A/N: OK, you all are great! I thought I'd post this chapter, even though it
is kind of short. Please review and I hope you like chapter 16 of Muggle
Messenger!!!
Disclaimer: It's so tragic. I don't own it.
Chapter 16: Drip by Drip
"Well, we have been waiting here for them for an hour-that's three butterbeers," I said.
"I don't think they are coming," Draco said while finishing his third butterbeer.
"Nope," I said, "Doesn't look like it."
"Do you want to walk back?" he asked me after we paid for our drinks.
"Sure, why not. It's nice out tonight," I said.
He smiled, "Yes it is."
"So." I began.
"So what?" he asked after I didn't continue.
"Tell me about you," I said softly.
He looked at me and shook his head, "There's not much to tell. You know my name, age, grades, my best subject, what house I'm in, my favorite sport, and all that other stuff."
"That's true, I do. But, 'all that other stuff' is stuff that everybody knows," I said.
"Well maybe that's all I want everybody to know," he said icily.
Ouch, that was cold. "I'm sorry," I said softly, "I didn't mean to pry, it's just that-" I stopped, unsure of how to continue, "Really, I am sorry, it's not my business anyways," I finished lamely. I heard him sigh and I looked at him. He was looking away from me.
"Look," he started, "I-well-it's just that nobody ever bothered to ask, because nobody cares. Not even Pansy," he made a face as he said her name, "so-I-" he stopped, not knowing how to continue.
"So you're not used to anybody caring about you?" I finished for him.
"Yeah," he said, "you-you care?"
I could feel my face going red, "Yeah, I do. I care."
We walked along, a tense silence surrounding us. We were now back on Hogwarts grounds, the large doors only up the stairs a few yards away. We stopped before the steps. "Why? Why do you care?" his eyes searched min and I looked away and turned from him and ran up the steps. Right as I stepped off the last step, he caught my arm and turned me around. Ginny was right, you could see it plainly in his eyes-the caring for me, I mean. He began, "Hermione, I." ~~Draco Malfoy didn't realize-even if he did he wouldn't have said anything about it-that every minute he spent with Hermione, the ice melted drip by drip.~~
A/N: Well?!!! I know it's short, but I thought I should post it anyways. What's he going to say? You'll find out in the next chapter. Also in the next chapter you will find out who the Heir and Heiress are! Please Review!!!
Disclaimer: It's so tragic. I don't own it.
Chapter 16: Drip by Drip
"Well, we have been waiting here for them for an hour-that's three butterbeers," I said.
"I don't think they are coming," Draco said while finishing his third butterbeer.
"Nope," I said, "Doesn't look like it."
"Do you want to walk back?" he asked me after we paid for our drinks.
"Sure, why not. It's nice out tonight," I said.
He smiled, "Yes it is."
"So." I began.
"So what?" he asked after I didn't continue.
"Tell me about you," I said softly.
He looked at me and shook his head, "There's not much to tell. You know my name, age, grades, my best subject, what house I'm in, my favorite sport, and all that other stuff."
"That's true, I do. But, 'all that other stuff' is stuff that everybody knows," I said.
"Well maybe that's all I want everybody to know," he said icily.
Ouch, that was cold. "I'm sorry," I said softly, "I didn't mean to pry, it's just that-" I stopped, unsure of how to continue, "Really, I am sorry, it's not my business anyways," I finished lamely. I heard him sigh and I looked at him. He was looking away from me.
"Look," he started, "I-well-it's just that nobody ever bothered to ask, because nobody cares. Not even Pansy," he made a face as he said her name, "so-I-" he stopped, not knowing how to continue.
"So you're not used to anybody caring about you?" I finished for him.
"Yeah," he said, "you-you care?"
I could feel my face going red, "Yeah, I do. I care."
We walked along, a tense silence surrounding us. We were now back on Hogwarts grounds, the large doors only up the stairs a few yards away. We stopped before the steps. "Why? Why do you care?" his eyes searched min and I looked away and turned from him and ran up the steps. Right as I stepped off the last step, he caught my arm and turned me around. Ginny was right, you could see it plainly in his eyes-the caring for me, I mean. He began, "Hermione, I." ~~Draco Malfoy didn't realize-even if he did he wouldn't have said anything about it-that every minute he spent with Hermione, the ice melted drip by drip.~~
A/N: Well?!!! I know it's short, but I thought I should post it anyways. What's he going to say? You'll find out in the next chapter. Also in the next chapter you will find out who the Heir and Heiress are! Please Review!!!