Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the ideas or characters that go with it…all I own is Marlaina, Larissa(lol.) and Carnigan.
A/N: YAY! Another cookie for me! Lol. Thanks for the great reviews! I'm so pleased! Now, don't worry, I just have to tell you all this. I do plan to make this a Hermione/Draco fic. There is NO POSSIBLE way I could change my mind so don't worry. I love 'em too much! Lol. You'll see what I have planned…I think it's a pretty good idea and I think you'll all be pleased. Enjoy the chapter! I tried to make it longer than usual because I had a plan so I hope you like it!
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Last time on The Hell I Live In!…
By the time they were down there Madame Pomfrey rolled her eyes at them when they told her Hermione was in too good of a mood. Madame Pomfrey took a look at Hermione who was glaring at her friends.
"There is nothing wrong with me!" She yelled storming out of the room.
Ron and Harry grinned sheepishly as they ran after her.
Now on The Hell I Live In!…Draco was the last to leave the class and as he left he ran into someone.
"Watch it!" He yelled until he saw who it was and smirked.
"I hear Parkinson has been asking who you're going with. What'd you tell her?" Devon asked holding on to Malfoy's shirt as she stared at him with an emotionless face.
"Don't worry, I said she'd find out eventually. I didn't tell her who." Malfoy said as he took her hands and got them off of his clothes as he began to straighten out his robes.
Larissa still had no expression.
"Good. It better stay that way." She said as she walked away.
"Don't worry so much Devon!" Malfoy called as he left back to the Slytherin Common Room.
"We're sorry Hermione." Harry said.
"You sent me to the med. Wing just because I was in a good mood!" She barked.
"Well, that usually…" Ron began.
Hermion stopped walking abrubtly and turned to her friends.
"What? Doesn't happen? I'm not usually happy so there MUST be something wrong. I'm sorry! From now on, I'll be pissed off!" With that she turned around and began walking briskly again.
"But Hermione…" They began.
She flipped them off as she continued down the hallway mumbling about not asking anyone to the dance and turned a corner out of sight.
Harry and Ron walked back to the common room which was in the opposite direction. They walked in silence most of the way there until Ron finally spoke up.
"Do you think she'll still go to the ball with me?" He asked Harry.
Harry's head shot up from the floor to stare at Ron dumbfounded.
He sighed.
"I think we need to appologize." Harry said.
"Why is it always us appologizing and not her?" Ron asked sadly.
"Because we were in the wrong." Harry said.
Ron sighed.
"Alright." He said as they entered the portrait hole.
On the way down to the Slytherin Common room Larissa walked by a Gryfindor girl that happened to be crying against a wall. Larissa looked around before leaning down to examine the girl.
"Hey." She said.
Hermione's head shot up and once she realized it was a Slytherin girl she glared at her.
"What?" Hermione asked as Larissa smirked.
"Go ahead. Yell at me for being near your precious dorms!" Hermione said angrily.
"Hey. I'm not here to yell at you." Larissa said still looking around to make sure noone was coming.
"Then what do you want?" Hermione asked confused.
Larissa bit her lip but smiled evilly.
Malfoy continued on his way down to the portrait hole.
On his way he ran into Carnigan.
Malfoy planned to walk right by him but suddenly Carnigan pushed Malfoy up against a wall. Malfoy grabbed his wand and pointed it in Carnigan's face as he smirked.
"STOP!" A voice yelled.
Both boys looked over to the voice and Carnigan dropped Malfoy.
Malfoy landed in a huge heap on the floor. Carnigan was quite a bit taller than him.
Malfoy sat up and looked at who had yelled. He prayed it wasn't Devon. She would be pissed that Carnigan found out and would probably break the deal to go to the ball with him. Then he'd have to find someone else before Pansy found out he was single again. That would take some time that he didn't have.
He looked up and frowned.
It was worse…much, much worse.
"No way! I refuse!" Hermione yelled.
Larissa rolled her eyes.
"Listen you wouldn't just be doing me a favor. It's for you too." Larissa said nicely.
"How?" Hermione asked.
"You wouldn't have to go with Ron anymore. You said you were mad at him." Larissa pointed out while playing with the hem of her robes.
"Yea, but we always forgive eachother. It's not like we stay mad forever." Hermione said.
Larissa sighed sadly.
"How does this benefit you anyway?" Hermione asked.
Larissa blushed.
Hermione looked at the girl a moment curiously but smiled.
"You like…" Hermione began but Larissa covered the girls mouth.
"Will you shut up? If you haven't noticed I'm a Slytherin. We don't just yell out our feelings like you Gryfindors." Larissa said. Hermione bit her lip.
"I can't. What about school work?" Hermione asked.
Larissa would have smiled if she wasn't so good at hiding her emotions. She knew soon Granger here would agree to her plan and it would all be smooth sailing from then on.
"I already thought of that." She said calmly.
She pulled out some parchment and handed it to Hermione.
"What's this?" Hermione asked taking it.
"For a smart girl you sure don't know how to read." Larissa said sarcastically.
Hermione narrowed her eyes as she unrolled it.
She gasped.
"Well, I suspect I won't have to tell you to drop Mr. Malfoy since you already have, Mr…" Marlaina asked.
"Carnigan." He said with a smile.
"Mr. Carnigan. I hope that you will kindly keep your hands away from Mr. Malfoy here? Can I trust you with that?" Marlaina asked.
Carnigan looked at Draco who was glaring at his sister dumbfounded.
"Yes." He said.
"Good, you may go." She said with a distant wave of her hand.
Carnigan smiled at getting off the hook so easily and ran around the corner quickly.
Marlaina turned to her brother.
"I know you're mad but…" She began.
"I'm not mad." Malfoy whispered.
"Furious then?" Marlaina asked seriously.
Malfoy laughed.
"There's that smile I missed so much." Marlaina laughed.
Draco laughed as well despite himself as Marlaina helped him off the ground.
"You know, you're not very popular with many people." She pointed out.
"What do you expect? I'm a Malfoy." Draco said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Draco, you know just because you're a Malfoy doesn't mean you have to live up to the rep. You can be so much better than that. I know you can." Marlaina said ruffling his hair.
He sighed.
"Look at…" She began.
"You? No thanks sis, I'm perfectly happy being a spoiled brat that everyone respects." Draco said with a smirk.
Marlaina didn't laugh.
"Listen, I have to get to the common room. I guess I'll see you around now that you're here to stay." Draco said trying to sound depressed.
Marlaina nodded as she saw him walk away.
Hermione was walking back to the Gryfindor common room at a leisurely pace. She had a lot of thinking to do.
She thought back to the proposition Larissa had offered to her.
"I need your help." Larissa said.
"Help? With what?" Hermione was in such a state of shock that a Slytherin of all people in that school would want her help.
"You're friends with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley right?" She asked.
"Well," Hermione began.
"You're not friends anymore?" Larissa asked.
"Well, yes but we had a fight if you must know." Hermione said distressedly.
Larissa nodded.
"Alright, there is this guy, Carnigan. Well, he wants to go with me to the ball…" Larissa began.
"What does that have to do with me?" Hermione asked.
Larissa sighed angrily.
"It doesn't. I'm just telling you this for the hell of it." Larissa said sarcastically.
"Fine, I'm listening." Hermione said.
"Well, I had to find someone else to go with so that I wouldn't have to go with him." Larissa began.
"But, girls get to choose their dates so why not just not ask him?" Hermione asked.
"Because, there is only one other person that I wouldn't mind going with…and he has a date. I didn't know this until I already told Carnigan I wasn't going with him and now he keeps hounding me about who I'm going with and so I asked…Draco Malfoy to go with me…" Larissa continued with a frown.
"What? But I thought every Slytherin girl wanted Malfoy. He's like a dream to you girls…" Hermione stated matter-of-factly.
"Not to all of us. Believe it or not but he can be a real pain to even his own house." Larissa said with discust.
"So, what does this have to do with me?" Hermione continued to ask.
Larissa smiled despite herself.
"Well, I was hoping…for the ball…we could switch places." Larissa said with an expressionless face.
"Are you kidding? Pansy'll beat me up!" Hermione yelled.
"No she won't. Draco won't let her." Larissa explained.
Switch places.
It sounded sort of sneaky and she actually thought she might enjoy…being a Slytherin. After all, she was just doing it to help out Larissa…she was helping a Slythering girl!? What was wrong with Hermione now-a-days? She was acting completely insane!
This had absolutely nothing to do with her!
Nothing.
So why did she feel so excited about it?
Maybe because she's in love? Lol. R&R! What do you think of my plan? Good? Bad? Indifferent? Lol. I like it but I would like some opinions thanks! I'll update soon! Don't worry! I'm so glad my first HP fic is working out so well! Who would of thought!
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