Chapter 3: Exchanging Feelings...
Classes were usually a bore. At least they ended at a certain point at each day. It was dinner time, 7:30 pm as usual. Hermione was brimming with excitement as she ate. Unfortunately though, she was to lie to her to best friends. She stared at her food and stared at Harry and Ron, they looked so happy, so excited about their double dates. Hermione was tense, wobbling with fear, nervousness and excitement.
"Hermione?" asked Harry, "Are you alight? You seem tense."
"Y-Y-Yeah, I-I'm fine!" implied Hermione, again lying to her so-called boyfriend.
"Hermione, you don't seem fine. You do know you can tag along with Harry, Cho, Lavender and I." reassured Ron, but this just resulted in Hermione rolling her eyes, and cursing Ron quietly, because of his unsupportive attitude.
"Whatever..." uttered Hermione, "I'm going to go upstairs take a shower and change."
Hermione ran from the table, her boots clicking on the floor. Hermione sighed as she reached the moving staircases, she was still scared. How would Harry and Ron react to Hermione and Draco going to the dance together, how would they even act about when they kissed? Twice. Hermione soon arrived to the Head Boy and Head Girl Common Room. The witch in the portrait gave her a disapproving stare.
"Password?" she sighed, the routine was getting old.
"Serpenzortia Illusion." grimaced Hermione.
Hermione entered the Common Room, and ran into the bathroom, carrying her undergarments and a towel, so that Draco Malfoy wouldn't have to see her uncovered self. Hermione entered the shower and left the shower as usual. Hermione entered her room, with her towel wrapped around her head, her black underwear and her black brassiere on. She opened her trunk and rummaged around for a certain outfit. She found it. It was and elegant black bustier dress. Hermione put it on, feeling the soft, cold material touch her skin. Hermione stared at herself in the mirror, she smiled at her reflection.
Hermione put on her some silver eye shadow to compliment her lined eyes, and a clear pink shimmer gloss. Hermione put her hair into a fancy up do. She walked out of her room, with some elegant black, strappy shoes on her feet. Hermione was walking out of the Common Room when she ran into Seamus who was talking to Parvati, the pair was already dressed. Seamus was wearing the Hogwarts uniform, except his tie was loose and his shirt wasn't tucked in. Hermione grinned at him.
"OH MERLIN! HERMIONE!" squealed Parvati in surprise.
"Hi! Wow, you look ever so glamorous!" greeted Hermione. Parvati was wearing a long, flowing red dress, which fitted in the right places. Parvati gleamed.
"Hey Seamus!" greeted Hermione.
"Wow, Hermione, you look beautiful." laughed Seamus.
"Thanks Seamus, anyways... Hmmmmm...Do you mind if I go down to the party with you. I'd really like some company." said Hermione, with a hopeful smile.
"Yeah, sure!" exclaimed Parvati and Seamus.
Hermione walked down with the couple to the Dining Hall. They entered the Hall and Hermione was overwhelmed at the sight. It was dark and all the tables were gone, in the center was a large couch, which was ever so long. There were floating candles; it had a slight likeness to Madame Rosmerta's. There were dozens of couple snogging, and tons of delicious sweets, coffee, tea and etc. Hermione grabbed a pint of butterbeer, and sipped a little. She stared at the crowd. They were dancing wildly to the Weird Sisters. Hermione hated the Weird Sisters. But her eyes shifted to the doors, she saw Draco Malfoy enter the Hall. He looked breathtakingly hot. He was wearing a dark green shirt and black pants. Pansy Parkinson was behind him wearing a periwinkle coloured dress that had grotesque puffy sleeves. Hermione winced at the sight of her in the outfit.
Hermione was getting awfully bored. She was absolutely frustrated that the dance was so, so, 5th year. She groaned and was about to leave the room when Seamus called out, "LET'S PLAY TRUTH OR DARE!"
Hermione walked to the other students with her arms crossed at her chest. She sat down next to Harry grimly and placed her bag next to her.
"So...We're going to start with the ladies. Who wants to go first?" asked Seamus, it seemed like the butterbeer had loosened him up.
"I'll go!" cried Parvati, full of excitement.
"Okay, I'll ask!" replied Padma.
"So, Parvati...Truth or Dare?" asked Padma with a sinister expression.
"Truth!" answered Parvati.
"Okay...Do you fancy Seamus? Like really fancy?" asked Padma, Seamus' ears went red and Parvati blushed.
"Hmmm... Tough, this one... OF COURSE I DO!" squealed Parvati, grinning.
"Okay, Um...Hannah Abbott, Truth or Dare?" asked Parvati.
"Um...Dare." replied Hannah.
"Okay, tough this one... I dare you to on flash us." said Parvati.
"WHAT!" shot back Hannah turning red. She hesitated, she obviously didn't want her reputation to be ruined, so she made her decision. "Oh alright!" and then she lifted up her shirt and out it back down immediately. All the guys cheered, making Hannah blush even more.
The Truth asking and Dare ordering went on and on until it finally reached Hermione. Millicent Bullstrode was asking her.
"Mudblood, Truth or Dare?" asked Millicent with her annoying, shrilly voice.
Hermione rolled her eyes and then said, "Dare!"
"I dare you... To snog Draco." ordered Millicent with a victorious smile. Pansy Parkinson went blank, her expression was frozen.
"Ummmmm... Okay..." said Hermione calmly, with another one of her flirty looks, yet shrugging casually so that no one would see that this was what she had been waiting for, for her whole life. Draco smiled at her.
Hermione walked over to Draco, faking a face. All the guys in the room stared her, their mouths watering. She sat on his lap, and was about to muss his hair but Draco lunged into her lips. Hermione kissed back, closing her eyes as she savoured the moment. Pansy Parkinson, however, wound up in Goyle's arms again, due to fainting. Hermione kissed back, he was such a passionate kisser. She would have imagined Draco being a rough kisser, but he wasn't, Harry was a rough kisser. And Ron. Well... Ron was a slobbery kisser. Hermione smiled sweetly. She was enjoying it, until a shadow was above her.
Hermione looked up and it turned out to be two shadows. It was Ron and Harry, frowning.
"Ahem!" coughed Harry loudly.
"Mmmmmmmmmmmm..." mumbled Hermione.
"HERMIONE JANE GRANGER!" yelled Ron.
"WHAT!" cried Hermione, pulling away from Draco.
"Uh...Hermione you've been snogging Draco for 10 minutes," replied Harry.
"So? What's your point? Clearly, Draco and I are enjoying this, so...LEAVE ME ALONE!" said Hermione with a cold stare.
"I can't even believe you said that! We're you're friends, it's for your own good." answered back Ron.
"You know what? I'm surprised you're not snogging Cho, she looks quite lonely." snorted Hermione. Harry grew red.
"Don't you go talking about Cho like that, at least she's not a slag like you!" barked Harry. Hermione could feel herself growing even angrier. Hermione could feel tears coming down her eyes, she wiped them defensively and got up from under Draco.
"HERMIONE!" called out Draco. But it was too late, Hermione was already halfway to the Common Room, with her eyes brimming with tears.
Hermione reached the Common Room, furiously rubbing her eyes. She muttered the password and screamed with anger.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?" screamed Hermione out loud.
Hermione sighed deeply and sat on the couch. She put her face in her hands and sobbed. Truth be told, she liked the kiss, she loved it. It was better than Harry and Ron combined. Hermione was sobbing hard, hard sobs, she was crying tears of love, tears of passion, tears of betrayal, tears of anger...Tears for Draco Malfoy. Hermione felt arms hugging her; she felt a body next to her. She hugged it back, she looked up at and it was Draco. She hugged back.
"I can't take it anymore, I just can't." sobbed Hermione.
"It doesn't matter, Granger, they can't control you, you know." reassured Draco.
"I know but...They're my best friends, they don't even know we have kissed before." blurted out Hermione.
"I doubt they'll even care Hermione, considering we just had a snogging session for 10 minutes," joked Draco.
"I love you..." whispered Hermione into Draco's ear. Hermione wondered if that was the right thing to say. But Draco answered with a four-letter word that would change her life.
"I love you, too..." whispered Draco in reply, in hers.
The pair cuddled each other on the couch. They began to kiss each other again, kissing each other to sleep. Draco embraced her tightly. She fell softly asleep on Draco Malfoy's chest, wearing his shirt and wishing this night would never end...
Hermione awoke in the morning, the sun shone dimly from the curtains. Hermione smiled, she stood up, and was shocked.
"What am I doing here?" murmured Hermione.
Hermione ran from the main Common Room and ran into her room. She saw her untouched bed; she walked into the bathroom and saw Draco brushing his teeth, with only his boxers on. Hermione blushed pink.
"Hi." greeted Hermione. Draco turned around and smiled. Hermione scratched her head, and tucked her hair behind her ears.
"Hi." replied Draco. Hermione smiled.
"What did we do last night? Well, wait...Did we even do anything?" asked Hermione with wide eyes.
"Well...We had a boring party. We decided to play Truth or Dare, so then...Well, Millicent Bullstrode dared you to snog me. And, you did, for a whole ten minutes. Sadly, it ended because Potter and Weasley threw a fit, and so did you. I ran to the Common Room, and found you sobbing hysterically, and I think I cheered you up. We snogged some more, and then we both fell asleep." grinned Draco.
"That's it?" asked Hermione.
"Yeah." said Draco, staring at her body.
"Oh, Hermione, can I have my shirt back?" asked Draco, with a smile.
"What sh-" replied Hermione, until she stopped. She looked down at what she was wearing; it was a silk green shirt. Hermione was about to take it off, but before she did she touched her back to check if her panties and bra were still on. Hermione unbuttoned the shirt. She handed it to Draco and grabbed her shirt, skirt, robes and tie from her door. Draco stared at her, like any other boy, since she was only in her undergarments.
"Hey...Um...I'm going to...Um...Go outside and meet you in the main Common Room." stammered Draco.
"Yeah, sure...See you there..." replied Hermione with another of her quizzical looks.
Hermione smiled as he left and got dressed. She washed her face and brushed her teeth. Hermione stared in the mirror and saw her face. No make-up. Hermione did not like what she saw, her lips were very swollen and her eyes had circles underneath. Hermione scowled, and grabbed some black eyeliner from the small countertop under the mirror over the sink. She walked out of the bathroom with her books in her hand and her boots on. She stuffed her books into her bag and saw Draco smiling at her.
"Erm...Why are you smiling?" asked Hermione.
"Nothing...Do you want to go down there, I mean together?" asked Draco.
"Um...I don't see why not." replied Hermione cheerfully.
"But wait" answered back Draco.
"What?" asked Hermione, looking back at him.
"This is for you..." replied Draco, handing back Hermione a necklace. Hermione stared at it and admired it. It was a white gold chain with a sapphire stone pendant. Hermione put it on her neck and then took off the chain Harry gave her. She clutched it in her hand tightly.
"Thank you so much, I love it." said Hermione with a sweet smile, giving Draco a gentle kiss.
The pair walked out from the Common Room, not hand in hand, but casually, like nothing was going on. Hermione had a casual expression and so did Draco. Hermione walked down the stairs, talking with each other about last night. They both entered the Dining Hall and Draco stared into her eyes and kissed her cheek and waved at her before he left to go to his table. Hermione smiled back and waved and walked off to the Gryffindor table, looking ever so giddy. Hermione sat down with Seamus and Parvati.
"Hi Hermione." greeted Seamus and Parvati.
"Hi." replied Hermione dreamily.
"So, what happened with Draco?" asked Seamus, as though he didn't know anything.
"Oh...Um...So you guys don't mind?" asked Hermione.
"Not really, I mean I will mind if he treats you badly... But that's not what's happening..." replied Parvati.
"Well, I think I'm falling for him..." answered Hermione.
"Wow." replied Seamus breathlessly.
"He's so nice, he cheered me up last night." replied Hermione with a sweet smile.
"How sweet!" answered back Parvati dreamily.
"I know, and look what he gave me!" squealed Hermione, gesturing at the necklace on her neck.
"OH MY! TAKE IT OFF AND LET US SEE!" squealed Parvati. Hermione took off the necklace and placed it in Parvati's shaking hands. She and Seamus looked at it. Finally, Seamus handed it back quickly.
"What's wrong Seamus?" asked Hermione, as she put the necklace back.
"I hate to break it up, but...Ron and Harry are coming over and they don't look happy..." murmured Seamus. Hermione and Parvati looked up and Harry and Ron sat down next to Parvati, right in front of Hermione. Parvati shifted in her spot, and asked Seamus if they could switch. Seamus agreed and switched.
"Why good morning, are you here to apologize or are you here to tell me that I am a filthy little mudblood?" asked Hermione with a large grimace plastered on her face.
"No." replied Harry with a grunt.
"Are you okay?" asked Hermione.
"I AM NOT OKAY AND- " screamed Ron.
"I WAS TALKING TO HARRY!" barked Hermione. Ron grew red, as though Hermione had just slapped him.
"I'm not..." answered Harry, shaking his head.
"What's wrong?" asked Hermione in a comforting tone.
"How could you snog Malfoy?" asked Harry.
"It was a dare, I enjoyed it, it was brilliant, but Harry you have Cho." answered Hermione.
"But I'm not with her." replied Harry.
"You haven't treated me fairly and I-"
"What's that on your neck?" interrupted Harry.
"It's a gift." said Hermione.
"Oh... So now you're together, aren't you?" asked Harry.
"I don't know... Look, I thought last night we settled this." answered Hermione with her voice rising.
"Clearly you were drunk." relied Ron.
"SHUT UP RON!" screamed Hermione.
"I ended it, its over." concluded Hermione, giving the necklace Harry gave her, inside his hands.
Hermione could hear Parvati crying, Seamus was doing his best to console her. Hermione stared back at Harry, and he was staring back at her. His bottle-green eyes soaked in tears were saying: "How could you... Please... I love you..." Hermione was no longer the spunky goody-two-shoes; she was the lying, deceiving, cheating Hermione. And it wasn't who she wanted to be...