Making Plans
It was Draco that first broke the silence, he just got up from the sofa and still looking at Hermione he whispered "See ya" and walked out of the doorway, pushing the wall open as he did so, leaving Hermione standing there looking after him.
Draco walked around the corridors finally getting to the main doors that led out of the castle. He threw them open and closed his eyes as the cold evening wind whipped his cheeks. Everyone else was at dinner, and Hermione was in the common room. He started to head towards the lake.
As he was walking he was thinking about how he really did like Hermione! When professor Snape had told him he had noticed changes Draco was scared that he was going to find out somehow, because the truth was that even then his secret was about Hermione even then he sort of realised that he did like her, he was afraid that someone would find out, though he didn't know how Professor Snape could possibly find out.
So he tried to make it look like he hated her, that he would rather be anywhere else than with her. But then when he found out that she was in fact a Pureblood, it took away the reason for him to hate her. It meant that he could like her and not get stick from the other Slytherins. He realised that his feeling for her began to grow right about in the middle of 6th year. He had ignored them believing it was a silly phase, but the feeling did not go away, however hard he tried he just couldn't stop being attracted to her.
Maybe deep down he was attracted to the pureblood in her. Well there was no denying it he liked her and he just had to make her realise that.
Then at that moment a strange memory came to his head: he was holding Hermione and they were just standing there doing nothing just holding each other, then he remembered himself saying: 'to dream or not to dream'. Where had that come from?
Then he remembered! In his dream . . . or wait was it Hermione's dream? He had walked around the lake twice and he wasn't thinking of stopping he was starting to piece everything together. Somehow his and Hermione's dreams had become interwoven. She didn't seem to know who he was though. How their dreams had interwoven he could not say but at least he counted dreaming about her a good dream.
He would show her that he . . . cared for her. Soon but not yet. He had to get her to like him first. He just had to be himself, he had to smile! Yes! That is what she liked to see him smile! He would show her, yes he would! He pieced the last piece of his plan together and slowly he walked back towards the castle. It was really dark now and he could barely see the lake behind him.
He glanced at his watch, it was 8:00 he had been out there for about two hours thinking and walking. He didn't mind. As he walked through the front doors he decided to go down to the kitchens and pick up some food, he was really hungry! Thinking is really tiring business. So he slowly made his way down to the kitchens. But as he was going he suddenly thought of Harry and Ron! He didn't think they would be to pleased about what he thought of Hermione! He thought to himself 'screw them. I can like who ever I want to' And that was a very Malfoyish thing to say.
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Hermione just stared at him as he walked out of the common room. He didn't seem as upset as she thought he would be. This year at Hogwarts was just way to freaky. She was in love with a guy who haunts her dreams, who in the beginning she hated so much, she was seeing a strange guy who she thought was a little creepy and who she had never seen before. But the most freakiest thing that had happened that year was that she was friends with Draco Malfoy, and she found she did like him a lot when he was nice.
Maybe she did have something with him, a thing which she would never admit to, and he would never admit to having a thing with her. So all in all their friendship was doomed. Harry and Ron wouldn't like her being friends with him. Things were just . . . well complicated.
Hermione didn't know what was going on with he life. All she knew was there was someone out there who really did love her. Who or where he was she didn't know, but she hoped to meet him soon.
Hermione decided that she would go down to the Great Hall for some dinner. She got up, went out of the common room door and made her way down to the hall. Upon entering she heard her name being called. She looked over at the Gryffindor table and saw Harry and Ron waving for her to come sit by them. She sat down with them and they exchanged greetings. They talked happily together until they started eating, then there was silence because they couldn't concentrate on eating and talking at the same time . . . except maybe Hermione but it would be hard to have a remotely decent conversation with Harry and Ron when they were eating.
So time passed by and they finished their meal and went their separate ways. Hermione got into the common room and found that Draco was still not back. So she settled herself down on one of the common room sofas and feeling lazy she just summoned her book to her with her wand. It was the strange book with the flame red cover, she still hadn't read it properly, just glanced it a few of it's pages, and from what she had seen the writing on the pages were tiny, it would take her quite a while to finish the book.
Amazingly enough the book was about love, it was a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. As soon as she had read the first couple of pages she was immersed in it, she didn't even hear the wall open and Draco walk in with his arms full of food, in fact she didn't know anyone was there at all into Draco was standing right behind her, even then she didn't notice. Draco then cleared his throat and she jumped and dropped the book where it fell with a clatter on the floor.
"Draco!" Hermione stammered "I didn't see you there. Where have you been? You've been gone for hours" Draco looked at her, then surprised her by smiling.
"I was walking around outside for a bit . . . to get some fresh air and stuff, then as you can see I went to the kitchens for some food. Err . . ." there was an awkward silence "what book are you reading?" He asked peering down at the book still on the floor.
"Oh, it's just a retelling of a muggle book called Beauty and the Beast, you wouldn't like it, it is about romance" She blushed slightly "You might say I'm into this stuff because I am a romantic myself, you know being swept off my feet, I'm an old fashioned girl . . ." She realised she had been rambling and by the stunned and confused look on Draco's face she could see she had lost him. "Never mind" she said laughing slightly.
"Why would anyone want to be swept off their feet?" Draco inquired still confused why anyone would want to be swept off their feet and fall on the floor. "Won't it hurt when you fall in the floor?"
Hermione burst out laughing at his last remark. "What's so funny?" Draco asked. "I didn't mean literally swept off your feet" She laughed some more "It means you know being hopelessly in love." She sighed romantically.
At this point Draco was more than a bit freaked out. "Right" He said before sitting down beside her and asking if she wanted some food. He saw her eyebrows rise when he asked and he just explained that he didn't see any reason why he shouldn't share things with her since they were technically living together.
"Well I see a problem" Hermione stated "You don't exactly like me that much, I mean we were enemies right up until what a couple days ago"
"People can change can't they?" He answered simply. Hermione shrugged her shoulders in agreement and they started eating together, there was silence until they had finished and Hermione told him she was going to read for a bit, he then surprised he again by asking her if he could join her as well. Hermione agreed, and so they sat there on the sofa side by side caught up in their own books, but keeping each other company.
Finally after a couple of hours reading Hermione stirred and yawned, she closed her book and got off the sofa. Draco who felt her get up asked her where she was going.
"I'm quite tired now and I'm going to bed. Goodnight Draco" She walked to her room and when she turned to shut her door Draco called out to her, "Goodnight Hermione" Then she was gone, Draco sighed and got up off the sofa and went to his own room. His plan would start at the beginning of the term.
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A couple of days later the new school term began, and Hermione was delighted, it meant that she could finally have something to do, to occupy her day. For last couple of days of the holiday Hermione had been spending all her time with Harry and Ron, where they joked and Hermione Harry got beaten by Ron at wizards chess, they didn't mind though because it gave Ron something to be proud of, plus it was the only thing that he could beat Hermione at. The time passed quickly and it was the morning of the fist school day, Hermione was sitting with Harry and Ron when Dumbledore stood up.
"Welcome back to Hogwarts for everyone who has been away this holiday. First I need to inform you that due to the fact that there is a magical bug going round and most of the teachers are off sick (Harry and Ron both wished one of the teachers was Snape but were disappointed to see he was sitting at the teachers table looking as sour as usual) we have to change who you have your lessons with, there will always be two houses in one lesson and your timetables have been modified, please look at your timetables now so you are aware who you are having lessons with, now enjoy the rest of your breakfast" Dumbledore sat down and everyone began talk and get out their timetables.
"This looks quite hopeful" said Ron as he fished out his timetable out of his bag, "we might have no lessons with Slytherin it might be Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw!" But Ron's face fell as he saw that paired up on his timetable was . . . Slytherin! "Oh, why us, why us?" Ron moaned loudly "Why do you hate me God?" He asked looking up at the heavens.
"I don't think it is a matter of God hating you Ron" Hermione stated, "It's whether Dumbledore hates you or not which is the question, he is the one who makes up the timetables not God"
At this point Ron clasped his hands together and looking in Dumbledore's direction began whining loudly, "Prof. Dumbledore why do you hate me?"
He then looked sulky and said he had gone off his food, and to make matters worse he just noticed that they had potions with Snape straight after breakfast. "What! We're not supposed to have Potions until Wednesday!" Ron howled, Hermione then reminded him that it was probably the Slytherin's timetable they were following.
According to Ron it was the worst day of school he had ever known, being stuck with the Slytherin's in every lesson and having potions, what could be worse? Hermione didn't mind however, she just agreed with Ron for the sake of it. Just as everyone was about to get up and go for their fist lessons Dumbledore stood up again.
"Sorry I forgot, I have to say one more thing. All prefects you have to work with each other in every lesson and it has to be a girl boy pairing, that is if you are in another prefects lesson, which you should be" At this point all the prefects moaned loudly and began grumbling to each other, until they were silenced by Dumbledore speaking again, "Also the Head girl and Head boy have to work together in all their lessons, and I know that they are in each others lessons" Dumbledore paused and then spoke again, "Oh, and it is not because I dislike any of you, that you are with your paired house" He looked straight at Ron, who turned red "it is because it was chosen at random, funny how these things work though isn't it?" He smiled before sitting down.
Harry and Ron (who was still red) looked at Hermione in pity. "Wow Hermione, image you have to live with ferret boy and now you have to work with him 24/7 too. Bad luck" Harry said in sympathy. Hermione pretended to look shocked about the fact that she was working with Malfoy. But secretly she didn't care.
"Oh, well, I'll try to survive" She said grimly before they walked out of the hall and to their first lesson.
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Draco was secretly delighted about he fact that he had to work with Hermione. It would help his plan along quite well. It would mean that if they were working together they would have to be nice each other. Draco then made his way gleefully down to his potion lesson.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* A/N: That is chapter 17 as you know!! Please could you tell me if his feelings for Hermione are moving to fast or are out of character, just to say that in the next chapter there might be some mushy scenes!!! Also are my chapter to long, because I try not to make them too long but sometimes you just have to go with the flow. Please answer these questions if you review. Thank you for everyone who reviews!!!!! Luv water demon (
It was Draco that first broke the silence, he just got up from the sofa and still looking at Hermione he whispered "See ya" and walked out of the doorway, pushing the wall open as he did so, leaving Hermione standing there looking after him.
Draco walked around the corridors finally getting to the main doors that led out of the castle. He threw them open and closed his eyes as the cold evening wind whipped his cheeks. Everyone else was at dinner, and Hermione was in the common room. He started to head towards the lake.
As he was walking he was thinking about how he really did like Hermione! When professor Snape had told him he had noticed changes Draco was scared that he was going to find out somehow, because the truth was that even then his secret was about Hermione even then he sort of realised that he did like her, he was afraid that someone would find out, though he didn't know how Professor Snape could possibly find out.
So he tried to make it look like he hated her, that he would rather be anywhere else than with her. But then when he found out that she was in fact a Pureblood, it took away the reason for him to hate her. It meant that he could like her and not get stick from the other Slytherins. He realised that his feeling for her began to grow right about in the middle of 6th year. He had ignored them believing it was a silly phase, but the feeling did not go away, however hard he tried he just couldn't stop being attracted to her.
Maybe deep down he was attracted to the pureblood in her. Well there was no denying it he liked her and he just had to make her realise that.
Then at that moment a strange memory came to his head: he was holding Hermione and they were just standing there doing nothing just holding each other, then he remembered himself saying: 'to dream or not to dream'. Where had that come from?
Then he remembered! In his dream . . . or wait was it Hermione's dream? He had walked around the lake twice and he wasn't thinking of stopping he was starting to piece everything together. Somehow his and Hermione's dreams had become interwoven. She didn't seem to know who he was though. How their dreams had interwoven he could not say but at least he counted dreaming about her a good dream.
He would show her that he . . . cared for her. Soon but not yet. He had to get her to like him first. He just had to be himself, he had to smile! Yes! That is what she liked to see him smile! He would show her, yes he would! He pieced the last piece of his plan together and slowly he walked back towards the castle. It was really dark now and he could barely see the lake behind him.
He glanced at his watch, it was 8:00 he had been out there for about two hours thinking and walking. He didn't mind. As he walked through the front doors he decided to go down to the kitchens and pick up some food, he was really hungry! Thinking is really tiring business. So he slowly made his way down to the kitchens. But as he was going he suddenly thought of Harry and Ron! He didn't think they would be to pleased about what he thought of Hermione! He thought to himself 'screw them. I can like who ever I want to' And that was a very Malfoyish thing to say.
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Hermione just stared at him as he walked out of the common room. He didn't seem as upset as she thought he would be. This year at Hogwarts was just way to freaky. She was in love with a guy who haunts her dreams, who in the beginning she hated so much, she was seeing a strange guy who she thought was a little creepy and who she had never seen before. But the most freakiest thing that had happened that year was that she was friends with Draco Malfoy, and she found she did like him a lot when he was nice.
Maybe she did have something with him, a thing which she would never admit to, and he would never admit to having a thing with her. So all in all their friendship was doomed. Harry and Ron wouldn't like her being friends with him. Things were just . . . well complicated.
Hermione didn't know what was going on with he life. All she knew was there was someone out there who really did love her. Who or where he was she didn't know, but she hoped to meet him soon.
Hermione decided that she would go down to the Great Hall for some dinner. She got up, went out of the common room door and made her way down to the hall. Upon entering she heard her name being called. She looked over at the Gryffindor table and saw Harry and Ron waving for her to come sit by them. She sat down with them and they exchanged greetings. They talked happily together until they started eating, then there was silence because they couldn't concentrate on eating and talking at the same time . . . except maybe Hermione but it would be hard to have a remotely decent conversation with Harry and Ron when they were eating.
So time passed by and they finished their meal and went their separate ways. Hermione got into the common room and found that Draco was still not back. So she settled herself down on one of the common room sofas and feeling lazy she just summoned her book to her with her wand. It was the strange book with the flame red cover, she still hadn't read it properly, just glanced it a few of it's pages, and from what she had seen the writing on the pages were tiny, it would take her quite a while to finish the book.
Amazingly enough the book was about love, it was a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. As soon as she had read the first couple of pages she was immersed in it, she didn't even hear the wall open and Draco walk in with his arms full of food, in fact she didn't know anyone was there at all into Draco was standing right behind her, even then she didn't notice. Draco then cleared his throat and she jumped and dropped the book where it fell with a clatter on the floor.
"Draco!" Hermione stammered "I didn't see you there. Where have you been? You've been gone for hours" Draco looked at her, then surprised her by smiling.
"I was walking around outside for a bit . . . to get some fresh air and stuff, then as you can see I went to the kitchens for some food. Err . . ." there was an awkward silence "what book are you reading?" He asked peering down at the book still on the floor.
"Oh, it's just a retelling of a muggle book called Beauty and the Beast, you wouldn't like it, it is about romance" She blushed slightly "You might say I'm into this stuff because I am a romantic myself, you know being swept off my feet, I'm an old fashioned girl . . ." She realised she had been rambling and by the stunned and confused look on Draco's face she could see she had lost him. "Never mind" she said laughing slightly.
"Why would anyone want to be swept off their feet?" Draco inquired still confused why anyone would want to be swept off their feet and fall on the floor. "Won't it hurt when you fall in the floor?"
Hermione burst out laughing at his last remark. "What's so funny?" Draco asked. "I didn't mean literally swept off your feet" She laughed some more "It means you know being hopelessly in love." She sighed romantically.
At this point Draco was more than a bit freaked out. "Right" He said before sitting down beside her and asking if she wanted some food. He saw her eyebrows rise when he asked and he just explained that he didn't see any reason why he shouldn't share things with her since they were technically living together.
"Well I see a problem" Hermione stated "You don't exactly like me that much, I mean we were enemies right up until what a couple days ago"
"People can change can't they?" He answered simply. Hermione shrugged her shoulders in agreement and they started eating together, there was silence until they had finished and Hermione told him she was going to read for a bit, he then surprised he again by asking her if he could join her as well. Hermione agreed, and so they sat there on the sofa side by side caught up in their own books, but keeping each other company.
Finally after a couple of hours reading Hermione stirred and yawned, she closed her book and got off the sofa. Draco who felt her get up asked her where she was going.
"I'm quite tired now and I'm going to bed. Goodnight Draco" She walked to her room and when she turned to shut her door Draco called out to her, "Goodnight Hermione" Then she was gone, Draco sighed and got up off the sofa and went to his own room. His plan would start at the beginning of the term.
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A couple of days later the new school term began, and Hermione was delighted, it meant that she could finally have something to do, to occupy her day. For last couple of days of the holiday Hermione had been spending all her time with Harry and Ron, where they joked and Hermione Harry got beaten by Ron at wizards chess, they didn't mind though because it gave Ron something to be proud of, plus it was the only thing that he could beat Hermione at. The time passed quickly and it was the morning of the fist school day, Hermione was sitting with Harry and Ron when Dumbledore stood up.
"Welcome back to Hogwarts for everyone who has been away this holiday. First I need to inform you that due to the fact that there is a magical bug going round and most of the teachers are off sick (Harry and Ron both wished one of the teachers was Snape but were disappointed to see he was sitting at the teachers table looking as sour as usual) we have to change who you have your lessons with, there will always be two houses in one lesson and your timetables have been modified, please look at your timetables now so you are aware who you are having lessons with, now enjoy the rest of your breakfast" Dumbledore sat down and everyone began talk and get out their timetables.
"This looks quite hopeful" said Ron as he fished out his timetable out of his bag, "we might have no lessons with Slytherin it might be Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw!" But Ron's face fell as he saw that paired up on his timetable was . . . Slytherin! "Oh, why us, why us?" Ron moaned loudly "Why do you hate me God?" He asked looking up at the heavens.
"I don't think it is a matter of God hating you Ron" Hermione stated, "It's whether Dumbledore hates you or not which is the question, he is the one who makes up the timetables not God"
At this point Ron clasped his hands together and looking in Dumbledore's direction began whining loudly, "Prof. Dumbledore why do you hate me?"
He then looked sulky and said he had gone off his food, and to make matters worse he just noticed that they had potions with Snape straight after breakfast. "What! We're not supposed to have Potions until Wednesday!" Ron howled, Hermione then reminded him that it was probably the Slytherin's timetable they were following.
According to Ron it was the worst day of school he had ever known, being stuck with the Slytherin's in every lesson and having potions, what could be worse? Hermione didn't mind however, she just agreed with Ron for the sake of it. Just as everyone was about to get up and go for their fist lessons Dumbledore stood up again.
"Sorry I forgot, I have to say one more thing. All prefects you have to work with each other in every lesson and it has to be a girl boy pairing, that is if you are in another prefects lesson, which you should be" At this point all the prefects moaned loudly and began grumbling to each other, until they were silenced by Dumbledore speaking again, "Also the Head girl and Head boy have to work together in all their lessons, and I know that they are in each others lessons" Dumbledore paused and then spoke again, "Oh, and it is not because I dislike any of you, that you are with your paired house" He looked straight at Ron, who turned red "it is because it was chosen at random, funny how these things work though isn't it?" He smiled before sitting down.
Harry and Ron (who was still red) looked at Hermione in pity. "Wow Hermione, image you have to live with ferret boy and now you have to work with him 24/7 too. Bad luck" Harry said in sympathy. Hermione pretended to look shocked about the fact that she was working with Malfoy. But secretly she didn't care.
"Oh, well, I'll try to survive" She said grimly before they walked out of the hall and to their first lesson.
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Draco was secretly delighted about he fact that he had to work with Hermione. It would help his plan along quite well. It would mean that if they were working together they would have to be nice each other. Draco then made his way gleefully down to his potion lesson.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* A/N: That is chapter 17 as you know!! Please could you tell me if his feelings for Hermione are moving to fast or are out of character, just to say that in the next chapter there might be some mushy scenes!!! Also are my chapter to long, because I try not to make them too long but sometimes you just have to go with the flow. Please answer these questions if you review. Thank you for everyone who reviews!!!!! Luv water demon (