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summary :Hermione's pendant goes missing and guess who has it? things get fluffy-er between Draco and Hermione.
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Back in their common room, Hermione sat down at the table with Harry and Ron. A conversation strikes up.
"So, how'd you reckon our Care of Magical Creatures' test results will be like?" Ron said this as he flipped the pages of his Daily Prophet.
"I don't know, i bet we'll definitely pass, right Hermione?" Harry sat at the chair near the open fireplace.
"That professor Grubbly-Plank gave us quite a lot of homework, better get working Ron. Right Hermione?" Harry brushed away his fringe which covered his glasses and glanced over to Hermione. Ron saw him looking in Hermione's direction and followed his gaze.
"Hermione? Hermione.... HER-MIONE!!!!" Ron shouted as he waved his hand in front of her face.
It took her about a minute to realise that they had been calling her.
"Huh? Yah... Yah... you're right Harry..." Hermione said this as her gaze moved from the table to the open window in the corner.
"Are you alright? you seem like you just kissed Draco or something... Hahahahaha... like that's a very likely story.. hahaha.." Ron joked around and Harry joined in, not realising that at that precise moment, Hermione had begun to cry again.
"Why? Why does this have to happen to me?" Hermione wiped her face with her sleeve and ran up to her dormitory. Harry tried to call out to her but she didn't hear him.
***
Ron and Harry left for the Great Hall after countless number of times they tried to call Hermione down for dinner.
"It's her own problem if she doesn't want dinner, WE'RE LEAVING!!" Ron shouted as they left the room. Harry, all these time worried for her.
***
In the Great hall, Harry's shared his worries with Ron.
"I don't know what's going on with her? Do you think something happened to Krum?"
"NaH!!!" Ron stuffed his mouth with a huge spoonful of kidney pie.
"If 'nything 'appened ta 'im, I'd 'ave-" He swallowed as he spoke. "I'd know about it coz it'd be all over the Daily Prophet."
Harry had given up on reading the Daily Prophet because of all the rubbish Rita skeeter had put in last year.
"I don't know.. Hey, who's that girl from year 2 that always follows her? Mel.. Meloryn or something like that? Maybe she'll know something about Hermione?" Harry shifted his gaze to the front of the Gryffindor table where some of the year 2 students sat. Harry then looked around the room and spotted Draco.
"What's up with Draco? He seems in a very bad mood. Look at him, he seems irritated by Crabbe and Goyle... O shoot.. He's standing... and heading in our direction. Better not look." Ron turned his head back in Harry's direction.
"Where's Hermione? I need to talk to her..." Draco's face more red than ever.
"I don't know. She didn't want to come out of the dormitory when we came here for dinner. She might still be up there or she might be somewhere else." Ron explained.
Without a single word, Draco turned around and disappeared pass the doors of the Hall.
***
Hermione laid on the bed, the weight of her head on her arms.
"Get a hold of yourself Hermione." She said to herself. "Why are you crying, there's nothing to cry about! Krum hasn't left you and you've got your 2 best friends with you."
Hermione sat up and felt for her pendant which she had left in her pocket after taking it off the time she was angry at Krum. To her surprise, it wasn't there, in fact, it wasn't anywhere in sight. Hermione began to search worriedly and suddenly, she realised something.
"I must have dropped it when i bumped into him..." Her face turned scarlet at the thought of the incident.
She scattered for her cloak and rushed down the stairs to the common room. Pushing open the door, she fumbled and missed a step, falling on the floor.
"Ouch.. my lip..." Hermione traced her finger on her lower lip which had started to bleed. "damn, scraped my elbow too..." Hermione slowly pushed herself up.
Draco, who walked around the corner, saw Hermione kneeling on the floor examining her elbow. He rushed to aid her and pulled her up.
"I.. I don't need your help. Havn't you caused enough harm around here?" Hermione pushed his hands away from her.
"I just wanted to talk to you about what happened just now. I didn't mean to do it." Draco took a deep breath and tried to explain before he inhaled again. Hermione had begun to cry once more.
"I'm really very sor..sor..." He couldn't say it.
He remembered what his father had told him when he first came to Hogwarts. "Don't ever admit that you're wrong. The Malfoys are never wrong. All those mudbloods havn't got a clue what's right and what's wrong." His father's drawling voice floating into his head.
Hermione leaned against the wall and tried to wipe her eyes dry. Thoughts of the incident came back again and again.
Draco stood still, staring at her, not knowing what to do next.
"Here." Draco drew out a piece of cloth from his back pocket. "Wipe your face before anyone says i'm bullying you."
The nearby paintings sniggered.
"Let's go somewhere else. I think we really need to straighten this out." Draco drew out his hand and held Hermione's, pulling her towards the entrance. The sudden contact of Draco's hand gave Hermione a jolt of surprise. Her stomach began to fill with butterflies. She didn't want this to happen but she didn't want to remove the warm feeling of Draco's hand either.
"Where... where are you bringing me?" Hermione asked as she wiped her face with the cloth.
Draco kept silent as he pulled her out into the open grounds. Then bringing her over to the lake. The sun was setting over the lake and darkness soon drenched the trees surrounding the perimeter.
Draco signalled for her to sit down on a dry spot where it was shaded by the willow and he sat cross-legged, opposite her.
"Why are you crying? I said i'm sor- sor-" Once again, he could not say it.
He brushed a stray strand of hair from his face and gazed at Hermione's warm brown eyes.
"I.. just need.. " Draco moved closer to her.
"It's just that.. that.. Noone ever understands me.. no one... not even Harry or Ron.. They don't even realise that Krum's not coming and..." Draco's gaze grew stronger.
"..And the both of them are always joking around. They don't even know the kind of standard my parents set for me. Everyone thinks that i'm just some smart alec or something.. And, and, i've lost the pendant Krum has given to me.. All these stress is mounting up on me and..." Hermione suddenly stopped as Draco grabbed her and gave her a tight hug making her mind seize thinking.
Her tears began to roll uncontrollably down Draco's sleeve.
"I..I'm terribly sorry 'bout your sleeve.. i.." Hermione moved away from his grip, staring at his sleeve.
"Shh..." He placed his finger on her lip and grinned.
"You look real pretty when you're stressed out like that." He grinned an even wider grin.
Surprised at Draco's reaction, Hermione turned and stared at the lake glistening away. Draco inched closer and held her chin gently in his hand. He turned her face in his direction and their eyes met as he leaned forward to kiss her. Hermione's heartbeat raised to an almost uncountable beat.
"No..." Hermione pushed Draco away as quickly as she could. She wanted to make the feeling of Draco's lips in contact with hers to last forever but she knew she would never be able to forgive herself if she was cheating behind Krum's back.
"This is wrong..." The wound on her lip started to bleed again. Hermione stood up and walked back quickly, not even turning back.
"Wait... pls, listen..." Draco's hand stretching in mid-air.
"I've got your pen-" Hermione disappeared through the door. "-dant." Draco heaved a big sigh.
***
Hermione ran as fast as she could and soon reached the gryffindor tower.
"mandragora foreitus" Hermione mumbled to the Fat lady's portrait.
As she entered, 2 anxious gryffindors came running up to her.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Harry questioned her, tears about to flow.
"I've... been.." Hermione struggled for room as Ron and Harry pestered on for an answer
"We were worried bout you.. you know that? we even asked that.. that Meloryn girl to go up to your dormitory to see if you were there." Ron exclaimed.
"I'm SORRY all right?" Hermione plopped herself into the near-by arm chair.
"So, care to explain where you've been to?" Ron gave her a sarcastic look.
"I've been with Malfoy."
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summary :Hermione's pendant goes missing and guess who has it? things get fluffy-er between Draco and Hermione.
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Back in their common room, Hermione sat down at the table with Harry and Ron. A conversation strikes up.
"So, how'd you reckon our Care of Magical Creatures' test results will be like?" Ron said this as he flipped the pages of his Daily Prophet.
"I don't know, i bet we'll definitely pass, right Hermione?" Harry sat at the chair near the open fireplace.
"That professor Grubbly-Plank gave us quite a lot of homework, better get working Ron. Right Hermione?" Harry brushed away his fringe which covered his glasses and glanced over to Hermione. Ron saw him looking in Hermione's direction and followed his gaze.
"Hermione? Hermione.... HER-MIONE!!!!" Ron shouted as he waved his hand in front of her face.
It took her about a minute to realise that they had been calling her.
"Huh? Yah... Yah... you're right Harry..." Hermione said this as her gaze moved from the table to the open window in the corner.
"Are you alright? you seem like you just kissed Draco or something... Hahahahaha... like that's a very likely story.. hahaha.." Ron joked around and Harry joined in, not realising that at that precise moment, Hermione had begun to cry again.
"Why? Why does this have to happen to me?" Hermione wiped her face with her sleeve and ran up to her dormitory. Harry tried to call out to her but she didn't hear him.
***
Ron and Harry left for the Great Hall after countless number of times they tried to call Hermione down for dinner.
"It's her own problem if she doesn't want dinner, WE'RE LEAVING!!" Ron shouted as they left the room. Harry, all these time worried for her.
***
In the Great hall, Harry's shared his worries with Ron.
"I don't know what's going on with her? Do you think something happened to Krum?"
"NaH!!!" Ron stuffed his mouth with a huge spoonful of kidney pie.
"If 'nything 'appened ta 'im, I'd 'ave-" He swallowed as he spoke. "I'd know about it coz it'd be all over the Daily Prophet."
Harry had given up on reading the Daily Prophet because of all the rubbish Rita skeeter had put in last year.
"I don't know.. Hey, who's that girl from year 2 that always follows her? Mel.. Meloryn or something like that? Maybe she'll know something about Hermione?" Harry shifted his gaze to the front of the Gryffindor table where some of the year 2 students sat. Harry then looked around the room and spotted Draco.
"What's up with Draco? He seems in a very bad mood. Look at him, he seems irritated by Crabbe and Goyle... O shoot.. He's standing... and heading in our direction. Better not look." Ron turned his head back in Harry's direction.
"Where's Hermione? I need to talk to her..." Draco's face more red than ever.
"I don't know. She didn't want to come out of the dormitory when we came here for dinner. She might still be up there or she might be somewhere else." Ron explained.
Without a single word, Draco turned around and disappeared pass the doors of the Hall.
***
Hermione laid on the bed, the weight of her head on her arms.
"Get a hold of yourself Hermione." She said to herself. "Why are you crying, there's nothing to cry about! Krum hasn't left you and you've got your 2 best friends with you."
Hermione sat up and felt for her pendant which she had left in her pocket after taking it off the time she was angry at Krum. To her surprise, it wasn't there, in fact, it wasn't anywhere in sight. Hermione began to search worriedly and suddenly, she realised something.
"I must have dropped it when i bumped into him..." Her face turned scarlet at the thought of the incident.
She scattered for her cloak and rushed down the stairs to the common room. Pushing open the door, she fumbled and missed a step, falling on the floor.
"Ouch.. my lip..." Hermione traced her finger on her lower lip which had started to bleed. "damn, scraped my elbow too..." Hermione slowly pushed herself up.
Draco, who walked around the corner, saw Hermione kneeling on the floor examining her elbow. He rushed to aid her and pulled her up.
"I.. I don't need your help. Havn't you caused enough harm around here?" Hermione pushed his hands away from her.
"I just wanted to talk to you about what happened just now. I didn't mean to do it." Draco took a deep breath and tried to explain before he inhaled again. Hermione had begun to cry once more.
"I'm really very sor..sor..." He couldn't say it.
He remembered what his father had told him when he first came to Hogwarts. "Don't ever admit that you're wrong. The Malfoys are never wrong. All those mudbloods havn't got a clue what's right and what's wrong." His father's drawling voice floating into his head.
Hermione leaned against the wall and tried to wipe her eyes dry. Thoughts of the incident came back again and again.
Draco stood still, staring at her, not knowing what to do next.
"Here." Draco drew out a piece of cloth from his back pocket. "Wipe your face before anyone says i'm bullying you."
The nearby paintings sniggered.
"Let's go somewhere else. I think we really need to straighten this out." Draco drew out his hand and held Hermione's, pulling her towards the entrance. The sudden contact of Draco's hand gave Hermione a jolt of surprise. Her stomach began to fill with butterflies. She didn't want this to happen but she didn't want to remove the warm feeling of Draco's hand either.
"Where... where are you bringing me?" Hermione asked as she wiped her face with the cloth.
Draco kept silent as he pulled her out into the open grounds. Then bringing her over to the lake. The sun was setting over the lake and darkness soon drenched the trees surrounding the perimeter.
Draco signalled for her to sit down on a dry spot where it was shaded by the willow and he sat cross-legged, opposite her.
"Why are you crying? I said i'm sor- sor-" Once again, he could not say it.
He brushed a stray strand of hair from his face and gazed at Hermione's warm brown eyes.
"I.. just need.. " Draco moved closer to her.
"It's just that.. that.. Noone ever understands me.. no one... not even Harry or Ron.. They don't even realise that Krum's not coming and..." Draco's gaze grew stronger.
"..And the both of them are always joking around. They don't even know the kind of standard my parents set for me. Everyone thinks that i'm just some smart alec or something.. And, and, i've lost the pendant Krum has given to me.. All these stress is mounting up on me and..." Hermione suddenly stopped as Draco grabbed her and gave her a tight hug making her mind seize thinking.
Her tears began to roll uncontrollably down Draco's sleeve.
"I..I'm terribly sorry 'bout your sleeve.. i.." Hermione moved away from his grip, staring at his sleeve.
"Shh..." He placed his finger on her lip and grinned.
"You look real pretty when you're stressed out like that." He grinned an even wider grin.
Surprised at Draco's reaction, Hermione turned and stared at the lake glistening away. Draco inched closer and held her chin gently in his hand. He turned her face in his direction and their eyes met as he leaned forward to kiss her. Hermione's heartbeat raised to an almost uncountable beat.
"No..." Hermione pushed Draco away as quickly as she could. She wanted to make the feeling of Draco's lips in contact with hers to last forever but she knew she would never be able to forgive herself if she was cheating behind Krum's back.
"This is wrong..." The wound on her lip started to bleed again. Hermione stood up and walked back quickly, not even turning back.
"Wait... pls, listen..." Draco's hand stretching in mid-air.
"I've got your pen-" Hermione disappeared through the door. "-dant." Draco heaved a big sigh.
***
Hermione ran as fast as she could and soon reached the gryffindor tower.
"mandragora foreitus" Hermione mumbled to the Fat lady's portrait.
As she entered, 2 anxious gryffindors came running up to her.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Harry questioned her, tears about to flow.
"I've... been.." Hermione struggled for room as Ron and Harry pestered on for an answer
"We were worried bout you.. you know that? we even asked that.. that Meloryn girl to go up to your dormitory to see if you were there." Ron exclaimed.
"I'm SORRY all right?" Hermione plopped herself into the near-by arm chair.
"So, care to explain where you've been to?" Ron gave her a sarcastic look.
"I've been with Malfoy."
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