A/N: I don't own. J/K does. Got it? OK. ^_^
Hermione sat on her bed, trying with all her might to focus on her homework, only to find her mind repeatedly wandering back to the time when earlier that day she had invited Malfoy over. "I wonder if he'll come." She speculated looking towards the stairs leading to the Gryffindor common room.
Draco sat at his desk mulling over his Divination homework. "I don't see anything wrong with Number two." He grumbled. "That girl is insane." He took the paper, and shoved it into his Divination textbook. "Damn." He whispered as he got up from his desk and left the Slytherin dorm. "I'm even more insane." He grumbled the whole way towards the Gryffindor dorm.
"Cease!" The Fat Lady exclaimed. "To enter the Gryffindor section, the Gryffindor password first you must mention."
Draco rolled his eyes. He'd heard it a thousand times from Ron's little sister, Ginny Weasley, telling all of her friends in Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw what it was, so why was it that he couldn't remember it now! Suddenly, it hit him like a lightning bolt. "PHOENIX!" He yelled out.
"Welcome to Gryffindor." The Fat Lady proclaimed as she moved to the side creating an entrance for Draco.
He stepped into the common room and looked around in disbelief. There was not a single soul in the room; except him. Then he remembered that it was dinnertime. "Draco you're such a twit sometimes." He scolded himself. "But never like Potter and Weasley." He smirked. He looked to his left and saw a staircase. "OK, if Gryffindor is ANYTHING like Slytherin, the girl's room would be on the left." With that, Draco made his way up the stairs.
MEANWHILE, IN THE GREAT HALL...
"Tonight's the night, Ron. Tonight's when I tell 'Mione how I REALLY feel about her." Harry said with determination.
"I guess there's no way I can talk you out of it, is there, Harry? Ron implored.
"Why would you want to?" Harry inquired attentively.
BACK IN HERMIONE'S ROOM....
Once Draco reached the top of the stairs, he once again noticed that the room was empty, except for him. "Dammit!" Hey yelled and started to go downstairs when he heard a voice behind him.
"Draco? Did you decide to come for help?"
Draco turned around to see Hermione standing at the top of the stiarcase and of course, once again, looking better than when she wore her school robes. She was wearing a black tank top and jean shorts. "No, I just came by for a cup of tea! What do YOU think?!" He hollered sardonically. He continued his way up the stairs and pushed past her, heading directly for her bed. Draco sat on her bed, turned to her and said, "Let's get started, shall we?"
Hermione blushed at his outburst and his forwardness. "I was just asking." She whispered. She headed towards her bed, noticing just how sexy he looked by just simply sitting there, and sat next to him. "So what do you need help with?" She looked back at him to see him lying on her bed propped up by his elbows.
"Number two on my paper isn't wrong." He said handing her the paper. "I've gone over it several times and it seems right to me."
Hermione looked over the problem. "Yes, it is. See, it's right here." She leaned down to show him, even though she knew Divination was the last thing on both of their minds right now. Divination hadn't been on her mind since Draco walked up those stairs and she didn't think it'd been on his as he walked up them either...or at least she hoped it hadn't.
Draco couldn't stop thinking about how much he wanted to just feel Hermione in his arms right now. He didn't want to study stupid Divination right now. He hadn't wanted to ever since he left the Slytherin dorm. The only reason he came over was to see this mudblood that he found himself falling madly for. Finally, he found that he couldn't take not touching or kissing her anymore. He pulled the paper out of Hermione's hands, threw it on the floor, and laid her down on the bed. He kissed her passionately while running his fingers through her hair. Hermione didn't object, but instead welcomed every action.
BACK IN THE GREAT HALL...
"I just wouldn't want you to be crushed when...I mean, if she turns you down. C'mon Harry, no offense, but when has she EVER led you to believe she liked you as more than a friend?" Ron implied. "She's never rubbed up against you or gone out of her way to get your attention, has she?"
"Were you even there when she put her head on MY shoulder and her arms around MY neck?!" Harry disputed with each word he spoke getting louder.
"Blimey, Harry! She was BLOODY crying! And if I recall correctly, YOU advanced on HER!" Ron retaliated.
Harry arose from the table. "I thought I was going to have your support in this. I guess I'll have to do it without." With that said, he stormed out of the Great Hall and headed towards the Gryffindor dorm.
BACK IN HERMIONE'S ROOM...
Draco lay on top of Hermione and proceeded to kiss her lips down to her neck. Each kiss, he treated her as if she were glass, and if he kissed too hard, she might break. He then worked his way to her earlobe where he lightly nibbled causing a sharp gasp to escape Hermione's mouth.
Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. She'd never wanted anybody this badly before. Another gasp escaped her mouth as she felt his hand going up her shirt. His hand traveling up her stomach was both sensual and playful at the same time. His fingernails tickled her skin, while the soft touch of his skin against hers, made her want him so much more, but at the moment, she couldn't ask for anything more than this.
" 'Mione!" Harry called as he climbed the stairs. " 'Mione, are you up there?"
Hermione and Draco both froze in fear. Harry, of all people, was coming up those stairs!
"We have to do something!" Hermione whispered. "We can't let him see you here!"
"What do you want ME to do?" Draco inquired as they both heard the footsteps growing closer.
"I don't know! But we have to do something! We have to get you hidden before Harry gets up here and sees you! If Harry sees you in my room, he'll be, well, extremely upset to say the least." Hermione whispered while frantically looking around her room for a place to hide Draco. She spotted her closet in the corner of the room, grabbed Draco by the arm, and threw him in it. "I'm going to keep the door open, OK? That way you don't pretty much pass out from suffocation." She kissed Draco quickly and closed the door halfway. Hermione looked to the stairs and saw the blackness of Harry's hair approaching the top of the stairs so she ran for her bed, jumped on top, grabbed a Divination book, and pretended be studying intently.
Harry reached the top of the stairs to see Hermione studying on her bed. She seemed to be engrossed in her homework...as usual. Harry couldn't understand why she studied so hard when she was already considered the most powerful student witch at Hogwarts. 'That's my usual 'Mione.' Harry smiled to himself as he approached her bed. "Hey 'Mione, didn't you hear me calling your name?"
Hermione looked up from the Divination textbook and smiled at Harry. "Oh, hi Harry. When did you get here? I didn't hear you come in." She looked back at the Divination book. "I never knew Divination could be so interesting. Where's Ron? What happened to you two hanging out this evening?" She asked still not looking up.
Harry went and sat next to her on her bed. "Ron told me that he was tired and that he wanted to go to bed early, so I thought I would come and visit you. Plus, I wanted to come tell you something that I've wanted to tell you for about three years now. Hermione, I don't know if you've noticed or not, but I love you. I love you more than I've loved anybody before." Harry looked at the ground then back at Hermione. "I was just wondering...if you might feel the same way about me."
Draco looked out the crack of the door to see Potter sitting next to Hermione. What he heard next brought a smirk to a face; he heard Potter confess his unconditional love for her. "Well, Potter, it seems you have more balls than I thought you did." He whispered into the darkness. As he heard Harry ask Hermione if she felt the same way about him, Draco for a moment felt bad for Harry knowing that his heart was about to be broken. If he was in Harry's position, telling the woman that he had loved for three years that he loved her and she denied him, he would of course, be devastated...especially if that woman was Hermione.
Hermione had a feeling that this was coming, she just didn't know that Harry would be asking her straight out how she felt about him. That made her feel so much on the spot and well, uncomfortable. "Harry, I love you too...but JUST as a friend. I'll always love you as a friend, but I'm afraid that's all it'll ever be." She looked up at him and smiled, "Always a friend..", but then once again turned back to the Divination book and frowned, "but never more."
"Well, that's OK. That's kinda what I expected. In a way I just wanted to let you know how I felt." Harry said shakily. He got up from her bed and started to head for the stairs, but turned back to her. "The reason I waited so long is because I didn't want it to affect our relationship. It won't...will it?"
"Merlin, Potter! Could you BE anymore pathetic?" Draco thought. Draco had made the decision that he was going to be hidden in the closet for a while with Potter going on as he was, so he sat down and made himself a seat on all of the girls' school robes that they'd just thrown on the closet floor. "Gotta love messy girls." Draco whispered while moving around quietly in the closet.
Hermione couldn't help but look up at the sound of desperation in his voice. "No, Harry, I promise it won't." She got up from her bed and gave him a hug. "You'll always be one of my best friends. You've been here for me since our first year. Just because I don't love you intimately, doesn't mean that I wouldn't go to the ends of the world for you."
"Thanks 'Mione. I don't know why I was so worked up about it. I guess I'll just be going to bed now." Harry smiled down at her. Before heading down the stairs, he hugged her and kissed her on the forehead. "I guess I will be seeing you in the morning, then?" He yelled over his shoulders. "Don't let us down like you did for dinner!"
Once Hermione saw that Harry was back into the Gryffindor common room, she ran to the closet and grabbed Draco. "Sorry it took so long. It wasn't too cramped in there, was it?" Just then, she noticed all of the school robes on the floor molded into a seat and she looked at him. "I think YOU were more comfortable than I was!" Hermione laughed indicating the encounter between her and Harry.
Draco shrugged and commented, "Well, I started thinking that that was going to be my new home, from how long Potter was going about." Draco looked down at her and moved a piece of hair out of her face. "What surprised me, is that he's the one that wanted to leave first." With that, Draco cupped Hermione's cheek in his hand and lightly pulled her towards him, while he bent down, meeting her to complete the kiss.
"Hey 'Mione, I forgot to ask y..." Harry asked as he came back up the stairs, but stopped abruptly at the sight of Hermione and Draco sharing an intimate kiss that Harry knew Hermione never intended for her and him to share. "You bastard." Harry growled at Draco while clenching his fists. "What the HELL kinda sick spell is it that you have on her? I know you can't love her, because just the other day, you were tormenting her. What kind of SICK love would that be? He asked disgustedly looking between the two of them. "How long have you two been...been...snogging!" Harry yelled. Hermione could only look at the ground while Draco looked at him defiantly.
"Well, Potter. First off, how do YOU know if I love her or not? You're not me! Thank Merlin." Draco spat viciously as if he were spitting venom from his mouth. "And second of all, we haven't been SNOGGING, well.not yet." Draco smirked as he saw the furious look that Harry got on his face at this last comment. "C'mon, Potter. This won't affect our relationship...will it?" Draco smirked as holding Hermione tighter.
Hermione saw tears start to form in Harry's eyes, but she didn't say anything because he had said some very harsh things to her just now, and what do you say in response to accusations like that? Sure, she knew Draco was being a little harsh on him, especially when he used the line from when Harry had asked her if his confessing his love would affect their friendship, but Harry was just being inscrutable about it all. Without looking up, she quietly said, "Harry, please leave. All of this isn't going to help, so please...just leave." She heard a pause and then Harry heading for and down the stairs.
A/N: What do you think's going to happen? Sorry. Trying to make my chappies longer. Here are some comments back to my reviewers.
Sunshine*girl----Who loves ya baby! Every time I see a review by you, it "lights" up my day! * tee hee * Thanks for being there for me!
Ambrosia---- my story, my mistakes, my consequences. Don't mean to sound like a bitch, but since I'M not the only one who made her sound like a goddess, than why put it in MY gb? Do you criticize EVERYBODY about it? Now let me tell you something that "annoys" me..YOU'RE TOO DAMN PICKY! P.S. I like my storyline. Merry Christmas.and a Happy New Year.
MiZz_MaLFoY---You are truly a faithful and loyal reviewer! I always look for your name on the gb, b/c I know you ALWAYS have something good to say about H/D relationship! Love ya!
Critical---I did take some of your advice, but I didn't like how you gave me soooo much. I kinda made me feel inferior. I don't like the "F" word, so I don't use it in my stories. I know, you probably think me a wuss now, but I'm going to using pretty much every other word. I've revised pretty much my whole story..again, adding in new sentences or little paragraphs to make them longer, so whoever wants to, you can scan over it, and you might be able to spot the new parts. But, again thanks for saying I had a great plot. That KINDA smoothed it over. ^_^
It's a secret---It's no secret that you're awesome! I'm defenitely going to keep this story going. I just wish I didn't update so fast, because I'm not getting a lot of reviews. It's just that I write about a chapter a day, so I can't help it. Please tell your friends!
Serpent du feu--- You've always been one awesome/interesting reviewer. Making me laugh b/c of the comments you make on D/H relationship. I know, I kinda conflicted about Hermione's self-control too, but it added intensity to the story, kinda like a "Days of our Lives" thing...I guess. ^_^ (Doesn't watch soaps.
Hermione sat on her bed, trying with all her might to focus on her homework, only to find her mind repeatedly wandering back to the time when earlier that day she had invited Malfoy over. "I wonder if he'll come." She speculated looking towards the stairs leading to the Gryffindor common room.
Draco sat at his desk mulling over his Divination homework. "I don't see anything wrong with Number two." He grumbled. "That girl is insane." He took the paper, and shoved it into his Divination textbook. "Damn." He whispered as he got up from his desk and left the Slytherin dorm. "I'm even more insane." He grumbled the whole way towards the Gryffindor dorm.
"Cease!" The Fat Lady exclaimed. "To enter the Gryffindor section, the Gryffindor password first you must mention."
Draco rolled his eyes. He'd heard it a thousand times from Ron's little sister, Ginny Weasley, telling all of her friends in Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw what it was, so why was it that he couldn't remember it now! Suddenly, it hit him like a lightning bolt. "PHOENIX!" He yelled out.
"Welcome to Gryffindor." The Fat Lady proclaimed as she moved to the side creating an entrance for Draco.
He stepped into the common room and looked around in disbelief. There was not a single soul in the room; except him. Then he remembered that it was dinnertime. "Draco you're such a twit sometimes." He scolded himself. "But never like Potter and Weasley." He smirked. He looked to his left and saw a staircase. "OK, if Gryffindor is ANYTHING like Slytherin, the girl's room would be on the left." With that, Draco made his way up the stairs.
MEANWHILE, IN THE GREAT HALL...
"Tonight's the night, Ron. Tonight's when I tell 'Mione how I REALLY feel about her." Harry said with determination.
"I guess there's no way I can talk you out of it, is there, Harry? Ron implored.
"Why would you want to?" Harry inquired attentively.
BACK IN HERMIONE'S ROOM....
Once Draco reached the top of the stairs, he once again noticed that the room was empty, except for him. "Dammit!" Hey yelled and started to go downstairs when he heard a voice behind him.
"Draco? Did you decide to come for help?"
Draco turned around to see Hermione standing at the top of the stiarcase and of course, once again, looking better than when she wore her school robes. She was wearing a black tank top and jean shorts. "No, I just came by for a cup of tea! What do YOU think?!" He hollered sardonically. He continued his way up the stairs and pushed past her, heading directly for her bed. Draco sat on her bed, turned to her and said, "Let's get started, shall we?"
Hermione blushed at his outburst and his forwardness. "I was just asking." She whispered. She headed towards her bed, noticing just how sexy he looked by just simply sitting there, and sat next to him. "So what do you need help with?" She looked back at him to see him lying on her bed propped up by his elbows.
"Number two on my paper isn't wrong." He said handing her the paper. "I've gone over it several times and it seems right to me."
Hermione looked over the problem. "Yes, it is. See, it's right here." She leaned down to show him, even though she knew Divination was the last thing on both of their minds right now. Divination hadn't been on her mind since Draco walked up those stairs and she didn't think it'd been on his as he walked up them either...or at least she hoped it hadn't.
Draco couldn't stop thinking about how much he wanted to just feel Hermione in his arms right now. He didn't want to study stupid Divination right now. He hadn't wanted to ever since he left the Slytherin dorm. The only reason he came over was to see this mudblood that he found himself falling madly for. Finally, he found that he couldn't take not touching or kissing her anymore. He pulled the paper out of Hermione's hands, threw it on the floor, and laid her down on the bed. He kissed her passionately while running his fingers through her hair. Hermione didn't object, but instead welcomed every action.
BACK IN THE GREAT HALL...
"I just wouldn't want you to be crushed when...I mean, if she turns you down. C'mon Harry, no offense, but when has she EVER led you to believe she liked you as more than a friend?" Ron implied. "She's never rubbed up against you or gone out of her way to get your attention, has she?"
"Were you even there when she put her head on MY shoulder and her arms around MY neck?!" Harry disputed with each word he spoke getting louder.
"Blimey, Harry! She was BLOODY crying! And if I recall correctly, YOU advanced on HER!" Ron retaliated.
Harry arose from the table. "I thought I was going to have your support in this. I guess I'll have to do it without." With that said, he stormed out of the Great Hall and headed towards the Gryffindor dorm.
BACK IN HERMIONE'S ROOM...
Draco lay on top of Hermione and proceeded to kiss her lips down to her neck. Each kiss, he treated her as if she were glass, and if he kissed too hard, she might break. He then worked his way to her earlobe where he lightly nibbled causing a sharp gasp to escape Hermione's mouth.
Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. She'd never wanted anybody this badly before. Another gasp escaped her mouth as she felt his hand going up her shirt. His hand traveling up her stomach was both sensual and playful at the same time. His fingernails tickled her skin, while the soft touch of his skin against hers, made her want him so much more, but at the moment, she couldn't ask for anything more than this.
" 'Mione!" Harry called as he climbed the stairs. " 'Mione, are you up there?"
Hermione and Draco both froze in fear. Harry, of all people, was coming up those stairs!
"We have to do something!" Hermione whispered. "We can't let him see you here!"
"What do you want ME to do?" Draco inquired as they both heard the footsteps growing closer.
"I don't know! But we have to do something! We have to get you hidden before Harry gets up here and sees you! If Harry sees you in my room, he'll be, well, extremely upset to say the least." Hermione whispered while frantically looking around her room for a place to hide Draco. She spotted her closet in the corner of the room, grabbed Draco by the arm, and threw him in it. "I'm going to keep the door open, OK? That way you don't pretty much pass out from suffocation." She kissed Draco quickly and closed the door halfway. Hermione looked to the stairs and saw the blackness of Harry's hair approaching the top of the stairs so she ran for her bed, jumped on top, grabbed a Divination book, and pretended be studying intently.
Harry reached the top of the stairs to see Hermione studying on her bed. She seemed to be engrossed in her homework...as usual. Harry couldn't understand why she studied so hard when she was already considered the most powerful student witch at Hogwarts. 'That's my usual 'Mione.' Harry smiled to himself as he approached her bed. "Hey 'Mione, didn't you hear me calling your name?"
Hermione looked up from the Divination textbook and smiled at Harry. "Oh, hi Harry. When did you get here? I didn't hear you come in." She looked back at the Divination book. "I never knew Divination could be so interesting. Where's Ron? What happened to you two hanging out this evening?" She asked still not looking up.
Harry went and sat next to her on her bed. "Ron told me that he was tired and that he wanted to go to bed early, so I thought I would come and visit you. Plus, I wanted to come tell you something that I've wanted to tell you for about three years now. Hermione, I don't know if you've noticed or not, but I love you. I love you more than I've loved anybody before." Harry looked at the ground then back at Hermione. "I was just wondering...if you might feel the same way about me."
Draco looked out the crack of the door to see Potter sitting next to Hermione. What he heard next brought a smirk to a face; he heard Potter confess his unconditional love for her. "Well, Potter, it seems you have more balls than I thought you did." He whispered into the darkness. As he heard Harry ask Hermione if she felt the same way about him, Draco for a moment felt bad for Harry knowing that his heart was about to be broken. If he was in Harry's position, telling the woman that he had loved for three years that he loved her and she denied him, he would of course, be devastated...especially if that woman was Hermione.
Hermione had a feeling that this was coming, she just didn't know that Harry would be asking her straight out how she felt about him. That made her feel so much on the spot and well, uncomfortable. "Harry, I love you too...but JUST as a friend. I'll always love you as a friend, but I'm afraid that's all it'll ever be." She looked up at him and smiled, "Always a friend..", but then once again turned back to the Divination book and frowned, "but never more."
"Well, that's OK. That's kinda what I expected. In a way I just wanted to let you know how I felt." Harry said shakily. He got up from her bed and started to head for the stairs, but turned back to her. "The reason I waited so long is because I didn't want it to affect our relationship. It won't...will it?"
"Merlin, Potter! Could you BE anymore pathetic?" Draco thought. Draco had made the decision that he was going to be hidden in the closet for a while with Potter going on as he was, so he sat down and made himself a seat on all of the girls' school robes that they'd just thrown on the closet floor. "Gotta love messy girls." Draco whispered while moving around quietly in the closet.
Hermione couldn't help but look up at the sound of desperation in his voice. "No, Harry, I promise it won't." She got up from her bed and gave him a hug. "You'll always be one of my best friends. You've been here for me since our first year. Just because I don't love you intimately, doesn't mean that I wouldn't go to the ends of the world for you."
"Thanks 'Mione. I don't know why I was so worked up about it. I guess I'll just be going to bed now." Harry smiled down at her. Before heading down the stairs, he hugged her and kissed her on the forehead. "I guess I will be seeing you in the morning, then?" He yelled over his shoulders. "Don't let us down like you did for dinner!"
Once Hermione saw that Harry was back into the Gryffindor common room, she ran to the closet and grabbed Draco. "Sorry it took so long. It wasn't too cramped in there, was it?" Just then, she noticed all of the school robes on the floor molded into a seat and she looked at him. "I think YOU were more comfortable than I was!" Hermione laughed indicating the encounter between her and Harry.
Draco shrugged and commented, "Well, I started thinking that that was going to be my new home, from how long Potter was going about." Draco looked down at her and moved a piece of hair out of her face. "What surprised me, is that he's the one that wanted to leave first." With that, Draco cupped Hermione's cheek in his hand and lightly pulled her towards him, while he bent down, meeting her to complete the kiss.
"Hey 'Mione, I forgot to ask y..." Harry asked as he came back up the stairs, but stopped abruptly at the sight of Hermione and Draco sharing an intimate kiss that Harry knew Hermione never intended for her and him to share. "You bastard." Harry growled at Draco while clenching his fists. "What the HELL kinda sick spell is it that you have on her? I know you can't love her, because just the other day, you were tormenting her. What kind of SICK love would that be? He asked disgustedly looking between the two of them. "How long have you two been...been...snogging!" Harry yelled. Hermione could only look at the ground while Draco looked at him defiantly.
"Well, Potter. First off, how do YOU know if I love her or not? You're not me! Thank Merlin." Draco spat viciously as if he were spitting venom from his mouth. "And second of all, we haven't been SNOGGING, well.not yet." Draco smirked as he saw the furious look that Harry got on his face at this last comment. "C'mon, Potter. This won't affect our relationship...will it?" Draco smirked as holding Hermione tighter.
Hermione saw tears start to form in Harry's eyes, but she didn't say anything because he had said some very harsh things to her just now, and what do you say in response to accusations like that? Sure, she knew Draco was being a little harsh on him, especially when he used the line from when Harry had asked her if his confessing his love would affect their friendship, but Harry was just being inscrutable about it all. Without looking up, she quietly said, "Harry, please leave. All of this isn't going to help, so please...just leave." She heard a pause and then Harry heading for and down the stairs.
A/N: What do you think's going to happen? Sorry. Trying to make my chappies longer. Here are some comments back to my reviewers.
Sunshine*girl----Who loves ya baby! Every time I see a review by you, it "lights" up my day! * tee hee * Thanks for being there for me!
Ambrosia---- my story, my mistakes, my consequences. Don't mean to sound like a bitch, but since I'M not the only one who made her sound like a goddess, than why put it in MY gb? Do you criticize EVERYBODY about it? Now let me tell you something that "annoys" me..YOU'RE TOO DAMN PICKY! P.S. I like my storyline. Merry Christmas.and a Happy New Year.
MiZz_MaLFoY---You are truly a faithful and loyal reviewer! I always look for your name on the gb, b/c I know you ALWAYS have something good to say about H/D relationship! Love ya!
Critical---I did take some of your advice, but I didn't like how you gave me soooo much. I kinda made me feel inferior. I don't like the "F" word, so I don't use it in my stories. I know, you probably think me a wuss now, but I'm going to using pretty much every other word. I've revised pretty much my whole story..again, adding in new sentences or little paragraphs to make them longer, so whoever wants to, you can scan over it, and you might be able to spot the new parts. But, again thanks for saying I had a great plot. That KINDA smoothed it over. ^_^
It's a secret---It's no secret that you're awesome! I'm defenitely going to keep this story going. I just wish I didn't update so fast, because I'm not getting a lot of reviews. It's just that I write about a chapter a day, so I can't help it. Please tell your friends!
Serpent du feu--- You've always been one awesome/interesting reviewer. Making me laugh b/c of the comments you make on D/H relationship. I know, I kinda conflicted about Hermione's self-control too, but it added intensity to the story, kinda like a "Days of our Lives" thing...I guess. ^_^ (Doesn't watch soaps.