Disclaimer: Na-da.. i don't own any of the harry potter characters. but Melorie melons is my OC, No stealing.
Summary: Who does Hermione decide to go to the carnival with? READ on ppl!
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The very next day, Draco slipped a reply into Hermione's hand while they passed each other by the corridor just outside Defence class. Draco had stayed up late the night before thinking about why Hermione had not given him a chance and this is what he wrote:
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Dear Hermione,
I hope that you have forgiven me for the previous few incidents. I don't know why you are un-willing to go to the carnival with me but i assure you that i have taken care of Crabbe and Goyle. They are going to the carnival with pansy.
If you really need time alone, i will understand but otherwise, I really, really, really hope that you will give me this one chance. I really like you alot.
All these time, those incidents happened, i think it's fate. I hope you will give me this chance to prove to you the real me and to prove to you that i am the one for you.
Hoping for your answer, Draco M.
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"I hope she.." Draco drifted into the slytherin common room, taking off his green and silver scarf.
"Hey Draco! Let's go find Goyle. I heard he's doing detention for Magonagall." Crabbe gestured to him.
"O, er.. Right..." Draco replied in an undignified tone.
***
"What's Draco given you this time?" Harry spoke as if in a foreign language.
"A letter.. and it's non of your business!" Hermione pushed past Ron and sat herself down on the rug by the fire. Ron peeped pver her shoulder and looked at the letter.
Hermione, with one swipe of her hand, pushed Ron's face from behind her to the other direction.
"Ok... Fine! Don't let me read it but for your info, Harry lik....mmm....hmph... hem...mm.."
Harry over heard the conversationa and ran over to cover Ron's mouth with his right hand.
Hermione turned and saw the two of them struggling with eachother and walked up the stairs towards the girls' dormitory.
***
"Should i give him a chance?" Hermione suddenly spurt out when she closed the door to their dormitory. That question had been itching to escape her mouth. Luckily enough, no one was in the dormitory.
"I guess i should, he sounds sincere." She thought out loud. "I'll tell him during dinner."
With that, she slipped the letter under her pillow and smiled to herself. She stood up and walked back down, through the the common room and out pass the fat lady's portrait. She was shocked to see the face that greeted her in the corridor.
Draco grinned and suddenly changed dis expression into fury upon realising that Crabbe was with him. He mumbled something to crabbe and he turned around, walking in the other direction. Hermione looked confused.
After Crabbe was out of earshot, Draco walked towards her. Hermione decided that this would make it easier to tell Draco than to wait till dinner.
"Er... Hi!" Draco chimed.
Hermione pointed in Crabbe's direction.
"O.. Crabbe... I sent him back to get a book called 'Totally curses and charms to set on others'. But, you should realise that there isn't such a book so, that should keep him there for awhile."
Hermione sniggered.
'O... man... why am i talking about all these rubbish?' Draco thought to himself.
Hermione opened her mouth to speak but Draco interrupted. "I know you've read my letter. Well, I hope you'll give me this one chance. I mean, if you don't want to, it's alright. But.. I hope.."
Hermione made eye contact with Draco's greyish eyes. Draco blinked twice and Hermione replied, "Yes... i'll go with you tot he carnival."
***
After what Hermione had told Draco, his heart was set a flutter and his head were filled with thoughts of the two of them on the perfect date which Draco had some trouble planning without the help of Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy who kept interrupting his train of thoughts.
"Go away!" Draco snapped as Pansy neared him.
"Boy, isn't he cranky?!" Pansy rolled her eyes, flipped her hair over her shoulders and walked out of the common room. At the sound of Draco's anger in his tone of voice, Crabbe and Goyle decided not to taunt him any further and sat down, loading their quill in an actual attempt at doing their homework.
***
"Ok, that was easy." Hermione thought to herself.
"How am i going to tell Ron and Harry that i'm going to the carnival with Draco? and why is Harry so cranky nowadays?"
She let out a long sigh, took a deep breath and begun her homework which were all spread out on top of the table in the common room. Most were due next week but she prefered to finish up all her work first. Besides, the carnival is tomorrow. She didn't want to waste her weekend on her homework.
***
"I bet that Malfoy's up to no good again. Ron, what'd you reckon?" Harry's facial expression were so tiny, no one would expect him to be angry at that moment.
"I wouldn't know, would I?" Ron said absent-mindedly and threw him a glance over his shoulder. They went up to their dormitory when Hermione went up to hers. Harry heaved a sigh and stared blankly at his piece of parchment, not realising that he did not even write down a single word on Snape's essay on moonstone and it's powerful uses.
***
The night soon drifted into daylight. The three of them met in the hallway and with lifted spirits as it was the weekend, made their way to the great hall for breakfast.
As the door to the hall opened, a great mass of noise greeted them. The hall was hustling and bustling with lots of people gathering in groups. The three of them took their seats at the very end of the gryffindor table.
"It's the carnival today" Ron chimed in an effort to get Harry and Hermione to talk.
"Who are you going to the carnival with?" Harry spoke, directing the question to Hermione but not looking at her.
"-this is the perfect opportunity-" Hermione thought to herself.
Ron spoke again. "You're going with that Melorie Melons girl, aren't you?"
As Hermione heard this, she decided to scrape the thought of telling her two friends that she would be out with Draco.
"Er, yah... you're right! How'd you guess?" A tone of guilt in her voice, she attempted to cover up the fact that she had actually wanted to tell them the truth. "Yeah, i'm going with Melorie..."
"Ok-" Harry replied, head lowered. "-i guess you won't be going with us then. We'll see you then, at the carnival? Enjoy your breakfast..." Harry said this in dissapointment and left the table grabbing a couple of toast
He walked back to the gryffindor tower and sat at the lumpy couch that Hermione had so favoured in the past. He smoothed out the creases and stared at the glowing fire.
***
"What's going on with Harry?" Ron gave a puzzled look and Hermione shrugged as she continued to butter her toast.
***
At the Slytherin table, Draco sat there staring at the Gryffindor table. He wished so much just to be able to be with Hermione that he was staring at her across the tables and did not touch a single thing on his plate.
"Ar you goin'na eat that?" Goyle said this with his mouth full and broke Draco's concentration on Hermione.
"Er, no... i guess not.." Draco said dreamily and pushed the plste towards Goyle.
***
The few hours passed quickly and soon it was half pass three and they were to meet at the gate to Hogsmeade at four. They had chosen to meet at that hour because there would not be much people around at that time. The official time for the grand opening was at six.
Hermione got out of her robes and changed into some 'more' normal muggle clothes, draped her scarve snugly around her neck and put on her cloak.
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alrighty then... how's it so far? pls R&R! thank you...
i'll put in the carnival in the next chapter.. promise!!!
Summary: Who does Hermione decide to go to the carnival with? READ on ppl!
___________________________________________________________________________________
The very next day, Draco slipped a reply into Hermione's hand while they passed each other by the corridor just outside Defence class. Draco had stayed up late the night before thinking about why Hermione had not given him a chance and this is what he wrote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Hermione,
I hope that you have forgiven me for the previous few incidents. I don't know why you are un-willing to go to the carnival with me but i assure you that i have taken care of Crabbe and Goyle. They are going to the carnival with pansy.
If you really need time alone, i will understand but otherwise, I really, really, really hope that you will give me this one chance. I really like you alot.
All these time, those incidents happened, i think it's fate. I hope you will give me this chance to prove to you the real me and to prove to you that i am the one for you.
Hoping for your answer, Draco M.
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"I hope she.." Draco drifted into the slytherin common room, taking off his green and silver scarf.
"Hey Draco! Let's go find Goyle. I heard he's doing detention for Magonagall." Crabbe gestured to him.
"O, er.. Right..." Draco replied in an undignified tone.
***
"What's Draco given you this time?" Harry spoke as if in a foreign language.
"A letter.. and it's non of your business!" Hermione pushed past Ron and sat herself down on the rug by the fire. Ron peeped pver her shoulder and looked at the letter.
Hermione, with one swipe of her hand, pushed Ron's face from behind her to the other direction.
"Ok... Fine! Don't let me read it but for your info, Harry lik....mmm....hmph... hem...mm.."
Harry over heard the conversationa and ran over to cover Ron's mouth with his right hand.
Hermione turned and saw the two of them struggling with eachother and walked up the stairs towards the girls' dormitory.
***
"Should i give him a chance?" Hermione suddenly spurt out when she closed the door to their dormitory. That question had been itching to escape her mouth. Luckily enough, no one was in the dormitory.
"I guess i should, he sounds sincere." She thought out loud. "I'll tell him during dinner."
With that, she slipped the letter under her pillow and smiled to herself. She stood up and walked back down, through the the common room and out pass the fat lady's portrait. She was shocked to see the face that greeted her in the corridor.
Draco grinned and suddenly changed dis expression into fury upon realising that Crabbe was with him. He mumbled something to crabbe and he turned around, walking in the other direction. Hermione looked confused.
After Crabbe was out of earshot, Draco walked towards her. Hermione decided that this would make it easier to tell Draco than to wait till dinner.
"Er... Hi!" Draco chimed.
Hermione pointed in Crabbe's direction.
"O.. Crabbe... I sent him back to get a book called 'Totally curses and charms to set on others'. But, you should realise that there isn't such a book so, that should keep him there for awhile."
Hermione sniggered.
'O... man... why am i talking about all these rubbish?' Draco thought to himself.
Hermione opened her mouth to speak but Draco interrupted. "I know you've read my letter. Well, I hope you'll give me this one chance. I mean, if you don't want to, it's alright. But.. I hope.."
Hermione made eye contact with Draco's greyish eyes. Draco blinked twice and Hermione replied, "Yes... i'll go with you tot he carnival."
***
After what Hermione had told Draco, his heart was set a flutter and his head were filled with thoughts of the two of them on the perfect date which Draco had some trouble planning without the help of Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy who kept interrupting his train of thoughts.
"Go away!" Draco snapped as Pansy neared him.
"Boy, isn't he cranky?!" Pansy rolled her eyes, flipped her hair over her shoulders and walked out of the common room. At the sound of Draco's anger in his tone of voice, Crabbe and Goyle decided not to taunt him any further and sat down, loading their quill in an actual attempt at doing their homework.
***
"Ok, that was easy." Hermione thought to herself.
"How am i going to tell Ron and Harry that i'm going to the carnival with Draco? and why is Harry so cranky nowadays?"
She let out a long sigh, took a deep breath and begun her homework which were all spread out on top of the table in the common room. Most were due next week but she prefered to finish up all her work first. Besides, the carnival is tomorrow. She didn't want to waste her weekend on her homework.
***
"I bet that Malfoy's up to no good again. Ron, what'd you reckon?" Harry's facial expression were so tiny, no one would expect him to be angry at that moment.
"I wouldn't know, would I?" Ron said absent-mindedly and threw him a glance over his shoulder. They went up to their dormitory when Hermione went up to hers. Harry heaved a sigh and stared blankly at his piece of parchment, not realising that he did not even write down a single word on Snape's essay on moonstone and it's powerful uses.
***
The night soon drifted into daylight. The three of them met in the hallway and with lifted spirits as it was the weekend, made their way to the great hall for breakfast.
As the door to the hall opened, a great mass of noise greeted them. The hall was hustling and bustling with lots of people gathering in groups. The three of them took their seats at the very end of the gryffindor table.
"It's the carnival today" Ron chimed in an effort to get Harry and Hermione to talk.
"Who are you going to the carnival with?" Harry spoke, directing the question to Hermione but not looking at her.
"-this is the perfect opportunity-" Hermione thought to herself.
Ron spoke again. "You're going with that Melorie Melons girl, aren't you?"
As Hermione heard this, she decided to scrape the thought of telling her two friends that she would be out with Draco.
"Er, yah... you're right! How'd you guess?" A tone of guilt in her voice, she attempted to cover up the fact that she had actually wanted to tell them the truth. "Yeah, i'm going with Melorie..."
"Ok-" Harry replied, head lowered. "-i guess you won't be going with us then. We'll see you then, at the carnival? Enjoy your breakfast..." Harry said this in dissapointment and left the table grabbing a couple of toast
He walked back to the gryffindor tower and sat at the lumpy couch that Hermione had so favoured in the past. He smoothed out the creases and stared at the glowing fire.
***
"What's going on with Harry?" Ron gave a puzzled look and Hermione shrugged as she continued to butter her toast.
***
At the Slytherin table, Draco sat there staring at the Gryffindor table. He wished so much just to be able to be with Hermione that he was staring at her across the tables and did not touch a single thing on his plate.
"Ar you goin'na eat that?" Goyle said this with his mouth full and broke Draco's concentration on Hermione.
"Er, no... i guess not.." Draco said dreamily and pushed the plste towards Goyle.
***
The few hours passed quickly and soon it was half pass three and they were to meet at the gate to Hogsmeade at four. They had chosen to meet at that hour because there would not be much people around at that time. The official time for the grand opening was at six.
Hermione got out of her robes and changed into some 'more' normal muggle clothes, draped her scarve snugly around her neck and put on her cloak.
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alrighty then... how's it so far? pls R&R! thank you...
i'll put in the carnival in the next chapter.. promise!!!