Hermione woke with a start, her stomach gave a sudden jolt, someone had
just run out of her room. She looked at her clock; it was four in the
morning. Unsure if their had actually been someone in her room or not she
decided to go back to sleep, after a few minutes she gave up, her stomach
was rumbling loudly and she was starving but she didn't know why and then
everything from the day before came flooding back. She decided to sneak
down to the kitchens to get some food from the house elves but she stopped
in the common room, something had caught her eye. She whipped round to face
the thing she had just caught her eye. Sitting in the corner, as if trying
to hide in the darkness, was a boy. It took Hermione a moment to realise
who it was- Malfoy.
"What's wrong with you?" she asked trying to sound like she didn't care even though a part of her did, not that she would admit it though.
He said nothing he just sat there, his knees pulled up to his chin and he was just rocking slightly back and forth.
"hellooooo, what's wrong with you?" she asked again.
He didn't look up at her just kept staring into space and said nothing; she didn't even think he had heard her.
"Fine!" and she left and headed for the kitchens.
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When she returned from the kitchens, loaded down with food, she started up to her dorm but sore that Malfoy was still sitting in the corner staring into space and rocking back and forwards. She dashed up to her dorm and dropped of the food and ran back down to Malfoy.
"What's wrong, Draco" omg she had just called him by his first name what was happening to her.
When Draco didn't reply she sat down next to him and put her arm round his shoulder.
'Yuk, what was she thinking, being this close to Malfoy' Hermione thought to herself but she still didn't move away.
"Tell me what's wrong Draco," she said in a soft but firm voice.
He made some movement and Hermione was relieved, even if it was only a shake of the head.
"Come on just tell me what's wrong".
And with that he stood up and walked off to his dorm.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 'Wonder what's up with him' Hermione thought to herself as she munched through cauldron cakes.
'Not that i care or anything, its only Malfoy after all!' but something inside her disagreed .
When she had finished all the food and sculled the rest of the pumpkin juice she stretched out on her bed and fell onto a deep sleep.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Hermione joined Ron and Harry at the Gryffindor table in the great hall.
"whah waf uf wif uw eferaye?" Ron attempted to talk through a mouthful of food.
"Ron finish your mouth full first, no one can understand you" Hermione replied.
When Ron was finished his mouth full he asked Hermione- "what was up with you yesterday? You looked so exhausted".
"I just stayed up to late the night before reading my book" .
"you know you really shouldn't read so late I always said it was bad for your health and now you've just proved it" Ron replied with a smile forming on his face.
"Oh shut up" Hermione snapped back, an equally big smile spread across her face.
Just as they where finishing there breakfast someone appeared next to Hermione at the Gryffindor table.
"What do you want Malfoy?" Ron sneered at him.
Draco whispered something in Hermione's ear and then left for his first class.
"What was that all about?" Harry demanded.
"He was just telling me that we have a head prefect meeting today at lunch" Hermione lied; Malfoy actually had said that he wanted to talk to her alone at lunchtime.
"Well why didn't he just say it to all of us then?" Ron said.
He was probably whispering to piss you off, you know what he's like" . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
That mornings classes where uneventful except for Neville ruining yet another cauldron in potions, but they where all used to this as he did at least once a week. At lunch Hermione said good-bye to her friends and headed off to her 'head prefect meeting', Malfoy had told her to meet him in their common room. Hermione passed the portrait door and went and sat down in a chair opposite to Draco.
"What's wrong with you?" she asked trying to sound like she didn't care even though a part of her did, not that she would admit it though.
He said nothing he just sat there, his knees pulled up to his chin and he was just rocking slightly back and forth.
"hellooooo, what's wrong with you?" she asked again.
He didn't look up at her just kept staring into space and said nothing; she didn't even think he had heard her.
"Fine!" and she left and headed for the kitchens.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
When she returned from the kitchens, loaded down with food, she started up to her dorm but sore that Malfoy was still sitting in the corner staring into space and rocking back and forwards. She dashed up to her dorm and dropped of the food and ran back down to Malfoy.
"What's wrong, Draco" omg she had just called him by his first name what was happening to her.
When Draco didn't reply she sat down next to him and put her arm round his shoulder.
'Yuk, what was she thinking, being this close to Malfoy' Hermione thought to herself but she still didn't move away.
"Tell me what's wrong Draco," she said in a soft but firm voice.
He made some movement and Hermione was relieved, even if it was only a shake of the head.
"Come on just tell me what's wrong".
And with that he stood up and walked off to his dorm.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 'Wonder what's up with him' Hermione thought to herself as she munched through cauldron cakes.
'Not that i care or anything, its only Malfoy after all!' but something inside her disagreed .
When she had finished all the food and sculled the rest of the pumpkin juice she stretched out on her bed and fell onto a deep sleep.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Hermione joined Ron and Harry at the Gryffindor table in the great hall.
"whah waf uf wif uw eferaye?" Ron attempted to talk through a mouthful of food.
"Ron finish your mouth full first, no one can understand you" Hermione replied.
When Ron was finished his mouth full he asked Hermione- "what was up with you yesterday? You looked so exhausted".
"I just stayed up to late the night before reading my book" .
"you know you really shouldn't read so late I always said it was bad for your health and now you've just proved it" Ron replied with a smile forming on his face.
"Oh shut up" Hermione snapped back, an equally big smile spread across her face.
Just as they where finishing there breakfast someone appeared next to Hermione at the Gryffindor table.
"What do you want Malfoy?" Ron sneered at him.
Draco whispered something in Hermione's ear and then left for his first class.
"What was that all about?" Harry demanded.
"He was just telling me that we have a head prefect meeting today at lunch" Hermione lied; Malfoy actually had said that he wanted to talk to her alone at lunchtime.
"Well why didn't he just say it to all of us then?" Ron said.
He was probably whispering to piss you off, you know what he's like" . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
That mornings classes where uneventful except for Neville ruining yet another cauldron in potions, but they where all used to this as he did at least once a week. At lunch Hermione said good-bye to her friends and headed off to her 'head prefect meeting', Malfoy had told her to meet him in their common room. Hermione passed the portrait door and went and sat down in a chair opposite to Draco.