Chapter 6: Have a Nice Trip...
As Hermione and Draco walked into Arithmancy together, everyone quieted and all heads turned to them. They looked at each other and then took their usual seats on opposite sides of the room. This seemed sufficient evidence for most people to believe that they hadn't, in fact, come to class together, but instead had just happened to reach the door at the exact same time. The fact that Draco had been carrying Hermione's books hadn't seemed to register in their minds.
But two people in the class were not fooled (for once). Parvati and Lavender looked Hermione, looked at Draco and then began whispering hurriedly to each other.
Hermione sat down at her desk, put down the books she had gotten back from Draco and began getting ready for the lesson. She paid no attention to anyone else and did not realize the two girls' stares throughout the entire class. When the bell rang, Hermione placed her books in her bag and headed to Lunch.
When she arrived at the Great Hall, Hermione looked around for Ron and Harry. Finding then halfway down the Gryffindor table she walked over and took her seat opposite the boys.
"Hey Hermione, feeling better?" asked Harry.
"Yeah lots, thanks." then she opened her bag, brought out her Arithmancy book and began reading for that night's homework.
That afternoon at 4.00 Hermione could be found walking into the Library. She had decided she needed to start on her Transfiguration project, especially now she had this potions one to do as well. Thinking of potions made her mind travel to Draco and she felt a strange sensation in her stomache. Pushing it aside, she browsed the shelves for a book that might be of use to her. She had allready filled two pieces of parchment with notes from 'Hogwarts a History' so she had left it in her room to work with later. She pulled a dusty volume out from between two books and brushed off the cover. Hermione flipped through 'Amazing Magical Objects Throughout Wizardry' until she found what she wanted. She walked to a table she thought was empty and sat down. As she pulled out her quill and parchment to take notes, she heard a sigh from the other end of the table. Looking up she saw Draco Malfoy sitting with his head propped up in his hands and an humungus book open in front of him. She moved over to see what he was doing.
"Hey, what's up?" asked, sitting down next to him.
Starled at the sudden company, Draco moved his head up and registered her face.
"Oh, hi, " he said, when he saw who it was, "nothing much. I'm just trying to do this project McGonagal gave our class.
"She gave it to you guys too? What do you have?" she asked. He pushed his folder over to her and she opened it.
"'Explain who Wight T. Nigh was and what amazing magical feats he accomplished.' hmm, well that not too hard." she said.
He stared at her.
"I've searched the entire library." he replied in an exasperated voice.
"Ahh, but you obviously haven't looked in our library" said Hermione.
"What? We have a library?" he asked.
"Yes, In our common room. I'll show you if you like. There are some great books you could use. There's one that is solely devoted to him. And then there are two or three others that it looked like he would turn up in. C'mon, put that away and I'll show you." He put his book back on the shelf, Hermione checked out her book and they headed back to their common room together.
Hermione and Draco walked through the portrait hole and Hermione led him over to the left wall where there was a bookshelf Draco had never seen before. She began running her fingers over the spines of books, pulling two off the shelf and handing them to him. Then she walked away without a hint as to where she was going. Draco looked over the titles he had in his hands. The first was titled 'Amazing Transfiguration Events in History' and the second 'Famous Wizards and Witches and Their Contributions to Transfiguration'. Hermione returned with another book in her hands. She handed it to him.
"Why wasn't this one on the shelf?" he asked her.
"I was reading it," she replied.
"Why? Your project isn't on this." He was puzzled why she want to read anything off topic for absolutely no reason.
"And your supposed to be the smartest wizard in our grade. The reason I was reading it was because it's incredibly fascinating. He's done all kinds of stuff. I've learned tons," she told him.
He ran his hand over the cover and traced the words with his pale fingers.
"'The Life and Achievments of Wight T. Nigh' well this will probably help a bit, " he joked. "What kind of name is that anyway?" he scoffed.
She scowled at him.
"What kind of name is Draco Malfoy?" she asked.
"A rich name" he replied smugly.
"For your information, Draco, Wight T. Nigh is a genious. And his name means something very specific." she began walking away but felt a strong grip on her arm. She turned to see Draco holding onto her.
His eyes were boring into her. She tried to look away but those grey eyes were captivating.
"Enlighten me, Hermione." he said.
"Fine, if you must know, Wight is another word for a human being, or living creature. The T stands for Tier." he wrinkled his forehead, his hand was still wrapped around her wrist.
"It's German. It means animal. And Nigh-"
"Nigh?"
"Yeah it means near-"
"I know what it means!" he said defensively, sounding a lot like Ron.
"Ok, cool your jets." she replied
"What's a jet?" he asked.
"Nevermind. So do you get it?" she asked
"I think so. Was he by any chance the wizard who figured out how tranform into an animagus?' he replied. She smiled.
"Yes! Good job. He even seems like he was destined for his discovery. It basically translates, I mean it DOES translate to, creature near animal. It's amazing." she said.
"Why German though? Where did that come from?" he asked.
"His mother was German. He was born there and they lived Munich until he was 5." she replied. Then she added, "and when you read the book, you'll find out loads more."
"Well, you learn something new everyday, " he faltered. Then, "thanks, Hermione."
"Anytime" she said breathelessly, though she wasn't sure why.
"Here take this, your almost done, i'll look at the others first." he said, trying to hand her the book back.
"You sure?"
"Of course," he replied pushing it into her stomache. Hermione hadn't been expecting the sudden pressure on her abdominal region. She overbalanced, her wrist came out of his grasp and she began to fall. Hermione instinctively grabbed onto the first thing she saw- Draco.
"Woah!" he said as he fell with her. Hermione hit the ground and then felt Draco landing on top of her. He moved his head to look at her, and she looked at him.
There was tension between them but then Draco began moving towards her. His face was mere inches from her own and Hermione was reminded of earlier that day before Arithmancy. Just before he reached her lips, Hermione heard noise coming from the portrait hole and they both looked up.
Then she heard a voice floating over to her.
"Hey, Hermione, I'm just coming to see if you want-" Harry started but then he came around the couch and saw the Draco on top of a startled Hermione. He wasn't moving. Hermione pushed Draco off her and he landed with a thump on the floor behind her.
"Uhh, Harry- it's not what it looks like. It was- the book...and i fell and yeah. Just don't say anything to Ron, please. He'll murder me even without an explanation." she pleaded.
He nodded.
"Of, of course Hermione, I trust you. I'm not sure about him but I do trust you." Harry replied, forcing a smile and reaching out a hand to help Hermione to her feet.
"So, dinner, yeah, just give me a second." she said and ran to her room. She emerged a minute later after brushing her hair and smelling of her perfume.
"Ok, let's go. I'll uhh, see you later Draco." she said and exited with Harry through the portrait.
Ok, that was the second part of the chapter so I hope you liked it. I almost done with the fic on the other site so if you begin to get bored (I hope you won't but it can happen) just bear with th story and I trust you'll decide you enjoyed my story!
Jes
As Hermione and Draco walked into Arithmancy together, everyone quieted and all heads turned to them. They looked at each other and then took their usual seats on opposite sides of the room. This seemed sufficient evidence for most people to believe that they hadn't, in fact, come to class together, but instead had just happened to reach the door at the exact same time. The fact that Draco had been carrying Hermione's books hadn't seemed to register in their minds.
But two people in the class were not fooled (for once). Parvati and Lavender looked Hermione, looked at Draco and then began whispering hurriedly to each other.
Hermione sat down at her desk, put down the books she had gotten back from Draco and began getting ready for the lesson. She paid no attention to anyone else and did not realize the two girls' stares throughout the entire class. When the bell rang, Hermione placed her books in her bag and headed to Lunch.
When she arrived at the Great Hall, Hermione looked around for Ron and Harry. Finding then halfway down the Gryffindor table she walked over and took her seat opposite the boys.
"Hey Hermione, feeling better?" asked Harry.
"Yeah lots, thanks." then she opened her bag, brought out her Arithmancy book and began reading for that night's homework.
That afternoon at 4.00 Hermione could be found walking into the Library. She had decided she needed to start on her Transfiguration project, especially now she had this potions one to do as well. Thinking of potions made her mind travel to Draco and she felt a strange sensation in her stomache. Pushing it aside, she browsed the shelves for a book that might be of use to her. She had allready filled two pieces of parchment with notes from 'Hogwarts a History' so she had left it in her room to work with later. She pulled a dusty volume out from between two books and brushed off the cover. Hermione flipped through 'Amazing Magical Objects Throughout Wizardry' until she found what she wanted. She walked to a table she thought was empty and sat down. As she pulled out her quill and parchment to take notes, she heard a sigh from the other end of the table. Looking up she saw Draco Malfoy sitting with his head propped up in his hands and an humungus book open in front of him. She moved over to see what he was doing.
"Hey, what's up?" asked, sitting down next to him.
Starled at the sudden company, Draco moved his head up and registered her face.
"Oh, hi, " he said, when he saw who it was, "nothing much. I'm just trying to do this project McGonagal gave our class.
"She gave it to you guys too? What do you have?" she asked. He pushed his folder over to her and she opened it.
"'Explain who Wight T. Nigh was and what amazing magical feats he accomplished.' hmm, well that not too hard." she said.
He stared at her.
"I've searched the entire library." he replied in an exasperated voice.
"Ahh, but you obviously haven't looked in our library" said Hermione.
"What? We have a library?" he asked.
"Yes, In our common room. I'll show you if you like. There are some great books you could use. There's one that is solely devoted to him. And then there are two or three others that it looked like he would turn up in. C'mon, put that away and I'll show you." He put his book back on the shelf, Hermione checked out her book and they headed back to their common room together.
Hermione and Draco walked through the portrait hole and Hermione led him over to the left wall where there was a bookshelf Draco had never seen before. She began running her fingers over the spines of books, pulling two off the shelf and handing them to him. Then she walked away without a hint as to where she was going. Draco looked over the titles he had in his hands. The first was titled 'Amazing Transfiguration Events in History' and the second 'Famous Wizards and Witches and Their Contributions to Transfiguration'. Hermione returned with another book in her hands. She handed it to him.
"Why wasn't this one on the shelf?" he asked her.
"I was reading it," she replied.
"Why? Your project isn't on this." He was puzzled why she want to read anything off topic for absolutely no reason.
"And your supposed to be the smartest wizard in our grade. The reason I was reading it was because it's incredibly fascinating. He's done all kinds of stuff. I've learned tons," she told him.
He ran his hand over the cover and traced the words with his pale fingers.
"'The Life and Achievments of Wight T. Nigh' well this will probably help a bit, " he joked. "What kind of name is that anyway?" he scoffed.
She scowled at him.
"What kind of name is Draco Malfoy?" she asked.
"A rich name" he replied smugly.
"For your information, Draco, Wight T. Nigh is a genious. And his name means something very specific." she began walking away but felt a strong grip on her arm. She turned to see Draco holding onto her.
His eyes were boring into her. She tried to look away but those grey eyes were captivating.
"Enlighten me, Hermione." he said.
"Fine, if you must know, Wight is another word for a human being, or living creature. The T stands for Tier." he wrinkled his forehead, his hand was still wrapped around her wrist.
"It's German. It means animal. And Nigh-"
"Nigh?"
"Yeah it means near-"
"I know what it means!" he said defensively, sounding a lot like Ron.
"Ok, cool your jets." she replied
"What's a jet?" he asked.
"Nevermind. So do you get it?" she asked
"I think so. Was he by any chance the wizard who figured out how tranform into an animagus?' he replied. She smiled.
"Yes! Good job. He even seems like he was destined for his discovery. It basically translates, I mean it DOES translate to, creature near animal. It's amazing." she said.
"Why German though? Where did that come from?" he asked.
"His mother was German. He was born there and they lived Munich until he was 5." she replied. Then she added, "and when you read the book, you'll find out loads more."
"Well, you learn something new everyday, " he faltered. Then, "thanks, Hermione."
"Anytime" she said breathelessly, though she wasn't sure why.
"Here take this, your almost done, i'll look at the others first." he said, trying to hand her the book back.
"You sure?"
"Of course," he replied pushing it into her stomache. Hermione hadn't been expecting the sudden pressure on her abdominal region. She overbalanced, her wrist came out of his grasp and she began to fall. Hermione instinctively grabbed onto the first thing she saw- Draco.
"Woah!" he said as he fell with her. Hermione hit the ground and then felt Draco landing on top of her. He moved his head to look at her, and she looked at him.
There was tension between them but then Draco began moving towards her. His face was mere inches from her own and Hermione was reminded of earlier that day before Arithmancy. Just before he reached her lips, Hermione heard noise coming from the portrait hole and they both looked up.
Then she heard a voice floating over to her.
"Hey, Hermione, I'm just coming to see if you want-" Harry started but then he came around the couch and saw the Draco on top of a startled Hermione. He wasn't moving. Hermione pushed Draco off her and he landed with a thump on the floor behind her.
"Uhh, Harry- it's not what it looks like. It was- the book...and i fell and yeah. Just don't say anything to Ron, please. He'll murder me even without an explanation." she pleaded.
He nodded.
"Of, of course Hermione, I trust you. I'm not sure about him but I do trust you." Harry replied, forcing a smile and reaching out a hand to help Hermione to her feet.
"So, dinner, yeah, just give me a second." she said and ran to her room. She emerged a minute later after brushing her hair and smelling of her perfume.
"Ok, let's go. I'll uhh, see you later Draco." she said and exited with Harry through the portrait.
Ok, that was the second part of the chapter so I hope you liked it. I almost done with the fic on the other site so if you begin to get bored (I hope you won't but it can happen) just bear with th story and I trust you'll decide you enjoyed my story!
Jes