Love and Hate

By Tennisplaya278

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.

-Confucius-

-Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue, I don't own Harry Potter and neither do you. Bananas are yellow, tomatoes are red, Stop reading this, and read my story instead!-

Draco struggled to release himself from the grip on him. It was useless. The person holding him hostage had muttered a spell that made it so Draco couldn't move.

"Oh. Is the ferret feeling, oh I don't know, helpless?" The person walked around to face him, making sure his face was still hidden by the shadows. "I'm going to say this once, and only once Malfoy. Stay away from Hermione."

A bit of red appeared out of the shadows. All of a sudden, Draco realized who it was.

Ronald Weasley.

"You don't like us, we don't like you and hell Hermione hates you. So stay away from her."

With a flick of his wand, the spell was lifted. Ron shoved him onto the floor. Draco squinted up into Ron's eyes. He had finally stepped out of the shadows and was now glaring down at him. Draco could see anger and hatred rising in his eyes. Ron spat on the ground.

"I mean it Malfoy"

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The days passed by and everything went back to normal. Or at least, that's how Draco acted. Inside it was killing him to act this way. He never chose this life. It was chosen for him…

Ron's words had inflicted a pain in his heart that he just couldn't place. It was heart-breaking hearing that Hermione hated him. He tried to be optimistic. After all there was still a small chance that she could fall in love with him. Draco fell for her. Even though he tried his best to believe this, a little voice deep down was telling him that he had no chance with her. He knew it was true.

Working with Hermione in Potions was pure agony. He did what was expected of him. He researched, wrote, and brewed along side her but he never said a word to her. He would simply shake or nod his head. Then there was also times outside of class. Draco still teased her and laughed along with his Slytherin friends but it was an empty laugh. It just wasn't the same thing.

There was one improvement that he did make though. One that nobody would notice. Never again did he call her, nor anyone else, a mudblood. Ever.

And although that seemed like such a small thing and Draco was sure that she didn't notice, she did.

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Hermione Granger was sitting in the Gryffindor common room, reading Hogwarts: A History II. Ron was playing wizard's chess with Harry, who had lost the first 3 times. However, Hermione's thoughts kept drifting away from her book and toward a certain blonde-haired Slytherin…

'What in the world is going on with Dra-Malfoy? Heck, I almost called him Draco! He hasn't called me mudblood in ages. What is going on?'

"Yes! I won again Harry! Another one?" Ron yelled out. He was setting up the board and listening to Harry's groans.

"Hey Ron! Ron! RON!" Hermione screeched. Ron didn't notice her until Harry gently nudged him to look over in her direction. He smiled.

With a sincere look on his face he asked, "Hey Hermione. What's wrong?" He moved one of his chess pieces.

She sighed. Boys will be boys. "Have you noticed anything wrong with Malfoy?"

"Wrong? There's nothing wrong with him. He's just being the same arrogant ferret boy he always is. Why?"

"Well, I mean…he doesn't call me mudblood anymore. He never refers to his father. He never picks fights with you guys anymore. He doesn't even call you Weasel and Scarhead. That's strange right?"

"Oh, come off it Hermione. His father probably just put him under the Imperious Curse. It's not your problem." He shrugged.

"But Ron! That's illegal! And besides, Malfoy can't be under the Imperious Curse. If he was, we would've known," she said in her matter-of-factly tone.

"We couldn't tell that Crouch was under the Imperious Curse." Ron pointed out.

"Honestly Ron, don't you read? It's very hard for someone to act normal while under the Imperious Curse if you've known them for a long time. We've known Malfoy since we were 11 and if anyone could tell if he was under the Imperious Curse, it's us. We didn't know about Crouch because we had never met him before."

"So what do you expect we do Ms. Granger?" Ron was obviously annoyed.

Hermione sighed, "I don't know Ron. I really don't know."

There was an awkward silence which no one wanted to break. Hermione's eyes turned toward her shoes and Ron turned away to face the chessboard. It was broken however when Harry said, "Um…Ron? Checkmate."

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Draco was working on his potion's project. He was stirring away at the potion, trying to read the instructions at the same time. He was scared that he was going to mess up the potion. However, he wasn't the Head Boy for just any reason. Draco was an excellent potions maker and could well adjust to any problems.

Hermione had walked in earlier. Draco didn't notice. He was concentrating hard on the potion.

Hermione studied him for a moment. He didn't look quite bad. His platinum blonde hair was hanging loosely over his face and there were drops of sweat appearing on his face.

'No Hermione. You can't think of him like that. You have a boyfriend. He's Ron and Harry's enemy. He's your enemy.'

'But is he really your enemy? He sure doesn't act like it'

'Oh what do you know?'

She argued with herself for a while before she anything.

"Need any help there, Draco?" Hermione asked.

Draco never looked up at her. He simply answered, "Finally warming up to me now are you Granger?"

Hermione had a puzzled look on her face. Then it hit her. "No Malfoy. You never answered my question. Do you any help?"

"Why not? It would certainly help."

Hermione walked over to the cauldron that was now had a layer of foam on it. Now she could fully understand why Draco was sweating. The potion was releasing tons of heat. She read the instructions. The only thing left was to dip the skin, stir and let it simmer. She walked around Draco and accidentally brushed up against him. A shiver ran through her body but she paid no attention to it. When she came back, Draco was waiting for her.

She reached out to dip the skin into the potion but Draco mistook that as her giving it to him. Their hands collided and Hermione could feel a shock and was sure the same thing happened to Draco. She glanced up into his stormy grey eyes. They were beautiful, so deep and mysterious. Hermione wanted to just get lost in his eyes and was well on her way to. His eyes grew larger by the second. He was coming closer to her face. He was much to close but Hermione didn't care. All that she could focus on were those beautiful eyes of his. She could feel his warm breath on her face.

Neither of them noticed that somebody was walking into their common room. If they had, maybe they would've stopped. But they didn't.

"Stupefy!"

Draco Malfoy glowed red for a moment, before falling backward.

Author's Notes

Thank you guys so much for the reviews! I appreciate them a lot!

CCBChunks: Thanks for the review! Although I did have to look up obselete... haha.

Laussica: I updated! Thanks for the review!

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Alavna: Thanks for the review! Great idea…you'll just have to wait and see. Oh and if you want to, I could read your fanfic and give you some ideas? My email is tennisplaya278hotmail.com Thanks!

CassandraTheEvil: Wow! What a long review! XD. And I agree, if they get together in the books, I don't know what I'll do. But I think they will which really sucks but then again, that's life. Thanks for the idea. Good luck with home schooling!

So, review! Next chapter coming soon! And one more thing.

This chapter contained some things from Hermione's PoV. Should I do some more of that, or just keep it at Draco's? Review and tell me!