Continued:
The Potions exam was long and brutal...Hermione of course knew what to do and came out unscathed. It was a different matter for Neville Longbottom. He put the Newts claw in before adding Dragon gum. He was sent to the Hospital wing with no hair on his head and tiny red spots.
"Poor Neville...I guess I could have helped him?" Hermione whispered to Harry who was struggling to remember what comes after what.
"Oh, yeah...but Hermione...it's a test and you hate doing the wrong thing." Harry replied dropping the Chicken tongue and raven head into the cauldron...nothing happened.
"Harry...you were supposed to.."
"Shhhh!!!...don't I have to do this without your help."
Hermione nearly took this remark as an insult. She looked at her potions book beside her running a finger down the page until...SPLAT!!
"Oh, so sorry Granger...must have slipped." Draco drawled whilst toddling over to retrieve his dragon gum.
"Sod off Malfoy." Harry spat under his breath silently so Draco and Hermione could only hear.
"Manners Potter...I was just getting my Dragon Gum from Granger's book." he said defensively as he reached down and grabbed his gum from the page Hermione was trying to read. It stuck all over the book into the crevice of the page making it extremely difficult to remove.
"Oh! Here let me do it..." Hermione insisted picking it out of her book whilst Malfoy breathed down her neck.
"Do you mind!?" she asked annoyed.
"Oh, actually I do...you smell nice Granger." Draco said sniffing her hair gently.
Harry looked over at them slowly...keeping eye contact with Draco.
"Please leave now...here and take your goop." Hermione turned and shoved the slime into his hand.
"Very well...but I still need to speak with you. No, Potter remember?" He asked hissing through his clenched teeth as he smiled at her so that she could only hear.
"Yes..Now sod off."
Draco walked back to his side of the classroom to his cauldron. Crabbe and Goyle sniggered as they looked at Hermione and Harry exchange looks.
"What did he say to you after he left?" Harry whispered in her ear.
"Oh, n-nothing...just another insult that's all."
"Do you want me to sort him out?" Harry said rather too bullyish.
"Oh, Harry...just leave it." Hermione gave him a reassuring look.
(After Potions Exam)
"Well where do you want to go?...I hear that Neville wants some company in the Wing?" Harry smirked.
"Oh, don't be mean...he didn't mean to...and..."
"Granger!...now." Draco came up beside them as they walked down the hall.
"What do you want?" Harry scowled.
"Oh...this is between Granger and myself...well?...coming?" Draco asked rather bossy.
"Yeah..Whatever...sorry Harry I'll meet you in Charms." Hermione put a hand to Harry's back making him feel a bit better.
"Yeah...sure." Harry replied as she and Draco walked ahead...Hermione not too close.
Hermione followed Draco up to an empty classroom. It was dark and the windows were grimy with dust. Draco walked past her as he shut the door. He walked around the few desks that have been abandoned from broken legs and no lids. He rubbed his sleeve of his robe on the grimy glass and a little sunlight shone through.
"Come here Granger...I won't curse you." Draco smiled.
"Umm...what do you want from me?" Hermione asked as she winded her way to him. He sat up on an old desk..It creaked a bit as if it was going to give way any second.
"Just one thing Granger...an explanation." Draco drawled.
As Hermione came closer she saw some rude words that have been carved into the desk that Draco was sitting on.
She sat down on one of the old chairs and looked at the ground.
"What explanation?...I have none?"
"Oh, don't!...I found you a couple of days ago in the shower all clothed and sleeping...and Granger..."
She looked up. The little light that was hitting against his face made his features stand out. He looked attractive at that moment.
"Ummm...yeah?"
"I saw you..."
Hermione's eyes widened at this.
"...you were crying again...and yes, I saw you being sick...what's this all about?" he asked as a demanding tone hit his voice.
"I'm not telling you!" Hermione got up out of her seat and walked into the darkness. Draco watched her and he heard after a moment little whimpers.
"I-I didn't know what to think...it was a memory. I know this now as I have the scars to prove it..." she began.
"What memory?...scars?" Draco got off the desk and walked over to her dark form. Hermione turned around tears were sparkling through the darkness.
"Wha...tell me?" Draco asked, this time a little more kindly.
"I c-can't sniff...I can't tell anyone."
"Well...you've already told me this much...I won't tell anyone."
"Oh, yeah right...Malfoy you'd tell the whole school!" Hermione protested.
Draco grabbed her around the shoulders and pulled her into a hug.
"Wha...what are you doing?" she asked alarmed.
"I'm telling you Hermione...I won't tell anyone."
Hermione pulled a little away from Draco's embrace.
"You called me Hermione?" she looked into his eyes they had a warm feeling to them as he looked back into hers.
"Yeah, well...I need you to trust me."
Hermione smiled weakly and placed her head back onto his chest. She could hear his heart beating. Draco placed his head on top of hers. They stayed this way for a while until Hermione looked up at him once more.
"OK, I'll tell you.." she began.
Draco looked down at her. She had tears running down her cheeks. She was ready to confess.
The Potions exam was long and brutal...Hermione of course knew what to do and came out unscathed. It was a different matter for Neville Longbottom. He put the Newts claw in before adding Dragon gum. He was sent to the Hospital wing with no hair on his head and tiny red spots.
"Poor Neville...I guess I could have helped him?" Hermione whispered to Harry who was struggling to remember what comes after what.
"Oh, yeah...but Hermione...it's a test and you hate doing the wrong thing." Harry replied dropping the Chicken tongue and raven head into the cauldron...nothing happened.
"Harry...you were supposed to.."
"Shhhh!!!...don't I have to do this without your help."
Hermione nearly took this remark as an insult. She looked at her potions book beside her running a finger down the page until...SPLAT!!
"Oh, so sorry Granger...must have slipped." Draco drawled whilst toddling over to retrieve his dragon gum.
"Sod off Malfoy." Harry spat under his breath silently so Draco and Hermione could only hear.
"Manners Potter...I was just getting my Dragon Gum from Granger's book." he said defensively as he reached down and grabbed his gum from the page Hermione was trying to read. It stuck all over the book into the crevice of the page making it extremely difficult to remove.
"Oh! Here let me do it..." Hermione insisted picking it out of her book whilst Malfoy breathed down her neck.
"Do you mind!?" she asked annoyed.
"Oh, actually I do...you smell nice Granger." Draco said sniffing her hair gently.
Harry looked over at them slowly...keeping eye contact with Draco.
"Please leave now...here and take your goop." Hermione turned and shoved the slime into his hand.
"Very well...but I still need to speak with you. No, Potter remember?" He asked hissing through his clenched teeth as he smiled at her so that she could only hear.
"Yes..Now sod off."
Draco walked back to his side of the classroom to his cauldron. Crabbe and Goyle sniggered as they looked at Hermione and Harry exchange looks.
"What did he say to you after he left?" Harry whispered in her ear.
"Oh, n-nothing...just another insult that's all."
"Do you want me to sort him out?" Harry said rather too bullyish.
"Oh, Harry...just leave it." Hermione gave him a reassuring look.
(After Potions Exam)
"Well where do you want to go?...I hear that Neville wants some company in the Wing?" Harry smirked.
"Oh, don't be mean...he didn't mean to...and..."
"Granger!...now." Draco came up beside them as they walked down the hall.
"What do you want?" Harry scowled.
"Oh...this is between Granger and myself...well?...coming?" Draco asked rather bossy.
"Yeah..Whatever...sorry Harry I'll meet you in Charms." Hermione put a hand to Harry's back making him feel a bit better.
"Yeah...sure." Harry replied as she and Draco walked ahead...Hermione not too close.
Hermione followed Draco up to an empty classroom. It was dark and the windows were grimy with dust. Draco walked past her as he shut the door. He walked around the few desks that have been abandoned from broken legs and no lids. He rubbed his sleeve of his robe on the grimy glass and a little sunlight shone through.
"Come here Granger...I won't curse you." Draco smiled.
"Umm...what do you want from me?" Hermione asked as she winded her way to him. He sat up on an old desk..It creaked a bit as if it was going to give way any second.
"Just one thing Granger...an explanation." Draco drawled.
As Hermione came closer she saw some rude words that have been carved into the desk that Draco was sitting on.
She sat down on one of the old chairs and looked at the ground.
"What explanation?...I have none?"
"Oh, don't!...I found you a couple of days ago in the shower all clothed and sleeping...and Granger..."
She looked up. The little light that was hitting against his face made his features stand out. He looked attractive at that moment.
"Ummm...yeah?"
"I saw you..."
Hermione's eyes widened at this.
"...you were crying again...and yes, I saw you being sick...what's this all about?" he asked as a demanding tone hit his voice.
"I'm not telling you!" Hermione got up out of her seat and walked into the darkness. Draco watched her and he heard after a moment little whimpers.
"I-I didn't know what to think...it was a memory. I know this now as I have the scars to prove it..." she began.
"What memory?...scars?" Draco got off the desk and walked over to her dark form. Hermione turned around tears were sparkling through the darkness.
"Wha...tell me?" Draco asked, this time a little more kindly.
"I c-can't sniff...I can't tell anyone."
"Well...you've already told me this much...I won't tell anyone."
"Oh, yeah right...Malfoy you'd tell the whole school!" Hermione protested.
Draco grabbed her around the shoulders and pulled her into a hug.
"Wha...what are you doing?" she asked alarmed.
"I'm telling you Hermione...I won't tell anyone."
Hermione pulled a little away from Draco's embrace.
"You called me Hermione?" she looked into his eyes they had a warm feeling to them as he looked back into hers.
"Yeah, well...I need you to trust me."
Hermione smiled weakly and placed her head back onto his chest. She could hear his heart beating. Draco placed his head on top of hers. They stayed this way for a while until Hermione looked up at him once more.
"OK, I'll tell you.." she began.
Draco looked down at her. She had tears running down her cheeks. She was ready to confess.