Chapter 2
A/N: I received remarks about the fact that this chapter was grammatically incorrect, so this is a hopefully more correct version.
"Hermione, wake up! Hermione!" someone shouted, followed by a loud banging on her door.
"Okay, okay, I'm awake," she muttered crawling out of bed and stumbling towards the door.
Outside was a very cheerful Harry with a big smile on his face.
"Morning Herms, rough night?"
"What? No, I uh... just couldn't sleep."
"Well, you better hurry. You'll miss breakfast if you stand there too long."
"Ok, I'll be out in 15 minutes," she said as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and closed the door.
15 minutes later she met Harry, Ron and Ginny in the Common Room.
"You look a bit tired Herms. No sleep last night ?" Ginny teased, barely able to hide her grin.
"No, let's go to breakfast."
Ginny laughed at Hermione's death glare and started walking towards the Great Hall.
"Uh Harry, what was that about?" Ron asked.
"No idea, but their women, we're not supposed to understand them."
With a small laugh, they joined the others to breakfast. As they entered the Great Hall Hermione was trying desperately not to look like a nervous wreck. What would she do if he was there? Would he speak to her? Then what would she do?
With millions of nervous questions swirling in her head, she entered the Great Hall with her friends.
Lucius Malfoy looked up from his place at the staff table catching the sight of Hermione Granger. He had no idea why, but this girl made him curious and she was very beautiful with chestnut locks falling down her back and glittering cinnamon eyes.
Over the years Hermione had grown into a woman with close to perfect curves. A change that had not gone unnoticed by the male population of Hogwarts. For a while Ron had tried to make her his girlfriend but, when he realized she was not interested, he gave up and settled to be her friend.
With a small chuckle Lucius observed the girl who was clearly nervous. She had not yet spotted him where he sat at the end of the table on Severus Snapes left side.
'Thank God, he's not here.' Hermione sighed in relief. But just as she had calmed down she spotted him at the end of the staff table, smirking at her.
"Crap,"she muttered and tried to look an invisible as possible as she sat down at the Gryffindor table.
"Ah, your new friend is here, Hermione." Ginny whispered.
"Shut up and eat Ginny," Hermione growled and glared at her friend.
Ginny smiled at Hermione's deadly glare and started humming quietly, "Herms and Malfoy kissing in a tree..."
At this Hermione threw a piece of bread at her friends head.
"Ow! You know food fights are not allowed here," she said with a smirk.
"Just be glad I didn't curse you," Hermione muttered and got up and walked out of the Great Hall.
"What's wrong with her this morning, Gin?" Ron asked his sister.
"I have no idea," Ginny said and chuckled before returning to her breakfast.
As Lucius saw Hermione leave the Great Hall he excused himself and stood up to leave.
"We'll have to continue our conversation some other time Severus, I have matters to attend to," he said and with that he left the Great Hall.
"Indeed you do," Severus said as Malfoy Senior strode out of the hall.
Halfway back to the common room Hermione heard footsteps behind her.
"Miss Granger, I do not think is very polite of you to just rush out of the hall without even greeting me good morning"
She turned around and saw Lucius Malfoy standing a few feet away.
"Good morning Mr. Malfoy," she said and felt a blush creep up on her cheeks.
"Now, there is good manners Ms Granger. Good morning to you too" he drawled and began walking up to her.
As he came closer she felt her legs turn to jelly and she almost lost her balance. 'Get a grip Granger, it's just Lucius Malfoy not Mr. Universe' she cursed.
Still she couldn't help but staring at him. Something about this man made her curious, very curious. Without even noticing it she had backed up against the wall and was now captured between it and Malfoy.
"A bit dejá vou, don't you think?" he whispered in her ear.
She didn't manage to answer, she just let out a sigh.
"Someone... could... come," she finally managed to stutter out.
"That is half the fun. Stop trying to resist Miss Granger. You know you want this."
"But..." Longer then this she didn't come before he covered her lips with his.
A part of her wanted to push him away, telling him he was insane. But another part of her melted into his arms and responded to the kiss fully. Needless to say the last part won and she gave in.
His hands were like magic (Yes, she did have a kind of hand fetish no one knew about) when they touched her body. Soft and gentle, but still with such perfection and experience. Yes, the man knew what he was doing. If she had been in her right state of mind she would probably have questioned herself what the hell she was doing, but this was far to pleasant for such thoughts.
For some reason they were lucky that time and no one came down the corridor. When Lucius finally drew away from her she felt dizzy and light headed and a small smile formed on her lips. He ran his fingers along her swollen lips an looked her straight in the eyes. She had never thought of how beautiful his eyes were. They were steel grey with a bit of blue in them. Those eyes could with one stare make even the bravest man run and hide, but they also made Hermione's knees become weak and her heart beat so hard it felt like it was about to fly out of her chest. They stood there for what seemed to be for ever, his grey eyes meeting her cinnamon ones.
She was just about to gather the courage to ask him why he was doing this but suddenly there were footsteps and he released her.
"Meet me in the entrance hall 7 o'clock tonight," he whispered before he left her standing speechless in the hall, looking at his back.
"Earth to Hermione, earth to Hermione," she heard Harry's voice like in a dream a little while later and she did not react before he shook her arm slightly.
"What—uh—yes?"
"Herms, what's the matter with you this morning?"
"Nothing Harry, I'm fine." she said hoping they wouldn't notice the blush on her cheeks and her slightly swollen lips.
"If you say so. Come on now, we have herbology in 10 minutes," he said, but looked suspiciously at her.
As they walked down to the greenhouse she tried to keep her mind on other things than Lucius Malfoy and Harry and Ron's conversation didn't make it easier.
"What do you think Lucius Malfoy is here?" Ron asked.
"Well from what I have heard, it's not his choice. The ministry sent him here to inspect how the school works or something."
"I bet he is going to do everything in his power to ruin our lives," Ron muttered.
Hermione found herself thinking that so far Mr. Malfoy hadn't ruined anything for her. With a small smile playing on her lips, she entered greenhouse number four. Even to Hermione the class was boring. For over an hour they had to listen to professor Sprouts constant rambling about the importance of herbology.
When they were finally let out he couldn't help but yawn loudly.
"So not even the perfect mudblood, Granger, can stay awake in class."
She sighed and turned around to see Draco smirking at her. It was scary how much he looked like his father sometimes. Wait, his father... It was then it hit her. The man her knees went weak for was Draco Malfoy's father. ' His father who has a wife!' The thoughts were swirling in her head. What was she doing? She had been with a married man. Well not actually "been with", but still... she had kissed him twice. Without noticing the strange looks the three boys gave her he took of to the castle.
As she walked along the corridors she muttered to herself :"What am I doing?! I agreed to meet him tonight. Well, not actually agreed, but I didn't object which means I have to go"
She soon arrived outside the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Strawberry bubble bath," she said and the portrait swung aside.
Later that night she sat in one of the huge red armchairs absorbed in a book about animagus transformations completely unaware about her surroundings. That is, until Harry sneaked up behind the chair and threw his cloak in her face.
"Why did you do that for?! You could have given me a heart attack!"
"Relax 'Mione, I don't think heart attacks are very common for 17 year old girls." Harry chuckled and patted the frowning Hermione on the shoulder.
"Then I guess I would have been the first," she pouted.
"Oh come on, stop arguing with him 'Mione. No need to get upset. Besides I'm starving, let's go for dinner."
Rolling her eyes Hermione followed the boys out of the room and they headed for the great hall. The dinner was roast chicken and rice and the boys ate like they had never seen food before but Hermione just poked at the chicken with the fork.
The fact that Malfoy wasn't present made her nervous, he could be anywhere in the castle. Anywhere. He could be spying on her. He could... Damn, she was getting paranoid. He was probably off somewhere in business or something. Still she was nervous out of her mind about the meeting 7'o clock. She had to do something about that, but what? After some debating with herself, and enough poking with the fork to make the chicken look like a strange kind of pudding, she decided to talk to Ginny.
"Uh Ginny, I need to talk to you. Are you finished?"
"Yeah, sure. What's up 'Mione?"
"Could we take it outside?" Hermione asked hesitantly.
"Sure. Come on, lets go for a walk".
As they left the Great Hall, Hermione couldn't help but look back to see if Lucius was there. But no, the seat next to Snape was still empty.
The man in question, Snape, watched the students leave the dining hall and then his head to the left.
"You know Lucius, it doesn't matter how much you are enjoying it. It is not very polite to spy on someone in your invisible form."
Only a soft chuckle was heard from the seemingly non-existent man next to him
A/N: I received remarks about the fact that this chapter was grammatically incorrect, so this is a hopefully more correct version.
"Hermione, wake up! Hermione!" someone shouted, followed by a loud banging on her door.
"Okay, okay, I'm awake," she muttered crawling out of bed and stumbling towards the door.
Outside was a very cheerful Harry with a big smile on his face.
"Morning Herms, rough night?"
"What? No, I uh... just couldn't sleep."
"Well, you better hurry. You'll miss breakfast if you stand there too long."
"Ok, I'll be out in 15 minutes," she said as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and closed the door.
15 minutes later she met Harry, Ron and Ginny in the Common Room.
"You look a bit tired Herms. No sleep last night ?" Ginny teased, barely able to hide her grin.
"No, let's go to breakfast."
Ginny laughed at Hermione's death glare and started walking towards the Great Hall.
"Uh Harry, what was that about?" Ron asked.
"No idea, but their women, we're not supposed to understand them."
With a small laugh, they joined the others to breakfast. As they entered the Great Hall Hermione was trying desperately not to look like a nervous wreck. What would she do if he was there? Would he speak to her? Then what would she do?
With millions of nervous questions swirling in her head, she entered the Great Hall with her friends.
Lucius Malfoy looked up from his place at the staff table catching the sight of Hermione Granger. He had no idea why, but this girl made him curious and she was very beautiful with chestnut locks falling down her back and glittering cinnamon eyes.
Over the years Hermione had grown into a woman with close to perfect curves. A change that had not gone unnoticed by the male population of Hogwarts. For a while Ron had tried to make her his girlfriend but, when he realized she was not interested, he gave up and settled to be her friend.
With a small chuckle Lucius observed the girl who was clearly nervous. She had not yet spotted him where he sat at the end of the table on Severus Snapes left side.
'Thank God, he's not here.' Hermione sighed in relief. But just as she had calmed down she spotted him at the end of the staff table, smirking at her.
"Crap,"she muttered and tried to look an invisible as possible as she sat down at the Gryffindor table.
"Ah, your new friend is here, Hermione." Ginny whispered.
"Shut up and eat Ginny," Hermione growled and glared at her friend.
Ginny smiled at Hermione's deadly glare and started humming quietly, "Herms and Malfoy kissing in a tree..."
At this Hermione threw a piece of bread at her friends head.
"Ow! You know food fights are not allowed here," she said with a smirk.
"Just be glad I didn't curse you," Hermione muttered and got up and walked out of the Great Hall.
"What's wrong with her this morning, Gin?" Ron asked his sister.
"I have no idea," Ginny said and chuckled before returning to her breakfast.
As Lucius saw Hermione leave the Great Hall he excused himself and stood up to leave.
"We'll have to continue our conversation some other time Severus, I have matters to attend to," he said and with that he left the Great Hall.
"Indeed you do," Severus said as Malfoy Senior strode out of the hall.
Halfway back to the common room Hermione heard footsteps behind her.
"Miss Granger, I do not think is very polite of you to just rush out of the hall without even greeting me good morning"
She turned around and saw Lucius Malfoy standing a few feet away.
"Good morning Mr. Malfoy," she said and felt a blush creep up on her cheeks.
"Now, there is good manners Ms Granger. Good morning to you too" he drawled and began walking up to her.
As he came closer she felt her legs turn to jelly and she almost lost her balance. 'Get a grip Granger, it's just Lucius Malfoy not Mr. Universe' she cursed.
Still she couldn't help but staring at him. Something about this man made her curious, very curious. Without even noticing it she had backed up against the wall and was now captured between it and Malfoy.
"A bit dejá vou, don't you think?" he whispered in her ear.
She didn't manage to answer, she just let out a sigh.
"Someone... could... come," she finally managed to stutter out.
"That is half the fun. Stop trying to resist Miss Granger. You know you want this."
"But..." Longer then this she didn't come before he covered her lips with his.
A part of her wanted to push him away, telling him he was insane. But another part of her melted into his arms and responded to the kiss fully. Needless to say the last part won and she gave in.
His hands were like magic (Yes, she did have a kind of hand fetish no one knew about) when they touched her body. Soft and gentle, but still with such perfection and experience. Yes, the man knew what he was doing. If she had been in her right state of mind she would probably have questioned herself what the hell she was doing, but this was far to pleasant for such thoughts.
For some reason they were lucky that time and no one came down the corridor. When Lucius finally drew away from her she felt dizzy and light headed and a small smile formed on her lips. He ran his fingers along her swollen lips an looked her straight in the eyes. She had never thought of how beautiful his eyes were. They were steel grey with a bit of blue in them. Those eyes could with one stare make even the bravest man run and hide, but they also made Hermione's knees become weak and her heart beat so hard it felt like it was about to fly out of her chest. They stood there for what seemed to be for ever, his grey eyes meeting her cinnamon ones.
She was just about to gather the courage to ask him why he was doing this but suddenly there were footsteps and he released her.
"Meet me in the entrance hall 7 o'clock tonight," he whispered before he left her standing speechless in the hall, looking at his back.
"Earth to Hermione, earth to Hermione," she heard Harry's voice like in a dream a little while later and she did not react before he shook her arm slightly.
"What—uh—yes?"
"Herms, what's the matter with you this morning?"
"Nothing Harry, I'm fine." she said hoping they wouldn't notice the blush on her cheeks and her slightly swollen lips.
"If you say so. Come on now, we have herbology in 10 minutes," he said, but looked suspiciously at her.
As they walked down to the greenhouse she tried to keep her mind on other things than Lucius Malfoy and Harry and Ron's conversation didn't make it easier.
"What do you think Lucius Malfoy is here?" Ron asked.
"Well from what I have heard, it's not his choice. The ministry sent him here to inspect how the school works or something."
"I bet he is going to do everything in his power to ruin our lives," Ron muttered.
Hermione found herself thinking that so far Mr. Malfoy hadn't ruined anything for her. With a small smile playing on her lips, she entered greenhouse number four. Even to Hermione the class was boring. For over an hour they had to listen to professor Sprouts constant rambling about the importance of herbology.
When they were finally let out he couldn't help but yawn loudly.
"So not even the perfect mudblood, Granger, can stay awake in class."
She sighed and turned around to see Draco smirking at her. It was scary how much he looked like his father sometimes. Wait, his father... It was then it hit her. The man her knees went weak for was Draco Malfoy's father. ' His father who has a wife!' The thoughts were swirling in her head. What was she doing? She had been with a married man. Well not actually "been with", but still... she had kissed him twice. Without noticing the strange looks the three boys gave her he took of to the castle.
As she walked along the corridors she muttered to herself :"What am I doing?! I agreed to meet him tonight. Well, not actually agreed, but I didn't object which means I have to go"
She soon arrived outside the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Strawberry bubble bath," she said and the portrait swung aside.
Later that night she sat in one of the huge red armchairs absorbed in a book about animagus transformations completely unaware about her surroundings. That is, until Harry sneaked up behind the chair and threw his cloak in her face.
"Why did you do that for?! You could have given me a heart attack!"
"Relax 'Mione, I don't think heart attacks are very common for 17 year old girls." Harry chuckled and patted the frowning Hermione on the shoulder.
"Then I guess I would have been the first," she pouted.
"Oh come on, stop arguing with him 'Mione. No need to get upset. Besides I'm starving, let's go for dinner."
Rolling her eyes Hermione followed the boys out of the room and they headed for the great hall. The dinner was roast chicken and rice and the boys ate like they had never seen food before but Hermione just poked at the chicken with the fork.
The fact that Malfoy wasn't present made her nervous, he could be anywhere in the castle. Anywhere. He could be spying on her. He could... Damn, she was getting paranoid. He was probably off somewhere in business or something. Still she was nervous out of her mind about the meeting 7'o clock. She had to do something about that, but what? After some debating with herself, and enough poking with the fork to make the chicken look like a strange kind of pudding, she decided to talk to Ginny.
"Uh Ginny, I need to talk to you. Are you finished?"
"Yeah, sure. What's up 'Mione?"
"Could we take it outside?" Hermione asked hesitantly.
"Sure. Come on, lets go for a walk".
As they left the Great Hall, Hermione couldn't help but look back to see if Lucius was there. But no, the seat next to Snape was still empty.
The man in question, Snape, watched the students leave the dining hall and then his head to the left.
"You know Lucius, it doesn't matter how much you are enjoying it. It is not very polite to spy on someone in your invisible form."
Only a soft chuckle was heard from the seemingly non-existent man next to him