AN I'm so relieved I can hardly breathe. My Dad pulled the plug on the
computer just as I finished this chapter! I thought it was lost. But the
computer automatically recovered it! Thank God. Bless Technology.
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And so Hermione and Draco stared soulfully into each other's eyes, smiling adoringly, and heard Grieg in their heads, and the rest of the world looked on with various reactions.
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After approximately 10 minutes of soulful staring, adoring smiling, Grieg and various reactions, Hagrid, who seemed the only one who wasn't lost in a hopeless daydream, cleared his throat loudly and said,
"Well then. I guess Draco Malfoy is here." As people came out of their collective reverie, they snickered at Hagrid's joke. The students turned back to Hagrid, and he continued on taking attendance and everything was back to normal. Almost.
Hermione and Draco were just beginning to come back to Earth. Harry and Ron hurried over to Hermione and started to talk to her and shake her shoulders and Pansy latched herself onto Draco in excitement and began to talk about joint weddings and their merits. Hermione shook her head as though to clear it and went a little purplish (pink+blue!). Draco blinked a few times and fiddled with his bunny ears confusedly. Both were hardly listening as their friends talked and the rest of the class began to gossip and argue as usual. Both were thinking about what had just happened. Both were thinking about each other.
"Now, I'll pair yer up, and I want you to take a Foogrant each from the crates, and just play with 'em a bit, you know, get used to 'em." Said Hagrid before beginning to put the students in pairs. Harry with Neville, Hermione with Pav, Lav with Ron, Pansy with Blaise, Draco with Crabbe and so on, so on. The student separated into their pairs and walked up to the crates in two's, each picking up a Foogrant. Foogrants were cute little round creatures, with milk-chocolate coloured fur. They squeaked a lot, and were generally fun to play with. As Hermione had been about to say before Harry so rudely cut her off; they also had spiked tails, which they could retract. The spikes on their tails had poisonous properties, although they could not kill someone, they could put them to sleep for a good few hours. Hermione and Parvati walked up to the crates and reached in, letting the Foogrants sniff their fingers before gently picking them up and cradling them against their chests. Although Hermione was still a little dazed, she was conscious enough to know what she was doing.
"Wanna name them, Pav?" She said to Parvati excitedly. Parvati nodded excitedly and they both set about trying to name them. Draco and Crabbe had sat down on the grass nearby and Parvati gestured to them. Hermione and her sat down next to the boys and Parvati had to hide a mischievous smile. Draco noticed them and leant over Hermione, looking at the Foogrant in her lap.
"Boy or girl?" He said. Hermione jumped at the sound of his voice.
"Girl!" She said a bit hurriedly.
"Call her… Dracona." He suggested.
"No! Why should I call her that?" Draco looked slightly offended.
"It's a nice name! You could use it as her middle name. For a first name… Elizabeta. Elizabeta Dracona Granger. I like that." Strangely, Hermione did too. It sounded so… classy.
"Fine. But only if I get to name yours." Said Hermione, looking at the furball that was Draco's Foograw, curled in Draco's elegant hand, which was held far away from his body.
"It's a boy, I bet."
"Yes. How did you know?"
"Draco Malfoy with a weakling girl for a pet. Please. Now, his name is Stephen. Stephen Luciano Malfoy." Draco raised his pale brows.
"Where did you come up with that?"
"My younger brother is named Stephen, and Luciano… as in Luciano Pavarotti. I was thinking of him earlier today." While they were talking, Draco and Hermione had inched closer together and farther away from their respective partners. It looked as though they had been paired together as had Parvati and Goyle. Parvati and Goyle looked at each other with eyebrows raised, then Parvati shrugged, ever outgoing, and crawled over to where Goyle was sitting.
"So Gregory…" she said, smiling slightly. Gregory smiled back. Ron and Lavender were arguing, Harry and Neville were laughing, Blaise and Pansy were cuddling, Hagrid was eating rock cakes and playing fetch with Fluffy and Dumbledore was being mischievous with his twinkly blue eyes. Draco and Hermione were playing with Elizabeta and Stephen, laughing and talking like they had no long, horrible, hurtful, horrific history to deal with. Hey, they could deal with it next chapter.
AN Sorry I ended there… but I'm too tired to go on! Third chapter posted in one night! I'm so proud of myself. I totally rule. I bet that's a record! Elizabeta… eh-liz-ah-bet-ah. So sad about the Queen Mother, she seemed a nice lady. Happy Easter Sunday everybody! It's Sunday, 1:15 AM! Need sleep. Don't think I can post tomorrow, I'll be busy with the Easter bunny (or is that Draco?)
Thanks to:
Mediterranean Queen: *opens mouth and lets marshmallows fall in*licks lips* yup! Queen of Fluff, that's me.
Krystle Nicole: Love your fic, wish you'd post soon, thanks for the review. Bunnies were once normal in your world? Not in mine!
Lady Nicolia: Why thank-you profusely dahling!
Last Time:
And so Hermione and Draco stared soulfully into each other's eyes, smiling adoringly, and heard Grieg in their heads, and the rest of the world looked on with various reactions.
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After approximately 10 minutes of soulful staring, adoring smiling, Grieg and various reactions, Hagrid, who seemed the only one who wasn't lost in a hopeless daydream, cleared his throat loudly and said,
"Well then. I guess Draco Malfoy is here." As people came out of their collective reverie, they snickered at Hagrid's joke. The students turned back to Hagrid, and he continued on taking attendance and everything was back to normal. Almost.
Hermione and Draco were just beginning to come back to Earth. Harry and Ron hurried over to Hermione and started to talk to her and shake her shoulders and Pansy latched herself onto Draco in excitement and began to talk about joint weddings and their merits. Hermione shook her head as though to clear it and went a little purplish (pink+blue!). Draco blinked a few times and fiddled with his bunny ears confusedly. Both were hardly listening as their friends talked and the rest of the class began to gossip and argue as usual. Both were thinking about what had just happened. Both were thinking about each other.
"Now, I'll pair yer up, and I want you to take a Foogrant each from the crates, and just play with 'em a bit, you know, get used to 'em." Said Hagrid before beginning to put the students in pairs. Harry with Neville, Hermione with Pav, Lav with Ron, Pansy with Blaise, Draco with Crabbe and so on, so on. The student separated into their pairs and walked up to the crates in two's, each picking up a Foogrant. Foogrants were cute little round creatures, with milk-chocolate coloured fur. They squeaked a lot, and were generally fun to play with. As Hermione had been about to say before Harry so rudely cut her off; they also had spiked tails, which they could retract. The spikes on their tails had poisonous properties, although they could not kill someone, they could put them to sleep for a good few hours. Hermione and Parvati walked up to the crates and reached in, letting the Foogrants sniff their fingers before gently picking them up and cradling them against their chests. Although Hermione was still a little dazed, she was conscious enough to know what she was doing.
"Wanna name them, Pav?" She said to Parvati excitedly. Parvati nodded excitedly and they both set about trying to name them. Draco and Crabbe had sat down on the grass nearby and Parvati gestured to them. Hermione and her sat down next to the boys and Parvati had to hide a mischievous smile. Draco noticed them and leant over Hermione, looking at the Foogrant in her lap.
"Boy or girl?" He said. Hermione jumped at the sound of his voice.
"Girl!" She said a bit hurriedly.
"Call her… Dracona." He suggested.
"No! Why should I call her that?" Draco looked slightly offended.
"It's a nice name! You could use it as her middle name. For a first name… Elizabeta. Elizabeta Dracona Granger. I like that." Strangely, Hermione did too. It sounded so… classy.
"Fine. But only if I get to name yours." Said Hermione, looking at the furball that was Draco's Foograw, curled in Draco's elegant hand, which was held far away from his body.
"It's a boy, I bet."
"Yes. How did you know?"
"Draco Malfoy with a weakling girl for a pet. Please. Now, his name is Stephen. Stephen Luciano Malfoy." Draco raised his pale brows.
"Where did you come up with that?"
"My younger brother is named Stephen, and Luciano… as in Luciano Pavarotti. I was thinking of him earlier today." While they were talking, Draco and Hermione had inched closer together and farther away from their respective partners. It looked as though they had been paired together as had Parvati and Goyle. Parvati and Goyle looked at each other with eyebrows raised, then Parvati shrugged, ever outgoing, and crawled over to where Goyle was sitting.
"So Gregory…" she said, smiling slightly. Gregory smiled back. Ron and Lavender were arguing, Harry and Neville were laughing, Blaise and Pansy were cuddling, Hagrid was eating rock cakes and playing fetch with Fluffy and Dumbledore was being mischievous with his twinkly blue eyes. Draco and Hermione were playing with Elizabeta and Stephen, laughing and talking like they had no long, horrible, hurtful, horrific history to deal with. Hey, they could deal with it next chapter.
AN Sorry I ended there… but I'm too tired to go on! Third chapter posted in one night! I'm so proud of myself. I totally rule. I bet that's a record! Elizabeta… eh-liz-ah-bet-ah. So sad about the Queen Mother, she seemed a nice lady. Happy Easter Sunday everybody! It's Sunday, 1:15 AM! Need sleep. Don't think I can post tomorrow, I'll be busy with the Easter bunny (or is that Draco?)
Thanks to:
Mediterranean Queen: *opens mouth and lets marshmallows fall in*licks lips* yup! Queen of Fluff, that's me.
Krystle Nicole: Love your fic, wish you'd post soon, thanks for the review. Bunnies were once normal in your world? Not in mine!
Lady Nicolia: Why thank-you profusely dahling!
