The Author's Interpretation Help

Okay, I tried to have a go as postmodernist because Coover's short story impressed me and I thought it would perfectly fit for Hermione and Draco.

You've got two people in a library. I guess the two very first paragraphs are still understandable. But after those to introductory paragraphs the story doesn't continue as a "normal" story would. You get different bits and pieces of various plots.

You can try and put them in the correct order, sort them out. What is fantasy? What happens in reality? Does anything happen in reality at all? It's a little puzzle you can play with.

It could very well be that Hermione and Draco spend an afternoon in the library, both working, ignoring each other.

It could be that he rapes her.

It could be he only imagines raping her.

It could be….

It's up to the reader to decide on that. You can choose any paragraph you want and leave out the others. You can choose the end. You can decide on what's happening next, which steps the characters shall take.

There's no real interpretation help. Everything depends on the reader, what he wants Hermione and Draco to do. You make the decision if he wants a happy or a sad ending. It's not the author who decides on the plot, I'm just the one providing the pieces, you are the ones to piece them together.