Chapter 13 – A Small Dilemma
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a/n: I know I haven't updated in the next few days when I said I would but my internet is a bitch so bear with me.
Draco moved in to give Hermione a kiss, but she backed away and he ended up kissing the wall. She laughed, turned off the shower, and dried herself off while he sat there, slowly turning red.
"What was that for?" he managed to ask after he had gotten himself out of the shower.
"That was for dropping me in the shower and waking me up with freezing cold water this morning," she replied, pushing him out the door of the bathroom so that she could take a proper shower. He frowned and walked into his room, picked up his wand, muttered a quick drying spell, and went to watch Spongebob Squarepants on the TV in the common room. (He had gotten attached to that show during the course of the year.)
Twenty minutes later, Hermione emerged from the bathroom in her robe, hair wet and dripping down her back. She walked into her room, turned on her Yellowcard CD, and began getting dressed. She quickly threw on a lavender shirt and a pair of jeans before drying her hair and putting on some socks. The song, "Ocean Avenue" began playing on the Yellowcard CD, and Hermione jumped on the bed, dancing her heart out. Apparently, the music was blasting a tad loud, because Draco walked into the room and turned off the CD player. Hermione's back was to him, and when she heard the song turn off, she turned around and looked at him, blushing.
"Sorry," she muttered, climbing off the bed and hugging him.
He muttered something inaudible and left the room. She frowned and turned her stereo down before resuming her dancing on the bed. As the end of "Ocean Avenue" played, she heard a tapping sound on her window. Jumping off the bed and nearly tripping, Hermione made her way to the window to let in the snowy white owl she recognized as Hedwig. She took the letter off of the owl's leg and gave her a treat before watching Hedwig fly off again. Hermione made sure she flew away before sitting on the bed and opening the letter from Harry.
"Hermione –
I have some news. Professor Dumbledore came to me an hour ago and told me that Draco's father is supposed to get the Dementor's Kiss tonight at 6. One problem: they can't find him...he's not in his cell and no one knows where he is or how he got out. I wanted to warn you. Stay safe, Mione.
-Harry"
Hermione gasped when she read the news and turned off her music before running into Draco's room to tell him. When she got there, however, she saw him reading a letter in his arm chair, a grave look on his face.
"Draco..." she began, walking towards him.
"They can't find him, Mione," he stated, pulling her onto his lap and showing her the letter from Dumbledore.
"I know, hunn, Harry sent me a letter and told me."
"What're we going to do?"
"I don't know, Draco, I don't know."
They sat in silence for a while, thinking over the possibilities, trying to figure out what they would do if Lucius came for a visit. A few minutes later, a knocking was heard on the other side of the portrait hole. Hermione got off of Draco's lap and walked down the stairs, through the common room, and to the portrait hole. She opened it and saw Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape standing in a triangular formation.
"Come in, professors," Hermione said, opening the portrait hole some more for them to walk in.
As the professors sat down on the couches, Draco descended the stairs and sat down with Hermione, across from the professors.
"What do you need, professors?" Draco questioned, looking around at all three of them.
"Well, you both probably know about Draco's father, correct?" began Dumbledore, continuing when he saw Draco and Hermione nod, "well, now that he's on the loose, you, Draco, are probably the first person he's going to come for. If he comes for you, you're to send Miss Granger for help, if possible. If you can't, take this coin and press the buttons on them for help. They're linked to all three of us professors. Once you press the button, we'll feel our coins burn and we'll come to help. Keep them with you at all times and don't lose them."
Hermione and Draco nodded as the professors left. Instead of sitting in silence, Hermione went to turn on a movie. She and Draco sat and watched it, until about halfway through when another knocking was heard on the portrait hole door. Draco stood and answered it, but saw that no one was there. He frowned but shrugged it off and turned around, met with an awful sight that set his stomach churning.
A/N: cliffhanger...I'm so cruel. Lol Read and Review.