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Chapter Five
A Day in Fairesmede
Hermione woke up the next day well rested and content. She stayed in bed for a while and looked up at her canopy and thought of the day before. She never thought she'd say it, but it was pretty fun playing on the beach with Draco. After they had finished splashing in the sea, they sat down on the sand together and just...talked. They talked about all sorts of things, their classes and teachers, their likes and dislikes, almost everything. Hermione hated to admit it, but it was much better than talking with Harry and Ron. She loved Harry and Ron, and they were her very best friends, but when the three of them had a conversation about something (not counting their talks about serious things, like Voldemort) , Hermione would only be involved in it for a few minutes. They would usually change the subject to quidditch, and Hermione couldn't exactly join in. She wasn't much of a quidditch fan. But with Draco, he just showed more interest in wanting to talk to Hermione, more than Harry and Ron anyways.
Eventually, she got up and took a bath. After, she put on some low-rise jeans, a pink muscle tee and some pink Converse. By the time she was done, it was nine o'clock, which meant she had missed breakfast, it usually started at eight. She went down to the kitchen and grabbed a quick bite to eat before heading out to the patio by the pool where everyone else was. She took the last remaining chair, which was next to Draco. She gave him a quick smile, which he he returned, before sitting down.
"Morning Hermione," greeted her grandmother, "we were just planning to go to a little wizarding village called Fairesmede just a mile away. We were thinking of doing some shopping."
"That sounds great grandmum, when are we going?" asked Hermione. She was dying to get her hands on some sweets.
"Why don't we go right now?" suggested her grandmother.
Everyone agreed and went to get their things. Hermione got out 50 galleons from her purse. She had much more, but she wasn't the type to be spending too much money too fast. When they got into the car, her dad gave her an extra 25 galleons, which she was thankful for.
It took them less than ten minutes to get to Fairesmede. When they got there, they all split up, planning to meet up at an ice cream shop called Stonewell's in three hours. Hermione didn't really want to shop by herself so she quickly caught up to Draco.
"Er, Draco? You don't mind if we stay together do you?" she asked awkwardly, "I don't really want to go shopping by myself."
"Yeh, sure," he replied.
"He's so nice right now," she thought, "it's so weird seeing him so nice...."
"So where do you wanna go first?" asked Draco.
"Well, I really want to go to a candy shop, I've been craving for some sugar."
"Well Princess, I think they have a HoneyDuke's here," he replied, leading the way.
Hermione smiled. He called her 'princess', not in a taunting way, but in a cute, flirty, slightly "couple-ie" way.
They did indeed have a Honeyduke's in Fairesmede, but it was a little bigger than the on in Hogsmede. Hermione bought candies of all sorts. She bought some chocolate frogs, boxes of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, packets of Drooble's Best Blowing, half a dozen sugar quills, a few Levitating Lollipops, Pumpkin Pastries, Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands and other odd Wizard candies. She and Draco paid for their purchases. Draco had bought almost as much sweets as Hermione.
"I never thought Hermione Granger would be a sugar junkie," remarked Draco, smiling.
Hermione laughed, "well, I didn't think that Draco Malfoy would spend nearly 18 galleons on sweets, I always imagined you as a sort of person that would be..immune to sugar....like a .....mini snape."
"That git? Yeah, right. Oh, and Hermione, I'm not mini at all," he added with a grin.
"Eww!" Hermione playfully pushed him.
"Ooh!," she exclaimed suddenly, walking towards a pet shop.
"Don't you already have a pet? You know, that mad cat of yours," asked Draco.
"He's not mad," retorted Hermione, "and, well, the thing is....I kind of lost Crookshanks at Hogwarts."
"What?" replied Draco in disbelief, "the great and organized Hermione Granger, who has never even misplaced a piece of paper, losing a pet? I don't believe it."
Hermione rolled her eyes and ignored him. She walked into the shop, Draco closed the door behind her and followed her. Cages were lined everywhere. Everywhere she turned, she saw an animal. Hermione saw just about every pet she could think of, from cats to rats, to owls to frogs. In the corner of the shop, she saw just what she was looking for. It was a kitten. It had the whitest fur and bright blue eyes. She fell in love instantly.
"Aww...I want that cat" said Hermione.
A few minutes later Hermione left the shop holding the blue-eyed kitten.
"I'm going to name you Sapphire, because you have the most gorgeous blue eyes," she said to the cat. It meowed. "Aww...you are sooo cute Sapphire!"
"It's just a cat, you act as if you're in love with it," said Draco, smiling at the sight of Hermione fawning over a cat.
"But I am in love with this cat, aren't I Sapphire?"
Next, they went to a clothes store, where Hermione bought some silk pajamas for herself and convinced Draco tp buy some Care Bear boxers for himself.
"I don't know why I listened to you," said Draco as they left the store, examining the boxers in his bag.
Hermione giggled. The truth was, she just messing with him, she didn't believe he would actually buy it, but didn't say anything when he payed for it.
After that, they stopped by a pet supplies store to buy some food and toys for Sapphire.
"Where do you want to go next?" asked Hermione as they left the store.
"Well, I think I saw a joke shop somewhere over there. Let's go there, then we'll meet up with the others," replied Draco.
"You like joke shops?" asked Hermione curiously as they walked towards the store.
"Yeah," he replied, shrugging, "what teenage guy doesn't?"
"I just didn't think you were into that sort of stuff,"
"There's a lot you don't know about me Hermione," he replied, smirking, "but you can find out any time you want," he added suggestively.
She smiled and swatted him on the arm as they entered the store. Fifteen minutes later, Draco paid for his purchases and they were out of the joke shop and were heading to Stonewell's Ice Cream Parlor. They met up with the others inside the parlor. Hermione's mother and Narcissa had about five bags each.
"You guys sure have been busy," said Hermione, smiling.
"So have you," replied Narcissa. Narcissa nudged Elizabeth when Hermione and Draco weren't looking.
"They went shopping together," whispered Narcissa smiling. Elizabeth smiled along with Narcissa.
Hermione ordered a banana split while Draco ordered a chocolate sundae. Everyone else got their ice creams and they all sat at a table outside of the parlor.
Hermione placed Sapphire and occasionally gave her some ice cream. Halfway through her banana split, Draco took a large scoop of her ice cream.
"Hey!" exclaimed Hermione as her devoured the scoop he took.
She retaliated by taking his cherry.
~*~
He never knew Hermione could be such a flirt. He watched her as she ate his cherry. He smiled and continued eating his sundae.
Soon it was time to go. Draco was disappointed. He wanted to spend more time with Hermione. He never thought he would actually have fun with Hermione Granger, but he did.
After dinner that night, his mother and Elizabeth suggested that he and Hermione watch a DVD together.
"What are movies?" he asked Hermione as they walked to the den, where there was a t.v.
"Well, it's a Muggle form of entertainment, just wait, you'll see," she explained.
A few minutes later, they were both situated on the couch, each on opposite ends. They had decided to watch, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and twenty minutes later, they were both in the middle of the couch, within an inch of each other. A few moments later, a scary part came on and Hermione grabbed Draco's arm in fright. He instinctively put an arm around her.
"Hmm...I like this...well, not the movie, it's bloody scary, but I like this position," he thought as he held Hermione closer.
~*~
Elizabeth and Narcissa both took a peek in the den and saw their children close together. Hermione grasping Draco's arm and Draco with his arm around her.
They turned to each other and smiled.
~*~
"Finally! That horrid movie's finally over!" she exclaimed when the credits finally came on.
"I agree," replied Draco, sighing.
"What do you want to watch now?" asked Hermione, "What about Win A Date With Tad Hamilton?"
"What's that?"
"It's a...chickflick?"
"What?"
-An Hour And A Half Later-
"Gosh! I love that movie!" exclaimed Hermione, "It was so romantic!"
"Romantic??," scoffed Draco, "It was all mushy! Much too mushy!"
"Come on! You must have liked some of it."
"Yeah, actually I do"
"Really? Which part?"
"The end"
Hermione threw a couch pillow at him. It hit him right on the head and she started to laugh. Unfortunately for her, he threw one back. She tried to throw another one at him but he was too quick for her. Soon he had her pinned on the couch. In one moment, they made eye contact. That's all it took. Draco leaned in.
"Oh no," she thought, "what should I do??" The bookworm, goody-goody side of her was telling her to push him off of her but the other side of her was screaming at her, telling her to kiss him.
Their lips met. It was one of those sweet kisses. Like the ones at every love story, when the guy and the girl finally kiss and live happily ever after. After a while Hermione pulled back and smiled.
"God, he's a great kisser" she thought.
"Is this how you treat a princess?" she grinned, "attempt to squish her?"
He smirked, "allow me your highness," he got off, offered her his hand and pulled her up, before bowing.
"Good night Draco," she said smiling, walking off to her room, leaving behind Draco, who was grinning ear to ear.
~*~
AN: Hey guys! I hop you liked this chapter, personally I think the kissy part was a bit too fluffy, but now, they finally kiss! But now what?? I dunno what to do! The only thing I have planned for the next chapter is that she writes a letter to Harry and Ron and maybe sees them.
One more announcment, it might take me a while longer to update after every chapter because spring break is coming to a close. I'll try my best to update two or three times a week.
Chapter Five
A Day in Fairesmede
Hermione woke up the next day well rested and content. She stayed in bed for a while and looked up at her canopy and thought of the day before. She never thought she'd say it, but it was pretty fun playing on the beach with Draco. After they had finished splashing in the sea, they sat down on the sand together and just...talked. They talked about all sorts of things, their classes and teachers, their likes and dislikes, almost everything. Hermione hated to admit it, but it was much better than talking with Harry and Ron. She loved Harry and Ron, and they were her very best friends, but when the three of them had a conversation about something (not counting their talks about serious things, like Voldemort) , Hermione would only be involved in it for a few minutes. They would usually change the subject to quidditch, and Hermione couldn't exactly join in. She wasn't much of a quidditch fan. But with Draco, he just showed more interest in wanting to talk to Hermione, more than Harry and Ron anyways.
Eventually, she got up and took a bath. After, she put on some low-rise jeans, a pink muscle tee and some pink Converse. By the time she was done, it was nine o'clock, which meant she had missed breakfast, it usually started at eight. She went down to the kitchen and grabbed a quick bite to eat before heading out to the patio by the pool where everyone else was. She took the last remaining chair, which was next to Draco. She gave him a quick smile, which he he returned, before sitting down.
"Morning Hermione," greeted her grandmother, "we were just planning to go to a little wizarding village called Fairesmede just a mile away. We were thinking of doing some shopping."
"That sounds great grandmum, when are we going?" asked Hermione. She was dying to get her hands on some sweets.
"Why don't we go right now?" suggested her grandmother.
Everyone agreed and went to get their things. Hermione got out 50 galleons from her purse. She had much more, but she wasn't the type to be spending too much money too fast. When they got into the car, her dad gave her an extra 25 galleons, which she was thankful for.
It took them less than ten minutes to get to Fairesmede. When they got there, they all split up, planning to meet up at an ice cream shop called Stonewell's in three hours. Hermione didn't really want to shop by herself so she quickly caught up to Draco.
"Er, Draco? You don't mind if we stay together do you?" she asked awkwardly, "I don't really want to go shopping by myself."
"Yeh, sure," he replied.
"He's so nice right now," she thought, "it's so weird seeing him so nice...."
"So where do you wanna go first?" asked Draco.
"Well, I really want to go to a candy shop, I've been craving for some sugar."
"Well Princess, I think they have a HoneyDuke's here," he replied, leading the way.
Hermione smiled. He called her 'princess', not in a taunting way, but in a cute, flirty, slightly "couple-ie" way.
They did indeed have a Honeyduke's in Fairesmede, but it was a little bigger than the on in Hogsmede. Hermione bought candies of all sorts. She bought some chocolate frogs, boxes of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, packets of Drooble's Best Blowing, half a dozen sugar quills, a few Levitating Lollipops, Pumpkin Pastries, Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands and other odd Wizard candies. She and Draco paid for their purchases. Draco had bought almost as much sweets as Hermione.
"I never thought Hermione Granger would be a sugar junkie," remarked Draco, smiling.
Hermione laughed, "well, I didn't think that Draco Malfoy would spend nearly 18 galleons on sweets, I always imagined you as a sort of person that would be..immune to sugar....like a .....mini snape."
"That git? Yeah, right. Oh, and Hermione, I'm not mini at all," he added with a grin.
"Eww!" Hermione playfully pushed him.
"Ooh!," she exclaimed suddenly, walking towards a pet shop.
"Don't you already have a pet? You know, that mad cat of yours," asked Draco.
"He's not mad," retorted Hermione, "and, well, the thing is....I kind of lost Crookshanks at Hogwarts."
"What?" replied Draco in disbelief, "the great and organized Hermione Granger, who has never even misplaced a piece of paper, losing a pet? I don't believe it."
Hermione rolled her eyes and ignored him. She walked into the shop, Draco closed the door behind her and followed her. Cages were lined everywhere. Everywhere she turned, she saw an animal. Hermione saw just about every pet she could think of, from cats to rats, to owls to frogs. In the corner of the shop, she saw just what she was looking for. It was a kitten. It had the whitest fur and bright blue eyes. She fell in love instantly.
"Aww...I want that cat" said Hermione.
A few minutes later Hermione left the shop holding the blue-eyed kitten.
"I'm going to name you Sapphire, because you have the most gorgeous blue eyes," she said to the cat. It meowed. "Aww...you are sooo cute Sapphire!"
"It's just a cat, you act as if you're in love with it," said Draco, smiling at the sight of Hermione fawning over a cat.
"But I am in love with this cat, aren't I Sapphire?"
Next, they went to a clothes store, where Hermione bought some silk pajamas for herself and convinced Draco tp buy some Care Bear boxers for himself.
"I don't know why I listened to you," said Draco as they left the store, examining the boxers in his bag.
Hermione giggled. The truth was, she just messing with him, she didn't believe he would actually buy it, but didn't say anything when he payed for it.
After that, they stopped by a pet supplies store to buy some food and toys for Sapphire.
"Where do you want to go next?" asked Hermione as they left the store.
"Well, I think I saw a joke shop somewhere over there. Let's go there, then we'll meet up with the others," replied Draco.
"You like joke shops?" asked Hermione curiously as they walked towards the store.
"Yeah," he replied, shrugging, "what teenage guy doesn't?"
"I just didn't think you were into that sort of stuff,"
"There's a lot you don't know about me Hermione," he replied, smirking, "but you can find out any time you want," he added suggestively.
She smiled and swatted him on the arm as they entered the store. Fifteen minutes later, Draco paid for his purchases and they were out of the joke shop and were heading to Stonewell's Ice Cream Parlor. They met up with the others inside the parlor. Hermione's mother and Narcissa had about five bags each.
"You guys sure have been busy," said Hermione, smiling.
"So have you," replied Narcissa. Narcissa nudged Elizabeth when Hermione and Draco weren't looking.
"They went shopping together," whispered Narcissa smiling. Elizabeth smiled along with Narcissa.
Hermione ordered a banana split while Draco ordered a chocolate sundae. Everyone else got their ice creams and they all sat at a table outside of the parlor.
Hermione placed Sapphire and occasionally gave her some ice cream. Halfway through her banana split, Draco took a large scoop of her ice cream.
"Hey!" exclaimed Hermione as her devoured the scoop he took.
She retaliated by taking his cherry.
~*~
He never knew Hermione could be such a flirt. He watched her as she ate his cherry. He smiled and continued eating his sundae.
Soon it was time to go. Draco was disappointed. He wanted to spend more time with Hermione. He never thought he would actually have fun with Hermione Granger, but he did.
After dinner that night, his mother and Elizabeth suggested that he and Hermione watch a DVD together.
"What are movies?" he asked Hermione as they walked to the den, where there was a t.v.
"Well, it's a Muggle form of entertainment, just wait, you'll see," she explained.
A few minutes later, they were both situated on the couch, each on opposite ends. They had decided to watch, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and twenty minutes later, they were both in the middle of the couch, within an inch of each other. A few moments later, a scary part came on and Hermione grabbed Draco's arm in fright. He instinctively put an arm around her.
"Hmm...I like this...well, not the movie, it's bloody scary, but I like this position," he thought as he held Hermione closer.
~*~
Elizabeth and Narcissa both took a peek in the den and saw their children close together. Hermione grasping Draco's arm and Draco with his arm around her.
They turned to each other and smiled.
~*~
"Finally! That horrid movie's finally over!" she exclaimed when the credits finally came on.
"I agree," replied Draco, sighing.
"What do you want to watch now?" asked Hermione, "What about Win A Date With Tad Hamilton?"
"What's that?"
"It's a...chickflick?"
"What?"
-An Hour And A Half Later-
"Gosh! I love that movie!" exclaimed Hermione, "It was so romantic!"
"Romantic??," scoffed Draco, "It was all mushy! Much too mushy!"
"Come on! You must have liked some of it."
"Yeah, actually I do"
"Really? Which part?"
"The end"
Hermione threw a couch pillow at him. It hit him right on the head and she started to laugh. Unfortunately for her, he threw one back. She tried to throw another one at him but he was too quick for her. Soon he had her pinned on the couch. In one moment, they made eye contact. That's all it took. Draco leaned in.
"Oh no," she thought, "what should I do??" The bookworm, goody-goody side of her was telling her to push him off of her but the other side of her was screaming at her, telling her to kiss him.
Their lips met. It was one of those sweet kisses. Like the ones at every love story, when the guy and the girl finally kiss and live happily ever after. After a while Hermione pulled back and smiled.
"God, he's a great kisser" she thought.
"Is this how you treat a princess?" she grinned, "attempt to squish her?"
He smirked, "allow me your highness," he got off, offered her his hand and pulled her up, before bowing.
"Good night Draco," she said smiling, walking off to her room, leaving behind Draco, who was grinning ear to ear.
~*~
AN: Hey guys! I hop you liked this chapter, personally I think the kissy part was a bit too fluffy, but now, they finally kiss! But now what?? I dunno what to do! The only thing I have planned for the next chapter is that she writes a letter to Harry and Ron and maybe sees them.
One more announcment, it might take me a while longer to update after every chapter because spring break is coming to a close. I'll try my best to update two or three times a week.