Chapter 4 – The "Programme"
At dumbledore's office……
"Mr Malfoy, Ms Granger, I guess you know the reason why I called you here?"
"Yes Professor" Both were tired of saying the same thing over and over again. They never seem to say anything else other than yes professor in front of Dumbledore.
"So I guess you came prepared?"
"No." Hermione said
"Yes." Malfoy opposed.
"Would you please shut up?" Hermione turned towards Malfoy and gave him a look of disgust.
"2 proposals' better den one." Malfoy replied dryly.
"No, you see, it depends on the contents and not the amount. As my parents always say, it's the quality that counts, not the quantity." Hermione stated matter-of-factly.
"Then I bet mine has more quality then yours, mudblood. Afraid that my work will be better then yours?" Malfoy challenged.
"No, Duh, of course not. Fine, then," Hermione turned to Dumbledore and said politely, "Professor, we've both done our own proposal, please take a look and consider our ideas." She gave Dumbledore a grim smile and handed him her proposal. At the same time, Malfoy also gave Dumbledore his proposal.
"Very well. Very well. Off you go. I'll tell you when I've made my decision."
"Halt!"
They turned back and looked at Dumbledore, both of them impatient already.
"I've been having mind blocks lately… unable to think of anything to do when they come over to Hogwarts. It's a 7-day visit. Perhaps both of you can discuss and come up with a programme by Thursday next week? One programme is enough. Two's not a company." He looked up from his half-moon spectacles at them, expecting some response.
"Yes Professor" Hermione and Malfoy said, while their eyes burnt into each others. They knew what this meant, more discussions and more time spent with the hateful person in front of them. A exact waste of time.They left in one swift action and walked towards the Great Hall together, keeping a safe distance between each other.
Monday…..
"There will be about 50 students coming to Hogwarts. Manageable."
"uh-huh"
"Do you think we should hold a grand dinner to welcome them?"
…………
"Whatever, it's set then, we'll give them a welcome dinner of some sort. Then we'll show them around Hogwarts the next day. The prefects will be doing that, duties duties duties. Alright. Everything's done then. Exploring Hogwarts will take up at least 5 days. Now the ball. What about the ball. The ball. Can you please contribute some ideas?!"
"I'm extremely bothered by the the fact that I simply have no suit whatsoever that can actually protect me from your filthy hands that day." Malfoy said, obviously oblivious to what Hermione had said.
"Malfoy, concentrate! Arghhhh."
"Why do you always have to repeat your words so many times? I'm not deaf for your information. "
"Well, you're acting as if you are."
"I don't see the logic."
"You don't have to. You're too stubborn to know any."
Tuesday….
"Now, according to Professor Dumbledore, we're supposed to build up our friendship between The Head Boy and Girl of Renaissance School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. What do you suppose we do?"
"Nothing."
"Honestly, why are you wasting your time here?"
"For your sake."
"Beg your pardon."
"Nothing."
"Oh man.. what are we gonna do? I've never been good in building relationships."
"I know."
"For god's sake. Can you contribute more? The whole evening you've been saying not more then 3 words!"
"So?"
"Help me out!"
"Yeah yeah. Argh, just.. just.. visit Honeydukes or something and talk… simple as that."
"You said it was simple?"
"Why? Are you incapable of doing it?"
"Of course not."
"Fine, then we'll see about it."
Wednesday….
"Do you think…"
"Shut up. I did the programme for the whole thing already."
"Bet it's the worse ever done in history."
"History sucks."
"Just show me your damn programme."
Hermione took over the programme from his hand and stared. Horrified.
Day 1 Eat till you drop. After that, you sleep.
Day 2 head boy and girl of Hogwarts to be excused to accompany head boy and girl of Renaissance to honeydukes.
Day 3 onwards explore Hogwarts. Prefects will help. Don't bother doing anything else unless they request to join us for lessons or quidditch practice.
"Is that… all?" Hermione was in total shock.
"What do you expect, Granger? That practically killed all my brain cells in a matter of hours." He said flatly.
"It's incredibly brief! I'll have to work on it. It makes sense… but we need to add more details … In MY opinion, we should get them some "buddies" and they can just follow their buddy around the school. We would have achieved one of our targets to promote communication with them and basically show them as much as we can about life at Hogwarts!" Hermione looked up and came face to face with an expressionless Malfoy. His eyes looked so unfocused, it was as if he was trying to see right through her. Hermione held up her hand and waved in front of Malfoy's face. "HeLloooooo." As if pricked by a needle, Malfoy sat up very straight and stuttered. "Uh… Yeah, that's a good idea. So that's it then. Make the changes yourself. Uh… Bye, I gotta go." Hermione looked suspiciously at the blonde as he hurriedly made his way out of the library. "Well, that'll be extra work for me. Dreads." She muttered to herself before packing up her own stuff and leaving the library.
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