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A/N: Holla! They call me crazy and I'm back, I'm back, or better yet... Guess whose back? Back again, I am back, tell some men! Lol, anyways thank you to my reviewers. You all make me want to write! Moving on... well I really, really loved the last chapter, it was the funnest to write, so hopefully I can come up with another good chapter. Love yas!
Chapter 12
It's A Wonderful Life
"So I Look In Your Direction, But You Pay Me No Attention, Do You, I Know You Don't Listen To Me, Cuz You Say You See Straight Through Me, Don't You, But On And On, From The Moment I Wake, To The Moment I Sleep, I'll Be There By Your Side, Just You Try And Stop Me, I'll Be Waiting In Line, Just To See If You Care, If You Care, Did You Want Me To Change, Well I Changed For You, And I Want You To Know, That You Always Get Your Way, I Wanted To Say, Don't You Shiver, Shiver, Sing It Loud, I'll Always Be Waiting For You, So You Know How Much I Need You, But You Never Even See Me, Do You, And Is This, My Final Chance Of Getting You, And On And On, From The Moment I Wake, To The Moment I Sleep, I'll Be There By Your Side, Just You Try And Stop Me, I'll Be Waiting In Line, Just To See If You Care, If You Care, Did You Want Me To Change, Well I Changed For You, And I Want You To Know, That You Always Get Your Way, I Wanted To Say, Don't You Shiver, Don't You Shiver, Sing It Loud, I'll Always Be Waiting For You, I'll Always Be Waiting For You, Yeah, I'll Always Be Waiting For You, Yeah, I'll Always Be Waiting For You, For You, I Will Always Be Waiting, And It's You I See, But You Don't See Me, And It's You I Hear, So Loud And Clear, I'll Sing It Loud, And I'll Always Be Waiting For You, So I Look In Your Direction, But You Pay Me No Attention, And You Know How Much I Need You, But You Never Even See Me."
~ Coldplay - "Shiver"
Draco woke up that morning to a large and orange cat jumping on his head. Both Hermione and Athena where awoken by the shout that came out of Draco's room as he realized that a fat, and in his opinion, ugly cat was currently lounging on his face.
"Get off me", came Draco's muffled yell.
Hermione and Athena, who both thought that Draco had been attacked by something came barreling into his room. They both stopped in his doorway and put their hands over their mouths to try and hide their giggles.
Finally Draco shoved Crookshanks off and Crookshanks crawled off the bed yowling at the fact that he had lost his warm pillow. Draco sat up and looked around bewildered.
"I'm in some sort of muggle torture device, aren't I", He said to himself looking around, not remembering where he was.
"No you're at my house", Hermione said laughing at Draco, who was patting his legs, as if they had been shot off in the night.
"Same difference", Draco said getting out of bed and stumbling over his trunk, that he had left out in the middle of the floor.
"Come on Hermione. Let's let neandrathal man take a shower", Athena said grabbing Hermione's arm and ushering her into Athena's room.
"I wanted to show you a book that I know you'll like", Athena said pulling out "The Haiwiian Islands, Magical Paradise", by Lara Isandiel.
Hermione looked at the cover skeptically, as there was a picture of a wizard flying over a valcano on a broom stick.
"Oh, it's not what you think", Athena said opening flipping open the book and revealing that, in fact, it was well disguised hiding place for a small blue book, that read, "Rowena Ravenclaw, Diary" on the cover in silver loopy script.
"Oooh", Hermione said her eyes getting wide. She may be a true Gryffindore, but she had always admired Rowena.
"It's pretty interesting. I guess Rowena had a thing for Salazaar", Athana smirking slightly.
"Really, but he was so evil", Hermione said wrinkling her nose in disgust.
"Things change, and besides, girls like bad boys", Athena said nodding.
"Well I don't," Hermione said primly, sitting up straighter and squaring her shoulders.
"Yeah right. What about Malfoy", Athena said slyly noticing the blush on Hermione's cheeks.
After a few minutes of Hermione sitting there quietly with her head lowered, Athena spoke again.
"Of course, I don't blame you, Draco is bloody sexy. He's nice, he's charming, not to mention, he has a killer body and his daddy's fortune."
"I can't believe you just said that", Hermione said shocked out of her knickers.
"What, you have to admit that it's true. I'd do him", Athena said making Hermione turn an even brighter red, at her nerve.
"I am going to pretend this conversation never happened", Hermione said holding her head high.
"Alright then", Athena said handing Hermione Rowena's journal.
"I love the inscribed peom on the front cover", Athena said pointing to the green ink in the left-hand corner.
"Straight from hell, And into your room, The man you know well, Your fate, your doom". Hermione read iquisitively.
"Isn't it romantic", Athena said whimsically.
"It sounds more forboding to me", Hermione said turning a few pages and scanning the pages quickly.
"Says you", Athena said slightly huffy.
Hermione laughed and set the book down.
"Can I borrow it later? I really would like to read it", Hermione said pleadingly.
"Sure", Athena said put it back in it's secret compartment and back into her trunk.
"Hermione, you have a phone call and there is an owl here for you", Rosie called over the intercom.
"Alright, I'll be down in a second", Hermione said pushing the little red button . Athena was looked at the little white box on the wall, as if it was on fire. Hermione glanced at her and back at the intercom.
"I will tell you about it later", Hermione going out Athena's door and running down the stairs.
She went into the kitchen and grabbed the phone off the counter.
"Hello, this is Hermione", she said into the mouth peice.
"Hermione! Hello, this is Amanda. I was wondering, becuase my mother and father are going to some golf tournement if I could stay at your house for a while", Amanda said in a rush.
"Sure, I'll have to ask my mom, but I don't think she'll mind, hold on," Hermione said setting the phone down and going into her mother's office.
"Hey mum, could Amanda come and stay for a week or so", Hermione said hopefulness effident in her voice.
"Sure, honey", Bridget said not even bothering to look up from her paperwork.
Hermione dashed back into the kitchen and grabbed the phone again.
"She said it's alright, when are you coming", Hermione said.
"Well today, at around two-thirty. My mom said she will drive me", Amanda said excitedly.
"I have to warn you Amanda, Draco and Athena are here", Hermione said.
"Oooh, alright. It sounds like fun. I am going to let you go, I have to go pack", Amanda said.
"Alright bye", Hermione said and hung up the phone.
She looked at the kitchen clock hanging above the stove and almost hit herself in the head, it was already two o'clock. Hermione walked over to the opposite cupboard, where an enourmous Barn owl had been patiently sitting for the last couple of minutes.
She took the letter from the some what smarmy owl and it took off out the open window. She broke the seal and unfolded it. It said;
Dear Miss Granger,
Because you will not be attending school this year at Beauxbatons, I will be sending a Proffesor to your house, to bring the needed paperwork.
Thank You For Your Time,
Genivieve Houser Deputy Head-Mistress
P.S. The Proffesor with arrive promtly at five o'clock.
Hermione dropped the letter on the counter and went to look in her fridge. She had a busy day ahead of her and she really needed some nourishment.
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Draco came out of the bathroom, in nothing, but a towel and was walking to his room, when Hermione came barreling up the stairs and ran straight into him.
"Whoa, Moine, slow down", Draco said re-adjusting his towel.
Hermione looked at him with wide eyes, she was out of breathe and she was mouthing something furiously at him.
"Slowly now, get your breath then tell me", Draco said calmly.
Hermione took several deep breathes and let them all out in a big whoosh.
"Amanda is coming here in thirty minutes", Hermione said finally calm.
"She's what", Draco said panicky, and looked down at himself and back at Hermione with a disgruntled look on his face.
"You heard me, so I suggest that you go in your room and get dressed", Hermione said pointing to his door.
"Or you could come to *my* room," came a voice oozing with underlying want.
Hermione turned around and saw Athena standing there, looking at Draco as if he was a three course meal that she was dying to taste. Draco crossed his arms and leaned against the wall behind him, smirking like there was no tomorrow.
"Really, and just what do you think would happen in your room", Draco said misheiviously.
"Oooh, lots of things. All good of course", Athena said winking at him.
All this talk was making Hermione want to gag, she shoved Draco hard towards his room, and glared menacingly at him. He got the hint and went into his room.
Then Hermione turned to Athena. "What did you do that for", Athena said slightly glaring at Hermione for taking away her entertainment.
"Unless you want to be in your pjs when my friend arrives in thirty minutes, I suggest you take a shower and get dressed", Hermione said, sounding colder than she had meant to.
"Oh my god, I better hurry", Athena said running into her room.
Hermione sighed and went to grab her own clothes. She hadn't meant to get mad at Athena, but couldn't she find someone else to like than Draco?
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"I have missed you so much, you have no idea", Amanda said as she hugged Hermione tightly.
"I've missed you, too", Hermione said prying off Amanda's hands.
"Hey, Draco", Amanda said spotting the blonde, standing behind Hermione.
"Hello, Amanda", Draco said waving at her.
Just then Athena walked into the hall, looking amaculate in a black dress. She looked at Amanda interestedly, and held out her hand to her.
"I'm Athena Hartford", she said brightly, as Amanda shook her hand excitedly.
"I'm Amanda James", Amanda said letting go of Athena's hand.
"Well, lets take your trunk up to my room. I would have you stay in a guest room, but the only empty ones are on the fourth floor." Hermione said grabbing one of the handles on Amanda's trunk while she grabbed the other.
Draco and Athena followed behind the two best friends as they went up the stairs. When they where in Hermione's room she dropped her side of the trunk Amanda set her side down easily.
"Your from America, aren't you," Athena said out fo the blue.
"Yeah, my mom and dad wanted me to be more accidemically challenged, so they sent me to Beauxbatons", Amanda said amabley.
"Yes, where she and Mione here drove me crazy with their constant letters", Draco broke in putting his arm around a beaming Hermione.
"We try", Amanda said smiling.
"And you succeed", Draco said smirking at Amanda, who stuck out her tongue.
"Very mature", Hermione commmented.
"I thought so", Amanda said grinning.
"Hey, so what are we doing today", Athena said trying to draw some attention back on herself.
"I don't know", Hermione said shrugging off Draco's arm and leading the group back down stairs.
"Why don't we just watch T.V.," Amanda said, used to Muggle apliances, as she was a muggle-born.
"Sounds good to me", Draco said trying to keep the excitment out of his voice.
"Be careful Amanda, I think Draco could get addicted to telivision," Hermione said jokingly.
"Shut up, Granger", Draco said hitting her with a pillow.
"Oh, so I'm Granger to you now, Malfoy", Hermione said, as she too grabbed a pillow.
"Hey, hey I want to be in the pillow fight too", Amanda said grabbing one of the remaining pillows and hitting Hermione hard in the stomach.
"Don't mess up my......", Athena began to say before Draco hit her full in the head.
"You stupid prick", Athena yelled taking cover behind a couch.
"I say girls against boy", Hermione shouted hitting Draco repeatedly over the head.
"That's all fun and games, except there's one of me and three of you", Draco drawled.
"Then one of us should be on your team", Athena said hopefully, un- crouching from behind the couch.
"Alright then, Hermione, your on my team", Draco said pulling her towards him, and earning a scowl from Athena.
"Fine," Hermione said as she turned towards Athena and began swinging the pillow around her head.
"Amanda look over there", Draco said pointing towards the kitchen.
Amanda turned and he hit her hard on the back.
"Oof," Amanda said as she smacked Draco back.
"How about we switch teams", Athena suggested from where she stood being beaten by Hermione.
"Alright," Amanda said and linked her arm with Hermione's "Me and Mione, against you two."
"Sounds good to me," Draco said evilly, as he eyed Hermione.
"Don't give me that look, Draco Malfoy", Hermione said shrilly, backing away slightly.
"And what look is that," Draco asked slyly, stepping towards her.
"The look that says your up to something," Hermione said.
Draco just grinned, before giving a shout and tackling Hermione. While Athena and Amanda went at it on the other side of the room.
Draco sat up and began hitting Hermioen over and over again. Her arms where pinned beneath her and everytime she opened her mouth to say something Draco would hit her.
Finally Draco, who was laughing really hard, stopped hitting Hermione and grinned down at her angry face. Hermione took a few deep breathes and calming down a bit, began to yell at Draco.
"Get off me you idiot," she screamed trying to kick him.
"No", Draco said getting up slightly so her arms wheren't pinned anymore.
She smack him, and tried to push him off with her hands. He just sat there, his annoying smirk in place.
Laughing, and not noticing Athena and Amanda watching with wide eyes from across the room, Draco swooped down on Hermione and started kissing her face.
When she started to laugh, Draco stopped kissing her. Hermione grabbed his head and kissed both his cheeks, she even put her mouth to his neck and made a loud and wet raspberry.
Draco, who was laughing even harder at this point, started tickling Hermione and she began to shriek and tried to wiggle out from under him.
Finally Draco let her go.When she got up, her face was bright red, her clothes where slightly wrinkled and her hair was mussed, but she had a huge smile on her face.
Draco sat down on the couch, out of breath from laughing. He motioned for Hermione to come to him, and she went and stood beside him. He pulled her onto his lap, and held out his hand to her.
"Truce", he said hoarsely.
"Truce", Hermione said shaking his hand and getting off his lap.
"Well that was interesting," Athena said sniffily.
"Yeah." Amanda agreed. " Do you two want us to leave, so you could carry on", she added suggestively.
"Alright, but only if you want to", Draco said playfully, and Hermione smacked his arm.
"I forgot you like it rough", Draco said wiggling his eyebrows and giving her a superior smirk as she blushed and laughed along with the rest of them.
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Later that night, just before five o'clock, Hermione and her friends where sitting in her kitchen eating cookies with milk and laughing at each other.
Hermione heard the doorbell, but didn't think anything of it, as Athena jumped off her chair and went to answer it. Athena opened the door to a very handsome man, who, when he spoke, had a beautiful French accent.
"Hello Hermie, you have changed your hair, mon chere", Eteine said taking Athena's arm and placing kisses up it.
"Hermione someone's here to see you," Athena said before she let a gigle escape.
At hearing Athena call Hermione, Eteine studied the girl closer and saw, that indeed this girl was not Hermione, but she was equally pretty, so it didn't really matter to him.
Hermione walked into the hall, looking radiant and happier than Eteine had ever seen her, in the two years he had known her. Behind her, was a very tall blonde boy and that one girl that was always hanging around Hermione.
At seeing Eteine Hermione smirked mischieviously, and Amanda scowled. Draco just stood there his arms crossed over his chest looking indifferent.
"Hello Proffesor DeGent", Hermione said a plan already formulating in her head.
" 'ello, Hermie, I have brought your papers", Eteine said sweetly.
"Thank you. You are just in time to meet, my new friend, Athena Hartford, and my fiancè, Draco Malfoy", Hermione said latching herself onto Draco's arm.
"Fiancè?" Athena said sounding very angry.
Hermione looked at Amanda and widened her eyes, trying to tell her to clue Athena in.
"Come here Athena I have something I want to show you", Amanda said catching on.
"Alright," Athena said grudgingly as she followed Amanda into the kitchen, where Amanda whispered to Athena, telling her what was going on.
"So this is your fiancè," Etiene said, his vioce turning cold, while he looked Draco up and down, clearly diapproving.
Draco looked between the two and kept his mouth shut. He knew Hermione would tell him what was going on later. Right now he had to act as her fiancè. Which was very strange to him.
"Honey, I am going to go and put away the extra cookies and the milk," Draco said pecking Hermione on the lips and walking away into the kitchen where he was leeched onto by Athena and Amanda.
"What's going on, did he buy it", they both whispered to him.
"I dont know, I think so. Now would one of you mind telling me what is going on", Draco said.
"Well, Hermione wanted to get at Proffesor DeGent, because he is a snobby git, that needs to be put in his place. She told him that you where her fiancè, so it would make Eteine mad."
Amanda said and Athena nodded her head. While Draco looked puzzled at this new informantion.
"Then why did we all leave her alone with that snake", Draco said.
Amanda and Athena both shrugged, while Amanda polished off the rest of the cookies and Athena gulped down her milk.
Draco rolled his sleeves up and marched back into the hall way, where he was met with a strange sight. Eteine was bent over backwards, trying to avoid the tip of Hermione's wand which was aimed at his throat.
"Don't you ever, ever say anything like that about my fiancè", Hermione was screaming her wand hand shaking uncontrolably with rage.
"Hermie, I am only trying to help you", Eteine said gulping slightly as Hermione glared more forcefully at him.
Draco went and stood by Hermione, but she didn't notice his presence until he put his hand on her's and made her lower her wand. Hermione turned and started bawling into Draco's chest clutching tightly to his shirt.
Draco whispered words of comfort to her until she wiped away her tears and went into the kitchen. Draco then turned to Eteine who was straightening out his robes.
"Mr. DeGent, you know who my father is no doubt," Draco sneered.
Eteine nodded his head slightly and Draco went on. "Unless you want to meet him and his friends in a dark alleyway, I suggest you leave Hermione alone."
Then Eteine did something, that Draco had never guessed he would do, he smirked, his eyes growing wide with delight.
"You care to much, for the muggle-born, Malfoy. Does your father know?"
Eteine bowed his head, threw a bundle of papers on the hallway end table and strode out the door in a flurry of blue.
Draco was muttering to himself incoherently when Hermione went to check on him, when he hadn't come into the kitchen.
He was lying in his bed staring at the ceiling, his eyes glazed over, and his hair a mess. Hermione sat beside him and touched his hand lightly. Draco jumped and recoiled slightly, but then settled back down into starring off into space.
Suddenly he began to talk to her, rambling on and on about what his father wanted from him. Hermione just sat quietly petting his hand and listening until Draco fell into a dreamless sleep.
She crept out and found Athena and Amanda standing outside the door, worried looks on their faces.
"He's scared of the Death Eaters trails", Hermione said simply, and even though she tried to plaster a big happy smile on her face for the rest of the night, she still had the far away haunted look in her eyes.
A/N: Oh, my goodness, what a thrill ride, lol. Anyways, the next chapter, which I still haven't figured out the title too, will be up in a week, keep reviewing and it will be up, way sooner.
A/N: Holla! They call me crazy and I'm back, I'm back, or better yet... Guess whose back? Back again, I am back, tell some men! Lol, anyways thank you to my reviewers. You all make me want to write! Moving on... well I really, really loved the last chapter, it was the funnest to write, so hopefully I can come up with another good chapter. Love yas!
Chapter 12
It's A Wonderful Life
"So I Look In Your Direction, But You Pay Me No Attention, Do You, I Know You Don't Listen To Me, Cuz You Say You See Straight Through Me, Don't You, But On And On, From The Moment I Wake, To The Moment I Sleep, I'll Be There By Your Side, Just You Try And Stop Me, I'll Be Waiting In Line, Just To See If You Care, If You Care, Did You Want Me To Change, Well I Changed For You, And I Want You To Know, That You Always Get Your Way, I Wanted To Say, Don't You Shiver, Shiver, Sing It Loud, I'll Always Be Waiting For You, So You Know How Much I Need You, But You Never Even See Me, Do You, And Is This, My Final Chance Of Getting You, And On And On, From The Moment I Wake, To The Moment I Sleep, I'll Be There By Your Side, Just You Try And Stop Me, I'll Be Waiting In Line, Just To See If You Care, If You Care, Did You Want Me To Change, Well I Changed For You, And I Want You To Know, That You Always Get Your Way, I Wanted To Say, Don't You Shiver, Don't You Shiver, Sing It Loud, I'll Always Be Waiting For You, I'll Always Be Waiting For You, Yeah, I'll Always Be Waiting For You, Yeah, I'll Always Be Waiting For You, For You, I Will Always Be Waiting, And It's You I See, But You Don't See Me, And It's You I Hear, So Loud And Clear, I'll Sing It Loud, And I'll Always Be Waiting For You, So I Look In Your Direction, But You Pay Me No Attention, And You Know How Much I Need You, But You Never Even See Me."
~ Coldplay - "Shiver"
Draco woke up that morning to a large and orange cat jumping on his head. Both Hermione and Athena where awoken by the shout that came out of Draco's room as he realized that a fat, and in his opinion, ugly cat was currently lounging on his face.
"Get off me", came Draco's muffled yell.
Hermione and Athena, who both thought that Draco had been attacked by something came barreling into his room. They both stopped in his doorway and put their hands over their mouths to try and hide their giggles.
Finally Draco shoved Crookshanks off and Crookshanks crawled off the bed yowling at the fact that he had lost his warm pillow. Draco sat up and looked around bewildered.
"I'm in some sort of muggle torture device, aren't I", He said to himself looking around, not remembering where he was.
"No you're at my house", Hermione said laughing at Draco, who was patting his legs, as if they had been shot off in the night.
"Same difference", Draco said getting out of bed and stumbling over his trunk, that he had left out in the middle of the floor.
"Come on Hermione. Let's let neandrathal man take a shower", Athena said grabbing Hermione's arm and ushering her into Athena's room.
"I wanted to show you a book that I know you'll like", Athena said pulling out "The Haiwiian Islands, Magical Paradise", by Lara Isandiel.
Hermione looked at the cover skeptically, as there was a picture of a wizard flying over a valcano on a broom stick.
"Oh, it's not what you think", Athena said opening flipping open the book and revealing that, in fact, it was well disguised hiding place for a small blue book, that read, "Rowena Ravenclaw, Diary" on the cover in silver loopy script.
"Oooh", Hermione said her eyes getting wide. She may be a true Gryffindore, but she had always admired Rowena.
"It's pretty interesting. I guess Rowena had a thing for Salazaar", Athana smirking slightly.
"Really, but he was so evil", Hermione said wrinkling her nose in disgust.
"Things change, and besides, girls like bad boys", Athena said nodding.
"Well I don't," Hermione said primly, sitting up straighter and squaring her shoulders.
"Yeah right. What about Malfoy", Athena said slyly noticing the blush on Hermione's cheeks.
After a few minutes of Hermione sitting there quietly with her head lowered, Athena spoke again.
"Of course, I don't blame you, Draco is bloody sexy. He's nice, he's charming, not to mention, he has a killer body and his daddy's fortune."
"I can't believe you just said that", Hermione said shocked out of her knickers.
"What, you have to admit that it's true. I'd do him", Athena said making Hermione turn an even brighter red, at her nerve.
"I am going to pretend this conversation never happened", Hermione said holding her head high.
"Alright then", Athena said handing Hermione Rowena's journal.
"I love the inscribed peom on the front cover", Athena said pointing to the green ink in the left-hand corner.
"Straight from hell, And into your room, The man you know well, Your fate, your doom". Hermione read iquisitively.
"Isn't it romantic", Athena said whimsically.
"It sounds more forboding to me", Hermione said turning a few pages and scanning the pages quickly.
"Says you", Athena said slightly huffy.
Hermione laughed and set the book down.
"Can I borrow it later? I really would like to read it", Hermione said pleadingly.
"Sure", Athena said put it back in it's secret compartment and back into her trunk.
"Hermione, you have a phone call and there is an owl here for you", Rosie called over the intercom.
"Alright, I'll be down in a second", Hermione said pushing the little red button . Athena was looked at the little white box on the wall, as if it was on fire. Hermione glanced at her and back at the intercom.
"I will tell you about it later", Hermione going out Athena's door and running down the stairs.
She went into the kitchen and grabbed the phone off the counter.
"Hello, this is Hermione", she said into the mouth peice.
"Hermione! Hello, this is Amanda. I was wondering, becuase my mother and father are going to some golf tournement if I could stay at your house for a while", Amanda said in a rush.
"Sure, I'll have to ask my mom, but I don't think she'll mind, hold on," Hermione said setting the phone down and going into her mother's office.
"Hey mum, could Amanda come and stay for a week or so", Hermione said hopefulness effident in her voice.
"Sure, honey", Bridget said not even bothering to look up from her paperwork.
Hermione dashed back into the kitchen and grabbed the phone again.
"She said it's alright, when are you coming", Hermione said.
"Well today, at around two-thirty. My mom said she will drive me", Amanda said excitedly.
"I have to warn you Amanda, Draco and Athena are here", Hermione said.
"Oooh, alright. It sounds like fun. I am going to let you go, I have to go pack", Amanda said.
"Alright bye", Hermione said and hung up the phone.
She looked at the kitchen clock hanging above the stove and almost hit herself in the head, it was already two o'clock. Hermione walked over to the opposite cupboard, where an enourmous Barn owl had been patiently sitting for the last couple of minutes.
She took the letter from the some what smarmy owl and it took off out the open window. She broke the seal and unfolded it. It said;
Dear Miss Granger,
Because you will not be attending school this year at Beauxbatons, I will be sending a Proffesor to your house, to bring the needed paperwork.
Thank You For Your Time,
Genivieve Houser Deputy Head-Mistress
P.S. The Proffesor with arrive promtly at five o'clock.
Hermione dropped the letter on the counter and went to look in her fridge. She had a busy day ahead of her and she really needed some nourishment.
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Draco came out of the bathroom, in nothing, but a towel and was walking to his room, when Hermione came barreling up the stairs and ran straight into him.
"Whoa, Moine, slow down", Draco said re-adjusting his towel.
Hermione looked at him with wide eyes, she was out of breathe and she was mouthing something furiously at him.
"Slowly now, get your breath then tell me", Draco said calmly.
Hermione took several deep breathes and let them all out in a big whoosh.
"Amanda is coming here in thirty minutes", Hermione said finally calm.
"She's what", Draco said panicky, and looked down at himself and back at Hermione with a disgruntled look on his face.
"You heard me, so I suggest that you go in your room and get dressed", Hermione said pointing to his door.
"Or you could come to *my* room," came a voice oozing with underlying want.
Hermione turned around and saw Athena standing there, looking at Draco as if he was a three course meal that she was dying to taste. Draco crossed his arms and leaned against the wall behind him, smirking like there was no tomorrow.
"Really, and just what do you think would happen in your room", Draco said misheiviously.
"Oooh, lots of things. All good of course", Athena said winking at him.
All this talk was making Hermione want to gag, she shoved Draco hard towards his room, and glared menacingly at him. He got the hint and went into his room.
Then Hermione turned to Athena. "What did you do that for", Athena said slightly glaring at Hermione for taking away her entertainment.
"Unless you want to be in your pjs when my friend arrives in thirty minutes, I suggest you take a shower and get dressed", Hermione said, sounding colder than she had meant to.
"Oh my god, I better hurry", Athena said running into her room.
Hermione sighed and went to grab her own clothes. She hadn't meant to get mad at Athena, but couldn't she find someone else to like than Draco?
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"I have missed you so much, you have no idea", Amanda said as she hugged Hermione tightly.
"I've missed you, too", Hermione said prying off Amanda's hands.
"Hey, Draco", Amanda said spotting the blonde, standing behind Hermione.
"Hello, Amanda", Draco said waving at her.
Just then Athena walked into the hall, looking amaculate in a black dress. She looked at Amanda interestedly, and held out her hand to her.
"I'm Athena Hartford", she said brightly, as Amanda shook her hand excitedly.
"I'm Amanda James", Amanda said letting go of Athena's hand.
"Well, lets take your trunk up to my room. I would have you stay in a guest room, but the only empty ones are on the fourth floor." Hermione said grabbing one of the handles on Amanda's trunk while she grabbed the other.
Draco and Athena followed behind the two best friends as they went up the stairs. When they where in Hermione's room she dropped her side of the trunk Amanda set her side down easily.
"Your from America, aren't you," Athena said out fo the blue.
"Yeah, my mom and dad wanted me to be more accidemically challenged, so they sent me to Beauxbatons", Amanda said amabley.
"Yes, where she and Mione here drove me crazy with their constant letters", Draco broke in putting his arm around a beaming Hermione.
"We try", Amanda said smiling.
"And you succeed", Draco said smirking at Amanda, who stuck out her tongue.
"Very mature", Hermione commmented.
"I thought so", Amanda said grinning.
"Hey, so what are we doing today", Athena said trying to draw some attention back on herself.
"I don't know", Hermione said shrugging off Draco's arm and leading the group back down stairs.
"Why don't we just watch T.V.," Amanda said, used to Muggle apliances, as she was a muggle-born.
"Sounds good to me", Draco said trying to keep the excitment out of his voice.
"Be careful Amanda, I think Draco could get addicted to telivision," Hermione said jokingly.
"Shut up, Granger", Draco said hitting her with a pillow.
"Oh, so I'm Granger to you now, Malfoy", Hermione said, as she too grabbed a pillow.
"Hey, hey I want to be in the pillow fight too", Amanda said grabbing one of the remaining pillows and hitting Hermione hard in the stomach.
"Don't mess up my......", Athena began to say before Draco hit her full in the head.
"You stupid prick", Athena yelled taking cover behind a couch.
"I say girls against boy", Hermione shouted hitting Draco repeatedly over the head.
"That's all fun and games, except there's one of me and three of you", Draco drawled.
"Then one of us should be on your team", Athena said hopefully, un- crouching from behind the couch.
"Alright then, Hermione, your on my team", Draco said pulling her towards him, and earning a scowl from Athena.
"Fine," Hermione said as she turned towards Athena and began swinging the pillow around her head.
"Amanda look over there", Draco said pointing towards the kitchen.
Amanda turned and he hit her hard on the back.
"Oof," Amanda said as she smacked Draco back.
"How about we switch teams", Athena suggested from where she stood being beaten by Hermione.
"Alright," Amanda said and linked her arm with Hermione's "Me and Mione, against you two."
"Sounds good to me," Draco said evilly, as he eyed Hermione.
"Don't give me that look, Draco Malfoy", Hermione said shrilly, backing away slightly.
"And what look is that," Draco asked slyly, stepping towards her.
"The look that says your up to something," Hermione said.
Draco just grinned, before giving a shout and tackling Hermione. While Athena and Amanda went at it on the other side of the room.
Draco sat up and began hitting Hermioen over and over again. Her arms where pinned beneath her and everytime she opened her mouth to say something Draco would hit her.
Finally Draco, who was laughing really hard, stopped hitting Hermione and grinned down at her angry face. Hermione took a few deep breathes and calming down a bit, began to yell at Draco.
"Get off me you idiot," she screamed trying to kick him.
"No", Draco said getting up slightly so her arms wheren't pinned anymore.
She smack him, and tried to push him off with her hands. He just sat there, his annoying smirk in place.
Laughing, and not noticing Athena and Amanda watching with wide eyes from across the room, Draco swooped down on Hermione and started kissing her face.
When she started to laugh, Draco stopped kissing her. Hermione grabbed his head and kissed both his cheeks, she even put her mouth to his neck and made a loud and wet raspberry.
Draco, who was laughing even harder at this point, started tickling Hermione and she began to shriek and tried to wiggle out from under him.
Finally Draco let her go.When she got up, her face was bright red, her clothes where slightly wrinkled and her hair was mussed, but she had a huge smile on her face.
Draco sat down on the couch, out of breath from laughing. He motioned for Hermione to come to him, and she went and stood beside him. He pulled her onto his lap, and held out his hand to her.
"Truce", he said hoarsely.
"Truce", Hermione said shaking his hand and getting off his lap.
"Well that was interesting," Athena said sniffily.
"Yeah." Amanda agreed. " Do you two want us to leave, so you could carry on", she added suggestively.
"Alright, but only if you want to", Draco said playfully, and Hermione smacked his arm.
"I forgot you like it rough", Draco said wiggling his eyebrows and giving her a superior smirk as she blushed and laughed along with the rest of them.
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Later that night, just before five o'clock, Hermione and her friends where sitting in her kitchen eating cookies with milk and laughing at each other.
Hermione heard the doorbell, but didn't think anything of it, as Athena jumped off her chair and went to answer it. Athena opened the door to a very handsome man, who, when he spoke, had a beautiful French accent.
"Hello Hermie, you have changed your hair, mon chere", Eteine said taking Athena's arm and placing kisses up it.
"Hermione someone's here to see you," Athena said before she let a gigle escape.
At hearing Athena call Hermione, Eteine studied the girl closer and saw, that indeed this girl was not Hermione, but she was equally pretty, so it didn't really matter to him.
Hermione walked into the hall, looking radiant and happier than Eteine had ever seen her, in the two years he had known her. Behind her, was a very tall blonde boy and that one girl that was always hanging around Hermione.
At seeing Eteine Hermione smirked mischieviously, and Amanda scowled. Draco just stood there his arms crossed over his chest looking indifferent.
"Hello Proffesor DeGent", Hermione said a plan already formulating in her head.
" 'ello, Hermie, I have brought your papers", Eteine said sweetly.
"Thank you. You are just in time to meet, my new friend, Athena Hartford, and my fiancè, Draco Malfoy", Hermione said latching herself onto Draco's arm.
"Fiancè?" Athena said sounding very angry.
Hermione looked at Amanda and widened her eyes, trying to tell her to clue Athena in.
"Come here Athena I have something I want to show you", Amanda said catching on.
"Alright," Athena said grudgingly as she followed Amanda into the kitchen, where Amanda whispered to Athena, telling her what was going on.
"So this is your fiancè," Etiene said, his vioce turning cold, while he looked Draco up and down, clearly diapproving.
Draco looked between the two and kept his mouth shut. He knew Hermione would tell him what was going on later. Right now he had to act as her fiancè. Which was very strange to him.
"Honey, I am going to go and put away the extra cookies and the milk," Draco said pecking Hermione on the lips and walking away into the kitchen where he was leeched onto by Athena and Amanda.
"What's going on, did he buy it", they both whispered to him.
"I dont know, I think so. Now would one of you mind telling me what is going on", Draco said.
"Well, Hermione wanted to get at Proffesor DeGent, because he is a snobby git, that needs to be put in his place. She told him that you where her fiancè, so it would make Eteine mad."
Amanda said and Athena nodded her head. While Draco looked puzzled at this new informantion.
"Then why did we all leave her alone with that snake", Draco said.
Amanda and Athena both shrugged, while Amanda polished off the rest of the cookies and Athena gulped down her milk.
Draco rolled his sleeves up and marched back into the hall way, where he was met with a strange sight. Eteine was bent over backwards, trying to avoid the tip of Hermione's wand which was aimed at his throat.
"Don't you ever, ever say anything like that about my fiancè", Hermione was screaming her wand hand shaking uncontrolably with rage.
"Hermie, I am only trying to help you", Eteine said gulping slightly as Hermione glared more forcefully at him.
Draco went and stood by Hermione, but she didn't notice his presence until he put his hand on her's and made her lower her wand. Hermione turned and started bawling into Draco's chest clutching tightly to his shirt.
Draco whispered words of comfort to her until she wiped away her tears and went into the kitchen. Draco then turned to Eteine who was straightening out his robes.
"Mr. DeGent, you know who my father is no doubt," Draco sneered.
Eteine nodded his head slightly and Draco went on. "Unless you want to meet him and his friends in a dark alleyway, I suggest you leave Hermione alone."
Then Eteine did something, that Draco had never guessed he would do, he smirked, his eyes growing wide with delight.
"You care to much, for the muggle-born, Malfoy. Does your father know?"
Eteine bowed his head, threw a bundle of papers on the hallway end table and strode out the door in a flurry of blue.
Draco was muttering to himself incoherently when Hermione went to check on him, when he hadn't come into the kitchen.
He was lying in his bed staring at the ceiling, his eyes glazed over, and his hair a mess. Hermione sat beside him and touched his hand lightly. Draco jumped and recoiled slightly, but then settled back down into starring off into space.
Suddenly he began to talk to her, rambling on and on about what his father wanted from him. Hermione just sat quietly petting his hand and listening until Draco fell into a dreamless sleep.
She crept out and found Athena and Amanda standing outside the door, worried looks on their faces.
"He's scared of the Death Eaters trails", Hermione said simply, and even though she tried to plaster a big happy smile on her face for the rest of the night, she still had the far away haunted look in her eyes.
A/N: Oh, my goodness, what a thrill ride, lol. Anyways, the next chapter, which I still haven't figured out the title too, will be up in a week, keep reviewing and it will be up, way sooner.
