A/N: Thank you beautiful reviewers! I am deeply sorry that I didn't post
sooner. It was a VERY busy and tiring week for me, but no excuses I guess.
Disclaimer: See chappie 1
~*~*~*~ Chapter 16: Midnight Strolls ~*~*~*~
HERMIONE'S POV
I couldn't believe what I had just seen. I might not have been as upset as I was now, but that added fact that Draco was only in a pair of shorts was not releasing the tension. I heard a knock at my door.
"Hermione? I need to talk to you. I need to explain what happened." I really wanted to go out there and hear a reasonable explanation, but I had seen everything that had happened. I saw him willingly getting with Pansy.
"Come on Hermione! I'm going to stand out here in my shorts all night and day if I have to, until you speak to me." I would have opened the door if it weren't for the fact that he had been wearing shorts. Who knows? If I had been a bit later I might have seen them with nothing on! I cringed at the thought. The door opened.
"Hey Hermione." Ginny and Lavender walked in with puzzled faces. Draco was standing outside. He couldn't come in if one of us didn't want him to. He walked up to the door and tried to push against the barrier. I glared at him and then shut the door with my wand.
"Hermione, let me in!" he started banging on the door.
"What's going on Mione?" Ginny asked with concern.
"I'll tell you in a minute. Just promise me you won't let him in until I am ready."
"Yeah sure Mione. Do you want me to make you a hot chocolate first?" Hilary asked. We had just discovered a small kitchen type thing inside a cupboard earlier that day. I nodded. Ginny sat down with me on the couch. Hilary came back with the hot chocolates and I told them everything.
"What a f*cking bastard!" Ginny exclaimed once I had finished. I had finally let the tears loose, and they were both hugging me.
"One more thing guys", I sniffed. "You cannot tell Harry or Ron at all. They are getting along fine at the moment and they have to stay with Malfoy. As much as I hate him right now, I don't want Harry and Ron to have a bad stay by having to look at Malfoy and feel angry." I mentally thought about how I was referring to him by his last name again. I didn't want to go to dinner tonight so Ginny went to the kitchens I had secretly discovered and brought back food the rest of us. We had told Harry and Ron that I wasn't feeling well and Ginny and Hilary were going to keep me company. Of course Malfoy knew why I wasn't going to be at dinner but by the looks of things hadn't told Harry or Ron. We sat in for the rest of the night. I ate my food and then turned in for an early night.
DRACO'S POV
I was going to need Ron and Harry's help on this one. I realised after about an hour that she was never going to let me in, and by the look on Ginny's face when she came out, the other two wouldn't either. I tried to talk to Ginny, but she completely ignored me. I went back to my room, got changed and headed to dinner with Harry and Ron. Once we had sat down, I told them exactly what had happened.
"Whoa mate. You really did it this time," Ron said.
"I know. That's why I need your help. She won't talk to me at all."
"Well, I don't know if we can do much, but we'll try," Harry reassured me. They had taken this much better than I thought they would. We finished dinner and went back upstairs. Harry and Ron went to the girl's room. They told me that I couldn't come, firstly because they wouldn't let me in, and secondly, even if I went through the emergency adjoining door, Hermione would be even more pissed off at me. I could hear muttering because it was so quiet on my side. A little while later they came through the adjoining door.
"So? Will she see me, or is she still being a stubborn brat?" I asked them.
"Don't call her a stubborn brat Draco. You're the one at fault here. She won't speak to you. She kinda hates you at the moment, and besides, she's asleep" Harry informed me.
I cursed under my breath and walked to the door.
Knock Knock. "Who is it?" Ginny asked. I motioned at Harry or Ron to say something, but the didn't.
"Hm, it's me. I need to talk to Hermione," I explained.
"Hermione is asleep and I don't think she wants a scumbag like you in here anyway."
"I'll get in there somehow you know" I threatened her, even though I didn't have a way to get in there.
HERMIONE'S POV
I could hear him knocking on the door, and Harry and Ron's talk with the other two. I decided tomorrow that I would just spend the day in here. I knew that Ginny and Hilary would stay with me. It was a very restless sleep that night, so I felt much more refreshed after my long shower that morning. I got changed into my grey trackies and a dark blue sweatshirt. I didn't feel very fashion coordinated today. Ginny and Hilary were sitting there in their horribly clashing lounging around clothes as well. They had already showered.
"Gees, I must have been in there for ages." They smiled at me.
"We guessed you would want to stay here the whole day so we got the chocolate out and some movies. We just need you to magic us a screen," Hilary explained.
"Thanks you guys. What are we watching?"
"Ooh, a whole bunch of romantic teary-eyed movies. We're in the mood for that now, and maybe you'll get some revenge ideas in the middle." I laughed with them. We sat in eating lollies and drinking butterbeer the whole day. About five times he had come and knocked on the door, but I got sick of it, so I put a silencing charm on it. After the movies ended, we decided to go to the kitchens and get some real food. I didn't want to risk being seen by him, so I borrowed Harry's invisibility cloak and went with the other two. On our way back, I saw Malfoy. I almost forgot I was invisible and made to turn the other way. He came up to Ginny and Hilary.
"Look, I know Hermione's really mad at me at the moment, but I need to explain everything that happened."
"Yeah whatever. Seeing a guy in his shorts, humping another girl is enough to make anyone stop seeing you. I'm not going to make Hermione see you unless she wants to." I was proud of Ginny for sticking up for me.
"Ok, I understand that you want to protect her, but can you please give her this and I won't bother you or her again. I promise. Oh, and say I'm really sorry." I had tears in my eyes. He was so inconsiderate, yet he made my heart melt. He gave Ginny a long box with a letter on top. We continued back to our room, when I took the box from Ginny.
"Look you guys. I've had a good day today. I'm not going to spoil it by reading what that creep had to say. I'll read it later by myself." I went into the room and put it in my bedside drawer. We spent the rest of the evening talking and reading magazines, in my case, Hogwarts: A History Revised. When it was time to go to bed we all got in and pulled the hangings down. I lay awake for about half an hour, until I could hear the slow rhythmic breathing from the other two. I pulled out the box and opened it. There was a beautiful rose with gold outlining and sparkles all over it. It was beautiful. On the inside of the box was a little note. 'This rose will never die, like my love for you.' I scoffed. He didn't know the note was in here. I barely even knew him. I burnt the note with my wand. The letter was next.
'Dear Hermione,
I know how much you hate me right now but I have to explain what happened because it defiantly wasn't what it looked like. I don't want to explain in a letter because it is so impersonal. I decided that I'm not going to bother you anymore. Tomorrow, I'm going to act like usual around you. I know you don't want too much attention. Tomorrow at midnight, meet me at the edge of the lake. If you aren't there, then I'll never bother you again.
Draco'
I was crying by the end of his note again. How come he has this effect on me? I cried myself to sleep that night.
DRACO'S POV
I had no idea if Hermione had read my note or not. I was hoping she had. There she is now. She looks calm and collected. Harry and Hilary were sitting with me, as was Seamus and his friend Dean. There were only two seats left. One next to Harry, who was opposite me, and one next to me. Ginny was in front by a bit. I knew if it stayed that way she would sit next to Harry. She did sit next to Harry and I breathed a sigh of relief. I looked at my food and began eating it, waiting for Hermione to sit down. Five minutes passed. I looked up. Everyone was sitting and talking to each other at the table, but Hermione wasn't there. I looked around. She had made a turn before she reached us and sat next to Neville, Parvati, Lavender and some Hufflepuffs. I scowled. She was laughing with them happy as pie. I really longed to be there laughing with her.
She looked up and locked eyes with mine. I saw that she really was hurt. She looked away from me and started talking to Parvati again. I couldn't break my promise. I had to act normally around her. I could explain to her tonight. I knew she would come. She was the forgiving type of person.
Beep, Beep. The warning bell went. Our first class was DADA. Hermione wasn't in my class so I made my way there. Luckily I still had Goyle to talk to.
The classes were pretty good today. They were all shortened by quite a bit. Last came our special duelling class. We got to meet Mrs Moody at last. She was quite different from Mad Eye. For one, her face wasn't etched with scars, and she was quite pretty. We introduced ourselves and then began. We started learning jinxes we had never heard of before, and apparently were only taught to Aurors. Hermione didn't look at me the whole time.
"Ok. Now I want you to practise this spell that places binding ropes around your captive. The more they struggle, the tighter they become. You can tighten them yourself if you want. Now repeat after me. Postrocva Cancerium." We all said this.
"Ok now you need the wand movements. They go up down and flick. Now practise that without the words." We all did this carefully and perfectly.
"Now I want you to pair up." Ron and Hilary had already paired up as had Harry and Ginny. Hermione was glaring at me.
"Is there a problem, Draco, Hermione?"
"No, none at all," she replied.
"Well then, get ready in you fighting stance and let's go. I want the males to try this first. Remember, up, down and flick. Postrocva Cancerium."
We said the words and did the wand movements. Hermione's arms and legs were slowly bound together. She stood there calm as anything. Ginny and Hilary had fallen over and were lying still.
"Ok. Now this spell can be thrown off. You need to remain incredibly calm. Once you are calm, you'll feel a little of the tension loosen. That is you shot to snap your legs and arms apart and you'll be free." Ginny closed her eyes. She suddenly snapped her legs and arms apart. She had thrown it off. Hermione also threw it of, as did Hilary.
"That wasn't very difficult" Hermione said to her.
"Yes dear. It isn't hard unless the person binding you really wants to. I cannot unfortunately provide that atmosphere in here. Now I want you girls to have a go."
They all got their wands ready.
"Ok now, on the count of three. One two three."
"Postrocva Cancerium!" rang out three voices. Harry, Ron and I fell to the ground. Mine was incredibly tight. I could see Hermione smirking at me slightly.
"Ok now, relax and the ropes will loosen." I relaxed as best as I could. The ropes weren't ceasing. I could see blood starting to go through my robes. Seeing the blood was not relaxing me. Ron was having a bit of trouble throwing of the curse, which was a bit different, because he had tried to reverse it as Hilary said it. No one could keep him still enough to finish the spell. The only one that could see me was Hermione. There were bloodline on my wrist and legs. Suddenly she gasped.
"Finite!" Hermione cried. I felt the ropes let loose. The last thing I saw was Mrs Moody's face over mine and I fainted.
"Wake up Mr Malfoy." I blearily opened my eyes. Mrs Moody was sitting in front of me and I was sitting in a chair.
"What happened?" I asked them.
"Well, it seems Hermione produced a very powerful spell and you didn't relax. You fainted because it cut of circulation."
I got up. "How long was I out for?"
"About 10 minutes. You had a small cut around your ankles wrist and neck, which I've healed now. I suggest that you practise on relaxing more Draco. Now let's continue with these rope charms."
We learnt a few others and then the lesson ended. Hermione went to her room. I went to mine and got dressed. After dinner we went back to our room. I played Ron in wizard's chess for a while, Harry was busy in the room with Ginny, and then we went to bed. It was 11 pm. I had placed a charm on myself so I would mix in with the backgrounds on my way out to the lake. Finally I went out to the lake.
It was ten to twelve. Only ten more minutes. I stood there shivering. A few more minutes and I could tell her everything. Twelve came and went. It was half past twelve. I was waiting for her to come. Deep down, I knew she wasn't coming. Finally at one in the morning, I made my way back to the castle. Suddenly something came running out of the castle. It was Hermione. She had tearstains and looked really worried. She was wearing a white Singlet top and pyjama bottoms. She must have been freezing.
I smiled. "Hey Hermione. You're a bit late you know."
She looked past me. There was something a bit strange about her.
"No time for chit chat! I need to find the map."
"The map for what?"
"To find the ship of Marshmen! They're all going to die if I don't get there on time!"
With that she ran past me towards the lake. She was sleep walking. I saw her jog to the surface of the lake. "Hermione!" I quickly ran after her. She wasn't in the water yet. I grabbed her around the waist and tried to drag her back.
"Let me go now! I need to save the Marshmen!"
"Hermione! Snap out of it!" I whirled her around and kissed her. I felt her melt into the kiss.
HERMIONE'S POV
I need to save the Marshmen. The stupid man is stoping me. Hang on. He looks oddly familiar. Like Malfoy. And now he's kissing me. Mmm, It's nice. Hang on. Malfoy. Me. Kissing. Pansy!
I shoved him off me. "Go away from me now," I said dangerously to him.
"But Mione, I just stopped you from drowning yourself" he explained.
"Now firstly, you did not save me. I have done this before and I wake up as soon as I touch the water. Secondly, even if you were going to save me, I don't think kissing me is going to do much, unless it was mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. And thirdly," I paused and whispered to him, "only my friends can call me Mione."
I turned around and started making my way back. I had seen the hurt in his eyes. He was sincere in his invitation tonight. I had half a mind to turn back and hear his explanation, but I didn't need to. He grabbed my wrist. The tears started falling.
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A/N: Sorry peeps! That was really short, but I need a cliffy somewhere. Isn't Hermione a bitch? No she isn't. I am a bitch for making her say that! I am evil! Blame it on me! And Review. (
Disclaimer: See chappie 1
~*~*~*~ Chapter 16: Midnight Strolls ~*~*~*~
HERMIONE'S POV
I couldn't believe what I had just seen. I might not have been as upset as I was now, but that added fact that Draco was only in a pair of shorts was not releasing the tension. I heard a knock at my door.
"Hermione? I need to talk to you. I need to explain what happened." I really wanted to go out there and hear a reasonable explanation, but I had seen everything that had happened. I saw him willingly getting with Pansy.
"Come on Hermione! I'm going to stand out here in my shorts all night and day if I have to, until you speak to me." I would have opened the door if it weren't for the fact that he had been wearing shorts. Who knows? If I had been a bit later I might have seen them with nothing on! I cringed at the thought. The door opened.
"Hey Hermione." Ginny and Lavender walked in with puzzled faces. Draco was standing outside. He couldn't come in if one of us didn't want him to. He walked up to the door and tried to push against the barrier. I glared at him and then shut the door with my wand.
"Hermione, let me in!" he started banging on the door.
"What's going on Mione?" Ginny asked with concern.
"I'll tell you in a minute. Just promise me you won't let him in until I am ready."
"Yeah sure Mione. Do you want me to make you a hot chocolate first?" Hilary asked. We had just discovered a small kitchen type thing inside a cupboard earlier that day. I nodded. Ginny sat down with me on the couch. Hilary came back with the hot chocolates and I told them everything.
"What a f*cking bastard!" Ginny exclaimed once I had finished. I had finally let the tears loose, and they were both hugging me.
"One more thing guys", I sniffed. "You cannot tell Harry or Ron at all. They are getting along fine at the moment and they have to stay with Malfoy. As much as I hate him right now, I don't want Harry and Ron to have a bad stay by having to look at Malfoy and feel angry." I mentally thought about how I was referring to him by his last name again. I didn't want to go to dinner tonight so Ginny went to the kitchens I had secretly discovered and brought back food the rest of us. We had told Harry and Ron that I wasn't feeling well and Ginny and Hilary were going to keep me company. Of course Malfoy knew why I wasn't going to be at dinner but by the looks of things hadn't told Harry or Ron. We sat in for the rest of the night. I ate my food and then turned in for an early night.
DRACO'S POV
I was going to need Ron and Harry's help on this one. I realised after about an hour that she was never going to let me in, and by the look on Ginny's face when she came out, the other two wouldn't either. I tried to talk to Ginny, but she completely ignored me. I went back to my room, got changed and headed to dinner with Harry and Ron. Once we had sat down, I told them exactly what had happened.
"Whoa mate. You really did it this time," Ron said.
"I know. That's why I need your help. She won't talk to me at all."
"Well, I don't know if we can do much, but we'll try," Harry reassured me. They had taken this much better than I thought they would. We finished dinner and went back upstairs. Harry and Ron went to the girl's room. They told me that I couldn't come, firstly because they wouldn't let me in, and secondly, even if I went through the emergency adjoining door, Hermione would be even more pissed off at me. I could hear muttering because it was so quiet on my side. A little while later they came through the adjoining door.
"So? Will she see me, or is she still being a stubborn brat?" I asked them.
"Don't call her a stubborn brat Draco. You're the one at fault here. She won't speak to you. She kinda hates you at the moment, and besides, she's asleep" Harry informed me.
I cursed under my breath and walked to the door.
Knock Knock. "Who is it?" Ginny asked. I motioned at Harry or Ron to say something, but the didn't.
"Hm, it's me. I need to talk to Hermione," I explained.
"Hermione is asleep and I don't think she wants a scumbag like you in here anyway."
"I'll get in there somehow you know" I threatened her, even though I didn't have a way to get in there.
HERMIONE'S POV
I could hear him knocking on the door, and Harry and Ron's talk with the other two. I decided tomorrow that I would just spend the day in here. I knew that Ginny and Hilary would stay with me. It was a very restless sleep that night, so I felt much more refreshed after my long shower that morning. I got changed into my grey trackies and a dark blue sweatshirt. I didn't feel very fashion coordinated today. Ginny and Hilary were sitting there in their horribly clashing lounging around clothes as well. They had already showered.
"Gees, I must have been in there for ages." They smiled at me.
"We guessed you would want to stay here the whole day so we got the chocolate out and some movies. We just need you to magic us a screen," Hilary explained.
"Thanks you guys. What are we watching?"
"Ooh, a whole bunch of romantic teary-eyed movies. We're in the mood for that now, and maybe you'll get some revenge ideas in the middle." I laughed with them. We sat in eating lollies and drinking butterbeer the whole day. About five times he had come and knocked on the door, but I got sick of it, so I put a silencing charm on it. After the movies ended, we decided to go to the kitchens and get some real food. I didn't want to risk being seen by him, so I borrowed Harry's invisibility cloak and went with the other two. On our way back, I saw Malfoy. I almost forgot I was invisible and made to turn the other way. He came up to Ginny and Hilary.
"Look, I know Hermione's really mad at me at the moment, but I need to explain everything that happened."
"Yeah whatever. Seeing a guy in his shorts, humping another girl is enough to make anyone stop seeing you. I'm not going to make Hermione see you unless she wants to." I was proud of Ginny for sticking up for me.
"Ok, I understand that you want to protect her, but can you please give her this and I won't bother you or her again. I promise. Oh, and say I'm really sorry." I had tears in my eyes. He was so inconsiderate, yet he made my heart melt. He gave Ginny a long box with a letter on top. We continued back to our room, when I took the box from Ginny.
"Look you guys. I've had a good day today. I'm not going to spoil it by reading what that creep had to say. I'll read it later by myself." I went into the room and put it in my bedside drawer. We spent the rest of the evening talking and reading magazines, in my case, Hogwarts: A History Revised. When it was time to go to bed we all got in and pulled the hangings down. I lay awake for about half an hour, until I could hear the slow rhythmic breathing from the other two. I pulled out the box and opened it. There was a beautiful rose with gold outlining and sparkles all over it. It was beautiful. On the inside of the box was a little note. 'This rose will never die, like my love for you.' I scoffed. He didn't know the note was in here. I barely even knew him. I burnt the note with my wand. The letter was next.
'Dear Hermione,
I know how much you hate me right now but I have to explain what happened because it defiantly wasn't what it looked like. I don't want to explain in a letter because it is so impersonal. I decided that I'm not going to bother you anymore. Tomorrow, I'm going to act like usual around you. I know you don't want too much attention. Tomorrow at midnight, meet me at the edge of the lake. If you aren't there, then I'll never bother you again.
Draco'
I was crying by the end of his note again. How come he has this effect on me? I cried myself to sleep that night.
DRACO'S POV
I had no idea if Hermione had read my note or not. I was hoping she had. There she is now. She looks calm and collected. Harry and Hilary were sitting with me, as was Seamus and his friend Dean. There were only two seats left. One next to Harry, who was opposite me, and one next to me. Ginny was in front by a bit. I knew if it stayed that way she would sit next to Harry. She did sit next to Harry and I breathed a sigh of relief. I looked at my food and began eating it, waiting for Hermione to sit down. Five minutes passed. I looked up. Everyone was sitting and talking to each other at the table, but Hermione wasn't there. I looked around. She had made a turn before she reached us and sat next to Neville, Parvati, Lavender and some Hufflepuffs. I scowled. She was laughing with them happy as pie. I really longed to be there laughing with her.
She looked up and locked eyes with mine. I saw that she really was hurt. She looked away from me and started talking to Parvati again. I couldn't break my promise. I had to act normally around her. I could explain to her tonight. I knew she would come. She was the forgiving type of person.
Beep, Beep. The warning bell went. Our first class was DADA. Hermione wasn't in my class so I made my way there. Luckily I still had Goyle to talk to.
The classes were pretty good today. They were all shortened by quite a bit. Last came our special duelling class. We got to meet Mrs Moody at last. She was quite different from Mad Eye. For one, her face wasn't etched with scars, and she was quite pretty. We introduced ourselves and then began. We started learning jinxes we had never heard of before, and apparently were only taught to Aurors. Hermione didn't look at me the whole time.
"Ok. Now I want you to practise this spell that places binding ropes around your captive. The more they struggle, the tighter they become. You can tighten them yourself if you want. Now repeat after me. Postrocva Cancerium." We all said this.
"Ok now you need the wand movements. They go up down and flick. Now practise that without the words." We all did this carefully and perfectly.
"Now I want you to pair up." Ron and Hilary had already paired up as had Harry and Ginny. Hermione was glaring at me.
"Is there a problem, Draco, Hermione?"
"No, none at all," she replied.
"Well then, get ready in you fighting stance and let's go. I want the males to try this first. Remember, up, down and flick. Postrocva Cancerium."
We said the words and did the wand movements. Hermione's arms and legs were slowly bound together. She stood there calm as anything. Ginny and Hilary had fallen over and were lying still.
"Ok. Now this spell can be thrown off. You need to remain incredibly calm. Once you are calm, you'll feel a little of the tension loosen. That is you shot to snap your legs and arms apart and you'll be free." Ginny closed her eyes. She suddenly snapped her legs and arms apart. She had thrown it off. Hermione also threw it of, as did Hilary.
"That wasn't very difficult" Hermione said to her.
"Yes dear. It isn't hard unless the person binding you really wants to. I cannot unfortunately provide that atmosphere in here. Now I want you girls to have a go."
They all got their wands ready.
"Ok now, on the count of three. One two three."
"Postrocva Cancerium!" rang out three voices. Harry, Ron and I fell to the ground. Mine was incredibly tight. I could see Hermione smirking at me slightly.
"Ok now, relax and the ropes will loosen." I relaxed as best as I could. The ropes weren't ceasing. I could see blood starting to go through my robes. Seeing the blood was not relaxing me. Ron was having a bit of trouble throwing of the curse, which was a bit different, because he had tried to reverse it as Hilary said it. No one could keep him still enough to finish the spell. The only one that could see me was Hermione. There were bloodline on my wrist and legs. Suddenly she gasped.
"Finite!" Hermione cried. I felt the ropes let loose. The last thing I saw was Mrs Moody's face over mine and I fainted.
"Wake up Mr Malfoy." I blearily opened my eyes. Mrs Moody was sitting in front of me and I was sitting in a chair.
"What happened?" I asked them.
"Well, it seems Hermione produced a very powerful spell and you didn't relax. You fainted because it cut of circulation."
I got up. "How long was I out for?"
"About 10 minutes. You had a small cut around your ankles wrist and neck, which I've healed now. I suggest that you practise on relaxing more Draco. Now let's continue with these rope charms."
We learnt a few others and then the lesson ended. Hermione went to her room. I went to mine and got dressed. After dinner we went back to our room. I played Ron in wizard's chess for a while, Harry was busy in the room with Ginny, and then we went to bed. It was 11 pm. I had placed a charm on myself so I would mix in with the backgrounds on my way out to the lake. Finally I went out to the lake.
It was ten to twelve. Only ten more minutes. I stood there shivering. A few more minutes and I could tell her everything. Twelve came and went. It was half past twelve. I was waiting for her to come. Deep down, I knew she wasn't coming. Finally at one in the morning, I made my way back to the castle. Suddenly something came running out of the castle. It was Hermione. She had tearstains and looked really worried. She was wearing a white Singlet top and pyjama bottoms. She must have been freezing.
I smiled. "Hey Hermione. You're a bit late you know."
She looked past me. There was something a bit strange about her.
"No time for chit chat! I need to find the map."
"The map for what?"
"To find the ship of Marshmen! They're all going to die if I don't get there on time!"
With that she ran past me towards the lake. She was sleep walking. I saw her jog to the surface of the lake. "Hermione!" I quickly ran after her. She wasn't in the water yet. I grabbed her around the waist and tried to drag her back.
"Let me go now! I need to save the Marshmen!"
"Hermione! Snap out of it!" I whirled her around and kissed her. I felt her melt into the kiss.
HERMIONE'S POV
I need to save the Marshmen. The stupid man is stoping me. Hang on. He looks oddly familiar. Like Malfoy. And now he's kissing me. Mmm, It's nice. Hang on. Malfoy. Me. Kissing. Pansy!
I shoved him off me. "Go away from me now," I said dangerously to him.
"But Mione, I just stopped you from drowning yourself" he explained.
"Now firstly, you did not save me. I have done this before and I wake up as soon as I touch the water. Secondly, even if you were going to save me, I don't think kissing me is going to do much, unless it was mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. And thirdly," I paused and whispered to him, "only my friends can call me Mione."
I turned around and started making my way back. I had seen the hurt in his eyes. He was sincere in his invitation tonight. I had half a mind to turn back and hear his explanation, but I didn't need to. He grabbed my wrist. The tears started falling.
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A/N: Sorry peeps! That was really short, but I need a cliffy somewhere. Isn't Hermione a bitch? No she isn't. I am a bitch for making her say that! I am evil! Blame it on me! And Review. (