Author's Notes: Please don't kill me! I had to change the category from Romance/Humor to Romance/General. Why? Problems with my muse. I do not abandon fics so I prefer changing the category to something I can handle better. There will still be humour of course and if I get quite humoristic it might even go back to the original genres, but for now I'm making it Romance/General. Do I have to hide now? Eep!

Enjoy!

Chapter 8

Blind Date

The February Hogsmeade weekend was approaching and even though Draco and Larissa were on speaking terms they were still keeping a certain distance. The Slytherins hadn't attempted another attack on the girl with the same eyes as Harry Potter, but Draco kept his guard always listening to what his fellow House students discussed. He was still worried about the girl, although he kept cursing himself for falling for none other than Potter. Sometimes he wondered if falling for The-Boy-Who-Lived would have been inevitable whether he had performed the accidental girl curse or not.

Gregory Goyle and Vincent Crabbe had been trying to keep following Malfoy, but they had noticed their leader withdrawn to his own little world. In the end, they had chosen to give Draco some time alone. Draco appreciated the time alone and frequently found himself visiting Severus Snape. Unfortunately, the Potions master hadn't found a counter curse and was getting annoyed at his favorite student for coming so much. On the last visit, he had almost snapped at Draco. "What is it with you and wanting to rescue Potter so much from his demise, Mr. Malfoy? I am starting to think you have feelings for Potter! If it wasn't for how illogical that would be..." Severus had stopped as he noticed Draco's flushed cheeks. After that, the Potions master said no more and simply dismissed the student.

Hermione had decided to take things into her own hands so she went to a 5th year Slytherin girl that was actually very nice and planned something with the girl. The girl, whose name was Chloe Lyne, was a girl that Hermione had kind of befriended while studying in the library. Chloe seemed enthusiastic with Hermione's plan and immediately decided to put it into action.

Chloe went running to Draco in the Slytherin common room. She seemed quite energetic: "Draco! Draco!"

"What's wrong with you, Lyne?" The blonde boy looked quite annoyed. He still wondered how that girl had ended up in Slytherin anyway.

"You will have a blind date in Hogsmeade! This Saturday!"

"And who the hell organized me a blind date? I haven't asked for one!"

"I can't say, but you have to go! You might enjoy it!"

Draco thought about it for a while. Perhaps this was his chance to actually forget about his feelings for Potter. Maybe if he fell for a new girl everything he was feeling would disappear, although that might make him the most fickle person in the world. "Alright, Lyne! I'll go to this... blind date."

The girl was actually jumping happily. "She'll be thrilled when I tell her!"

"Who will be thrilled if may I ask?"

"The girl that planned it all of course!"

"Wow! You are so specific it astounds me, Lyne! What is the name of the girl?"

"Can't say that! Sorry! Bye bye!"

Lyne disappeared from the common room in a flash, obviously going to find the girl that had planned it all while Pansy Parkinson approached Draco looking quite hurt. "Why did you accept that, Draco? It could be anyone! What if they are trying to pair you with some cow?"

Draco rolled his eyes thinking: 'You are quite the cow, Pansy! And quite the cow I may add as never in my years in Hogwarts have I actually attempted to murder Potter, even if you didn't know it was Potter who you tried to murder anyway...' Then he voiced: "It's a risk I'm going to take, Pansy. Now leave me alone!"

"You can't do it! Don't go! You have me! You know you always have me! I will do anything you want, Draco! ANYTHING!"

"Anything? Really?" The girl nodded. "Okay then, disappear from my sight. You are annoying me."

"WHAT? How dare you?" She slapped him. "It's because of that grandniece of McGonagall's, right? It's quite obvious that you like her. It's just that we haven't wanted to take any measures, but we are! We... We..."

"You will try to murder her again?" Draco stood up still rubbing the cheek where Pansy slapped him.

"How... What are you talking about?" Pansy looked scared.

"You know what I'm talking about, Pansy. I saw you do it. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to my room and if you try anything against that girl or anyone for that matter, I will report you."

Pansy was left gaping in disbelief, but her gaze hardened as she thought: 'No Draco. It's against you I might try something this time. I swear on the Dark Lord's name, Draco, that you'll be mine whether you want it or not.'

XxXx

Hermione had already received the news from Chloe and was smiling all the way to Gryffindor's common room. She went to Larissa McGonagall, who was sitting in front of the fire with Ron trying to catch up on some homework.

"Hi Hermione!" said Larissa without even raising her eyes. Crookshanks was sleeping on Sa's lap.

"Larissa, you will have a blind date in Hogsmeade this Saturday." Hermione made sure to say it in a sad tone.

"Who organized me a blind date? I am not interested. I do not want any more idiots that want to date me because they want to squeeze my boobs, Hermione."

Ron and Hermione both turned scarlet at the comment, but Ron then started to laugh while Hermione simply regained her composure and cleared her throat: "I don't know, Sa, but it might be fun... Maybe you will meet someone new and somehow feel better about your situation."

Larissa looked at Hermione raising an eyebrow: "Is my date a girl?"

Ron started to cough uncontrollably before stating: "You know how strange that might look to everyone..."

Hermione took a deep breath: "I do not think it's a girl, Larissa. Would you want to date a girl at this point?"

Sa went thoughtful, but shook her head before saying: "No. I guess not." Larissa started thinking that this might be her chance to actually forget about Draco. The blonde Slytherin had been plaguing her dreams lately and she was going out of control. She had even found some wetness in her knickers and started to wonder why thinking about her nemesis would have that effect on her. It was totally wrong. "Alright. I'll go to the stupid blind date. Might be Neville and that wouldn't be so bad. Maybe Ernie McMillan? I just hope it isn't a Slytherin. That would be scary."

Hermione got completely uptight at the last comment, but quickly went back to normal again. "Perfect then! It's settled!" The girl then sat with her friends to do some reading. Her homework had been done long ago.

XxXx

The Hogsmeade Saturday arrived and the students lined up for inspection by Mr. Filch before being able to leave for their Hogsmeade trip. As she was waiting to be checked by the caretaker Larissa was feeling nervous. After further consideration, she had started to think she had made a big mistake in accepting that blind date. It was too much of a risk. What if someone had planned deflowering her against her will? Alright, so the thought was quite stupid, but still, in girl form she somehow didn't feel as sure of herself as she used to when she was a guy. Being a girl wasn't really bad, but sometimes it felt like a weakness. She felt that she wasn't as strong in that form, not like she was really strong as Harry. As Harry, she had been very thin and short for her age after all. Anyway, she would meet her date in The Three Broomsticks very soon. Maybe things wouldn't go wrong.

Draco was feeling very nervous. At least he was sure that the blind date couldn't be with Pansy. By the way she had reacted it was quite obvious that she hadn't been the girl in the arrangement, but even though he knew it wasn't Pansy he was still thinking that he might have committed a terrible mistake. He had been told that his date would be in The Three Broomsticks. That place was always crowded, but at least it wasn't Madam Puddifoot's as that other place was pathetic for his tastes. He also knew what that place looked like in February because of St. Valentine... It was quite a disturbing thought.

Larissa arrived at The Three Broomsticks and Rosmerta quickly took her to a reserved table. Sa felt strange when this happened, but Rosmerta seemed to be enjoying herself. The woman told the girl to wait a little while and she would bring her date. Sa rolled her eyes, but waited.

After a few minutes tapping her fingers on the table and wondering if it was really Neville, something that was disturbing because Neville knew the truth, Rosmerta came escorting none other than Draco Malfoy! 'Shit!' thought Larissa. She quickly stood up from the table and pointed at the Slytherin at the same time Draco did the same pointing his index finger at her.

"YOU!"

Rosmerta seemed ecstatic. "You are so happy to see each other! I'm glad!" With that, the woman left and both Draco and Larissa sat on their chairs.

"Do you have any idea who played this joke on us?" asked Sa seemingly disturbed.

"No idea, Potter, but it must be someone that wants to blow us completely."

"Blow us? There is no 'us', Malfoy as far as I've known!"

"What about the tiny details that have happened between us?"

"Details to be simply ignored and forgotten as a matter of fact. This is wrong! What will your father say, Malfoy?"

"Number one, my father doesn't know it's you, Potter. Number two, my father in fact doesn't know anything about what I do or not do in Hogwarts. Number three, my father is in Azkaban thanks to you."

"Don't you dare put that blame on me! It wasn't my fault that he decided to join some totally wacked up snake freak and try to kill me in the Department of Mysteries!"

"Alright. You have a point, Potter."

The two teens were silent for a while, but Draco soon ordered two butterbeers and some snacks. Sa was still silent playing with her fingernails. "Would you stop that, Potter? You are driving me mad!"

"Stop what?"

"Playing with your fingernails!"

"Whatever!"

They ate silently and Sa gulped her butterbeer in a very ungirlish way to Draco's horror. "Not that way, Potter! Not even I do that!"

"Do what?"

Draco sighed in frustration. "Forget it."

"Draco?" Draco's gray eyes connected with a green gaze. "I... I'm not sleeping well."

"You can ask Snape or Pomfrey for something."

"That's not what I mean." Draco seemed interested. "What I mean is..." Larissa turned scarlet. "I can't sleep thinking about... stuff."

Draco raised an eyebrow at this, but then started to laugh uncontrollably. Soon he was even giggling and Sa looked hurt.

"Well, if you are simply going to make fun of me..." Sa stood to leave, but Draco's hand grabbed hers.

"Didn't mean to laugh. Sorry," he stated, still smiling. He then pulled the girl that he perfectly knew was Potter and kissed her softly, then deeply. Larissa moaned a bit and felt her tongue being sucked at gently.

Someone was looking at the scene with fiery eyes full of jealous rage. It was Pansy Parkinson.

Thanks to Menecarkawan for still bearing with my fics! How can you do it, Mene?

Also thanks to: Theo Drake, Talons, Cricket, and smiles002

Keep those reviews coming! I'm very grateful! I'm still thinking about the pregnant or not pregnant theme. It depends on what I feel I guess, but truth is that pregnancy could actually make things funnier! Let's see what I get.