Chapter 2 - A Visit
Hermione returned to the common room soon after, and tried to work on the homework she had been assigned. Her thoughts, however, kept drifting to Draco and the events of this afternoon. She though unusual Malfoy's lack of response when he had emerged from the water. She had caught him off guard, that was all, she kept telling herself, and yet she swore she saw a glint of something that wasn't anger in his eyes. Hermione's attempts to work on her homework were futile, so she abandoned it and went up to her dormitory. Pushing all her thoughts away from Malfoy, Hermione picked up her favorite book, Hogwarts, A History, and began to read.
Sunday came and Hermione had finally finished all her homework except Arithmancy. Hermione knew she was being extremely lazy but decided not to look for a cause. In the small slot of time she had, just after lunch, when there wasn't really much to do, she decided to pay Draco a visit in the hospital wing. As Hermione walked, she figured she should bring Draco a get- well present but then decided against it. After all, Hermione thought, this was Draco Malfoy, a Slytherin, the enemy.
Draco awoke to someone staring down at him, somebody with stuff puffing out from his head. As his vision cleared, Draco realized that that somebody was Hermione Granger.
"You." he snarled at her. She looked taken aback by his sudden words, but did not back away,
"I c-came t-to say I was s-sorry," she Hermione as she trembled in fear. She looks genuinely sorry, thought Draco, maybe I ought to give her a break? Never! This is Hermione Granger, Mudblood, and Know-it-all.
"Why you @#$$&, you're not sorry! You wanted it to happen and you know it!" A tear fell silently from Hermione's cheek and she walked rapidly from the wing before he could say another word. A few minutes later, Draco's anger had subsided somewhat and he was sorry he had said that. After all, she was incredibly pretty in the turquoise sweater she had on. With her bright, almost auburn hair glowing around her, she was just about the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Whoa, slow down, Draco, he told himself, did I just admit that Granger was pretty? I guess I did, and it was true and Draco knew it.
Hermione walked out of the hospital wing almost in tears. She couldn't believe he had called her that, it was even worse than being called a mudblood. She made an attempt to push Draco out of her mind and started back to the dormitories. She was so confused and she wished she has someone to talk to. Draco had looked so innocent when he first woke up, before he realized who had come to visit him. It was in that brief moment that Hermione realized that Draco did have some good in him. She knew that is was his father's expectations that revolved around Draco head in his consicious state. But when she had caught him just out of sleep, all of that seemed to disappear, and real Draco was revealed. He was just a normal confused boy, worried about schoolwork and being popular. Hermione now realized that he hadn't meant what he said by the way he stared at her during their brief meeting, no matter what words came out of his mouth.
She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she accidentally walked into someone going in the opposite direction. It turned out to be Ron, who told her he'd been sent by Harry to find her. Hermione brightened up a little and made her way with Ron to Gryffindor Tower, Ron not taking his eyes off of Hermione the whole time.
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Hermione returned to the common room soon after, and tried to work on the homework she had been assigned. Her thoughts, however, kept drifting to Draco and the events of this afternoon. She though unusual Malfoy's lack of response when he had emerged from the water. She had caught him off guard, that was all, she kept telling herself, and yet she swore she saw a glint of something that wasn't anger in his eyes. Hermione's attempts to work on her homework were futile, so she abandoned it and went up to her dormitory. Pushing all her thoughts away from Malfoy, Hermione picked up her favorite book, Hogwarts, A History, and began to read.
Sunday came and Hermione had finally finished all her homework except Arithmancy. Hermione knew she was being extremely lazy but decided not to look for a cause. In the small slot of time she had, just after lunch, when there wasn't really much to do, she decided to pay Draco a visit in the hospital wing. As Hermione walked, she figured she should bring Draco a get- well present but then decided against it. After all, Hermione thought, this was Draco Malfoy, a Slytherin, the enemy.
Draco awoke to someone staring down at him, somebody with stuff puffing out from his head. As his vision cleared, Draco realized that that somebody was Hermione Granger.
"You." he snarled at her. She looked taken aback by his sudden words, but did not back away,
"I c-came t-to say I was s-sorry," she Hermione as she trembled in fear. She looks genuinely sorry, thought Draco, maybe I ought to give her a break? Never! This is Hermione Granger, Mudblood, and Know-it-all.
"Why you @#$$&, you're not sorry! You wanted it to happen and you know it!" A tear fell silently from Hermione's cheek and she walked rapidly from the wing before he could say another word. A few minutes later, Draco's anger had subsided somewhat and he was sorry he had said that. After all, she was incredibly pretty in the turquoise sweater she had on. With her bright, almost auburn hair glowing around her, she was just about the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Whoa, slow down, Draco, he told himself, did I just admit that Granger was pretty? I guess I did, and it was true and Draco knew it.
Hermione walked out of the hospital wing almost in tears. She couldn't believe he had called her that, it was even worse than being called a mudblood. She made an attempt to push Draco out of her mind and started back to the dormitories. She was so confused and she wished she has someone to talk to. Draco had looked so innocent when he first woke up, before he realized who had come to visit him. It was in that brief moment that Hermione realized that Draco did have some good in him. She knew that is was his father's expectations that revolved around Draco head in his consicious state. But when she had caught him just out of sleep, all of that seemed to disappear, and real Draco was revealed. He was just a normal confused boy, worried about schoolwork and being popular. Hermione now realized that he hadn't meant what he said by the way he stared at her during their brief meeting, no matter what words came out of his mouth.
She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she accidentally walked into someone going in the opposite direction. It turned out to be Ron, who told her he'd been sent by Harry to find her. Hermione brightened up a little and made her way with Ron to Gryffindor Tower, Ron not taking his eyes off of Hermione the whole time.
Well, I don't know what you thought of that so read and review pretty, pretty please?