ARGH a/n- yes I know, I'm horrible, I'm am soooo sorry! I had writer's
block/exams/one of my friends is having a crisis-- the whole exam excuse
thing again since everyone in my school is going to Harvard but me, but hey
school is over and it's summer. The summer I have dubbed: the summer of
fanficness
I started this chapter a long time ago but a major writer's block came
along and I haven't been ignoring this it's been bugging me SO much that I
haven't updated but I promised myself during study time I wouldn't go on
the computer-but I did some brainstorming on the story
Pansy paced around an empty room. She looked completely normal, but inside she was festering with bitter umbrage. A thousand ideas were spilling into her furious mind, but she dismissed all of them.
"That won't work!" she barked at herself.
She didn't even know what she was trying to concoct. She hated Malfoy. She loathed him with every fiber of her being. She hated him even more than she hated Hermione; Hermione was just a slut who got in the way.
'He used me. He used me in his enrapturing way, that bastard,' she muttered in her crazed mind. 'I'll kill him. I'll kill him, that bastard, that god damn bastard.' Pansy didn't love Draco, but in her damaged, jaded mind she thought she did.
"Pansy?" She stopped pacing as her head jerked up and she turned around, looking at the door. No one entered but from behind the closed door she heard her Head of House answer.
"Mr. Malfoy, what are you doing here?"
"Oh, Professor Snape. I-" There was an impatient silence. "I came looking for-I'm here-"
"Loss for words?"
"Uh-"
"Well then, I won't keep you. By the way, would you please go to Hagrid's hut and retrieve some boomslang skin. I don't like to go there since the.unpleasantness."
"Yes, sir."
Pansy waited until both footsteps had left before she moved again.
Potions class. Draco and Hermione kept catching each other's eyes during class, which they knew they shouldn't do. People might see.
"Mr. Malfoy," Snape shot. Draco jumped to attention, as he hadn't paying much. "About the errand I sent you on-"
"Oh, Professor," Draco answered. "I've been meaning to tell you, I went and Hagrid said it'd gone missing.
Snape nearly broke his wand in half. They heard him mutter, "Why that ill-mannered, little ___." Snape's olive face slightly red he said as calmly as he could, "Why don't you all leave early today, hmm?"
The class looked at each other and shrugged. It was their first time leaving early from Potions. (a/n-I think)
"Come on," Ron said to Harry and Hermione. The two boys left without problem and began to climb up the stairs, but Hermione, nervously not looking around, bumped into someone.
"Watch it, Granger," Pansy snapped as she quickly tugged on the strands of Hermione's hair that were in her face.
"Ow." Hermione looked up at Pansy who was holding a few golden strands. "What are you? Insane?"
"They were in my way." Hermione ricocheted as Pansy walked past, firmly knock her shoulder with Hermione's and strolling past Ron and Harry.
"She can be a real bitch sometimes," Ron said truthfully and Hermione rubbed her head.
Hermione noticed she had another meeting with Maude, but at least this time it was one on one. She was to go to the library. Hermione's entire idea of a library had changed over the last happenings.
On her way she bumped into Hagrid. "'Lo Hermione."
"Hagrid!" A fresh, new, friendly face raised Hermione's spirits unexpectedly. She didn't feel judged, guilty, or dirty for once. "How are you?"
His smile faded. "Not good. Snape's been on my tail."
"Why?"
"He won't even come to my face 'n talk 'bout it. Why? Oh, 'cause he thinks I stole his stupid ingredients."
"What?"
"Some of his ingredients have gone missing and since the.well he thinks I'm the only one who hates him in this entire school. Or I'm the only one of them who'll act on it. 'N he's going behind me back and talking directly to Dumbledore. Like Dumbledore'll listen ta him."
"Oh, Hagrid that's h." Hermione trailed off as she spotted a pale face behind him. "Mal-"
"Malfoy?" Hagrid finished, turning around.
Draco broke his stare and turned up to Hagrid. "Snape wants you. He's in his classroom."
"That-" Hagrid was already taking great steps towards the corridor that had the dungeon stairs. "Make me come to him," Hagrid muttered. Before he left he looked back at Hermione and Draco who were staring at him, waiting for him to leave. "Hermione. Don't you have somewhere you ought to be?"
"Oh right!" Hermione remembered, completely forgetting about Maude. Hagrid left, but not after a meaningful, suspicious look at Hermione. "Why does Professor Snape want him?" Malfoy shrugged. It was a little awkward while they waited for one of them to say something. ".Well.I have a meeting with Maude?"
"Really? She has a meeting with me tomorrow. Probably thinks we shouldn't be in the same room."
"Yeah.We have been neglecting our Head Boy/Girl duties."
"They're not our duties yet." But he was caught off by Seamus and Dean coming into the hall. They stopped, and Hermione and Draco stopped talking. Everyone looked at each other. Draco and Dean narrowed eyes at each other, still livid from a fight they had had at the ball. "Well. I better be off." Draco turned coolly and strode back to where he came from, probably off to the Slytherin commons. Seamus and Dean walked past Hermione, disgusted, and she felt a pang disgrace, again.
a/n-the ball and some things in this chapter come up later
Pansy paced around an empty room. She looked completely normal, but inside she was festering with bitter umbrage. A thousand ideas were spilling into her furious mind, but she dismissed all of them.
"That won't work!" she barked at herself.
She didn't even know what she was trying to concoct. She hated Malfoy. She loathed him with every fiber of her being. She hated him even more than she hated Hermione; Hermione was just a slut who got in the way.
'He used me. He used me in his enrapturing way, that bastard,' she muttered in her crazed mind. 'I'll kill him. I'll kill him, that bastard, that god damn bastard.' Pansy didn't love Draco, but in her damaged, jaded mind she thought she did.
"Pansy?" She stopped pacing as her head jerked up and she turned around, looking at the door. No one entered but from behind the closed door she heard her Head of House answer.
"Mr. Malfoy, what are you doing here?"
"Oh, Professor Snape. I-" There was an impatient silence. "I came looking for-I'm here-"
"Loss for words?"
"Uh-"
"Well then, I won't keep you. By the way, would you please go to Hagrid's hut and retrieve some boomslang skin. I don't like to go there since the.unpleasantness."
"Yes, sir."
Pansy waited until both footsteps had left before she moved again.
Potions class. Draco and Hermione kept catching each other's eyes during class, which they knew they shouldn't do. People might see.
"Mr. Malfoy," Snape shot. Draco jumped to attention, as he hadn't paying much. "About the errand I sent you on-"
"Oh, Professor," Draco answered. "I've been meaning to tell you, I went and Hagrid said it'd gone missing.
Snape nearly broke his wand in half. They heard him mutter, "Why that ill-mannered, little ___." Snape's olive face slightly red he said as calmly as he could, "Why don't you all leave early today, hmm?"
The class looked at each other and shrugged. It was their first time leaving early from Potions. (a/n-I think)
"Come on," Ron said to Harry and Hermione. The two boys left without problem and began to climb up the stairs, but Hermione, nervously not looking around, bumped into someone.
"Watch it, Granger," Pansy snapped as she quickly tugged on the strands of Hermione's hair that were in her face.
"Ow." Hermione looked up at Pansy who was holding a few golden strands. "What are you? Insane?"
"They were in my way." Hermione ricocheted as Pansy walked past, firmly knock her shoulder with Hermione's and strolling past Ron and Harry.
"She can be a real bitch sometimes," Ron said truthfully and Hermione rubbed her head.
Hermione noticed she had another meeting with Maude, but at least this time it was one on one. She was to go to the library. Hermione's entire idea of a library had changed over the last happenings.
On her way she bumped into Hagrid. "'Lo Hermione."
"Hagrid!" A fresh, new, friendly face raised Hermione's spirits unexpectedly. She didn't feel judged, guilty, or dirty for once. "How are you?"
His smile faded. "Not good. Snape's been on my tail."
"Why?"
"He won't even come to my face 'n talk 'bout it. Why? Oh, 'cause he thinks I stole his stupid ingredients."
"What?"
"Some of his ingredients have gone missing and since the.well he thinks I'm the only one who hates him in this entire school. Or I'm the only one of them who'll act on it. 'N he's going behind me back and talking directly to Dumbledore. Like Dumbledore'll listen ta him."
"Oh, Hagrid that's h." Hermione trailed off as she spotted a pale face behind him. "Mal-"
"Malfoy?" Hagrid finished, turning around.
Draco broke his stare and turned up to Hagrid. "Snape wants you. He's in his classroom."
"That-" Hagrid was already taking great steps towards the corridor that had the dungeon stairs. "Make me come to him," Hagrid muttered. Before he left he looked back at Hermione and Draco who were staring at him, waiting for him to leave. "Hermione. Don't you have somewhere you ought to be?"
"Oh right!" Hermione remembered, completely forgetting about Maude. Hagrid left, but not after a meaningful, suspicious look at Hermione. "Why does Professor Snape want him?" Malfoy shrugged. It was a little awkward while they waited for one of them to say something. ".Well.I have a meeting with Maude?"
"Really? She has a meeting with me tomorrow. Probably thinks we shouldn't be in the same room."
"Yeah.We have been neglecting our Head Boy/Girl duties."
"They're not our duties yet." But he was caught off by Seamus and Dean coming into the hall. They stopped, and Hermione and Draco stopped talking. Everyone looked at each other. Draco and Dean narrowed eyes at each other, still livid from a fight they had had at the ball. "Well. I better be off." Draco turned coolly and strode back to where he came from, probably off to the Slytherin commons. Seamus and Dean walked past Hermione, disgusted, and she felt a pang disgrace, again.
a/n-the ball and some things in this chapter come up later