I Love To See You Cry
~hotsleekeyz~
Chapter 4 Meeting at the Intersection
Draco left Harry in the corridors and then he headed back to the Great Hall. He entered with the looks of Harry's friends and the Slytherin's at him, as if questioning him what he could have done to Harry.
He sat back in his seat in an unimaginable state of thinking. He was torn between what he said about having Hermione and his principles. He damned himself to be a Malfoy. He couldn't even take a decision at once since he had to consider what his father would say and how he would react.
//Now I'm getting it//
He raised a brow at Crabbe and Goyle beckoning them that they should leave the hall. Taking a last sip at his goblet, Draco went straight to the door hurriedly, almost tripping himself.
//Stop thinking about it will you? Crabbe and Goyle might think you are up to something. just get out of this place and avoid Granger's looks//
Ron, Ginny, and Hermione were almost in a laughing fit with Draco's face. They saw him almost trip, with nothing on the floor to make him trip at all. They thought it was so funny. They thought Harry had said or made something that made Draco go insane.
"Hah! Harry must have taught him a lesson. What could Harry have possibly said to the ferret? They could not talk of anything serious--- you know, they don't talk civilly at all, so they don't know each other well", Ginny said triumphantly, but deep inside questioning herself.
Ron cut in. "Maybe Harry invited Malfoy to have a threesome, I mean a foursome with us tonight."
Hermione gave a death glare at Ron.
"I was joking!", Ron mouthed defensively.
Ginny and Hermione rolled their eyes away from the dumbest person they had ever met in their lifetime. It was the second time he said he was joking, and it still wasn't funny.
********************** Potions class was at 10:00. Everyone hurried to the dungeons towards their classroom. They did not want Professor Snape see them late. Last time in the past year that a student from Hufflepuff came late, Snape took an immense 50 points from their house. Since that time, no one came in late for Potions class.
Hermione sat in the second row next to Harry and Ron who sat their way in front. Ginny was at the table at Hermione's right with a Slytherin guy named Stephen Bridges. They have been going out for 6 months now since they were partners in Transfiguration last year. The seat at her left was empty so she had put her books on top of it.
Draco entered the classroom with Crabbe and Goyle. He immediately spotted Hermione. He saw her alone so he decided to piss her off while classes were going on. He whispered to the two to sit at the table behind Hermione's.
He made a few strides towards Hermione's table.
"Granger, move your books to the side"
"Excuse me?"
"From what planet are you? I said, MOVE-YOUR-BOOKS-TO-THE-SIDE"
The other students looked at the scene Draco started.
"And why would you want me to move my books at the side? My books lay peaceful there. so, I suggest you find another seat to fill your ass in"
"I want to sit beside you, Mudblood"
At this, Harry and Ron were disturbed from their discussion about Quidditch, as they heard the word mudblood again. It was only Draco Malfoy who had the courage, or rather the disgust to utter such word.
"Go find another seat Malfoy, there are LOADS way behind.", Ron said.
"I guess I wanted to sit beside the lovely Miss Granger that every guy here has been fancying about. I don't think she would want me to hurt her again, will she?", Draco said seductively, seeing through Hermione's enraged eyes.
"Fine! Just don't talk to me throughout class or you'll be sorry then"
Hermione removed the books from the seat beside her to the floor beside her feet. Draco sat quietly with a sly smirk on his face.
The door opened roughly as Snape came in, in his usual DRAMATIC, LATE entrance.
"Ok, then. Open your books to page 628. . . Hurry"
Hermione read the page on the potion that they were going to do that day. She stared at it in total disgust as it read : "Love Potions". It was the title page for the whole section on love potions. But she hasn't any idea what the potion they are going to do really was.
Draco, on the other hand, smiled as he read the first page of the section. He knew knowing the potion would come in handy at the time he would be able to find a girl whom he would be marrying.
//Maybe trying this on Granger would not hurt a bit. . .//
The evil grin came off his lips, as if never wanting to take it off his face.
"The potion we are going to make today will make someone fall for the person who made the potion, MADLY in love. This potion is very simple. So what I want you to do, is produce this potion and see how your partner will be acting with the potion on. The potion won't be coming off until an hour, that is why we are going to extend the class in an hour and a half to give way to the others to do it with their partners"
Harry and Ron were smiling devilishly with what Snape just said. They thought of luring all the girls in Hogwarts the next time they visit Hogsmeade again. They will have the girls pay for what they are going to buy there, after offering them some drink with the potion in it.
Ginny and Stephen were holding hands at the time they had opened the book. They thought the potion was unnecessary, since they, have already been madly in love with each other. Even at that point, they have not committed to each other since both of them were having affairs with other students in their own houses.
Draco spoke. "Granger, I bet we will emerge partners for today"
"I will not allow you to be", Hermione spat
"Oh yes, you will"
"And why will I?"
"Because Professor Snape will put us up to it being Head Boy and Head Girl this year"
"Dream on, Malfoy."
"Mark my word then"
Snape talked to the class again after checking on the ingredients that the students will be using.
"Get a partner now. Granger, go with Malfoy"
"But Professor---"
"Five points from Gryffindor", Snape mouthed nonchalantly.
Hermione sat silent. She hasn't started with her statement yet and points had been deducted from Gryffindor. Snape knew well that she would retort, and tying her to work with Malfoy made her want to puke.
"I told you bitch. Just don't do anything stupid while we are at it", Draco voiced in a matter-of-fact tone.
"What makes you think that I will do something stupid until the potion gets off?"
"I will not give you the benefit of an answer. You know who you are. You are the lovely bitch of the guys around here, except for me, of course"
"I warn you just the same Malfoy. Don't touch me while you're at it"
"You wish that would happen Granger? Well, dream on bitch"
They both sat there silent.
Snape interrupted. "Ok class, get your ingredients here and go back to your respective seats and start making the potion. You choose who between you and your partner will try it first"
Snape eyed on the Head Boy and Head Girl. Deep inside he was smiling, for he knew Hermione is furious about the whole thing, being partners with Draco and all. And also, he was anxious to know if what has been told long before is true. the prophecy of the Lioness and a Serpent whose life was tragic--- the prophecy that the Three Dark Witches cursed. An unending curse that will only break if another person will save the two from their tormenting relationship. Knowing well that the couple came from different houses, the curse just repeats itself in random generations that they would like to set the curse at. And thinking that Draco and Hermione are the 'Lioness and Serpent' of that time, Snape assumed perfectly well that the curse will continue, with those two snapping at each other whenever they got the chance.
"Mudblood, I don't want you messing up with this. We are in a GRAVE situation here and I don't want you tailing after me, drooling, after the potion is supposed to be off. So, I give you the pleasure of going first"
"Fine"
She didn't want to argue further. Those six years had made her tired of snapping at him. Maybe if she acted in reverse of how she reacted before, Draco would be crazy finding out the reason for such.
After producing the potion, Hermione took a sip of it.
"Granger, I warn you. I don't give you the benefit of being in a state of foolishness until the effect has worn off"
Hermone just rolled her eyes. After a few minutes, the potion took effect on her. There was a tingling sensation running through her. She felt as if her body was numb for a few seconds. . .then she looked at Draco from her desk.
Draco looked at her intently, wanting to know what Hermione will do next.
//I won't mind her doing anything naughty. I want to see how Potter would react if Granger would suddenly kiss me in front of him//
Harry too was observing Lavender, who was dying to get to Harry again. He glanced once in a while at Hermione and Draco who was having such a slow progress in what they were doing.
//Hermione just hates Malfoy to death. She can't even think of falling in love with him even under the effect of a potion//
To surprise him enough, Hermione held her hand up to Draco's, still looking at him. . . staring at him.
//Damn! The potion got to her!//
Draco wasn't moving. He didn't mind Hermione holding his pale hand.
//Her hand is so smooth. her fingers so thin, so beautiful, so enchanting. . .if you weren't a mublood, I'll get you myself//
Hermione started talking, after half an hour of just looking at Draco while holding his hand.
"Malfoy, I have not been nice to you, and we never had the chance to have a civilized conversation. I want to take this time to apologize for every thing that I said against you. I was too easy to believe you are nothing but a nice fellow, and I believe now that I am wrong. I know you are not really tough and ruthless, because if you were, Pansy would not be able to put up with you. . . oh Merlin! What is this? I think I am falling in love with you Draco."
//This is great.she must see how she looks like! She even called me Draco! Hah! Soon enough, Granger, you will confess to me your love just like you are doing right now//
"How sure are you that you are in love with me? I am confused Granger, really confused.", Draco mouthed while putting Hermione up in the act. He was discreetly chortling while he spoke his words.
"The most assured that I have been in my whole life. I feel sorry for myself for having to put up with Harry. I didn't know I wanted you until now"
Harry chanced upon Hermione's statement and was steaming mad inside. He didn't look. He just sat there not minding if Lavender had been kissing her for quite some time already.
Lucky for the students Snape took a few minutes off, not wanting to see anything of what the students were doing inside his classroom. Besides, he just wanted to take note of what the partners would be writing in their parchments with regards to their partner's reactions. He will soon report this to the Ministry to further help them with their studies.
"Don't worry about it Granger, I understand you for your being foolish. by the way, I don't want to miss this chance to ask the prettiest girl in class out for dinner tonight. Would you come out with me?"
"Draco, you are asking me to go out with you? I mean, this is too much! I just wanted you to let me love you. . . that's all! You are serious about this, aren't you?"
"I most certainly am serious about this Granger. Do I take this as a 'yes'?"
Hermione hugged Draco tight and he didn't move. He liked it. . .and he was serious about taking Hermione out. He didn't quite understand the sudden shift of his emotions but it totally got to him.
"I'll meet you outside your dormitory at 7. Be there love. I don't want to wait long"
//Draco Malfoy! Get to your senses will you? You are taking this seriously while she is under the potion? What would the scarhead beside you think? Can't you see he has been eyeing the two of you the whole time? Stop this at once!//
A few minutes until the effect came off. Lavender had been snuggling Harry even if hers has worn off. Talk about abuse.
Snape came in expecting most of the first batch to be through. Draco didn't notice that Snape was behind him already.
"Draco, this made me smile for real again since I broke up with Harry. Are you the one I will love for eternity? Tell me my Serpent."
Draco was shocked. Never had Hermione called him a Serpent even as an insult. Snape was grinning endlessly, as if his assumptions were affirmed. Nonetheless, they were truly the Lioness and Serpent of this time.
Hermione's eyes sparkled. A spectrum of colors seemed to have glowed from within her, and only Draco saw this. In a few seconds, Hermione lost consciousness in his strong arms.
"How stupid can you get Granger? Of course I wanted to go out with you so that I could have you tell me your secrets with regards to Potter and his sidekick. It wouldn't hurt for you to tell me those and yours as well, now would it?", Draco whispered to Hermione's ear.
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It was Draco's turn to take the potion. He drank it to the last drop as if it was butterbeer. While he felt the effect of it, he didn't notice Snape drop something by his side. Hermione awoke already while Draco ttried to bear the change in him.
Hermione wanted Draco's arms around her. What he didn't know was that she was aware of what she has been telling him. It didn't make her change her mind about him but the potion actually made her spill her deepest, most intimate desires. . . She wanted Draco Malfoy, her enemy, whose arms were around her that time.
"Granger, I don't want to talk about this, yet something inside pushes me to do so"
"Tell me about it Malfoy"
"I did ask you tonight didn't I?"
Hermione did not know what to say. She thought Draco was playing along with her profession. But he wasn't. He knew what he was saying then. If he really was, she wished that Draco would not take back what he said. She and her friends knew that Draco would not take the time to take any of his girls out. Not even Pansy Parkinson. That means, he wanted her for real. Hermione wished hard that Draco wouldn't take his words back.
//Oh please!//, Hermione thought to herself, trying to decipher the sudden change of her mind about Draco.
"Yes, you actually did. And you are taking it back aren't you? I know you were just playing along with what I was saying. I didn't even expect you to break in like that. Of course, you wouldn't go out with me. It's a disgrace to your family and all. You couldn't bear with the humiliation going out with me could bring you. You may think I am lovely but you don't want me. You are disgusted even at the thought of me---being a mudblood, a bitch, and whatever you would call me."
"You said too much", Draco claimed blankly.
"At least what I said was true!"
"Maybe it IS true but I am not taking it back"
"Taking back what?"
//Now I'm confused. After all what I've said? I think I said too much. Harry, could you quit looking at me? You are still under the potion, remember?//
"My word--about asking you out. I'm not changing my decision to go out with you tonight"
"Are you putting me into a lie again Mr. Malfoy? I know you better than you think. You can convince every one what you said was true and soon after take it back"
"I told you, I'm not"
"How would I know if you're not faking it?"
"Want me to tell Potter about this? He wouldn't be very pleased if I tell him about this--- you wanting me, and I going out with you. that would be a sorry sight"
"Really now!?"
"Just believe me will you! I know I have been that snobbish, ruthless enemy of yours but I want you to trust me with this. It's only now I felt like this and don't make me change my mind about it", Draco almost yelled exasperatedly.
"I don't know. Now, I'M CONFUSED!"
Draco held her hand tight, wishing not to let go. It couldn't be the potion. or could it? He thought the potion could only make them love their partners, but Snape didn't tell anything about admitting the truth and revealing it!
"Ok, Draco. I trust you with this", Hermione said as she stared at Draco's angelic face.
"It's a date then", Draco concluded.
~Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns characters, setting, etc. Except: the plot is mine.~
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hahahahaha! There goes the edited version of chapter4 for you! I was supposed to have my exam today but I got terribly sick and my doctor asked me to have a week of rest. That means, I don't have to worry about any lesson, and all I have to think about is how to sneak into using my computer to type and edit my fics.
For first-time readers, I hope you liked this.
So, what's left? Oh. . . I remembered. You should review! LOL
Take care you guys!
Chapter 4 Meeting at the Intersection
Draco left Harry in the corridors and then he headed back to the Great Hall. He entered with the looks of Harry's friends and the Slytherin's at him, as if questioning him what he could have done to Harry.
He sat back in his seat in an unimaginable state of thinking. He was torn between what he said about having Hermione and his principles. He damned himself to be a Malfoy. He couldn't even take a decision at once since he had to consider what his father would say and how he would react.
//Now I'm getting it//
He raised a brow at Crabbe and Goyle beckoning them that they should leave the hall. Taking a last sip at his goblet, Draco went straight to the door hurriedly, almost tripping himself.
//Stop thinking about it will you? Crabbe and Goyle might think you are up to something. just get out of this place and avoid Granger's looks//
Ron, Ginny, and Hermione were almost in a laughing fit with Draco's face. They saw him almost trip, with nothing on the floor to make him trip at all. They thought it was so funny. They thought Harry had said or made something that made Draco go insane.
"Hah! Harry must have taught him a lesson. What could Harry have possibly said to the ferret? They could not talk of anything serious--- you know, they don't talk civilly at all, so they don't know each other well", Ginny said triumphantly, but deep inside questioning herself.
Ron cut in. "Maybe Harry invited Malfoy to have a threesome, I mean a foursome with us tonight."
Hermione gave a death glare at Ron.
"I was joking!", Ron mouthed defensively.
Ginny and Hermione rolled their eyes away from the dumbest person they had ever met in their lifetime. It was the second time he said he was joking, and it still wasn't funny.
********************** Potions class was at 10:00. Everyone hurried to the dungeons towards their classroom. They did not want Professor Snape see them late. Last time in the past year that a student from Hufflepuff came late, Snape took an immense 50 points from their house. Since that time, no one came in late for Potions class.
Hermione sat in the second row next to Harry and Ron who sat their way in front. Ginny was at the table at Hermione's right with a Slytherin guy named Stephen Bridges. They have been going out for 6 months now since they were partners in Transfiguration last year. The seat at her left was empty so she had put her books on top of it.
Draco entered the classroom with Crabbe and Goyle. He immediately spotted Hermione. He saw her alone so he decided to piss her off while classes were going on. He whispered to the two to sit at the table behind Hermione's.
He made a few strides towards Hermione's table.
"Granger, move your books to the side"
"Excuse me?"
"From what planet are you? I said, MOVE-YOUR-BOOKS-TO-THE-SIDE"
The other students looked at the scene Draco started.
"And why would you want me to move my books at the side? My books lay peaceful there. so, I suggest you find another seat to fill your ass in"
"I want to sit beside you, Mudblood"
At this, Harry and Ron were disturbed from their discussion about Quidditch, as they heard the word mudblood again. It was only Draco Malfoy who had the courage, or rather the disgust to utter such word.
"Go find another seat Malfoy, there are LOADS way behind.", Ron said.
"I guess I wanted to sit beside the lovely Miss Granger that every guy here has been fancying about. I don't think she would want me to hurt her again, will she?", Draco said seductively, seeing through Hermione's enraged eyes.
"Fine! Just don't talk to me throughout class or you'll be sorry then"
Hermione removed the books from the seat beside her to the floor beside her feet. Draco sat quietly with a sly smirk on his face.
The door opened roughly as Snape came in, in his usual DRAMATIC, LATE entrance.
"Ok, then. Open your books to page 628. . . Hurry"
Hermione read the page on the potion that they were going to do that day. She stared at it in total disgust as it read : "Love Potions". It was the title page for the whole section on love potions. But she hasn't any idea what the potion they are going to do really was.
Draco, on the other hand, smiled as he read the first page of the section. He knew knowing the potion would come in handy at the time he would be able to find a girl whom he would be marrying.
//Maybe trying this on Granger would not hurt a bit. . .//
The evil grin came off his lips, as if never wanting to take it off his face.
"The potion we are going to make today will make someone fall for the person who made the potion, MADLY in love. This potion is very simple. So what I want you to do, is produce this potion and see how your partner will be acting with the potion on. The potion won't be coming off until an hour, that is why we are going to extend the class in an hour and a half to give way to the others to do it with their partners"
Harry and Ron were smiling devilishly with what Snape just said. They thought of luring all the girls in Hogwarts the next time they visit Hogsmeade again. They will have the girls pay for what they are going to buy there, after offering them some drink with the potion in it.
Ginny and Stephen were holding hands at the time they had opened the book. They thought the potion was unnecessary, since they, have already been madly in love with each other. Even at that point, they have not committed to each other since both of them were having affairs with other students in their own houses.
Draco spoke. "Granger, I bet we will emerge partners for today"
"I will not allow you to be", Hermione spat
"Oh yes, you will"
"And why will I?"
"Because Professor Snape will put us up to it being Head Boy and Head Girl this year"
"Dream on, Malfoy."
"Mark my word then"
Snape talked to the class again after checking on the ingredients that the students will be using.
"Get a partner now. Granger, go with Malfoy"
"But Professor---"
"Five points from Gryffindor", Snape mouthed nonchalantly.
Hermione sat silent. She hasn't started with her statement yet and points had been deducted from Gryffindor. Snape knew well that she would retort, and tying her to work with Malfoy made her want to puke.
"I told you bitch. Just don't do anything stupid while we are at it", Draco voiced in a matter-of-fact tone.
"What makes you think that I will do something stupid until the potion gets off?"
"I will not give you the benefit of an answer. You know who you are. You are the lovely bitch of the guys around here, except for me, of course"
"I warn you just the same Malfoy. Don't touch me while you're at it"
"You wish that would happen Granger? Well, dream on bitch"
They both sat there silent.
Snape interrupted. "Ok class, get your ingredients here and go back to your respective seats and start making the potion. You choose who between you and your partner will try it first"
Snape eyed on the Head Boy and Head Girl. Deep inside he was smiling, for he knew Hermione is furious about the whole thing, being partners with Draco and all. And also, he was anxious to know if what has been told long before is true. the prophecy of the Lioness and a Serpent whose life was tragic--- the prophecy that the Three Dark Witches cursed. An unending curse that will only break if another person will save the two from their tormenting relationship. Knowing well that the couple came from different houses, the curse just repeats itself in random generations that they would like to set the curse at. And thinking that Draco and Hermione are the 'Lioness and Serpent' of that time, Snape assumed perfectly well that the curse will continue, with those two snapping at each other whenever they got the chance.
"Mudblood, I don't want you messing up with this. We are in a GRAVE situation here and I don't want you tailing after me, drooling, after the potion is supposed to be off. So, I give you the pleasure of going first"
"Fine"
She didn't want to argue further. Those six years had made her tired of snapping at him. Maybe if she acted in reverse of how she reacted before, Draco would be crazy finding out the reason for such.
After producing the potion, Hermione took a sip of it.
"Granger, I warn you. I don't give you the benefit of being in a state of foolishness until the effect has worn off"
Hermone just rolled her eyes. After a few minutes, the potion took effect on her. There was a tingling sensation running through her. She felt as if her body was numb for a few seconds. . .then she looked at Draco from her desk.
Draco looked at her intently, wanting to know what Hermione will do next.
//I won't mind her doing anything naughty. I want to see how Potter would react if Granger would suddenly kiss me in front of him//
Harry too was observing Lavender, who was dying to get to Harry again. He glanced once in a while at Hermione and Draco who was having such a slow progress in what they were doing.
//Hermione just hates Malfoy to death. She can't even think of falling in love with him even under the effect of a potion//
To surprise him enough, Hermione held her hand up to Draco's, still looking at him. . . staring at him.
//Damn! The potion got to her!//
Draco wasn't moving. He didn't mind Hermione holding his pale hand.
//Her hand is so smooth. her fingers so thin, so beautiful, so enchanting. . .if you weren't a mublood, I'll get you myself//
Hermione started talking, after half an hour of just looking at Draco while holding his hand.
"Malfoy, I have not been nice to you, and we never had the chance to have a civilized conversation. I want to take this time to apologize for every thing that I said against you. I was too easy to believe you are nothing but a nice fellow, and I believe now that I am wrong. I know you are not really tough and ruthless, because if you were, Pansy would not be able to put up with you. . . oh Merlin! What is this? I think I am falling in love with you Draco."
//This is great.she must see how she looks like! She even called me Draco! Hah! Soon enough, Granger, you will confess to me your love just like you are doing right now//
"How sure are you that you are in love with me? I am confused Granger, really confused.", Draco mouthed while putting Hermione up in the act. He was discreetly chortling while he spoke his words.
"The most assured that I have been in my whole life. I feel sorry for myself for having to put up with Harry. I didn't know I wanted you until now"
Harry chanced upon Hermione's statement and was steaming mad inside. He didn't look. He just sat there not minding if Lavender had been kissing her for quite some time already.
Lucky for the students Snape took a few minutes off, not wanting to see anything of what the students were doing inside his classroom. Besides, he just wanted to take note of what the partners would be writing in their parchments with regards to their partner's reactions. He will soon report this to the Ministry to further help them with their studies.
"Don't worry about it Granger, I understand you for your being foolish. by the way, I don't want to miss this chance to ask the prettiest girl in class out for dinner tonight. Would you come out with me?"
"Draco, you are asking me to go out with you? I mean, this is too much! I just wanted you to let me love you. . . that's all! You are serious about this, aren't you?"
"I most certainly am serious about this Granger. Do I take this as a 'yes'?"
Hermione hugged Draco tight and he didn't move. He liked it. . .and he was serious about taking Hermione out. He didn't quite understand the sudden shift of his emotions but it totally got to him.
"I'll meet you outside your dormitory at 7. Be there love. I don't want to wait long"
//Draco Malfoy! Get to your senses will you? You are taking this seriously while she is under the potion? What would the scarhead beside you think? Can't you see he has been eyeing the two of you the whole time? Stop this at once!//
A few minutes until the effect came off. Lavender had been snuggling Harry even if hers has worn off. Talk about abuse.
Snape came in expecting most of the first batch to be through. Draco didn't notice that Snape was behind him already.
"Draco, this made me smile for real again since I broke up with Harry. Are you the one I will love for eternity? Tell me my Serpent."
Draco was shocked. Never had Hermione called him a Serpent even as an insult. Snape was grinning endlessly, as if his assumptions were affirmed. Nonetheless, they were truly the Lioness and Serpent of this time.
Hermione's eyes sparkled. A spectrum of colors seemed to have glowed from within her, and only Draco saw this. In a few seconds, Hermione lost consciousness in his strong arms.
"How stupid can you get Granger? Of course I wanted to go out with you so that I could have you tell me your secrets with regards to Potter and his sidekick. It wouldn't hurt for you to tell me those and yours as well, now would it?", Draco whispered to Hermione's ear.
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It was Draco's turn to take the potion. He drank it to the last drop as if it was butterbeer. While he felt the effect of it, he didn't notice Snape drop something by his side. Hermione awoke already while Draco ttried to bear the change in him.
Hermione wanted Draco's arms around her. What he didn't know was that she was aware of what she has been telling him. It didn't make her change her mind about him but the potion actually made her spill her deepest, most intimate desires. . . She wanted Draco Malfoy, her enemy, whose arms were around her that time.
"Granger, I don't want to talk about this, yet something inside pushes me to do so"
"Tell me about it Malfoy"
"I did ask you tonight didn't I?"
Hermione did not know what to say. She thought Draco was playing along with her profession. But he wasn't. He knew what he was saying then. If he really was, she wished that Draco would not take back what he said. She and her friends knew that Draco would not take the time to take any of his girls out. Not even Pansy Parkinson. That means, he wanted her for real. Hermione wished hard that Draco wouldn't take his words back.
//Oh please!//, Hermione thought to herself, trying to decipher the sudden change of her mind about Draco.
"Yes, you actually did. And you are taking it back aren't you? I know you were just playing along with what I was saying. I didn't even expect you to break in like that. Of course, you wouldn't go out with me. It's a disgrace to your family and all. You couldn't bear with the humiliation going out with me could bring you. You may think I am lovely but you don't want me. You are disgusted even at the thought of me---being a mudblood, a bitch, and whatever you would call me."
"You said too much", Draco claimed blankly.
"At least what I said was true!"
"Maybe it IS true but I am not taking it back"
"Taking back what?"
//Now I'm confused. After all what I've said? I think I said too much. Harry, could you quit looking at me? You are still under the potion, remember?//
"My word--about asking you out. I'm not changing my decision to go out with you tonight"
"Are you putting me into a lie again Mr. Malfoy? I know you better than you think. You can convince every one what you said was true and soon after take it back"
"I told you, I'm not"
"How would I know if you're not faking it?"
"Want me to tell Potter about this? He wouldn't be very pleased if I tell him about this--- you wanting me, and I going out with you. that would be a sorry sight"
"Really now!?"
"Just believe me will you! I know I have been that snobbish, ruthless enemy of yours but I want you to trust me with this. It's only now I felt like this and don't make me change my mind about it", Draco almost yelled exasperatedly.
"I don't know. Now, I'M CONFUSED!"
Draco held her hand tight, wishing not to let go. It couldn't be the potion. or could it? He thought the potion could only make them love their partners, but Snape didn't tell anything about admitting the truth and revealing it!
"Ok, Draco. I trust you with this", Hermione said as she stared at Draco's angelic face.
"It's a date then", Draco concluded.
~Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns characters, setting, etc. Except: the plot is mine.~
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hahahahaha! There goes the edited version of chapter4 for you! I was supposed to have my exam today but I got terribly sick and my doctor asked me to have a week of rest. That means, I don't have to worry about any lesson, and all I have to think about is how to sneak into using my computer to type and edit my fics.
For first-time readers, I hope you liked this.
So, what's left? Oh. . . I remembered. You should review! LOL
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