Chapter 3
All the way through her shower Hermione thought about Draco.
About the way he was nervice when he was talking to her, the way his usually cold emotionless eyes lit up when she said his name and the way he had smiled when she said yes. But most of all she was thinking about the way her heart beat faster everytime he looked at her, or how she wanted to reachout and touch his chest and how she wanted him to hold her in his arms and kiss her like there was no tommorow. Even though she grimanced at the thought, she new in her heart there was no point dening it.
She was falling for Draco Malfoy.
King of Slytherens, her sworn enimey for six years of her school life, muggle born hater. How much he had changed since his father had gone to Askaban, but his father had escaped as quickly as he had got in and there had been no sign of him anywere in the country. Some how the ministry thought that he was somewere in Russia, and were despratly trying to find him. All the while attacks on Muggle-borns had gotten far worse through out England in the past few months, that some of Hermione's friends in Griffindoor had lost one or more of their family members.
Since it had turned into such a hot day, Hermione decided to wear a knee lengh, denim skirt and a sky blue tank top. With some mascara and a hint of light pink lipgloss, then she put up half her hair, leaving some bits down to frame her face. She then proceaded, again, to think about Draco.
At ten thrity exactly Draco knocked softly on Hermione's door, since there was no answer he opened it slowly and peaked round the edge. He saw Hermione sitting on her bed staring blankly out of the window, her hands twisted in her lap, her eyes glazed over.
"Hermione?" Draco called softly, his sweet voice broke her thoughts and she looked around dazidly,
"You ok?" He asked his voice still low and soft. Hermione nodded slowly, then shaking her head looked up quickly and smiled.
"Sorry," She said, "I was just thinking…" she trailed off,
"Are you ready?" Draco asked, still a bit concerned about her. Hermione nodded quickly and stood up smoothing off her outfit.
"Come on then, what are you waiting for?" She said brightly and walked past Draco grabing his arm and dragging him down the staircase into the commonroom, before he stopped. And being much stronger than Hermione she was pulled back into his chest. He spun her around so he could look at her, unfortunatly for him this was a big mistake, becuause she was very close to him and he looked into her eyes. She laughted nervously and stepped away,
"What is it Draco?" she said looking at him
"Whats the rush?" He said playfully, a bit hurt that she stepped away.
Hermione grinned, stood up tall and looked at him through pretend specticals.
"You would not keep a lady waiting would you Mr Malfoy?" He laughed and bowed,
"Of course not Miss Granger right this way." And with that he took Hermione by the arm and led her out of the portrate hole.
They walked through Hogsmead chatting a bit here and there untill the subject of Hermione's parents came up.
"So what do your parents actualy do?" asked Draco,
"There dentists," Hermione replied still looking at the ground, when there was silence next to her she looked up and saw Draco had a very confused look on his face, she said, "They fix up peoples teeth and make shure that they have been looking after them." Draco had the 'oh' thing going on, so that it sujested that he hadn't understood a word she said.
"So what about your father?" she said this cautously and looked at his face for the darkness that came as she thought it would. Yet she hadnt thought that it would be quite so scary.
"I hate him!" Draco said with so much venom, "He made my life hell when he was living in it and is still trying to." He looked down at Hermione quickly and saw that she was looking at him very scared and had even moved away a bit waiting for the rest of his anger.
"Hermione, I-I'm sorry, I just I just don't want to turn out like him, and I-I…" He trailed off and looked at her a bit hopfully, wanting her to move back. He noticed that her absence was a bit upsetting and liked her presence next to him, which desturbed him a bit.
Hermione was still a bit scared that he would blow up again, but she moved back to his side and quickly changed the subject, that Draco was thankfull for.
"So, where do you want to go?" She asked a bit awkardly
"Ummm…Three Broomsticks?" She nodded and they headed off in that direciton in silence.
When they got there Draco went strait up to the counter to buy the drinks while Hermione found a table, when they were seated Hermione stared out the window while Draco stared at her intencely before breaking the uncomftorable silence,
"So… How are you getting on?" Hermione nodded, staying silent "Shit Hermione I'm sorry, it's just that ever since my father escaped from Askaban he's all I've been able to think about and when I'm with you, I just don't," He finnished looking down at his untouched butterbeer and then slowly up at a supprised Hermione,
"Well that's a reilfe…I guess…so you count me as your friend do you?" Draco was a bit dissapointed to hear that but shrugged it off casually and grinned up at Hermione,
"Hermione!" He said in a supprised voice, "You beat in all the exams last year, and every year before that! My father was furiouse, you probably beat me in every test we ever had and your asking me weather you're my friend!?" Hermione laughed and smacked him on the soulder playfully,
"I was just curious, for all I know it could just be a nother bet with some of your slytherin friends."
"Shure as hell looks like it to me!" Came a gritted reply from behind her before Draco could answer. Hermione's eyes widened and she slowly came face to face with a very angry looking Ron and a very discusted looking Harry,
"Hermione," said Harry swollowing his anger, though it was apparent through his voice, "Could me have a word with you please?" Obvously not a question. Hermione gulped and turned to Draco
"Would you excuse me please Draco? It seems that Harry and Ron need to have a quick word." She said apoligising with her eyes hoping that Draco would get the message. He nodded and glared at Harry and Ron.
Hermione got up and walked into an empty booth with them, Ron was the first to talk-well, explode more like-
"HERMIONE HOW COULD YOU? HE IS OUR ENIMY! HOW-H-WHA-…" he trailed off breathing heavily as Harry elbowed him out of the way,
"What we realy wanted to ask you," said Harry being civle, though underneath Hermione could tell the was fuming, "was what are you doing here with that-that git!" He finnished savagly, Hermione sighed and looked him strait in the eye,
"We'r friends Harry." Behind Ron made a kind of half snort, half cough, Harry and Hermione ingored him. "We had a truce and… well now we'r friends." She said this looking strait in his eye and said this with a blank face, but Harry could tell she was trully friends Draco Malfoy.
He took a deep breath, "Ok," he said smiling, Ron made a slight gagging noise, " I just want to know whats going on, just, tell us when something happens like this again ok?" Hermione grinned at him and hugged him. Ron was staring at them in disbeleaf. All he could manage was,
"As long as it's not a date!"
"WHAT?" Hermione almost shouted so that some peolple looked around to see what the golden trio was fighting about now, "A DATE?" Hermione spluttered, but some were inside her some thing stired and said,
'but you want it to be one don't you?'
"THIS IS NOT A DATE!"
"Well good, 'cause if it would be then I recommend you go to Maddam Pompfre," said Ron storming out. Harry looked pityingly at her and said,
"Don't worry, I'll make him come to some sence at lease." He hugged Hermione one more time before running out after Ron. Hermione slowly turned round to head back to the table, but when she saw Draco a tear ran down her cheak before she ran out of the shop.
Draco immediately jumped up and ran after her, the students giving him strange looks, but he ignored them concerntrating of finding Hermione. He got outside, people pushed him in every direction, talking, chattering happily among them selfs. Draco saw a flash of silky brown running in the opposite direction and he ran after it quickly, he saw her turn and run towards the school, running after her he knocked people over in his hast. He finnaly cought up with her and grabbed her arm,
"Hermione!" He shouted, he turned her round to face him and saw that her face was streaked with tears, "c'mon, lets go back to the dormatry, people are starting to think that we had another fight! And we wouldn't want that now would we?" He said with a small smile on his face, Hermione laughted a bit and nodded. Draco put his arm around her shoulders and together they walked back to the castel earning themselves a lot of strange looks from the passers by…
A/N: Hey had a bit of trouble finding how to upload chaps. but its ok now
thank you to all the people who reviewed as i said in my first chapter this is my first fic.
should be uploading chaps 4 & 5 soon but might be a bit hard 'cause i'm on holiday and we have to find internet cafes. please review
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