Hermione was unrealistic? Damn. Well you don't have to worry about it in this chappie then.
Um... when you said you were confused but you got it... what are you talking about? You didn't even say why you were confused! What's up with that???
You want a villain? Wait til next chapter.
"What in Merlin's name do you think you're doing, Potter?" snarled Draco, who pinned Harry to the wall before they left for Advanced Quiditch.
"I-I don't know what you're talking about" lied Harry,
"What's this? A Gryffindor lying?" Strange Draco observed,
"I – what?" replied the exasperated Harry,
"Potions, Mudblood," Draco drawled, "Do the keywords ring a bell?" Draco ironically cooed cynically at Harry,
"I-I... thought that... Pansy and I would get along very nicely as partners!" beamed Harry, who was oddly surprised at how ridiculous his alibi seemed, but pleased none-the-less of it.
"Bullshit, Potter. Now tell me what the fuck you think you're doing so we can both get to class." Snarled Draco, realising this was going nowhere. Merlin, it was as if these Gryffindors had never told a lie in there life before; sure they can't be daft enough to be willingly be involved with Pansy. Gryffindors.
"I'm madly in love with Pansy." stated Harry, trying so very hard to keep a straight face. He failed miserably, laughing hilariously to himself at such a ludicrous excuse.
It was either that Harry's laughter was so filled with good-will and light-heartedness... or that anyone falling for Pansy was too inane made Draco double up with laughter too. Definitely the latter.
"Seriously, Potter. Unlike your usual company, I'm not senseless. Just... Just tell me!" Draco finally got serious,
"Hermione," Harry sort of asked, "Do you like her?"
"I will have nothing to do with her!" Spat Draco,
"Why?" asked Harry curiously,
"Because... because, she's a useless whore!" exploded Draco,
"What? Hermione? She's about as frigid as girls get!" joked Harry,
"Yes, but certainly not to you, now Potter?" spun Draco, "I saw you two getting rather cosy with each other," he pretended a mock shiver,
"B-but. No. Never. Me and Hermione. We're..." Harry dreaded to say it, "over."
The first step to recovering from the reality is accepting the truth.
"Besides, what about Pansy? I saw you getting very cosy with her yesterday. God, Hermione won't forgive you for that," Harry said smugly, unable to keep himself from provoking Draco.
"Pansy's pureblood. I don't need forgiveness," Draco reasoned, not the slightest ticked off by Harry,
"But. She cares about you. I thought you cared about her. You did." Harry persuaded,
"Maybe, Potter, maybe I did. None of your fucking business. No point in you meddling in this. Even if I did, I definitely don't anymore." Draco convinced himself,
"I could... I could help bring it all back. You could be like you were before. I'm serious. What?" Harry asked. Draco was bemused,
"Let me get this straight. You want to help me, you're worst enemy - a siding from Voldemort - , to make your girl fall for me... again," Draco chuckled. Merlin, Potter was losing it!
"You said his name," Harry said wistfully, ignoring everything else Draco had said, for now,
"What?" asked the baffled Draco,
"Voldemort," awed Harry, "I've almost never heard anyone say his name so casually. It's... different,"
"Oh," stated Draco, who inturn was mystified,
"Uh... so, Hermione," Harry snapped out if it,
"Why?" asked Draco, more of a demand rather than a question,
"I know we don't particularly like each other, but maybe we can put our differences aside?" attempted Harry; he - himself - was barfing at such a ridiculous thought,
"Don't kid yourself, Potter, we hate each other. So, now, tell me why." Draco stated plainly, as if such hatred was normal everyday life. And it was."She cares about you and, God; whether you admit it or not, I believe you care about her too!" Harry tried to reply forcefully, earning more sniggers from Draco.
"Seriously, Potter. You wouldn't give a shit. I see the way you look at her. Merlin, you're in bloody love with her! No one and I mean no one is that selfless! Not even Harry fucking Potter. So just tell me now; why," Draco returned.
Silence.
"Fine. I'm not in on your little plan. I'm on to you," Draco stated, and turned to leave.
"Wait!" aspirated Harry. This was going no where. He'd have to tell Draco.
"Fine. I'll spill," surrendered Harry, Draco arched an eyebrow waiting his explanation as an impish grin parted across his face, "Voldemort," the name, which aspired so much fear in so many, had been said twice earlier between the two boys now came out again.
"What?" Draco was taken aback, Harry only sighed at his confusion; Draco saw this as a sign of hesitation, "Don't worry, Potter, I'm not next in line in bending down to lick the almighty Dark Lord's shoes," he sarcastically remarked, an attempt to reassure Harry,
"You don't seem the type to serve," stated Harry, "But you're so like your father,"
"My father's not always right," Draco replied through gritted teeth. It was the first time he had uttered those words. First opportunity, really. It wasn't as difficult as it would seem. Harry was rather surprised at this though; "But the thing is, I agree with him about everything; Politics, Music, Superiority of Pure Blood... so. If he's wrong. So am I."
He actually did believe Draco wasn't going to be some sort of clone minion of Voldemort. Probably some sort of mastermind co-partner instead, Harry's afterthought told him.
"Anyway, I've been dreaming." Harry began, and distracted Draco into the more subject at hand. Draco scoffed. "My dreams have a tendency in coming true. So; let's just say... Voldemort has decided to hack down all the people I care about and the person I probably care about in the world is Hermione." Harry stated so simply.
"Wh- Are you trying to pull a fast one on me? If you care about her the most in the world; you can't just give her up. Knowing you, risking you life for absolutely nothing... you wouldn't do that. Especially if you actually do love her." Reasoned Malfoy.
And he was probably right.
"You're probably right. I would risk my life for her. But not her life. I'm letting her go. Then you entered the picture. Messed things up. You should apologise to her" Pondered Harry,
"Okay, Potter. I'll let you in on a special little secret. When she saw you and the little Weasley," Draco referred to Ginny, "eating each others faces right after you two - the heaven sent couple broke up - , guess what happened?" Draco paused deliberately, as if giving Harry time to think, "She decided to make you jealous. Guess who she decided to get with? Me. Guess who she used? Me. Guess who shouldn't be the one apologising? Me. If you didn't start messing with the no good Weasleys, then this would've never happened." Stated Draco, "Hermione wouldn't have tried to make you jealous. She still cares for you, lumber-head; she was just using me to make you jealous!" Draco shouted,
"That still doesn't explain why she's head-over heels moping around because of you. She's pining away as if her dog died. And I don't believe such a conceited fool like yourself would be on a first name basis with Hermione, a Mudblood, let alone get into a habit of doing saying her first name that you did it infront of me!" Harry tried explaining,
"Stop being such a sissy, who uses bloody words like pining and head-over-heels? Get a grip, Potter."
"Sor-ry!" Harry emphasised, imitating a typical brainless American chic – Draco didn't get it, however - "the point is, she feels for you Draco. Now you're... messing with Pansy. It's not nice. So stop it." Harry pouted,
"I'm not nice, so no; I won't stop," argued Draco stubbornly. Spoilt brat.
"Fine!" Shouted back Harry in similar fashion, adrenaline pumping in his veins; he was enjoying himself.
"Fine!" concluded Draco, who slammed the door and realised he was late for his class. Even thought they were in the same class, they avoided speaking to each other, even their usual exchange of insults were still.
It wasn't until another week that things started getting resolved.
Next: Hell has frozen over; Harry and Draco team up... and we meet our new bad-guy (since Harry's quit and decided to join Draco!)
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