Synopsis: Draco and Hermione devised a brilliant plan that the Yule Ball
should be literary-couples-themed, Dumbledore told them he wants them to go
together. They're in Hogsmeade on their way to get their Yule Ball
clothes.
A/N: I've got nothing
Disclaimer: I own nothing (the cutesy wootsy part at the end was all Squin's idea, she's much more creative than I am, you should go read her stuff!)
The two walked down to Madam Malkin's, Draco looked like he was walking in to get his teeth pulled as he entered the store.
"Good afternoon, dears, how may I help you?" Madam Malkin said.
Hermione responded, "Well, the Yule Ball is coming up at Hogwarts, and the theme is literary couples, and Draco and I are going as Lizzie and Darcy from this Muggle book-"
"Pride and Prejudice!" Madam Malkin exclaimed, "That's my favorite! What an excellent choice Miss Granger. I suppose this is going to require something different form standard dress robes! But, I do keep a stock of some types of Muggle formal wear, so lets go have a look, shall we?"
The three of them walked towards a back corner of the store, where Madam Malkin began leafing through the racks. She yanked out a black garment in a bag and shoved it into Draco's hands.
"Go try this on, dearie."
Draco sulked off to the dressing rooms as Madam Malking continued to look for Hermione. She finally unearthed a dress, and gave it to Hermione, who walked into the dressing room to change.
Draco walked out, sulking even more. He had on fitted khaki breeches, a white collared shirt, and a black tail coat. "You know what, if I have to wear this in public I'm no longer indebted to you, Granger!"
Hermione laughed from inside her dressing room, "Oh, come on, it can't be that bad!" She walked out wearing a long burgundy velvet dress. It had a low, square neckline and an empire waist with gold embroidery along the edges and at the waist line. Hermione felt like she belonged in 19th century England. She looked appraisingly at Draco and her face broke into a wide grin.
"You look FABULOUS!" She exclaimed.
Draco, however seemed a bit preoccupied. "Wow, you really look... uhhhh, very nice in that dress, Hermione. Really."
Hermione blushed slightly.
Madam Malkin came over and looked at her clients, "Well, you two look just wonderful! You'll be the best-dressed pair there! I do say! Well, just bring those up after you've changed, yes?" She walked off to the front of the store, and Hermione and Draco returned to their dressing rooms.
Hermione came out ands saw that Draco was not back there, and she walked up to the front, as he was waiting by the door.
"Draco, where'd Madam Malkin go? I have to pay for this."
"I, uh, already paid for it," he mumbled, looking down at his feet.
"Draco! You didn't have to do that!"
"I know, but I wanted to, don't argue, just take it."
Hermione sighed, "I don't want you to pay me back MONETARILY," she said under her breath.
"Huh?"
"Nothing," she said, "Thanks, Draco."
He smiled and nodded at her. "Lets go to Three Broomsticks, I need a Butterbeer."
"Fine, but I'm paying!"
In Three Broomsticks, Hermione walked over to a booth by the front window. "Lets sit here."
Draco looked out the window at all of the students passing by them. "Um, can we sit somewhere else?"
Hermione looked confused, "Well, why?"
She looked out the window as Crabbe and Goyle passed by, when she turned back around to Draco, he was holding a copy of the Daily Prophet in front of his face.
"Oh, I see how it is, Draco. You don't want your little Slytherin buddies to see you with the Mudblood."
"No, Hermione, that's not it at all!"
"Yeah, well, you won't have to worry about that, I'm going to go look for Ron and Harry."
Hermione stood up and walked out the door. Draco flopped down in the booth and sighed.
"I should have gone to an all-boys school."
Hermione was marching through the streets looking for her friends, when she spotted Ron, Harry, and Ginny through the window of Honeydukes. She walked in and went over to them.
"Hello," she said huffily.
"What's up, Mione?" Ron asked her.
"No, wait," Harry interrupted, "Another lovers' spat with Draco?" Harry smirked at Hermione.
Hermione, however, was not so amused, "Harry Potter, if you EVER say anything like that in my presence again, I will shove this wand-"
"Hey, hey, hey, calm down Hermione," Ginny laughed. "He's only joking, aren't you Harry?"
"Of course I am! But, I will take it that you and he had another fight?"
"Yes! We were in Three Broomsticks, and he didn't want to sit near the window because he was afraid that his little friends would see him with the nerdy ugly Mudblood, or something."
"Hermione, did it ever occur to you that maybe he thought that you wouldn't want to be seen with him? Or he felt bad because people would think poorly of you?" Ron asked.
"I didn't ask you to defend him, Ron, and I don't think that's what he had in mind at all. But, have you lot had lunch yet?"
"Lunch? Hermione, it's nearly seven!" Ginny said.
"Is it? We must've been in Madam Malkin's longer than I thought."
"You and Draco were in Madam Malkin's?" Ginny raised her eyebrows at Hermione.
"Oh, well, I was just helping him pick out some robes for his mum."
"Well, I'm hungry, let's go get dinner," Ron said.
The four of them made their way back to Three Broomsticks, and, surely enough, Draco was still sitting in the booth by the window, looking glumly at his Butterbeer.
Ron and Harry walked in first, and before Hermione could stop them, had sat down with Draco. Hermione glared at them and sat down.
"Hi, Draco," Ron said brightly.
"Hello W- Ron."
"Well," Ron said loudly, "I'm just famished! We're going to have dinner, care to join us, Draco?"
"Uh, well, I-"
"Great! Glad to hear it. What should we all get?"
Harry and Ginny couldn't answer because they were trying their hardest to stifle the laughter that was pressing to get out. Hermione was sitting with her arms crossed, staring out the window.
Things finally relaxed a bit, and Draco was chatting with Harry and Ron about Quidditch, but Hermione, who had not said anything, sat picking at her food. She abruptly stood up.
"Well, I'm going to go back to school and go to the library, Madam Pince has some volumes on reserve for me."
"No, Mione, just stay here for a bit longer!" Ron looked at her imploringly.
"No, thank you, if I wanted to hear mindless drivelling about Quidditch I could find that almost anywhere. Good night." She spun around and left.
Draco threw up his hands in frustration, "You know, I don't know how you lot can handle being friends with her! I was trying to save her from being harassed by everyone because she was out somewhere with Hogwarts' favorite Death Eater, and she takes it completely wrong!"
"Yes, well," Harry said, "The brilliant Hermione C. Granger is extremely good at taking things the wrong way."
Draco shook his head, "Well, it is past eight, I have to go work on my blue owl. So, thanks for the company, I'll see you all back at school, I guess." Draco left a few sickles on the table and walked away.
Ron, Ginny and Harry exchanged knowing glances.
Back up at Hogwarts, Hermione walked up in to her room, and was very surprised to see Lily sleeping soundly in her bed. Hermione walked over to the small girl and smiled. She gave Lily a small kiss on the forehead and left for the library.
A few minutes later, Draco walked in to the study, and heard a tapping at the window. He opened it, and a dark school owl flew in, and dropped a piece of parchment, and flew off again. Draco picked up the parchment and read it.
Mr. Malfoy-
If you receive this before 9 pm, please come down to the dungeons. You have lots of Potions work to catch up on, and I'd hate to lower your grade.
Professor S. Snape
"Potions? Great," Draco groaned. He went in to his room to get his cauldron, and saw another note, from his mother, on the bed.
Draco-
Lily fell asleep on Hermione's bed. When you two get back, just come get me and I'll take her back up to our room. I hope you had a fun time at Hogsmeade, and you weren't harassing poor Hermione!
Love you lots,
Mum
Draco took his cauldron, and peeked in to Hermione's room. Lily was fast asleep. He silently closed the bedroom door and made his way off to the dungeons.
"Professor?" Draco poked his head through the door.
"Is that you, Mister Malfoy?" a voice came from the back.
"Yes, sir."
Snape came out of his office and smiled at Draco.
"So, Draco, we have been working on medicinal potions for curing common ailments. The first one you'll need to make is the Otitis Amelioris potion, and the Antipeptis potion is next. I have the ingredients all written down for you. These potions are not really so much difficult to make, but more time consuming. Each has to simmer for over a half hour. If you have any questions, please come to my office."
"Thank you, sir." Draco set to work, as Snape hurried off into his office.
Draco sat working for a solid 2 hours straight. When he was done, he got Snape to come check over his work.
"Excellent, Mister Malfoy."
"Thank you Professor."
Snape looked at Draco, "How are you doing, Draco?"
"I'm fine, sir, really. Everything is going really well. I'm catching up on all of my work."
"By yourself? That's quite impressive!"
"Uh, well, not quite. Hermione is helping me."
"Miss Granger? How nice of her."
An awkward silence fell over the two, as Draco stared down at his potions.
"Well, Draco, let me give you two bottles, you can take these back and use them if you have an ear ache or a stomach ache." Snape walked over towards his cupboard and pulled out two glass bottles with stoppers. He poured Draco's potions in carefully, and handed the bottles over.
"Thanks, sir. Well, it's almost eleven thirty, I should get going."
"Of course, good night, Mister Malfoy."
"Good night Professor Snape."
Draco left the dungeons quietly, and made his way back up to the room. He stopped in front of the portrait.
"Is Hermione back?" He asked them.
"Yes, dear," Helga Hufflepuff answered, "She's been in for over an hour."
"Thanks, oxygen." The door swung open and Draco walked through.
He saw that the fire was still burning, and he walked over. He was surprised not to see Hermione in her chair. Draco turned around, and then saw her.
Hermione was lying, fast asleep on the sofa, wrapped up in Draco's Slytherin blanket. Draco looked down at Hermione and faintly smiled. The firelight was reflecting in her hair, making it almost golden looking, and she had a peaceful look on her face.
Draco suddenly walked over to Hermione's door and opened it. Surely enough, Lily was still fast asleep in her bed.
'I bet Hermione didn't want to wake up Lils,' he thought. Draco then walked in to his room, quickly dressed in his pajamas, and came back out into the study. He walked over to the couch where Hermione was soundly sleeping.
He reached his arms under her, and gently lifted Hermione up. He was surprised at how light she was as he carried her over to his room. He breathed in the scent of her hair. 'So that's why she always smells like strawberries,' he thought. He carefully placed her down on his bed, and tucked her under his covers.
"Good night, Hermione," he whispered, and placed a soft kiss on her forehead. Draco walked out in to the study, and began to set up his bed on the couch. Looking around, he grabbed Hermione's Gryffindor blanket off of her chair. He layed down on the couch, and fell fast asleep.
A/N: Thanks to: Epequa, xaviera (s'il vous plait), Lighter Side of Darkness, Draco's Girl, delphi, Stecki, Night Spirit, Nirejski, ~*Lily of the Valley*~, *star*, Ruby Moon, Alanna Roseguard, Lady Knight, Nessers (can't tell, that'd be cheating!), Bunny, mp, Eiobhan, Allee Kat (Sorry you're grounded! I wish I could use British slang, too, LOL), Holly, Aerion, Camille, SweetWood, Draco's Queen, Anonymous, Chikata, me, kstar74, ChibiChibi, Aimie, Hermione13, Steffie Granger, Cithara, Bloody Angel, Princess of Darkness, Lyra, xStorm.Cloud.x, Emma, and Mariella.
~dassy- In my first few chapters when I meant to have 3 periods "..." it only showed up as one, I am fully aware that Hermione's last name is Granger, and it's not Bullstrode, as in Millicent. Sorry about the confusion, the transfer between MS Word and ff.n is a bit funky.
~OF course to my Scary Twin Squin... by the by, that Lady Marmalade song is ABSOLUTELY horrid, lol.
~Go read The Goddess Diaries, I Can't Let You Love Me, Spiritus Aduro, Professor Lupin's Apprentice, and anything else that I've recommended!!
PLEASE R/R I'll try my best to have 21 up asap! Hope you liked this lil bit o' fluff
A/N: I've got nothing
Disclaimer: I own nothing (the cutesy wootsy part at the end was all Squin's idea, she's much more creative than I am, you should go read her stuff!)
The two walked down to Madam Malkin's, Draco looked like he was walking in to get his teeth pulled as he entered the store.
"Good afternoon, dears, how may I help you?" Madam Malkin said.
Hermione responded, "Well, the Yule Ball is coming up at Hogwarts, and the theme is literary couples, and Draco and I are going as Lizzie and Darcy from this Muggle book-"
"Pride and Prejudice!" Madam Malkin exclaimed, "That's my favorite! What an excellent choice Miss Granger. I suppose this is going to require something different form standard dress robes! But, I do keep a stock of some types of Muggle formal wear, so lets go have a look, shall we?"
The three of them walked towards a back corner of the store, where Madam Malkin began leafing through the racks. She yanked out a black garment in a bag and shoved it into Draco's hands.
"Go try this on, dearie."
Draco sulked off to the dressing rooms as Madam Malking continued to look for Hermione. She finally unearthed a dress, and gave it to Hermione, who walked into the dressing room to change.
Draco walked out, sulking even more. He had on fitted khaki breeches, a white collared shirt, and a black tail coat. "You know what, if I have to wear this in public I'm no longer indebted to you, Granger!"
Hermione laughed from inside her dressing room, "Oh, come on, it can't be that bad!" She walked out wearing a long burgundy velvet dress. It had a low, square neckline and an empire waist with gold embroidery along the edges and at the waist line. Hermione felt like she belonged in 19th century England. She looked appraisingly at Draco and her face broke into a wide grin.
"You look FABULOUS!" She exclaimed.
Draco, however seemed a bit preoccupied. "Wow, you really look... uhhhh, very nice in that dress, Hermione. Really."
Hermione blushed slightly.
Madam Malkin came over and looked at her clients, "Well, you two look just wonderful! You'll be the best-dressed pair there! I do say! Well, just bring those up after you've changed, yes?" She walked off to the front of the store, and Hermione and Draco returned to their dressing rooms.
Hermione came out ands saw that Draco was not back there, and she walked up to the front, as he was waiting by the door.
"Draco, where'd Madam Malkin go? I have to pay for this."
"I, uh, already paid for it," he mumbled, looking down at his feet.
"Draco! You didn't have to do that!"
"I know, but I wanted to, don't argue, just take it."
Hermione sighed, "I don't want you to pay me back MONETARILY," she said under her breath.
"Huh?"
"Nothing," she said, "Thanks, Draco."
He smiled and nodded at her. "Lets go to Three Broomsticks, I need a Butterbeer."
"Fine, but I'm paying!"
In Three Broomsticks, Hermione walked over to a booth by the front window. "Lets sit here."
Draco looked out the window at all of the students passing by them. "Um, can we sit somewhere else?"
Hermione looked confused, "Well, why?"
She looked out the window as Crabbe and Goyle passed by, when she turned back around to Draco, he was holding a copy of the Daily Prophet in front of his face.
"Oh, I see how it is, Draco. You don't want your little Slytherin buddies to see you with the Mudblood."
"No, Hermione, that's not it at all!"
"Yeah, well, you won't have to worry about that, I'm going to go look for Ron and Harry."
Hermione stood up and walked out the door. Draco flopped down in the booth and sighed.
"I should have gone to an all-boys school."
Hermione was marching through the streets looking for her friends, when she spotted Ron, Harry, and Ginny through the window of Honeydukes. She walked in and went over to them.
"Hello," she said huffily.
"What's up, Mione?" Ron asked her.
"No, wait," Harry interrupted, "Another lovers' spat with Draco?" Harry smirked at Hermione.
Hermione, however, was not so amused, "Harry Potter, if you EVER say anything like that in my presence again, I will shove this wand-"
"Hey, hey, hey, calm down Hermione," Ginny laughed. "He's only joking, aren't you Harry?"
"Of course I am! But, I will take it that you and he had another fight?"
"Yes! We were in Three Broomsticks, and he didn't want to sit near the window because he was afraid that his little friends would see him with the nerdy ugly Mudblood, or something."
"Hermione, did it ever occur to you that maybe he thought that you wouldn't want to be seen with him? Or he felt bad because people would think poorly of you?" Ron asked.
"I didn't ask you to defend him, Ron, and I don't think that's what he had in mind at all. But, have you lot had lunch yet?"
"Lunch? Hermione, it's nearly seven!" Ginny said.
"Is it? We must've been in Madam Malkin's longer than I thought."
"You and Draco were in Madam Malkin's?" Ginny raised her eyebrows at Hermione.
"Oh, well, I was just helping him pick out some robes for his mum."
"Well, I'm hungry, let's go get dinner," Ron said.
The four of them made their way back to Three Broomsticks, and, surely enough, Draco was still sitting in the booth by the window, looking glumly at his Butterbeer.
Ron and Harry walked in first, and before Hermione could stop them, had sat down with Draco. Hermione glared at them and sat down.
"Hi, Draco," Ron said brightly.
"Hello W- Ron."
"Well," Ron said loudly, "I'm just famished! We're going to have dinner, care to join us, Draco?"
"Uh, well, I-"
"Great! Glad to hear it. What should we all get?"
Harry and Ginny couldn't answer because they were trying their hardest to stifle the laughter that was pressing to get out. Hermione was sitting with her arms crossed, staring out the window.
Things finally relaxed a bit, and Draco was chatting with Harry and Ron about Quidditch, but Hermione, who had not said anything, sat picking at her food. She abruptly stood up.
"Well, I'm going to go back to school and go to the library, Madam Pince has some volumes on reserve for me."
"No, Mione, just stay here for a bit longer!" Ron looked at her imploringly.
"No, thank you, if I wanted to hear mindless drivelling about Quidditch I could find that almost anywhere. Good night." She spun around and left.
Draco threw up his hands in frustration, "You know, I don't know how you lot can handle being friends with her! I was trying to save her from being harassed by everyone because she was out somewhere with Hogwarts' favorite Death Eater, and she takes it completely wrong!"
"Yes, well," Harry said, "The brilliant Hermione C. Granger is extremely good at taking things the wrong way."
Draco shook his head, "Well, it is past eight, I have to go work on my blue owl. So, thanks for the company, I'll see you all back at school, I guess." Draco left a few sickles on the table and walked away.
Ron, Ginny and Harry exchanged knowing glances.
Back up at Hogwarts, Hermione walked up in to her room, and was very surprised to see Lily sleeping soundly in her bed. Hermione walked over to the small girl and smiled. She gave Lily a small kiss on the forehead and left for the library.
A few minutes later, Draco walked in to the study, and heard a tapping at the window. He opened it, and a dark school owl flew in, and dropped a piece of parchment, and flew off again. Draco picked up the parchment and read it.
Mr. Malfoy-
If you receive this before 9 pm, please come down to the dungeons. You have lots of Potions work to catch up on, and I'd hate to lower your grade.
Professor S. Snape
"Potions? Great," Draco groaned. He went in to his room to get his cauldron, and saw another note, from his mother, on the bed.
Draco-
Lily fell asleep on Hermione's bed. When you two get back, just come get me and I'll take her back up to our room. I hope you had a fun time at Hogsmeade, and you weren't harassing poor Hermione!
Love you lots,
Mum
Draco took his cauldron, and peeked in to Hermione's room. Lily was fast asleep. He silently closed the bedroom door and made his way off to the dungeons.
"Professor?" Draco poked his head through the door.
"Is that you, Mister Malfoy?" a voice came from the back.
"Yes, sir."
Snape came out of his office and smiled at Draco.
"So, Draco, we have been working on medicinal potions for curing common ailments. The first one you'll need to make is the Otitis Amelioris potion, and the Antipeptis potion is next. I have the ingredients all written down for you. These potions are not really so much difficult to make, but more time consuming. Each has to simmer for over a half hour. If you have any questions, please come to my office."
"Thank you, sir." Draco set to work, as Snape hurried off into his office.
Draco sat working for a solid 2 hours straight. When he was done, he got Snape to come check over his work.
"Excellent, Mister Malfoy."
"Thank you Professor."
Snape looked at Draco, "How are you doing, Draco?"
"I'm fine, sir, really. Everything is going really well. I'm catching up on all of my work."
"By yourself? That's quite impressive!"
"Uh, well, not quite. Hermione is helping me."
"Miss Granger? How nice of her."
An awkward silence fell over the two, as Draco stared down at his potions.
"Well, Draco, let me give you two bottles, you can take these back and use them if you have an ear ache or a stomach ache." Snape walked over towards his cupboard and pulled out two glass bottles with stoppers. He poured Draco's potions in carefully, and handed the bottles over.
"Thanks, sir. Well, it's almost eleven thirty, I should get going."
"Of course, good night, Mister Malfoy."
"Good night Professor Snape."
Draco left the dungeons quietly, and made his way back up to the room. He stopped in front of the portrait.
"Is Hermione back?" He asked them.
"Yes, dear," Helga Hufflepuff answered, "She's been in for over an hour."
"Thanks, oxygen." The door swung open and Draco walked through.
He saw that the fire was still burning, and he walked over. He was surprised not to see Hermione in her chair. Draco turned around, and then saw her.
Hermione was lying, fast asleep on the sofa, wrapped up in Draco's Slytherin blanket. Draco looked down at Hermione and faintly smiled. The firelight was reflecting in her hair, making it almost golden looking, and she had a peaceful look on her face.
Draco suddenly walked over to Hermione's door and opened it. Surely enough, Lily was still fast asleep in her bed.
'I bet Hermione didn't want to wake up Lils,' he thought. Draco then walked in to his room, quickly dressed in his pajamas, and came back out into the study. He walked over to the couch where Hermione was soundly sleeping.
He reached his arms under her, and gently lifted Hermione up. He was surprised at how light she was as he carried her over to his room. He breathed in the scent of her hair. 'So that's why she always smells like strawberries,' he thought. He carefully placed her down on his bed, and tucked her under his covers.
"Good night, Hermione," he whispered, and placed a soft kiss on her forehead. Draco walked out in to the study, and began to set up his bed on the couch. Looking around, he grabbed Hermione's Gryffindor blanket off of her chair. He layed down on the couch, and fell fast asleep.
A/N: Thanks to: Epequa, xaviera (s'il vous plait), Lighter Side of Darkness, Draco's Girl, delphi, Stecki, Night Spirit, Nirejski, ~*Lily of the Valley*~, *star*, Ruby Moon, Alanna Roseguard, Lady Knight, Nessers (can't tell, that'd be cheating!), Bunny, mp, Eiobhan, Allee Kat (Sorry you're grounded! I wish I could use British slang, too, LOL), Holly, Aerion, Camille, SweetWood, Draco's Queen, Anonymous, Chikata, me, kstar74, ChibiChibi, Aimie, Hermione13, Steffie Granger, Cithara, Bloody Angel, Princess of Darkness, Lyra, xStorm.Cloud.x, Emma, and Mariella.
~dassy- In my first few chapters when I meant to have 3 periods "..." it only showed up as one, I am fully aware that Hermione's last name is Granger, and it's not Bullstrode, as in Millicent. Sorry about the confusion, the transfer between MS Word and ff.n is a bit funky.
~OF course to my Scary Twin Squin... by the by, that Lady Marmalade song is ABSOLUTELY horrid, lol.
~Go read The Goddess Diaries, I Can't Let You Love Me, Spiritus Aduro, Professor Lupin's Apprentice, and anything else that I've recommended!!
PLEASE R/R I'll try my best to have 21 up asap! Hope you liked this lil bit o' fluff
