CHAPTER 3- Lies, Stares, and Secret Glances
"Wake up, Hermione, it's almost time for breakfast and sign-ups," Ginny said the
next morning. "Right. I'm up…" Hermione said, still sleepy. They both dressed up in
their school robes and went outside the room. They ate their breakfast silently and signed
up for their preferred classes. Hermione and Ginny were in Arithmancy, Potions,
Transfiguration and Charms. They didn't need books. They are all practical lessons, no
real need for books and notes. They had Arithmancy first. They checked the list of people
who signed up and saw that Draco was one of them. "I bet in this class, all girls will get
failing marks…" Hermione muttered to herself. "They'll all be staring at Malfoy…" she
added. "What was that? I didn't hear you…" Ginny asked her, distracted, still looking at
the list, particularly at the M's. "Nothing, I didn't say anything…" Hermione lied. "Oh.
Ok. Let's go to the classroom now so we can get nice seats." 'Why is it that I have a
feeling she had another meaning?' Hermione mused. Both smiling, though of different
reasons, the girls headed to the classroom.
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The class started soon after. The students were struggling to follow whatever the
teacher was telling them to do. After class…
"Wow, that was HARD," Ginny said. "Yeah. But you have to…-." Hermione tried to
explain. "Shh! Draco's coming!" Ginny interrupted. They both fell silent. "Professor
Snape just told me to tell you both that we aren't having Potions yet, we're having
Transfiguration next instead," he said unblinkingly. Both girls gaped at him, for his usual
smirk was not plastered on his face, instead was a small smile. And he wasn't at all being
mean. What a change! "Oh. Um. Ok. Thanks," Ginny responded. She was the first to
recover. Then he swiftly turned on his heels and walked away. "Let's go, We're going to
be late," Ginny said. They ran down the corridor and into the classroom.
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Transfiguration ended and they walked to the dungeons for Potions with Snape. As
usual, Snape was as mean as ever to the Gryffindors, torturing them to be partnered with
the Slytherins. " Mr. Blaise Zabini and Mr. Longbottom, Ms. Granger and Mr. Malfoy,
Ms. Weasley and…" Snape said in a bored voice. They all went to their assigned tables
sending disgusted looks at their partners, and staring daggers at Snape. Hermione, fists
clenched tightly, walked to her shared table with Malfoy. She eyed the Slytherin in front
of her. He stared back with those unnerving gray eyes of his. When she realized they
were just staring at one another, while Snape was already giving instructions, she
snapped back to the present. "Get that and cut it into pieces and …-…" she said rather
sharply, giving him instructions. "I know how to make the stupid potion, Ms. Perfect." he
hissed. "Fine then, why don't you do it now?" she spat, getting angrier. A shadow
darkened their vision of the things needed. They looked up and saw Snape at their table.
'Stop arguing Ms. Granger, or I'll give you a 0 for this class," he said harshly. Hermione
flushed and her eyes blazed with sudden anger. Draco looked at her smugly, with that
annoying little smirk. "Ok. Let's do this without fighting…" she said to him, or rather, to
herself, gritting her teeth. They finished before everyone else. They had nothing to do but
simply stand over their work. He looked at her and she gazed over, unable to look away.
She flushed. 'Oh gosh. I'm really losing it.' she thought shakily.
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Mr. Flitwick's class was their next and last class. As Ginny and Hermione walked to his
classroom, she noticed that Malfoy was headed in the same direction. "Ginny! C'mere a
minute!" a 6th yr Hermione didn't know called. "See You!" Ginny said to Hermione.
'What, is he in all my classes?!' she though, scowling. She would not give in to the
feelings she had when she with him. 'He's still the detestable Slytherin he was meant to
be,' she said to herself. But she could not help but glance at him when they entered the
classroom together. Hermione was startled to find that he was also looking at her. She
quickly averted her eyes and avoided looking at him the rest of the period.
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'Damn it! why does she have to look so pretty?,' Draco thought after Charms, as he
walked back to the Great Hall. That mudblood?! Pretty?! 'Oh gosh. I'm really losing it,'
he thought shakily.
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Supper came and went. Ginny was out with her friends somewhere in the castle.
Hermione was alone in their room, just staring at the ceiling, thinking of him. She
wondered what he was doing right now… What she didn't know was that somewhere in
the Great Hall, in his room, someone was thinking about her, too…
~Sorry it's sooooo short…and sorry it took so long…my finger can only type so fast…and- yeah, well. Actually I already have 8 chapters written. I just have to type it out…oh yeah. PLEEEEZZZZZZ review! At least tell me what you think… ^_^ ~
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