The Cupid Games
The seconds turned into minutes the minutes turned into hours and the hours turned into days…
Paige and James haven't spoken to each other for four days…or at least not like they had before. And when ever they bumped into each other, they'd just nod and walk away from each other as fast as they could.
Draco and Hermione also noticed this change.
"What's up with Crest and Tenor?" Draco asked on the day before the Hogsmeade trip. They were both in the library.
Hermione shrugged as she copied the list of ingredients for an up coming potion in their potions' class.
"I can't believe we have to modify this potion…so we'd be able to fit it into our budget!" Hermione said scratching out a spice unknown to her…not that she'd tell anyone.
"Don't scratch that out!" said Draco pointing to the spice she had just scratched out.
"Why?" she asked frowning.
"Or the potion won't work!"
Hermione smiled and rewrote the spice.
"Thanks!"
Draco smiled at her.
Hermione's eyes widened and she smiled back.
I can't believe I'm admitting this, but…I'm starting to enjoy his company! Hermione thought blushing.
"Are you blushing Granger?" Draco asked smirking.
"Huh? O-of course not!" she said looking down at her list, her hair covering her red face.
They both sat there for the rest of the afternoon quietly talking and teasing each other.
"So Draco…" Hermione said. "I wanted to ask you something."
"Huh? What?" he asked.
"W-well…" Hermione started to blush, " What are you going to do tomorrow?"
Draco sat there staring at her.
"I'm going to Hogsmeade of course." He said standing up. "What about you…Hermione?"
"I guess I'm going too…" she watched him pack his books, ink, quills, and parchment in his bag.
"Are you going to eat dinner?" he asked lifting the bag to his shoulder.
"Umm…yes. Why?" Hermione asked, looking out of the window, to see the sun was almost set.
"Let's walk together…" He said.
"Oh…" Hermione said blushing.
Why am I blushing?…We're just walking together to dinner…it's not uncommon to walk with your best friends enemy right???…WAIT!…isn't Draco…I mean Malfoy my enemy too???…After that point Hermione decided to stop thinking about that.
"I…" but her answer was cut off when Harry walked up to her.
"Hey Hermione!" Harry said smiling at her then glared at Draco. "Malfoy."
"Erm…Hello Harry!" said Hermione quickly stuffing everything into her bag.
"Never mind Granger…I'll talk with you later." Draco said returning the glare to Harry.
Then Draco walked away and out of sight.
"What were you doing talking with him?" Harry asked after Hermione hoisted her heavy bag to her shoulder.
"We were just talking about potions." Hermione said defensively.
"Well can't you talk to me or Ron about potions?" Harry asked frowning.
"Well Draco is second smartest in our year." Hermione said as she pushed the door open to get out of the library.
"D-did you just call him "Draco"?" Harry asked mouth open.
Hermione blushed, "That is his name isn't it?"
"You like-…" Harry started to say, but he was cut off by Paige hugging him.
"Hello Mr. Potter." Said Paige linking her arm with his.
"P-paige!" he said blushing.
"Hello Hermione!" Paige said smiling.
Had fun this afternoon, right?
Hermione gapped at Paige.
"H-how…b-but…imp-impossible…"
"Hermione are you okay?" Paige asked with genuine concern. "It looks like you saw a ghost."
Hermione just nodded.
…At the Great Hall…
"So why were you with Malfoy?" Harry asked Hermione.
"I told you…potions…" she replied grabbing a dinner roll.
Harry frowned.
"Hey Harry. Hey Hermione." Ron said joining them. "Ah! Stew!"
Ron spooned into his plate some stew.
"Anyways…Hermione…Why were you with him…and don't say potions, because I know it's not potions." Harry said.
" 'Ermione waf 'wit who?" Ron asked with a full mouth.
"Eww!" Hermione said.
Ron gulped down his food.
"Who?" he asked, again.
Harry opened his mouth to tell Ron.
"THAT is non of you business Ron." She said " And you, Harry, don't breathe a word!"
After that their conversations (or mostly Harry and Ron's conversations) were about Quidditch.
Hermione just sat there bored, as Ron and Harry talked and ate.
"Granger…"
Hermione look at the speaker…Draco Malfoy.
"Oh! Hello." she said.
"What are you doing hear Malfoy?" Ron spat.
Draco glared.
"I have nothing to say to you Weasel." he said sneering.
"Then why are you here?" Ron asked.
"For Herm…" he coughed to fix his mistake "To give Granger back the book I took from her…by accident."
Hermione glanced at Harry and Ron.
They were speechless.
"Here." Said Malfoy handing Hermione a book.
"But…" she said. "Wait…Malfoy!" she said as he left the Great Hall.
This isn't mine. She thought looking at the astronomy book in her hands.
Then she saw a piece of paper was sticking out of the book.
She removed it and saw it was a note from Draco Malfoy.
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