Help From Heaven
Summary: Draco has to spend part of his summer living in Hermione's house after his parents leave for a business trip. There he meets an old friend whom Hermione gets quite jealous of. Why is Hermione jealous? Who is this friend of Draco's? And will romance bloom? Definitely a D/HR fic so don't worry.
Disclaimer: Nothing of this belongs to me except the plot and some characters. All the rest belongs to J. K. Rowling.
A/N: I'm going to have all my author notes at the bottom of the chapters instead of at the top so all of you can just read the story first. ^.^ aren't I nice. Well enjoy chapter 3. Also, My beta readers have not checked this chapter so when they do, I'll edit it when I get it.
Chapter 3
When Kathleen reached the house, Zack, Adam and Hermione were so far behind her. Not having the patience at the moment to wait for them, she entered Hermione's house and ran straight into the kitchen. Sitting at the breakfast table was Hermione's mother.
"Hello…Mrs. Granger," said Kathleen out of breath.
"Oh hello Kathleen. How was the tennis game? Oh my, you certainly look like you could use a drink. Hold on let me get one for you," said Mrs. Granger as she got up to go get Kathleen a drink.
She returned with a pitcher of lemonade and four glasses. She poured some of the lemonade into one glass and handed it to Kathleen.
"Thanks," said Kathleen as she drank it.
"Your welcome. Now where are Hermione, Zack and Adam?"
As on cue, Hermione, Zack and Adam stepped or should I say ran into the kitchen, letting the door swing behind them as they entered one at a time.
"Jeez Kathleen. The least you could have done was wait for us at the front door," stated Zack sounding a little annoyed.
"What? Me beating you to the house didn't bruise your ego even more did it?" asked Kathleen with a smile on her face.
"No of course not," mumbled Zack.
"Good cause I really wanted to meet Mione's friend that was staying over," replied Kathleen with a sparkle in her eyes.
"He's not my friend, all right Kathleen. He's…just an…acquaintance."
"Really, dear? He seems quite nice to me. And quite charming and handsome might I add. Why isn't he your friend?" asked Mrs. Granger, as she stared at Hermione.
"Because…well…we don't really talk a lot in school," said Hermione as she thought that they didn't really talk, but argued a lot. "And we live in different houses and have different friends and interests."
But there was one thought still going on in her head. When was Draco nice, charming or HANDSOME?
"So he already arrived, Mrs. Granger," said Adam as he watched Hermione's face became blank and lost in thought like he knew it did when she was little.
"Yes. He arrived at 10:40. Ten minutes after you four went to go play tennis."
"Why didn't you ask him to come outside and join us?" asked Kathleen, who missed Hermione wince at the thought of Draco causing a scene in the tennis courts where all the neighbors could see.
But, someone didn't miss Hermione's sudden change of emotion when that simple question was asked.
I wonder why Hermione all of a sudden stiffened. Does she have a problem with him?
"I did tell him to. But he said he just wanted to rest. Then, later he came down and he seemed so lost in thought because when I tried calling out to him, he didn't respond. Then, I saw him go outside." said Hermione's mother, who just shrugged her shoulders as she talked.
"Well can we meet him before Kathleen dies of excitement? Which I really wouldn't mind seeing!" said Zack, who received a punch in the arm from Kathleen.
"Of course. I'll make you guys some sandwiches while you guys go outside and meet him."
"Great! Come on you guys!" exclaimed Kathleen as she ran out the back door with Zack chasing after her to make sure she didn't get hurt along the way. Hermione and Adam were walking next to each other following them at a leisurely pace.
"Guess Kathleen really wants to meet him, huh?" said Hermione.
"Yeah. She's been talking about wanting to see what he looks like and how his attitude is since you didn't talk about him," replied Adam as he stared at Hermione. "So what is he like?"
"Let's just go so you can see for yourself." And with that she started running after Zack and Kathleen, who was almost at the oak tree where Hermione saw someone sitting under.
When Hermione made it to the tree, after Zack and Kathleen, she couldn't believe what she saw. Draco was sitting under the tree looking at Kathleen and Zack who were arguing with one another about why Kathleen should have waited for them. But what she couldn't believe was what had caught her attention. Draco sat with his hair falling freely in front of his eyes. His face held no scowl, but an innocent sort of look. He was wearing a simple Slytherin green colored shirt and khakis. He actually looked quite…
She shook her head. No way was she going to think that Draco could look innocent or 'handsome.' She went back to looking at him. His face then turned to look at her and his face hardened.
"Like what you see, Granger?" he said with a smirk on his face.
This caused Kathleen and Zack to stop arguing and look back and forth between Draco and Hermione. Adam had already caught up and was looking at Draco with a cold glint in his eyes.
"Please," said Hermione while waving her hand. "Why would I? But do you, after all you're still starring at me."
Draco had to admit to himself that Granger did look good. Her hair was no longer bushy but wavy and more tamed. Her curves, which he never noticed before maybe because of the loose robes, had filled out during the summer. She still wore no makeup not that she needed to anyways. Although she did looked nice, she wasn't a dead knockout.
"Granger, I'll only tell you this once and only once. I would never check you out or like you for that matter. After all I am better then you. Always remember that! Got it? Good. Now if you will leave and let me have my peace and quiet," he said as he laid back down on the ground, closing his eyes.
Hermione rolled her eyes, which her friends saw. She was use to his little remarks although she was surprised that he didn't call her Mudblood. "No can do, Malfoy. My mother wanted you to meet my friends and to tell you that she was fixing us lunch."
Draco opened his eyes and sat up. He really didn't want to, but if all he had to do was meet her friends before they left him in peace, he would do it. He wanted to go back to thinking about Celine.
"All right, if that's all it takes to make you leave so I can have my peace go ahead."
Hermione was shocked that he would allow her to without saying anything bad about muggles. She looked at him closely and noticed a look of sadness in his eyes like he was thinking of something that he lost. Hermione thought it was better if she hurried up the introductions.
Pointing to each one she said, "These are my friends Zack, Kathleen and Adam. You guys, this is Draco Malfoy. All right, we'll leave you in peace." Hermione then started to drag a protesting Kathleen.
"But I think we should stay to keep him…" started Kathleen until they heard Mrs. Granger calling them to say that lunch was ready. "Great! Come on Draco," said Kathleen a little to earnestly, which caused Hermione to get a little jealous of her.
Wait why would I get jealous? It's not like I have a thing for Draco. What are you calling him Draco for? It's Malfoy!
While Hermione was lost in thought, she didn't notice Draco getting up.
"Sure might as well get something to eat." After Draco said this, Kathleen grabbed his hand and started running back to the house with Draco running behind her. Hermione stole a quick glance at Zack noticing that he looked really angry and ready to kill. Hermione of course knew that Zack had always liked Kathleen. He even told her that he did, but he was just to chicken to tell Kathleen. He might put on a tough guy, bad boy attitude, but he was such a chicken when it came to telling Kathleen that he liked her. He had so many chances, but he always froze. The three of them started to walk back towards the house.
"Who does he think he is? Getting Kathleen's attention like that. Man, how I wish I could kill him right now," said Zack, pounding his fist into his hand for emphasis.
"Yeah. And he's a guest in your house, Mione. I wanted to pound him to a bloody pulp when he said that to you!" exclaimed Adam.
But Hermione was shaking her head. "Look you guys, don't let your anger get the best of you because that's what he wants. He likes getting people angry and annoying them. I'm pretty use to it so it doesn't really bother me. And don't start picking fights with him. I've seen the way he fights and he's pretty good." She hated to admit it but she remembered back in sixth year when Harry and Ron started fighting Malfoy because he called her a Mudblood. They ended up pretty injured and had to stay in the hospital wing for sometime. Shaking her head, she continued. "I don't want to see you guys get hurt. Also Zack if you're worried about him liking Kathleen, you can forget about it. He won't like her. She's not his type. Sure she's perfect, but he won't like her. Trust me."
They both just stared at her like she was crazy. They were in silence until Adam spoke up.
"How do you know all this, Mione?"
"Come on, I've known him since day one of six years, and we really don't get along. To tell you guys the truth, which you can't tell anyone not even Kathleen, we're really enemies."
"Then what's he doing here?" questioned Zack.
"I don't know, but you guys have to act like you don't mind him, okay. Not to mention, Kathleen will want him to hangout with us."
Adam sighed. "That's going to be somewhat hard if he keeps saying rude things to you, Mione. Well, hopefully, the Watkins' niece will be much better than him and want to hangout with us. Hopefully, she wouldn't be attracted to Draco either."
And with that said, they entered the kitchen where Draco and Kathleen were talking with one another in a polite conversation about random stuff.
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Two days later, things were going pretty well. Since Draco was always hangout with Hermione, Zack, Adam and Kathleen, on Kathleen's request, they got to know one another better. Zack, Adam and Draco were getting along pretty well since the first day when they had lunch together because they found out that they shared many common interests like music. Not to mention they all had a sort of bad boy image. Also it got better when Zack noticed what Hermione said was true, and Draco showed no interest in Kathleen whatsoever, which really shocked Kathleen.
Hermione and Draco were also got along as well. At first, they either ignored each other or would fight with one another until they finally called a truce seeing as how Hermione's friends liked hanging out with Draco and he would be staying for the rest of the summer.
Today, they were hanging out in Kathleen's house. Draco, Zack and Adam were sitting on the sofa while Hermione and Kathleen were sitting on the alcove by the window talking quietly. Zack was starring at Kathleen while Adam and Draco were talking about how people were scared of them. Draco all of the sudden looked at Zack and noticed that he wasn't paying attention. He followed where Zack's eyes were starring.
"Why don't you tell her you like her?"
This made Zack jump out of his seat a little and face Draco. Adam seeing this started laughing but stopped when Zack gave him a glare.
"Who told you I liked her? It was Hermione, wasn't it?" questioned Zack, talking really fast. But Draco still understood what he was saying.
"No Hermione didn't tell me. I'm quite observant, if you must know. I noticed how you got mad at me when you thought I might like her and took her attention away. I also notice that you always stare at her with this sort of longing look in your eyes," explained Draco while rolling his eyes.
"You have to admit, Zack. You're quite obvious. I'm surprised that Kathleen hasn't even noticed yet, but knowing her she doesn't notice anything until a guy comes up to her and tells her."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. I just don't know how to tell her, and besides what if she thinks I'm joking or something."
"Only one way to find out."
"And if you put it of too long, you might regret it. Trust me I know," said Draco with a look of sadness in his eyes.
Zack and Adam looked at each other, thinking what could have happened to their new friend to cause him to look so sad.
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While the guys were talking on the sofa, Hermione and Kathleen were chatting about different things until Kathleen asked Hermione a question.
"Hermione, do you think Draco likes me?"
At this Hermione didn't know what to say. Should tell her the truth or make up a lie? But, she also couldn't help feeling a little jealous.
Not knowing why she felt jealous, she replied, "I don't know, Kat. He doesn't really show or express his emotions."
"Oh." Kathleen then turned her head to look at Draco. "Mione, could you do me a favor?"
"Umm…what kind of favor?"
"Could you ask Draco if he likes me or not?" Kathleen asked turning her attention back to Hermione. "I mean I really like him. He's like no other guy I know and I think we could really hit it off."
Hermione felt even more jealous. She imagined Kathleen and Draco going out and it made her feel like her heart was tearing apart. She didn't know why but it did.
Wait why would I think that? Sure we're getting along, but I don't even like him.
She then replied to Kathleen. "I'll ask him tonight, then tell you tomorrow."
"Oh thank you, Mione. You're the best friend I could ever have. Well also along with Zack and Adam."
Hermione gave her a small smile until their attention was brought back to the others in the room by Adam yelling at them.
"Hey, isn't the Watkins' niece suppose to be here by now?"
"Yeah. Let's go over and introduce ourselves to her," replied Hermione.
The five of them got up and headed for the house across the street from Kathleen's. The Watkins' house was next to Adam's house, whose house was next to Hermione's. Zack's house was across from Adam's and next to Kathleen's.
As the five of them reached the Watkins' house, they noticed a girl about their age sitting on the porch swing reading a book. She had raven hair with brown highlights. She was wearing a light blue halter-top with navy blue shorts that had light blue stitching. As they got closer, they saw her look up and stare at them. Her eyes were the color of sapphire and her lips were as red as the reddest rose. Draco couldn't help thinking that she looked so familiar.
As they reached the house, Hermione was the first to speak.
"Hi. You must be the Watkins' niece that they've been talking so much about. I'm Hermione Granger. I live down the street two house that way."
The girl smiled at her and you could hear Zack and Adam holding their breath. Draco was still trying to think of why she looked so familiar.
She then put down her book and started playing with a silver chain around her neck. "Yes I am. I didn't know they've been talking about me. My name's…"
But she didn't get to finish because Draco suddenly came up and grabbed the chain out of her hand. As he looked at it, he couldn't believe his eyes. The pendent on the chain was what caught his attention away from the conversation and how this girl looked. The pendent on the chain was the same dragon pendent that he had given Jacqueline.
"Where did you get this?" questioned Draco with such anger that Hermione, Zack, Adam and Kathleen backed away.
But the girl just looked at him straight in the eyes and replied in a calm voice. "I got it from a friend when I was eleven years old. He gave it to me when I was moving away and made me promise to keep it safe until I saw him again."
Draco's eyes went up in shock and realization. No wonder she looked so familiar. Only one word came out of his mouth.
"Celine?"
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A/N: hehe. Yea! The third chapter is done and I didn't expect it to be done so soon. And Hermione's doubting her feelings for Draco. Such a clueless little girl. I didn't mean for all these romances to all of a sudden come up. Like Zack liking Kathleen and Kathleen liking Draco or Adam liking someone whom I'm pretty sure you guys can figure out who it is. ^.^ It just started to come up as I started writing. I don't really plan things ahead of time except that Jacqueline was going to be the Watkins' niece. Which I'm pretty sure you guys have been wondering whom it was going to be. And I know I left out who noticed Hermione's sudden change of emotion but I'll bring that up in a later chapter. So don't worry. Umm…I guess I really don't have anything else to add so I'll just answer some things that people wrote in the reviews.
Draco Improbus: Thanx 4 da review! Yea, the niece was supposed to be Jacqueline. Hope u keep reading n reviewing.
CurlyGurly: Thanx! I'm trying to write n update so fast as I can.
Liliath: Thanx. Celine is short for Jacqueline and she's my character so yea. I think u'll get who she is.
Erica G.: Sorry hangs head I'll trying to update as fast as I can but it's so hard with hw being due n finals coming up. But don't worry after school's over I'll update more soon. Thanx 4 reviewin again.
elemmíre: Thanx 4 da review.
*secret*: Thanx. N I have decided to keep writing this story for now.
Also I don't want to put up any sort of deadline for chapter 4 because I don't know when I'll be able to post or finish that. So if you want to know when that's up leave me your e-mail in a review. Also please review!
