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A/N: Hey everybody. You guys are lucky I have friends who pester me until I write new chapters otherwise you would never get any. Oh and one of those friends just happens to be the one that was involved with the 'fudge incident.' She, of course, got mad or did the 'I'm mad but I'm gonna pretend that I'm not because I know that it was actually really funny' thing. So, sorry Megs, let's make cake sometime maybe that will work better. ; ) Mkay, um oh yeah brownie points to Belle the Philosopher's Cookie. She knew what the 'whatever' thing was from. Ok well on with the story I suppose. READ & REVIEW
Whisper~Mad~Crazy Chapter 19-There is Always a Way
Draco stretched as he stood. He yawned and walked out into the common room to find Hermione sitting in front of the fireplace on one of the couches reading. He noted with amusement that the fire was lit, meaning she must have asked one of the house elves to do it.
"So you've finally given in to letting the house elves do things?" He asked wrapping his arms around her from behind and kissing her on top of her head.
"Mmhm." She said absentmindedly, turning a page.
He walked around the side of the couch and sat down next to her.
"What are you reading?" He asked.
"A book." She said not taking her eyes off the page. Draco smiled shaking his head.
"Which book?"
He waited for her to respond but she continued to read, hardly moving unless it was to turn another page.
"Mione…Earth to Hermione…HERMIONE!" He yelled finally, getting a bit frustrated.
"Hmm? What?" She replied finally looking up at him.
"Did you even hear what I said?" He asked.
"No, I'm just distracted by this book."
"I noticed." He said as she went back to reading. He sat silently for a few minutes before a slight smirk graced his features.
"So you know, I just got back from a date with Pansy." He said tempting her; no response.
"Yeah, I kept on telling her, 'Pansy I can't I've got a girl friend now.' But you know her once she knows what she wants, she gets it." He stopped and waited again. Still no sign of life from her.
"So I finally gave in and we went and had a good shag in the bushes." He looked towards her.
"That's nice." She said. He shook his head in amazement.
"You haven't been listening to a word I've said." He replied frowning slightly. Once again there was no response. "Hermione!"
"What?" She asked looking up.
"Why won't you talk to me?" He asked softly.
"I'm sorry, I'm just distracted by this book." She said returning again to her book. Draco sat back heavily against the couch holding his head up with his arm propped on the side. He watched the flames dance in the fireplace.
"I'm going to lunch." He said standing up suddenly.
"What? You're leaving?" Hermione asked resting her book on her lap.
"Well yeah seeing as someone won't talk to me." He said raising his voice slightly.
"I'm just…"
"Distracted by the book. I know you've said that like five times already!"
"Three." She said picking her book back up again.
"What?"
"Three. I've only said it three times, actually more like two and a half seeing as someone finished the last one for me."
"Are you serious?" He replied annoyed. "Why don't I just go find someone who'll actually talk to me?"
"I don't know, why don't you?"
"Because I want to talk to you Hermione! Because I don't want to talk to someone else. Because just hearing your voice brings a smile to my face, something that doesn't happen very often." He waited for her to respond but once again she was absorbed in her book.
"Unbelievable." He said raising his hands in defeat. "You know I think I'm just gonna go get my wand and Avada myself."
"Don't talk like that." She said sternly.
"So sorry Princess Hermione. I didn't realize that offended you." He said sarcastically. "Whatever. You know what I'm leaving. If you want to find me I'll be jumping off the top of the astronomy tower." With that he exited the common room. He stalked down the hall giving anyone who even glanced in his direction a look to kill. He threw open the doors to the Great Hall and walked quickly to the Slytherin Table. A few minutes later he saw Hermione come in looking quite flustered. She looked towards the Slytherin table and spotted him, then unexpectedly started to approach him.
"Malfoy." She said from behind him.
"What do you want?" He said not turning around.
"Are you in a better mood now?" She asked.
"Why do you care? And for your information I was in a fine mood the whole time but someone decided…"
"We have Head business to attend to." She replied cutting him off before he said too much. He didn't move from where he was sitting.
"Now." She said icily. He stood up and glared down at her, towering over her at 6'1".
"And why should I listen to you? You filthy little mu…muggle born." Hermione noted his slip and smiled slightly but looked back up to him, her features soft.
"Draco, please." She said quietly. He nodded and followed her out of the Great Hall. She led him to an empty classroom before facing him.
"Look, Draco I'm sorry. I really was just distracted by that book. I didn't mean to completely ignore you." She looked up to his face. He still held a cold look. "Please…forgive me." She said softly taking one of his hands in hers. He looked down at her, his features slowly softened until he held a small grin. He gently squeezed her hand.
"I forgive you, 10 times over." He wrapped his arms around her, enveloping her in a soft hug. She rested her head on his chest as he rested his head on hers. After a few moments he softly kissed her head.
"We'd better go unless we want to miss lunch." He said quietly.
"Missing lunch doesn't sound too bad." She replied.
"Yeah and then have you gripe at me all this afternoon about going down to the kitchens and getting food? I think not." He pulled out of the classroom but quickly released her hand when he saw two people walking towards them.
"Harry? Ron?" Hermione said. "What are you two doing here?"
"Coming to find you. What is he doing here?" Ron asked nodding towards Draco.
"Head business." Draco replied coldly. Harry and Ron glared at him.
"We saw you come into the Great Hall and then go back out…with him." Harry said.
"Well like Draco said we had Head business." Hermione said. "Now why were you guys looking for me?"
"We wanted to know what happened earlier. Or have you forgotten how you just passed out in Potions?" Ron replied.
"Oh well um…" Hermione started, not knowing what to say.
"It seems Granger here came down with some sort of acute virus and apparently she passed it on to me." Draco said covering for them.
"What virus is it?" Harry asked.
"Well no one knows for sure but supposedly it's quite contagious as Granger here has just informed me. So unless you want to acquire it I suggest you let us be on our way." He gently took Hermione's arm, unnoticed by Harry and Ron and turned to go. Ron grabbed her other arm turning her around.
"Do they know how long you'll have it?"
"Uhh…"
"Two weeks." Draco saves the day again. "With no other human contact besides the staff. You'd better watch out Weasel, you could already have it. You might want to have Madame Pomfrey give you a check up." With that he led Hermione back towards the Common Room.
"I thought we were going to lunch." She said.
"Change of plans." He replied.
"Two weeks Draco? You told them we were going to be out of class for two weeks? How are we going to manage that one? Especially since we have classes, oh wait, tomorrow!"
"I'm sure we can arrange something." A voice said from behind them. They whipped around to find Professor Dumbledore standing behind them.
"Professor we didn't notice you there." Draco said.
"Well no worries." He said smiling. "As I was saying I am sure that I can arrange for you to have all your work sent up to you in your common room for the next two weeks."
"Thank you Professor." Draco replied.
"But Professor." Hermione said flustered. "Two weeks is such a long time and what about lectures and in class assignments and projects?" He raised a hand to silence her.
"Do not worry Ms. Granger. There is always a way. I expect you two to be up by time breakfast starts tomorrow, or shall I say by the time the kitchens open." He winked and then turned to leave. Hermione blushed but Draco simply raised an eyebrow.
"He can be really creepy sometimes." He said approaching Sir Erin.
"Password?" Sir Erin said.
"Food." Draco replied.
"Classes." Hermione said.
"As you wish."
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The next day Draco and Hermione awoke as they normally would. However, instead of going down to breakfast they found breakfast had come to them. A lavish meal was set up on their table in the common room with a note saying, 'There is always a way.' They ate breakfast peacefully and watched as it magically disappeared when they were finished. Draco stood and stretched.
"Now what?" He said just as there was a knock at the portrait door. Hermione opened it to find Professor Dumbledore.
"Hello Professor." Hermione said.
"Good morning Ms. Granger, Mr. Malfoy. I hope breakfast was satisfactory." He replied stepping into the common room.
"Yes sir. It was excellent." Draco said.
"Very good, very good. Now I suppose you are wondering how you are going to complete your classes." They both nodded. "If you will just follow me." He led them to their bookshelves, specifically the muggle literature section. He pulled out his wand and tapped Romeo and Juliet. "I always believed William Shakespeare and I to be quite alike. A pair of eccentric old men wouldn't you say?" Draco and Hermione smiled a bit but were rather focused on what was taking place. The bookshelf was slowly disappearing to reveal a door. Dumbledore opened the door and led them inside. This will be your classroom for the next two weeks. Hermione looked slightly abashed. The room was nothing like she had expected. In fact it quite resembled the potions classroom. Dark, dreary and it even had a potions cabinet on one wall. Dumbledore noticed the look on her face and spoke up.
"Do not worry Ms. Granger. It is supposed to look like this. You see the room will change according to which class you have. If I am not mistaken you both have Potions right now, do you not?" They nodded. "Good."
"But Professor, what about when we don't have the same class?" Draco asked.
"Ah yes." He walked over to a portion of the wall and tapped it with his wand. Again a door materialized out of nowhere. "Then one of you will go in here." He opened the door and the room inside was empty, seeing as they had the same class. He closed the door and walked to the front of the room. "Will you both take your seats as class is about to start."
"But Professor our books…" Hermione started.
"Not to worry Ms. Granger." He replied. He clapped his hands and they found all of their school supplied on the table in front of them. They sat down and waited to see what would happen next. Dumbledore raised his wand and tapped it on the side of the table a few small sparks sputtered out of the end.
"Just making sure everything is in order." He said. With that he continued on to draw a fairly large square in the middle of thin air with sparks. Draco and Hermione jumped as they heard Professor Snape's voice ring out through the room.
"SILENCE!"
They watched as he appeared in the box. He started his usual beginning of class lecture.
"So we're seeing what's going on in class right now?" Draco asked.
"Quite right Mr. Malfoy." Dumbledore replied. "Now I will let you two get on with your classes. If you need anything at all, don't hesitate to ask." They nodded as Dumbledore exited the room. Draco sat back leisurely as Hermione began taking notes.
"You know the next two weeks might not be too bad." He said.
"As long as you don't interrupt class." Hermione said sternly. He shook his head laughing.
"How am I going to put up with you?"
"There is always a way."
A/N: Hey everybody! Sorry this took so long to get up. I've been busy, sort of. Well not really but yeah. I just thought I'd let you know since I thought it was funny, that whole first argument where Hermione is reading and ignoring Draco is based on a real event that happened just hours ago. I was actually really mad at the time but now I'm happy so now we can have a party…with cake…minus the cake monster because I want to have my cake and eat it too. Ha ha inside joke. Sorry. Well since you have already read, go ahead and click that kinda purplish bluish not quite violet but not teal colored box and give me a REVIEW!!!! K thanks! Bye!
