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Disclaimer: I DON OWN ANYTHING!!! There! I said it. My deepest, darkest secret. *sob* -A small conversation between Draco and Hermione was from a book called The Popularity Plan by Rosemary Vernon -The idea of a moving miniature dragon, I took from: The Promise of a Kiss by CrazeePurpleMonkey. It's actually quite good. But otherwise than Draco giving Hermione a small toy dragon that moves around and acts like it has a mind of its own, I made up the rest...kk?
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Previous: 'Yum.' 'Delicious' They both thought consecutively, unaware of the similar thoughts going through their heads.
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~*Chapter11: Dray & Maya *~
"Granger," Draco acknowledged her with a nod. He had not planned for her to come back so quickly. With a flick of his wand, had changed into a black muscle shirt and a pair of black slacks. 'Time to put the plan into action.'
"Malfoy."
"Have you heard of the rumors about us?" He said as he walked nearer and nearer to Hermione.
"What rumors?" Hermione asked nervously as Draco was so close to her that she could feel his warm breath against her rosy cheek.
"Oh, you know. About us being an item." Whispering into her ear, he grinned mischievously as Hermione shivered involuntarily.
"They're not true." She stated rather weakly. "Right?" adding it unsurely. Hermione was feeling weak in the knees and having Draco stand so close made her head all fuzzy and she couldn't seem to think straight.
"I don't know. What do you think?" Draco continued in his seductive drawl and moved so close to Hermione that he successfully gave her a butterfly kiss.
Hermione shook her head slightly and she finally got in control of her emotions. "What do I think!? Of course we're not together!"
Sensing Hermione putting her defensive self back on, Draco immediately changed his tac-tics.
"Well, in that case. Can we at least be friends?" he asked her with a flirtatious look which clearly indicated he was seeking more than her friendship.
"We already are friends, Draco" Hermione answered coolly. But in her mind, she was telling herself to give into him and be his girlfriend.
"Any chance that this friendship might turn into something else? Any at all?" raising his eyebrows suggestively. Seeing her skeptical look, Draco decided to take things up another notch. He fished out an elegant white heart shaped box tied together with a simple silk blue ribbon. With a swift movement, he untied the ribbon. The heart split in half revealing a simple silver star with a diamond in the middle. When the star was turned over, it became a gold star with a diamond in the middle. From behind his back, he took out a single rose that had not yet bloomed.
"Hermione. Will you be my girlfriend? I know you refused me last time. But I've changed. When I saw what Pucey was doing to you I wanted to protect you, I felt something I've never felt before. I..I think I've fallen in love with you." He finished off softly. "Please give me a chance."
Hermione blinked. Then blinked again. Suddenly, the rose bud started to bloom. When the petals were fully open, two tiny dragon appeared, no bigger than half an inch. Then they started to grow until they were 5 1/2 inches tall. One of the small dragons hopped onto Hermione's shoulder. It looked like one of those toy dragons that you would find in a muggle toy shop except for these ones moved. The girl dragon which was currently yawning on Hermione's shoulder was a light blue with big brown eyes like Hermione's and long curling eyelashes. Meanwhile, the boy dragon was beaming down at Draco perched on top of his blond head. This dragon was a darker blue with eyes identical to Draco's.
Hermione picked up her little dragon and it sat in the middle of her palm looking up at her in admiration.
"Aww...What are their names?" she asked Draco, completely forgetting the question he had asked her a few moments ago.
A slight smile graced his lips as he saw Hermione looking at the dragon adorably. "Yours is Maya and mine's Dray. Kinda like a shortened form of our names. They're like pets, so they have a mind of their own except smarter than dogs or cats. You can talk to them and they'll understand you completely. These two are linked together telepathically so we'll be able to send messages to each other even if we're not seeing each other. All you have to do is say 'Message to Maya', or in your case Dray, and whisper your message in its ear. Let me show you."
Maya the dragon jumped from Hermione's palm to her shoulder again and whispered into her ear. "Will you be my girlfriend?" In return to Draco's message, Hermione whispered into Maya's ear.
Dray hopped down to Draco's shoulder. "Depends."
'I'll take that as a yes.' thought Draco.
Hermione yawned tiredly, "I think I'm going to turn in now... Good night, Malfoy."
"Good night, Hermione. And keep Maya with you at all times. She can shrink herself to be smaller so you can keep her in your robes or something."
At the sound of her name coming out of Draco's mouth, Hermione flinched. But continued on as if she didn't hear anything. When Hermione reached her bed, she couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard she tried. How ever, the soft snores of Maya slowly lulled her to sleep.
Draco had gone to bed right after Hermione did and he lay awake with his hands cushioning his head. Staring up at the ceiling, he started re-playing the scene in his head. He definitely got her this time. He might just keep this one a little longer than usual to annoy the hell out of that poor excuse of a wizard, Weasley. Was Granger blind? Anyone who could see would notice Weasley has the hots for her. He's just too dumb to make a move! Suddenly a pang of jealousy hit him as he remembered that Granger cared more about the weasel than him! He ignored that feeling and thought that soon enough, his place in her heart would go up. Not that he cared much anyway.
With images of Ron's pained expressions if he saw himself with Granger in his head, Draco fell asleep.
Draco woke up the next morning feeling refreshed and in a good mood for a change. Nothing could dampen his spirits. With a grin from last night still plastered on his face, he took a shower, got dressed, and sat in the common room reading the Daily Prophet to wait for Hermione.
Meanwhile, Hermione poked her head out to see if the coast was clear. But she had no luck. She was planning, no, hoping that she wouldn't cross Draco's path today. She was going to avoid him at all costs. Nevertheless, her dreams were diminished as soon as she saw him sitting in the common room. May, just maybe she'd be able to tip-toe her way out with out him noticing. Ha! Fat chance of *that* happening. But it's worth a shot. Just as Hermione was debating on whether to tip-toe slowly and quietly or make a mad dash towards the portrait hole, Draco spoke up.
"Hermione, you can come out now. I know you're there."
Busted! Hermione winced as her second plan came crumbling down as well.
"Good morning, Malfoy. I'll just be going now, no need to accompany me." With that, Hermione sprinted to the portrait hole and out into the corridor.
Hermione sighed as she walked into the safety of her room. Glad that she was able to elude Malfoy. Except for the classes they had with the Slytherins of course. But the Slytherins always sat on the other side of the room, so no worries! She dumped her book bag on her desk and noticed the difference in the surroundings of her room. She was sure that she had turned off all the oil lamps. But one of them was on, casting a dim yellow light around the room. That was when she sensed the presence of someone else in the room and the sharp distinct smell of cologne. One that Hermione was positive she had smelt before but couldn't place it at the moment.
"Hermione. Your back." He whispered as he emerged from the shadows.
A/N: Hmm... I wonder who that might be... I'll update a bit earlier if every single reviewer gets it... it's not that hard
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A/N: If only the little heart warming speech that Draco gave to Hermione to confess his love for her really did come from his heart, then the story would have ended in this chapter. But remember, our Draco haven't changed yet. Maybe if he spends more time Hermione, he'll change. (I hope)
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[Submitted on December 31 ,2003]
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