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A/N: Thanks again for the reviews. By the way, I need to know if there's someone still interested. If there were anything you'd like me to change or add, do it in the reviews. I'm open for suggestions. If you're asking why I did what I did last chapter? All I can say is Hermione is not the type who'll fall in love just like that. She has to understand that she cannot choose the person to whom she'll fall in love with. Besides, I don't want to end it yet. I'm having so much fun playing with them.
Title: Models
Chapter35: Hurt
Draco Malfoy set foot to go find Harry potter. Harry was getting closer and closer to Hermione and he didn't like it. He doesn't want her to fall for him. He'd accept it better if there were other people involved. He just doesn't want to loose her to his rival. The only thing that he can think of to separate them is to tell Harry about all of their rendezvous whether it is planned or not. Draco looked for him in the places he usually saw him (together with Hermione). He even considered asking Hagrid. The only thing left where he could find him was during his extra class with Snape. He decided to go to the Potions Lab.
Sure enough, Harry was there, getting grilled by Snape. He went in and headed to his usual seat. He loved seeing Potter (and Weasley) getting in hot water. This lightened his mood a bit. Just then the scene at the Gryffindor table kept repeating in his mind. He wanted to drop the bomb as quickly as possible but Snape wasn't helping.
"Mr. Malfoy, you've come here for?"
"To continue the advance classes sir." That was the only thing he could think of at the moment. Telling him seeing Potter is really out of the question.
"I would've thought you weren't interested anymore. You stopped coming here. What changed your mind?" Snape waited for an answer but when he received none, "Very well. Repeat the last potion you were conjuring before."
"Yes sir." He looked around and saw Potter already has his ingredients and there was no chance of telling him in the other room anymore. He decided that this class had to end 1st before he can tell him.
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Harry's mood dropped very low the moment Malfoy went inside the room. He was already used with Snape's grilling but seeing Malfoy was more than he can handle. 'What's the fucking bastard doing here? Why'd he showed up? He and I can't stand being in the same room! I have no choice but to be here but he does. What's he playing at?'
Then everything went silent. Harry and Draco became absorbed at the potions that were assigned to them. No one spoke; they had nothing to talk about anyway. Draco noticed that the room was colder than he had remembered. It was colder than when he and Hermione were doing potions together for their extra class. 'Impossible, maybe it's just me.'
When Snape finally got tired and dismissed the two, Draco took his chance. He cleared his things and left the room as quickly as possible. He waited outside ready to ambush his unknowing prey. When Harry left the room, Malfoy stopped him.
"What the hell's your problem?" Harry was getting mad. He was tired and wanted to sleep already. He didn't need a confrontation with him.
"It's just that there are things you should know about your little girlfriend."
Harry raised an eyebrow questioningly, "I'm not interested. Move now!"
"Pity! I thought you wanted to know the whereabouts of your precious Hermione when everybody else is sleeping soundly in their beds."
Harry started to walk but as he heard those words he stopped and faced him, eyeing him carefully. "I already know."
"Really?" Draco was a bit shock at what he said. He tried a different approach since he didn't believe Hermione would tell Potter (or for that matter any of her friends who loathed him) about their kisses. "She told you about us? That's a weird thing to say to a boyfriend, I might add."
"We have an honest relationship, which is by the way none of your business."
"So you're alright with me kissing her then?"
That did it. Rage was painted all over his face. "What!?!"
"What were you talking about then? Draco smiled as he saw the emotion he was fishing for. "I heard you two had an accidental kiss before. Was she just as soft and sweet as I remember when I kissed her or was it just because of me?"
"Fuck you Malfoy! You're a lying son of a #itch!" Harry stepped forward and caught his shirt.
"Do you think I'm lying? Why don't you go ask her. I loved hearing her moans. Have you heard them or would you like me to describe it to you?"
Harry banged him to the wall, resisting the urge to grab his wand and curse him to the ends of the world.
"Careful Potter, do you want to lose points for your house? I do know that fighting is a serious offense. Loosing house points will be the least of your problems. You might get detention. Wait that would work to my advantage, I can have some time alone with Hermione."
Harry dropped him not wanting for that to happen.
"Very good Potter. You wouldn't want Gryffindor to lose their number1 Seeker would you?" Draco straightened himself up.
"Just leave her alone!"
"Temper, temper. Why should I leave her alone? She seemed to like."
Harry didn't let him finish, "Look Malfoy, I will back down now but I swear if you ever touch her I wouldn't think twice of getting kicked out of Hogwarts. I will hunt you down and I will make sure that you wish you'd die!"
Draco laughed at his threat. "Are you threatening me? Don't you think that that's a little too late?"
Harry glared at him. Draco didn't backed down. They stayed like that for quite a while. Harry was the first to move and leave him.
'That went well. I have a feeling that the sun would rise for me tomorrow.' He whistled as he headed for his room.
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Hermione joined Ron in the Gryffindor common room waiting for Harry so that they could all go eat their breakfast. They were discussing Ron's time with Sirius when Harry finally joined them.
"Morning Harry!" Both Ron and Hermione greeted him cheerfully.
"Bout time, I was getting really hungry. You shouldn't stay up more than necessary next time mate."
"Why?" Hermione didn't know that Harry came back late last night.
"Don't know, he just came back late. I didn't think he'd stay longer than necessary with Snape and all. Enough of that, we can talk later when we eat." Ron was determined to go down and eat.
"Ron, could you go on ahead? I need to talk with Hermione for a minute." Harry bowed his head because he couldn't look any of his friends in their eyes.
Ron shrugged assuming it was something about their relationship and headed to the Great Hall.
"What is it Harry?" Hermione was curious at what Harry wanted to talk about.
"You told me before that 'friendship' was all you could offer."
"Yes." She said carefully.
"Then what the hell have you been thinking kissing Malfoy!?!"
"What?" 'How did he find out?'
"Don't act innocently. I heard it from a reliable source!" Harry's eyes pierced through her.
Hermione felt like her heart was being torn open. "Who's your source?" She was trying to find some ways to sneak away from the truth.
"FUCKING Malfoy! That's who!"
Tears started dripping from her eyes. She wasn't good at lying and the fact that Malfoy admitted to him needed a big fat lie. She couldn't however. "He told you?"
"He practically slapped it in my face!" Harry closed his eyes trying his best to calm himself down. "How could you do this to me?" His eyes showed the pain that he was feeling. "And with him!"
"Harry let me explain!" She pleaded as she called out for him but he already turned his back and left. She felt guilt for technically lying to him (by concealing things from him, that kind of lying she can handle). Her heart ached from the fact that she lost him. She had never seen or heard him like that before. Suddenly, all thoughts about eating disappeared. She headed to her room and cried her heart out.
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In the Great Hall, Ron was seated with Lavender and Parvati. They were talking about Quidditch and its players. Harry found him and sat with the group. Ron could feel that his best friend's angry. "If this is about yesterday, I want to apologize. I just didn't want you guys to think I was siding with anyone."
Harry just nodded. He felt guilty at what he did to Hermione and couldn't reply to his other friend.
"Where's Herm?"
Harry shrugged. He could still see Hermione's face when he shouted at her. She looked like a mess. She looked like she wasn't in control. He left her crying and in pain. He wanted to go back to apologize. His heart was aching for giving her so much pain. He didn't want to. Then another picture entered his mind, this time it was Hermione kissing Malfoy. He felt his stomach flip. He didn't feel hungry at all. "I need to do something. I'll see you guys in class."
Ron didn't like what was happening. 'Where's Hermione? Where's Harry going? Did they fight?' Ron stood up and excused himself. He called to Harry, "Wait up!"
"I need to do something 'alone' Ron." Harry faced his friend.
"Oh, alright." Ron resumed eating, thinking of what could have happened.
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It was Potion's class with Snape. Draco Malfoy was seated in his table watching the people entering the room. He didn't see Hermione at breakfast. He wanted so much to see her but Harry's distraught face was enough to keep him in a good mood all morning. He saw Harry entering the room and sat beside Parvati. Ron was the next of the Gryffindor trio to arrive. He sat this time beside Lavender, which was the closest seat to Harry. Draco was anxious to see Hermione enter the room. She did enter but only after Snape gave out instructions about doing a potion with their partners. Hermione was never late especially not in Snape's class.
Snape saw her entering but didn't say anything. He noticed that Hermione was upset at something. Her eyes although clear, had eye bags underneath them. He concluded that she cried her heart out. He didn't want to burden her further. In some ways he favored her for showing interest in his subject even if she was in Gryffindor.
"Sir! Granger came in late!" Pansy raised her hand. When he didn't mention anything she added, "Aren't you going to do something?" All eyes were either on her or on Hermione.
"So far Ms. Parkinson, she's the only one in this class who could conjure potions without help from anyone. If any of you can do the same then I wouldn't mind you getting late either."
All the students who heard him exchanged glances. "Snape favoring a Gryffindor? What's going on with the world?"
Hermione dropped herself in the chair next to Draco not even bothering with what happened although she was thankful for what Snape did.
"You alright?" Draco was practically smiling at her.
Hermione did not respond to him. She turned her attention at the task at hand. The whole period ended without a word coming out of her mouth.
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When the class ended Ron cleared his table as he raced to join Harry. Both Harry and Hermione were upset but he chose talking to Harry first since he was closer. "Wait up mate!"
Harry continued walking although he slowed his pace.
"What happened?" Ron walked faster to be able to block his way.
"You want to know what happened? She fucking kissed Malfoy! That's what happened!"
"Are you sure? Maybe."
"Stop protecting her! Malfoy admitted it, she didn't deny it!"
"There must be a reason!"
"Well if you find that out, tell me cause I'm just eager to know what it is!"
"What did she say?"
"What is there to say? She's a lying bi."
Ron stopped him from continuing, "Don't say anything you might regret later."
"Whatever."
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Draco didn't like Hermione avoiding her. He noticed that she was delaying in leaving the room. 'She must be avoiding the two jerks she calls her friends.' When Harry and Ron left for about a minute, she took her bag and began heading towards the door.
"Allow me." Draco tried to take her things.
She glared at him and continued her way out.
"You're mad at me?"
"You noticed!?!" She quickened her pace trying to avoid any conversation with him.
"What did I do?"
Hermione couldn't believe that he was acting innocent. "What did you do, you ask me?"
"I thought that he should know. I practically helped you out. Friends shouldn't keep secrets from each other."
"What do you know about friendship. You don't have any!"
"I've got you." His heart was starting to beat fast.
"Shut up! Don't try to act noble cause you're not. You told him about that because you bloody wanted him to leave me alone! You should be happy because you plan worked. He's bloody mad at me, Ron might just as well be!" She turned around and paused. She faced him with tears swelling in her eyes. "To think I considered you to be a friend, this is the thanks that I get! You got what you wanted! Tell me, are you happy now? Are you satisfied or will you still continue ruining my life?"
"Hermione I."
"Stop! I don't want to hear it. You wasted my time long enough. I thought that you've changed. I'm sorry I was wrong. Go find yourself another friend to ruin their lives!" She wanted to tell him how much it hurts, how much betrayed she felt. She rolled all of these into 3 words, "I hate you." She busted out of the room.
Draco felt his heart shatter. He watched her as she walked away. He didn't expect this to happen. He planned it like this; he'd tell Harry about the kiss. Harry would get mad at Hermione. Ron would side with him feeling betrayed as well. Everything worked out fine except for the ending, which is, Hermione finding comfort with her only friend left that was him. Then everything would work out between them.
Everything now was a mess. Hermione was mad at him. No, the right word was hate. 'How could I sacrificed my relationship with her just to separate her from Potter?' He blamed Potter once again for ruining his life.
A/N: Thanks again for the reviews. By the way, I need to know if there's someone still interested. If there were anything you'd like me to change or add, do it in the reviews. I'm open for suggestions. If you're asking why I did what I did last chapter? All I can say is Hermione is not the type who'll fall in love just like that. She has to understand that she cannot choose the person to whom she'll fall in love with. Besides, I don't want to end it yet. I'm having so much fun playing with them.
Title: Models
Chapter35: Hurt
Draco Malfoy set foot to go find Harry potter. Harry was getting closer and closer to Hermione and he didn't like it. He doesn't want her to fall for him. He'd accept it better if there were other people involved. He just doesn't want to loose her to his rival. The only thing that he can think of to separate them is to tell Harry about all of their rendezvous whether it is planned or not. Draco looked for him in the places he usually saw him (together with Hermione). He even considered asking Hagrid. The only thing left where he could find him was during his extra class with Snape. He decided to go to the Potions Lab.
Sure enough, Harry was there, getting grilled by Snape. He went in and headed to his usual seat. He loved seeing Potter (and Weasley) getting in hot water. This lightened his mood a bit. Just then the scene at the Gryffindor table kept repeating in his mind. He wanted to drop the bomb as quickly as possible but Snape wasn't helping.
"Mr. Malfoy, you've come here for?"
"To continue the advance classes sir." That was the only thing he could think of at the moment. Telling him seeing Potter is really out of the question.
"I would've thought you weren't interested anymore. You stopped coming here. What changed your mind?" Snape waited for an answer but when he received none, "Very well. Repeat the last potion you were conjuring before."
"Yes sir." He looked around and saw Potter already has his ingredients and there was no chance of telling him in the other room anymore. He decided that this class had to end 1st before he can tell him.
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Harry's mood dropped very low the moment Malfoy went inside the room. He was already used with Snape's grilling but seeing Malfoy was more than he can handle. 'What's the fucking bastard doing here? Why'd he showed up? He and I can't stand being in the same room! I have no choice but to be here but he does. What's he playing at?'
Then everything went silent. Harry and Draco became absorbed at the potions that were assigned to them. No one spoke; they had nothing to talk about anyway. Draco noticed that the room was colder than he had remembered. It was colder than when he and Hermione were doing potions together for their extra class. 'Impossible, maybe it's just me.'
When Snape finally got tired and dismissed the two, Draco took his chance. He cleared his things and left the room as quickly as possible. He waited outside ready to ambush his unknowing prey. When Harry left the room, Malfoy stopped him.
"What the hell's your problem?" Harry was getting mad. He was tired and wanted to sleep already. He didn't need a confrontation with him.
"It's just that there are things you should know about your little girlfriend."
Harry raised an eyebrow questioningly, "I'm not interested. Move now!"
"Pity! I thought you wanted to know the whereabouts of your precious Hermione when everybody else is sleeping soundly in their beds."
Harry started to walk but as he heard those words he stopped and faced him, eyeing him carefully. "I already know."
"Really?" Draco was a bit shock at what he said. He tried a different approach since he didn't believe Hermione would tell Potter (or for that matter any of her friends who loathed him) about their kisses. "She told you about us? That's a weird thing to say to a boyfriend, I might add."
"We have an honest relationship, which is by the way none of your business."
"So you're alright with me kissing her then?"
That did it. Rage was painted all over his face. "What!?!"
"What were you talking about then? Draco smiled as he saw the emotion he was fishing for. "I heard you two had an accidental kiss before. Was she just as soft and sweet as I remember when I kissed her or was it just because of me?"
"Fuck you Malfoy! You're a lying son of a #itch!" Harry stepped forward and caught his shirt.
"Do you think I'm lying? Why don't you go ask her. I loved hearing her moans. Have you heard them or would you like me to describe it to you?"
Harry banged him to the wall, resisting the urge to grab his wand and curse him to the ends of the world.
"Careful Potter, do you want to lose points for your house? I do know that fighting is a serious offense. Loosing house points will be the least of your problems. You might get detention. Wait that would work to my advantage, I can have some time alone with Hermione."
Harry dropped him not wanting for that to happen.
"Very good Potter. You wouldn't want Gryffindor to lose their number1 Seeker would you?" Draco straightened himself up.
"Just leave her alone!"
"Temper, temper. Why should I leave her alone? She seemed to like."
Harry didn't let him finish, "Look Malfoy, I will back down now but I swear if you ever touch her I wouldn't think twice of getting kicked out of Hogwarts. I will hunt you down and I will make sure that you wish you'd die!"
Draco laughed at his threat. "Are you threatening me? Don't you think that that's a little too late?"
Harry glared at him. Draco didn't backed down. They stayed like that for quite a while. Harry was the first to move and leave him.
'That went well. I have a feeling that the sun would rise for me tomorrow.' He whistled as he headed for his room.
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Hermione joined Ron in the Gryffindor common room waiting for Harry so that they could all go eat their breakfast. They were discussing Ron's time with Sirius when Harry finally joined them.
"Morning Harry!" Both Ron and Hermione greeted him cheerfully.
"Bout time, I was getting really hungry. You shouldn't stay up more than necessary next time mate."
"Why?" Hermione didn't know that Harry came back late last night.
"Don't know, he just came back late. I didn't think he'd stay longer than necessary with Snape and all. Enough of that, we can talk later when we eat." Ron was determined to go down and eat.
"Ron, could you go on ahead? I need to talk with Hermione for a minute." Harry bowed his head because he couldn't look any of his friends in their eyes.
Ron shrugged assuming it was something about their relationship and headed to the Great Hall.
"What is it Harry?" Hermione was curious at what Harry wanted to talk about.
"You told me before that 'friendship' was all you could offer."
"Yes." She said carefully.
"Then what the hell have you been thinking kissing Malfoy!?!"
"What?" 'How did he find out?'
"Don't act innocently. I heard it from a reliable source!" Harry's eyes pierced through her.
Hermione felt like her heart was being torn open. "Who's your source?" She was trying to find some ways to sneak away from the truth.
"FUCKING Malfoy! That's who!"
Tears started dripping from her eyes. She wasn't good at lying and the fact that Malfoy admitted to him needed a big fat lie. She couldn't however. "He told you?"
"He practically slapped it in my face!" Harry closed his eyes trying his best to calm himself down. "How could you do this to me?" His eyes showed the pain that he was feeling. "And with him!"
"Harry let me explain!" She pleaded as she called out for him but he already turned his back and left. She felt guilt for technically lying to him (by concealing things from him, that kind of lying she can handle). Her heart ached from the fact that she lost him. She had never seen or heard him like that before. Suddenly, all thoughts about eating disappeared. She headed to her room and cried her heart out.
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In the Great Hall, Ron was seated with Lavender and Parvati. They were talking about Quidditch and its players. Harry found him and sat with the group. Ron could feel that his best friend's angry. "If this is about yesterday, I want to apologize. I just didn't want you guys to think I was siding with anyone."
Harry just nodded. He felt guilty at what he did to Hermione and couldn't reply to his other friend.
"Where's Herm?"
Harry shrugged. He could still see Hermione's face when he shouted at her. She looked like a mess. She looked like she wasn't in control. He left her crying and in pain. He wanted to go back to apologize. His heart was aching for giving her so much pain. He didn't want to. Then another picture entered his mind, this time it was Hermione kissing Malfoy. He felt his stomach flip. He didn't feel hungry at all. "I need to do something. I'll see you guys in class."
Ron didn't like what was happening. 'Where's Hermione? Where's Harry going? Did they fight?' Ron stood up and excused himself. He called to Harry, "Wait up!"
"I need to do something 'alone' Ron." Harry faced his friend.
"Oh, alright." Ron resumed eating, thinking of what could have happened.
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It was Potion's class with Snape. Draco Malfoy was seated in his table watching the people entering the room. He didn't see Hermione at breakfast. He wanted so much to see her but Harry's distraught face was enough to keep him in a good mood all morning. He saw Harry entering the room and sat beside Parvati. Ron was the next of the Gryffindor trio to arrive. He sat this time beside Lavender, which was the closest seat to Harry. Draco was anxious to see Hermione enter the room. She did enter but only after Snape gave out instructions about doing a potion with their partners. Hermione was never late especially not in Snape's class.
Snape saw her entering but didn't say anything. He noticed that Hermione was upset at something. Her eyes although clear, had eye bags underneath them. He concluded that she cried her heart out. He didn't want to burden her further. In some ways he favored her for showing interest in his subject even if she was in Gryffindor.
"Sir! Granger came in late!" Pansy raised her hand. When he didn't mention anything she added, "Aren't you going to do something?" All eyes were either on her or on Hermione.
"So far Ms. Parkinson, she's the only one in this class who could conjure potions without help from anyone. If any of you can do the same then I wouldn't mind you getting late either."
All the students who heard him exchanged glances. "Snape favoring a Gryffindor? What's going on with the world?"
Hermione dropped herself in the chair next to Draco not even bothering with what happened although she was thankful for what Snape did.
"You alright?" Draco was practically smiling at her.
Hermione did not respond to him. She turned her attention at the task at hand. The whole period ended without a word coming out of her mouth.
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When the class ended Ron cleared his table as he raced to join Harry. Both Harry and Hermione were upset but he chose talking to Harry first since he was closer. "Wait up mate!"
Harry continued walking although he slowed his pace.
"What happened?" Ron walked faster to be able to block his way.
"You want to know what happened? She fucking kissed Malfoy! That's what happened!"
"Are you sure? Maybe."
"Stop protecting her! Malfoy admitted it, she didn't deny it!"
"There must be a reason!"
"Well if you find that out, tell me cause I'm just eager to know what it is!"
"What did she say?"
"What is there to say? She's a lying bi."
Ron stopped him from continuing, "Don't say anything you might regret later."
"Whatever."
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Draco didn't like Hermione avoiding her. He noticed that she was delaying in leaving the room. 'She must be avoiding the two jerks she calls her friends.' When Harry and Ron left for about a minute, she took her bag and began heading towards the door.
"Allow me." Draco tried to take her things.
She glared at him and continued her way out.
"You're mad at me?"
"You noticed!?!" She quickened her pace trying to avoid any conversation with him.
"What did I do?"
Hermione couldn't believe that he was acting innocent. "What did you do, you ask me?"
"I thought that he should know. I practically helped you out. Friends shouldn't keep secrets from each other."
"What do you know about friendship. You don't have any!"
"I've got you." His heart was starting to beat fast.
"Shut up! Don't try to act noble cause you're not. You told him about that because you bloody wanted him to leave me alone! You should be happy because you plan worked. He's bloody mad at me, Ron might just as well be!" She turned around and paused. She faced him with tears swelling in her eyes. "To think I considered you to be a friend, this is the thanks that I get! You got what you wanted! Tell me, are you happy now? Are you satisfied or will you still continue ruining my life?"
"Hermione I."
"Stop! I don't want to hear it. You wasted my time long enough. I thought that you've changed. I'm sorry I was wrong. Go find yourself another friend to ruin their lives!" She wanted to tell him how much it hurts, how much betrayed she felt. She rolled all of these into 3 words, "I hate you." She busted out of the room.
Draco felt his heart shatter. He watched her as she walked away. He didn't expect this to happen. He planned it like this; he'd tell Harry about the kiss. Harry would get mad at Hermione. Ron would side with him feeling betrayed as well. Everything worked out fine except for the ending, which is, Hermione finding comfort with her only friend left that was him. Then everything would work out between them.
Everything now was a mess. Hermione was mad at him. No, the right word was hate. 'How could I sacrificed my relationship with her just to separate her from Potter?' He blamed Potter once again for ruining his life.