Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters except the ones
you don't recognize (ex.- Brandee, Lamar). So don't sue me.
A/N- I'm so sorry it took so long to update but I started school and its really hard! I'm in honors so I have about 5 hours of homework everyday and like no time to write! Sorry! Stranger at my door
Chapter 5
Hermione's dad lay there, shivering, looking like he'd just been through hell and back again.
"Daddy!" she screeched and ran to his side. "Daddy?" She knew that she'd been upset with him and more than once wished he would die but she'd never meant it! Never!
Mr. Granger groaned and Hermione let out a sigh of relief. Malfoy also let out a breath he hadn't noticed he was holding.
"Come on, let's get him inside," Draco said, taking charge. Hermione nodded, a couple tears rolling down her cheeks. "He's okay," he whispered to her, lifting her chin up a little. Hermione looked at him then nodded, wiping away her tears.
~*~*~*~*~
"I must look horrid," Hermione laughed nervously as they once again made their way to next door.
Draco draped his arm over her shoulders but said nothing.
"Gee thanks, that makes me feel so much better," she said sarcastically.
"I do what I can," he answered, playing along. Hermione just rolled her eyes and rang Brandee's doorbell.
Draco quickly dropped his arm back to his side as the door opened. "Brandee!" Hermione shrieked and hugged her best friend, even though they just saw each other yesterday. Draco winced at the high-pitched screaming.
"Hellllo," he said *at* Brandee, looking her up and down when the two girls separated. Hermione hit him upside the head, giving him a look.
"I thought you were supposed to be French," Brandee told him, with a look of disgust and amusement on her face.
"Uh.um." Draco stuttered. He glanced at Hermione pleadingly, hoping that she'd save him.
"I lost my accent already?" he said in the form of a question. All of a sudden he seemed to realize what he was doing. He was actually pleading a *muggle* to believe him. What was going on? He must have been around Hermione too much. "Why am I explaining myself to a *muggle*? I must have been around the mudblood too long," he sneered, mostly to himself.
Hermione looked away sharply with tears in her eyes, blinking furiously.
"What's a muggle? And what's a mudblood?" Brandee asked confused.
"So the *mudblood* over here didn't tell you, eh?" he smirked at her. "Then maybe I sho-" Hermione turned away from him and ran to the side of the house. His smirk faded and he glanced worriedly at the corner where she disappeared.
"Excuse me? What did you just say that made my best friend go into hysterics? She doesn't cry that easily and I know it. Is that like an insult or something?" Brandee demanded from him, her hands on her hips.
"None of your damn business," he sneered at her, "Now if you'll excuse me I have to go find Granger." With that he turned at started toward the direction Hermione left in.
"Stupid little bitch. has to go make a scene.stupid me.had to make her cry. arg," he muttered to himself as he made is way toward where Hermione was facing the house, wiping furiously at her eyes trying to stop crying.
"Granger," he said a little more forceful than he meant.
"Go away," she told him, not turning around.
"Listen to me," Draco said. She didn't move. He put his hand on her shoulder, "Please?" Inside he was half kicking- half patting himself on the back for this. On one hand she was a stupid mudblood who didn't disserve to look at him- on the other she was someone he really wanted to be friends with. a sweet, honest, smart girl.
She turned at faced him with a bored yet hurt expression on her face. Then he started to panic.
~*~*~*~
Brandee tapped her foot impatiently. Should she stay there and wait for them to resolve whatever it was between them? Or should she go over there and kick that guy's ass? Looking around quickly, she made up her mind and started toward where her best friend and her obvious ex-boyfriend left.
~*~*~*~
"I'm s-" Draco started. He struggled a bit more with the word but when he couldn't seem to get it out he started again, "What I said was a little-" Pause, "I didn't mean-" pause. Hermione crossed her arms, "I just want to apol-" pause, "Damnit Granger! You're not making this any easier!" he complained.
Hermione smirked, "I'm not supposed to be."
Giving up on the apologizing thing Draco changed the subject, "Why didn't you tell her? I thought she said she was your best friend," he paused, "I thought you said the Duteous Duo were your best friends!"
Hermione shifted uncomfortably and looked away. "They are," she explained, "But Brandee's my best *normal* friend."
"So then why won't you tell her what you are? I thought you liked bragging about your smarts," he smirked.
"What do I tell her? 'Oh yeah, and I'm the smartest witch in my school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.'? I don't think so. Number 1 she'd send me off to the loony bin and 2. The key word in our normal friendship is *normal*."
~*~*~*~
"And why'd you have to go and make a scene? All I asked was that you behaved for once, but no! You had to make me cry and use the words I don't know how to explain to her!" Brandee heard May yell at her "French" friend.
"I said I was s- so- sor-" he shook his head once again. This was impossible. And why the fluck (Can you tell I'm trying not to curse too much?) was he apologizing to the mudblood?! His father would have his head! "Why don't you just tell her what it means? And why don't you tell her about your best friends while you're at it too?" Draco snapped at her.
"I couldn't tell her those things, Malfoy, and you know it!"
"Why not?" he challenged, stepping closer.
My took a step closer, getting right up in his face and whispered, "Because if she got hurt because of me I'd kill myself."
"Please do anyway! Save us all!" he growled at her. He didn't even see it coming, but he felt it. She slapped him hard across the face with all the strength she could muster.
"Witch!"
"And the best God damn one you'll see!" she yelled back. *Witch?* Brandee thought, but didn't process that thought. "I really don't give a shit (oops!) that you think you're better than me because you're a flucking pureblood! At least I don't follow the dark side! At least I don't have to be scared my *master* will Avada me or- or Crucio me! At least I get to use my own free will! At least I'm on the side that'll win!"
"Like hell it'll win!" Draco said. He paused to think, but not too long, realizing that he just outed himself. They were practically chest to chest (except that Draco's taller) now. "We don't have stupid laws to abide by. We don't have to fight clean. We'll win and I'll just watch you get tortured and laugh!"
Brandee knew exactly what would happen next- you see it all the time in the movie. They were both breathing hard with anger- emotions flying around through the charged silence. (Can you guess what happens next?)
May took Draco's face in her hands and kissed him hard, yet with so much passion that you'd think they were lovers not enemies.
It was then that Brandee had time to process everything she'd heard. May was a witch?! Okay, she could deal. She was trying to protect her from the "dark side"? Yeah, that's okay. She knew how to defend herself. But she was other best friends?!
Brandee fainted.
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So, how was it? Sorry it took so long to update! I'm having so much trouble in school! Sorry if it sucked but I wrote the beginning when I was in writers block so it was hard. Please review!!!!!!!
A/N- I'm so sorry it took so long to update but I started school and its really hard! I'm in honors so I have about 5 hours of homework everyday and like no time to write! Sorry! Stranger at my door
Chapter 5
Hermione's dad lay there, shivering, looking like he'd just been through hell and back again.
"Daddy!" she screeched and ran to his side. "Daddy?" She knew that she'd been upset with him and more than once wished he would die but she'd never meant it! Never!
Mr. Granger groaned and Hermione let out a sigh of relief. Malfoy also let out a breath he hadn't noticed he was holding.
"Come on, let's get him inside," Draco said, taking charge. Hermione nodded, a couple tears rolling down her cheeks. "He's okay," he whispered to her, lifting her chin up a little. Hermione looked at him then nodded, wiping away her tears.
~*~*~*~*~
"I must look horrid," Hermione laughed nervously as they once again made their way to next door.
Draco draped his arm over her shoulders but said nothing.
"Gee thanks, that makes me feel so much better," she said sarcastically.
"I do what I can," he answered, playing along. Hermione just rolled her eyes and rang Brandee's doorbell.
Draco quickly dropped his arm back to his side as the door opened. "Brandee!" Hermione shrieked and hugged her best friend, even though they just saw each other yesterday. Draco winced at the high-pitched screaming.
"Hellllo," he said *at* Brandee, looking her up and down when the two girls separated. Hermione hit him upside the head, giving him a look.
"I thought you were supposed to be French," Brandee told him, with a look of disgust and amusement on her face.
"Uh.um." Draco stuttered. He glanced at Hermione pleadingly, hoping that she'd save him.
"I lost my accent already?" he said in the form of a question. All of a sudden he seemed to realize what he was doing. He was actually pleading a *muggle* to believe him. What was going on? He must have been around Hermione too much. "Why am I explaining myself to a *muggle*? I must have been around the mudblood too long," he sneered, mostly to himself.
Hermione looked away sharply with tears in her eyes, blinking furiously.
"What's a muggle? And what's a mudblood?" Brandee asked confused.
"So the *mudblood* over here didn't tell you, eh?" he smirked at her. "Then maybe I sho-" Hermione turned away from him and ran to the side of the house. His smirk faded and he glanced worriedly at the corner where she disappeared.
"Excuse me? What did you just say that made my best friend go into hysterics? She doesn't cry that easily and I know it. Is that like an insult or something?" Brandee demanded from him, her hands on her hips.
"None of your damn business," he sneered at her, "Now if you'll excuse me I have to go find Granger." With that he turned at started toward the direction Hermione left in.
"Stupid little bitch. has to go make a scene.stupid me.had to make her cry. arg," he muttered to himself as he made is way toward where Hermione was facing the house, wiping furiously at her eyes trying to stop crying.
"Granger," he said a little more forceful than he meant.
"Go away," she told him, not turning around.
"Listen to me," Draco said. She didn't move. He put his hand on her shoulder, "Please?" Inside he was half kicking- half patting himself on the back for this. On one hand she was a stupid mudblood who didn't disserve to look at him- on the other she was someone he really wanted to be friends with. a sweet, honest, smart girl.
She turned at faced him with a bored yet hurt expression on her face. Then he started to panic.
~*~*~*~
Brandee tapped her foot impatiently. Should she stay there and wait for them to resolve whatever it was between them? Or should she go over there and kick that guy's ass? Looking around quickly, she made up her mind and started toward where her best friend and her obvious ex-boyfriend left.
~*~*~*~
"I'm s-" Draco started. He struggled a bit more with the word but when he couldn't seem to get it out he started again, "What I said was a little-" Pause, "I didn't mean-" pause. Hermione crossed her arms, "I just want to apol-" pause, "Damnit Granger! You're not making this any easier!" he complained.
Hermione smirked, "I'm not supposed to be."
Giving up on the apologizing thing Draco changed the subject, "Why didn't you tell her? I thought she said she was your best friend," he paused, "I thought you said the Duteous Duo were your best friends!"
Hermione shifted uncomfortably and looked away. "They are," she explained, "But Brandee's my best *normal* friend."
"So then why won't you tell her what you are? I thought you liked bragging about your smarts," he smirked.
"What do I tell her? 'Oh yeah, and I'm the smartest witch in my school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.'? I don't think so. Number 1 she'd send me off to the loony bin and 2. The key word in our normal friendship is *normal*."
~*~*~*~
"And why'd you have to go and make a scene? All I asked was that you behaved for once, but no! You had to make me cry and use the words I don't know how to explain to her!" Brandee heard May yell at her "French" friend.
"I said I was s- so- sor-" he shook his head once again. This was impossible. And why the fluck (Can you tell I'm trying not to curse too much?) was he apologizing to the mudblood?! His father would have his head! "Why don't you just tell her what it means? And why don't you tell her about your best friends while you're at it too?" Draco snapped at her.
"I couldn't tell her those things, Malfoy, and you know it!"
"Why not?" he challenged, stepping closer.
My took a step closer, getting right up in his face and whispered, "Because if she got hurt because of me I'd kill myself."
"Please do anyway! Save us all!" he growled at her. He didn't even see it coming, but he felt it. She slapped him hard across the face with all the strength she could muster.
"Witch!"
"And the best God damn one you'll see!" she yelled back. *Witch?* Brandee thought, but didn't process that thought. "I really don't give a shit (oops!) that you think you're better than me because you're a flucking pureblood! At least I don't follow the dark side! At least I don't have to be scared my *master* will Avada me or- or Crucio me! At least I get to use my own free will! At least I'm on the side that'll win!"
"Like hell it'll win!" Draco said. He paused to think, but not too long, realizing that he just outed himself. They were practically chest to chest (except that Draco's taller) now. "We don't have stupid laws to abide by. We don't have to fight clean. We'll win and I'll just watch you get tortured and laugh!"
Brandee knew exactly what would happen next- you see it all the time in the movie. They were both breathing hard with anger- emotions flying around through the charged silence. (Can you guess what happens next?)
May took Draco's face in her hands and kissed him hard, yet with so much passion that you'd think they were lovers not enemies.
It was then that Brandee had time to process everything she'd heard. May was a witch?! Okay, she could deal. She was trying to protect her from the "dark side"? Yeah, that's okay. She knew how to defend herself. But she was other best friends?!
Brandee fainted.
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So, how was it? Sorry it took so long to update! I'm having so much trouble in school! Sorry if it sucked but I wrote the beginning when I was in writers block so it was hard. Please review!!!!!!!