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~*~*~*~*~* CHAPTER EIGHT: A PERSONAL QUESTION
For the next week things proceeded as usual. Well, almost normal. Hermione was still getting pitied from the students. She knew rumors were going around but Hermione didn't care. Let them talk it'll eventually die down.
Other than that the only thing out of the ordinary was the Malfoy thing. After the "incident" he was nothing but polite to her and no longer called her names. Ron and Harry eventually forgot about it, though Ron was still a little dodgy but both would lighten up if she threw Malfoy a glare behind his back, and Hermione knew that, which was why she did it.
A new thing though was that Malfoy would actually *talk* with her. While waiting for the potion they would carry on small conversations, something never done before. They would talk about trivial things such as: Quidditch, class, the potion itself, and Slytherin versus Gryffindor. Conversations would last about five to ten minutes and no longer. During one of these conversations Draco asked, as he poured an ingredient into the potion,
" Can I ask you a personal question Granger?"
Suddenly sitting up straight and fidgeting with her hands "Uh sure"
Malfoy faced her, looking into her eyes in such a way that gave Hermione goosebumps, and asked gently, "Do you miss your parents terribly"?
Hermione was not expecting this. Tears sprung to her eyes but she refused to let them fall. She sighed and looked out the window "yes I do."
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Draco watched her inventively. He watched how the tears had sprung into her eyes at the mention of her parents, how she sighed shakingly, afraid to let the tears fall, and looked out the window above the horizon. Finally she walked up to the window, wrapping her arms around herself and faced her back towards him.
"I'm so sorry Hermione. But just think, Now you'll have two guardian angels watching over you," He leaned over her shoulder to whisper it in her ear. But cringed as she whipped her head around and a shocked expression on her face. Oh no, not again! Can't I ever say anything right? Draco thought
"What did you say?" She asked, brown eyes wide
"I said that you would have two guardian angels watching over you"
"No not that, the first part"
"I said I was sorry"
"No! Say it again, word for word" Hermione said breathlessly
"I'm so sorry Hermione," he repeated. It was then that Draco realized his mistake. He'd called her by her first name! Draco was speechless and apparently so was Hermione. They just stood looking at each other.
"Mr. Malfoy! Miss Granger!" Snape said viciously, rushing over to them. Draco looked over at their cauldron to see it overflowing! The liquid rushed bottles of potions, their reports and notes, and the cauldron onto the floor, the bottles of potions breaking into many pieces.
"REPARO!" Snape yelled as everything repaired itself. He then turned his glare onto Draco and Hermione.
~*~*~*~ (A/N: Sorry for such a short chapter! Hope you liked it!)
~*~*~*~*~* CHAPTER EIGHT: A PERSONAL QUESTION
For the next week things proceeded as usual. Well, almost normal. Hermione was still getting pitied from the students. She knew rumors were going around but Hermione didn't care. Let them talk it'll eventually die down.
Other than that the only thing out of the ordinary was the Malfoy thing. After the "incident" he was nothing but polite to her and no longer called her names. Ron and Harry eventually forgot about it, though Ron was still a little dodgy but both would lighten up if she threw Malfoy a glare behind his back, and Hermione knew that, which was why she did it.
A new thing though was that Malfoy would actually *talk* with her. While waiting for the potion they would carry on small conversations, something never done before. They would talk about trivial things such as: Quidditch, class, the potion itself, and Slytherin versus Gryffindor. Conversations would last about five to ten minutes and no longer. During one of these conversations Draco asked, as he poured an ingredient into the potion,
" Can I ask you a personal question Granger?"
Suddenly sitting up straight and fidgeting with her hands "Uh sure"
Malfoy faced her, looking into her eyes in such a way that gave Hermione goosebumps, and asked gently, "Do you miss your parents terribly"?
Hermione was not expecting this. Tears sprung to her eyes but she refused to let them fall. She sighed and looked out the window "yes I do."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Draco watched her inventively. He watched how the tears had sprung into her eyes at the mention of her parents, how she sighed shakingly, afraid to let the tears fall, and looked out the window above the horizon. Finally she walked up to the window, wrapping her arms around herself and faced her back towards him.
"I'm so sorry Hermione. But just think, Now you'll have two guardian angels watching over you," He leaned over her shoulder to whisper it in her ear. But cringed as she whipped her head around and a shocked expression on her face. Oh no, not again! Can't I ever say anything right? Draco thought
"What did you say?" She asked, brown eyes wide
"I said that you would have two guardian angels watching over you"
"No not that, the first part"
"I said I was sorry"
"No! Say it again, word for word" Hermione said breathlessly
"I'm so sorry Hermione," he repeated. It was then that Draco realized his mistake. He'd called her by her first name! Draco was speechless and apparently so was Hermione. They just stood looking at each other.
"Mr. Malfoy! Miss Granger!" Snape said viciously, rushing over to them. Draco looked over at their cauldron to see it overflowing! The liquid rushed bottles of potions, their reports and notes, and the cauldron onto the floor, the bottles of potions breaking into many pieces.
"REPARO!" Snape yelled as everything repaired itself. He then turned his glare onto Draco and Hermione.
~*~*~*~ (A/N: Sorry for such a short chapter! Hope you liked it!)