Chapter 9
Draco lay in bed, eyes closed. He could smell Hermione and he breathed deeply and smiled, he moved his hand up to stroke her hair but touched only the silk pillow case she had been lying on only a couple of hours ago. Draco opened his eyes and wondered briefly if last night had been a dream, but then he saw his abandoned potion supplies, suspended above the bed where he had left them. He sat up puzzled, scratching hishead, he wondered where she could have gone. He hoped she had enough sense to stay out of sight of the teachers, but he knew Hermione was smart. He climbed out of the bed and lowered the potion equipment so he could reach it and stuffed the empty flasks and jars into his trunk. As he was walking back, he stepped onsomething near his dresser. He stooped down, curious and picked up the shimmering object. It was a necklace, a gold chain with a mulitcoloured gem in the shape of a tear drop. Draco recognised it as Pansy Parkinson's. He wondered what it was doing in the boys dorm when it dawned on him. "Oh no! She'll know!" Pansy had been sneaking into his room for years. It had been quite irritating, especially when Hermione had been with him. They had to cast some pretty powerful spells to keep her way. But now that could all be wasted if she had gone off, delirious or- what was he thinking! this was Hermione. Nothing else needed to be said.
He grabbed a towel and some clean robes, then made his way down to thew showers grumbling about having to leave the comforts of the Slytherin dormitories just for a shower.
As he was walking, his eyes wandered over the walls, taking in the strange wizards, witches and creatures, who looked back at him, watching him. Suddenly he walked into someone, he was about to sneer at them for getting in his way when he stopped himself. He saw that the person he had walked into looked a lot like Hermione, it made his heart jump. It wasn't that he was attracted to someone else, but because of the reminder that he had Hermione back. He looked her over and saw that she was wearing a green heart on a silver chain around her neck and was holding a book that looked very familiar to him. It was obvious that she was on her way to see him in the Slytherin dorms.
"Silverstar, sorry but I'm not single anymore." he smiled at her and she looked at him wide eyed in hurt and confusion.
"What?!" she questioned, her voice shaking a little as she spoke.
"I said I'm not single anymore, you have to let go Jarenna, theres nothing left of us and there hasn't for a while."
But Draco! We were the best of friends! What happened, tell me!!"
"Why should I tell you Gryffindor!" he had to stop himself saying mudblood.
"Draco!"
"No, really theres nothing worth doing about it ok!"
"What on earth are you talking about?! Dont confuse me."
"Aargh, I dont know Jarenna, I need to be alone, so...go away." he spat and her face broke and tears began to well up in her eyes.
"You're a two faced, using, bastard Malfoy"
"Jarenna I-leave me alone." he stopped. This was the one girl who could jeapordise his love for Hermione and he didn't want to make anything bad happen. He wanted Hermione and nothing else.
He strode on and reached the showers. Tension piled high on his shoulders. He slipped into one of the cubicles and under the hot steaming water and sighed as the water washed over his skin and feeling his muscles loosed and relax. Suddenly the door was flung open and Hermione's angry face appeared. Draco simply looked at her, there was no point covering himself, she'd seen it all before.
"Draco what the hell did you do to Jarenna Silversater? She just came running into the Gryffindor common room, sobbing her eyes out and mumbling something I will not repeat about you. What did you do? Have you gone back to being the old Malfoy from first year? Because whatever you did must of been horrible to get a reactionlike that!"
"You wouldn't understand Hermione, its just something I need to sort out on my own."
"Draco!? Why won't you tell me, you always tell me everything, why the sudden change?!"
"I didn't tell you everything" he mumbled and he saw her face contort to angry confusion.
"What! We promised! No secrets! Whats going on!!"
Draco could see Hermione getting angrier and angrier and he knew he couldnt back out, his greatest secret was invedidably (sp?) about to be spilled.
Draco lay in bed, eyes closed. He could smell Hermione and he breathed deeply and smiled, he moved his hand up to stroke her hair but touched only the silk pillow case she had been lying on only a couple of hours ago. Draco opened his eyes and wondered briefly if last night had been a dream, but then he saw his abandoned potion supplies, suspended above the bed where he had left them. He sat up puzzled, scratching hishead, he wondered where she could have gone. He hoped she had enough sense to stay out of sight of the teachers, but he knew Hermione was smart. He climbed out of the bed and lowered the potion equipment so he could reach it and stuffed the empty flasks and jars into his trunk. As he was walking back, he stepped onsomething near his dresser. He stooped down, curious and picked up the shimmering object. It was a necklace, a gold chain with a mulitcoloured gem in the shape of a tear drop. Draco recognised it as Pansy Parkinson's. He wondered what it was doing in the boys dorm when it dawned on him. "Oh no! She'll know!" Pansy had been sneaking into his room for years. It had been quite irritating, especially when Hermione had been with him. They had to cast some pretty powerful spells to keep her way. But now that could all be wasted if she had gone off, delirious or- what was he thinking! this was Hermione. Nothing else needed to be said.
He grabbed a towel and some clean robes, then made his way down to thew showers grumbling about having to leave the comforts of the Slytherin dormitories just for a shower.
As he was walking, his eyes wandered over the walls, taking in the strange wizards, witches and creatures, who looked back at him, watching him. Suddenly he walked into someone, he was about to sneer at them for getting in his way when he stopped himself. He saw that the person he had walked into looked a lot like Hermione, it made his heart jump. It wasn't that he was attracted to someone else, but because of the reminder that he had Hermione back. He looked her over and saw that she was wearing a green heart on a silver chain around her neck and was holding a book that looked very familiar to him. It was obvious that she was on her way to see him in the Slytherin dorms.
"Silverstar, sorry but I'm not single anymore." he smiled at her and she looked at him wide eyed in hurt and confusion.
"What?!" she questioned, her voice shaking a little as she spoke.
"I said I'm not single anymore, you have to let go Jarenna, theres nothing left of us and there hasn't for a while."
But Draco! We were the best of friends! What happened, tell me!!"
"Why should I tell you Gryffindor!" he had to stop himself saying mudblood.
"Draco!"
"No, really theres nothing worth doing about it ok!"
"What on earth are you talking about?! Dont confuse me."
"Aargh, I dont know Jarenna, I need to be alone, so...go away." he spat and her face broke and tears began to well up in her eyes.
"You're a two faced, using, bastard Malfoy"
"Jarenna I-leave me alone." he stopped. This was the one girl who could jeapordise his love for Hermione and he didn't want to make anything bad happen. He wanted Hermione and nothing else.
He strode on and reached the showers. Tension piled high on his shoulders. He slipped into one of the cubicles and under the hot steaming water and sighed as the water washed over his skin and feeling his muscles loosed and relax. Suddenly the door was flung open and Hermione's angry face appeared. Draco simply looked at her, there was no point covering himself, she'd seen it all before.
"Draco what the hell did you do to Jarenna Silversater? She just came running into the Gryffindor common room, sobbing her eyes out and mumbling something I will not repeat about you. What did you do? Have you gone back to being the old Malfoy from first year? Because whatever you did must of been horrible to get a reactionlike that!"
"You wouldn't understand Hermione, its just something I need to sort out on my own."
"Draco!? Why won't you tell me, you always tell me everything, why the sudden change?!"
"I didn't tell you everything" he mumbled and he saw her face contort to angry confusion.
"What! We promised! No secrets! Whats going on!!"
Draco could see Hermione getting angrier and angrier and he knew he couldnt back out, his greatest secret was invedidably (sp?) about to be spilled.