The Cupid Games
Hermione looked down at the note in her hand, from Draco.
Hermione, Meet me in the library at 9:00, to talk about tomorrow. -Malfoy
Figures.I'm always early. she thought, looking down at her watch.
"8:30." she murmured.
"What? You can tell time, Granger?"
Her head snapped up and she glared at Draco Malfoy, who sat next to her.
"I'm really not in the mood to challenge you right now!" she snapped.
"Why?' he asked smirking, "Got into a fight with your two boyfriends, huh? Potty and Weasel found out that we could have a few conversations with out biting off each others heads? What? Are they jealous?"
"Shut up!" she said. "Tell me why you gave me this note, and then I'll
be on my way!"
What happened to the Draco from this afternoon.? She asked herself.
"Well" he said coolly, "you get a once in a life time chance to go out
with me, tomorrow."
"Huh?" she said confused. "Why?" she started to blush.
"To study Crest and Tenor." He said scratching the top of the desk.
"They're not our lab rats Malfoy." Hermione said frowning.
"I'd rather not spend that whole trip with you either." He said
coldly. "But we need to buy a certain spice for our Revealing
potion.and we somehow need to slip it into their robe pockets."
"Can't you do that yourself?" Hermione asked poking his arm. "You're
so lazy."
"Humph!" he said, while gently slapping her hand away, "I'm not
lazy.it's just.at the rate those two are "talking".it seems like they
won't be going together."
"Why don't you just find me later?" Hermione asked rolling her eyes.
"I want a Butterbeer."
"If I asked around for you.people would wonder about stupid things."
he said frowning.
"Like what?" she demanded, "Like why you're wasting your time looking
for me? A filthy mudblood?!"
"I didn't say that!" he yelled.
In a flash an angry Madame Pince was upon them, like an angry howler
monkey.
"If the both of you insist on talking LOUDLY, then please see
yourselves out!" she hissed.
"Whatever." Draco said in a huff grabbing his bag.
The angry librarian stalked off.
"That old hag." Draco mutters storming off.
Hermione followed him silently.
Why'd he get mad at me for putting myself down? That dork. She
thought shaking her head.
They walked out of the library. Draco still fuming and Hermione still
thinking about what just happened.
"ARRGGGHHHHHH!" Draco yelled and slammed his bag on a stone bench.
Hermione jumped.
"Dra-Draco.?" she said as he sat down, covering his face.
"What?" he snapped.
"Sor-sorry." she said moving closer to him, but not sitting down.
He looked up at her. His gray eyes were dark and angry, then suddenly
softening.
"Why? Why are you sorry?" he asked brushing away stray locks of hair
that fell into his eyes.
"Because.because." she wanted to say something.anything..
"Don't apologize if you don't know what you don't know what you did."
He said. "My father said that to me, once."
Something in Hermione snapped.
She threw her arms around him.
"Wha-what? Granger?!" Draco said in shock.
Draco's POV
What is Granger doing? I thought as she sobbed loudly in my shoulder.
"Granger?" I said softly. "What's wrong?"
"Huh?" she said pushing back. "No-nothing."
"Did I make you cry again?" I asked.
"You just scared me.that's all." She smiled at me.
Huh?! What...I scared her?
"I scared you?" I asked coolly, even if I was a little worried.
"Uhh.it's just." she laughed nervously, "Never mind! It's nothing"
I frowned and looked away. This reminded me of something that had
happened over the summer.
My eyes widened.
"Grand mere (grandmother in French)?" I said.and remembered.
~FLASHBACK~
"Young master." A house elf said, timidly, coming up from behind me.
"What?" I snapped.
I had been doing my homework for school, to beat that annoying Granger
girl, again.
"What did you want now?" I snapped again at the house elf, whose eyes
looked like they were about to pop out of it's' head.
"Your-your.Gra-Grand mere w-wishes to s-s-see.you." He squeaked.
I jumped up, knocked over my chair and ran out of my room.
My grandmother had been sick for a long time.and now she was dying.
I tried to make my legs go faster.I needed to see her.I wanted to see
her. She had taken care of me when my father and mother had gone
away.
Even if father and mother didn't really like her staying with me,
because she liked muggle borns.
I saw the two large doors that lead to her room.
"GRAND MERE?!" I yelled, pounding the door.
"Draco!" my mother said opening the door, she was crying.
I pushed past her and walked quickly to be by my grandmother's side.
"Draco?" she whispered, as I pushed my father aside.
She was thin with long white hair and the same gray eyes as me.
"Grand mere?" I breathed her name and knelt by her side.
"Please leave." She told everyone around us.
They bowed and left.
"Draco.I'm going soon.and I need to tell you something very
important." She whispered, touching my face.
I just stared at her, telling my tears not to fall.
"What do you need to tell me?" I asked, I could hear my voice shake.
"Please don't hate muggle borns." She said, "It scares me when you
tell your father that you will make him proud by torturing them all."
"What?"
"Please promise me.as an old lady's last wishes.please promise that
you won't hate them.or want to kill them for being different." She
moved her hand so that it covered mine. "Please promise."
"But." I said shocked at the request.
"And I have a small secret you'll hate.but.you're the only one who
will know.so don't tell." she said giving my hand a light squeeze.
"O-okay." I whispered.
She just stared at me for a little while. Probably figuring a way to
tell me what it was.
"You, Draco Malfoy.are not.a pure blood wizard." She said closing her
eyes.
I just knelt there staring at her.not believing a word she had just
said.
"What?" I said, "You must be lying.it's not good to say things like
that."
"But it's true.because.I have tainted that pure line of magic." she said, "I am a...Mudblood." she spat that hated word.
"Grand mere." I said, still not believing her. "That's not true.stop saying that."
"But Draco.It's true." she gasped. "Please. Promise me."
"I-I." I clutched her hand.
She stared at me pleadingly.
"I promise.only if it's for you."
She smiled then started to cry. Tear flowing down her cheeks. A small smile playing on her lips.
She died a few days later.and left me alone.in a hateful family.in a dark world.
~END FLASHBACK~
"Draco?"
"Huh?" I said snapping out of my trance.
Hermione stared at me.she was worried.
"Yes?" I said smiling.
She blushed.I chuckled.I had caught her off guard again.
"Are you okay?" she asked, looking down.
"Of course I am Granger."
She smiled, her eyes a little puffy from crying.
"Are you okay?" I asked brushing her cheek. "I'm not scary anymore am I?"
She shook her head and stood up.
"It's 9:15 now." she said grabbing her bag. "We should go."
"Really?" I asked. "Time flew by so fast.I didn't even get to tell you my plan."
"Lets walk to Gryffindor tower.and then we can talk about it." she said shuffling her foot.
I smiled, "Fine. Lets go"
HELLO!!!!!! ^_^ Magic Bunny here!...It's been a while since I updated.I had to rewrite this chapter.at least.three times.::sigh:: (plus a lot of other things have prevented me from updating. BUT NOW I'M FINISHED!!!!!) Oh! And sorry for all of the out of characterness.^_^. Umm.and I think.that I will continue the story. I was debating for a while.but I guess that I will.hee hee.I have at least .nine to ten more chapters to go.
Disney: thank you.I try to make it good.
Gamegirl: sorry it's confusing.I'll try to make it better.
Silverlightning: I UPDATED!!!!! ^_^.yeah!!!!...umm.and I promise I'll finish it.
Mrs. Nikky Weasley/Grint: thank you.and I'll keep on writing.
BlueBird: thank you!...and here's the update.
Coolio: here ya go!
Midnight Auror: that's what the note said!...just to meet him at the library.
Grr argh: ^_^.umm.in every relationship there are ups and downs.and someone is bound to get hurt sooner or later.but.he won't hurt that much.or not till James nearly kills him.o.O.
Dreaming One: hee hee.^_^.I loved your comment!...I haven't read too much about people really trying to guess what happens.but I'm sure that you will understand it after I finish.but if anyone has questions after I'm done.you can ask.and I'll answer!
Kyara: I'm sorry that I take so long!
Lily granger: I like Paige and James too!!!...and the rest of the story might be like that.with little inserts of Draco and Hermione romance!
Hyper_Shark: you remind me of one of my friends at school.she would leave a comment like that.only if she read this.
Nicole: I hope you liked this chapter too.^_^.and uhh.please don't kill Harry.it's not his fault he's my little pawn in my fanfic!
SweetWater: thank you for loving this fic.I try.
sWiMmAhOT: ^_~ in the next chapter I'll focus on Paige and James.and you'll just have to find out if James and Paige get together.or if Paige goes with someone else.
And lastly.
CONGRATULATIONS ALL YOU GRADUATING SENIORS!!!!!
Hermione looked down at the note in her hand, from Draco.
Hermione, Meet me in the library at 9:00, to talk about tomorrow. -Malfoy
Figures.I'm always early. she thought, looking down at her watch.
"8:30." she murmured.
"What? You can tell time, Granger?"
Her head snapped up and she glared at Draco Malfoy, who sat next to her.
"I'm really not in the mood to challenge you right now!" she snapped.
"Why?' he asked smirking, "Got into a fight with your two boyfriends, huh? Potty and Weasel found out that we could have a few conversations with out biting off each others heads? What? Are they jealous?"
"Shut up!" she said. "Tell me why you gave me this note, and then I'll
be on my way!"
What happened to the Draco from this afternoon.? She asked herself.
"Well" he said coolly, "you get a once in a life time chance to go out
with me, tomorrow."
"Huh?" she said confused. "Why?" she started to blush.
"To study Crest and Tenor." He said scratching the top of the desk.
"They're not our lab rats Malfoy." Hermione said frowning.
"I'd rather not spend that whole trip with you either." He said
coldly. "But we need to buy a certain spice for our Revealing
potion.and we somehow need to slip it into their robe pockets."
"Can't you do that yourself?" Hermione asked poking his arm. "You're
so lazy."
"Humph!" he said, while gently slapping her hand away, "I'm not
lazy.it's just.at the rate those two are "talking".it seems like they
won't be going together."
"Why don't you just find me later?" Hermione asked rolling her eyes.
"I want a Butterbeer."
"If I asked around for you.people would wonder about stupid things."
he said frowning.
"Like what?" she demanded, "Like why you're wasting your time looking
for me? A filthy mudblood?!"
"I didn't say that!" he yelled.
In a flash an angry Madame Pince was upon them, like an angry howler
monkey.
"If the both of you insist on talking LOUDLY, then please see
yourselves out!" she hissed.
"Whatever." Draco said in a huff grabbing his bag.
The angry librarian stalked off.
"That old hag." Draco mutters storming off.
Hermione followed him silently.
Why'd he get mad at me for putting myself down? That dork. She
thought shaking her head.
They walked out of the library. Draco still fuming and Hermione still
thinking about what just happened.
"ARRGGGHHHHHH!" Draco yelled and slammed his bag on a stone bench.
Hermione jumped.
"Dra-Draco.?" she said as he sat down, covering his face.
"What?" he snapped.
"Sor-sorry." she said moving closer to him, but not sitting down.
He looked up at her. His gray eyes were dark and angry, then suddenly
softening.
"Why? Why are you sorry?" he asked brushing away stray locks of hair
that fell into his eyes.
"Because.because." she wanted to say something.anything..
"Don't apologize if you don't know what you don't know what you did."
He said. "My father said that to me, once."
Something in Hermione snapped.
She threw her arms around him.
"Wha-what? Granger?!" Draco said in shock.
Draco's POV
What is Granger doing? I thought as she sobbed loudly in my shoulder.
"Granger?" I said softly. "What's wrong?"
"Huh?" she said pushing back. "No-nothing."
"Did I make you cry again?" I asked.
"You just scared me.that's all." She smiled at me.
Huh?! What...I scared her?
"I scared you?" I asked coolly, even if I was a little worried.
"Uhh.it's just." she laughed nervously, "Never mind! It's nothing"
I frowned and looked away. This reminded me of something that had
happened over the summer.
My eyes widened.
"Grand mere (grandmother in French)?" I said.and remembered.
~FLASHBACK~
"Young master." A house elf said, timidly, coming up from behind me.
"What?" I snapped.
I had been doing my homework for school, to beat that annoying Granger
girl, again.
"What did you want now?" I snapped again at the house elf, whose eyes
looked like they were about to pop out of it's' head.
"Your-your.Gra-Grand mere w-wishes to s-s-see.you." He squeaked.
I jumped up, knocked over my chair and ran out of my room.
My grandmother had been sick for a long time.and now she was dying.
I tried to make my legs go faster.I needed to see her.I wanted to see
her. She had taken care of me when my father and mother had gone
away.
Even if father and mother didn't really like her staying with me,
because she liked muggle borns.
I saw the two large doors that lead to her room.
"GRAND MERE?!" I yelled, pounding the door.
"Draco!" my mother said opening the door, she was crying.
I pushed past her and walked quickly to be by my grandmother's side.
"Draco?" she whispered, as I pushed my father aside.
She was thin with long white hair and the same gray eyes as me.
"Grand mere?" I breathed her name and knelt by her side.
"Please leave." She told everyone around us.
They bowed and left.
"Draco.I'm going soon.and I need to tell you something very
important." She whispered, touching my face.
I just stared at her, telling my tears not to fall.
"What do you need to tell me?" I asked, I could hear my voice shake.
"Please don't hate muggle borns." She said, "It scares me when you
tell your father that you will make him proud by torturing them all."
"What?"
"Please promise me.as an old lady's last wishes.please promise that
you won't hate them.or want to kill them for being different." She
moved her hand so that it covered mine. "Please promise."
"But." I said shocked at the request.
"And I have a small secret you'll hate.but.you're the only one who
will know.so don't tell." she said giving my hand a light squeeze.
"O-okay." I whispered.
She just stared at me for a little while. Probably figuring a way to
tell me what it was.
"You, Draco Malfoy.are not.a pure blood wizard." She said closing her
eyes.
I just knelt there staring at her.not believing a word she had just
said.
"What?" I said, "You must be lying.it's not good to say things like
that."
"But it's true.because.I have tainted that pure line of magic." she said, "I am a...Mudblood." she spat that hated word.
"Grand mere." I said, still not believing her. "That's not true.stop saying that."
"But Draco.It's true." she gasped. "Please. Promise me."
"I-I." I clutched her hand.
She stared at me pleadingly.
"I promise.only if it's for you."
She smiled then started to cry. Tear flowing down her cheeks. A small smile playing on her lips.
She died a few days later.and left me alone.in a hateful family.in a dark world.
~END FLASHBACK~
"Draco?"
"Huh?" I said snapping out of my trance.
Hermione stared at me.she was worried.
"Yes?" I said smiling.
She blushed.I chuckled.I had caught her off guard again.
"Are you okay?" she asked, looking down.
"Of course I am Granger."
She smiled, her eyes a little puffy from crying.
"Are you okay?" I asked brushing her cheek. "I'm not scary anymore am I?"
She shook her head and stood up.
"It's 9:15 now." she said grabbing her bag. "We should go."
"Really?" I asked. "Time flew by so fast.I didn't even get to tell you my plan."
"Lets walk to Gryffindor tower.and then we can talk about it." she said shuffling her foot.
I smiled, "Fine. Lets go"
HELLO!!!!!! ^_^ Magic Bunny here!...It's been a while since I updated.I had to rewrite this chapter.at least.three times.::sigh:: (plus a lot of other things have prevented me from updating. BUT NOW I'M FINISHED!!!!!) Oh! And sorry for all of the out of characterness.^_^. Umm.and I think.that I will continue the story. I was debating for a while.but I guess that I will.hee hee.I have at least .nine to ten more chapters to go.
Disney: thank you.I try to make it good.
Gamegirl: sorry it's confusing.I'll try to make it better.
Silverlightning: I UPDATED!!!!! ^_^.yeah!!!!...umm.and I promise I'll finish it.
Mrs. Nikky Weasley/Grint: thank you.and I'll keep on writing.
BlueBird: thank you!...and here's the update.
Coolio: here ya go!
Midnight Auror: that's what the note said!...just to meet him at the library.
Grr argh: ^_^.umm.in every relationship there are ups and downs.and someone is bound to get hurt sooner or later.but.he won't hurt that much.or not till James nearly kills him.o.O.
Dreaming One: hee hee.^_^.I loved your comment!...I haven't read too much about people really trying to guess what happens.but I'm sure that you will understand it after I finish.but if anyone has questions after I'm done.you can ask.and I'll answer!
Kyara: I'm sorry that I take so long!
Lily granger: I like Paige and James too!!!...and the rest of the story might be like that.with little inserts of Draco and Hermione romance!
Hyper_Shark: you remind me of one of my friends at school.she would leave a comment like that.only if she read this.
Nicole: I hope you liked this chapter too.^_^.and uhh.please don't kill Harry.it's not his fault he's my little pawn in my fanfic!
SweetWater: thank you for loving this fic.I try.
sWiMmAhOT: ^_~ in the next chapter I'll focus on Paige and James.and you'll just have to find out if James and Paige get together.or if Paige goes with someone else.
And lastly.
CONGRATULATIONS ALL YOU GRADUATING SENIORS!!!!!