We can never be 4

I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters, they belong to JKR. Oh how I wished I owned Draco… that would make me so happy! –WAND- --inside joke—the things I could do to that boy… scratch that… WITH that boy!


Chaper 4- A Plan

Hermione woke the next morning with the necklace Draco gave her in her grasp. She quickly go dressed and went to the common to grab her bag. When she got it, she felt Draco pass her and hold the portrait door open for her. She gave him a confusing look. 'What the heck is wrong with him?' she thought as he walked beside her.

"Did you sleep well?" Draco asked.

"Uhh...yea, fine," she mumbled, "thanks for asking." They walked to the Great Hall the rest of the way in silence.

"See ya later," Draco whispered before he went to the Slytherin table. Hermione walked to Gryffindor table as if nothing happened. Although Draco is being strangely nice to her she tried not to let it get to her.

"Hey guys!" she said to Harry, Ron and Ginny. "Thanks for the gifts."

"No problem!" Harry smiled.

"Wow! Mi where did you get that necklace?" Ron said pointing at her neck.

"Oh, my dad got it for me," like she was really going to tell them where she REALLY got it from.


(-At Slytherin table-)

"Drakie… Drakie… DRAKIE!" Parkinson shrieked in Draco's ear.

"What!" he snapped.

"What's wrong baby?" she asked him putting her head on his shoulder.

"I'm fine," he said shoving Parkinson off of him, "I don't fell like eating." Draco was in a bad mood for the rest of the day.

(A/N- I'm really sorry you don't get a lot from Draco but I'm no a guy and like I know what goes through their heads or what they think like…plus I don't wanna know!)


(-Gryffindor common room-)

"You know I've been thinking…" Hermione heard a voice say just before she walked into view in Gryffindor common room, but decided not to come into view after, " maybe we shouldn't invite Mi." Hermione could of picked that voice from anywhere, it was Ginny.

"Gin, are you crazy?" Ron's voice came. "She's your best friend! Why would you not invite her to Hogsmade with us?"

"I just don't think she would be so comfortable around us, since Harry and I have been going out and you and Britney Carson are dating, I just think that Mi feel kind of left out because she doesn't have a boyfriend."

"Gin," Harry's voice said, "Mi doesn't want a boyfriend because she's too busy with her studies. I now this when I asked her out last year she said that she wants to keep her mind on school."

"But she just needs to get some fun in her life," Ginny said.

"You know if she did get a date or whatever," Ron said with a laugh in his throat, "I will die of laughter if she ever went out with Malfoy!"

An idea came into Hermione's head, and a plan began to form.

"Ron," she whispered to herself as she walked out of the tower, "start laughing!" She ran back to her dormitory and found Draco sitting on the couch, reading.

"Hi," she smiled, approaching him.

"Hey," Draco answered, "Uhh…the Hogsmade trip is this weekend. I was thinking that we should work on planning the events for the school and stuff."

'Plan going good!' she thought. "You know, I was just thinking of asking you about that," she said.

"So it's a date?" Draco said, looking like 'OMG I did not just say that'.

"Yea, it's a date," Hermione said smiling and walking up to her room.


(-Snape's Class-)

Double Potions in the morning and in Snape's class, he had the girls pick partner out of a hat of the opposite house and gender. Parkinson was really upset because she got Harry. Rom was upset when Millicent Bulstrode got him. Hermione reached in the hat and read the slip- Draco Malfoy.

'Better than Crabbe or Goyle,' she thought as she picked up her stuff and headed toward the seat next to Draco. Once everyone was had their partners, Snape began teaching them about a Truth Potion.

"You will be making them with your partners and for a whole week, you will not be able to lie to your partners. You can lie to other people expect your partners, and…" he paused, "and this will start next Monday. Also each of you will be…" he paused again. "Mr. Malfoy, will you at least ACT like you are paying attention, instead of staring at Miss. Granger!"

At the sound of her name, Hermione felt her face get hot from turning so red. She glanced at Harry and Ron and they looked like they were going to attack Draco. Parkinson looked like she was going to attack HER!

"Now that I have Mr. Malfoy's attention, each of you will write an essay, telling about you time under the truth potion with your partner."

The bell rang and everyone left Snape's classroom.

"What was up with Malfoy today?" Harry asked, thinking that maybe Hermione would of known, but she just shrugged. They headed to the Great Hall for lunch. Harry sat next to Ginny and across from Hermione while Ron took the spot next to Hermione.

"So, Mi, you going to Hogsmade this weekend?" Harry said, followed closely by an, "Uffh!" Ginny punched him in the stomach.

"Uhh… yea, I guess," she replied, "If I'm not too busy."

"Well, if your not, you should come with us," Ron said. Hermione noticed that Ginny glared at him.

"Yea, thanks," Hermione said, "well, I'm gonna go to the library for a book real quick, so see you later."


(-Care of Magical Creatures-)

Friday came and the Slytherins and Gryffindors had Care of Magical Creatures. Hermione was really looking forward to the reactions on Harry, Ginny, and Ron's faces when they saw her with Draco tomorrow.

"I'm gonna let you pick your own partners," Hagrid said. Once he did, Parkinsaon ran up to Draco's side and clutched his arm. Hagrid rolled his eyes. "Of the different house." Everyone stood in silence for 5minutes. "I really don't wanna spend all day trying to figure out who's gonna be partners with who. I'm giving you the chance to pick your partners, and I don't wanna have to assign someone to somebody else and have them not get along."

Hermione felt something in her hand. It was a small folded piece of parchment. She opened and found a note.

Wanna be partners?

-Draco

She folded the note back up, glanced over at Draco and saw that he was giving her that 'well-what-do-you-say?' kind of look. Hermione slightly nodded and she and Draco stepped forward. Everyone was surprised, even Hagrid.

"Oh… well, then, uhh…"he said, "Let me… let me mark that down. Anyone else?"

Ron and Millicent Bulstrode stepped forward, and Hagrid wrote them down. Next were Harry and Parkinson, then Crabbe and Lavender, and everyone else choose the same partners they had for Potions.

"Thank you," Hagrid smiled. "Now then, on with the lesson."


(CoMC over)

"Hey, Hermione," Draco whispered to her, "Meet me in the common room at 7:00pm tonight ok?"

"Yep," she nodded. She hustled to Harry and Ron. "Hey guys, how's it going?"

"Mi, are you crazy?" Ron said.

"What are you talking about?" she asked.

" 'What are you talking about?'" Harry echoed with a laugh in his voice, "you know perfectly well what we're talking about!"

"Well, if you tell me I would give an answer."

"MALFOY!" Ron said loudly.

"What about him?"

"You like him… don't you?"

"For crying out loud, Ronald, I do not!" Although she didn't even convince herself on what she said. "What made you come to that conclusion?"

"You picked him for a partner!"

"So what? You pick Millicent Bulstrode and I don't have a problem with that!"

"Millicent and I are Potions partners, so we decided to be partners again."

"Same with me and Pansy." Harry spoke up.

Hermione was surprised that they were on first-name speaking terms.

"Same with me a Draco. What's the problem?"

"You seem happy about it."

"Sheesh! You actually think that I would fall for Draco?"

"Well, when you put it like that, I guess not."

"Ok, now. Will you drop it?" They nodded.


(Heading back to the common room…)

It was about 7:00pm and Hermione stopped her patrolling. She went back to the common room and found Draco, as usual, sitting on the couch.

"Ok, I'm here, what do you want?" she asked him.

He handed her a clock.

"Here, take this."

"Why?"

"Because," Draco said, taking her hand and leading her out the portrait hole.

"Uhh…where are we going?"

"You'll see."

"Draco, that's a broom in your hand," she said eyeing the broom.

"Very good at stating the obvious, Mi," he smirked at her.

"What are you…what did you call me?"

"Mi. Isn't that what your friends call you?"

"Yes, but…"

"But what? We're friends, aren't we?" They walked out the castle doors.

"Yea, I guess we are…but what are you doing with a broom?"

"I'm gonna take you flying."

Hermione stopped.

"Flying? No, I don't think so. I prefer my feet on the ground…where they belong. You go if you want, but I'm not going."

"Come on, Mi," Draco said, putting the emphasis on Mi, "It's fun, and that's what you need. Fun!"

"You're starting to sound like my friends," she said. Draco rolled his eyes.

"Hermione, please come flying with me."

"Draco, I hate heights. Me and heights don't do well," she explained.

"Then don't look down."

"Whenever I'm up anyplace high, I'm always tempted to look down, like when Harry and I were flying on Buc-" 'HOLY HELL! You almost did not just say that! He hates Buckbeak, I'm not gonna let him know that Harry and I helped him and Sirius escaped. Just lie. Thank God the Truth Potion isn't until next Monday.'

"When you and Potter were flying on…what?"

"He took me flying with him once and I hated it."

"Maybe it wasn't the heights you hate…it could have been the person you were flying with," he said. It was Hermione's turn to roll her eyes.

"Draco, I'm not going," she said turning away, but Draco pulled her back.

"Oh yes, you are!"

They stood in silence for about 2 minutes… then Draco broke it.

"You coming or not?"

'Why the hell is he pressuring me like this? Harry and Ron never did. They tried to get me to go flying with them several times, and when I said –no- they dropped it. Why is he taking me anyways?'

"Why do you want me to go flying anyways?"

"Because, a- it releases stress, b- it gets you mind off of everything, and c- it's fun. Mi, you need all three."

"And how do I know that you won't drop me 100 feet in the air?" she asked him crossing her arms. He shrugged. "Then I'm not going."

"Mi, I was only kidding, I won't drop you. I swear," he smiled. Hermione stood, again, for another minute and said,

"Fine, I'll go."

They walked to the Quidditch Pitch without saying a word.


I know this is a really dull chapter, but I'm getting so tired, I'm on the verge of falling asleep. Next chapter, I'm hoping, will be better! Thanks for the reviews!

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