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Last time on The Last Chance!…
"Could I ask you…" Hermione began.
"I don't want to talk about it Granger…" Malfoy trailed off as he turned away but still continued walking.
Hermione frowned but nodded.
They reached the two hallways and both went their separate ways.
"I'll see you in class." Hermione mumbled sadly while turning away.
"Granger." Malfoy said in a slight whisper.
Hermione turned back to Malfoy expectantly.
"Uh…thanks." He said while looking anywhere but in her face.
Hermione smiled lightly.
"No problem." She said and they both walked away.
Now on The Last Chance!…The next day Hermione sat in class.
She was having trouble paying attention though.
Luckily she was a smart witch who could easily catch up but she still wished she could concentrate on something other than a blond haired boy sitting across the room from her.
Hermione took a glance at him and then turned back to her parchment.
"This has got to stop." She told herself mentally.
"The only way to do that is to figure out what's going on with Malfoy. Hm..something about his parents. Lucius being a death eater perhaps? Could be…maybe he doesn't want to." Hermione thought hopefully.
"That's insane." Hermione thought with a sigh as she leaned her head in her palm and her elbow on the table.
She looked down at her blank parchment.
She should be keeping notes.
Just as she thought this ink began to form on her parchment.
She stared at it in confusion until it formed a sentence.
Shouldn't you be taking notes? After all, can't have you doing horrible on the exams -Malfoy
Hermione snorted lightly.
Just like him to write something so juvenile.
She rolled her eyes but then grabbed her pen and began to write.
Why would you care what a bookworm, 'mudblood' does? Although it is nice to see your caring side for once.-Granger
She smiled lightly at the message and whispered a simple spell to imprint it to Malfoy.
She quickly looked in his direction and saw him scowl. He looked at her and then began to write.
Must you call youself that? I mean, it's so unbecoming. Have you ever thought that I do have a caring side? I just don't care to show it around potter and weasley.-Malfoy
Funny coming from you. What makes me so 'priviledged' to see this side of yours?-Granger
Hermione looked in Draco's direction but noticed he wasn't writing.
She frowned.
"I wonder if I'll ever find out what's going on." She thought.
After class Hermione began packing away her books.
Ron and Harry did the same but Ron finished first because lunch was next.
"Hey, I'll see you guys in the Great Hall k?" Ron asked in a bit of a hurry.
"Uh, sure Ron." Harry answered still taking care of his things.
As soon as Ron left Harry turned to Hermione.
"So, who were you writing to?" Harry asked nonchalantly.
Hermione turned to Harry.
"When?" She asked.
"During class. I saw you scribbling away and I was just curious." Harry explained.
"Oh, well I was writing to…um…noone actually. Just taking notes." Hermione said quickly.
Harry gave her a questioning glance but said no more on the subject.
"Well, I'll see you in the Great Hall." Harry said before leaving the room.
"Damn it." Hermione said aloud once Harry was out of sight.
She quickly finished up with her things and ran to the Great Hall for lunch.
Draco sat down at the Slytherin table. He looked over to the Gryffindor table and found Harry and Ron but didn't see Hermione anywhere.
He looked around the table but still didn't see her so he turned back to his food.
"Looking for your girlfriend?" A voice asked in a slight whisper.
Malfoy turned to Blaise who was glaring at him.
"What?" Malfoy sneered.
"I saw you writing to her in Divination last period." Blaise explained.
Draco opened his mouth to deny it.
"Why don't you go find your mudblood girlfriend, I mean you must be worried about her if she's late." Blaise said seriously.
Draco glared at Blaise and tried to control his anger.
"What? Can't handle it? Maybe you two belong together. Hogwarts biggest hearthrob gets stolen away by none other than bookworm Grang.." Blaise was interupted by a fist in his jaw as he fell from his seat and blood poured from his nose.
Draco stood up as surrounding Slytherin's stared at the two.
Draco then proceeded to leave the Great Hall without food as Blaise laughed from the floor.
As Draco stormed out of the Great Hall he ran into none other than Hermione.
Draco looked at her shocked as she fell to the floor and then shook his head and ran off.
Hermione got up and watched him run down the hallway. She looked towards the door of the Great Hall and then down the hall.
She sighed and grabbed her things as she ran down the hallway.
Draco ran to the Quidditch field. He ran up the bleachers and sat down where he cursed.
"What was I thinking?!" He screamed at himself.
"Malfoy?" Hermione had finally caught up and sat down next to him.
"Perfect." Draco thought sarcastically.
"Listen, I'm sorry I ran into you ok?" Draco said angrily.
"I didn't come here because you ran into me…" Hermione trailed off.
She wasn't really sure why she came.
"Then why did you come?" Draco asked curiously.
"Um…I-I well, I don't really know." Hermione said looking away.
"Oh." Draco said slouching.
"So, why'd you run out of the Great Hall like a runaway criminal?" Hermione asked lightly.
This time Draco turned away from her gaze.
"I-I punched Blaise." Draco mumbled.
Hermione's mouth opened slightly in shock but she immediately shut it.
"Do you mind if I ask…" Hermione began.
"Why? He-it's hard to explain." Malfoy said his brow furrowed as he glared at the ground.
Hermione nodded.
"Go ahead ask." Draco said rolling his eyes and hiding his amusement.
"Ask what?" Hermione asked innocently.
Draco gave her a stern look.
"I was just disappointed that I missed it that's all." Hermione said with a smile.
Draco smiled lightly.
"What are you doing?! Blaise was right!" Draco yelled at himself.
"So, why did you come here?" Draco asked looking at her in the eyes.
"Just to find out what happened." Hermione said.
"Sure Granger…you could of asked Potter." Draco said crossing his arms.
"Well, I um…why won't you tell me why you punched Blaise? We have plenty of time." Hermione said with a smile.
"I can't. You're the best friend of my worst enemy as if I'm going to tell you my secrets." Malfoy explained.
Hermione nodded.
"Then I guess I'll just have to bother you until I find out." Hermione joked.
"You won't give up?" Draco asked with more hope than dread.
Hermione nodded.
Draco smiled.
"Good luck then." With that Draco got up and left back to the Slytherin common room.
Hermione just sat confused.
A week passed and the closer Draco and Hermione became the more stunts Blaise pulled so Hogwarts knew about it.
Draco was thankful for the Quidditch game that night.
Slytherin versus Gryffindor and he could hardly wait.
He looked in the mirror of his dormitory and sighed.
Something was definitely changing about him. Before leaving the common room he made sure he looked his best. He used to before but for some reason he wasn't happy with how he looked anymore. He stopped slicking back his hair a few years ago but that didn't seem to be enough.
He shrugged giving up on himself and left down towards the Quidditch field
On the way he couldn't help but pause by the Gryffindor corridor.
He glanced through the crowd of people and finally his gaze landed on the brown hair of Hermione Granger.
He looked around her and didn't see Potter or Weasley anywhere in sight.
He smiled lightly.
Hermione looked up and saw the blond hair of Malfoy.
She followed his loosely styled hair to his gray eyes that were staring at her. His trademark smirk tinting his lips and the green Slytherin uniform over his no doubt muscular body.
"I thought you'd be surrounded by Potter and Weasley again." Malfoy said as she got closer.
"I thought you'd be down on the field already." Hermione laughed.
Draco's eyes got wide as he looked at his watch.
"Oh…" He trailed off as he ran down the hallway.
Hermione grinned as he ran.
He turned back to her before running around the corner.
"I'll see ya later!" He called with a smirk.
Hermione just nodded with a laugh as he ran out of sight.
She shook her head but walked down to the bleachers around the open field.
Hermione found Ginny and sat down.
"So you did decide to cheer for Gryffindor." Ginny teased with a laugh.
"Please Ginny." Hermione said with a roll of her eyes.
"I'm only playing. How's it going?" Ginny asked while turning her attention to the field.
Before Hermione could answer both teams flew out onto the field.
Harry and Draco were the last ones for both teams as they flew around.
As Draco flew by he glanced around trying to find Hermione. He quickly found her and then turned his attention back to the game as Madame Hooch let the balls loose.
His look didn't go unnoticed by Ginny as she was paying close attention to Malfoy.
"Looks like you have yourself an admirer." Ginny continued to tease.
Hermione blushed.
"Can we talk about this later?" Hermione asked.
Ginny nodded and left it at that.
Harry also noticed throughout the game Draco's looks towards Hermione.
As Harry watched Malfoy he saw the golden snitch flying by Draco's head. Just as he took off Draco spotted it as well and took off.
After dodging a bludger and a few Gryffindors out to knock him off his broom he saw the snitch right in front of Harry's fingers.
Draco growled and sped up until he was even with Harry.
"I'm not letting you take this too!" Harry yelled.
Draco's eyes became wide then he went back to normal and tried to speed up.
"Give it up Wonder Boy I'm not taking your girl!" Draco yelled.
Harry glared straight ahead as he tried to go faster as well.
Both boys stayed even as they didn't gain any speed on the snitch.
"I see how she looks at you! And you her so don't tell me you're not trying to take her!" Harry yelled angrily.
"She doesn't belong to anyone Potter! Least of all you!" Draco screamed.
Harry turned to Malfoy and glared at him with his mouth slightly open.
Suddenly Harry shoved Draco and then Draco turned his broom to run into Harry.
By now they lost sight of the snitch and were having a fist fight while flying around uncontrollubly at an alarming speed.
Harry punched Malfoy in the jaw and he started plummeting to the ground.
Just before hitting the ground he turned upwards and ran his broom into Harry's as they both fell just in time to be hit by a bludger passing by.
Whoa, this was the hardest chapter to write…I kept starting to read it and then I'd get so caught up in it I forgot to press enter so I'd have to start over lol. Hope you liked it! R&R please! Thank you to all reviewers!!
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