Chapter 14: Hangovers, the Benefit, and Saving Hogwarts all in one
Hermione woke up the next morning with a hangover. She had the worst head ache and she must've thrown up about forty times. There was no way that she looked this bad last night. She didn't even remember going home. But, since she was here she had to have gone home.
She looked at the clock; it read 9:45 AM. Then picked up her phone and called the office, it rang for ten minutes before someone picked up. It was Liz, "Hey what's up?" she asked as she almost shattered Hermione's ear drums.
"Quiet! I can't take the noise, put Malfoy on the phone," Hermione said with a drawl.
"Malfoy speaking," he said quietly.
"This is the first and last time I will ask you for something, but could you possibly go and get me some medicine for my headache?" she asked making her voice hardly audible.
"Why not, I'll be there in 10 minutes," he said clicking the phone on the hook. She was saved. She needed something for the headache and she wasn't leaving the apartment. After 10 minutes he finally got there.
He walked into her room and gave her the pill and glass of goat milk, it was best for a headache. To make her feel better he rubbed her shoulders and back. "Did anything, you know, happen last night?" she asked, "Because if it did or I said anything I was under the influence."
Don't worry, nothing happened at all," he said. He knew it would freak her out to hear the pretzel-tiger thing so he let it be.
"Good," she sighed. Not thinking about what he was doing he started to croon a stanza from "Music of the Night" while he massaged her shoulders.
"You know that too?" she asked surprised at what she was hearing.
"Oh, I'm sorry I like muggle music and that happens to be one of my favorite songs," he said.
"Mine too," she sighed, "you have a beautiful voice."
"Thank you, but I wouldn't go as far as beautiful. I only sing for fun and this just happened to be a moment when I thought it was appropriate. I'll stop if you want me too," he said as he kept on massaging.
"No, you don't have to stop, I like it," she said closing her eyes as he sang the tune softly. She fell asleep sitting up as he sand to her softly. She even heard his seductive voice in her head as she slept.
Draco then laid her down and set out for the office. When he got there he asked Susan to the ball, she obviously said yes and then it was almost time for it.
Hermione woke up and took a shower, she felt much better and the pain medication really helped. She put on the dress, did her hair, and then got out the strappy sandals that made her feet cry in pain.
When she got to the Benefit there was Susan and Malfoy while she was all alone. Out of the corner of his eye Draco saw Hermione and he thought she looked gorgeous. She had to die for legs and her hair made him crazy.
He didn't pay attention to her but then he said, "Susan, please excuse me for a moment." She let him go and he walked over the Hermione.
"You look.. Stunning," he said.
"The outfit's not complete," she said putting on a clown nose. (The dinner was to benefit the YOUNG wizard and witches going to school, and I mean young.)
"Any other day that would suit you, but not today," he said pulling it off.
"Nice tie," she said holding the golden and blue spotted tie.
Just as they were looking into each other's eyes Susan came up behind him and pulled him away. As he was forced away he looked back over his shoulder to the girl in the black dress which he could hardly keep his eyes off of.
Hermione was talking to some people from a large corporation and they said that they would be tearing down Hogwarts because the grades have been dropping due to lack of teachers. This pulled at her heart strings and she had to do something about it. She would address Malfoy about tomorrow, but now she needed to find Ron.
"Ron, did you know they're going to tear down Hogwarts?" she said as she ran over to him.
"What? They can't do that," he said with a look of shock.
"There's a lack of four teachers, and since there aren't enough teachers the grades have been dropping. I've got an idea," she said as she whispered it in his ear.
"Perfect, I don't mind," said Ron as he went over to his brother's.
Then, she finished off the night with some dancing with various executives and the like, but all she thought about was the school. She thought that maybe Harry would want in on her scheme too, possibly even Malfoy.
When she drove home she turned off the radio and thought to herself about all of the good times she had at the school. She especially remembered that night they played truth or dare and spin-the-bottle. But you already heard about that, so you know the story. Any way, she knew that she had to save the school.
She was brooding on the subject, down right obsessing over it. She sat up all night thinking about what she was about to do, she was getting Ron, Harry, Draco, and herself to be teachers at the school. That was going to be tough, but it was only 10 PM so Harry was probably still awake.
The phone rang and Harry groggily answered, "'Ello. Harry here."
"Harry, this is Hermione. They're going to tear down Hogwarts!" she practically screamed at him.
"Why?" he asked as he yawned on the other side of the phone.
"The student's grades are dropping due to the lack of teachers. You have a degree in DADA (Defense Against Dark Arts), Malfoy has a degree in transconfiguration, Ron has, well, we'll find something for him to do, and I have potions. What do you say?" on the other side of the phone Harry is in a stupor, he's half awake and half asleep so he says yes, not even knowing what he's agreeing to.
The only one left to convince would be Draco, and that was going to be hard enough. Hermione decided to sleep on it, since she didn't have any idea how to convince him anyway.
The next morning she did her regular routine and went into the office even though it was Saturday, it was one of those all work weekends. When she saw Draco come in she fixed her shirt and went up to him. "Draco, did you know they're knocking down Hogwarts?" she asked.
"Yes, I'm the one who commissioned the order. Only 15% of the students are passing and that's an all time record low. Did you know that when we were there 98.9% of the students passed?" he said to her as she walked with him to his office.
"But, that school is a large part of our lives," she said, "it would be mutiny to tear it down and furthermore, if you decide to go through with it then I will have to leave earlier than expected," she said as she kept walking beside him with a stack of papers in her arms.
"Good writtens," he said as he walked alone. She stopped in the middle of the office in pure shock. He didn't even fight her. She walked out of the office and went to the school.
Hermione woke up the next morning with a hangover. She had the worst head ache and she must've thrown up about forty times. There was no way that she looked this bad last night. She didn't even remember going home. But, since she was here she had to have gone home.
She looked at the clock; it read 9:45 AM. Then picked up her phone and called the office, it rang for ten minutes before someone picked up. It was Liz, "Hey what's up?" she asked as she almost shattered Hermione's ear drums.
"Quiet! I can't take the noise, put Malfoy on the phone," Hermione said with a drawl.
"Malfoy speaking," he said quietly.
"This is the first and last time I will ask you for something, but could you possibly go and get me some medicine for my headache?" she asked making her voice hardly audible.
"Why not, I'll be there in 10 minutes," he said clicking the phone on the hook. She was saved. She needed something for the headache and she wasn't leaving the apartment. After 10 minutes he finally got there.
He walked into her room and gave her the pill and glass of goat milk, it was best for a headache. To make her feel better he rubbed her shoulders and back. "Did anything, you know, happen last night?" she asked, "Because if it did or I said anything I was under the influence."
Don't worry, nothing happened at all," he said. He knew it would freak her out to hear the pretzel-tiger thing so he let it be.
"Good," she sighed. Not thinking about what he was doing he started to croon a stanza from "Music of the Night" while he massaged her shoulders.
"You know that too?" she asked surprised at what she was hearing.
"Oh, I'm sorry I like muggle music and that happens to be one of my favorite songs," he said.
"Mine too," she sighed, "you have a beautiful voice."
"Thank you, but I wouldn't go as far as beautiful. I only sing for fun and this just happened to be a moment when I thought it was appropriate. I'll stop if you want me too," he said as he kept on massaging.
"No, you don't have to stop, I like it," she said closing her eyes as he sang the tune softly. She fell asleep sitting up as he sand to her softly. She even heard his seductive voice in her head as she slept.
Draco then laid her down and set out for the office. When he got there he asked Susan to the ball, she obviously said yes and then it was almost time for it.
Hermione woke up and took a shower, she felt much better and the pain medication really helped. She put on the dress, did her hair, and then got out the strappy sandals that made her feet cry in pain.
When she got to the Benefit there was Susan and Malfoy while she was all alone. Out of the corner of his eye Draco saw Hermione and he thought she looked gorgeous. She had to die for legs and her hair made him crazy.
He didn't pay attention to her but then he said, "Susan, please excuse me for a moment." She let him go and he walked over the Hermione.
"You look.. Stunning," he said.
"The outfit's not complete," she said putting on a clown nose. (The dinner was to benefit the YOUNG wizard and witches going to school, and I mean young.)
"Any other day that would suit you, but not today," he said pulling it off.
"Nice tie," she said holding the golden and blue spotted tie.
Just as they were looking into each other's eyes Susan came up behind him and pulled him away. As he was forced away he looked back over his shoulder to the girl in the black dress which he could hardly keep his eyes off of.
Hermione was talking to some people from a large corporation and they said that they would be tearing down Hogwarts because the grades have been dropping due to lack of teachers. This pulled at her heart strings and she had to do something about it. She would address Malfoy about tomorrow, but now she needed to find Ron.
"Ron, did you know they're going to tear down Hogwarts?" she said as she ran over to him.
"What? They can't do that," he said with a look of shock.
"There's a lack of four teachers, and since there aren't enough teachers the grades have been dropping. I've got an idea," she said as she whispered it in his ear.
"Perfect, I don't mind," said Ron as he went over to his brother's.
Then, she finished off the night with some dancing with various executives and the like, but all she thought about was the school. She thought that maybe Harry would want in on her scheme too, possibly even Malfoy.
When she drove home she turned off the radio and thought to herself about all of the good times she had at the school. She especially remembered that night they played truth or dare and spin-the-bottle. But you already heard about that, so you know the story. Any way, she knew that she had to save the school.
She was brooding on the subject, down right obsessing over it. She sat up all night thinking about what she was about to do, she was getting Ron, Harry, Draco, and herself to be teachers at the school. That was going to be tough, but it was only 10 PM so Harry was probably still awake.
The phone rang and Harry groggily answered, "'Ello. Harry here."
"Harry, this is Hermione. They're going to tear down Hogwarts!" she practically screamed at him.
"Why?" he asked as he yawned on the other side of the phone.
"The student's grades are dropping due to the lack of teachers. You have a degree in DADA (Defense Against Dark Arts), Malfoy has a degree in transconfiguration, Ron has, well, we'll find something for him to do, and I have potions. What do you say?" on the other side of the phone Harry is in a stupor, he's half awake and half asleep so he says yes, not even knowing what he's agreeing to.
The only one left to convince would be Draco, and that was going to be hard enough. Hermione decided to sleep on it, since she didn't have any idea how to convince him anyway.
The next morning she did her regular routine and went into the office even though it was Saturday, it was one of those all work weekends. When she saw Draco come in she fixed her shirt and went up to him. "Draco, did you know they're knocking down Hogwarts?" she asked.
"Yes, I'm the one who commissioned the order. Only 15% of the students are passing and that's an all time record low. Did you know that when we were there 98.9% of the students passed?" he said to her as she walked with him to his office.
"But, that school is a large part of our lives," she said, "it would be mutiny to tear it down and furthermore, if you decide to go through with it then I will have to leave earlier than expected," she said as she kept walking beside him with a stack of papers in her arms.
"Good writtens," he said as he walked alone. She stopped in the middle of the office in pure shock. He didn't even fight her. She walked out of the office and went to the school.