Chapter 8
Hermione could not concentrate on the potion for the rest of the class. When she had finished, it wasn't at all the yellow color that it was supposed to be, but a putrid green. Nonetheless, she poured some into a flask and handed it in to the Professor at the end of class. She then turned her attention to Malfoy. He was standing in the doorway waiting for her to notice him. He beckoned her to follow him, and left the dungeon, heading upstairs.
Without thinking twice, Hermione followed just as he wanted. They walked through the hallways until Malfoy suddenly stopped. Hermione stopped too and quickly glanced around. They were in the hallway that she knew so well to contain the prefects bathroom, seeing as she was a prefect herself. Malfoy was one as well, and Hermione figured that he realized that this hallway was one of the most deserted in the whole school.
"Hermione..." he said, again using her first name. He looked down at the floor and continued, "I must tell you... for so long... I know it's wrong but... I love you." With the last words he looked up, directly into her eyes. Hermione was speechless. She didn't know what her own feelings were. She knew that she no longer hated Draco, but she still didn't know whether the thing that she felt was... love. She stared into his soft, gray eyes. She had never looked into his eyes before, and was surprised that they were not cold and stony.
Suddenly, Hermione had a thought: 'This is a joke! Some elaborate plan... Well I won't fall for it!' Draco noticed that her expression was changing from thoughtful and confused, to angry. "I know what this is, Malfoy," she spit, "and if you think that for ONE SECOND I'm falling for it, then you're wrong." With that she stomped away to the Gryffindor tower. When she reached the portrait of the Fat Lady, she realized how close to tears she was. She stopped to calm down before she entered the room.
'What came over me back there? I thought... that I... loved Draco,' she thought to herself, very confused. Once she was a bit more calm, she told the Fat Lady the password and entered the common room. Nobody was in there because, obviously, they were in their next class. Hermione didn't quite feel like going to Charms, and so she sat down on a chair in front of the fireplace and thought for a minute: 'What if he wasn't joking? I could have really hurt him... but no. He's Malfoy, he would never even like me let alone love me.' Before she knew it, Hermione had fallen asleep with her thoughts.
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Hermione awoke to Ron shaking her and talking to her, "Hermione! What are you doing up here? We haven't seen you since potions. Wow, Hermione ditching! You were ditching, weren't you? It's already dinner, and it's been the first chance we've gotten to come looking for you. You'd better come to dinner with us." Harry was nodding his head in agreement. "Ok ok, Ron, stop shaking me I'm awake!" she exclaimed, drowsily standing up from the chair.
She looked around and saw that they were alone, and that the lights had been turned on, and the curtains drawn shut on the windows. She had slept quite awhile. Suddenly, she came to a conclusion about Malfoy. The sleep had done her a lot of good. "Let's go down to dinner," she told her friends, hoping that Malfoy would be there.
When they reached the Great Hall, it was crowded and noisy. Apparently dinner had begun without them. "You guys go on ahead," Hermione told Ron and Harry, "I have to talk to someone." They nodded, though they both looked quite wary, and walked off the the Gryffindor table. Hermione then looked over at the Slytherin table and saw Malfoy talking to a bunch of other Slytherins. She tried to catch his eye, because she thought that if she went up to him in front of the other Slytherins, he would pretend nothing had happened earlier.
It was awhile before Malfoy finally looked up and saw her. His expression turned serious. She nodded towards the entrance to the Great Hall, and began to walk to it. When she exited the Great Hall, she leaned against the wall that the doorway was situated in, hoping that Draco would get the hint and come out to talk to her. Hermione waited for a short time, and finally decided that Malfoy was not coming. She started towards the staircase leading to Gryffindor Tower, not wanting to be in the same room as him. At that moment, Draco came.
He stood in front of her, blocking her path. "You wanted to talk?" he said. There was only one way to find out if it was a joke or not, and Hermione was willing to risk public humiliation. "I love you too," she said, staring directly into Draco's eyes. Then, without any warning at all, Draco Malfoy gently pushed Hermione up against a wall and kissed her.
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A/N- Haha, thanks again to my reviewers! I really appreciate the support and advice. Sorry about the mix-up between which houses are in what classes together... like I said, I wasn't sure if they changed every year or what. But I'm just going to leave it as it is...
Sorry if this sounds weird or like I wrote it in a hurry. I have to go to school tomorrow and I was too lazy to re-read it all through. Hope you like it anyway!
P.S- there is something that sounds semi-dirty in this and I didn't MEAN for it to but I was too tired to worry about changing it. This note is meant mostly for certain people (like Meru, Luau, or Page'... if they end up reading this). If you didn't see anything "dirty", then don't worry about it.
Hermione could not concentrate on the potion for the rest of the class. When she had finished, it wasn't at all the yellow color that it was supposed to be, but a putrid green. Nonetheless, she poured some into a flask and handed it in to the Professor at the end of class. She then turned her attention to Malfoy. He was standing in the doorway waiting for her to notice him. He beckoned her to follow him, and left the dungeon, heading upstairs.
Without thinking twice, Hermione followed just as he wanted. They walked through the hallways until Malfoy suddenly stopped. Hermione stopped too and quickly glanced around. They were in the hallway that she knew so well to contain the prefects bathroom, seeing as she was a prefect herself. Malfoy was one as well, and Hermione figured that he realized that this hallway was one of the most deserted in the whole school.
"Hermione..." he said, again using her first name. He looked down at the floor and continued, "I must tell you... for so long... I know it's wrong but... I love you." With the last words he looked up, directly into her eyes. Hermione was speechless. She didn't know what her own feelings were. She knew that she no longer hated Draco, but she still didn't know whether the thing that she felt was... love. She stared into his soft, gray eyes. She had never looked into his eyes before, and was surprised that they were not cold and stony.
Suddenly, Hermione had a thought: 'This is a joke! Some elaborate plan... Well I won't fall for it!' Draco noticed that her expression was changing from thoughtful and confused, to angry. "I know what this is, Malfoy," she spit, "and if you think that for ONE SECOND I'm falling for it, then you're wrong." With that she stomped away to the Gryffindor tower. When she reached the portrait of the Fat Lady, she realized how close to tears she was. She stopped to calm down before she entered the room.
'What came over me back there? I thought... that I... loved Draco,' she thought to herself, very confused. Once she was a bit more calm, she told the Fat Lady the password and entered the common room. Nobody was in there because, obviously, they were in their next class. Hermione didn't quite feel like going to Charms, and so she sat down on a chair in front of the fireplace and thought for a minute: 'What if he wasn't joking? I could have really hurt him... but no. He's Malfoy, he would never even like me let alone love me.' Before she knew it, Hermione had fallen asleep with her thoughts.
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Hermione awoke to Ron shaking her and talking to her, "Hermione! What are you doing up here? We haven't seen you since potions. Wow, Hermione ditching! You were ditching, weren't you? It's already dinner, and it's been the first chance we've gotten to come looking for you. You'd better come to dinner with us." Harry was nodding his head in agreement. "Ok ok, Ron, stop shaking me I'm awake!" she exclaimed, drowsily standing up from the chair.
She looked around and saw that they were alone, and that the lights had been turned on, and the curtains drawn shut on the windows. She had slept quite awhile. Suddenly, she came to a conclusion about Malfoy. The sleep had done her a lot of good. "Let's go down to dinner," she told her friends, hoping that Malfoy would be there.
When they reached the Great Hall, it was crowded and noisy. Apparently dinner had begun without them. "You guys go on ahead," Hermione told Ron and Harry, "I have to talk to someone." They nodded, though they both looked quite wary, and walked off the the Gryffindor table. Hermione then looked over at the Slytherin table and saw Malfoy talking to a bunch of other Slytherins. She tried to catch his eye, because she thought that if she went up to him in front of the other Slytherins, he would pretend nothing had happened earlier.
It was awhile before Malfoy finally looked up and saw her. His expression turned serious. She nodded towards the entrance to the Great Hall, and began to walk to it. When she exited the Great Hall, she leaned against the wall that the doorway was situated in, hoping that Draco would get the hint and come out to talk to her. Hermione waited for a short time, and finally decided that Malfoy was not coming. She started towards the staircase leading to Gryffindor Tower, not wanting to be in the same room as him. At that moment, Draco came.
He stood in front of her, blocking her path. "You wanted to talk?" he said. There was only one way to find out if it was a joke or not, and Hermione was willing to risk public humiliation. "I love you too," she said, staring directly into Draco's eyes. Then, without any warning at all, Draco Malfoy gently pushed Hermione up against a wall and kissed her.
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A/N- Haha, thanks again to my reviewers! I really appreciate the support and advice. Sorry about the mix-up between which houses are in what classes together... like I said, I wasn't sure if they changed every year or what. But I'm just going to leave it as it is...
Sorry if this sounds weird or like I wrote it in a hurry. I have to go to school tomorrow and I was too lazy to re-read it all through. Hope you like it anyway!
P.S- there is something that sounds semi-dirty in this and I didn't MEAN for it to but I was too tired to worry about changing it. This note is meant mostly for certain people (like Meru, Luau, or Page'... if they end up reading this). If you didn't see anything "dirty", then don't worry about it.