A/N- Hey people! Again, thanks to all those who reviewed! I made a boo boo on the story yesterday in my rush to post it! When Dumbledore is talking to Hermione and he says ''Well, wands are always reliable.'' I meant it to say aren't. I just thought I would correct myself and make sure some people don't get confused. I'm so happy at how well this story is going and how you seem to like it! I'm suffering from some writer's block right now so work with me!!! I have stuff planned out but I don't know what to do until then!! On to the story then!!
Disclaimer: Harry Potter is not mine. It belongs to the wonderful JK Rowling!! The plot, however belongs to me.
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Hermione stood in the middle of a meadow. There were shadows surrounding her. As they came closer into focus, Hermione realized they weren't shadows at all. She was standing in a ring of masked people. Death Eaters!
'Kill the Mudblood,' said a voice. Hermione spun around and gasped. Standing there was none other than Voldemort. She felt terror seize her and her stomach dropped. He was dueling with Harry. But Harry didn't look like he could hold out much longer. The Death Eaters were staring at her holding their wands. She looked at each of them, trying to find someone who might be willing to help her. She turned around once more and caught the gaze of a pair of icy blue eyes. These eyes were different from the ones surrounding her. These were sad. Terribly sad. They were compassionate. They were......loving. Hermione must have imagined it because a second later he yelled some words:
'Avada Kedavra,' Hermione saw a flash of green light. Her body was shaking and she screamed, 'No! Stop!'
She opened her eyes and saw the icy blue eyes again!
"Hermione! Wake up! It's only a dream!''
"Get off me you bastard!!! You killed me! Get away! Your a bloody Death Eater! Get off of me!" she waved her hand and he started to hover in the air.
"Granger stop!" he yelled.
"You killed me!" she waved her hand and he hit the wall and sunk to the floor. He stood up and rubbed his back.
"Granger wake up! What are you talking about? I didn't kill you. You're still alive." He walked over and sat on her bed. "It was just a dream. It's okay now."
"Why are you in here?" Hermione blushed and pulled the covers up. She had just realized she was wearing a tini-tiny peach nightgown.
"Well, you were calling my name in your sleep." said Draco.
"I was not!" said Hermione.
"Oh don't be so perverted. You weren't calling my name like THAT. You were calling my name like you were scared. You were screaming and crying. I just came in here to make sure you were all right.'' he had a look of concern that Hermione had only seen once before. And that was just before he killed her in her dream. Hermione burst into tears.
"Wha---? Why are you crying." asked Draco. He scooted closer to her and put his arm around her soft shoulders. It was a weird sensation for both of them. Her skin was so soft and she was so warm. It was weird to have Draco's arm around her. He was strong yet tender. She felt safe for a brief second. He felt cold to the touch.
'So maybe Draco has a heart after all. What the crap am I saying. He just probably trying to pull something.' thought Hermione. But she let him stay as he was.
"That dream. It was so weird. And it felt really real. You killed me. You were a Death Eater. Voldemort told them to kill me and you did.'' she sniffled. ''I don't want to die. Why did you kill me? I know you hate my guts but I didn't know you wanted to kill me." her eyes welled up again.
"Granger, I don't like you one bit. You get on my nerves. You're bossy and rude. Not to mention a perfectionist. But I don't hate you enough to kill you. I wouldn't unless I had to." he signed at the last part.
"What do you mean 'had to'? You don't have to kill me. What would ever make you have to kill me?" asked Hermione. Her face was contorted in puzzlement.
"Granger, has it ever occurred to you that maybe I don't want to be a Death Eater? That maybe I don't want to kill and torture people? That maybe my dad is making me. Just because he's in Voldemort's inner circle. I don't want to follow in my dad's footsteps. But did you ever wonder if I had any choice? Didn't you know that my future has already been decided for me?'' he asked staring straight into her eyes.
"No," said Hermione honestly.
"Well I guess that gives you something to think about." he stood up and walked off.
Hermione stayed in bed for the rest of the day, skipping all her classes and only getting up to use the restroom. She heard Draco in the next room, moving about and leaving for classes but he didn't bother her.
'Girl,' said a voice that sounded like her mother, 'you better get your lazy ass up and get to moving about! You'll never get anything done laying around all day like this. Get up right now and go do something!'
Hermione stood up and stretched. She tossed her hair up into a messy ponytail and put on some decent clothes. She look out the window. The sky was clear. It would be a perfect time to look at the stars. She headed up to the astronomy tower. The door was cracked open and she could hear a voice. She quietly climbed the last few stares and pushed open the door some more. Draco sitting in a chair looking up at the sky through the glass dome and was naming off constellations. She crept up behind him.
''There's Delphinus,'' he muttered, crossing one off his list.
''I see Draco.' she said softly. Draco jumped. ''The constellation that is. What are you doing in here?'' she asked.
"What are you doing in here?" asked Draco.
"I asked you first.'' she raised an eyebrow at him.
He sighed. ''What does it look like I'm doing? I'm looking at the stars."
"You don't have to be an ass." said Hermione.
"Yea well, you don't have to be nosy." sneered Draco.
"Fuck you Malfoy!'' said Hermione.
"Gladly,'' he said. He grabbed Hermione and pulled her down onto his lap. She sat there for a moment while his face came closer to hers. Those icy blue eyes just kept coming closer and closer. Just like in her dream. They touched noses and Draco tilted his head. Hermione pulled back at the last second.
''What are you doing??!! That wasn't an offer!'' she stood up.
"So? You were taking it into consideration.'' he smiled.
''No I wasn't! I was in shock. Or else I would have blasted you into the wall. Which I still could do right now.'' she held her hand up in front of her. Draco smiled.
"Go ahead. Do it. I DARE you.'' Hermione wanted to wipe that look off his smug face. She waved her hand slowly. Just enough so that Draco's chair was scooting across the floor. He smiled and started to stand up. At that moment Hermione waved her hand again and the chair flew out from underneath him. He landed with a thud on his smug arse. Hermione laughed so hard she thought her gut would bust.
"That way was sooo much better than throwing you up against the wall!" she said between gulps of air. She was bent over and was clutching a stitch in her side. Draco stood up and rubbed his butt.
"Very funny, Mudblood.'' he said. Hermione stopped laughing.
"You know if I wasn't feeling sorry for your dumbass-self. I would throw you into that wall over there. But since I'm nice....'' she waved her hand and the rug that Malfoy was standing on came out from underneath him. He was on his butt once more. And Hermione was laughing her butt off once more.
'Dumbledore was right. All the practicing I've been doing has paid off.' thought Hermione.
'Stupid Mudblood. If only she wasn't a girl and so damn hot I would beat the crap out of her. But she'll get what's coming her way once Voldemort finds out that she's the witch he wants.'
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That night, Hermione wasn't very sleepy. She stayed in the common room reading. Soon her eyelids began to droop and she fell asleep on the couch. Draco woke up to get a drink and found her. She was shivering. He reached over and as a joke, he put a Slytherin blanket over her. Seeing her there under the pale moonlight gave him a funny feeling in his stomach.
'I knew I shouldn't have ate that bowl of chili for supper. He ran to the bathroom. After he came back, he found Hermione gone. Figuring she had went to her bed, Draco went to his room. He got under his satin covers and rolled over…..onto something. He screamed, causing the lump in his bed to move. The lump was Hermione he realized. She screamed too:
''RAPE!!!!" she yelled. Draco swore she would've waken the dead if he hadn't covered her mouth.
"Don't scream. Just get out of my bed." he whispered. He dropped his hand from her mouth.
"What do you mean get out of your bed? You're the one in my bed trying to rape me.''
''Why would I want to rape you when I can get it somewhere else free?'' he asked. He could feel her make a face. ''Besides, how could anybody rape you with those powers of yours?''
"I guess you're right. I wasn't thinking. It's just that you're only wearing your boxers and in my bed."
"I'm not in your bed. Lumos,'' he said. His wand lit up and Hermione could see in her sleepiness she had gone to the wrong room. She also saw that Draco's boxers were green again. This time with silver snitches on them. She chuckled.
"What?'' asked Draco, bringing the wand up higher where the light flashed on his nearly naked body. Hermione could see strong arms from all those years at Quidditch. He had nicely defined abs that Hermione would love to trace with her fingers. She mentally slapped herself.
'What am I thinking? Stop. It's Malfoy for crap's sake!' But still Hermione couldn't deny that Draco was fine. Little did Hermione know, that Draco was thinking along the same lines about her.
'Goodness, she's gorgeous! Too bad she isn't in that little nightgown of hers! She's got a hot body!' He thought about the kiss they almost shared. 'If only I had moved faster. I wonder what it would be like to kiss her? Never mind, You hate her. You hate her. Just keep saying that to yourself Draco. Maybe after a while you'll start to believe it. I don't have anything to worry about anyway. She hates me. Plus I'm only attracted to her physically. It's not like I'm in LOVE with her or something.'
Hermione stood up and left for her own room. Draco went back to sleep.
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A/N---dun dun duh!!! Stay tuned for the next episode of: Hermione and Draco, Meant to Be?
Wadda ya think? It's gotta a ring to it doesn't it?? Lol. Anywho. In the middle of this chapter it started to get a lil fluffy so I had to bring that down a lil. Sorry fluffy fans!! lol. Thanks to all who reviewed. This chapter was short but I have TONS of homework to do so I can't do anymore tonight! I'll post more soon just probably not tomorrow cuz I have a basketball game I have to attend. Don't forget to review!!! It makes me the happiest person in the world!!!
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