Leather And Libraries
AN: Okay, I'm here getting really pissed off at boys so I thought I'd post this chapter!
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Chapter 12 – Chances Given Are Chances Lost
For the rest of the week, Hermione was on cloud nine. Even though she hid it well, her friends were beginning to notice a change in her. Like the way she hardly showed up to dinner and she spent more time in the library – well, more time than usual! But they didn't say anything, as they thought Hermione was practicing early for N.E.W.T.S or something similar. The thought never crossed their minds that it could be Draco Malfoy.....
To hand it to her, Hermione had hid it rather carefully, although she hated lying to her friends. But it was no big deal right? Just a silly little crush.... At the moment, her conscious would say.
Hermione walked down the corridor, having just departed from Arithmacy. She adjusted the massive text book so that it would be easier to carry. It slipped out of her hands, landing with a thud on the stone floor. She bent down to pick it up, but saw Pansy Parkinson's foot on it.
"Well, well, well Granger begging to me?" Pansy said in a sing-song voice.
Hermione rolled her eyes and yanked her book out, causing the other girl to lose her balance. "Not likely," She spat.
"Oh come off it. I've always known you never really liked boys; maybe it was your way of coming on to me."
Hermione shook her head and let out a sarcastic laugh. "Maybe you should ask your precious 'boyfriend'." She tiled her head at Draco, who was watching the scene with a smug.
"What is she going on about Drakie?" Pansy cooed, shooting him a seductive smile.
"No idea. She's probably got it around her head that I'm her boyfriend," Draco said, looking as if he could choke on those words.
Hermione became very confused. Why was he being like this?
"Ewww! You haven't actually had sex with this filthy mudblood?!" Pansy took a step back as though she had germs.
"Of course not. She probably made it all up, who knows what sick things go through her mind." Draco smirked at Hermione's expression. "Awww she's all confused and heartbroken."
Pansy took his as her cue to go up to the boy and wrap her arms possessively around him, burying her head into his collarbone.
Hermione felt the tears approach her throat and ran off before she could make a fool of herself.
"Awww the party's over?!" Pansy laughed at her back, knowing that she had won. She had no idea about Draco and Hermione, but saw the glances she shot at him in lessons and thought she should teach the mudblood a lesson that she would never forget; never mess with a Slytherin girl and her object of sex and affection.
Hermione continued to run until she reached her dorm room, not even stopping when Harry and Ron greeted her in the common room.
She flicked her wand so that the drapes around her bed closed and put a silencing charm and a barrier around it so she could have some peace.
"Why would he do something like that?" Hermione whispered, not understanding how he could say that when he seemed to care so much about her. "He laughs, smiles, kisses me and yet he sides with Parkinson!" Her tears bubbled out even more as she felt her feelings for him crumble.
She didn't know how long she stayed like that until she heard a shrieking sound that sounded like her name. Hermione quickly reversed the spells and wiped away any excess tears.
"What are you doing?" Lavender said, opening the drapes. "And why have you got bags underneath your eyes?"
"Well I was trying to get some extra sleep, so that the bags would disappear!" Hermione said, letting some anger escape.
Lavender looked taken aback but continued nonetheless. "Okay, but Harry and Ron asked me to check on you as you missed the last three lessons." She walked out.
"What?! Oh bugger," Hermione said, getting up and going into the bathroom. Her face did definitely have bags underneath them and was slightly red. She washed it hurriedly and removed her make-up. The hair was not much different either. It was sticking up everywhere and had loads of kinks in it.
"Just peachy," Hermione muttered sarcastically. "I'm having a bloody shower."
She quickly washed herself and let all her thoughts disappear down the drain momentarily.
"Hermy!" The same voice shrieked again.
"What?" She replied, annoyed at her nickname.
"You've got mail!"
"I'll be out in a minute." She stopped the water and quickly wrapped a towel around herself.
Sure enough, an owl was sitting on Hermione's bed, hooting peacefully. She walked up quickly to it, relived it of the letter and went back into the bathroom.
To Hermione,
I understand if you're feeling particularly anti-Draco at the moment, but I would like you to meet me at the Hidden Tower now if possible. I'll wait for a while as I need to do some work.
Draco.
Hermione let out a snort of disbelief. 'Oh I'll go and fucking see him alright!' She thought, scrunching up the letter and throwing it into the trashcan.
She quickly dried her hair and straightened it with the same charm and put on some make-up and underwear underneath her towel. She walked out and chose a blouse and pair of black checked trousers, changing into them and quickly leaving.
"Hey Hermione where are you going?" Ron's voice shouted when she entered the living room.
"To see Professor McGonagall, I'll be back in a minute!" She shouted back, going through the portrait.
As she walked, she thought of all the terrible things she could say to Draco. All the things she'd like to do so he could feel truly sorry for what he did.
She made it up there quite quickly, and saw him sitting down in a bean bag, scribbling something down.
"Plotting your next attack on me?!" Hermione said, walking near him.
"Look, Hermione, I'm really –"
"Sorry? Piss off Malfoy! You know, I thought I actually liked you and it was like you even had a different side!"
"You know I was just going along with her! What was I supposed to do?"
"Stop her, defend me? Anything except from what you did! You have no fucking idea how much that hurt!"
"I have to keep up that act around them Hermione! They'd eat me alive if they found out. And in case you've forgotten, I'm a Malfoy! Malfoys are not supposed to fall for mudbloods like you!"
That hit a nerve in her. She walked up to him and slapped him right across the face. "How dare you say that you fucking bastard! I thought I saw something in you, but I was wrong." She went to walk off, but he swivelled her around and kissed her.
Wrong thing to do!
"What the fuck are you doing?! Nothing is solved with a lame kiss! I don't want to see you anymore so leave me alone! I don't want to be your voodoo doll and play you're pathetic games because I've had enough of them!"
She walked off, but not with giving Draco a nice punch in the nose. "You fucking deserved that!"
AN: The Pansy bit in this chapter came as a big surprise to me! And we'll also be seeing a new character in the next couple of chapters and Pansy will be seen even more as a bitch! Yay for the Slytherins! Anyway, I tried to tie in the main feelings about this couple so that it would help in future bits! I also nicked feeling of Hermione's from the same film that I nicked the quotes from last update! No-one guessed! Anyhow, tootles! Star x