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"Guys, is there something wrong?" Asked Hermione, a bit perplexed.
"We must be really dreaming, Ron…" Harry whispered.
"Yeah." Ron replied, making his own eyes blink for several times. Then, he elbowed Harry on the stomach.
"Ouch! What's that for?" Harry yelled with pain.
"I was just checking if we are really dreaming, and since it hurt you…Harry, what we're seeing is real." Ron said, looking at Harry with a very surprised look.
"Hey, what seems to be the problem? You've been staring at us for about 10 minutes." Hermione complained.
"Hermione…you look great!" said Ron. Shaking her on the shoulders.
"Really, Ron, you're exaggerating." Hermione said, making his friend to furrow his eyebrows.
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"Draco, its good to see you." Pansy greeted as the Slytherin Prince stride towards them. Though a bit aroused by the self-declared Slytherin queen (to mention her red two-piece), he was able to control his self just in time.
Draco sat between Crabbe and Goyle and quickly turned his gaze towards the Gryffindors searching for a bushy-haired girl. For few moments, he felt completely irritated by the poor, disgracing looks of a couple of Hufflepuffs passing in front of them, breaking his concentration. He would command either Crabbe or Goyle to push anyone who blocks his eyes, on the swimming pool. Pleased enough to spot Hermione, he smiled.
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'Oh, one time I'll kick that little slut out of Hogwarts!' Hermione thought as her eyes darted to where the Slytherin group is. Pansy is as usual, flirting with Draco. And the worse part is, Draco seems to be enjoying the 'forbidden pleasure', as what she calls it. 'Malfoy! That man, really… He'll never change! Always the sex-goddess!' She knows that she doesn't have the right to feel that way… at least she thinks so. But this is really getting on her nerves. If it's Just to do so, she'll walk to that group straightaway and pull Pansy's hair so hard that she'll scream at the top of her lungs and be embarrassed in front of the whole student body…still, she knows better than this.
She's a lady with standard and class. Known for her cleverness about magic in spite that fact that she's only a muggle-born, and that she's too wise to risk her dignity as well as her name just for the lowful thing that Pansy's currently busy doing right now. She shook her head slightly then rolled her eyes. 'Stop. This is stupid, Granger. Get a grip.' She told herself. She drifted her eyes leftwards and the brown orbs met the grey ones. 'Merlin! He's looking at me!'
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A smirk is playing in Draco's lips. Seeing Hermione boost up with anger and jealousy then followed by a panick stricken face really made his day. For a few moments more, he watched hermione's expression, completely satisfied. But He was unlucky enough to be distracted for the second time, only in a more disgusting way.
He shifted sharply when he felt a cold hand slipped around his waist, distracting his thoughts of Hermione. After then he realized it was Pansy, rubbing something sticky on his bare skin.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Draco squirmed with disgust, so loud for the other Slytherins to hear. Pansy, a bit surprised, gave Draco a '-exaggerating-much-' look.
"Really Draco, I didn't know you could scream that loud, not to mention that your way of squirming. Very sexy indeed." Pansy teased.
"Shut up, would you? What is this stuff?" Draco asked. Tensed that it might ruin his beautiful skin. "What are you waiting for? Go on… remove it! It's so sticky!" Draco retorted.
"Would you relax? Honey, its just some potion I made for skin protection." Pansy said.
"Don't you believe that girl, Draco. It's called 'lotion'. A chemically tested substance made to smoothen your skin and protect your skin from ultra violet rays. Made by technology, and technology by muggles. " Millicent said. She was about to join the group when she overheard Pansy rattling about something and she thought that she could make out a fool out of Pansy knowing this would annoy the ever so presumptuous lady. Snatching the bottle of lotion from Pansy's hand, she then gave the now, irritated Pansy, a smirk.
"Really Millicent, I don't understand why you keep on wasting your time reading things about muggles." Pansy said, grudge traced on her face.
"At least I have something to make use of my brain." Millicent snapped, even so, in a very classy way. Just what a Slytherin does. Pansy rolled her eyes and stumped all the way to a bunch of girls on the other side of the pool. Draco, amazed, gave Millicent a smile.
"That's a very great move you did a while ago."
" It's nothing, it's time anyway to make Pansy see what I really am. I'm tired of girly stuffs and you know that. And really, talking about how she get laid by almost all the good-looking guys here at school and the positions that they used, is not really my kind of interest." Draco just laughed.
It's good to have friends like Millicent, who's with sense. Blaise is quiet, popular, clever, and also a good-looking guy. Crabbe and Goyle, well, he got used to their small brains, which only works for food. But still, their loyalty is always an assurance.
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"How's your day?" Draco asked as he entered the room he shares with Hermione. It's already after lunch then. Hermione was just exiting the bathroom, after taking a shower, when Draco entered. "Not much to tell." The girl said simply. Despite the fact that she's dripping wet and only a towel is there to cover her body, she didn't bother Draco seeing her. Grabbing some of her clothes at the wardrobe, she entered the bathroom again to dress up.
"What's that look on your face you had earlier? It seems that you are in a huff that time regardless of the praises that your two best friends gave you." Malfoy said, trying to make his words meaningful and playful. Hermione on the other hand is listening fixedly on every word that escapes from Draco's lips. She knew that the blond saw her a while ago but she won't let herself fall into his attemp to trap her again.
"Really?" Hermione said from behind the bathroom wall. I don't know anything about that. I'm surprised." She answered. She knows that she hasn't done well this time. Pretending to the Malfoy heir is really quite hard.
Draco smiled. "You should do better than that, Granger. Now be honest, is jealousy what I saw on your face?" He got her this time. He knew he did so.
"Malfoy, I don't have an idea on what you're saying. I'm innocent." Hermione replied to Draco's intriguing words, trying so hard not to falter.
"Very well then." She heard him say then followed by a smirk. She let out a deep sigh and started to dress herself up. Hearing the door open then close, she knew Draco was out again. Now, she can think on how to trap this man.
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TBC
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