In Her Eyes
Madammarauder
Ch9: The Unexpected!
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"No, No, NO!' Hermione groaned as they walked out of the Charms classroom. " Why him? Huh, WHY?" She said, banging her head up against the wall.
"Hermione, It's okay." Harry said, putting his hand between the wall and her head so that she wouldn't get a bruise." It's only a small project."
"Small? It is a big part of our grade!"Ron exclaimed.
"Well, geeze, Ron." Harry said, still trying to keep Hermione from hurting herself, "You sure make her feel better." Ron just rolled his eyes, and then said more seriously,"Really, it's okay, 'Mione." He said, patting Hermione on the shoulder,
"But why Malfoy? Won't I have to spend enough time with him already?" Hermione groaned, stepping away from Harry's grasp. " I told him I'd meet him tonight at the library to find information."
"I am starving!" Ron said as the magnificent smell filled his, Hermione's, and Harry's noses. The walked over to their usual spot, in the center of the Gryffindor table.
"It looks great!" Hermione said as she looked at the massive amount of food that was covering the table. There was roast beef, rolls, and mashed potatoes with a special gravy that the house elves that work in the kitchen invented, and made themselves. Also, there was green beans, macaroni, and all kinds of tarts for dessert.
"So,"Harry said as he took his seat, and pulled the basket of rolls toward him, " What have you and Malfoy decided to do your project on?"
"Well,"Hermione said, smothering gravy all over her mashed potatoes," Malfoy and I have decided to do a project on Hogwarts History. How about you guys? What are you two going to do your projects on?"
" Hell if we know." Ron said, picking up his fork and knife to cut his roast beef,"It's not as if we are going to start it anytime soon." Hermione just snorted and took a bite of her mashed potatoes.
"You guys are so lucky that you got each other as partners." Hermione said after she had swallowed her potatoes."You know, I really need to get some girl friends." Hermione said with a sigh. Then she noticed the put down look on Harry and Ron's faces, "Not that you two are bad friends or anything. It's just that I need a GIRL friend to talk to girl things about. Or someone that I can paint my fingernails with or something.
Harry laughed and then imitated a valley girl, "Girl, you know that we can paint or fingernails, and talk about our feelings anytime!" He said, flapping his wrists as if brushing something away.
"Oh, shut up." Hermione said, punching Harry in the arm, harder than she had meant to.
"Hey,"Harry groaned, rubbing his arm,"Maybe you should join some type of wrestling team. You could meat a GIRL friend like Bernice, or Pat." Both Harry and Ron laughed at the thought of Hermione becoming friends with a bunch of hairy-armed, sweaty, brute girls. This time, Hermione laughed with the two of them.
They both sat at their table, eating and making small conversation. Once they were finished, Hermione was startled when someone tapped her on the shoulder. She jerked around to see who wanted her. Of course, it was Malfoy.
"What?" Hermione asked, her happy grin becoming a thin, tight line.
"I just wanted to tell you that I am heading down to the library. Just to get a head start on the project." Malfoy said, looking around to see if anyone had spotted him talking to Hermione.
"Okay..."Hermione said, putting down the roll that she had been buttering."I guess I will go with you. I don't want you to get any wrong information."Hermione Siad with a sigh. She then looked down at her watch."Harry, Ron." Hermione said,"I am going to be in the library until pretty late. Maybe we will finish this project tonight. So, I'll probably come back by the Common Room before I hit the sack at about...eleven-thirty."
"Okay."Harry said.
"We'll be waiting for you." Ron said with a wink. Hermione smiled, and rolled her eyes. Without another word, she turned and walked out of the Great Hall. Malfoy at her heels.
As they walked down the deserted chambers, they didn't say a word to each other. Quite frankly, they acted as if the other wasn't there.(Not much different than they normally did when they saw each other). Finally, they reached the library. The moment they walked in, Hermione smiled. She loved the whole atmosphere of the library. It was so quiet, peaceful, and it was the only place someone could go to REALLY get work done. Harry and Ron, on the other hand, absolutely despised of the library. They hated the quietness, and the fact that people go there to do work. They would much rather blow off the project until the day before it was due, and shoot spitballs at people who passed them in the hallway.
The library was quite empty. But, this wasn't unusual, considering it was dinner time. So, it was easy to find a table to study at. They chose to sit at the table that was near the back of the library so that if people did come in, they wouldn't bother them.
Hermione and Malfoy walked back to the table. Unsurprisingly, without a word.
"Okay..."Hermione said with a sigh, how about we look for all the books we can find about Hogwarts for a few moments, and then we can go through them once we have gotten them all."Hermione said,"How about you start over there,"Hermione said, pointing to the bookshelf across the room that read HOGWARTS: GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES." And I 'll start here." Hermione said, pointing at the bookshelf on the let side of her that read HOGWARTS HISTORY.
"Sounds good to me." Malfoy said, shrugging his shoulders. He then turned and pranced over to the bookshelf to look for books that would help with their project.
Hermione turned, and started to look at the books. As she walked along the bookshelf, she let her finger run over the spines of the old, leather books as she read the titles. A few of the books she saw , she knew would not be what she was looking for. Such as the book The Beginning of Quidditch At Hogwarts, or Why Hogwarts Has House Elves. But, other books Hermione looked at, she knew that they would help. Such as Hogwarts Headmasters and Headmistresses, and Hogwarts History. Hermione threw those books on the table, and kept reading the titles, and throwing the books on the table. Once she was satisfied, there was a pile of books three feet high. A few seconds after Hermione had finished, Malfoy came waddling to the table, carrying an armful of books. With a loud THUD, Malfoy threw the books beside of Hermione's neat pile.
"Well,"Hermione groaned picking up her backpack that was beside of her seat," This essay has to be three, full pieces of parchments long. So, I think we should space the information out, and write a little about a bunch of facts about Hogwarts. We should both write down what we need to, and then write it together at the ends." With that, she pulled a piece of parchment out of her bag, a quill, and then grabbed the books nearest to her, and flipped to the first page.
Hermione felt a little strange for some reason after she had finished the first page of her book, and she looked up to find Malfoy staring at her with a book open in his hands.
"What?" Hermione asked, brushing the hair out of her face impatiently.
"Nothing." Malfoy blushed, and looked back down at his book.
One...Two...Three hours passes sense they had first come into the library to study. Hermione had poured two cups of coffee for the both of them. Frankly, that was the only thing keeping her awake. Her eyes were red and puffy from reading so much. And she had a cramp in her hand from writing so much information. Malfoy was just as tired as Hermione, but he didn't look it. But, the coffee was also the only thing keeping him awake. Finally, he closed the book that he was skimming through, and yawned.
"I think I am going to go back to the dormitory to get some sleep." Malfoy said lazily standing up. He then looked at his watch. It was 11:45." How about you?" He asked Hermione, looking at her, waiting for an answer. Without looking up from the lines of her book Hermione replied, " I am going to stay here for a while, and write a little more information. It just doesn't feel complete." She said, still not looking up. Malfoy rolled his eyes, grabbed his books, and turned to leave, muttering under his breath, barely loud enough for Hermione to hear, "Of course." Then he left the library, slowly, without another word. The tone of voice that Malfoy had said "Of course" really got to Hermione. She looked up from her book, and stood up quickly, stuffing her parchment into her bag, she ran after Malfoy."
"Hey!" Hermione said, running up beside Malfoy. He turned around, surprised that she had followed. "What do you mean 'Of course'?" Hermione asked, looking up into Malfoy's gray-blue eyes that glistened in the little light that was in the chamber.
"I don't know." Malfoy said with a smirk, "It's just that you are so damn predictable. When you are miserable, and you are about to pass out, you STILL have to finish a god damn project."
"Hold up." Hermione said, putting her hand up, " I am SO not predictable. I don't know what you are talking about."Hermione said, rolling her eyes.
"Oh yeah?" Malfoy asked with a smirk.
"Yeah." Hermione said, matter-of-factly.
"Let's see." Malfoy said, stepping closer to her, causing her to back up against the wall. Hermione tightened, remembering how her father used to do that to her. But, strangely, when Malfoy did it, it didn't make her feel scared. Malfoy bent over so that he was eye level with Hermione. His right arm was over her right shoulder, and his weight was shifted so that his body was bout six inches away from hers."Okay. If you aren't so predictable, then you won't do what I saw I think you will do. I think, no predict, that you will shift you weight to the left when I move my arm closer to you." He then moved his arm just over top of her shoulder, causing her to, just like he predicted, shifter her weight so that he wasn't touching her. He smiled."See, I told you. Now, when I put my left hand beside your waist on the wall, you will maneuver to the right so that I am not touching you, and you won't have to look me directly in the eyes." Just like he said, he put his hand just beside of her waist, and she moved to the right so that he wasn't touching her, and she didn't have to look him directly in the eyes. Then, he took his index finger and lifted her head, forcing her to look at him. He was now so close to her that his warm breath gave her a chill. He then moved closer to her lips, as if about to kiss her. Hermione puckered her lips, and closed her eyes. Waiting for him to kiss her. But, there was no kiss. Confused, she opened her eyes to find him still in the same position, but with a huge smirk on his face. He then took his arms off the wall, and backed up, still wearing his smirk.
"In your dreams Granger." Malfoy said, starting to walk away. Once he had walked a few feet, he said over his shoulder, "I told you, you are so predictable."
Hermione was now in complete rage. He had trapped her to do that. She then realized that he was right. She WAS predictable. She thought quickly about a way to prove him wrong, and ran to him. He was, once again surprised that she had run after him. Before he could say a word, she pushed him with both hands against the wall, and kissed him. Not just a sweet, innocent kiss. But a strong, forceful one. It lasted for a few seconds before she finally pulled away.
"Am I predictable now?" She asked, looking at him. This time, he didn't say anything, but he grabbed her waist, and pulled her back to him, and kissed her. In just a matter of moments, the kiss deepened rapidly. Now Hermione was back against the wall, and Malfoy was kissing her, his hands grazing her stomach. Her hands were now around his neck, and they progressed to the top of his hair where she ruffled it mindlessly. Then, he started to french her. As he did so, he put his hand under the back of her shirt, and moved up her spine, ono her bra strap where he tried to get it undone. As he did this, Hermione moaned. But, not a bad moan. A pleasant moan. He kept fumbling with the latch if her bra strap, and finally got it unlatched. He gave a muffled rejoice as he moved his hands to the front of her shirt. Instead of letting him move up her shirt, she grabbed his neck again, and jumped up, wrapping her legs around him to hold her up. Malfoy then tried to put his hand up her shirt, but Hermione jumped off of him quickly, pulling away from his kiss.
"I'm sorry." Malfoy said, feeling guilty for almost no reason.
"Sshhh." Hermione said, putting her finger to his lips. She then remembered that her bra was still loose, and she quickly re-latched it.
"What is it?" Malfoy asked, looking to where Hermione was staring. Suddenly the noise that had startled Hermione came back. It was the sound of footsteps. "No one's there." Malfoy said with a small smile, putting his hands on Hermione's waist, he tried to pull her closer to him so that he could kiss her again. Hermione backed off, and realized why there was no person, but footsteps. THE INVISIBILITY CLOAK!
"SHIT!" Hermione exclaimed, almost falling over as she tried to run. "I'm sorry, Malfoy, I've got to go."With that, she raced after the invisible person, whom she knew was either Ron or Harry.
"Wait, Gra-Hermione!" Malfoy exclaimed, running a few steps after her. But, it was too late, she was gone.
A/n: Did you guys/girls like it? Was it to much? Was it to little? TELL ME!