Disclaimer: still don't wont it. ::sigh:: oh well. Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban comes out today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yay!!!!!!!! Finally! Haha.
A/N: another chapter up and running. Hope you like it!!!!!! There's gonna be a lot of fluff for a while. Sorry if you don't like that kind of stuff.
The New Prophecy
Chapter 13- Valentine's Day and Discussions
Hermione awoke Saturday morning on February 14. She smiled. This would be her first Valentine's Day in a relationship. Sure, she'd had some before, but none had lasted long.
She stretched and was about to get out of bed when her door was propelled open by Draco's foot. He came in with a tray of food and set in front of Hermione. She looked at him for a while, a confused look on her face. Draco looked back at her with a child-like grin.
"Happy Valentine's Day, love," ha said sweetly before kissing her cheek. "I made you some breakfast."
"I can see that," she responded. "What about you? Aren't you going to eat?"
"I snitched off of your plate on the way up here..."
Hermione laughed. He could be such an idiot sometimes. She got her wand and conjured him some breakfast.
"Happy Valentine's Day."
They took their breakfast out onto the balcony and conjured a table and two chairs. They ate their food in silence, enjoying the company and the wonderful weather.
The rest of the day was absolutely perfect. Hermione and Draco spent some time in their dormitory, then they went to see Blaize and Pansy, who had become a couple over the past month. They talked for a while, then decided to go the Hogsmead for an hour or two.
On the walk there, Hermione and Pansy were talking adamantly about something, and Draco and Blaize were scheming. Earlier in the week, they both snuck away and went to Hogsmead to buy their girls a present. Blaize got Pansy a bracelet with two roses wrapped around a heart. The roses were made with red rubies for the flower and emeralds for the stem and leaves; the heart was a pink diamond. The chain its self was silver.
Draco got Hermione a silk, royal purple choker with an emerald dragon holding onto an orb. The orb was made of obsidian with small, silver stars carved into it.
Once in Hogsmead, Pansy and Hermione broke off from the group to go shopping. Draco and Blaize smiled. It would be easier to pick up their gifts this way. They shouted after the girls and told them that they would be in the Three Broomsticks. All the got in response was a wave from each girl.
Two hours later, Pansy and Hermione came into the Three Broomsticks, arms laden with shopping bags. Both Draco and Blaize rolled their eyes. They got up to help the girls. When they sat down their drinks appeared.
"Why do girls have to spend so much on shopping for clothes?" Blaize asked after taking a big gulp of his butterbeer.
"'Cause we're worth it," Hermione and Pansy said at the same time. They giggled.
"But it's ridiculous," Draco started.
Hermione leaned over and whispered in his ear, "You might not mind my shopping when you see what I got." Draco blushed and gulped his drink. Hermione laughed. "Just kidding. Or am I?" Draco glared. Hermione laughed.
Just then, the door opened. In walked Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Lavender. They walked past the four Syltherins and towards a table in the corner, acting as if they owned the place. Ron glared daggers at Hermione and Draco, Lavender shot nasty looks at Hermione, Draco, and her boyfriend, Ginny couldn't decide whether or not to be angry with Hermione, so she settled for glaring at Pansy and Blaize. Harry looked at Hermione almost apologetically.
"Stupid wankers. All of 'em," Draco complained after the Gryffindors had passed. "We might be working with 'em, but I still hate the lot of 'em." (Pansy and Blaize knew they were spies).
"Yeah. No respect," agreed Blaize. "Well ladies, seeing as it's Valentine's Day, it's customary to exchange gifts. At least, it's customary for the guys to give gifts to their girls. Pansy, love, this is for you."
Blaize produced a black, velvet box from his pocket. Pansy opened it and gasped. Tears formed in her eyes as she lunged for Blaize.
"It's beautiful," she whispered. "No one's ever done something so sincere for me. I love it."
They shared a sweet kiss. When they broke apart, they looked at Draco expectantly.
"Oh. My turn now, eh? Well Hermione, since Blaize loves Pansy more than I love you, I thought I should at least out-stage his gift," said Draco teasingly. Hermione playfully smacked him on the side of his head and took the velvet box he was holding out to her. She opened it slowly so she could tease Draco.
When she finally had it open she looked down. She, too, gasped. Inside was the beautiful choker that Draco had gotten for her. She looked up at him with the biggest smile on her face.
"Thank you so much, Dray!" she squealed happily. People were looking curiously in their direction, including the Gryffindors. Hermione leaned in and, at the last second, kissed Draco on the cheek. He was astonished.
"What the...?" he asked, flabbergasted.
"That was for the joke," she whispered. Blaize and Pansy laughed.
"You're cruel," Draco said while glaring.
"I live to torment you."
Draco drew her close. "That you do."
The group of Syltherins got up and left, headed towards the castle, the girls sporting their new accessories.
When they reached the castle the group went their separate ways. Draco and Hermione walked a while before Hermione spoke.
"I think I'm gonna go for a walk," she told Draco.
"Oh. Do you want me to come with you?" he asked.
"Nah. I'll be okay. Just gotta clear my head."
"Okay. I'll see you back at the common room."
"Later."
"Bye."
Hermione walked off, Draco watching until she was out of sight, then he turned for their room.
'Poor Hermione. That battle must be giving her some stress.'
Hermione had been walking for a while when someone grabbed her and pulled her into an empty classroom. She managed to wriggle out of her attacker's iron grip and turned to face him.
"What the hell!?" she screamed in shock. "Harry! What do you want? I thought I told you to stay away from me."
"Hermione...do shut up," he replied. She didn't say anything, but glared the most evil glare Harry had ever seen. Even Voldemort would be scared of that. He flinched, but didn't back down.
"I saw you, that one night," he continued, "when you came in from the Dark Forest. You were a tiger." Hermione's eyes widened for a second, then went back to the emotionless stare she had been giving Harry. "I know you're a spy."
"Well congratulations, Harry," she began.
"What happened to Potter?"
"Just shut it. So you know my little secret. Aren't you a freakin' genius. I hate my father. So what. He let Lucius Malfoy rape me. Big deal. We're fighting on the same side now. Whoop de doo. I don't care." Harry was silent. "Aw. Is this all too much information for you to process? Yes, I was raped. Raped, Potter. Not quite what I was expecting when I found my father. He just let him do it. That's why I came to Dumbledore. Now you know. So don't act like you are better than me. It would be a blow to yourself as well. But like I said, I don't care now."
"Well I do. That night you showed me something. You didn't mean to and didn't know that you were doing it, but you did. You showed me that there is some good in you. There's hope for you Hermione. I believe in you. I miss you. Don't you miss hangin' out with me? Even if it's just a little?"
For the first time, in a long time, Harry saw a faint trace of emotion in Hermione's eyes, and it was all for him. He basked in it. She looked at him for while, then looked away.
"I have to go," she said meekly. She started to walk away when Harry stopped her.
"Please say something. Show me that I was right in my assumptions. Please?"
"I'll see you on the battlefield, Harry." She walked out of the room towards her own. Harry leaned against the wall and sighed. He did feel a little better though. She had called him Harry intentionally. That had to be a good sign.
"See ya on the battlefield, Hermione."
A/N: Done! ::trumpets blare:: Hope you liked it! I thought it was good anyway. Sorry for so much fluff in the beginning, but...who doesn't need that every now and then? Please review!! I love reviews!!!!! Until next time kiddies. "Attention Rex Manning fans! To your left you will notice a shoplifter being chased by night manager, Lucas. This young man will be caught, deep fried in a vat of hot oil, and served to our first hundred customers. Just another tasty treat form the gang at Empire Records."