Chapter3
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!?!"
"Your not being murdered you know. Not that I wouldn't want to."
"Were sharing a bathroom?!?"
"It appears so."
"This cannot be happening!"
"I bet this is a dream come true for you huh? Sharing a bathroom with me."
"No! This is a nightmare!"
"Suit yourself."
Malfoy walked out of the bathroom and into his room.
Hermione sighed and went to the sink to brush her teeth.
The next morning Hermione woke up at 6:30 and went to take a shower. She placed several locks and a prepared curse before Malfoy's door and stripped down her clothes. She used her favorite lavender shampoo and vanilla extract bath soap. She just loved the scents mixed together. Before she was finished she heard Malfoy banging at the door.
"HURRY UP! YOU'VE BEEN IN THERE FOR AN HOUR!"
Hermione paid no attention to this and continued her shower. When she finished she wrapped a towel around her body and headed towards her door. Before she left she said the counter charm to the locks and curse and closed her door immediately. She placed locks on them as well. She headed to her mirror to change to her now un-baggy school robes.
"Chosen."
She dried her hair and just let it fall gracefully at her back. She picked up her black messenger bag and headed for the common room to check her schedule.
When she got down Malfoy was already on one of the sofas reading a book. She disregarded him and headed to her desk looking for her schedule. She just couldn't find it.
"Looking for this?" Malfoy said holding out a bundle of class schedules for all the houses.
She snatched it from him in one air move and made them disappear except for 2.
"What are you doing? Making everyone panic coz they don't know what class they have?"
"No. for your information, I used the sending spell to send the schedules to their proper owner."
She came up to him, schedule in hand, and slapped him. It was so hard that his schedule stayed on his cheek for at least 10 seconds before falling on his hand. She turned quickly and headed out the portrait.
She met Harry and Ron at the Gryffindor table and beamed. They saw Hermione and Ron turned red while Harry ushered her to sit in between them.
"Thanks for my schedule Hermione. It appeared on my bacon an inch from my mouth." Harry said jokingly.
"Oh! Sorry Harry. I was just so mad. Do you know I have to share a bathroom with that stupid git?"
"WHAT?!?" Harry and Ron shouted together which made the whole hall quiet.
"Quiet down guys." Hermione whispered.
Harry and Ron calmed down a bit and bombarded Hermione with questions. Hermione got sick of it and began talking with Ginny who at least felt sympathy towards her instead of making her feel as if she was being investigated by the police.
"Whats our first class?" Ron asked.
"Double Potions, with the Slytherins." Harry answered immediately.
"(Sigh) again? We always have potions with that lot."
"I know. Why can't we have potions with the Hufflepuffs or Ravenclaws? We just had to get slytherin, huh?"
Harry, Ron and Hermione left to get to potions early so that Snape wouldn't dock points of Gryffindor. How wrong they were.
"50 points from Gryffindor for being early." He said, great disgust in his voice.
"50 points for Slytherin for being early. Mr. Malfoy." He said smiling at Malfoy.
Harry, Ron and Hermione scowled and took the seats at the very back of the class. They began taking notes as Snape began discussing a new potion. Draco kept on bugging Hermione by magically erasing her notes and transferring them on his notebook. She got mad and shouted at him. Snape took 25 points for that.
As soon as the bell rang Hermione dashed out dragging Harry and Ron with her.
The rest of the day went by uneventful. After class Hermione went back to her mini library and started reading the books there since she had already read every single book in the library at least twice.
She already finished all her homework by 8:30. She decided to stay in the common room and read a book there. It was a little cold and the fireplace was open every night. She got her charms book (6000 charms for charmed ones) and headed down the steps. Apparently, Malfoy had the same idea coz he was already reading his potions book on a green blanket hot chocolate in his hand. She reached the nearest sofa, conjured a blanket and began reading. They went on not speaking until 11:55 p.m. Hermione fell asleep on the couch.
Draco POV
It was late so he decided to head back to his room. He spotted Hermione asleep on one of the couches, an open book lay on her stomach. He noticed the fire die out and sighed. He couldn't leave her to freeze. He took her book and laid it on the coffee table. He wrapped her blanket around her and carried her bridal style up her stairs. She snuggled up to him as he carried her. 'she's so beautiful when she's sleeping' he thought. He kicked himself mentally. He laid her on her bed and tucked her in. he left her room and headed for his own.
Hermione POV
She fell asleep on the couch. She felt sudden coldness as the fire died out. She was too tired to move. Suddenly she felt someone cover her in a blanket. The next thing she knew she felt someone warm carry her. She snuggled up to them enjoying their warmth. Suddenly she felt herself being put down on a bed. The warmth disappeared and instead was replaced by her comforter which she snuggled into as well. She wanted the warmth of her stranger back. She felt so cold.
The next week was so uneventful Hermione felt bored. She didn't like her classes this year. It was too easy. She blamed herself for memorizing all her textbooks over the summer coz now she didn't feel a challenge in her studies. She just helped Harry and Ron with their homework. The week went by so slow for her. None of her lessons surprised her. She even felt that if she was gone for a week she would still be ahead of her classmates.
She really looked forward to the weekend because she could wear anything during weekends. She also wanted to relax.
She awoke Saturday morning feeling really energized. She skipped over to the bathroom to take a shower. After, she headed to her mirror. She chose her favorite white ensemble and quickly picked her white bag on the way to the common room.
She saw Malfoy reading a book. She ignored him and headed out. Before she reached the portrait he noticed her presence.
"Granger! Heads meeting in Dumbledore's office now." He said, showing no emotion.
"What? But I was going to Gryffindor tower!"
"Deal with it. Were already late."
"Fine."
Hermione and Malfoy headed towards Dumbledore's office.
"Ah! Mr. Malfoy! Ms. Granger! I've been expecting you. I wanted to ask you of your insights for another Halloween Ball!" he greeted them.
"Well, personally, I would love to have a ball! Maybe we can have a costume ball! You and your dates could have matching outfits!" Hermione said excitedly.
"Mr. Malfoy?"
"Sure, whatever." He said. Clearly un-interested.
Hermione and professor Dumbledore went on and on with the details while Draco had his thoughts elsewhere. After the meeting Draco just asked Hermione about the details and she scowled at him. She gave him the details anyway and left to her room because she felt really tired. She fell asleep instantly as her head hit her pillow.
The next morning she had owled all the prefects to meet her at their common room after lunch. She headed to the kitchens to grab a snack so she had more time to prepare for the meeting.
At around 12:30 all the prefects had arrived. They had discussed that it should be a costume ball. All the girls had giggled in delight as the boys groaned in despair. They had arranged and gave the duties to each of the prefects and finally, the meeting ended.
Time seemed to zoom past Hermione the whole month. Before she knew it, it was already the weekend before the ball. Ginny had bought her dress while Hermione just bought countless numbers of fabrics. She was glad she was now of age because she could shrink their purchases.
The day before the ball Hermione had been locked away in her room. Draco was suspicious but didn't bother to check if she was okay.
The next day, Hermione still hadn't left her room and Draco heard a lot of movement from her door. Someone was running back and forth frantically. He chose to ignore it. An hour before the ball, Draco was ready and the noise was still being heard.
Draco left before Hermione and headed to the great hall.
That night...