A/N: Again I don't own any of the JK Rowling characters used. I've noticed
(along with another reviewer) that things are happening to fast. So I am
trying to slow the story down a bit. Thanks for all the reviews and keep
reviewing!!
Chapter 8- The Big Date
It was now 4:00 p.m. and Hermione decided to begin to get ready for this evening. She was very excited seeing as how she'd never been on a real date before. This also made her quite nervous. Draco had long finished his shower and was now down stairs reading the Daily Prophet. Letting out a sigh Hermione quickly went to the bathroom, for her shower.
The warm water quickly relaxed her. Hermione brought along her muggle shampoo, she loved the way it left her hair feeling and smelling. Stepping out of the shower Hermione wrapped her fuzzy towel around her after drying off. She grabbed her toothbrush and squeezed on some toothpaste and began to brush, spitting into the sink sporadically. With a final rinse and wiping her mouth clean she grabbing her hair brush and walked back to her room. It was now 4:25 p.m. Rummaging through her now messy closet Hermione felt exasperated that she couldn't find anything to wear until she spotted it, the perfect dress she would wear.
Holding it out she smiled and set it on her bed. Absolutely perfect she thought to her self. Using a simple charm she dried her hair. By the time she had gotten dressed and dried her hair, it was 4:45 p.m. with 15 minutes to do her makeup she could feel the butterflies in her stomach fluttering around. Take a deep breath she walked over to her vanity and sat down. Her makeup lay perfect and neat in front of the mirror. She didn't really have much, but it was all she needed to complete her outfit.
It was finally 5:00 p.m. It seemed like quite a lot of time to put on makeup but Hermione found it hard because her hand was shaking from being so nervous.
"DING.........DONG" (A/N- I don' know what the Malfoy door bell would sound like)
Taking one last look at herself in the mirror Hermione left her room closing the door behind her. She paused for a moment before going downstairs. She didn't want to seem to eager. Smoothing out her dress she began to walk down stairs.
She could see Petrus staring in awe. She was wearing her hair pulled back into a ponytail with ringlets around her face (obviously too short to be pulled back). The hair in the ponytail was also curly it seems casual but was very elegant. Her dress was stunning it was black spaghetti strapped and fell just below her knee. She was wearing high heels that matched her dress, not too high or else she wouldn't be able to walk. The neckline was low cut but left much to the imagination. It was topped with a black ¾ length sleeve shirt that was left open and stopped just at her hips. Her makeup, not that Petrus could even really notice highlighted her features. She had back eyeliner on with a bit of mascara to lift her top eyelashes a bit of light pink blush to lighten her cheeks and a hint of clear lip- gloss, which had been dabbed off so it didn't over shine. She truly did look gorgeous.
Hermione smiled at Petrus as she was walking down the stairs. He quickly smiled back at her.
Petrus looking handsome as ever. He was wearing a pair of black slacks with a light blue blouse shirt. It was lightly opened at the top. Seeing as it was summer it was much to hot to wear a complete suite.
When Hermione reached the bottom of the stairs she was greeted with a hug. Draco was standing beside his mother who was watching the scene unfold. Narcissa had a smile on her face. Draco's however remained emotionless. The two of them far from amused him.
"Its sickening really a filthy mudblood with a pureblood. I don't know what he sees in her he's obviously lost his mind to fancy Granger." Draco thought to himself.
Hermione and Pete quickly left the mansion it always given Pete the creeps but he'd never let the Malfoys or his own parents know this.
"Hermione you look absolutely lovely tonight"
Blushing Hermione replied" Why thank you, you're looking rather dashing yourself."
Petrus smiled and escorted Hermione into the car awaiting them.
"You still haven't told me where it is we are going" Hermione said gazing into Pete's eyes.
"That's all apart of the surprise" Pete replied with a smirk.
Hermione smiled and stared out the window. Starring out not really thinking about anything just concentrating on the blurred images that passed by Hermione felt someone grab her arm.
"We are here Herms"
Hermione smiled and stepped out of the car. She had no clue were she was, but so taken by everything she forgot to even ask. It was amazing. The sun was beginning to set it must have taken them quite awhile to get there but she had noticed the time go by. The sky was filled with so many colours, shades of blues, oranges, pinks, and purples. In front of her stood a fair sized restaurant with a sign above it reading.
With a small gasp Hermione said" This is so beautiful"
Smiling with relief "I'm glad you like it shall we go inside?"
Hermione nodded and hand in hand Her and Pete walked towards the entrance. When they stepped inside Hermione had noticed the outside hadn't done it justice. The interior was even more immaculate than she ever expected. It was obviously enchanted. The ceiling had candle chandeliers with added mood lighting and various portraits hanging from the walls. No words could ever explain its magnificence.
"Welcome to Le château d'Idylle, may I have your name?" The hostess asked.
"Jerardi for two." Petrus answered.
"Right then, follow me please"
Hermione and Pete proceeded behind the hostess to their table in a far corner (very private).
"Well here you re loves, your waiter shall be along shortly" and with that she'd left.
Feeling a bit warm Hermione took over her sweater and placed it on the back of her chair. Then she began.
"This looks quite expensive are you sure you want to be spending so much money?" Hermione inquired.
"For you most definitely" Petrus responded smoothly.
Hermione smiled and glanced at her menu. She didn't want to order something too expensive. Shortly after being seated the waiter arrived.
"Allo there may I take your orders then?" He asked with a thick Irish accent.
"Yes I believe we're ready, I'll have a steak medium rare, and a glass of white wine, your finest."
"Yes sir, and for the lady"
"I'll have the chicken with an ummm an ice tea" she said finally.
"Great your means will appear shortly"
The waiter had left taking the menu's with him.
Hermione began with a perplexed look on her face "they serve wine to 17 years olds with out id? In the muggle world you need to be much older to order a drink with alcohol in it "
"Really I find that quite odd, here your able to order alcoholic beverages without hassle."
"Hermione" Pete began taking his hand in hers. "When I was in Romania I thought about you constantly, well missed you very much, and felt awful that you had to stay here a month with Draco I know from our talks you despise him"
"Yes that's true but it really wasn't that bad, at sometime it was rather enjoyable"
Feeling a bit jealous Petrus whispered" I brought you something from Romania I saw and immediately thought of you."
"Oh but you didn't need to really." Hermione expressed with a surprised tone.
"Well I did anyways." Petrus reached into his pant pocket and pulled out a red velvet box and placed it in front of Hermione. "Go ahead open it!" He said eager to see her reaction.
Hermione smiled and picked it up and opened the box. Her eyes widened and jaw dropped when she saw what was inside.
"Oh my god, its gorgeous" she shrieked.
She pulled out the necklace from its casing. It was silver with a heart shaped locket. Engraved on the locket was the letter H.
"Its beautiful, thank you so very much" Hermione smiled.
"I've left it blank so you can fill the inside with whatever you like."
"Will you help me put it on?" Hermione asked.
"Yes of course" Pete replied, getting up from his seat. He went behind Hermione and clasped it together. It fell just above the neckline on her dress.
"Perfect fit" He said before sitting back down.
Hermione smiled and felt it with her hand. Just them their food appeared before them along side their drinks.
"Wonderful service" Hermione said startled.
Petrus chuckled at this and smiled.
Petrus raised his glass to Hermione. "To you Hermione" he said. Hermione raised hers to his and said with a smile "To us" Clink their glasses met.
The rest of the night was filled with laughter and talking. They told each other of their summer so far, Pete of course mentioning sweet things to Hermione. She was not used to all the compliment so she simply blushed and smiled the night away. That had been there a few hours and it was now reaching 8:00 p.m. Petrus paid the tab and they headed out the door to the awaiting car, which had originally brought them.
"Have a nice night you too and thank you for choosing Le château d'Idylle." The hostess shouted as they left.
Pete opened the car door for Hermione and sat in after her. She was feeling quite tired as she ate too much. Resting her head on Pete's shoulder she dozed off holding his hand. A considerable amount of time passed before she was awoken with an abrupt stop.
Hermione lifted her head and smiled up at Pete.
They got out of the car and Petrus walked Hermione to the door.
"I had an amazing time tonight Pete thank you so much for everything" Hermione said genuinely.
"It was my pleasure I hope we do it again sometime."
Petrus leaned down to kiss Hermione lightly on the lips. She kissed him back deepening the kiss. Just the door swung open. Hermione and Petrus pulled apart and began to blush. Of course it had to be Draco.
Hermione shot him an evil glare as a smirk appeared on Draco face.
"I didn't realize you two were out here snogging, maybe you two should save it for the bedroom and not a place where people can see you" Draco snorted.
"Maybe you should go around looking for us, then you would have to worry about it" Hermione quickly retaliated.
Before Draco could get out another word Petrus quickly stepped in "Well Hermione I guess I will talk to you later then"
"Yes" Hermione said just before pushing her way past Draco to go inside. When Hermione went inside and was unable to be seen Draco raised an eyebrow at Petrus.
"Everything is going according to plan" Petrus said followed by an evil grin.
Draco smiled and nodded and went inside.
Chapter 8- The Big Date
It was now 4:00 p.m. and Hermione decided to begin to get ready for this evening. She was very excited seeing as how she'd never been on a real date before. This also made her quite nervous. Draco had long finished his shower and was now down stairs reading the Daily Prophet. Letting out a sigh Hermione quickly went to the bathroom, for her shower.
The warm water quickly relaxed her. Hermione brought along her muggle shampoo, she loved the way it left her hair feeling and smelling. Stepping out of the shower Hermione wrapped her fuzzy towel around her after drying off. She grabbed her toothbrush and squeezed on some toothpaste and began to brush, spitting into the sink sporadically. With a final rinse and wiping her mouth clean she grabbing her hair brush and walked back to her room. It was now 4:25 p.m. Rummaging through her now messy closet Hermione felt exasperated that she couldn't find anything to wear until she spotted it, the perfect dress she would wear.
Holding it out she smiled and set it on her bed. Absolutely perfect she thought to her self. Using a simple charm she dried her hair. By the time she had gotten dressed and dried her hair, it was 4:45 p.m. with 15 minutes to do her makeup she could feel the butterflies in her stomach fluttering around. Take a deep breath she walked over to her vanity and sat down. Her makeup lay perfect and neat in front of the mirror. She didn't really have much, but it was all she needed to complete her outfit.
It was finally 5:00 p.m. It seemed like quite a lot of time to put on makeup but Hermione found it hard because her hand was shaking from being so nervous.
"DING.........DONG" (A/N- I don' know what the Malfoy door bell would sound like)
Taking one last look at herself in the mirror Hermione left her room closing the door behind her. She paused for a moment before going downstairs. She didn't want to seem to eager. Smoothing out her dress she began to walk down stairs.
She could see Petrus staring in awe. She was wearing her hair pulled back into a ponytail with ringlets around her face (obviously too short to be pulled back). The hair in the ponytail was also curly it seems casual but was very elegant. Her dress was stunning it was black spaghetti strapped and fell just below her knee. She was wearing high heels that matched her dress, not too high or else she wouldn't be able to walk. The neckline was low cut but left much to the imagination. It was topped with a black ¾ length sleeve shirt that was left open and stopped just at her hips. Her makeup, not that Petrus could even really notice highlighted her features. She had back eyeliner on with a bit of mascara to lift her top eyelashes a bit of light pink blush to lighten her cheeks and a hint of clear lip- gloss, which had been dabbed off so it didn't over shine. She truly did look gorgeous.
Hermione smiled at Petrus as she was walking down the stairs. He quickly smiled back at her.
Petrus looking handsome as ever. He was wearing a pair of black slacks with a light blue blouse shirt. It was lightly opened at the top. Seeing as it was summer it was much to hot to wear a complete suite.
When Hermione reached the bottom of the stairs she was greeted with a hug. Draco was standing beside his mother who was watching the scene unfold. Narcissa had a smile on her face. Draco's however remained emotionless. The two of them far from amused him.
"Its sickening really a filthy mudblood with a pureblood. I don't know what he sees in her he's obviously lost his mind to fancy Granger." Draco thought to himself.
Hermione and Pete quickly left the mansion it always given Pete the creeps but he'd never let the Malfoys or his own parents know this.
"Hermione you look absolutely lovely tonight"
Blushing Hermione replied" Why thank you, you're looking rather dashing yourself."
Petrus smiled and escorted Hermione into the car awaiting them.
"You still haven't told me where it is we are going" Hermione said gazing into Pete's eyes.
"That's all apart of the surprise" Pete replied with a smirk.
Hermione smiled and stared out the window. Starring out not really thinking about anything just concentrating on the blurred images that passed by Hermione felt someone grab her arm.
"We are here Herms"
Hermione smiled and stepped out of the car. She had no clue were she was, but so taken by everything she forgot to even ask. It was amazing. The sun was beginning to set it must have taken them quite awhile to get there but she had noticed the time go by. The sky was filled with so many colours, shades of blues, oranges, pinks, and purples. In front of her stood a fair sized restaurant with a sign above it reading.
With a small gasp Hermione said" This is so beautiful"
Smiling with relief "I'm glad you like it shall we go inside?"
Hermione nodded and hand in hand Her and Pete walked towards the entrance. When they stepped inside Hermione had noticed the outside hadn't done it justice. The interior was even more immaculate than she ever expected. It was obviously enchanted. The ceiling had candle chandeliers with added mood lighting and various portraits hanging from the walls. No words could ever explain its magnificence.
"Welcome to Le château d'Idylle, may I have your name?" The hostess asked.
"Jerardi for two." Petrus answered.
"Right then, follow me please"
Hermione and Pete proceeded behind the hostess to their table in a far corner (very private).
"Well here you re loves, your waiter shall be along shortly" and with that she'd left.
Feeling a bit warm Hermione took over her sweater and placed it on the back of her chair. Then she began.
"This looks quite expensive are you sure you want to be spending so much money?" Hermione inquired.
"For you most definitely" Petrus responded smoothly.
Hermione smiled and glanced at her menu. She didn't want to order something too expensive. Shortly after being seated the waiter arrived.
"Allo there may I take your orders then?" He asked with a thick Irish accent.
"Yes I believe we're ready, I'll have a steak medium rare, and a glass of white wine, your finest."
"Yes sir, and for the lady"
"I'll have the chicken with an ummm an ice tea" she said finally.
"Great your means will appear shortly"
The waiter had left taking the menu's with him.
Hermione began with a perplexed look on her face "they serve wine to 17 years olds with out id? In the muggle world you need to be much older to order a drink with alcohol in it "
"Really I find that quite odd, here your able to order alcoholic beverages without hassle."
"Hermione" Pete began taking his hand in hers. "When I was in Romania I thought about you constantly, well missed you very much, and felt awful that you had to stay here a month with Draco I know from our talks you despise him"
"Yes that's true but it really wasn't that bad, at sometime it was rather enjoyable"
Feeling a bit jealous Petrus whispered" I brought you something from Romania I saw and immediately thought of you."
"Oh but you didn't need to really." Hermione expressed with a surprised tone.
"Well I did anyways." Petrus reached into his pant pocket and pulled out a red velvet box and placed it in front of Hermione. "Go ahead open it!" He said eager to see her reaction.
Hermione smiled and picked it up and opened the box. Her eyes widened and jaw dropped when she saw what was inside.
"Oh my god, its gorgeous" she shrieked.
She pulled out the necklace from its casing. It was silver with a heart shaped locket. Engraved on the locket was the letter H.
"Its beautiful, thank you so very much" Hermione smiled.
"I've left it blank so you can fill the inside with whatever you like."
"Will you help me put it on?" Hermione asked.
"Yes of course" Pete replied, getting up from his seat. He went behind Hermione and clasped it together. It fell just above the neckline on her dress.
"Perfect fit" He said before sitting back down.
Hermione smiled and felt it with her hand. Just them their food appeared before them along side their drinks.
"Wonderful service" Hermione said startled.
Petrus chuckled at this and smiled.
Petrus raised his glass to Hermione. "To you Hermione" he said. Hermione raised hers to his and said with a smile "To us" Clink their glasses met.
The rest of the night was filled with laughter and talking. They told each other of their summer so far, Pete of course mentioning sweet things to Hermione. She was not used to all the compliment so she simply blushed and smiled the night away. That had been there a few hours and it was now reaching 8:00 p.m. Petrus paid the tab and they headed out the door to the awaiting car, which had originally brought them.
"Have a nice night you too and thank you for choosing Le château d'Idylle." The hostess shouted as they left.
Pete opened the car door for Hermione and sat in after her. She was feeling quite tired as she ate too much. Resting her head on Pete's shoulder she dozed off holding his hand. A considerable amount of time passed before she was awoken with an abrupt stop.
Hermione lifted her head and smiled up at Pete.
They got out of the car and Petrus walked Hermione to the door.
"I had an amazing time tonight Pete thank you so much for everything" Hermione said genuinely.
"It was my pleasure I hope we do it again sometime."
Petrus leaned down to kiss Hermione lightly on the lips. She kissed him back deepening the kiss. Just the door swung open. Hermione and Petrus pulled apart and began to blush. Of course it had to be Draco.
Hermione shot him an evil glare as a smirk appeared on Draco face.
"I didn't realize you two were out here snogging, maybe you two should save it for the bedroom and not a place where people can see you" Draco snorted.
"Maybe you should go around looking for us, then you would have to worry about it" Hermione quickly retaliated.
Before Draco could get out another word Petrus quickly stepped in "Well Hermione I guess I will talk to you later then"
"Yes" Hermione said just before pushing her way past Draco to go inside. When Hermione went inside and was unable to be seen Draco raised an eyebrow at Petrus.
"Everything is going according to plan" Petrus said followed by an evil grin.
Draco smiled and nodded and went inside.
