Chapter Five:

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"Don't bother trying to unlock it. Dumbledore and I put a tough locking spell on it. You're going to have to stay the whole day like that. If you have to go to the bathroom the chain will grow so that you can have some privacy. But only if you have to go to the bathroom. Okay well down to breakfast!" The man said and Disapparated. Draco closed his eyes.

"Please tell me this is a nightmare." He whispered. Hermione sighed and pinched him. He yelped and rubbed his shoulder. "What the hell was that for, Granger?"

"To prove that this wasn't a dream?" She said with a grin. He shook his head and laughed softly. "Well then, let's go down to breakfast." She said. He nodded. They had a hard time getting through the door because of communication issues but finally they were in front of the mess hall.

"After you." Draco said holding the door with his foot as she walked forward.

"How did you do it?" Hermione asked Draco suddenly as he grabbed a roll with his right hand and munched thoughtfully. Hermione did the same with her left hand.

"Do what?"

"We've been here less than a day and already you have most of the girl population mooning over you." She said. He glanced around and noticed that many girls were indeed staring at him.

"It's the Malfoy charm. All woman fall for it." He said absently as he tried to cut his bacon with one hand. He gave up and finally just used his hand.

"Oh really?" Hermione asked. Draco glanced over at her and she had her head cocked to the side.

"What?" He asked. Then he realized what he had said. "Oh. Well you're an exception, Granger. You're too ugly to catch the seductive waves." The sharp pain on his cheek caught him by surprised. She had slapped him for the second time in his life.

"God dammit Draco! You never give up do you? You just always have to make my life miserable! Other people have feelings to you know!" She cried softly. There were tears in her eyes. He was shocked. He had meant it as a joke. He hadn't realized it would hurt her so much. Wait, wasn't that what he always did? Find ways to provoke her? Make her cry? He didn't know what to say. How could she forgive him for six years of making her life hell? "Uh, forget it. You're probably relishing this, huh? Watching me make a fool of myself." She said wiping the tears from her cheeks. That comment made his speechlessness go away.

"You don't know anything about me. You think that with a day of talking to me civilly you know me?" He hissed. "You have no idea who I am."

"You're right. I don't. But even if I wanted to know you, you never let anyone in, Malfoy. You're made of ice. You're outside is cold and harsh. That much I know. Who knows what lies beneath that? You probably don't even know what's there because you hide it so much." She retorted. He was struck by the truth in her statement.

"So what? I have barriers. If I don't let people in they can't hurt me." He growled. She seemed surprised by what he said.

"But if you don't let people in you can never live life to the fullest." She said softly the anger fading from her voice. Draco shrugged.

"It doesn't matter." He said noticing that all eyes were on them. Breakfast ended, they finished their meals and they walked back to their suite. Hermione grabbed a book from her room and Draco grabbed his drawing pad.

"Can we go outside?" He asked. Hermione agreed and they pulled to of the patio chairs together so they could sit comfortably. The sun shone down on them. Hermione pulled on a pair of sunglasses and held up her book one handed. Draco was using both hands to draw. He was drawing the garden before them in accurate detail. 

"Where do you think you got the talent from?" Hermione asked setting her book aside.

"For drawing? I have no idea. I think my mum. I found some old pictures of her and her family. She seemed so lively back then. The person she was back then would probably have loved drawing." Draco said without thinking. He tensed. He expected her to make some rude remark but all she did was smile serenely.

"My mother used to love horseback riding but she gave it up when she married my father and became pregnant. I think she passed it on to me though." She said. She leaned back in the chair and Draco could see she had closed her eyes behind her sunglasses. He went back to drawing.