Hogsmeade
Hermione couldn't wait. The trip to Hogsmeade was the next day and Eric had the mumps! So she was free to spend the day as she pleased. Hermione walked in the 3 Broomsticks to see Draco sitting alone brooding. She smiled to herself and walked over to him.
"This seat taken?" She asked half-seriously. They hadn't spoken much since their kiss. Draco looked at her and shook his head. She sat and looked at him.
"Haven't seen much of you lately." She ventured.
"I've been busy." He answered coolly.
"Draco are mad at me?" She asked timidly.
"Why whatever gave you that idea?" He asked icily. Hermione sighed and touched his hand, which he promptly snatched back.
"Why?" She asked.
"Why do you think? Where do you sneak off to every night? We never talk anymore!!" He cried angrily.
"I can't tell you and we're talking now." She said calmly.
"Why wont you tell me?" He said curtly.
"I just can't" She said defeated.
"Let's go somewhere else." He said rising. He offered her a hand. She took it and followed him out the door and down the path. He turned down an alleyway. They reached the end and he turned right. There he sat down and motioned to the space to his right. She sat beside him and looked at him.
"Now, we're away from everyone. Tell me what's wrong." He said.
"I told you I ca.." "I won't take no for an answer, Hermione." Draco coldly interrupting her. She looked away. Draco sighed impatiently and took her face in his hands forcing her to look at him.
"Is it a person?" She nodded " A girl?" She shook head. "A boy then?" Again she nodded, she didn't want to lose him. "What house? Gryffindor? Is it Harry?" She shook her head. "Slytherin?". She shook her head no again. "Ravenclaw?" Hermione didn't move. "Our year?" she shook her head. "Older??" Hermione again sat still.
Draco mentally went through the list of boys in Ravenclaw. Then it hit him. "Eric." It wasn't a question. Hermione snapped her head up and froze. *No wonder he's been looking so smug lately* Draco thought.
"I'll take care of it." He said standing.
"No you can't!" She cried standing as well.
"Why not?" He asked frowning.
"Because, He and I, we have a deal." She said beaten. "He doesn't tell my secret and I be with him."
"Your secret?" He asked puzzled.
"I'm an anigamus. I can change into a hawk." She admitted sorry she hadn't told him sooner.
"Why didn't you tell me" He asked
"I didn't want anyone to know. I wanted it to be my secret. You know?" She looked at him and he sat back down and she did too.
"So why not tell Dumbledore and get registered." he asked. *uh oh* Hermione thought
"Well, I would but that…" She swallowed, "It isn't all." Draco took her hand in his
"He won't hur….hur….hurt you if I'm with him." She said near tears. She looked up at him. He had a blank expression.
"Draco? Draco? Dray?" She cried as he stood.
"You don't think I can handle him? I was a Death Eater Damn it!" He yelled angrily.
"Draco please! He scares me!besides he'll get bored eventually!" She rambled. Draco turned to look at her. A mixture of anger and hurt on his face. She walked over and touched his face tenderly.
"I don't want anything to happen to you." She said softly. His eyes ran over her pained face and softened. He stroked her hair gently.
"Nothing will, I'll make sure of it." He said quietly.
"How…." She was cut short by his mouth on hers. He kissed her softly. She closed her eyes. It seemed to go on forever. She made a sound of protest when he pulled away. He kissed her forehead and hugged her to him. She buried her face in his neck.
"How are we gonna get you out of this mess?" He asked mostly to himself.
Hermione couldn't wait. The trip to Hogsmeade was the next day and Eric had the mumps! So she was free to spend the day as she pleased. Hermione walked in the 3 Broomsticks to see Draco sitting alone brooding. She smiled to herself and walked over to him.
"This seat taken?" She asked half-seriously. They hadn't spoken much since their kiss. Draco looked at her and shook his head. She sat and looked at him.
"Haven't seen much of you lately." She ventured.
"I've been busy." He answered coolly.
"Draco are mad at me?" She asked timidly.
"Why whatever gave you that idea?" He asked icily. Hermione sighed and touched his hand, which he promptly snatched back.
"Why?" She asked.
"Why do you think? Where do you sneak off to every night? We never talk anymore!!" He cried angrily.
"I can't tell you and we're talking now." She said calmly.
"Why wont you tell me?" He said curtly.
"I just can't" She said defeated.
"Let's go somewhere else." He said rising. He offered her a hand. She took it and followed him out the door and down the path. He turned down an alleyway. They reached the end and he turned right. There he sat down and motioned to the space to his right. She sat beside him and looked at him.
"Now, we're away from everyone. Tell me what's wrong." He said.
"I told you I ca.." "I won't take no for an answer, Hermione." Draco coldly interrupting her. She looked away. Draco sighed impatiently and took her face in his hands forcing her to look at him.
"Is it a person?" She nodded " A girl?" She shook head. "A boy then?" Again she nodded, she didn't want to lose him. "What house? Gryffindor? Is it Harry?" She shook her head. "Slytherin?". She shook her head no again. "Ravenclaw?" Hermione didn't move. "Our year?" she shook her head. "Older??" Hermione again sat still.
Draco mentally went through the list of boys in Ravenclaw. Then it hit him. "Eric." It wasn't a question. Hermione snapped her head up and froze. *No wonder he's been looking so smug lately* Draco thought.
"I'll take care of it." He said standing.
"No you can't!" She cried standing as well.
"Why not?" He asked frowning.
"Because, He and I, we have a deal." She said beaten. "He doesn't tell my secret and I be with him."
"Your secret?" He asked puzzled.
"I'm an anigamus. I can change into a hawk." She admitted sorry she hadn't told him sooner.
"Why didn't you tell me" He asked
"I didn't want anyone to know. I wanted it to be my secret. You know?" She looked at him and he sat back down and she did too.
"So why not tell Dumbledore and get registered." he asked. *uh oh* Hermione thought
"Well, I would but that…" She swallowed, "It isn't all." Draco took her hand in his
"He won't hur….hur….hurt you if I'm with him." She said near tears. She looked up at him. He had a blank expression.
"Draco? Draco? Dray?" She cried as he stood.
"You don't think I can handle him? I was a Death Eater Damn it!" He yelled angrily.
"Draco please! He scares me!besides he'll get bored eventually!" She rambled. Draco turned to look at her. A mixture of anger and hurt on his face. She walked over and touched his face tenderly.
"I don't want anything to happen to you." She said softly. His eyes ran over her pained face and softened. He stroked her hair gently.
"Nothing will, I'll make sure of it." He said quietly.
"How…." She was cut short by his mouth on hers. He kissed her softly. She closed her eyes. It seemed to go on forever. She made a sound of protest when he pulled away. He kissed her forehead and hugged her to him. She buried her face in his neck.
"How are we gonna get you out of this mess?" He asked mostly to himself.