Chapter 6: Reluctant Confessions
Hermione returned to the table after she fled the storeroom in a daze.
She couldn't believe she kissed Draco. Him of all people.
How could she respond to a nasty snake like him? She despaired silently to herself.
"Where's the Butter beer?" Asked Ron when she sat down empty-handed.
"Uh- I couldn't find any." She replied quiet truthfully. She'd bumped into Malfoy before she could find anything.
"Maybe we should go and get some ice-cream instead." She told them.
"Ok. Ice cream's fine." Said Harry.
They scrapped back their chairs and stood up to leave.
Hermione caught sight of Draco. He was staring at her from the doorway, which led down to the storeroom.
He was looking at her as if he'd never seen her before.
Hermione avoided his gaze and walked out of The Three Broomsticks with Harry and Ron.
They strolled down the crowded street to the ice-cream parlor, and sat down at a table under the shade.
Harry and Ron placed their order. "Earth to Hermione?" Ron teased when she didn't place her order, but continued to stare up the street.
"What?" She started, as Ron's voice penetrated her thoughts.
"Ice-cream." He hinted.
"Oh, chock-mint I suppose." She replied with a sigh.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked after he noticed her pensive silence.
"Oh. nothing, I just have a head-ache from getting all that fizz straightened out."
Hermione had gotten her "make over" that morning.
Her hair now fell in ripples to her small waist, which was shown by her new muggle clothes she'd brought from a specialize shop.
She wore a dark blue clinging silk singlet and a pair of hipster-flared jeans complete with stylish white sneakers.
Hermione couldn't tell Harry and Ron what had just occurred, they'd go off their heads.
She needed to talk to someone who wouldn't criticize her actions and how she felt.
She thought for a minute of whom she could talk to. Then the answer came.
Ginny. She would talk to Ginny. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Draco couldn't believe it. He'd kissed a Mudblood! But what a kiss it was!
He shoved that thought away frantically.
Lucius would kill him if he'd known what he had done. Not that he cared what his father thought.
Not since he'd lost respect for his father, and felt the fear the Mudblooods must have felt when the death eaters had murdered them and their families.
He lived with that fear daily. He hoped that someone would get his father for all he had done.
Now that Draco had been given the chance to review his life, he'd decided that he was turning into a replica of his father. He needed to change that and change into his own person.
He needed to try harder because he seemed to have fallen automatically into his old self at the start of the year.
He could tell because of the way he'd treated Hermione and her friends. The same as he'd done for years.
But maybe this year the reason for his treatment, against Hermione and Co, could be because of his confused rampant feelings.
He'd mistaken Hermione for Pansy, which was easily understood considering her new appearance.
She looked beautiful now with straight hair and curve clinging clothes.
He really needed to talk to someone. Someone who would understand, and not criticize his confused emotions.
He sat at The Three Broomsticks for a few silent moments and thought.
Well he could probably talk to Lyle Crawford, the other male Prefect. He'd become friends with him even though he wasn't from Slytherin.
He'd at least changed his prejudice for the other houses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When they had returned to Hogwarts Hermione made her excuses to Harry and Ron, and left to find Ginny.
She found her in the library, surrounded by books for the upcoming test in Transfiguration class.
"I need to talk to you Ginny." Hermione told her as she sat down at the desk, looking hesitant.
She looked around carefully and sighted for anyone close enough to hear her.
Luckily there was no one in the library at all, except for the Librarian.
"What is it?" Ginny asked as she took in Hermione's pale face and wide eyes.
There was silence for a moment as Hermione struggled with herself, then she looked Ginny squarely in the eyes.
"I- I kissed Draco. Or rather he kissed me, it was a mistake but ." Hermione's wordsd tumbled from her tongue then faded as she couldn't stand the silence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile in the Prefect commonroom, Draco found Lyle sitting by the fire with a book in hand.
"Lyle I need to talk to you." Draco half demanded half pleaded.
"Ok, what's your problem?" Lyle asked calmly.
"I-," He debated the wisdom of telling him then continued, "I kissed Hemione Granger." He stated almost defiantly.
Hermione returned to the table after she fled the storeroom in a daze.
She couldn't believe she kissed Draco. Him of all people.
How could she respond to a nasty snake like him? She despaired silently to herself.
"Where's the Butter beer?" Asked Ron when she sat down empty-handed.
"Uh- I couldn't find any." She replied quiet truthfully. She'd bumped into Malfoy before she could find anything.
"Maybe we should go and get some ice-cream instead." She told them.
"Ok. Ice cream's fine." Said Harry.
They scrapped back their chairs and stood up to leave.
Hermione caught sight of Draco. He was staring at her from the doorway, which led down to the storeroom.
He was looking at her as if he'd never seen her before.
Hermione avoided his gaze and walked out of The Three Broomsticks with Harry and Ron.
They strolled down the crowded street to the ice-cream parlor, and sat down at a table under the shade.
Harry and Ron placed their order. "Earth to Hermione?" Ron teased when she didn't place her order, but continued to stare up the street.
"What?" She started, as Ron's voice penetrated her thoughts.
"Ice-cream." He hinted.
"Oh, chock-mint I suppose." She replied with a sigh.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked after he noticed her pensive silence.
"Oh. nothing, I just have a head-ache from getting all that fizz straightened out."
Hermione had gotten her "make over" that morning.
Her hair now fell in ripples to her small waist, which was shown by her new muggle clothes she'd brought from a specialize shop.
She wore a dark blue clinging silk singlet and a pair of hipster-flared jeans complete with stylish white sneakers.
Hermione couldn't tell Harry and Ron what had just occurred, they'd go off their heads.
She needed to talk to someone who wouldn't criticize her actions and how she felt.
She thought for a minute of whom she could talk to. Then the answer came.
Ginny. She would talk to Ginny. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Draco couldn't believe it. He'd kissed a Mudblood! But what a kiss it was!
He shoved that thought away frantically.
Lucius would kill him if he'd known what he had done. Not that he cared what his father thought.
Not since he'd lost respect for his father, and felt the fear the Mudblooods must have felt when the death eaters had murdered them and their families.
He lived with that fear daily. He hoped that someone would get his father for all he had done.
Now that Draco had been given the chance to review his life, he'd decided that he was turning into a replica of his father. He needed to change that and change into his own person.
He needed to try harder because he seemed to have fallen automatically into his old self at the start of the year.
He could tell because of the way he'd treated Hermione and her friends. The same as he'd done for years.
But maybe this year the reason for his treatment, against Hermione and Co, could be because of his confused rampant feelings.
He'd mistaken Hermione for Pansy, which was easily understood considering her new appearance.
She looked beautiful now with straight hair and curve clinging clothes.
He really needed to talk to someone. Someone who would understand, and not criticize his confused emotions.
He sat at The Three Broomsticks for a few silent moments and thought.
Well he could probably talk to Lyle Crawford, the other male Prefect. He'd become friends with him even though he wasn't from Slytherin.
He'd at least changed his prejudice for the other houses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When they had returned to Hogwarts Hermione made her excuses to Harry and Ron, and left to find Ginny.
She found her in the library, surrounded by books for the upcoming test in Transfiguration class.
"I need to talk to you Ginny." Hermione told her as she sat down at the desk, looking hesitant.
She looked around carefully and sighted for anyone close enough to hear her.
Luckily there was no one in the library at all, except for the Librarian.
"What is it?" Ginny asked as she took in Hermione's pale face and wide eyes.
There was silence for a moment as Hermione struggled with herself, then she looked Ginny squarely in the eyes.
"I- I kissed Draco. Or rather he kissed me, it was a mistake but ." Hermione's wordsd tumbled from her tongue then faded as she couldn't stand the silence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile in the Prefect commonroom, Draco found Lyle sitting by the fire with a book in hand.
"Lyle I need to talk to you." Draco half demanded half pleaded.
"Ok, what's your problem?" Lyle asked calmly.
"I-," He debated the wisdom of telling him then continued, "I kissed Hemione Granger." He stated almost defiantly.