If you wanna take the world on now
I will
Be right there beside you
And if you wanna sleep the whole day through
I will
Be right there beside you
-Alex Lloyd
Disclaimer: You know the drill. I am so amazingly in love with Draco Malfoy. It really is a shame that he actually doesn't exist, isn't it?
Draco's POV
I was stupid. We were both stupid, in fact. We didn't think at all and now my reputation is stained forever- not that I could care less about something so trivial anymore. We entered the Great Hall. Together. The Ice Prince and the Mudblood. They got a good laugh at our expense.
I don't know how we could have been so thoughtless…to enter the Great Hall as though we'd just come back from a night together…
When everybody began to laugh, I had no idea what to do. I had to result to a tactic I had, before now, considered way beneath me. It's the way Wonder Boy deals with his embarrassment and he's famous for it- not just the tactic itself, but the fact that he gets embarrassed. A lot.
I'm sure Hermione – I mean Granger- has forgiven Potter by now. How could anyone stay mad at him for long? I COULD. He makes me sick.
Hermione's POV
I sat in silence after Ron's comment, not even daring to answer, stirring my porridge until it was practically a liquid. I didn't eat any. I wasn't hungry at all.
Just when I was about to leave, Dumbledore called me to the staff table. As I made my way there, I scanned my mind for any memory of breaking some form of rule, but found nothing. What could he possibly want? I asked myself over and over, trying to think of a possible solution. As I neared the table, I noticed Draco on my right also on his way to see Dumbledore. This only confused me more.
"Miss Granger and Mr Malfoy," Dumbledore began warmly. I almost sighed with relief at the tone of his voice; I definitely wasn't in trouble. "I know that the two of you already live in reasonably close proximity in the Prefects Dormitory. But it has become necessary of late to move the two of you to more – central quarters." I gaped at him. Move us- together?
"Your new dormitories are situated on the third floor. You will be sharing a common room, but of course will have different bedrooms." He chuckled to himself as though he had made an extremely humorous comment, but ceased when he saw the expressions on our faces.
For despite Draco's change of attitude in the past few days, and their brief encounter in the library, I couldn't quite imagine living with him…alone. Draco, it seemed, had quite the same feelings on the matter.
"I am truly sorry for any…inconveniences this may have caused. But I hope you can both understand that it is entirely necessary. More and more children have been out of bed at night-"at this his eyes, behind their half-moon spectacles, followed Harry and Ron on their journey from the table to the door-"and it will be much easier to access different areas in the school if your dormitories are not situated in some isolated cranny." He surveyed us from under a few stray wisps of silvery hair.
"Oh, don't look at me like that! It has been decided, and you have absolutely no say on the matter. Dobby and the other houselves have already moved your things to your new lodgings. Decorating is up to you. You may leave." As I turned, I could have sworn Dumbledore winked at me..
A/N: Ok, guys, I know this chappie was incredibly short… but I am posting again tomorrow so don't stress, people! As was the case in the last few chapters, I'm really not in the mood to write now. So forgive me! I would truly appreciate some more reviews (wink, wink, nudge, nudge!) despite my slacking off in the area of chapter length. I had some trouble getting the character of Dumbledore right…let me know if you think I did him well or vice verca. Thanks guys! Love Kel J