Chapter 8: Morning Talk
Draco was woken up by the snores of Crabbe and Goyle. He decided to just go ahead and get up and get dressed. It was a late night last night with everyone taking about the events of last night's feast. As if Potter wasn't talked about enough, he was now the topic of everyone's conversation!
Things were just getting better and better, he thought as he entered the Great Hall for breakfast. He didn't think anyone would be there since it was so early, but two other people occupied the room. Two people he'd rather not see at the moment.
Hermione and Storm both woke up early and decided to head on down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Hermione was in the middle of telling Storm which professors she would like and which se would despise when the doors opened. Draco Malfoy looked like he regretted coming in, but neither girl was going to let him leave.
"Instead of standing there and looking as if you think we're going to eat you, why don't you come and sit with us." Storm said patiently as if talking to a child. "Come on, there is no one in here to see you."
Draco weighed his options. He could sit down and score some points. If someone walked in, though, with him sitting with a mudblood, his reputation would be shot. Scoring points won and he took his time walking over to where they were sitting.
"I thought I would be the only one up," Draco said. "Sorry if I interrupted anything." He desperately hoped they weren't talking about Potter.
"I was just telling Storm about the professors and the classes."
"The excitement of my first day woke me up this morning. Hermione was up too so we just decided to come on down. How long will it be until the others start to come down?" Storm asked the two of them. She was hoping to have enough time to make the two notice they had a lot of similarities. She noticed how Draco chose to sit beside Hermione.
Draco was the one that chose to answer the question. "Well since it's the first day, the first years will be afraid they'll be late so they'll come down just a little early. So, about an hour."
"Wow, we are up early," Storm said. "So Draco, got any advice for me for my first day?"
"Don't piss off any of the professors," Draco said in all seriousness.
"Isn't it amazing how he can sum up everything I said in fifteen minutes into seven little words?" Hermione joked.
"What can I say, I'm a man of few words," Draco teased which made both girls laugh. He laughed along with them.
"Just the kind of man I like," Storm joked back. "Anyways, what classes will we have together?"
"Well usually the only classes that Gryffindors and Slytherins have together are Potions and Care of Magical Creatures," Hermione answered. "But since there are so few taking Ancient Runes and Arithmancy, they combined all four houses in the classes."
"So I'm guessing you two are taking those classes," Draco asked. He was secretly hoping that they said yes.
"Yes, we are. I absolutely refused to take Divination. So Arithmancy took the place of that for both Hermione and me," Storm answered.
"So, we'll have four classes together," Hermione deduced.
"Now you're not going to go all Slytherin on us and refuse to talk to us in these classes," Storm teased. "For I just might then be forced to hex you, or worse, have Hermione hex you."
"Oh really?" Draco joined in the teasing. "You would do that to me and ruin my handsome face?"
"Oh Malfoy, aren't you the conceited one," Hermione teased.
"You bet Granger," Draco laughed. "Admit it, you think I'm hot."
"Hmmm, to stroke your ego or not?" Hermione joked.
"Stroke please." Draco said in a girly voice.
"Okay conceited one, I'll give you that, you're hot."
"Thank you Granger for your vote. Now to earn Storm's vote."
"Forget it Draco. I won't admit anything until I'm sure your going to talk to us in class. You'll just have to wait. You better head over to your table now, I can hear people coming." Storm said as she buttered a piece of toast.
"Okay. Goodbye ladies," and with that, Draco concluded the morning's talk.