but then I saw a familiar glint in his eye. I knew he was thinking what I was just thinking. That would've taken Harry and Ron a good 10 minutes to figure out. Maybe Draco isn't as thick as I thought.
"You said you wished you could so something for me. How about I do something else for you? I'll tutor you instead of Snape." Draco did a very new gesture. Draco raised his eyebrows as if it were supposed to be funny. To my surprise it was! I started laughing. I never saw this side of Draco before. I thought that ice, sleet, and snow was permanent but I was wrong. Very wrong I was.
Draco came up to me and didn't exactly listen to what I said. Then I thought. I didn't say anything. Draco was in front of me and the temptation was growing bigger and bigger. A tall handsome Slytherin was standing right in front of me and was practically pleading to kiss me, a Gryffindor at that! 'This is a once in a lifetime opportunity Hermione' I thought to myself. It's as if Draco was reading my thoughts. We both hugged each other at the same time and locked lips together. It was glorious and awkward at the same time. No matter how you put it, I loved it.
That was my first kiss and a kiss I will remember forever.
*~*~*END OF FLASHBACK*~*~*
I went to breakfast in the morning with Ron and Harry. As I went down I saw Draco. He winked at me and I started to giggle. Harry and Ron looked at me, then Draco, or in their terms "Malfoy", and they began to stare at me. "Hermione, what is going on?" Ron asked me finally. He is quite thick. I thought he knew better.
"Nothing Ron. Nothing at all, Ron." Draco got up from the table and came up to me smiling. I smiled back. I think Harry got the picture when he saw both Draco's face and mine but Ron was still being his thick self and was already thinking of insults in his head.
"Hermione, I need to talk to you." Ron was now in fury. God why did one of my best friends have to be such a bastard and takes everybody for his first impression on somebody. He did that to me but then after he saved my life (with Harry's persuasion) he finally got to know me and thought I wasn't all that bad. I wish it were that way with him and Draco.
"When have you two bee on first name bases?" Ron said with his teeth gritted together.
"Ron, Harry, Draco is one of my friends so I think it's time for you all to mature and be friends as well." Ron was still in shock but Harry, as always, was going with the program. Draco was probably the best of the three. He took out his hand and Harry shook it after 10 seconds of thinking. Ron just rejected it. "Ron, there's no point in not trying to be friends with Draco. He's going to be in your life till you die so you might as well start getting used to it and get it over with while you're still young." That still didn't work. Ron just started for his wand but then I knew what was going to happen if they never shook hands. "Ron, if you don't have peace between Malfoy then I'm going to end up not being your friend. That's how it's going to end up and I know it!"
"What the hell are you saying 'Mione? We will always be friends. And what's up with you and Malfoy?" Ron was really starting to get on my nerves. I just gave him a deadly glare and he began to shake Draco's hand.
"Can I talk to Hermione now?" Draco asked in a bit of impatience. Harry nodded in approval; Ron began to nod when Harry elbowed Ron very hard in the stomach. "Thanks." Draco led me to a room in the back of a corridor outside of the Great Hall.
" 'Mione, I love you. I love everything about you. I know this is a bit, well, crazy. A Slytherin in love with a Gryffindor but that's the past. Past is not the present." I was crying silently. I was smiling and looking down to the kneeling Draco. It looked as if he were doing a proposal or something. "Will you be my girlfriend, Hermione?" Now I knew why he was kneeling. This was dead close to a marriage.
"Yes Draco. I love you too!" Before I could go on I was interrupted by a kiss. Even more wonderful than the last kiss I had with him. As we kissed Draco slipped a ring on my finger. A pure silver ring with engravings on it. It was Latin.
"It says, 'To love forever'. Like I would for you." I was crying again. I never had such a romantic moment like this. I never experienced true love before. Now I am and I enjoy every moment in this game. No wonder Parvati and Lavender enjoy being with Seamus and Dean all the time. They were experiencing love as well.
I walked out into the Great Hall with Draco. Instead of us parting our ways to our separate tables Draco followed me to my table. WE sat next to each other and everybody was giving us odd looks. Draco Malfoy, who was one of the most well known Slytherins of Hogwarts and is believed to be the Great-Great-Great-Great Grandson of Salazar himself, was sitting at the Gryffindor Table.
Everybody began to continue eating breakfast when they saw Draco squeeze my hand. It was obvious something happened at our disappearance. Some of the Slytherins were still staring at Draco same with the Gryffindors but I explained to the fellow Gryffindors of what happened (but with a few lies in it). I said I've been helping out Draco in a subject and we got to know each other really well and you know.
(A/N: I may have offended at least one person when I wrote that but lemme go a bit farther. That one person isn't as thick as the rest of you D/Hr. shippers cuz he/she noticed what I meant! All of the stories end up like that and it's bogus! It's really stupid! Well let's get back on to the story shall we?)
Everybody bought it and Draco was glad that they did. I knew people would be giving him all of their sympathy and Draco would've got twice the beating and I would be apart of it if I told everybody the truth. Everything was going fine. Draco and I were able to do all we ever wanted to do in public. We didn't want people to see us kissing at all but they somehow saw us by following us the whole time in secret. Pansy got really pissed off (A/N: I know Hermione doesn't swear at all but that's the best way to put it k? k.) but Draco handled her right away. Those beautiful big teeth really looked wonderful for her close-up on the camera!
As the day ended Draco and I ended our day with a luxurious kiss. He left me with my book and notes, complete with hall pass, I decided to go ahead to the potions room for my tutoring. I went to my cauldron and saw Snape was still here. I was a bit shocked but then I saw a young man about the age of 17 in front of him.
"This is my nephew, Seth, Ms. Granger. He will be teaching you for a few days. I am deeply sorry to say this but my trip has been extended." The boy in front of Snape reminded her of the teacher himself but with many different facial appearances. Seth's face actually had a tan and wasn't the usual pale and sallow skin Snape had. "I must leave right now. Farewell." Snape then left the room with just Seth and I.
"Hey. I'm obviously Seth Snape. And you are?" Seth wavered his voice off into the distance. I fell for it. The voice was deep and lovely. I can't necessarily compare it to Draco's. My hormones were really working me hard.
"Hermione Granger. I think your Uncle left off," I was picked up onto Snape's desk. Was it me or was Seth flirting with me? I didn't care; a guy was flirting with me! And damnit he was sexy. God my sex drive is going up by the second. Seth started creeping up on me with his hands. I did what the insufferable little know-it-all told me to do. I slapped him "Excuse me but I am here to learn potions not start a fire to make one! I barely know you Seth and I assume you are quite nice but till I know you better you will not even lay a finger on me!"
"Sorry Hermione. I lost control over myself. It's not every day when I meet and attractive woman like you." Okay. Screw my principals and everything! This was a once in a chance lifetime and I better enjoy it while it's free. I threw my book aside of the room and wrapped my arms around him. I was practically doing stuff that a couple with a long relationship would be doing. I have a boyfriend, so what? Screw Draco, screw life, just don't screw my chance with Seth.
"It seems as if I known you forever." I whispered into his ear. We locked lips again. Seth muttered something back to me and kissed me again. The savory taste of his mouth was entering into mine. I wish this moment would last forever. "Seth, will you keep this a secret?" Seth answered in a hmmm... that sounded like a yes.
"Hermione, I think we shouldn't be doing this." Seth finally said. I knew we shouldn't I knew it was wrong but so what? "This is wrong Hermione. My uncle would kill me if he saw us. I know his secret. This will make me feel bad Hermione if I tell you it. You can leave whenever you like. I got to go." Seth left the room with a discouraged face. He wasn't the only one.
"You're so stupid Hermione. Everything was rushed. I should've got acquainted with him more. I wish I could redo everything." I continued to talk to myself on my mistakes. I knew I loved Seth and I want to be with him. If only I wasn't with Draco. Draco is nothing to me now. I love Seth. Draco is old news, all I wish is to be with you Seth! Only you!
I'm acting too desperate. I'm turning into one of those valley girls (A/N: LoL! I always wanted Hermione to say that. She's a muggle, right? Well she should know about the like totally like valley girls! Like awesome! LoL!) I need to get a grip now and hang on to it. I will not go for some boy who I have no chance with. I decided on it. Draco is my boyfriend and I must accept that. I shouldn't dump him for another boy after only one day of a relationship. Yes, Seth should just be a friend. Thank God this didn't take all night!
I got off Snape's desk and picked up my thrown book. I went to the desk again and picked up my bag. I was about to leave but I saw a lighter tone in the desk where my bag was. I double taked at the desk and I did see some graffiti on the desk. I turned my head around so I could make out what it said.
S.S.
+
H.G.
I recognized the initials right away. I couldn't breathe. I was in tears of fright and other mixed emotions. What was I supposed to do? Go to Headmaster Dumbledore or just stay cool with this. Harry and Ron are thick and Draco. Well he's my boyfriend, not a mental helper. Severus Snape was in love with me, Hermione Granger. This could only lead to one thing, deep, deep trouble.
A/N: So whatcha think? I didn't make it as long as I wished it would be but I'm running out of time till my dad gets home from a party. I'm grounded again from the computer so you know. Thank God for disks! LoL! Anyways I hope this is going on great! I heard of these Beta Readers and all and I have no clue what they are except they read ur work or suttin like that. Well I am looking for one! Please tell me what they are first then you can ask to be one! I gotta know what the dang thing is before I ask for one! Peace out`
Lave
*~*BE A RESPONSIBLE READER AND REVIEW! (If not I will be forced to track you down to your exact location and having to give you death threats until you do so. So just to save you and I time review)*~*
A/N: Wow! I must be on a role and feel so honored! It's not everyday when an author is so highly respected. LoL! Anyways I decided to start speeding things up on my updates. Good for you, and not as great for me. LoL! I promise (and hopefully can keep it) that I won't have any more late updates like that. Well let's just get on with this story. That's the only reason why you're here.
HERMIONE'S POV:
I was just sitting on a squishy chair in the common room into the fire. I wish I could just replay what I have done the other night. Draco made the move and I feel very confused. Actually I believe we did it at the same time. Life is a very confusing thing, especially when you're a teenager. Draco Malfoy, he's quite nice if you get through the ice, sleet, and snow. I started to remember the short yet beautiful moment.
*~*Flashback from the other day*~*
"Hey Granger what are you doing here?" Malfoy said in an unusual tone. I was an hour or so early and having Malfoy in the same room with me, alone, was not at all a good idea.
"What's it to you, Malfoy? I mean unless if you need some practice on me for you and your father killing poor defenseless muggles." I got to him to quick. Malfoy sat at the table and looked as if he was about to cry. What the hell did I just do?
" You're right. I'm probably going to end up like the murdering bastard." Ice was pouring through his eyes right now. I knew what was the remedy of a sad person. I sat down next to him and started talking. God I didn't want to do this. Why did I have to have a freakin conscience?
"No you aren't Draco. You actually have the decency to know when you go too far. You're father thinks that he can go beyond the limit." Malfoy picked his head up with amazement of me addressing him to his first name.
"You have no idea how hard and horrible my fucking life is." Draco began. He told me about his life in general and it's awful. Coming from a muggle family and all I thought child abuse and being raped is as bad as it can get but I was wrong. Draco's father doing curses on him (Draco) such as "Crucio" and even giving him threats like "Avada Kedrava".
"Draco, I'm so sorry about this all. I really am. I wish I could do something." There was a small moment of silence. I couldn't change anything in Draco's life. Nothing. What could I do? I couldn't just go up to Lucius and wave my finger at him and say, "Stop that you fuckin bastard!" and slap him. I wish I could do something but before I was going to leave for the potions room for my tutoring Draco replied to my statement.
" Well you could kiss me." I was shocked on my supposed to be archenemy's reply. I told him I wish I could do something and that was something. I didn't want to do it. I couldn't I mean if anybody figured out that I, Hermione Granger, kissed bad-boy Draco Malfoy. I just don't want to think about it. I mean what the hell am I supposed to say to Harry and Ron?
"I have to get to my tutoring session and I think Snape would be a bit happier if I just started coming on my own instead of him picking me up from here." Draco started to look a bit depressed but then I saw a familiar glint in his eye. I knew he was thinking what I was just thinking. That would've taken Harry and Ron a good 10 minutes to figure out. Maybe Draco isn't as thick as I thought.
"You said you wished you could so something for me. How about I do something else for you? I'll tutor you instead of Snape." Draco did a very new gesture. Draco raised his eyebrows as if it were supposed to be funny. To my surprise it was! I started laughing. I never saw this side of Draco before. I thought that ice, sleet, and snow was permanent but I was wrong. Very wrong I was.
Draco came up to me and didn't exactly listen to what I said. Then I thought. I didn't say anything. Draco was in front of me and the temptation was growing bigger and bigger. A tall handsome Slytherin was standing right in front of me and was practically pleading to kiss me, a Gryffindor at that! 'This is a once in a lifetime opportunity Hermione' I thought to myself. It's as if Draco was reading my thoughts. We both hugged each other at the same time and locked lips together. It was glorious and awkward at the same time. No matter how you put it, I loved it.
That was my first kiss and a kiss I will remember forever.
*~*~*END OF FLASHBACK*~*~*
I went to breakfast in the morning with Ron and Harry. As I went down I saw Draco. He winked at me and I started to giggle. Harry and Ron looked at me, then Draco, or in their terms "Malfoy", and they began to stare at me. "Hermione, what is going on?" Ron asked me finally. He is quite thick. I thought he knew better.
"Nothing Ron. Nothing at all, Ron." Draco got up from the table and came up to me smiling. I smiled back. I think Harry got the picture when he saw both Draco's face and mine but Ron was still being his thick self and was already thinking of insults in his head.
"Hermione, I need to talk to you." Ron was now in fury. God why did one of my best friends have to be such a bastard and takes everybody for his first impression on somebody. He did that to me but then after he saved my life (with Harry's persuasion) he finally got to know me and thought I wasn't all that bad. I wish it were that way with him and Draco.
"When have you two bee on first name bases?" Ron said with his teeth gritted together.
"Ron, Harry, Draco is one of my friends so I think it's time for you all to mature and be friends as well." Ron was still in shock but Harry, as always, was going with the program. Draco was probably the best of the three. He took out his hand and Harry shook it after 10 seconds of thinking. Ron just rejected it. "Ron, there's no point in not trying to be friends with Draco. He's going to be in your life till you die so you might as well start getting used to it and get it over with while you're still young." That still didn't work. Ron just started for his wand but then I knew what was going to happen if they never shook hands. "Ron, if you don't have peace between Malfoy then I'm going to end up not being your friend. That's how it's going to end up and I know it!"
"What the hell are you saying 'Mione? We will always be friends. And what's up with you and Malfoy?" Ron was really starting to get on my nerves. I just gave him a deadly glare and he began to shake Draco's hand.
"Can I talk to Hermione now?" Draco asked in a bit of impatience. Harry nodded in approval; Ron began to nod when Harry elbowed Ron very hard in the stomach. "Thanks." Draco led me to a room in the back of a corridor outside of the Great Hall.
" 'Mione, I love you. I love everything about you. I know this is a bit, well, crazy. A Slytherin in love with a Gryffindor but that's the past. Past is not the present." I was crying silently. I was smiling and looking down to the kneeling Draco. It looked as if he were doing a proposal or something. "Will you be my girlfriend, Hermione?" Now I knew why he was kneeling. This was dead close to a marriage.
"Yes Draco. I love you too!" Before I could go on I was interrupted by a kiss. Even more wonderful than the last kiss I had with him. As we kissed Draco slipped a ring on my finger. A pure silver ring with engravings on it. It was Latin.
"It says, 'To love forever'. Like I would for you." I was crying again. I never had such a romantic moment like this. I never experienced true love before. Now I am and I enjoy every moment in this game. No wonder Parvati and Lavender enjoy being with Seamus and Dean all the time. They were experiencing love as well.
I walked out into the Great Hall with Draco. Instead of us parting our ways to our separate tables Draco followed me to my table. WE sat next to each other and everybody was giving us odd looks. Draco Malfoy, who was one of the most well known Slytherins of Hogwarts and is believed to be the Great-Great-Great-Great Grandson of Salazar himself, was sitting at the Gryffindor Table.
Everybody began to continue eating breakfast when they saw Draco squeeze my hand. It was obvious something happened at our disappearance. Some of the Slytherins were still staring at Draco same with the Gryffindors but I explained to the fellow Gryffindors of what happened (but with a few lies in it). I said I've been helping out Draco in a subject and we got to know each other really well and you know.
(A/N: I may have offended at least one person when I wrote that but lemme go a bit farther. That one person isn't as thick as the rest of you D/Hr. shippers cuz he/she noticed what I meant! All of the stories end up like that and it's bogus! It's really stupid! Well let's get back on to the story shall we?)
Everybody bought it and Draco was glad that they did. I knew people would be giving him all of their sympathy and Draco would've got twice the beating and I would be apart of it if I told everybody the truth. Everything was going fine. Draco and I were able to do all we ever wanted to do in public. We didn't want people to see us kissing at all but they somehow saw us by following us the whole time in secret. Pansy got really pissed off (A/N: I know Hermione doesn't swear at all but that's the best way to put it k? k.) but Draco handled her right away. Those beautiful big teeth really looked wonderful for her close-up on the camera!
As the day ended Draco and I ended our day with a luxurious kiss. He left me with my book and notes, complete with hall pass, I decided to go ahead to the potions room for my tutoring. I went to my cauldron and saw Snape was still here. I was a bit shocked but then I saw a young man about the age of 17 in front of him.
"This is my nephew, Seth, Ms. Granger. He will be teaching you for a few days. I am deeply sorry to say this but my trip has been extended." The boy in front of Snape reminded her of the teacher himself but with many different facial appearances. Seth's face actually had a tan and wasn't the usual pale and sallow skin Snape had. "I must leave right now. Farewell." Snape then left the room with just Seth and I.
"Hey. I'm obviously Seth Snape. And you are?" Seth wavered his voice off into the distance. I fell for it. The voice was deep and lovely. I can't necessarily compare it to Draco's. My hormones were really working me hard.
"Hermione Granger. I think your Uncle left off," I was picked up onto Snape's desk. Was it me or was Seth flirting with me? I didn't care; a guy was flirting with me! And damnit he was sexy. God my sex drive is going up by the second. Seth started creeping up on me with his hands. I did what the insufferable little know-it-all told me to do. I slapped him "Excuse me but I am here to learn potions not start a fire to make one! I barely know you Seth and I assume you are quite nice but till I know you better you will not even lay a finger on me!"
"Sorry Hermione. I lost control over myself. It's not every day when I meet and attractive woman like you." Okay. Screw my principals and everything! This was a once in a chance lifetime and I better enjoy it while it's free. I threw my book aside of the room and wrapped my arms around him. I was practically doing stuff that a couple with a long relationship would be doing. I have a boyfriend, so what? Screw Draco, screw life, just don't screw my chance with Seth.
"It seems as if I known you forever." I whispered into his ear. We locked lips again. Seth muttered something back to me and kissed me again. The savory taste of his mouth was entering into mine. I wish this moment would last forever. "Seth, will you keep this a secret?" Seth answered in a hmmm... that sounded like a yes.
"Hermione, I think we shouldn't be doing this." Seth finally said. I knew we shouldn't I knew it was wrong but so what? "This is wrong Hermione. My uncle would kill me if he saw us. I know his secret. This will make me feel bad Hermione if I tell you it. You can leave whenever you like. I got to go." Seth left the room with a discouraged face. He wasn't the only one.
"You're so stupid Hermione. Everything was rushed. I should've got acquainted with him more. I wish I could redo everything." I continued to talk to myself on my mistakes. I knew I loved Seth and I want to be with him. If only I wasn't with Draco. Draco is nothing to me now. I love Seth. Draco is old news, all I wish is to be with you Seth! Only you!
I'm acting too desperate. I'm turning into one of those valley girls (A/N: LoL! I always wanted Hermione to say that. She's a muggle, right? Well she should know about the like totally like valley girls! Like awesome! LoL!) I need to get a grip now and hang on to it. I will not go for some boy who I have no chance with. I decided on it. Draco is my boyfriend and I must accept that. I shouldn't dump him for another boy after only one day of a relationship. Yes, Seth should just be a friend. Thank God this didn't take all night!
I got off Snape's desk and picked up my thrown book. I went to the desk again and picked up my bag. I was about to leave but I saw a lighter tone in the desk where my bag was. I double taked at the desk and I did see some graffiti on the desk. I turned my head around so I could make out what it said.
S.S.
+
H.G.
I recognized the initials right away. I couldn't breathe. I was in tears of fright and other mixed emotions. What was I supposed to do? Go to Headmaster Dumbledore or just stay cool with this. Harry and Ron are thick and Draco. Well he's my boyfriend, not a mental helper. Severus Snape was in love with me, Hermione Granger. This could only lead to one thing, deep, deep trouble.
A/N: So whatcha think? I didn't make it as long as I wished it would be but I'm running out of time till my dad gets home from a party. I'm grounded again from the computer so you know. Thank God for disks! LoL! Anyways I hope this is going on great! I heard of these Beta Readers and all and I have no clue what they are except they read ur work or suttin like that. Well I am looking for one! Please tell me what they are first then you can ask to be one! I gotta know what the dang thing is before I ask for one! Peace out`
Lave
*~*BE A RESPONSIBLE READER AND REVIEW! (If not I will be forced to track you down to your exact location and having to give you death threats until you do so. So just to save you and I time review)*~*