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Recap:

Suddenly, a little lightbulb went off in Draco's head.

I'll buy Hermione a present at Hogsmeade! And I can send it to her with a little love note, and sign it as a secret admirer, he thought. He smiled happily as he followed some Slytherin's to the Divination classroom.

:End of Recap.

Of All The People In The World Chapter Three…

All through lunch that day, Draco was staring at Hermione as she chatted animatedly to Harry and Ron. As he took a swig of his mug of pumpkin juice, he felt a strong hand on his shoulder. He looked up to see Blaise Zabini staring down at him.

"Hey, man," Blaise said, sitting down next to Draco. He placed some chicken on his plate and turned to Draco.

"I know what's been going on."

Draco, shaken out of his trance, stared at Blaise. "What do you mean, mate?"

"I know what you've been doing."

"What the Hell are you on about!"

"C'mon, Drake! I know that you know that I know," Blaise said. He paused to rethink what he just said. "Wait-- was that right? Hmm… yeah."

"And what do you know?" Draco asked irritated.

Blaise leaned it and whispered, "That you've taken a liking to watching Granger's every move." He smirked as he pulled away and took a bite of his chicken, watching Draco's shocked expression.

"I-- I don't know what you're talking about," Draco lied, steering his stare to his shiny, empty plate.

"'Course you do, mate," Blaise said. "And you're making it quite obvious. You're getting Parkinson worried that you'll leave her," he added with a laugh.

"I am NOT with Parkinson!" Draco cried. Several Slytherin's turned to face him with a befuddled expression.

"What are you looking at!" he barked at the staring Slytherin's. They immediately turned away from him and continued eating.

"Okay, fine," Draco said, turning to Blaise. "Just-- don't tell anyone, ok? I don't want the whole school knowing I, Draco Malfoy, have a crush on Hermione 'Know-It-All' Granger."

"No prob. I won't tell," Blaise said, making sure to cross his fingers under the table. "So… has she noticed you yet?"

"Well… no," Draco said flatly. "She's always with that Weasel. I tell you, if I could just get hold of him, I'd hex him into oblivion!" His eyes narrowed into slits as he glared daggers at Ron, who was playing with Hermione's hair, making her giggle.

"Whoa. You're certainly very protective of her," Blaise said, amused. "Hey, Drake. What if I get her to go out on a date with you?"

Draco's eyes widened. "Could you? Well, I don't think she'd say 'yes' in a million years after what I've done to her and Potty and Weasel in the past years. Oh, how I wish I hadn't called her Mudblood…," Draco said, shivering at the thought.

"Well, we could always try," Blaise said.

"'We'? Don't you mean 'I'?" Draco questioned, raising a perfect eyebrow.

"Well… if all fails, and I can't get her to say 'yes', there's always a much simpler way. Simpler, yet harder at the same time," Blaise said, then added, with a twinkle in his dark eyes, "We could get in BIG trouble."

"I like it already," Draco said, smirking, causing several Slytherin girls that were oggling him to swoon. "What is it?"

"Well, we only do it if Granger says 'no'. If she says 'yes', there won't be much point then…," Blaise rambled.

"Just tell me what your ingenious idea is, Blaise!"

"Oh, well, ok."

"…Well?"

"Remember: We could get into BIG trouble."

"Yes, yes, ok! Now, what's your idea?"

"My lovely idea is…," Blaise said with a grin, "We put Amortentia-- the most powerful love potion in the world -- in her pumpkin juice."

A/n:

Yes, yes, I know… IT'S TOO SHORT. I wanted to make it longer, but I thot that it would be good to stop there-- to leave some surprise. Amortentia in Hermione's pumpkin juice? I know what you're thinking. It's too… juvenile. But, ah, well… without juvenile delinquints izzat how u spell it, our world would be a total bore, don't cha think?