Hooray for more chapters! Haha. Oh and just to let you know… I'll try and write at least one more chapter in the next few days, because I don't want to keep you waiting, but I know that when the new book comes out this Saturday, NO ONE including me, hehe, is going to be here for at least a day or two. So I'll try and get you a fantastic chapter by Friday evening at the latest, but if I don't, I'll have one up by… ummmm… well soon. As soon as I come out of my "new Harry Potter book" exile. Which I know all of you will be doing as well. :-) Three cheers for the new book!
Ok I'm done talking. :-) Enjoy:-)
Disclaimer: don't own it. Sorry.
Draco paced the corridors hoping by any small chance to run into Ron so they could have a chat. As he walked he heard some interesting noises coming from a door off to his left. Deciding to investigate, and hoping to be able to take points away from the house who's students were engaging in "inappropriate activities" in a school classroom, he threw open the door and stood in amazement, staring at who he saw.
"Weasley, Granger," he drawled, leaning against the doorframe.
Hermione pushed Ron off her and he fell to the floor with a loud thump. He sat up rubbing his head and glared at Draco.
"Snogging in an empty classroom," Draco said, shaking his head at them. "Inexcusable… Weasley, a word outside, if you will…"
Ron managed to get up off the floor and stumbled dizzily out to the corridor with Draco, leaving a confused and drunk Hermione sitting on a desk in the classroom.
"Weasel I thought we discussed this," Draco growled, glaring at the redhead.
"You don't love her, you're just using her," Ron said, just as angry as Draco. "Slytherins hate anyone who's not a pureblood, you think I don't know that but you're wrong. I don't know what you're playing at but you need to leave Hermione alone."
"Don't tell me what to do, Weasel," Draco spat. "It's none of your business whether I love Hermione or not. Go back to your dormitory immediately, I'll see to it that Hermione gets back… safely."
"I'm not leaving-"
"Silencio," Draco hissed, and Ron glared at him as he was now incapable of speech. "Go."
Ron reluctantly obeyed, and Draco returned to the classroom to speak to Hermione. He was angry. There was no denying that. He was not angry at her, he was angry at himself. How could he have let a mudblood become so important to him? It was a mistake he could not forgive himself for, and would not allow to happen again.
But that didn't mean he couldn't have a little fun with her.
She watched him warily as he entered the room. "Where's Ron?" she asked.
"He's leaving," Draco answered curtly. "And so are we."
"I think this is the first time we've been alone that you haven't tried to kiss me since the beginning of the year," Hermione observed, and Draco smirked at her.
"That could be because you're drunk," he said fondly. He mentally slapped himself… he was doing it again, being nice to her. He really needed to stop that… it was incredibly out of character for him (a/n: haha sorry couldn't help it, I've been getting comments about that… :-D).
"Let's go," he said, roughly this time. "You need to get to bed. Hurry up, I have better things to be doing than taking care of you."
"Sorry to be such a waste of your time," Hermione muttered, getting off the desk and leading the way out of the classroom, brushing against him roughly as she passed him.
She walked quickly to her dormitory and said the password. Draco followed her in and she turned around quickly, glaring at him.
"I don't need your help, Malfoy," she spat. "I'm fine now."
"I'm sure," Draco said quietly. "Even still, I'm going to make sure you get to bed alright."
"Why do you even care?" Hermione demanded, heading towards her room. "I'm just a filthy mudblood, after all."
"Yes," Draco said. "Yes you are. But you are an attractive mudblood… and you are drunk."
Hermione smiled seductively up at him. "I thought you said you weren't trying to kiss me because I was drunk… what changed your mind?" she asked.
"I never said that," Draco denied. The truth was, he knew what he had said, and he wasn't exactly thrilled with the idea of kissing Hermione when she was drunk… he knew it wasn't the right thing to do, but a voice inside of him told him that it didn't matter whether it was right or not. She had been snogging the Weasel and he had found them. He had made the mistake of caring about her too much, and he refused to let it happen again.
So why shouldn't he take advantage of her in this intoxicated state? It could be fun. She wouldn't remember it in the morning anyway.
In one swift motion Draco pulled Hermione to him and kissed her fiercely. She kissed back with equal passion although he had to admit she was a bit sloppier than usual, but of course there was a good reason for that.
He hurried her the rest of the way to the bedroom where he shut the door behind them and tossed Hermione onto the bed. She lay there sprawled out and vulnerable and Draco refused to care. He waved his wand and a pair of handcuffs bound Hermione to the bed. She giggled in delight and tried to escape.
As Draco climbed into the bed next to her she smiled up at him with such adorable innocence that he couldn't bring himself to do anything.
He stood up again and walked to the door. "Draco, where are you going?" Hermione asked in confusion.
"To find Pansy," Draco said in the coldest voice she had ever heard him use. "You're sloppy, and like you said, nothing but a filthy mudblood. At least Pansy is worth something. I don't know what I was thinking before. Stay away from me, Granger."
Hermione watched him leave and wasn't sure exactly what she was feeling at the moment. Fortunately she didn't have to worry for long, as she soon passed out from a mix of the fire whiskey and stress.
Draco did indeed find Pansy, and she was more than happy to welcome him into her room. (a/n: grrr. That's all I have to say about that. She makes me angry, even though I'm the one writing this…. Grrrr)
Hermione couldn't understand what had gone wrong and why Draco was being awful to her again. She honestly couldn't remember a single thing about the previous night, including snogging Ron. But she knew something must have happened to have made Draco act so… well… like Draco.
She was very disturbed by this turn of events, she had thought he might be changing. She laughed at herself for even thinking that was possible. Malfoy's didn't change, they just didn't. She sighed and tried to pay attention to Professor Snape again, but it was very hard with Draco in the same classroom, obviously paying no attention to class whatsoever, being too busy with Pansy.
She sighed and buried her face in her hands. This wouldn't do. She realized there was only one thing left to do, and that was to go back to the way things had been before, when Draco Malfoy was her worst enemy. Maybe she'd find an excuse to punch him again. That would make her feel better.
But the one thing that confused her most of all, was why she had been handcuffed to her bed when she woke up that morning. She shrugged it off, knowing no one had taken advantage of her, otherwise she would have been in a lot of pain this morning. She was amused by the fact that she had found herself in such a position, handcuffs had always been one of her hidden fantasies. She hoped that whoever had done that to her would do it again soon, preferably when she was sober.
When class finally let out, Hermione gathered her belongings and headed to the door. She got there at the same time as Draco and Pansy, and was about to go through in front of them when Draco took a step forward, causing her to bump into him. She glanced up at him anxiously, unsure of what he would do.
"Out of my way mudblood," Draco said, glaring at her. Pansy gave her an evil smile and elbowed her aside so she and Draco could go through. Hermione stared at them and her eyes began to water.
"You ok, Hermione?" Ron asked in concern. She only nodded and hurried away to her room.
"What did he do this time?" Harry asked Ron, who simply shrugged.
"All he has to do is be himself, and that's enough to piss anyone off," Ron muttered.
Harry laughed. "True enough," he admitted.
Ok guys sorry to cut it off right there, I know it's kind of random, but I needed to be able to start fresh on a new chapter cuz it's about to start heading somewhere. :-) Hooray!
OH and you guys NEED to go read Cheribi161's story… its fantastic. If you like my story you'll love hers its amazing seriously! Read! Now! Haha but seriously it's really good! So after you review my story, you should really check it out I guarantee you'll love it!
Cheribi161: I'm sooo glad you started a story! It's fantastic! And I totally love this beta thing it's so fun! Hahahahaha are you serious, that song was on when you read it? That's classic! I dunno I just hear that song all the time so I'm like "hmm Fred and George sing Mariah Carey… yes!" I'm glad you liked it though, it's nice to know that I didn't just make an ass out of myself :-) Thank you for reviewing too, you're awesome!
mysteriouscharm: I'm glad you liked that chapter! I hope you like this one as well:-) Yeah sorry about all the drinking talk… this is what happens when I'm away from college for so long… pout… :-) Ooh and I loved the way you spelled continue! Very nice :-)
cena101: I'm glad you like it:-) Oh my goodness you're so nice! Thank you so much! I feel all warm and fuzzy inside! Hehehe yay:-) Thank you for reviewing:-) Oh and I'll definitely throw some more steamy scenes in here with Hermione and Draco ;-) Next chapter:-)
DrAcO'sblackrose: hehe it totally is the truth :-D haha but he's cute so we totally forgive him. :-) hehehe. I know seriously, why can't American guys be as hott as British guys? I'm so… saddened by this! I mean… wow. It's really depressing… oh well, we could just all move to England… :-) hehe thanks for reviewing:-)
Psyco Faerie: hahaha no worries, Hermione and Ron won't "do it" (haha! I love it!) in this fic. Not this time. :-) I really don't want to die. :-D But don't worry next chapter I plan to have a fun Draco/Hermione scene… mwa ha ha! Thanks for reviewing:-)
Poetic-Flo16: hahaha ok score I got your e-mail:-) Ooh I love those lyrics! I am so going to do a whole Draco/Hermione fic off that… is that ok? If I give you credit for the idea? That would be such a good story! Let me know if that's ok. :-) Thanks for reviewing:-)
DreamzComTru: hehe it's ok that you haven't updated in a while, I hope you had a good trip! I wish I could go on vacation… hehe! Thanks for reviewing when you came back though! I'm glad you still like it:-)
gothicpagan: hahaha yeah chocolate pudding and drunk Ron's do seem to mix that way… :-) But they behaved! … sort of… haha. :-) I'm glad you like it, thanks for reviewing! And the next chapter will have some fun Hermione Draco stuff in it, so I hope you'll enjoy that too:-)
Venus725: Yes, I am American, as are you, I see from your profile:-) Although I do agree with you on most of the things you said in your review, such as the whole Yule Ball thing (I definitely should have looked into that a bit more, you're right), however I don't think it's quite fair for you to say my story "isn't good". I do appreciate your constructive criticism, and completely agree with you on the fact that it started out better than it's ending up. I feel like after about the third chapter it started to go downhill, but I wouldn't say it's a bad story. I thank you also for your compliment of saying "I'm not a bad writer when it comes to descriptions", that is very kind of you. Thank you also for taking the time to review:-)
strawberryblueberrykitten: I am so looking forward to seeing him in all his ferret cuteness! You're absolutely right, Moody does come in during this book because he helps Harry with the tournament! I think I'm going to need to go back and read all my books, because I seem to be forgetting these things… it makes me very sad. Hehehehe ferrets! Awww I'm so excited! I wish November were closer. :-( Hehe thanks for reviewing:-)
JohnCenasGirl4Eva: I'm so glad you still like it:-):-) That makes me so happy! Quite honestly I've been losing confidence in this story, and it's so good to know people still like it! Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know! Yay:-)
foreverandever: hehe I'm glad you liked that chapter:-) I hope you like this one too hehe:-) yes, that's true… maybe the assassin would have connections with someone who could find the address… we should look into that. :-D Chocolate pudding is sooooo good! :-) :-) Hehehe thanks for reviewing:-)