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PLEASE! Thanks for reading! I will slow down a bit I just don't want to be
boring. Sorry if the chapters rubbish I have a throat infection and have so
many vitamin supplements and linctus inside me I feel like some human
guinea pig. Miarae, the sp? Meant spelling because I wasn't sure it was
right. I can see what you're saying about the sentences. Although the
bottom one could have had a bit more punctuation in it was meant to seem
like she was speaking really fast, but the top one was rushed and I suppose
I should slow down! I'll carry on now; I was pushed up to my grandmas for a
few days while I recovered. I'm still not well but I wanted to be home so
here I am.
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"See you then Harry" Draco said and shut the door after Harry walked out, he turned round and saw Hermione was sat down with a glass of firewhiskey in her hand. He walked over picked his up and sat across from her,
"You two act like good friends you know" She smiled and nodded her head,
"It feels a bit like we are" He shook his head, "I mean not good friends but you know? Mates" There was a long silence,
"Well, where do we stand?" She took a sip of firewhiskey the glass clinking against her white teeth,
"What do you mean where do we stand?" Draco threw back at her questioningly,
"Well, what happened in Diagon alley?"
"It was nothing," He said quickly,
"Right,"
"Yes, right" He snapped,
"It obviously means slightly more, what do we do if people find out?"
"Deny it," He said shortly,
"Look there's no need to snap I'm doing this so I can see where we both stand, after all we wouldn't want it to leak out that you'd had some one night stand with some filthy little mudblood" She said bitterly,
"I didn't mean that"
"Well what do you mean then?"
"Just forget it right?" There was a long silence. Hermione got up and walked into her dormitory. She threw herself onto the bed and sat there until she finally drifted off to sleep, it wasn't that hard the bed was the most comfortable piece of furniture she had ever sat on and would have been surprised if there wasn't spells on it to make it even more cosy.
*
"It's not up to me to fathom the mind of Draco Malfoy" She was speaking to her reflection in the mirror, she was in her uniform and ready for class she was just applying a bit of mascara, "Best not go overboard eh?" She looked at the mirror cynically, apparently annoyed at the reflection for not replying, "fine!" She slung her bag over her shoulder and walked into the common room, her and the head boy shared. Draco looked up and made to speak, he opened his mouth and shut it. She walked over to the door and he spoke,
"H...Granger?"
"So you speak?"
"About last night"
"I don't care" She stepped out; she did care but why show it? He didn't show any compassion about the twos situation, so she didn't show she'd cared for him. Even Stevens.
"Hey Harry" S he picked up a slice of toast and sat opposite him; well aware of the fact Ron was sat right beside her, glaring. She grabbed a knife and dug it into the butter,
"Hello, how are you?" He stared at her she was mutilating the pot of butter with the knife, he put his hand on her arm, "Had a bad night?"
"So-so. You?" She got a lump of butter and spread it across the toast, she looked around the great hall it was pretty usual.
"Same as usual" He ate some more toast with marmalade on,
"What's our first lesson?"
"Double potions" Harry choked on his toast spluttering bits of marmalade and bread onto his plate,
"No"
"Yes. Hideous isn't it?"
"Yes," He shoved more toast into his mouth, "Better get going you know what Snape is like"
"Yes, I'll meet you outside the common room once I've got my bag" "Right" She grabbed a piece of toast and walked out of the hall. She walked up the stairs until she reached the portrait of Patrick Payenne,
"Sugar Sherlock" She said through a mouthful of buttered toast. She grabbed her bag from the common room and walked out. She walked down the stairs and made her way to the gryffindor common room.
*
"What are we going to be doing in potions this year Herm?"
"It will be pretty difficult considering our NEWT's are coming up, I think we'll be doing the conjunctivitis potion, hallucination draught, quite a lot of healing ones and probably a pregnancy one" She nodded her head smiling
"Er, right" Harry shook his head at Hermione's immense knowledge of school, "How do you know that?"
"I asked Percy what came up in his NEWT's"
"When did you talk to Percy?" Harry spat,
"Don't worry it was in our third year" She smiled and rubbed her hands together,
"It's really cold" Harry said rubbing his hands too,
"I know!" She hitched her bag up on her shoulder, "It's only just autumn I don't understand"
"Maybe someone has put a spell over the school?"
"I don't think so, a spell that big is very advanced magic only the professors would be able to do that"
"It was worth a try" Harry shrugged and joined the queue behind Neville Longbottom.
After a few minutes Snape let them in and they all sat down, Gryffindors on one side, slytherins on the other.
"Today we will be working on the conjunctivitis potion, it is a very complex potion and involves many ingredients therefore you will be working in threes. Can anyone tell me the affects of the conjunctivitis potion?" One hand rose straight away; Hermione's. Snape ignored her and sneered, "Anyone?" Draco raised his hand," Yes Draco?"
"If a person is foolish enough to drink the potion they will suffer from weeping and itchy eyes for a few hours," He took a deep breath, "You can change how long the person is affected for by adding more or less vanilla roots in"
"Twenty points to slytherin" The gryffindors groaned, and Snape shot them all piercing looks, "I couldn't have explained it better myself," Draco smirked and Ron went red at the ears, his furious red hair clashing terribly, "You will be working in threes. Brown, Patil and Longbottom" The two girls scowled to each other discreetly as Neville picked up his bag and cauldron and made his way over, "Weasley, Thomas and Finnegan" The boys grinned and Ron turned his chair round so he was facing the two, Snape went through some more names, "Parkinson, Zabini and Nott" Snape looked around, "That leaves Malfoy, Potter and Granger" He gave Harry a look of loathing, then turned around as Malfoy made his way over. Snape tapped the board and instructions appeared. Hermione grinned,
"What are you looking so happy about?" Draco said,
"I can easily make this potion, I did it in our third year"
"When?" Harry demanded,
"For fun around New Year" She put her hand through her hair and Snape walked over,
"Kindly take that stud out of your lip Miss Granger"
"Why?"
"Because it is foul"
"I like it" Snape's face started to get a red tinge, the gryffindors waited for him to explode,
"Take it out or I shall take points from gryffindor"
"It isn't against the rules"
"IT IS IN MY CLASS" The gryffindors glared at Hermione who took it out staring out Snape furiously. He went over to Goyle's group and pointed out that Goyle was about to put Hippogriff blood in it instead of Salamander's.
"Right then little miss-know-all get cracking" Harry leaned back on his chair,
"Oh no you don't Harry, this will probably come up in your NEWT's and I'm not letting you sit back and do nothing." Malfoy groaned,
"Do you only think about exams?"
"No, you know I don't Malfoy"
"Okay I'll work" They started on the potions,
"How come you weren't sat with Crabbe and Goyle?" Harry inquired, Malfoy sighed.
"They are so thick. They just annoy me"
"They annoy us too" Hermione muttered adding salamander's blood,
"What's that?" Harry asked,
"Salamander's blood, fetch some Thestral's milk please Draco" Draco went off,
*
"It sounds so wrong coming from her tongue" Dean said to Seamus and Ron,
"Ooooh Deraccco" He rolled the r and Seamus and Dean sniggered,
"Still hung up about her then Ron?" Seamus asked,
"Who wouldn't be?" Dean said, "Look at her she as hot before but look at her now, it's enough to turn me into a full scale goth just so I have a chance with her" Ron shook his head,
"How does she do it?" Ron said, "She is such a goddess and she just doesn't have a clue!" He smiled, "If only I could get her back"
"You never will Weasley" Malfoy drawled, he had just fetched a vanilla root, he needed an inch of it so it would only last 2 minutes. He stalked off, and Dean, Seamus and Ron's jaws hung open at Malfoy's arrogance,
"What did you say to Ron?" Harry asked Malfoy under his breath,
"They were saying how they were going to get Hermione so I put them in their place" Malfoy smirked at Harry who glanced over at Hermione on the other side of the desk. She was busy stirring it,
"Good on you mate" Harry clapped Malfoy on the back,
"What are you two talking about?"
"The potion" The two said quickly,
"Right" She said she obviously didn't believe them, but they weren't going to argue, "We need to let it simmer for ten minutes and then we can bottle it up" She smiled,
"At least we'll get a good mark," Harry said,
"Why?" Draco asked,
"Well you worked with us and your Snape's golden boy" Draco grinned,
"I can't deny it, shouldn't we say silver though" He pointed to the silver and green snake on his robes,
"Silver then" The next five minutes past quickly,
"You should be ready to bottle you potion up soon there is ten minutes of this lesson left, if yours is not complete your group shall be given a detention" Hermione ladled a sample of the potion into the bottle and gave it to Draco to take to the front, she quickly vanished the remainder of the potion once Draco had handed it to Snape successfully. She put the cauldron away and the three were ready to go.
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That was a long chapter: 1802 words (according to word)! Well, I know not much is happening but there will be soon I just don't want to rush it because then the story will be crap, I'm going to try and get another chapter up today and if not tomorrow because I know I've been slow updating. Thanks for reviewing everyone (I'm going to give you all a mention yay!):
Miarae: My faithful reviewer that helps me too! You've reviewed nearly every chapter and you're a total darling! ^_^
Draco fan: Another faithful reviewer, that helps as well. Thanks a bunch, I took you and Miarae's suggestions on board and tried not to rush. You've reviewed a lot too thanks!
sk8erpunkGCpnay: I'm sorry about the Ron bit, I hope I didn't offend you too much and don't worry I've already done a love triangle and I DON'T plan to do another one.
Magsambis: Thanks so much, and I won't let a lack of reviews get me down because some of my reviews say I deserve more so that makes me feel happier.
Kate: I'm sorry your not a piercing fan I thought it just added some pizzazz to it.
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# All your reviews meant a lot to me thanks a bunch. Please review if you read because I love reading them even if it just says you didn't like bits or you liked it. Still means a lot! ^_^. Sorry I went on a bit
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"See you then Harry" Draco said and shut the door after Harry walked out, he turned round and saw Hermione was sat down with a glass of firewhiskey in her hand. He walked over picked his up and sat across from her,
"You two act like good friends you know" She smiled and nodded her head,
"It feels a bit like we are" He shook his head, "I mean not good friends but you know? Mates" There was a long silence,
"Well, where do we stand?" She took a sip of firewhiskey the glass clinking against her white teeth,
"What do you mean where do we stand?" Draco threw back at her questioningly,
"Well, what happened in Diagon alley?"
"It was nothing," He said quickly,
"Right,"
"Yes, right" He snapped,
"It obviously means slightly more, what do we do if people find out?"
"Deny it," He said shortly,
"Look there's no need to snap I'm doing this so I can see where we both stand, after all we wouldn't want it to leak out that you'd had some one night stand with some filthy little mudblood" She said bitterly,
"I didn't mean that"
"Well what do you mean then?"
"Just forget it right?" There was a long silence. Hermione got up and walked into her dormitory. She threw herself onto the bed and sat there until she finally drifted off to sleep, it wasn't that hard the bed was the most comfortable piece of furniture she had ever sat on and would have been surprised if there wasn't spells on it to make it even more cosy.
*
"It's not up to me to fathom the mind of Draco Malfoy" She was speaking to her reflection in the mirror, she was in her uniform and ready for class she was just applying a bit of mascara, "Best not go overboard eh?" She looked at the mirror cynically, apparently annoyed at the reflection for not replying, "fine!" She slung her bag over her shoulder and walked into the common room, her and the head boy shared. Draco looked up and made to speak, he opened his mouth and shut it. She walked over to the door and he spoke,
"H...Granger?"
"So you speak?"
"About last night"
"I don't care" She stepped out; she did care but why show it? He didn't show any compassion about the twos situation, so she didn't show she'd cared for him. Even Stevens.
"Hey Harry" S he picked up a slice of toast and sat opposite him; well aware of the fact Ron was sat right beside her, glaring. She grabbed a knife and dug it into the butter,
"Hello, how are you?" He stared at her she was mutilating the pot of butter with the knife, he put his hand on her arm, "Had a bad night?"
"So-so. You?" She got a lump of butter and spread it across the toast, she looked around the great hall it was pretty usual.
"Same as usual" He ate some more toast with marmalade on,
"What's our first lesson?"
"Double potions" Harry choked on his toast spluttering bits of marmalade and bread onto his plate,
"No"
"Yes. Hideous isn't it?"
"Yes," He shoved more toast into his mouth, "Better get going you know what Snape is like"
"Yes, I'll meet you outside the common room once I've got my bag" "Right" She grabbed a piece of toast and walked out of the hall. She walked up the stairs until she reached the portrait of Patrick Payenne,
"Sugar Sherlock" She said through a mouthful of buttered toast. She grabbed her bag from the common room and walked out. She walked down the stairs and made her way to the gryffindor common room.
*
"What are we going to be doing in potions this year Herm?"
"It will be pretty difficult considering our NEWT's are coming up, I think we'll be doing the conjunctivitis potion, hallucination draught, quite a lot of healing ones and probably a pregnancy one" She nodded her head smiling
"Er, right" Harry shook his head at Hermione's immense knowledge of school, "How do you know that?"
"I asked Percy what came up in his NEWT's"
"When did you talk to Percy?" Harry spat,
"Don't worry it was in our third year" She smiled and rubbed her hands together,
"It's really cold" Harry said rubbing his hands too,
"I know!" She hitched her bag up on her shoulder, "It's only just autumn I don't understand"
"Maybe someone has put a spell over the school?"
"I don't think so, a spell that big is very advanced magic only the professors would be able to do that"
"It was worth a try" Harry shrugged and joined the queue behind Neville Longbottom.
After a few minutes Snape let them in and they all sat down, Gryffindors on one side, slytherins on the other.
"Today we will be working on the conjunctivitis potion, it is a very complex potion and involves many ingredients therefore you will be working in threes. Can anyone tell me the affects of the conjunctivitis potion?" One hand rose straight away; Hermione's. Snape ignored her and sneered, "Anyone?" Draco raised his hand," Yes Draco?"
"If a person is foolish enough to drink the potion they will suffer from weeping and itchy eyes for a few hours," He took a deep breath, "You can change how long the person is affected for by adding more or less vanilla roots in"
"Twenty points to slytherin" The gryffindors groaned, and Snape shot them all piercing looks, "I couldn't have explained it better myself," Draco smirked and Ron went red at the ears, his furious red hair clashing terribly, "You will be working in threes. Brown, Patil and Longbottom" The two girls scowled to each other discreetly as Neville picked up his bag and cauldron and made his way over, "Weasley, Thomas and Finnegan" The boys grinned and Ron turned his chair round so he was facing the two, Snape went through some more names, "Parkinson, Zabini and Nott" Snape looked around, "That leaves Malfoy, Potter and Granger" He gave Harry a look of loathing, then turned around as Malfoy made his way over. Snape tapped the board and instructions appeared. Hermione grinned,
"What are you looking so happy about?" Draco said,
"I can easily make this potion, I did it in our third year"
"When?" Harry demanded,
"For fun around New Year" She put her hand through her hair and Snape walked over,
"Kindly take that stud out of your lip Miss Granger"
"Why?"
"Because it is foul"
"I like it" Snape's face started to get a red tinge, the gryffindors waited for him to explode,
"Take it out or I shall take points from gryffindor"
"It isn't against the rules"
"IT IS IN MY CLASS" The gryffindors glared at Hermione who took it out staring out Snape furiously. He went over to Goyle's group and pointed out that Goyle was about to put Hippogriff blood in it instead of Salamander's.
"Right then little miss-know-all get cracking" Harry leaned back on his chair,
"Oh no you don't Harry, this will probably come up in your NEWT's and I'm not letting you sit back and do nothing." Malfoy groaned,
"Do you only think about exams?"
"No, you know I don't Malfoy"
"Okay I'll work" They started on the potions,
"How come you weren't sat with Crabbe and Goyle?" Harry inquired, Malfoy sighed.
"They are so thick. They just annoy me"
"They annoy us too" Hermione muttered adding salamander's blood,
"What's that?" Harry asked,
"Salamander's blood, fetch some Thestral's milk please Draco" Draco went off,
*
"It sounds so wrong coming from her tongue" Dean said to Seamus and Ron,
"Ooooh Deraccco" He rolled the r and Seamus and Dean sniggered,
"Still hung up about her then Ron?" Seamus asked,
"Who wouldn't be?" Dean said, "Look at her she as hot before but look at her now, it's enough to turn me into a full scale goth just so I have a chance with her" Ron shook his head,
"How does she do it?" Ron said, "She is such a goddess and she just doesn't have a clue!" He smiled, "If only I could get her back"
"You never will Weasley" Malfoy drawled, he had just fetched a vanilla root, he needed an inch of it so it would only last 2 minutes. He stalked off, and Dean, Seamus and Ron's jaws hung open at Malfoy's arrogance,
"What did you say to Ron?" Harry asked Malfoy under his breath,
"They were saying how they were going to get Hermione so I put them in their place" Malfoy smirked at Harry who glanced over at Hermione on the other side of the desk. She was busy stirring it,
"Good on you mate" Harry clapped Malfoy on the back,
"What are you two talking about?"
"The potion" The two said quickly,
"Right" She said she obviously didn't believe them, but they weren't going to argue, "We need to let it simmer for ten minutes and then we can bottle it up" She smiled,
"At least we'll get a good mark," Harry said,
"Why?" Draco asked,
"Well you worked with us and your Snape's golden boy" Draco grinned,
"I can't deny it, shouldn't we say silver though" He pointed to the silver and green snake on his robes,
"Silver then" The next five minutes past quickly,
"You should be ready to bottle you potion up soon there is ten minutes of this lesson left, if yours is not complete your group shall be given a detention" Hermione ladled a sample of the potion into the bottle and gave it to Draco to take to the front, she quickly vanished the remainder of the potion once Draco had handed it to Snape successfully. She put the cauldron away and the three were ready to go.
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That was a long chapter: 1802 words (according to word)! Well, I know not much is happening but there will be soon I just don't want to rush it because then the story will be crap, I'm going to try and get another chapter up today and if not tomorrow because I know I've been slow updating. Thanks for reviewing everyone (I'm going to give you all a mention yay!):
Miarae: My faithful reviewer that helps me too! You've reviewed nearly every chapter and you're a total darling! ^_^
Draco fan: Another faithful reviewer, that helps as well. Thanks a bunch, I took you and Miarae's suggestions on board and tried not to rush. You've reviewed a lot too thanks!
sk8erpunkGCpnay: I'm sorry about the Ron bit, I hope I didn't offend you too much and don't worry I've already done a love triangle and I DON'T plan to do another one.
Magsambis: Thanks so much, and I won't let a lack of reviews get me down because some of my reviews say I deserve more so that makes me feel happier.
Kate: I'm sorry your not a piercing fan I thought it just added some pizzazz to it.
Shini-Hi: Thanks for reviewing; I'm loving your stories girl! L-O-V-I-N-G.
Lil-army-girl: Glad you liked it. Hope you still do!
# All your reviews meant a lot to me thanks a bunch. Please review if you read because I love reading them even if it just says you didn't like bits or you liked it. Still means a lot! ^_^. Sorry I went on a bit
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