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Chapter Thirteen - The WHAT charm?!
They broke apart slowly, lost in each other's eyes. Finally, it was Hermione who broke the silence.
"Why'd you do that?" She asked with an unreadable expression on her face. Draco sighed. He should have expected this. Why DID he kiss her, anyways? Fuck! Was the only word running through his mind.
"I.. um.." He started. FUCK! Malfoys never stall! Malfoys are always prepared! Malfoys don't have to explain! MALFOYS DON'T KISS MUDBLOODS! He thought angrily. "I had to shut you up.." He muttered in a low voice, looking away.
Hermione's eyes flashed dangerously. "Don't you .. ever .. Kiss me to shut me up.. ever again!" She snarled. Why, oh why, did he have to play with her feelings like this? 'You have feelings for him!' said a gleeful voice in the back of head. She ignored it.
Draco was torn. Should I appologize? Or should I say something cold? He thought. "Er, right. Sorry" He replied quietly. Hermione stared at him as if he had grown another head. Did he just appologize? She thought. "Does that mean that you wont mind if I kiss you again, but with different intentions?" Asked Draco. After he had asked the question, he could have hit his head against a wall. That question leaves me so vunerable .. UGH! What the hell is wrong with me? I think i've lost my touch.. Draco thought, frustrated.
Hermione looked at Draco, unsure of what to say. "Depends what those intentions are" She asked, with a small smirk. Draco looked surprised, but didn't say anything.
Instead, he just flipped her over, so that she was underneith of him, and kissed her hungrily. And this was the moment that he decided his had officially lost his mind.
Surprisingly enough, however, she kissed back. He didn't know what exactly had gotten into him. Why did he kiss her? Why was she kissing back? The moment his lips met hers, all rational (or irrational) thoughts disappeared. The world disappeared. The Gryffindor/Slytherin rivalry disappeared. The pureblood vs. muggle-born mania disappeared. Hermione was having similar thoughts and feelings. What, exactly are his intentions? This is driving me insane.. She thought.
But then their fairytale came crashing down.
"AWWWWWWWW!"
Hermione and Draco jumped apart, looking horrified. "About time, too. I'm awfully surprised, I must say.. Either I underestimated your strengths, or i'm just really bad at placing the amore indotto charm on the room" Narcissa said. Draco look thunder-struck. Hermione's stood up, speachless. She glanced at her mother, and to her utter horror, her mother was smiling too.
"A WHAT?!"
"YOU DID WHAT?!"
"AMORE INDOTTO?!"
"WE WERE IN AN AMORE INDOTTO ROOM!"
"Silencio!" Narcissa said, pointing her wands at the two yelling teenagers. Anna-Marie's eyes widend.
"I'd love to learn that one .. That could prove so useful!" Anna-Marie said, smiling. Narcissa nodded. Hermione couldn't believe what she hearing.
"I'm sure you two had some fun with the Aparatus charm. Nifty, no?" Narcissa asked with a bemused expression. "Of course, to make sure you two didn't kill each other, I limited the Aparatus charm to certain things" Narcissa said. Hermione thought briefly of the time with Draco tried to order a firewhiskey, but got apple juice instead.
"I've heard a lot about Draco over the summers. Of course, little or none of it was good, but sometimes I got the faint expression that Hermione thought you were good-looking.." Anna-Marie said. Hermione shot her mother a death glare, and Draco looked at her with an interested expression.
"I've heard a lot about Hermione over the summers, too. Mostly along the lines of you beating Draco at all his subjects, being a famous wizard's best friend, you dating at national quidditch star.. I got the faint impression that he liked you a bit, or envied you." Narcissa said. Draco looked absolutely livid. Hermione's mom shot Hermione a quizzical expression. Hermione gave Draco the same look he had given her, just moments before.
"We both agree that we've heard enough of your bickering and deep hate for each other. Which is why we both agreed to send you two on a blind date" Anna-Marie said.
Narcissa soon removed the spell.
"I don't like him!"
"I don't like her!"
Narcissa and Anna-Marie laughed. "Why did you place the Amour Indotto charm on the room?" Hermione asked quietly. Narcissa looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Because, I thought it would be the easiest, most subtle way for you two to realize your feelings for each other" Narcissa replied. Hermione bit her lip. It all made sence. Draco had similar thoughts.
The Amour Indotto charm, when placed on a room, showed the true feelings of the inhabitants of the room, through manipulating thoughts. In other words, making the subconcience stronger. If the inhabitants of the room had no feelings for each other, it they would notice no difference. But if they did..
"I suspect you two would like to leave this place, now?" Narcissa asked them. They both nodded all-to-eagerly. "Well then.." She muttered something, and the quidditch pitch disappeared, leaving the two teenagers and their mothers standing on the street.
"Anna-Marie is taking me muggle shopping. Will you two be OK at Hermione's house? You two can go wherever you want, but use your judgement. No magic!" Narcissa said, looking at them. They nodded.
"Oh, and you two shouldn't seperate.. Draco, dear.. You've rarely ever been in the muggle world .. Its too dangerous" Hermione's mother said. Draco scowled, but said nothing.
"Draco.. You'll be needing some of this" Narcissa said, passing Draco some muggle money. Draco looked at it strangely.
"What is this?" He asked. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Muggle money, dear" Narcissa said. Draco nodded curtly.
"Right then. Toodles!" Anna-Marie said cherrily. And with that, the two mothers walked off, leaving Hermione and Draco stuck together .. again.
"Well, what would you like to do? Time is a bit off balance now, I must admit. While being in the room, it made me feel like it was evening, but its still afternoon." Hermione said matter-of-factly. Draco nodded.
"I don't care.. There can't be anything really fun in the muggle world.." Draco said, surveying the street with great dislike. Hermione laughed. She vaguely noticed that they were starting to draw attention to themselves, especially Draco in his robes.
"You don't really know anything about the muggle world, do you?" Hermione asked with a laugh. Draco shook his head, his eyes flashing. "Well, for starters, I think you need to change out of that dress robe.. Its drawing attention" Hermione pointed out.
"How long do you think they'll be?" Hermione asked, refering to the mothers.
Draco groaned. "Knowing my mother.. Hours" He replied. Hermione looked thoughtful.
"Well, what do you think?" Hermione asked. "We could go shopping, and get you some muggle clothes" Hermione said, scanning Draco over. Draco smirked.
"Like what you see?" He asked, tousling his head casually. Hermione snorted.
"Don't get too full of yourself" She said airily. "So? Shall we make you fit in?" Hermione asked him. Draco made a face.
"Fine, Granger. But if you breathe one word of this in the wizarding world.." He said dangerously. Hermione nodded.
"Of course, I wont say anything. Oh, and we should probably go first name basis. Muggles don't call each other by their last names, no matter how much they hate them" Hermione replied smartly. Draco rolled his eyes.
"Well, lets head to the closest mall, then" Hermione said, starting to walk. Draco quickly followed. "I think i'll pick up a couple muggle clothes myself, too" Hermione said, more to herself than anyone else.
And with that, the witch and the wizard set off, in search of muggle apparel.
Author's Note: Well, here you go, another chapter. I know its not that long, but it will do, hopefully. Let me know what you guys think! :D
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