1Chapter 2:Why?

Hermione woke at the crack of dawn the next morning. When she first woke up her first thought was...

"Where am I"she looked around the room and then down at Draco who was still sleeping peacefully in the bed beside her.

"Oh yeah"she swung her legs off of the bed and shuddered when her feet hit the cold ground.

She got off the bed and walked into the kitchen. She entered the door she supposed was the bathroom. It was.

Inside was quite a beautiful bathroom considering three teenage boys used it. Hermione walked to the mirror and looked at her reflection. She looked fairly decent though she hadn't been able to properly wash ,brush her teeth, or put on make-up in a couple of days. She started the water and got some soap and a towel which she found under the sink. After she washed she brushed her hair with a brush that was on the sink counter. Finally deciding she could do nothing more for her appearance she went back to Draco's room.

He was still sleeping peacefully on his bed snoring lightly. She walked over to the bed and sat down next to him. Hermione watched him carefully thinking.

"He looks like such an angel when he is sleeping"she thought"Today I have to ask him, but what to ask. I have so much to ask like why he is being so nice to me"

Draco stirred slightly rolling over. Unfortunately for him he was already on the edge of the bed and he fell off with a loud whack.

"Ow"he was face down on the floor.

Hermione burst out laughing at him.

"Yes yes hahaha very funny"he said unenthusiastically.

"Yes actually it was absolutely hilarious"she told him.

Draco stood up yawned and stretched. He walked to the door and turned around.

"You do want to come shopping today right"he asked.

"Yeah"she nodded her head pulling her legs up to her chest.

"Well then come on we gotta wake up the guys and eat. Blaise will probably join us anyway"he walked out the door.

Hermione sighed and got off the bed to follow him. She didn't really want Blaise to join them she just hoped he was as nice as Draco was being. The first thing she noticed when she walked into the kitchen was a groggy Blaise Zabini sitting at the kitchen table sipping coffe. Draco sat across from him sipping coffee as well. Blaise flashed her a small smile as she sat down in the last seat.

"Want some coffee, Hermione?"Blaise asked.

"No thanks"Hermione looked at him rather funny but didn't say anything more.

"Did Jake leave already?"Draco broke the silence.

"Yeah I'm pretty sure he did"Blaise flipped his black hair out of his eyes.

"He looks kinda good when he does that"Hermione watched him."Too bad he is so mean to people all the time"

Draco looked at his watch"I suggest we go now so we can beat the shopping rush"

"It's 6:30 in the morning"Hermione looked up surprised.

"I know but some people around here live and breath solely to shop, you'd be surprised how many people are already shopping"Draco explained to her getting up and walking to his room to get dressed.

Blaise followed suit to his own room and Hermione left to the living room to wait for them to get ready. After about ten minutes both boys were in the living room showered and dressed and ready to go.

"Come on Hermione"Blaise offered her his arm in a medieval knight sort of way.

Hermione rolled her eyes and walked past him to the fireplace. She didn't entirely forgive either of them for the way they were at school. Draco took some floo powder and handed it to Hermione and Blaise. He stepped in first.

"Cobbler's Pub"he cried before he was swept away.

Blaise quickly followed him. Hermione stepped in as soon as he was gone.

"Cobbler's Pub"she cried before being swept away twirling around before she fell out of the fireplace and onto the cold floor in Cobbler's Pub. She felt two hands on either side of her pulling her onto her feet. Draco and Blaise towered over her with smirks on their faces.

"Smooth"Blaise's smirk got wider.
Hermione glared at him but it had no effect what-so-ever.

Draco sighed"Come on you guys"

They followed Draco out the door and into the weak sunlight. The street already had many people walking along looking into store windows. The boys led Hermione to a girl's shop across the street. When they walked in Blaise announced that he was going girl watching and left them.

"Meet us back here in two hours"Draco called to his retreating back.

Hermione hurried off to look for some clothes. There were so many choices in the huge store. She spent an hour throwing stuff at Draco for him to carry until she tried them on. He stumbled around with the weight of the clothes. Giggling Hermione led him to the dressing rooms. She spent forty five minutes trying on clothes. In the end she decided to buy two skirts, three pairs of regular jeans. One of the skirts was red cloth that was layered and a patched jean one. She also got six shirts. All of them were solid colors except for one that said Angel and one that said Don't hate me because I'm beautiful hat me because your boyfriend thinks so.

Hermione placed all of the other clothes back on the shelves and racks.

"Go up by the check out counters and I'll meet you there in ten minutes"she told him.

"Ok"both of them went their separate ways.

Hermione walked to the lingerie department. She picked out a couple pairs of underwear and a few bras. Blaise suddenly came up behind her and grabbed her.

"Boo"he said.

"Aghh"Hermione yelped turning around to look at him.

"What you getting Hermione"he winked at her"Oh I see you and Draco definitely shouldn't be so rough at night if you catch my drift"

Hermione smacked him on the head"Shut up that isn't funny"

"Yes it is"he countered.

"No it isn't"she snapped.

Instead of answering he just sniggered as he fell into step with her. She hurried over to the make-up aisle and took a large case that had everything she would need in it. She left the aisle walking towards the check-out. Blaise's eyes never left her as he followed her.

"You know your really annoying"Hermione snapped.
"Yes I do I pride myself on that aspect of myself"he smirked at her.

They found Draco and went to the check out line. When the lady got the price for the clothes and make-up Hermione dug threw her pocket and counted out some money but Draco beat her to paying for it.

"Thanks"he said grabbing the stuff and heading to the door.

Hermione followed closely behind him taking some bags from his overloaded arms.

"So where do you guys wanna eat"Blaise strode out of the store and looked up and down the street.

Hermione was surprised to see the street was jam-packed with people. She was squeezed between Draco and Blaise by the surrounding crowd.

"Let's go to the Eagle's Nest it should be nice and quiet there"Draco suggested.

Seeing Hermione's quizzical expression he explained"it is an Italian restaurant that has excellent food and is always nice and quiet. Plus we always get a separate room"he added with a grin.

They walked for a while before stopping in front of a nice looking building. The boys walked in with Hermione following behind them. Inside was a nice looking room that was dimly lit but in a nice way. There was a maroonish red carpet and creamy walls. There was many tables nicely spaced that were mostly occupied. A man who looked to be in his mid fifties was sitting at the host's desk in the lobby.

"Ah Mr.Malfoy, Mr.Zabini how are you this evening?"the man greeted them happily.

"We're fine Haggart just fine"Blaise said.

"We request a private room for an hour"Draco said.

"Of course the usual I suppose"he got up from the desk and began walking to a room.

"Yes Haggart"Blaise said lazily following him.

They walked into a room identical to the big one except smaller and there was only one table. Hermione, Draco, and Blaise all took their seats.

"We'll have the usual but Hermione will have to choose her food"Draco said simply.

The man named Haggart left and a moment later cam back with a menu. Handing it to Hermione he nodded when she thanked him and left the room.

"So Draco, how are things at the office?"Blaise cheerfully turned to him smiling. He was lounged out in the chair.

"You know perfectly well how they are going Blaise horrible"Draco snapped.

"I know but it is so much fun to see you get worked up about it"Blaise answered.

Draco glared at him before saying"How are things in the plumbing business?"

"Quite well actually. I was promoted to foreman so now I get to stand around and tell everybody what to do"

"You did that when you weren't foreman too."

"I know but now I don't get yelled at by anyone for it"Blaise smirked.

Draco sighed and shook his head. Hermione whom had decided on her food set down her menu. As if on cue Haggart hurried into the room to take her order.

"Yes miss what'll it be?"he said in a bored I-hate-doing-this sort of voice.

"The Carpellini Pomodoro, please"Hermione said politely

"Coming right up"he said in the same tone exiting the room.

Hermione turned to Blaise and Draco.

"What?"they asked in unison.

"You have lots explaining to do"she said quietly.

They both breathed out and looked at each other.

"Ok well I guess we should begin..."Draco said.

A/N: HAHAHA evil cliffy. Yes that is supposed to be like that. Heeheehee. Anyway remember to review!...Um anyways I would like to say I am extremely sorry it took me so long to update and that I know it is very uncalled for. I have finished the story and I'm writing the sequel. But I now promise I will update much more often. grins sheepishly

Until next time,

The Queen of Darkness Mya