The Forbidden Love Chapter Four

Instead of paying all of his attention towards Professor Flitwick's lecture about flame freezing charms and how the spell used by witches and the wizards in Medieval times who were burned at the stake, he focused on thinking about Hermoine. Professor Flitwick said to his majorly bored students, "They would then scream and pretend to be burning up." Professor Flitwick then turned his attention to his favorite student, Hermione Granger. "Mister Malfoy?"

Draco looked up instantly. "Yes, Professor?"

"What is the purpose of the Flame Freezing Charm?"

Draco knew the answer because he was the second smartest student that ever attended Hogwarts next to his girlfriend, Hermoine Granger, of course, so he replied, "It changes the properties of fire so that it's heat feels like a warm breeze. It was most used during the Medival times as you said when actual witches and wizards were discovered by unexpecting muggles and as they were codemmned to burn at the stake, they lived through it."

"Excellent, Mister Malfoy. Fifteen points awarded to Slytherin!" Professor Flitwick continued with his lecture.

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Hermione sat in Muggle Studies, extremely bored for the first time in her life. She kept thinking about Draco and not focusing on her studies. She sighed as their new Muggle Studies teacher, Professor Oliver, directed them to open their textbooks and to read and review chapter one through two, silently. Hermoine reluctanely, for the first time once again, her textbook, Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles. She was a muggle, so this class didn't really matter to her, but she was fascinated at the misconceptions of muggle that the wizarding world had, so she was taking this class to disprove those certain rumors and myths.

"Miss Granger?"

Hermoine lifted her head quickly from her book. "Yes, Professor?"

"Can you tell me how muggles use electricity?"

"Of course, Professor," she started. "Electricity is a flowing spark of electric energy that muggles use to power up things like common household appliances, tools, and to develop new technology such as computers."

"Wonderful, Miss Granger. Ten points awarded to Gryffindor!" Professor Oliver seemed quite content at her emphasied answer.

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Classes were soon over and Draco walked out of his class, already hyped up to meet up with Hermione. He grinned at the thought of him being in love, which he thought wasn't possible, but Hermione had shown him how to love. He wiped the grin off of his face as he walked inside the Great Hall for a pleasant lunch and then his next period was a planning/study period, so he could basically do whatever he wanted. He went over to the Head Boy/Head Girl table and sat down, grinning. He saw a empty plate there with a goblet, so he tapped his wand twice on each of the items and food and drnink appeared. He started to eat, silently wishing that Hermione would come into the Great Hall a bit faster.

Hermione literally ran out of Muggle Studies and into the Great Hall. She was out of breath, but she saw Draco eating his lunch at their table in the corner, by the staff table. She smiled as she speed-walked towards their table, silently hoping that he would have a planning period next. She did and wanted to spend as much time with him as possible. She thought of the previous years of fighting, bickering, and taunting between her, Harry, Ron, and Draco. She laughed, amused at her own thoughts and then thought of how he had changed quite nicely. "Hello, Draco," she said, sitting down next to him, setting her books down next to her.

Draco looked at Hermione as if she were an angel. "Hello, Hermione. How was class?"

"Fairly boring."

Draco looked at her strangely and then said, "A class? Boring? Wow, that's a first from you." He grinned.

Hermione rolled her eyes playfully and said, "Whatever, so what do you have next?"

"Planning, you?"

Hermoine's eyes twinkled upon the answer. "I also have planning, I was hoping that you would say that same." She smiled sweetly at him, tapping her wand at the empty plate and goblet in for of her, making food and drink appear. She finished the food in front of her about five minutes after Draco had finished.

Draco watched Hermione with wonder. 'She's even pretty when she eats.' He smiled, watching her silently.

Hermione finished her food and then drained her goblet of its contents of pumpkin juice. "So.. what do you suppose we do?"

Draco shrugged, but then replied, "I was thinking maybe we could go back to the common room and work on that Potions paper for Snape. He is getting quite annoying, assigning us two feet of parchment for just the two of us, since we ARE the smartest of the lot here at school." He let out a short, triumphant snicker.

Hermione grinned and then said, "Right then, let's go." She reached to grab her textbooks, but Draco had beaten her to them.

"I'll carry them for you," he said, beating her to the books. He thought that she was going to get back problems if she carried that many books around.

Hermione smiled and nodded in agreement. She stood up as Draco held her hand with his left hand while carrying her few books in his right arm. As they reached the common room, they saw Professor Snape, Headmaster Dumbledore, and Professor McGonagall standing in front of their dormitories.

Hermione, concerned, asked, "Anything we can help you with, professors?"

Snape looked at her in disgust and said, "Yes, there is. What the hell is going on between you two?"

Dumbledore seem to shut him up immediately by saying, "Miss Granger we are hear upon hearing the rumors of you and Mr. Malfoy here. Is it true that you're seeing each other currently?"

Hermione nodded slowly while Draco stepped in front of her. "What's it to you, Headmaster, in all due respect?"

Dumbledore replied, "Nothing of the problem sort, I assure you, Mr. Malfoy." He smiled pleasantly.

Draco replied quickly, "If you don't mind, Professors, Miss Granger and I have some studying to attend to."

McGonagall nodded, smiling, and Snape, Dumbledore, and she all left the site to the Headmaster's office.

As they walked into their common room, Draco said, "I wonder why they asked us that.."

Hermione thought about it for a while and then said, "Maybe they think that we're snogging in here and want us to have separate dormitories." She grinned, deviously.

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-The Headmaster's Office-

"Is this for the best, Albus?", Minerva McGonagall inquired.

"Yes, I suppose. Miss Granger and Mr. Malfoy are quite different in a lot of ways, but this was foretold in a prophecy, remember, Minerva? Severus?"

The two professors nodded and then said together, "The joining of the pureblood Slytherin and the muggle-born Gryffindor will bring harmony upon the Earth as they will defeat the Dark Lord once and for all.."

Dumbledore nodded slowly, absorbing every word of the familiar chant.

(A/N: Cliffhanger, sorry! -_-;; Had to stop there, had writer's block, but also looked like the perfect place to stop. What does the prophecy mean? What will happen when Hermione and Draco find out? Read and review please and I'll get the next chapter up ASAP!)