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After class, Harry grabbed Ron's arm and dragged him out and into an empty classroom.
"Harry, what is your problem? Have you lost your mind?"
Harry stared at Ron for a moment, in frustration, before turning away to knock over a chair.
"Oh, let me guess, this is about Malfoy?" He looked over at Harry, who just glared back at him. "Look, Harry, I get it - you hate Draco almost as much as you hate Voldemorte. I understand, I hate him too, but unless we can prove he is a death eater, there isn't that much we can do to him & to be honest with you, I could be getting laid right now, instead of standing around here, listening to you bitch about Malfoy. Can we do this later?"
"RON? Can you stop thinking about sex, for one fucking minute? This is bloody serious. Draco has got some sick plot of seducing Hermione to try to get at me. And she is still so angry with us that you might totally refuse to listen to anything we have to say, but we've got to do something, damnit!"
"Whoa!!!! Back up, what the hell are you talking about?!?" Ron's face went white as he slumped back into a chair.
Harry grabbed another chair as he began intently recounting what he remembered from Pansy's and Draco's conversation and his own encounter with Draco. When he finally finished, he sat back, while Ron digested the information.
"Fuck . . . This is not good, Harry. We'd better come up with something fast." The two of them sat there through lunch and their next class, trying to come up with a plan.
Draco headed off to the library, after deciding, it might be worth it to check into some slightly dark love compulsion spells. After finding a few possibilities and a book or two on potions, as a cover, he moved into a small antechamber to flip through the books. He opened the first, Love Gone Wrong, and started flipping through the pages until he came across one entitled, "Brimstone and Treacle Nightmare." Hmmm, skimming the spell, he thought that this could be interesting to watch. Potter and Pansy, yeah, this could definitely be interesting.
"So, this is where you hide out between classes, hmmmm? I'll have to keep that in mind." Hermione smiled as he looked up in surprise at her. Draco was sitting in the chair, legs propped up on the table in front of him, books lying all around him.
"Hermione," Draco started before glancing down at the open book in his lap. Fuck, he thought to himself, I can't let her see these books, the last thing I need is for Hermione to think I'm trying to put a spell on her. Thinking fast, he leaned back in his chair and tumbled to the floor, his legs swinging wildly, and scattering books to the floor. He quickly collected the books, making sure to place one of the potions books open to a random page on top of the pile, effectively hiding the love spell books buried below. He bit back a smile as she suddenly rushed in.
"Oh my god! Are you ok?!?! I didn't mean to startle you like that. Did you hit your head?"
Her voice had the slightest edge to of panic that could prove to be useful. "Owww," Draco mumbled while rubbing the back of my head, "I think I hit my head, but I should be fine. Don't worry about it, really."
She pulled up a chair next to him, "Are you sure, you're really ok?"
He grinned back at her, "Don't worry. It'll take more then just a bump on the head to get rid of me. You just surprised me, but I'm glad you're here. We really didn't get a chance to talk earlier, with Pansy being her usual bitchy self, interrupting us. How are you doing?"
"Umm pretty good actually, I haven't seen Harry or Ron since potions." Hermione paused for a moment, "Which is pretty strange considering, since I swear they were talking about me." She sarcastically rolled her eyes, "They didn't even show for their other classes, they were probably too busy screwing around with their little sluts."
Draco burst out laughing, "Ewww, what a bad mental image. Are you trying to make me ill, Granger?" He wickedly grinned at her, as her mouth dropped open for a second, before she began to giggle as well.
"Well, when you put it that way . . ." she started before succumbing to a fit of laughter again.
Draco just smiled at her, thinking this is the way she should always look, with her hair falling around her face, her eyes gleaming with excitement, and smiling.
Hermione looked to find Draco intently studying her, and tilted her head curiously, as she gently smiled at him, "Draco, what are you thinking?"
His gray eyes, refocused on her as he answered, "Oh, I was just thinking about how beautiful you look, when you're smiling for a change. You should smile more often." He smirked as her head dipped forward, her hair covering, but not entirely hiding the slight hint of a blush.
"Be serious, Draco"
"I am. Hey," he reached a finger up under her chin, raising her face up to his, "don't you ever look in the mirror?"
"I know what I look like,"
"Somehow, I seriously doubt that, Hermione." He waited until she smiled back at him, before continuing in a more serious voice, "Look I'd love to stay here with you, but it is getting a bit late. We should probably report to Snape's room for detention, before anyone figures out where we are, ok?"
" Yes, I supposed you're right, after all, we should be studying for the O.W.L.'s, and I definitely do not need Snape on my case again. And on the way, we can talk about what you were arguing about with Harry, right before class," she paused giving him an ironic sideways glance, "what, you didn't think that I didn't notice, did you?"
Grinning back at her, "well, of course, I never would have assumed that something like that would have escaped your brilliant observation, Granger." He stood up, stretching his arms for a moment, before gathering up the books, which luckily she hadn't been looking at all too carefully, before putting them on an empty shelf as they began walking back to Snape's room.
"So, tell, what were you two arguing about?" She teased him.
Laughing, he answered her, "You, of course."
"What?!?!" She turned to stare at him, "Me?!?! Whatever for?"
Sighing, he brushed his hair off from his face, "Potter overheard me telling Pansy that you and I being friends had nothing at all to do with her, and that I would not tolerate any interference from her - "
"Wait, you really told her that, that we were friends?" Hermione interrupted him.
"Well, yeah, "he turned to look down at her, "I didn't overstep any bounds there, did I? Because I consider us friends and hopefully a little bit more . . ." his voice trailed off tentatively.
Hermione blushed again and nodded her head, "Yes, we're certainly friends and working on maybe being friends with benefits."
Her face suddenly turned a rosy shade of red as she realized exactly what she had said, and she clapped her hand over mouth, mumbling, "Oh no, I didn't say that, did I? She looked up at Draco, who was trying unsuccessfully to bite back the grin that was slowly curving his lips. "I did say it, didn't I?" At his laughter, she moaned as she leaned her head into her chest, hiding her expression. "It's not fair, you know. Lately, whenever I'm around you, I can't seem to control my tongue and say whatever I'm thinking."
"Hey Hermione," Draco reached a hand around the base of her neck as he tilted her face back up to his, "you can always say whatever you want around me, and I won't laugh, " at her reproving frown, he continued, "well at least not a lot." He smirked at her, "Oh come on, I find it fascinating, learning the way your mind works." He paused for a moment, staring at her with eyes that slowly changed color into a molten liquid silver, before his fingers tighten into her hair and he bent down to brush his lips against hers. She leaned in to deepen the kiss, before voices coming from down the hall, reminding them that weren't alone and they quickly separated and after a briefly intense moment of staring into each other eyes, they began walking down the hall again, somewhat more subdued then before.
Striving for normalcy, Hermione asked, "Well, Harry overhearing you tell Pansy that we were friends shouldn't have been that bad, so what was his problem?"
Draco took a deep breath to calm himself, before slipping back into character, and looked down at her, arching an eyebrow, "Hermione, do you really think Potter would approve of you and I being friends, or friends with benefits?"
She winced for a moment, "Yeah, I see your point."
"Right. Well, as usual, Potter jumped to all the wrong bloody conclusions and, basically, he flipped out. He starting telling me that you were completely under his thumb and that you would do whatever he told you to do and that included staying far 'the hell' away from me."
"Oh no, he did not dare!!!"
"It gets even better, he assured me that he would do whatever it took, even lying to you to keep you out of 'my clutches' since obviously you were too ignorant to see the danger for yourself." He sighed for a moment, before continuing, "you know, I seriously wish people around here, would stop being so interested in matters that don't concern them."
"He said all that?!?!? Oooooohhhhhh I am so tempted to seriously kick his ass for this!!! He has no right interfering in who I hang around with or what I do."
Whoa, Granger, I have to admit that I agree that someone should kick his ass, but don't you think I deserve a shot, and besides," he smiled down at her, "if you freak out at him like that, even if he deserves it, he is going to know what I told you and make him even more sure that you need to be rescued from the big, bad Malfoy."
""So what do you think I should do then, hmmm? Let him continue to think that I am incompetent, except when he needs his homework to be done?"
He smirked, "no, of course not, but let him approach you and then blast him out of the water. If you're defending yourself, rather then going on the attack, he might be able to see your perspective."
"Wait a second," she turned to look at him suspiciously, "why would you even want Harry to see my perspective when you hate him?"
"Look, I admit that I hate Harry and company, probably about as much as he and the Weasel hate me, but for some bizarre reason, which I cannot understand, you seem to have some affection for them. Now while I still believe they are beneath you, you care about them, and I'd hate to be the reason why of you get hurt because of your relationship with me."
"Do you really mean that?"
"Yes," he looked down at her seriously for a moment, before smirking again, "I'd rather you discover on your own that they're jerks and then you can ditch them. Owwww, hey that hurt, " he exclaimed rubbing his arm after she quickly jabbed him.
"Yeah, well that is what you get for insulting and for calling me by my last name," Hermione walked off toward Snape's room, with a slight smile as she looked back over her shoulder to see Draco hurrying to catch up to her.
"Yeah, but you look so cute when I do. Hey, are you going to wait up for me, or what?" Draco shook his head ruefully for a second as he lengthened his stride to catch up to her, a smile flitting across his lips, as his thoughts turned to how they could spend the next hour or so in "detention."
TBC
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After class, Harry grabbed Ron's arm and dragged him out and into an empty classroom.
"Harry, what is your problem? Have you lost your mind?"
Harry stared at Ron for a moment, in frustration, before turning away to knock over a chair.
"Oh, let me guess, this is about Malfoy?" He looked over at Harry, who just glared back at him. "Look, Harry, I get it - you hate Draco almost as much as you hate Voldemorte. I understand, I hate him too, but unless we can prove he is a death eater, there isn't that much we can do to him & to be honest with you, I could be getting laid right now, instead of standing around here, listening to you bitch about Malfoy. Can we do this later?"
"RON? Can you stop thinking about sex, for one fucking minute? This is bloody serious. Draco has got some sick plot of seducing Hermione to try to get at me. And she is still so angry with us that you might totally refuse to listen to anything we have to say, but we've got to do something, damnit!"
"Whoa!!!! Back up, what the hell are you talking about?!?" Ron's face went white as he slumped back into a chair.
Harry grabbed another chair as he began intently recounting what he remembered from Pansy's and Draco's conversation and his own encounter with Draco. When he finally finished, he sat back, while Ron digested the information.
"Fuck . . . This is not good, Harry. We'd better come up with something fast." The two of them sat there through lunch and their next class, trying to come up with a plan.
Draco headed off to the library, after deciding, it might be worth it to check into some slightly dark love compulsion spells. After finding a few possibilities and a book or two on potions, as a cover, he moved into a small antechamber to flip through the books. He opened the first, Love Gone Wrong, and started flipping through the pages until he came across one entitled, "Brimstone and Treacle Nightmare." Hmmm, skimming the spell, he thought that this could be interesting to watch. Potter and Pansy, yeah, this could definitely be interesting.
"So, this is where you hide out between classes, hmmmm? I'll have to keep that in mind." Hermione smiled as he looked up in surprise at her. Draco was sitting in the chair, legs propped up on the table in front of him, books lying all around him.
"Hermione," Draco started before glancing down at the open book in his lap. Fuck, he thought to himself, I can't let her see these books, the last thing I need is for Hermione to think I'm trying to put a spell on her. Thinking fast, he leaned back in his chair and tumbled to the floor, his legs swinging wildly, and scattering books to the floor. He quickly collected the books, making sure to place one of the potions books open to a random page on top of the pile, effectively hiding the love spell books buried below. He bit back a smile as she suddenly rushed in.
"Oh my god! Are you ok?!?! I didn't mean to startle you like that. Did you hit your head?"
Her voice had the slightest edge to of panic that could prove to be useful. "Owww," Draco mumbled while rubbing the back of my head, "I think I hit my head, but I should be fine. Don't worry about it, really."
She pulled up a chair next to him, "Are you sure, you're really ok?"
He grinned back at her, "Don't worry. It'll take more then just a bump on the head to get rid of me. You just surprised me, but I'm glad you're here. We really didn't get a chance to talk earlier, with Pansy being her usual bitchy self, interrupting us. How are you doing?"
"Umm pretty good actually, I haven't seen Harry or Ron since potions." Hermione paused for a moment, "Which is pretty strange considering, since I swear they were talking about me." She sarcastically rolled her eyes, "They didn't even show for their other classes, they were probably too busy screwing around with their little sluts."
Draco burst out laughing, "Ewww, what a bad mental image. Are you trying to make me ill, Granger?" He wickedly grinned at her, as her mouth dropped open for a second, before she began to giggle as well.
"Well, when you put it that way . . ." she started before succumbing to a fit of laughter again.
Draco just smiled at her, thinking this is the way she should always look, with her hair falling around her face, her eyes gleaming with excitement, and smiling.
Hermione looked to find Draco intently studying her, and tilted her head curiously, as she gently smiled at him, "Draco, what are you thinking?"
His gray eyes, refocused on her as he answered, "Oh, I was just thinking about how beautiful you look, when you're smiling for a change. You should smile more often." He smirked as her head dipped forward, her hair covering, but not entirely hiding the slight hint of a blush.
"Be serious, Draco"
"I am. Hey," he reached a finger up under her chin, raising her face up to his, "don't you ever look in the mirror?"
"I know what I look like,"
"Somehow, I seriously doubt that, Hermione." He waited until she smiled back at him, before continuing in a more serious voice, "Look I'd love to stay here with you, but it is getting a bit late. We should probably report to Snape's room for detention, before anyone figures out where we are, ok?"
" Yes, I supposed you're right, after all, we should be studying for the O.W.L.'s, and I definitely do not need Snape on my case again. And on the way, we can talk about what you were arguing about with Harry, right before class," she paused giving him an ironic sideways glance, "what, you didn't think that I didn't notice, did you?"
Grinning back at her, "well, of course, I never would have assumed that something like that would have escaped your brilliant observation, Granger." He stood up, stretching his arms for a moment, before gathering up the books, which luckily she hadn't been looking at all too carefully, before putting them on an empty shelf as they began walking back to Snape's room.
"So, tell, what were you two arguing about?" She teased him.
Laughing, he answered her, "You, of course."
"What?!?!" She turned to stare at him, "Me?!?! Whatever for?"
Sighing, he brushed his hair off from his face, "Potter overheard me telling Pansy that you and I being friends had nothing at all to do with her, and that I would not tolerate any interference from her - "
"Wait, you really told her that, that we were friends?" Hermione interrupted him.
"Well, yeah, "he turned to look down at her, "I didn't overstep any bounds there, did I? Because I consider us friends and hopefully a little bit more . . ." his voice trailed off tentatively.
Hermione blushed again and nodded her head, "Yes, we're certainly friends and working on maybe being friends with benefits."
Her face suddenly turned a rosy shade of red as she realized exactly what she had said, and she clapped her hand over mouth, mumbling, "Oh no, I didn't say that, did I? She looked up at Draco, who was trying unsuccessfully to bite back the grin that was slowly curving his lips. "I did say it, didn't I?" At his laughter, she moaned as she leaned her head into her chest, hiding her expression. "It's not fair, you know. Lately, whenever I'm around you, I can't seem to control my tongue and say whatever I'm thinking."
"Hey Hermione," Draco reached a hand around the base of her neck as he tilted her face back up to his, "you can always say whatever you want around me, and I won't laugh, " at her reproving frown, he continued, "well at least not a lot." He smirked at her, "Oh come on, I find it fascinating, learning the way your mind works." He paused for a moment, staring at her with eyes that slowly changed color into a molten liquid silver, before his fingers tighten into her hair and he bent down to brush his lips against hers. She leaned in to deepen the kiss, before voices coming from down the hall, reminding them that weren't alone and they quickly separated and after a briefly intense moment of staring into each other eyes, they began walking down the hall again, somewhat more subdued then before.
Striving for normalcy, Hermione asked, "Well, Harry overhearing you tell Pansy that we were friends shouldn't have been that bad, so what was his problem?"
Draco took a deep breath to calm himself, before slipping back into character, and looked down at her, arching an eyebrow, "Hermione, do you really think Potter would approve of you and I being friends, or friends with benefits?"
She winced for a moment, "Yeah, I see your point."
"Right. Well, as usual, Potter jumped to all the wrong bloody conclusions and, basically, he flipped out. He starting telling me that you were completely under his thumb and that you would do whatever he told you to do and that included staying far 'the hell' away from me."
"Oh no, he did not dare!!!"
"It gets even better, he assured me that he would do whatever it took, even lying to you to keep you out of 'my clutches' since obviously you were too ignorant to see the danger for yourself." He sighed for a moment, before continuing, "you know, I seriously wish people around here, would stop being so interested in matters that don't concern them."
"He said all that?!?!? Oooooohhhhhh I am so tempted to seriously kick his ass for this!!! He has no right interfering in who I hang around with or what I do."
Whoa, Granger, I have to admit that I agree that someone should kick his ass, but don't you think I deserve a shot, and besides," he smiled down at her, "if you freak out at him like that, even if he deserves it, he is going to know what I told you and make him even more sure that you need to be rescued from the big, bad Malfoy."
""So what do you think I should do then, hmmm? Let him continue to think that I am incompetent, except when he needs his homework to be done?"
He smirked, "no, of course not, but let him approach you and then blast him out of the water. If you're defending yourself, rather then going on the attack, he might be able to see your perspective."
"Wait a second," she turned to look at him suspiciously, "why would you even want Harry to see my perspective when you hate him?"
"Look, I admit that I hate Harry and company, probably about as much as he and the Weasel hate me, but for some bizarre reason, which I cannot understand, you seem to have some affection for them. Now while I still believe they are beneath you, you care about them, and I'd hate to be the reason why of you get hurt because of your relationship with me."
"Do you really mean that?"
"Yes," he looked down at her seriously for a moment, before smirking again, "I'd rather you discover on your own that they're jerks and then you can ditch them. Owwww, hey that hurt, " he exclaimed rubbing his arm after she quickly jabbed him.
"Yeah, well that is what you get for insulting and for calling me by my last name," Hermione walked off toward Snape's room, with a slight smile as she looked back over her shoulder to see Draco hurrying to catch up to her.
"Yeah, but you look so cute when I do. Hey, are you going to wait up for me, or what?" Draco shook his head ruefully for a second as he lengthened his stride to catch up to her, a smile flitting across his lips, as his thoughts turned to how they could spend the next hour or so in "detention."
TBC
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allee kat, Hermione, Caitie, DaZeD, Linnie, cad, sandy, Book-Lover-210, Megan, scythe_fire, Alanna, Angel, ViEiRA, hdsagjyaf (my very first reviewer ;), Sucker For Romance, Madame Padfoot, Jackie, Ally-sama, Caroline, Linnie, hermioneG89, Redundant Goddess, imlosnoches, Em, SugarShortys23, DrAcO*AcErbuS, Selena, Cascade of Darkness, mousie, Hermie13, lauriena, Fire Goddess, mysticalcancer, Krystle Nicole, DarkIllusion, Adris, Mrs.Amanda Malfoy, Dragona, stewy, Draco's Babe, wolf, Silver Starlight, zombie-miho, lutra,
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Once again, thank you all so very much . . . & please continue to read & review.