Chapter 9: Ruined Plans

Draco sat on his bed, staring down at the diary in his hands. He had almost been caught reading it again last night, and after three attempts to at least get one sentence read, he gave up, shoving the book under his pillow and storming out of the room while yelling at Crabbe for always interrupting him. The last few entries had been short; a paragraph or two, but about nothing very important. Ranting about Potty and Weasel not doing their homework and how she had caught the youngest Weasel sneaking out to visit someone at ridiculous hour of the night. Yup, nothing important. He couldn't care less what those freaks had been doing last year.

The other night though, he had been getting bored with reading about Potty again, and was about to shut the book and give in the sleep that seemed to be consuming him, but something caught his eyes as he went to shut the book.

A small red heart was drawn in the corner of the page after the one that he had been reading. Curiosity battled against tiredness and one the battle hands down and Draco had started the read the entry…

Diary,

Once again, I had to work with Dra-Malfoy, and for some odd reason he wasn't as rude to me, or…at least…it didn't seem like it. Maybe it was just me not paying enough attention. I was trying to work on the project and all, which left little thinking room for anything but.

For some odd reason though, I kept getting the urge to stare at him. His eyes just look so appealing when they're deep in concentration. Still icy blue and still stony looking, but they have more of a…relaxed look to them. It makes him look more…normal. More like a person and less like someone who is trying to make everyone else feel bad about themselves. For some odd reason, I wonder if this is considered letting his guard down…He is, after all, not giving everyone an cold glare and a rude comment, so in a way, it does seem to be letting his guard down.

Oh…Oh no…this isn't good…this isn't good at all…I think…I think I've fallen for him…Just seeing him like that…It did something to me…I felt…comfortable…and…I wanted to be looked at with those eyes…those eyes not on a book…but on me…

No…this isn't good at all…

Hermione

He had stared at the page for a look time once he finished the short documentation. He had never thought of Hermione to be one to notice small things like that about him. Potty? Maybe. Weasel? He had always thought that those two were together or at least liked each other, so, yeah. But, him? No. Never. Not once.

His thoughts returned to current times and as he continued down the hall towards the library. Hermione's diary in hand.

Walking through the large oak doors, he glanced around the room looking for a head topped with bushy brown hair.

There. In the corner. Next to the window. Now was the time. Give her back the diary and get the hell out of there. No room for questions and no time to answer.

Though he was slightly disappointed that he had only had a chance to read less the half of the book, he couldn't risk reading more. Knowing about his small crush…No! Not small crush! His little bit of…feeling…toward the Gryffindor girl. She had felt the same…?

It still seemed unreal…Not something that you hear about everyday. I can see it now: Prestigious Malfoy Marries Bushy Haired Mud-Blood! That one would defiantly sell…

He walked over to the desk, and when he got just close enough, he dropped the book on the desk, making a loud thump, and then walked off; giving Hermione no time to ask questions.

"Malfoy. Malfoy wait a minute." He heard her say in a voice that was just loud enough for him to hear. But, he continued walking, not pausing or letting his step falter.

'Damn you Granger. Don't cause a scene.' He thought as he continued towards the door, but was stopped suddenly when a hard grabbed his arm and pulled him rather roughly towards the back of the library. Her strength surprised him, but he guessed that trying to drag Potty and Weasel away from the quidditch field and back to the common room to do homework every night could do that to you.

When the arrived in the dark corner of the room, away from prying eyes and ears, Hermione dropped her hand from his arm and looked straight into his eyes. "Malfoy, why did you have my diary?"

"You dropped it, mud-blood. That day in the hallway."

"Why did it take you this long to return it?"

He was silent for a moment, not saying a thing.

"Malfoy…? Did you read it?"

Oh no, here it goes…

Wynter- Not very long, but I'm writing the next chapter too, and I have already started it, so it shouldn't take too long to finish. Hope you enjoyed and here are review responses for 7 and 8.

Review Responses

Chocolate Concrete- Uh…I'm kinda slow when it come to updating, but tea-and-cake is good when it comes to the speed of her updates. And thank you very much. We are really glad to see that you consider us good authors.

Mz Hellfire- lol, I said that too. I was so happy when Tea-and-Cake told me that she was going to make Draco hit Pansy. I was smiling all day.

Carine- Yup, Draco is just too awesome to get off anyone's mind. -smiles-

GreyGypsy- I actually wrote more!

Elven at Heart- Well, I hope 8 made up for the wait, and I hope you like 9 just as much.

A tragic tale- Thank you, I'm glad that you like it and I hope you continue to enjoy.

xalicex- You know, I was thinking about that too, but whenever I wrote the chapter, I was just so set on what the entry was going to say, that I hadn't even been thinking about their feelings. I'm sorry, but I hope that this chapter kinda makes up for a little bit of that lack of explination. This one is less diary and more thinking/feeling.

hermionerocks2008- Thank you! I'm glad you like it, and I hope that this update and that last one made up for my slow writing skills.

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ZIPPIYGIRL- He is in this chapter. Lol. And in the next, they we talk more about it…I think….

GreyGypsy- I'm sorry that you had to wait so long. I hope that this short and crappy chapter can hold you off for the big bad discussion chapter. Lol

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Chocolate Concrete(chapter 8)- This one didn't make up for much, but the next one will be atleast 5 pages. Both have a lot to get out, and I'm going to milk it for all that it's worth.

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Mz Hellfire(chapter 8)- Um…not too interesting. I had to explain Draco finding about her little crush before I could get those two to talk, so this was kinda a start to their breaking the ice conversation.

Vixen xOx- yeah, it's slightly disappointing, but the pairings that JK picked out are pretty good, so I can defiantly survive with what's she's worked out. ONLY ONE MORE LEFT! -cries- I'm going to be so sad when the series is over. Hope you liked. -smile-