Chap3 - Invisible Ink

Week 1

Draco finished the last sentence on the piece of paper, he grinned and praised himself, "Draco you are simply... a handsome genius". After re-reading the letter, Draco felt as though he meant everything he wrote down, but being stuubborn like he is, he shook it down and continued praising himself.

He sneaked into Hermione's room and placed the piece of paper on her bed, before leaving, he caught a sight of a picture on the bedside table, curiousity beat him as he walked over and picked it up. It was a picture of Hermione with a beaming smile in a fancy dress at what appeared to be some kind of party, Draco smiled and placed it back down.

Later on, Hermione returned from her astronomy class, he yawned as she entered the common room and placed her bag beside the door, Draco sat on the sofa reading a book, Hermione looked at him as she walked by, he didn't acknowlegde her which relieved Hermione, he was acting far too strange lately and she wasn't too big on it.

She entered her room and fell onto her bed, she moaned slightly as she felt tired, she moved a little and heard a piece of paper crinkle. Hermione sat up and grabbed the paper, she looked at it from both sides to see it was blank, she became suspicious and took her wand and gently waved and flicked, "aparecium!" she said casting the spell, black letters began to come visible... she read:

Hermione Granger.

One day without seeing your graceful face is like a year without seeing you at all.

From afar I admire you're silky hair, your faultless skin and those gorgeous hazel eyes...

You are the most beautiful girl at Hogwarts if I amy say so.

I to you, am anonymous because I fear the rejection from you.

The joy in your laughter is soothing to me.

You're slender body drives me crazy and yet I must resist you.

I cannot fight my feelings any longer Hermione.

I am, admittingly addicted to you.

You haunt my thoughts and dreams.

You're perfect in one's eyes.

Hermione smiled from reading those sweet compliments, "How sweet! I wonder who he is" she thought to herself. She walked out of her room and saw Draco in the same position from when she left him, "Um... Malfoy... who was in our common room today?" she asked softly, "Oh well" he thought though dying to smile with glee, "Lots of people really, why do you ask?" he asked her yet already knowing, "Well... it's just, someone was in my room" she replied softly.

"I hope they didn't take anything" Draco said with a false sincere voice, "No, no they didn't" Hermione said as she shook her head, not noticing Draco's sarcasm, "They left something though" she said looking at him, "Oh? What's that?" he asked, "A letter... it's rather sweet actaully" she smiled to herself as she held it, "How wonderful" Draco smiled with a sarcastic tone in his voice. Hermione then realised Draco's attitude and looked at him rather annoyed, "Why do I even bother?" she asked looking at him, and then exited to her room, leaving Draco to grin with glee.

Hermione sat on her bed re-reading the letter over and over, no one had ever left her something like this before, "He think's I'm the most beautiful girl in school" she smiled to herself when reading the line over again, it made her feel special and for once, wanted.

Soon she heard a knocking on her door, she smiled and got up to answer it, but was disappointed to see it was only Draco. "What?" she asked questionably, "I found these outside our common room, there addressed to you" he said acting as if he wasn't all too bothered about it, Hermione smiled when she noticed the flowers in his hand, "I think I have an admirer" she said with a wide grin, "Great" Draco said sarcastically.

Hermione snatched them from his hand and shut the door on Draco's face, he backed away and then grinned as he turned around, "She's already becoming puddy in my palms" he said to himself.

Later, Blaise came over again to see how things were going, he joined Draco on the sofa again and smiled, "So... what's new?" he asked, "Well... she recieved the anonymous letter and flowers... and she was bloody smitten!" Draco grinned.

"Sounds like a good start... but you do realise she has to know it's you she falls in love with, not the anonymous gestures" Blaise pointed out, "I know, I'm working on it... you need to take things slow with Granger, she's not like the other girls, she expects something different from a guy" Draco explained, "How do you know?" his friend asked, "Well it's pretty obvious... she expects the ultimate romance and protection from a guy, she wants to be... his entire world" Draco replied with a smile as he felt damn smart.

"So what's the next move?" Blaise asked, Draco sat in wonder, "I think I might scatter her room with petals... prefferrably those red ones... roses" he answered, Blaise nodded, "And then I'll make my entrance, I'll look good, I'll smell good, I'll tell her words that would melt her heart in a matter of minutes" Draco grinned, and Blaise shook his head with a small laugh. "It amazes me how you know so much about girls... it'd be good if you had this much knowledge in lessons" he joked.