The Cupid Games
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After her last class of the day, Hermione Granger walked between two very tall and dusty bookshelves looking for a certain book.
"Granger?"
Hermione whirled around and saw Draco Malfoy walking towards her; large dusty books filled his arms.
"Hello." She said stopping so they could walk down the row of shelves together.
"All of the books I looked at had the Revealing potion ripped out." Said Draco.
"Really?" Hermione asked, startled.
The book they had been looking at, when they agreed to make the potion, was the only one with a Revealing potion, but unfortunately there were a few side effects.
"Way can't we just use the Revealing potion we found in the first book?" Draco asked heaving the books onto an empty table in the back on the library, near the large French doors.
"I don't think Crest and Tenor would appreciate horns, extra eyes, or flaming hair." Said Hermione sitting down.
"Really?" Draco asked sitting in a chair next to Hermione, "I really think Crest would look good with an extra eye…or maybe we could fix the potion so her…"
Draco had to stop talking because Hermione had just hit him in the back of the head.
"Malfoy!" she scolded.
"What?" he asked, rubbing his head.
Hermione snorted and grabbed a book and began to flip through it.
"What the heck is this?" she asked.
Draco looked over and grinned.
"Oh, that was to torture Crest and Tenor with if we couldn't find a Revealing potion." He said shrugging casually.
Hermione was about to whack him in the back of the head again, when James Tenor stepped out from behind a bookshelf.
"Oh, hello." He said blinking as he stepped into the sunlight that flooded through the doors.
"Hello." Draco and Hermione replied watching him as he walked down the next set of shelves.
"Hmm…" said Hermione frowning at James' back.
"What is it?" Draco asked, seeing Hermione's face.
"Do you think he heard anything?" she whispered.
Draco's pale gray eyes darkened. "I don't think so."
The two of them sat there, in silence, for a few minutes watching James as he continued to look at the books on the shelves.
"So did you find anything else?" Hermione asked after James went away.
"No. Did you?" he asked.
"I wasn't even looking in the books." Hermione said. "And we're not using this." She added holding up the book that Draco wanted to use to curse Paige and James with.
He grinned at her, just as Pansy Parkinson stopped by their table.
"Hello Dracky baby!" Pansy said pushing Hermione out of her seat and taking over it for herself.
"H-hi." He said as Pansy clutched onto his arm.
"I love you Draco!" she said snuggling into his shoulder.
"What do you want Pansy?" Draco asked frowning.
"I want you, of course!" Pansy said rubbing her cheek against his shoulder.
What's up with this girl? Hermione thought as she picked herself up from the ground. It's like…Draco and Pansy are made of two attracting magnets!
"Granger…" Malfoy whispered as he tried to pry Pansy off of his arm.
Hermione looked down at the helpless Slytherin.
"I'll be back." Hermione said as she left the two Slytherins alone.
"G-GRANGER!" Draco said as Pansy managed to wrap both arms around her beloved.
Okay! The only way to get Pansy away from Malfoy is probably to get her to see another cute guy… hmm…but where to find one… Hermione thought as she pasted James, who was looking at a book on the shelf.
Hermione stopped and turned to stare at James.
"Oh, James!" Hermione said grabbing onto his sleeve.
"What? HEY! Whoa!" he said as Hermione started to drag him back to where Pansy and Draco were.
"I need…no…I want you to do a favor for me!" she said as she continued to walk down the aisle.
"What would that be?" he asked as he stopped and grabbed his sleeve away from Hermione.
Hermione whirled around and glared at him.
"I need you to make Pansy get away from Draco!" she hissed.
James raised an eyebrow, "Are you jealous that Parkinson is taking your man?" he asked smirking.
"W-what?!" Hermione gasped, flustered, "N-no! W-we was just studying a-and P-Parkinson…"
James' smirk grew wider.
"This'll cost you." He said as he marched down the aisle and entered the little open area where Pansy was hugging Draco to death.
"Hello, Miss. Parkinson." James said smiling charmingly at her.
James' POV
"Hello, Miss. Parkinson." I said trying to smile charmingly at her.
Why am I doing this again? I asked myself, as Pansy looked up at me.
"Oh! Hello James!" she said smiling cutely at me.
Okay I'm ready to hurl!
"Hello James." Draco said as he desperately tried to get away.
"Hello Draco." I replied, inwardly smirking.
It serves him right to be hugged by Pug-faced Parkinson! I thought, about to turn around and walk away, But if get her away from him…then maybe Hermione will fall in love with him…but then again Paige will be very happy…
Draco kicking to chair in front of me interrupted my thoughts.
"Alright…" I muttered glaring at Pansy, who didn't notice.
I focused some of my mind energy to Pansy. Then slowly Pansy's eyes started to glaze over, then her grip became looser, and then both of her arms dropped to her side. She then got up and walked into a shelf. Oops! Then she clumsily walked away.
"What's with her?" I asked Draco, even if I knew what was going on. "Where's you girlfriend going?"
"S-she's not my girlfriend!" Draco said, blushing.
"You're blushing." I said walking away.
Hermione's POV
"You're blushing." James said to Draco, walking past me.
"Remember, Granger, you own me." James said as he walked away and disappeared behind the bookshelf.
I smiled slightly and joined Draco once again.
"Did you have fun?" I asked, giggling as Draco glared at me.
"Oh yeah! I had loads of fun!" he said as I sat down next to him.
I couldn't help but smile as Draco wrapped his arms around me and held me tightly.
"This is what it feels like to be hugged by Pansy." He said leaning his forehead against the side of my own head.
It feels this nice? I asked myself, sighing and closing my eyes.
I know Pansy would only hug him this gently if they actually were going out. I know I wasn't supposed to enjoy this, but…this hug…felt so…warm and different from the ones that Viktor gave me, before he left for school. This, also, very different from the ones that Ron and Harry gave me when I felt down. This hug was like the kind you get from your parents…
"Hey Hermione!" I heard someone call me.
My eyes snapped open and I saw that Paige Crest was the one calling me. I jerked away from Draco and sat up straight.
"Hello, Paige." I said blushing.
"What were you two doing?" she asked giggling as she stopped in front of our table. "I hope that I wasn't interrupting anything."
"W-what?" Draco said blushing just as much as me. "I was just showing her how tight Parkinson squeezes me."
"Y-yes…right!" I said smiling.
Paige only smiled at us.
"I won't say anything!" she promised.
"B-but we weren't doing anything!" Draco said moving away from me a little.
"I know how tight Pansy holds you, Draco." She said giggling, "Because your eyes tend to bulge out of your eye sockets and when she hugs you, you tend to thrash around more, and Hermione wasn't thrashing around one bit."
You know what I'm talking about Hermione.
I stared at her. She hadn't even moved her mouth, so how did she say that?
Okay Hermione you're cracking up…you just need to soak in the tub and read a good book. I thought to myself as I stood up.
"Where are you going Granger?" Draco asked me.
"Back to the Common room." I said grabbing my bag and walking away from Draco and Paige.
Readers POV
Paige smiled at Draco as Hermione left the library.
"So did it feel nice to hug her?" Paige asked.
"No!" Draco said stuttering and dusting off all "mudblood" germs.
"Oh! You're such a baby Draco Malfoy!" Paige said sticking her tongue at him. "Little Dracky Wacky is baby waby!" Paige , taunted as she ran out of the library, like a mad person.
"Girls…" Draco said shaking his head.
Hello!
Sorry I haven't posted in such a long time! I've had this BIG writer's block for quite sometime… BUT LOOK AT THIS CHAPTER!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!… Sorry… I was in "Hey Arnold" mode for a while… don't ask me why I like that football headed kids' TV show so much…
Anyways I hope that you liked this chapter and I'll try to post next week… (Summer school is gonna be done in three days!!!)
I'd like to thank Angelic_Yue, teirrah, Shortmello, Mione G, jen20069, and mirei nochi for reviewing…
Oh and :
Casper: I really like Paige and James too…And I wish that I could just write a story about them.
Mona: I like it when James is jealous of Paige and Harry too.
Ana: I can't make Paige forget about Harry… unless I knock her over the head with a wooden mallet… (I would never really do that!)
JamieGirl: Why do you like James Tenor the most?…
Alanna Roseguard: Did you like the small bit of Draco and Hermione? I did that just for you (and the other people who just wanted me to hurry up…).
Calypso in Love: Paige and Harry will get together… (sniffle) but they won't stay that way… Ron has something to do with that… (. that part I want to out in makes me so mad at Ron! But I still love him anyway…JUST LIKE ALL OF THE CHARACTERS!)
Nicole & hyper_shark: I would love to knock our hero unconscious and lock him in a closet…but who will take on the bad guys at the end? But would it be okay if James and Harry fight? You know school yard fight? Oh and I'm not sure if I should "knock some sense" into Paige's head…if I do she might get a concussion…
And I would like to thank Nuada for helping me! And I'm gonna do a little special something to Paige's hair! Thought not much is going to be cut off the first time…
Anyways! Thanks so much for read…NOW IT'S TIME OT REVIEW!!!!
Thank you,
Magic Bunny
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