A/N: All I can say is …oops… I haven't updated since July… But I have been very busy with stuff…like college and work and stuff… so forgive me…
The good news is im going to be updating this a lot more, because I want it done so that I can concentrate on HNS2. Okie, enjoy, bye
Chapter Eight - TV Troubles
After supper that evening, Hermione made her way back to the head's common room with a smile. The whole plan was working out so well, Malfoy had fallen for her act in two seconds, and Ron and Harry were fuming. She smiled as she thought of their faces when she had walked off with Malfoy after transfiguration.
Sighing, she continued up the corridor to the statue. She hadn't seen Malfoy since he walked her to Arithmancy, checking her make-up in her compact mirror, she opened the statue and walked inside.
She found Malfoy sitting on the sofa with his arms crossed, scowling at the TV, which was switched off. Smirking, she walked over to him, sitting next to him. He turned to look at her for a second, then returned his scowl to the TV again without a word.
"Draco?" She said innocently. He looked at her again, but then once again returned his gaze to the blank screen. "Draco, you do know that the TV is off, right?" She gestured to the screen.
"I am aware of that, thank you Hermione." He said stiffly.
"Okay, this is a muggle invention, so I'll let you off." She picked up the remote. "You see, this is a remote, a sort of muggle TV wand." She said, as if talking to a toddler. "You push this button on, and the TV comes to life." She pushed the red 'on' button and a news report about a fire flickered onto the TV.
Draco jumped a little at the noise, then smirked at her. "I do know what a TV is, Hermione." He said carefully. "But what do you need for a TV to work?" He said in the same patronising tone.
She looked confused for a second then realisation dawned. "Electricity…"
"Well done." He waved his wand and the screen flickered, then went blank. "I want to know how it works in Hogwarts."
"Why?" She said stupidly. Draco sighed.
"Because, then, Granger, I would be able to use whatever charm it is to make other things run off electricity." He rolled his eyes.
"But electricity is a muggle thing, I'm surprised you even know about it."
"Wizards use it too." He said, rolling his eyes at her. "What do you think we run our appliances off of?"
"Magic?" He scowled at her and went over to the TV.
"If we could use magic to power electrical appliances, wouldn't you think that everyone would bring their CD players to school?"
"Wizards have CD players?" Hermione was surprised.
Draco sighed, and shook his head. Returning to the TV he said. "Look, just help me, will you?"
"Fine." She stood up and joined him next to the TV. "Let's have a look at the inside, shall we?" She pointed her wand at the TV and simply said, "disassemble." The TV immediately burst apart, each individual piece hanging separately in the air. Hermione frowned and lay down on the floor, propping herself up by her elbows so she could see all the pieces properly.
Draco on the other hand, was amazed. Each tiny part was slowly spinning and moving around in the gentle air currents, but not too far. He looked down at the girl to see her frowning as she inspected the components. He felt his heart tremor a bit as he took in the way her softly streaked hair fell in a wave and then laying on the floor behind her. Her look was of deep concentration. Draco joined her on the floor and stared up at the debris.
"I don't see anything that looks different…" he turned his head to inspect the pieces behind him.
Hermione rolled onto her side and looked at him, smiling. Slightly confused he rolled over so that they were facing each other, looking into one another's eyes. He made himself smirk as he saw the expression; she really was into him, naïve bitch. But the cutting mental insults he'd been throwing silently at her all day had lost their edge, all of a sudden. He rolled back onto his back and pretended to inspect the pieces, just so he didn't have to look into her eyes.
"What about this?" She rolled onto her front and pushed herself onto her feet, then strolled casually to a section on small components. She lifted her hand and one of them slowly edged towards her, gently grasping it, and then she returned to the floor, sitting cross-legged. He rolled over onto his side again and propped his head up to get a better look at what she was holding.
There were about five of them in all, no bigger than his thumbnail. They were deep blue, shining by some Inner Light. "What are they?"
He looked up to the look of concentration on Hermione's face, which had a look of concentration that was so intense that he smiled, she looked adorable. She really did have that cute thing going for her; lucky he wasn't into that. He shook his head and sat up.
"I think they are some kind of stored energy, that acts like electricity." Without looking up, she waved her wand and the TV assembled itself again, flying back into the cabinet. Still looking at the crystals, she stood and said "I'll catch up with you later, I'm gonna go research in the library." With her gaze still locked on the deep blue lights, she walked briskly out of the door and along the corridor.
"That girl is weird," Draco shook his head and headed into his bedroom.
