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A Small Chat
Draco walked into his dorm room covered in sweat, having just finished Quidditch practice. He was pleased to find the room empty, and slowly slid off his shirt. In the mirror he could see his reflection with its muscular top bare and glistening. Sighing he grabbed a towel and change of clothes and headed to the showers.
There was something soothing about the hot water running over his naked body. Often when he was home and fed up with things, he found himself in the shower. The shower was closed, private. Just the type of place to go, when the world isn't right. He turned off the water and reached a hand out for his towel. Covering himself he stepped out into the steamy bathroom. He dressed quickly, he could still make dinner if he really wanted to; but did he really want to? He would of course have to sit there and listen to all the mundane talk of stupid teenagers who had no real troubles. No, he didn't feel like putting up with that.
He had a better idea, there was after all his assignment. The best bet on where to find that stupid Mudblood, was by Potter and Weasley, or in the library. Since she had not been talking to the other two this morning he was pretty sure of where to find her. Draco began toying with all the malicious things that might be done to the Golden Trio once he had the Mudblood actually thinking he was her friend. And he already had an idea of where to start.
He was now walking through the Slytherin common room, when a blond fifth year girl backed into him. She spun around quickly.
"Watch it," he said in a cool distant voice.
He continued on to leave the room, yet he could hear the girl turn to her friend and say, "He spoke to me!"
"Your so lucky!"
Their was something in his aloof mannerisms that made him even more irresistible to girls; perhaps it was the mysterious air it gave him. He walked silently down to the library, thinking of how boring and simple girls were.
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Down in the library, Hermione Granger was sitting at a table in the back with her nose in a book. Draco Malfoy strode silently up behind her, so she was quite startled to hear his voice.
"Personally, I think the sequel is better."
He sat down next to Hermione who started at him with disbelief. She knew he was referring to the book that he picked up for her in Charms class that morning, but the mere fact that he had spoken to her in a calm and courteous manner and was now waiting for a reply was a little bit much to handle.
"Uh..," she stammered trying to gather her thoughts, "Actually I haven't read the sequel yet, I just got the books this week, but he is one of my favorite authors." Sitting in the library making small talk with Draco Malfoy, what is the world coming to?
"Mine too,"
"You mean to tell me, that Draco Malfoy actually reads for the shear enjoyment of reading?"
"When I have time on my hands yes. You know you really shouldn't assume things about people without knowing all the facts, you could be mistaken." Draco waited to see the effects of these words, he knew enough about Hermione Granger to know that saying she judged him with out accurate information would pull a guilty string.
These words did make Hermione uncomfortable, so she didn't really know anything about Malfoy. He did act like a git all the time. "So you telling me that there's a softer side to you, and all these years I thought that you were just a stupid arrogant bastard." She said the words playfully and leaned her chin on an arm that was propped on the table. Her words may have been a little below the belt, but they were true enough. Being accused of passing unfair judgment had made her put up a guard.
"There's a lot about me that you don't know." He now leaned on the table too, so they were seeing eye to eye.
"Really," she said rather amused, "Alright then enlighten me."
"What do you want to know?"
She sat back in her chair and fixed him with a probing look. "How about after six years of calling me Mudblood and other such names, why now, do you want to talk to me?"
"Maybe, I've come to see things in a different light." His words were true enough, she was still a filthy Mudblood; it was simply that now it was in his best interest to talk to her. And he always did what was best for him at that moment. He looked at her; besides this little game is fun. To him it was like getting a new toy. Many girls would simply through themselves at his feet, and the ones who didn't always gave in right away. Here was the best friend of his enemy who would by no means be easy to win over, he could tell the only thing that kept her talking now was her curiosity.
She looked at him quizzically sitting forward a bit . Draco leaned closer to her looking her in the eyes, "You know Granger, you really are much too pretty to be hiding you face behind books all the time." An out right complement like that would have made any other girl he knew weak in the knees.
Hermione however, leaned back in her chair, "If that's what you're playing at Draco Malfoy, you can go somewhere else."
"What?"
"Don't think that I don't know anything about you Draco Malfoy. You have quite a reputation. And I'm not going to give you some just because you're nice to me for a day and then give me an empty compliment. I don't know what kind of girls you've been with in the past, but I'm not one of them."
"No, it, it's not like that."
She looked coldly into his eyes, "Right." Hermione picked up her things and walked briskly out of the library. Draco leaned back in his chair and smiled to himself, This is going to be harder than I thought. Still there was something unsettling about the way he just left her, girls simply do not walk away from Draco Malfoy. There was a resistance in her, and surprisingly enough, he liked that.
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Draco headed up to his common room. He stepped through the portrait hole and noticed that the only other person in the room was the blond that walked into him earlier. She was sitting on a couch reading a book He didn't exactly know why but something made him feel like having a little fun that night. Walking up behind the girl he put his hands on her shoulders. This made her body go rigid He bent low and whispered into her ear, "You know you're much too pretty to be hiding your face behind a book."
The girl turned to look at him and he wasted no time finding her lips.
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