Laughter and Loneliness

Back with second chapter! It's better than the first! Thanx sweet candy lover for inspiring me to write the Hermione biting part, even though you aren't reading this cuz you're not 17 yet (1 more year girl)!

IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING WHO JUDY IS, ITS MY ALIAS (PEN NAME) BETWEEN ME AND ADMIRATION (my friend and reviewer)!

Thoughts are now in italics for your convenience!


Chapter Two "In the Dark Alley"

Hermione looked up and gasped. It was none other than Draco Malfoy. She stood up jerkily and cleared her throat.

"Erm, sorry," she said slowly, trying to walk out as fast as possible. Draco grabbed her arm really hard.

"Oww," she said looking down at her now reddening arm.

"Where you going in such a hurry?" he asked her with a mocking grin.

"Let go of my arm and I just might tell you," she said through clenched teeth.

"And if I don't?" he asked.

"Watch it," she spat, "I bite."

Blaise Zabini, who had just entered, grinned. "Yeah, I have the bite marks to prove it," Blaise said, showing them his arm.

Draco gave Blaise the "this wasn't the best time to say that" look. Blaise shrugged.

"You can let go of my arm any time now," she said heatedly.

"I'm not going to," said Draco coldly.

"Your risking your life," she said really slowly to keep her cool, although inside she was furious enough to kill.

"I'm still not going to let go of your arm."

At this, Hermione jumped on Draco trying to bite him wherever she could reach his skin. She did not succeed in even leaving one bite because Blaise came to Draco's rescue.

"Come on, is this necessary? We're all mature enough to handle a situation like this smartly and calmly," said Blaise.

Draco and Hermione both turned to him and looked at him with cold and deeply annoyed expressions.

"Ok, I'll stay out of this," he said, slipping out the door.

Then they lunged at each other, Hermione scratching and slapping Draco, and Draco pushing and trying to pin down Hermione. Draco didn't actually hit or kick Hermione because he felt bad hurting a girl even if she was a mudblood.

They were so deep in their zealous fighting that they didn't even notice where they were. Still in the Three Broomsticks. The people in the bar were shocked and confused and many started to shout. At their noise and the customer's response the owner of the Three Broomsticks came out.

"Please, please, stop this at once! Behaviour like this is not tolerated here!" a large man with a brown moustache said, roughly pulling them apart and shoving them out of his store.

The cold night breeze whipped across their faces. Hermione gasped at the sudden gush of freezing air. The man pushed them about 6 metres from his store, went inside, and slammed the door.

"Let's finish this off somewhere else then," Draco said.

"Fine with me," said Hermione angrily, her hair getting blown into her face.

They walked for six minutes along the rocky pedestrian path, glaring at each other the whole way, until they came to a dark alley. Then they continued the fighting, toppling, biting, kicking, screaming, poking, yelling, scratching, and pushing. Finally, Draco had Hermione pinned down to the cold cement alley floor. He was over her and suddenly smiled.

"I win," he said.

Just then he noticed Hermione was shivering from the cold cement, and she was out of breath from the fighting. He leaned over Hermione's face and smirked.

Hermione pushed one of the hands Draco was leaning on, and made him fall. Then she slapped his face with all her strength. Angrily, Draco thought of revenge. He would get back at her so bad.

"I believe I win," said Hermione, getting up and grinning.

She flipped her hair off her face and walkey away. Draco was shocked that she was so bold as to do that. She really had an attitude. Hermione felt someone's hand on her back and gasped.

"Muhaha! Now I've got you," said Draco, pushing her into a brick wall on the same deserted ally.

Hermione moaned as he used his body to pin her down and whimpered slightly. Then, after a few seconds, she looked severely worried.

Suddenly, she burst out, "Please, don't do anything to me, please!"

She began to look like she was going to cry. Draco was stunned. Something tells me we're not talking about the fight anymore thought Draco.

"What do you mean?" he asked her.

"I want to stay a virgin," she said in a quavering voice.

"You mean you think I'm going to rape you?" he asked.

She nodded slowly, fear in her eyes. A cruel, evil laughter echoed through the alley. Next a scream, Hermione's scream, was heard. Then silence.


Sorry that the chapter was so short! Next chapter will be longer!

PS don't worry, i'm not a fan of angst or tragedy or torture so don't expect it!

- strawberry-heavens