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The next day Hermione got up early, got ready, ate her breakfast, brushed her teeth and went to the training room. Surprised to see that Draco was there as well, practicing on the punching bag, his sleeves up to his elbows.
Hermione walked over to him. "You're early" Hermione said, crossing her arms.
"Well that's why I was accepted at this school, Granger. I take this thing just as seriously as you do. . ." He took a few more punches.
"Carrie isn't here, is she?" Hermione said, taking her boots off and folded her sleeves up to her elbows as well.
"What if I told you she was? What would you do, Granger?" He stopped punching, he held onto the bag, and panting a bit heavily.
"Nothing, so now it's a crime to ask?" She said, and took a few punches. "Well, you wouldn't have asked if you didn't have a reason to . . ." He smirked, and walked around the bag, beside Hermione.
"Well, just for the record, she isn't here yet. Would love it though, if she was." He said. Hermione's punches grew harder, and the bag swung even farther than before.
"Damn, Granger. You should really learn to. . ." He put his hands on her shoulders. "Relax. . ." he whispered. And he massaged her, Hermione actually felt comfortable after a while, she stopped punching and settled into the gentle touch of his hands.
Soon, Draco's hands slowly traveled to her neck, then moving lower to the bare part, where there was a deep cut of the clothing on her chest. He massaged it from there, Hermione leaned on his chest, as Draco went in lower, that part wasn't too tight, so he could easily go through, down to her breasts. He massaged the surface of her breasts, not far from her nipples, Hermione didn't seem to mind, she slowly closed her eyes, slowly disappearing between each touch. He moved lower. . .
"Draco!" a shrilled voice came from behind the door, Draco looked back to see Carrie coming gleefully toward them, he let go of Hermione. And she quickly opened her eyes.
"Oh Herm-ione, you're here too!" Carrie said, putting up her fake smile.
"Erm. . .You're early" Draco said, a bit hesitated. Hermione took a deep breath and nodded her head.
"Hmm." Carrie tilted her head and put her fake smile up again. "So why are you two early today?" she said in a sing song voice.
"P-Practicing to box" Hermione made a small smile.
"Oh really? Do you mind if I join you two?"
"Er, sure. We wouldn't mind, would we, Granger?" Draco looked back at her, Hermione doubtfully shook her head.
"Great!" Carrie said, friskilly. And put her sleeves up to her elbows and hit the bag, hard.
"Damn it!" She shouted, shaking her hand like mad. "Oh my god! Please tell me that didn't just happen!?!" She panicked, her face turning red with panic.
"What? What happened?" Hermione asked, actually a bit worried for her. "Oh god! I broke my nail! Oh my god, it's all chipped. I'll be right back! Damn it!" She continued to shake her hand on her way out of the room.
Hermione sighed and rolled her eyes. "What the hell was that about?" Hermione said. Draco shrugged his shoulders.
Hermione walked around the punching bag. "Er. . .Granger," Draco said. "About the - - -"
"ATTENTION! DAY 2 OF TRAINING IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! EVERYONE, GATHER AROUND THE PLATFORM PLEASE!" Winston's voice rang through the room and Draco didn't get to finish.
"Erm. . .Let's go." Hermione said, and ran to the platform.
"TODAY, THE SECOND PART OF DEFENSE. MARTIAL ARTS. . .THERE ARE WILL BE 3 INSTRUCTORS FOR EACH GROUP, EACH ON THOSE HOLOGRAM PROJECTORS ON EACH OF YOUR ASSIGNED CORNERS"
Everyone turned around and all their stuff from the previous day disappeared and right in the same place, appeared a pair of blue mats, and a hologram projector right in front them, and turned back to Winston.
"It will show you stepped on Defense, and then you'll try it out on your own. . .Ready?" Winston looked around. "Where's Ms. Smith?" He said, everyone looked around for her.
"Er. She broke her nail, she's probably in the bathroom" Draco said. Winston unsurely made a look. "Is that right?" Winston asked, Draco and Hermione nodded their heads. "Er. . .Ok. Y-You may begin. . ." Everyone turned and walked away.
The Holographic Intructor took about 15 minutes to explain the first few steps and then Draco and Hermione tried it out. Draco found it fairly easy and got all the steps correct, Hermione on the other hand grew very confused.
"No, Granger. Not like that - - -W-wait, look. . .Damn it! Here, Let me show you, stand in front of me." Draco put his fists up, one foot in front, and one foot for support in back, and faced sideways, Hermione tried to copy him.
"Ok, I got it." "Good. 10 more steps and we're on the right track." Hermione sighed in despair. "Honestly, Malfoy. I don't get the point. Why aren't there real Martial Arts people to teach us authentic steps, instead of looking at a hologram?" Hermione looked back at Draco.
"Damn it, Granger. How the hell are you going to learn, if you don't follow what I do? The hologram ended 15 minutes ago, and you know we can't friggin rewind it. So might as well copy what I do. Stand in this position again. . ." Draco did the first position.
"Fine!" She said, and copied him. "Now when you punch forward, make sure your fist has full energy, ready?" Draco punched forward hard, Hermione looked back and did the same thing.
"Okay, that wasn't bad. Try another few. . ." Hermione made more punches, and got really better with each punch, which made Draco smirk in satisfaction.
"To be honest, you need more work. Ok to hell with what I said, you need a lot of work. . ." He smirked playfully, Hermione scoffed with a smile.
"Okay, now the high kicks" Draco said, getting into the first position once again. "I think that's enough for today, don't you think? Whew! That was so hard!" she said, backing away from the idea of high kicks, preparing to sit on the map.
"Oh no you don't" Draco pulled her back up. "No. . ." Hermione groaned in frustration, she stood lazily.
"Do you want to learn or not, Granger?" Hermione rolled her eyes. "Fine! But don't laugh if I totally suck, okay?" Draco smirked and nodded. Hermione got into the first position.
"Okay, when you do high kicks, remember to always keep your body in a steady, upright position." Draco said, Hermione nodded her head enthusiastically. "Ready?" Hermione nodded again.
"All right. But first, you've got to aim at your target properly. Let's try jump kicks to get ahead." "Oh no we're not!" Hermione said right away. "That's too damn hard! I won't do it!"
"God! Will you please stop fucking complaining? Sometimes I wonder, Granger. Why the hell did you get accepted here anyway?" He said, sternly. Hermione had never seen Draco so serious about anything before. Almost as if he really meant it this time, he actually wanted to succeed for once. Suddenly, Hermione felt a sensation running through her. Draco was right, she needed to put more effort into things and stop complaining. Hermione took a deep breath.
"I-I'm sorry. It's just that. . .I don't really know if I can do it. I promise that I'll be more enthusiastic about this, take my word for it. . ." Hermione smiled. "Please give me another chance" she said.
Draco smirked in appreciation. "Got me again, Granger, but okay. Only because I just simply can't resist you. . ." He said, still smirking. Hermione rolled her eyes, but smiled.
"Remember, steady position and then. . ." He jumped and he made a kick in the air, as if he was really hitting someone or something. And landed back to the ground.
"Oh my god! Now way I could do that" It was no joke, Hermione was really amazed. "God, just try it. And if you fall or something, I'll be right behind to catch you. Now hurry the hell up. . ." Draco said. Hermione took a deep breath and got into position, found a steady balance, jumped into the air and kicked. . .
"W-Whoa!" she said, falling right on top of Draco. "Like I said, I'll be right here to catch you" Draco made an effort to talk, because everything was all so sudden. "Damn it, I am so sorry! Oh my god, I told you! I told you I sucked, but you wouldn't listen, I swear to god I won't do that again, I promise!" Hermione said, quickly, looking back at Draco, who got up. Hermione was on his lap, but she didn't know it.
"You panic to much. . .You were good, you just need more practice. You sucked, but that's the whole point, isn't it?" he said, looking deeply into her eyes. "Uh huh. Practice makes perfect" she whispered, nodding her head, without breaking eye contact with him. Draco reached out and put her bang behind her ear, moving his hand gently down to her cheeck, where he slowly carressed it. Draco and Hermione both moved in a bit closer. Draco came in closer, their lips were centimeters from touching. . .
"Hi Draco!" Carrie said, a bandage on her finger where her nail had broke. Draco stopped and so did Hermione and they both looked at Carrie quickly.
"What're you two doing?" She said, her hands on her hips. "Erm. . ." Hermione said, looking around at where was sitting, which happened to be Draco's lap. "Oh!" she said in shock. "Oh that. . .erm. . .We were practicing the move of the day. . ." she cleared her throat loud so Draco could hear. "Yeah! The. . .erm. . ." Draco stood up and helped Hermione up. "Thanks"
"Ahem! What the hell is the move called??" Carrie asked, impatiently. "The sit and kiss. . ." Draco belted out. "Er. . .I mean, sit and twist. Yeah, the sit and twist."
"I didn't see any twisting going around. . ." Carrie said. "Well, because we're not on that part yet." Hermione said. "We're still on the "sit" part" she made a practical smile that wore Carrie's suspicion off.
"Thank God. Who knows what you two are doing. . .Well, anyway. . . Practice is over, so if you don't mind, Herm-ione. Buzz off, because it's lunch time. . ." Carrie said, and put on her plastic smile once again. . .
The next day Hermione got up early, got ready, ate her breakfast, brushed her teeth and went to the training room. Surprised to see that Draco was there as well, practicing on the punching bag, his sleeves up to his elbows.
Hermione walked over to him. "You're early" Hermione said, crossing her arms.
"Well that's why I was accepted at this school, Granger. I take this thing just as seriously as you do. . ." He took a few more punches.
"Carrie isn't here, is she?" Hermione said, taking her boots off and folded her sleeves up to her elbows as well.
"What if I told you she was? What would you do, Granger?" He stopped punching, he held onto the bag, and panting a bit heavily.
"Nothing, so now it's a crime to ask?" She said, and took a few punches. "Well, you wouldn't have asked if you didn't have a reason to . . ." He smirked, and walked around the bag, beside Hermione.
"Well, just for the record, she isn't here yet. Would love it though, if she was." He said. Hermione's punches grew harder, and the bag swung even farther than before.
"Damn, Granger. You should really learn to. . ." He put his hands on her shoulders. "Relax. . ." he whispered. And he massaged her, Hermione actually felt comfortable after a while, she stopped punching and settled into the gentle touch of his hands.
Soon, Draco's hands slowly traveled to her neck, then moving lower to the bare part, where there was a deep cut of the clothing on her chest. He massaged it from there, Hermione leaned on his chest, as Draco went in lower, that part wasn't too tight, so he could easily go through, down to her breasts. He massaged the surface of her breasts, not far from her nipples, Hermione didn't seem to mind, she slowly closed her eyes, slowly disappearing between each touch. He moved lower. . .
"Draco!" a shrilled voice came from behind the door, Draco looked back to see Carrie coming gleefully toward them, he let go of Hermione. And she quickly opened her eyes.
"Oh Herm-ione, you're here too!" Carrie said, putting up her fake smile.
"Erm. . .You're early" Draco said, a bit hesitated. Hermione took a deep breath and nodded her head.
"Hmm." Carrie tilted her head and put her fake smile up again. "So why are you two early today?" she said in a sing song voice.
"P-Practicing to box" Hermione made a small smile.
"Oh really? Do you mind if I join you two?"
"Er, sure. We wouldn't mind, would we, Granger?" Draco looked back at her, Hermione doubtfully shook her head.
"Great!" Carrie said, friskilly. And put her sleeves up to her elbows and hit the bag, hard.
"Damn it!" She shouted, shaking her hand like mad. "Oh my god! Please tell me that didn't just happen!?!" She panicked, her face turning red with panic.
"What? What happened?" Hermione asked, actually a bit worried for her. "Oh god! I broke my nail! Oh my god, it's all chipped. I'll be right back! Damn it!" She continued to shake her hand on her way out of the room.
Hermione sighed and rolled her eyes. "What the hell was that about?" Hermione said. Draco shrugged his shoulders.
Hermione walked around the punching bag. "Er. . .Granger," Draco said. "About the - - -"
"ATTENTION! DAY 2 OF TRAINING IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! EVERYONE, GATHER AROUND THE PLATFORM PLEASE!" Winston's voice rang through the room and Draco didn't get to finish.
"Erm. . .Let's go." Hermione said, and ran to the platform.
"TODAY, THE SECOND PART OF DEFENSE. MARTIAL ARTS. . .THERE ARE WILL BE 3 INSTRUCTORS FOR EACH GROUP, EACH ON THOSE HOLOGRAM PROJECTORS ON EACH OF YOUR ASSIGNED CORNERS"
Everyone turned around and all their stuff from the previous day disappeared and right in the same place, appeared a pair of blue mats, and a hologram projector right in front them, and turned back to Winston.
"It will show you stepped on Defense, and then you'll try it out on your own. . .Ready?" Winston looked around. "Where's Ms. Smith?" He said, everyone looked around for her.
"Er. She broke her nail, she's probably in the bathroom" Draco said. Winston unsurely made a look. "Is that right?" Winston asked, Draco and Hermione nodded their heads. "Er. . .Ok. Y-You may begin. . ." Everyone turned and walked away.
The Holographic Intructor took about 15 minutes to explain the first few steps and then Draco and Hermione tried it out. Draco found it fairly easy and got all the steps correct, Hermione on the other hand grew very confused.
"No, Granger. Not like that - - -W-wait, look. . .Damn it! Here, Let me show you, stand in front of me." Draco put his fists up, one foot in front, and one foot for support in back, and faced sideways, Hermione tried to copy him.
"Ok, I got it." "Good. 10 more steps and we're on the right track." Hermione sighed in despair. "Honestly, Malfoy. I don't get the point. Why aren't there real Martial Arts people to teach us authentic steps, instead of looking at a hologram?" Hermione looked back at Draco.
"Damn it, Granger. How the hell are you going to learn, if you don't follow what I do? The hologram ended 15 minutes ago, and you know we can't friggin rewind it. So might as well copy what I do. Stand in this position again. . ." Draco did the first position.
"Fine!" She said, and copied him. "Now when you punch forward, make sure your fist has full energy, ready?" Draco punched forward hard, Hermione looked back and did the same thing.
"Okay, that wasn't bad. Try another few. . ." Hermione made more punches, and got really better with each punch, which made Draco smirk in satisfaction.
"To be honest, you need more work. Ok to hell with what I said, you need a lot of work. . ." He smirked playfully, Hermione scoffed with a smile.
"Okay, now the high kicks" Draco said, getting into the first position once again. "I think that's enough for today, don't you think? Whew! That was so hard!" she said, backing away from the idea of high kicks, preparing to sit on the map.
"Oh no you don't" Draco pulled her back up. "No. . ." Hermione groaned in frustration, she stood lazily.
"Do you want to learn or not, Granger?" Hermione rolled her eyes. "Fine! But don't laugh if I totally suck, okay?" Draco smirked and nodded. Hermione got into the first position.
"Okay, when you do high kicks, remember to always keep your body in a steady, upright position." Draco said, Hermione nodded her head enthusiastically. "Ready?" Hermione nodded again.
"All right. But first, you've got to aim at your target properly. Let's try jump kicks to get ahead." "Oh no we're not!" Hermione said right away. "That's too damn hard! I won't do it!"
"God! Will you please stop fucking complaining? Sometimes I wonder, Granger. Why the hell did you get accepted here anyway?" He said, sternly. Hermione had never seen Draco so serious about anything before. Almost as if he really meant it this time, he actually wanted to succeed for once. Suddenly, Hermione felt a sensation running through her. Draco was right, she needed to put more effort into things and stop complaining. Hermione took a deep breath.
"I-I'm sorry. It's just that. . .I don't really know if I can do it. I promise that I'll be more enthusiastic about this, take my word for it. . ." Hermione smiled. "Please give me another chance" she said.
Draco smirked in appreciation. "Got me again, Granger, but okay. Only because I just simply can't resist you. . ." He said, still smirking. Hermione rolled her eyes, but smiled.
"Remember, steady position and then. . ." He jumped and he made a kick in the air, as if he was really hitting someone or something. And landed back to the ground.
"Oh my god! Now way I could do that" It was no joke, Hermione was really amazed. "God, just try it. And if you fall or something, I'll be right behind to catch you. Now hurry the hell up. . ." Draco said. Hermione took a deep breath and got into position, found a steady balance, jumped into the air and kicked. . .
"W-Whoa!" she said, falling right on top of Draco. "Like I said, I'll be right here to catch you" Draco made an effort to talk, because everything was all so sudden. "Damn it, I am so sorry! Oh my god, I told you! I told you I sucked, but you wouldn't listen, I swear to god I won't do that again, I promise!" Hermione said, quickly, looking back at Draco, who got up. Hermione was on his lap, but she didn't know it.
"You panic to much. . .You were good, you just need more practice. You sucked, but that's the whole point, isn't it?" he said, looking deeply into her eyes. "Uh huh. Practice makes perfect" she whispered, nodding her head, without breaking eye contact with him. Draco reached out and put her bang behind her ear, moving his hand gently down to her cheeck, where he slowly carressed it. Draco and Hermione both moved in a bit closer. Draco came in closer, their lips were centimeters from touching. . .
"Hi Draco!" Carrie said, a bandage on her finger where her nail had broke. Draco stopped and so did Hermione and they both looked at Carrie quickly.
"What're you two doing?" She said, her hands on her hips. "Erm. . ." Hermione said, looking around at where was sitting, which happened to be Draco's lap. "Oh!" she said in shock. "Oh that. . .erm. . .We were practicing the move of the day. . ." she cleared her throat loud so Draco could hear. "Yeah! The. . .erm. . ." Draco stood up and helped Hermione up. "Thanks"
"Ahem! What the hell is the move called??" Carrie asked, impatiently. "The sit and kiss. . ." Draco belted out. "Er. . .I mean, sit and twist. Yeah, the sit and twist."
"I didn't see any twisting going around. . ." Carrie said. "Well, because we're not on that part yet." Hermione said. "We're still on the "sit" part" she made a practical smile that wore Carrie's suspicion off.
"Thank God. Who knows what you two are doing. . .Well, anyway. . . Practice is over, so if you don't mind, Herm-ione. Buzz off, because it's lunch time. . ." Carrie said, and put on her plastic smile once again. . .