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The Unexpected Arithmancy Lesson
Hermione's POV:
I just stared at him a minute. He ripped off my headphones to find out what I was reading? Then I noticed he too had headphones on. Call me Curious, but I really wanted to know what he was listening to.
"Hey Draco, what are you listening to?" I asked loudly, so he could hear me over the music.
"I'm listening to Creed."
"Hey kids," Jackie said as she walked down the four steps to the little dug- out place we were in. "Why don't you two go to bed, so you can go skiing tomorrow?"
"Okay Jackie," I said, and got up to leave.
"Wait, Hermione," I heard Draco call after me as I was about to climb the stairs. I turned around to face him, looking for an explanation. And I got one. "I'll come up too."
So, together, Draco Malfoy, the Slytherin, and I, Hermione Granger, of Gryffindor climbed the spiral staircase. When we reached the top, I looked at Draco, wondering if he was going to say anything. He did.
"Well, 'night then."
"Yeah, good night, Draco," I replied and went into my room and closed the door.
After thoroughly brushing my teeth, (I know I could have used magic, but my parents are dentists) I got my long black t-shirt and light blue shorts on, dug through my bag to find my bright yellow bunny, and climbed into the bed and covered up. The sheets smelled very musty; maybe they hadn't changed them in a while. They wouldn't need to if no one were sleeping there.
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Draco's POV:
"Wait, Hermione," I called to her. She turned around to look at me. "I'll come up too."
'What is going on with me? Why am I suddenly all clingy to her? I used to hate her! Sure, that's when I was young and stupid and just jealous of her. I frowned. That was when I still let my father control my life. He still has partial control. But I don't want to be like him.
~ I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd~
~You're gonna hear my voice~
~When I shout it out loud~
~It's my life~
~It's now or never~
~I ain't gonna live forever~
~I just want to live while I'm alive~
It was then that I decided that I wasn't going to let him control me any longer. I was a living, breathing person. I was an individual. I didn't need his support any more. I'm in America now, Independence is excellent here.
As I put my pajamas on and brushed my teeth, my thoughts drifted from my father to Hermione. How can she still be civil towards me after all I've done?
~Another day is going by~
~I'm thinking about you all the time~
~But you're out there~
~And I'm here waiting~
~And I wrote this letter in my head~
~'Cuz so many thing were left unsaid~
~But now you're gone~
~And I can't think straight~
~This could be the one last chance~
~To make you understand~
~I'd do anything~
~Just to hold you in my arms~
~To try to make you laugh~
~Somehow I can't put you in the past~
~I close my eyes~
~And all I see is you~
~I close my eyes~
~I try to sleep~
~I can't forget you~
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Draco's POV (still)
It was the sun that did it. 5:30 am it came streaming through my window. Now I knew why Hermione chose the other room - she didn't want the sun to wake her up. Anyway, the sun woke me up, so I got up, got dressed and went to her room to wake her up. I knocked on the door. No answer.
"Hermione?"
Still no answer. I carefully opened the door and looked inside. Hermione was still in bed, sleeping soundly. That's when my Slytherin side kicked in. I crept over to the bottom of her bed. She still didn't wake up. Next, I pulled the blankets off.
'Well jeez. She could probably stay asleep if a tornado came through here.'
If my next idea didn't work, I don't know what would. I slowly sneaked behind her and screamed loudly in her ear.
"BOO!"
That worked. She jumped straight out of bed and took one look at me and shrieked so loudly I had to cover my ears. Ow. I wasn't going to wake her up like that again.
"What in the name of Merlin are you doing in here?!" she screeched. 'I think this is when I leave.' I decided.
"Um, waking you up?" I said the first suitable reason that came into mind. "Remember, we were going to go skiing today?"
She seemed to calm down after that. "Okay, please leave, I need to get dressed."
Well I didn't need to be told twice. I went back into my room and began searching for the perfect thing to freak her out again.
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Hermione's POV:
"BOO!"
I had been sleeping soundly when that word woke me up. I jumped out of my bed and saw Draco. 'Malfoy? In my room? How did he even know where I lived?' So I screamed. I didn't know how long he'd been there! And then I got a chance to remember. I wasn't at home, I was at my aunt's house.
"What in the name of Merlin are you doing in here?!" I screeched. He had his own room! He didn't need to be in mine!
"Um, waking you up?" he said, as though he wasn't sure himself why he was in here. "Remember, we were going to go skiing today?"
Oh yeah. I remember now. Jackie sent us to bed so we could be up and ready when the lifts opened. "Okay, please leave, I need to get dressed," I told him honestly. I wasn't going to go skiing in my pajamas!
I quickly took a shower and washed my hair. I didn't worry about drying it. I got dressed in a light blue sweater (made by Mrs. Weasley) and a pair of black sweatpants (I was going skiing, not to a fashion show). After my hair had dried enough to stop dripping, I carefully braided it and slipped my feet into my teddy bear slippers.
As I was walking down the stairs, something ran up behind me and started rubbing on my leg. I looked down. It looked like some cat sort of thing. I, of course, knew it was a kneazle. Kneazles are very independent and they can tell who is trustworthy and who isn't.
'This must be Aunt Mandy's kneazle,' I thought as I looked down at it.
When I finally had reached the couch I always sat on, I took out my Arithmancy book and began to read through it again. That's when I heard footsteps. I looked up, but I didn't see anyone.
Then I noticed one minor detail that flawed his plan.
"I know you're there, Draco."
He took off his invisibility cloak, "How did you know?"
"Well, for one, I heard you. Just because you're invisible doesn't mean you're silent."
"Okay, but how did you know where I was?"
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Draco's POV:
I finally found my invisibility cloak when I heard Hermione going down stairs. 'Perfect timing,' I thought and followed her down the stairs.
I watched her sit down and take out a book. 'Was that an Arithmancy book?'
I stepped closer to see, but she heard me and turned around at first, I thought I had gotten away with it, but then she looked directly at me.
"I know you're there, Draco."
How the hell did she know?! I took of the invisibility cloak. "How did you know?"
"Well, for one, I heard you. Just because you're invisible doesn't mean you're silent."
"Okay, but how did you know where I was?"
At that she smiled triumphantly. "Your shadow."
'My shadow?' I didn't know I had a shadow. 'Oh well.'
"Is that an Arithmancy book?"
"Yeah, I was just reading through it again, you know so I don't get rusty over the holidays."
"Hermione, you're such a workaholic. You need to learn how to chill out."
"Oh, but I am allowed to be a workaholic. It's in my name. Here, look."
I went over to her and she showed me how each letter has a number, and how the numbers that represent the letters in your name add up to three key numbers that can tell all about a person. The Character number is the reduced sum of all the letters. As an example, CAT would be 3 + 1 + 2, equaling 6, so the number would be six. If it came out with a number like 15, you'd add 1 + 5 to get six. Next was the Heart number, which is the sum of the vowels (Y isn't considered a vowel) and then the Social number, which was the sum of all the letters left.
Mine turned out to be 5, 5, and 9. 5's are known for being adventurous and energetic. Hermione's was 4, 4, and 9. Fours are known to enjoy hard work and are good at organization. Nines represent completion. Three is the complete number, because of the "whole trios" like beginning, middle and end. Three sets of three, or nine, are even better.
"Okay Hermione! I get enough of Arithmancy in class! I don't need it during my Christmas holidays!"
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Hermione's POV:
I had just given Draco a wonderful lesson on how to learn what sort of personality a person has just by analyzing their name when he started complaining about working during the holiday.
"Okay Hermione! I get enough of Arithmancy in class! I don't need it during my Christmas holidays!"
"Hey kids, why don't you come eat breakfast now?" asked a voice coming from the dinning room. We wandered in and were greeted by a pile of pancakes and syrup and a glass of orange juice. Draco immediately dug into his huge stack of pancakes. I just stared at him eating all those pancakes.
'He looks so like an innocent child who is eating his favorite food,' I thought without thinking. Then I realized whom I was thinking about. 'Draco? Innocent? Ha. Yeah right.'
Finally, after tearing my gaze away from Draco, I began to eat my pancakes. They were actually pretty good pancakes. "Now I see why Draco likes them so much."
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Leika Senara: thanks. I'm glad u like it. Keep reading/reviewing!
Jakerius: Yeah Draco boarded the wrong plane. He may be inteligent when it comes to wizardry, but with muggle tecnology. Well you saw what happened.
JustPushPlay: okay, you're lazy. Lol. Sorry. Thanks for reviewing.
DevilPrincess: I met Tamora Pierce in March. She was doing a booksigning at a local bookstore, so I got all my books signed! =)
Ellie: They'll get along or I'll know why! Lol. Literally.
J.C: I have to go back to school tomorrow, but I'll try to update soon! Oh and "How You Remind Me" is definetly done by Nickelback.
Randi: hey girl, thanks for reviewing. I wasn't sure if people liked the pov thing, I asked my boyfriend to read it, and he said the POV was stupid. Finish reading the chapters! Oh and review again when you're done! =)
Starre: They'll get the chemistry eventually. They're supposed to hate eachother, remember?
Blue eyes: yeah! Go snowball fights! I'm gonna try to get that into the 6th chapter, and then after they can go inside and sit near the fire with hot cocoa =)
*Stephanie*: I'll try to make it believable. Is the desire of Draco to be independent of his father believable? He's not always going to want to be just like his father, I think he'll grow out of it.
Totaloser: hehe nice nickname ;-) Thanks for liking my story! I have to go back to school, but I'll try to update ASAP!
Keep reviewing you guys! Please! *does sad puppy dog face*
The Unexpected Arithmancy Lesson
Hermione's POV:
I just stared at him a minute. He ripped off my headphones to find out what I was reading? Then I noticed he too had headphones on. Call me Curious, but I really wanted to know what he was listening to.
"Hey Draco, what are you listening to?" I asked loudly, so he could hear me over the music.
"I'm listening to Creed."
"Hey kids," Jackie said as she walked down the four steps to the little dug- out place we were in. "Why don't you two go to bed, so you can go skiing tomorrow?"
"Okay Jackie," I said, and got up to leave.
"Wait, Hermione," I heard Draco call after me as I was about to climb the stairs. I turned around to face him, looking for an explanation. And I got one. "I'll come up too."
So, together, Draco Malfoy, the Slytherin, and I, Hermione Granger, of Gryffindor climbed the spiral staircase. When we reached the top, I looked at Draco, wondering if he was going to say anything. He did.
"Well, 'night then."
"Yeah, good night, Draco," I replied and went into my room and closed the door.
After thoroughly brushing my teeth, (I know I could have used magic, but my parents are dentists) I got my long black t-shirt and light blue shorts on, dug through my bag to find my bright yellow bunny, and climbed into the bed and covered up. The sheets smelled very musty; maybe they hadn't changed them in a while. They wouldn't need to if no one were sleeping there.
*********~~~~~~~~~~~*******
Draco's POV:
"Wait, Hermione," I called to her. She turned around to look at me. "I'll come up too."
'What is going on with me? Why am I suddenly all clingy to her? I used to hate her! Sure, that's when I was young and stupid and just jealous of her. I frowned. That was when I still let my father control my life. He still has partial control. But I don't want to be like him.
~ I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd~
~You're gonna hear my voice~
~When I shout it out loud~
~It's my life~
~It's now or never~
~I ain't gonna live forever~
~I just want to live while I'm alive~
It was then that I decided that I wasn't going to let him control me any longer. I was a living, breathing person. I was an individual. I didn't need his support any more. I'm in America now, Independence is excellent here.
As I put my pajamas on and brushed my teeth, my thoughts drifted from my father to Hermione. How can she still be civil towards me after all I've done?
~Another day is going by~
~I'm thinking about you all the time~
~But you're out there~
~And I'm here waiting~
~And I wrote this letter in my head~
~'Cuz so many thing were left unsaid~
~But now you're gone~
~And I can't think straight~
~This could be the one last chance~
~To make you understand~
~I'd do anything~
~Just to hold you in my arms~
~To try to make you laugh~
~Somehow I can't put you in the past~
~I close my eyes~
~And all I see is you~
~I close my eyes~
~I try to sleep~
~I can't forget you~
**********~~~~~~~~~********
Draco's POV (still)
It was the sun that did it. 5:30 am it came streaming through my window. Now I knew why Hermione chose the other room - she didn't want the sun to wake her up. Anyway, the sun woke me up, so I got up, got dressed and went to her room to wake her up. I knocked on the door. No answer.
"Hermione?"
Still no answer. I carefully opened the door and looked inside. Hermione was still in bed, sleeping soundly. That's when my Slytherin side kicked in. I crept over to the bottom of her bed. She still didn't wake up. Next, I pulled the blankets off.
'Well jeez. She could probably stay asleep if a tornado came through here.'
If my next idea didn't work, I don't know what would. I slowly sneaked behind her and screamed loudly in her ear.
"BOO!"
That worked. She jumped straight out of bed and took one look at me and shrieked so loudly I had to cover my ears. Ow. I wasn't going to wake her up like that again.
"What in the name of Merlin are you doing in here?!" she screeched. 'I think this is when I leave.' I decided.
"Um, waking you up?" I said the first suitable reason that came into mind. "Remember, we were going to go skiing today?"
She seemed to calm down after that. "Okay, please leave, I need to get dressed."
Well I didn't need to be told twice. I went back into my room and began searching for the perfect thing to freak her out again.
********~~~~~~~~~~~****
Hermione's POV:
"BOO!"
I had been sleeping soundly when that word woke me up. I jumped out of my bed and saw Draco. 'Malfoy? In my room? How did he even know where I lived?' So I screamed. I didn't know how long he'd been there! And then I got a chance to remember. I wasn't at home, I was at my aunt's house.
"What in the name of Merlin are you doing in here?!" I screeched. He had his own room! He didn't need to be in mine!
"Um, waking you up?" he said, as though he wasn't sure himself why he was in here. "Remember, we were going to go skiing today?"
Oh yeah. I remember now. Jackie sent us to bed so we could be up and ready when the lifts opened. "Okay, please leave, I need to get dressed," I told him honestly. I wasn't going to go skiing in my pajamas!
I quickly took a shower and washed my hair. I didn't worry about drying it. I got dressed in a light blue sweater (made by Mrs. Weasley) and a pair of black sweatpants (I was going skiing, not to a fashion show). After my hair had dried enough to stop dripping, I carefully braided it and slipped my feet into my teddy bear slippers.
As I was walking down the stairs, something ran up behind me and started rubbing on my leg. I looked down. It looked like some cat sort of thing. I, of course, knew it was a kneazle. Kneazles are very independent and they can tell who is trustworthy and who isn't.
'This must be Aunt Mandy's kneazle,' I thought as I looked down at it.
When I finally had reached the couch I always sat on, I took out my Arithmancy book and began to read through it again. That's when I heard footsteps. I looked up, but I didn't see anyone.
Then I noticed one minor detail that flawed his plan.
"I know you're there, Draco."
He took off his invisibility cloak, "How did you know?"
"Well, for one, I heard you. Just because you're invisible doesn't mean you're silent."
"Okay, but how did you know where I was?"
********~~~~~~~~*********
Draco's POV:
I finally found my invisibility cloak when I heard Hermione going down stairs. 'Perfect timing,' I thought and followed her down the stairs.
I watched her sit down and take out a book. 'Was that an Arithmancy book?'
I stepped closer to see, but she heard me and turned around at first, I thought I had gotten away with it, but then she looked directly at me.
"I know you're there, Draco."
How the hell did she know?! I took of the invisibility cloak. "How did you know?"
"Well, for one, I heard you. Just because you're invisible doesn't mean you're silent."
"Okay, but how did you know where I was?"
At that she smiled triumphantly. "Your shadow."
'My shadow?' I didn't know I had a shadow. 'Oh well.'
"Is that an Arithmancy book?"
"Yeah, I was just reading through it again, you know so I don't get rusty over the holidays."
"Hermione, you're such a workaholic. You need to learn how to chill out."
"Oh, but I am allowed to be a workaholic. It's in my name. Here, look."
I went over to her and she showed me how each letter has a number, and how the numbers that represent the letters in your name add up to three key numbers that can tell all about a person. The Character number is the reduced sum of all the letters. As an example, CAT would be 3 + 1 + 2, equaling 6, so the number would be six. If it came out with a number like 15, you'd add 1 + 5 to get six. Next was the Heart number, which is the sum of the vowels (Y isn't considered a vowel) and then the Social number, which was the sum of all the letters left.
Mine turned out to be 5, 5, and 9. 5's are known for being adventurous and energetic. Hermione's was 4, 4, and 9. Fours are known to enjoy hard work and are good at organization. Nines represent completion. Three is the complete number, because of the "whole trios" like beginning, middle and end. Three sets of three, or nine, are even better.
"Okay Hermione! I get enough of Arithmancy in class! I don't need it during my Christmas holidays!"
**********~~~~~~~~~~~*********
Hermione's POV:
I had just given Draco a wonderful lesson on how to learn what sort of personality a person has just by analyzing their name when he started complaining about working during the holiday.
"Okay Hermione! I get enough of Arithmancy in class! I don't need it during my Christmas holidays!"
"Hey kids, why don't you come eat breakfast now?" asked a voice coming from the dinning room. We wandered in and were greeted by a pile of pancakes and syrup and a glass of orange juice. Draco immediately dug into his huge stack of pancakes. I just stared at him eating all those pancakes.
'He looks so like an innocent child who is eating his favorite food,' I thought without thinking. Then I realized whom I was thinking about. 'Draco? Innocent? Ha. Yeah right.'
Finally, after tearing my gaze away from Draco, I began to eat my pancakes. They were actually pretty good pancakes. "Now I see why Draco likes them so much."
**********************~~~~~~~~~~~~~~************
Leika Senara: thanks. I'm glad u like it. Keep reading/reviewing!
Jakerius: Yeah Draco boarded the wrong plane. He may be inteligent when it comes to wizardry, but with muggle tecnology. Well you saw what happened.
JustPushPlay: okay, you're lazy. Lol. Sorry. Thanks for reviewing.
DevilPrincess: I met Tamora Pierce in March. She was doing a booksigning at a local bookstore, so I got all my books signed! =)
Ellie: They'll get along or I'll know why! Lol. Literally.
J.C: I have to go back to school tomorrow, but I'll try to update soon! Oh and "How You Remind Me" is definetly done by Nickelback.
Randi: hey girl, thanks for reviewing. I wasn't sure if people liked the pov thing, I asked my boyfriend to read it, and he said the POV was stupid. Finish reading the chapters! Oh and review again when you're done! =)
Starre: They'll get the chemistry eventually. They're supposed to hate eachother, remember?
Blue eyes: yeah! Go snowball fights! I'm gonna try to get that into the 6th chapter, and then after they can go inside and sit near the fire with hot cocoa =)
*Stephanie*: I'll try to make it believable. Is the desire of Draco to be independent of his father believable? He's not always going to want to be just like his father, I think he'll grow out of it.
Totaloser: hehe nice nickname ;-) Thanks for liking my story! I have to go back to school, but I'll try to update ASAP!
Keep reviewing you guys! Please! *does sad puppy dog face*