Chapter 6
2nd Meeting and the Announcement
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters only the storyline and any of the story that I borrowed I will give them credit in that chapter at the end or the disclaimers in the following chapters. Enjoy and be as honest as possible in reviews without being downright mean.
~*~*~*~Hermione's POV~*~*~*~
Hermione exited her the common room at 12:30 (lunch starts at 12:30) and headed towards the Great Hall.
Her plan was to go there tell Ginny and Justin when the meeting was, grab some fruit then go back to her room until the meeting. This plan had a little glitch right away. Justin wasn't there. She could've just gone and looked for him in the Hufflepuff house, but she was just to lazy today.
So she took a seat beside Ginny and grabbed ham, lettuce and cheese sub from one of the plates (A/N: could be more imaginative but I don't really care about what they eat at this point!). She watched the door out of the corner of her eye and saw Harry and Ron enter the Hall. They started to make their way towards her but she quickly got up, told Ginny when the meeting was and that she see her later. As if on queue, Justin walked in to the Hall. Hermione quickly ran up and told him about the meeting and that if there was a change she would just come find him or send an owl if all else failed. Justin thanked her and headed to his table.
When she arrived at her common room, she found Draco sitting a in a chair in front of the fireplace, reading. 'Now that's something I'd never thought I'd see' she thought. As she got closer though, she realized he wasn't reading. He was asleep!
She stood there toying with the idea to wake him up but decided not to. He just looked too peaceful and innocent. 'Now there's a new thought! Him innocent, like that would ever happen'. But she was finding impossible to tear her eyes away. She walked over to the couch and picked up the Slytherin fleece blanket. She then walked over to him, took the book out of his hands and put it on top of him.
With that done she picked a book from one of the shelves and walked up to her room to read until the meeting.
~*~*~*~Draco's POV~*~*~*~
Like 3 hours later Draco finally woke. He looked down to see that he was covered up and that his book was on the table next to him.
He glanced at the clock and saw that it was 5 to4. He had 5MINUTES to get t the meeting. He ran up the stairs to grab a sweatshirt and noticed a light on under Hermione's door.
"Hey Hermione, come on we have like 5 minutes to get to the meeting! He waited a second and didn't get an answer, so he knocked a few more time and when he still wasn't getting a reaction he tried the door. It was unlocked and when he entered he found her sound asleep on her bed.
'She looks so peaceful' he thought, 'I really don't want to wake her up, but she'd be so pissed if I let her miss that meeting'. His mind made up he gracefully walked over to her.
"Hermione, come you have to get up now, the meetings in like 3 minutes" he said in the softest voice manageable, while shaking her lightly.
"Go away" she mumbled before turning over onto her side.
"Hermione, the meetings in exactly 2 minutes, don't want to miss it, do you? It would make a pretty bad first impression, don't you think?"
She finally opened her eyes, and nest thing he knew she was up on her feet. "OMG! What time is it? We better move and now."
She rushed down the stairs, out of the portrait hole and was down the corridors, at a break neck speed, with Draco falling close behind her. They arrived at the meeting with about 10 seconds to spare.
"Well I guess we weren't late," Hermione said wryly while catching her breath.
~*~*~*~A Little into the Meeting*~*~*~*~
"Ok, so its agreed that Hermione and I will patrol on Mondays and Wednesdays, while Flint-Fletchy and Weasley on Sundays and Thursdays, and Blaise and Patil on Tuesdays and Fridays and the teachers agreed to take Saturdays. Also we all patrol on Hogsmeade weekends. We have an extra trip before each ball, as well as we can go to Diagon Alley for any supplies for decorations that we need."
Hermione took over. " Now, Ginny and Padma have agreed to decide on the decorations and Justin and Zambini are doing the music, so that leaves Draco and I on food, is that correct?" Everyone answered with a yes. "Ok then, well just make sure the decorations are fitted for a costume ball and that's it. Meeting dismissed."
Just then Dumbledore came through the portrait hole. "One second everyone. I would like to say that Prefects and Heads will be attending the ball together. Now. I know you don't all get along, but seeing as you are working together this year I thought this was a good way to set an example for the rest of the school. I'll let you decide who's going with whom. Good Day!" With that Dumbledore smiled at them and he had a twinkle in his eye.
"Good day, Professor," they choused as he left the common room.
"Well I guess that means we're going to have to decide who's going with who" Draco started.
"Ya think" Blaise cut him off.
"Blaise, I was just making a statement. ANYWAY, I thought that since Hermione and I are the Heads we should go together, and then you 4 can fight over who wants to go with whom. However, if there is an extreme amount of fight, Hermione and I shall be forced to pick for you. Is that clear?"
"Crystal, boss," Blaise retorted, while rolling his eyes.
"Hermione is that ok with you?"
"Sure, actually I totally agree", Hermione replied. "Now, we'll just stay here while you make your decisions."
Justin and Padma immediately said that they were going with each other and no one thought it was far to argue seeing as they were dating. "So that means Zambini and Ginny are going together, is that okay with you guys?" Hermione asked with an apologetic look to Ginny.
The 2 were glaring at each other, but they both nodded their heads.
"Good, Hermione and I shall see you guys at the meeting on Wednesday and if you have any questions before then, feel free to come and ask us," Draco finished off, with a glare on his face as if to say if you want to live DO NOT ask me. "Ok, again meeting dismissed".
Hermione and Draco both headed back to their common room as they still had an hour before dinner. When they got there, Draco turned and out of the blue said "Thanks".
"For what?" Hermione asked looking a bit puzzled.
"For covering me up and letting me sleep. I didn't sleep well last night." "Oh, that? No problem. Actually, out one moment of kindness, I would like to thank you for getting me up. I wouldn't have made it to the meeting if you hadn't."
"Well I don't want to do all the work myself no do I?"
"No I guess not. But, DO NOT let this moment of kindness leave this room! You got it?"
"Yes mam'," he said while saluting her, "but same to you. No one, I repeat NO ONE can know that I said the words thank you to you. Not even Potty and Weasel. Got it?"
"No worries. I would have to be talking to them to tell them anyway. Well I'm going to go and take a quick shower now, so I don't have to when we get back from dinner."
Draco followed her up the stairs with the intention to go and get a book from his room. While in hi room, he suddenly realized something. Hermione had let her guard down a little when around him. She was starting to really truly trust him!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Over the next couple of months, Hermione and Draco came to totally and completely trust each other. They told each other almost everything and spent most of their spare time together. Hermione was still not talking to Harry and Ron, who were becoming increasingly jealous that it looked like they had been replaced. They couldn't handle the thought that Hermione no longer wanted to be around them. But seeing as she refused to talk to them they could think of nothing that they could do. Draco was finally happy that he had someone he could talk to and Hermione glad that he knew her past and yet he was still there. They were both still cold when around others, but let their guard down when around each other. ~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~
A/N: I know that this was a relatively boring chapter and the whole Dumbledore making them go together has been used many times but it was all I could think of that gave them a good reason to go together as well as being able to speed up the story a bit.
Thanks to:
gabbygirl - Hey thanks for the review. I'm glad your liking it. When you said it was messed up was that on ff.net or just like something in to story??
Firehottie - Hey, THANKS!! As you can see I wrote more soon! Chapter 7 should also be up by Tuesday.
Diamondeye - I like the punk Hermione to. The reason I'm using 'Mia is because I'm wasn't to nuts on using Mio or Mione cause I really don't like those, plus I think Mia sounds better. I'm so happy your enjoying it!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters only the storyline and any of the story that I borrowed I will give them credit in that chapter at the end or the disclaimers in the following chapters. Enjoy and be as honest as possible in reviews without being downright mean.
~*~*~*~Hermione's POV~*~*~*~
Hermione exited her the common room at 12:30 (lunch starts at 12:30) and headed towards the Great Hall.
Her plan was to go there tell Ginny and Justin when the meeting was, grab some fruit then go back to her room until the meeting. This plan had a little glitch right away. Justin wasn't there. She could've just gone and looked for him in the Hufflepuff house, but she was just to lazy today.
So she took a seat beside Ginny and grabbed ham, lettuce and cheese sub from one of the plates (A/N: could be more imaginative but I don't really care about what they eat at this point!). She watched the door out of the corner of her eye and saw Harry and Ron enter the Hall. They started to make their way towards her but she quickly got up, told Ginny when the meeting was and that she see her later. As if on queue, Justin walked in to the Hall. Hermione quickly ran up and told him about the meeting and that if there was a change she would just come find him or send an owl if all else failed. Justin thanked her and headed to his table.
When she arrived at her common room, she found Draco sitting a in a chair in front of the fireplace, reading. 'Now that's something I'd never thought I'd see' she thought. As she got closer though, she realized he wasn't reading. He was asleep!
She stood there toying with the idea to wake him up but decided not to. He just looked too peaceful and innocent. 'Now there's a new thought! Him innocent, like that would ever happen'. But she was finding impossible to tear her eyes away. She walked over to the couch and picked up the Slytherin fleece blanket. She then walked over to him, took the book out of his hands and put it on top of him.
With that done she picked a book from one of the shelves and walked up to her room to read until the meeting.
~*~*~*~Draco's POV~*~*~*~
Like 3 hours later Draco finally woke. He looked down to see that he was covered up and that his book was on the table next to him.
He glanced at the clock and saw that it was 5 to4. He had 5MINUTES to get t the meeting. He ran up the stairs to grab a sweatshirt and noticed a light on under Hermione's door.
"Hey Hermione, come on we have like 5 minutes to get to the meeting! He waited a second and didn't get an answer, so he knocked a few more time and when he still wasn't getting a reaction he tried the door. It was unlocked and when he entered he found her sound asleep on her bed.
'She looks so peaceful' he thought, 'I really don't want to wake her up, but she'd be so pissed if I let her miss that meeting'. His mind made up he gracefully walked over to her.
"Hermione, come you have to get up now, the meetings in like 3 minutes" he said in the softest voice manageable, while shaking her lightly.
"Go away" she mumbled before turning over onto her side.
"Hermione, the meetings in exactly 2 minutes, don't want to miss it, do you? It would make a pretty bad first impression, don't you think?"
She finally opened her eyes, and nest thing he knew she was up on her feet. "OMG! What time is it? We better move and now."
She rushed down the stairs, out of the portrait hole and was down the corridors, at a break neck speed, with Draco falling close behind her. They arrived at the meeting with about 10 seconds to spare.
"Well I guess we weren't late," Hermione said wryly while catching her breath.
~*~*~*~A Little into the Meeting*~*~*~*~
"Ok, so its agreed that Hermione and I will patrol on Mondays and Wednesdays, while Flint-Fletchy and Weasley on Sundays and Thursdays, and Blaise and Patil on Tuesdays and Fridays and the teachers agreed to take Saturdays. Also we all patrol on Hogsmeade weekends. We have an extra trip before each ball, as well as we can go to Diagon Alley for any supplies for decorations that we need."
Hermione took over. " Now, Ginny and Padma have agreed to decide on the decorations and Justin and Zambini are doing the music, so that leaves Draco and I on food, is that correct?" Everyone answered with a yes. "Ok then, well just make sure the decorations are fitted for a costume ball and that's it. Meeting dismissed."
Just then Dumbledore came through the portrait hole. "One second everyone. I would like to say that Prefects and Heads will be attending the ball together. Now. I know you don't all get along, but seeing as you are working together this year I thought this was a good way to set an example for the rest of the school. I'll let you decide who's going with whom. Good Day!" With that Dumbledore smiled at them and he had a twinkle in his eye.
"Good day, Professor," they choused as he left the common room.
"Well I guess that means we're going to have to decide who's going with who" Draco started.
"Ya think" Blaise cut him off.
"Blaise, I was just making a statement. ANYWAY, I thought that since Hermione and I are the Heads we should go together, and then you 4 can fight over who wants to go with whom. However, if there is an extreme amount of fight, Hermione and I shall be forced to pick for you. Is that clear?"
"Crystal, boss," Blaise retorted, while rolling his eyes.
"Hermione is that ok with you?"
"Sure, actually I totally agree", Hermione replied. "Now, we'll just stay here while you make your decisions."
Justin and Padma immediately said that they were going with each other and no one thought it was far to argue seeing as they were dating. "So that means Zambini and Ginny are going together, is that okay with you guys?" Hermione asked with an apologetic look to Ginny.
The 2 were glaring at each other, but they both nodded their heads.
"Good, Hermione and I shall see you guys at the meeting on Wednesday and if you have any questions before then, feel free to come and ask us," Draco finished off, with a glare on his face as if to say if you want to live DO NOT ask me. "Ok, again meeting dismissed".
Hermione and Draco both headed back to their common room as they still had an hour before dinner. When they got there, Draco turned and out of the blue said "Thanks".
"For what?" Hermione asked looking a bit puzzled.
"For covering me up and letting me sleep. I didn't sleep well last night." "Oh, that? No problem. Actually, out one moment of kindness, I would like to thank you for getting me up. I wouldn't have made it to the meeting if you hadn't."
"Well I don't want to do all the work myself no do I?"
"No I guess not. But, DO NOT let this moment of kindness leave this room! You got it?"
"Yes mam'," he said while saluting her, "but same to you. No one, I repeat NO ONE can know that I said the words thank you to you. Not even Potty and Weasel. Got it?"
"No worries. I would have to be talking to them to tell them anyway. Well I'm going to go and take a quick shower now, so I don't have to when we get back from dinner."
Draco followed her up the stairs with the intention to go and get a book from his room. While in hi room, he suddenly realized something. Hermione had let her guard down a little when around him. She was starting to really truly trust him!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Over the next couple of months, Hermione and Draco came to totally and completely trust each other. They told each other almost everything and spent most of their spare time together. Hermione was still not talking to Harry and Ron, who were becoming increasingly jealous that it looked like they had been replaced. They couldn't handle the thought that Hermione no longer wanted to be around them. But seeing as she refused to talk to them they could think of nothing that they could do. Draco was finally happy that he had someone he could talk to and Hermione glad that he knew her past and yet he was still there. They were both still cold when around others, but let their guard down when around each other. ~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~
A/N: I know that this was a relatively boring chapter and the whole Dumbledore making them go together has been used many times but it was all I could think of that gave them a good reason to go together as well as being able to speed up the story a bit.
Thanks to:
gabbygirl - Hey thanks for the review. I'm glad your liking it. When you said it was messed up was that on ff.net or just like something in to story??
Firehottie - Hey, THANKS!! As you can see I wrote more soon! Chapter 7 should also be up by Tuesday.
Diamondeye - I like the punk Hermione to. The reason I'm using 'Mia is because I'm wasn't to nuts on using Mio or Mione cause I really don't like those, plus I think Mia sounds better. I'm so happy your enjoying it!