Sorry about the delay: I spent most of the morning writing and deleting and editing what I wanted to write; I mean...it's their first encounter with each other for more than 10 minutes!! It had to be special!! And I didn't want to ruin their character's personality...I would hate it if Draco got all sweet and sensitive...urgh...that's so un-Draco. ::shudders::
So...I hope I don't disappoint any of ya'll.
Chapter 7
"Locked?!" Hermione sputtered, her eyes widening. "No! The library never locks!"
Malfoy sneered bitterly. "Hate to break it to you, Granger, but it's locked."
Hermione was not keen on giving up so easily. She raised her wand and performed at least 20 spells to unlock the door, but to no avail. Draco watched her in amusement, until she finally accepted defeat.
"I guess we'll be sleeping here tonight." She said, shrugging her shoulders.
Draco's lip curled. "We? There is no we here. I'll be sleeping over there." He pointed to the Invisibility Section. You, Granger, will be sleeping over there, far, far away from me."
Hermione huffed. "Don't you order me about, Malfoy. I'll sleep wherever I want, and it just so happens that I am going to sleep in the Muggle Studies section." She sniffed, pointing.
Draco smirked. "Don't let the dark wizards bite, Granger."
"You are so...." Hermione took a deep breath, and stalked off to her sleeping section.
Draco settled comfortably into his sleeping bag that he conjured with his wand. The Invisibility Section was quite the place to sleep; it also made him invisible. He looked carelessly over at where the Mudblood slept. She was reading a book. How typical.
Hermione turned a page and began reading. Suddenly, she felt two eyes on her. She looked up suspiciously, but couldn't see anything. "Malfoy, the prat." She thought. "He's invisible."
Draco watched Hermione glance up occasionally from her book whenever she felt his stare, but he just smirked and kept staring. Soon, he began to get drowsy, and he fell asleep.
"I don't like people who attack when their opponent's back's turned," growled Moody as the ferret bounced higher and higher, squealing in pain. "Stinking, cowardly, scummy thing to do...."
Draco jerked awake, sweating. He could feel a pain in his buttocks from the memory of fourth year, when he'd been turned into a ferret. He winced at the thought and cursed, when suddenly, something hard slammed into him.
"What the—" he muttered, his hands groping for the intruder.
His hands finally made contact; he felt something solid and warm and grabbed it. A yelp of pain escaped from the thing he was holding.
"Let go!" it squealed.
"Who.... Granger?" Draco squinted at the invisible thing he was clutching.
"Ow!" she cried, squirming. "Malfoy! You're hurting me!"
Malfoy realized that. He smirked and tightened his grip on whatever he'd grabbed hold of.
She gasped loudly and tried to tug it out of his grasp, but only succeeded in more bruises. Finally, she stopped moving and sat still.
Draco couldn't see her and he knew that she couldn't see him either, but he leaned forward to what he suspected was her ear.
"What are you doing, Granger?" he whispered huskily.
Hermione jumped, her forehead banging into his. Both let go of the other and reeled back in pain.
"My God, Granger, what do you think you're doing?" Draco rasped, clutching his head.
"What were you doing?" she cried, massaging her forehead.
"I think I should be asking you that question, as you're the one who wanted to crawl into bed with me." Draco said. Hermione could tell he was smirking, even though she couldn't see him.
"I was not trying to get into bed with you!" she said indignantly. "We may be in sixth year and all, but you may not speak to me like that!"
Draco rolled his eyes. Granger: once a prude, always a prude. "Fine. So tell me, Granger. What were you up to, sneaking up on me while I was asleep?"
Hermione raised herself up to her full height. "I wasn't doing anything to you," she said, with as much dignity as possible. "I heard you screaming, so I clambered over here to see what you were about."
Draco snorted. "I'm sure."
Hermione looked around despairingly. "This is so stupid!" she cried, throwing her hands up. "I can't see you. Can we please move out of the Invisibility Section? I feel so dumb; I don't know if I'm talking to you or not."
Draco stood up. "There is no we, Granger. I'm going to move out of the Invisibility Section. You can follow if you like. Of course, I know you'd like to."
Hermione stood up as well. "You and your pride, Malfoy!" she snapped, rolling her eyes.
Draco looked at his surroundings, per se, as there were none. It was all invisible. He moved tentatively forward, holding out his hands in front of him. Suddenly, something collided into him.
"Oh God!" Hermione squealed, stepping back into a bookshelf. "Watch where you're going!"
Draco ignored her, although his head was reeling with the impact of the collision. He moved forward again, and immediately found himself out of the Invisibility Section: he could see his body again!
Hermione appeared a few seconds later, massaging her head.
"What time is it?" she asked finally, still rubbing her head.
"Why should I know?" Draco drawled, looking bored. "Usually Pansy and I are up this late doing stuff anyway. It's normal for me."
Hermione scowled. "God, Malfoy. You and your little mistress are some of the things I do not need to know about."
Draco smirked and knew he'd touched a spot. "Come on, Granger." He continued, smirk held firmly in place. "We're all sixteen or seventeen now. It's normal. Or are you telling me you don't know about it?"
Hermione blushed. Even in the dark, Draco could see her cheeks flush. "I'm willing to wait." She said, flustered.
"Whatever." Draco said, and sat down. "Thanks for waking me up like that, Granger. Now I'll never go back to sleep tonight. You've gotten me all riled up." He winked at her.
Hermione sat down as well, pulling a disgusted look on her face. "You're beyond hopeless." She said, exasperated.
Draco sat watching her for a few moments. Hermione noticed and picked up a book from the ground, uncomfortable. She opened it and began reading, trying to ignore the fact that he was still looking at her.
Draco contemplated the Mudblood. Even for a Mudblood, she was acceptable. He could remember what she looked like in first year: bushy dirt coloured hair, manure eyes, pimples, and a little on the squat side. Now, five years later, she was a different Granger. She still had the personality of Granger, but her appearance had changed. Instead of bushy hair, she had somehow managed to make it into the fiery, sexy waves that complemented her face very well. Her hair colour had changed too: dirt it might have been five years ago, but now, it looked half golden half bronzen. It was hard to describe...was it brown or yellow, or maybe even black? Draco studied it for a few more minutes before turning to her eyes. Yes, her eyes were her most prominent feature, as they'd always been, except this year, they had a fire in them that was very refreshing, and yet very luring. The manure colour was gone, replaced by chocolate brown. Draco licked his lips; he could almost taste the chocolate now. The Mudblood had filled out nicely as well; she had a figure this year. Not only was her waist more prominent, her chest complemented the rest of her body too. She also appeared to have learned how to be graceful...which Draco could not remember her being in her past years. Yes, the Mudblood had grown up nicely.
"Nice, Mudblood." He muttered unconsciously.
Hermione's head shot up. "What did you call me?" she snapped, a death glare on her face.
"Nothing." Draco tried to wave it off, but did not succeed.
"You just said nice, and then th—that word!" she hissed vehemently, shutting the book with a loud snap. "Why can't you treat me nicely? I have feelings too!"
Draco smirked. "Aw...did pwoor Gwanger Wanger get her fweelings hwurt by meanie Draco?"
Hermione stood up quickly, reaching for her wand. "Don't ever call me that word, ever again." She whispered threateningly.
Draco stood up too, and drew out his wand. "And don't you tell me what to do, Mudblood." Hermione raised her wand, but Draco was too quick for her. "Expelliarmus!" he cried.
Hermione's wand flew out of her hand, and he caught it, grinning. "Now what, Mudblood?" He twirled the wand in front of her enticingly.
Hermione growled through her teeth. "Give me my wand, Malfoy." She grinded.
Draco smirked. "Make me." He whispered.
Hermione narrowed her eyes. "Give it to me!" she ordered again, quivering with rage.
"No." he murmured, backing into a bookshelf.
Hermione walked towards him, her fists clenched. "From the day I got here, you've made my life a living hell." She hissed, drawing closer and closer towards him. "For once, stop it. Give me my wand!"
Draco stuck his tongue out at her. "Come and get it, Mudblood."
The last word seemed to set Hermione off like a rocket. She rushed towards Draco, fire on the ends of her hair. She slammed him hard into the bookshelf and pinned him down. But of course, Draco, who had five years of Quidditch training, easily maneuvered her around so that he was the one pinning her on the shelf.
Draco grinned. "What now, Granger?"
Hermione glared at him, refusing to back down.
"You should feel honored that I'm even touching your skin, Granger." He sneered at her. "I feel dirty with all this Mudblood filth on my hands."
Hermione turned red. "Shut up!" she screamed.
Draco smirked. "Be quiet, Mudblood."
Hermione stopped struggling; she was growing tired. "Malfoy...just give me my want, please?" she pleaded, tired of the game.
Draco backed off, seeing that she'd no longer fight. "Fine." He threw the wand back to her carelessly.
"Thank you." Hermione said, glowering. "I'm going to bed, if you don't mind." She stalked off back to the Muggle Studies section and disappeared.
Malfoy went back to his Invisibility Section sleeping quarters and tucked into his sleeping back, feeling drowsy himself.
The figure stood at the doorway, grinning.
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