Disclaimer: Forgot it last chapter! Oops! I don't own Harry Potter. And that's sad. :(
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Where There's A Will, There's A Woman
Chapter Two
As it turned out, Jessica was as docile as they come, and Yú was as squally as they come. Hermione, on more than one occasion, had to take over care of Yú until she quieted. It was almost fun, Hermione thought on more than one occasion throughout the day, it was almost like playing house with dolls and teddy bears and the weird kids from down the street, except that the doll could be mistaken for a real child, and she actually knew Harry and Ron. And Malfoy, but we still don't like him.
By the end of the day, Hermione realized that she had spent the time she would have used to do homework or to study entertaining Jessica. She had a mountain of homework that could rival Harry's and Ron's, and was just plain lucky that some of her extra classes didn't get homework.
She decided it was Malfoy's turn to watch the kid, if only for a couple of hours, as she didn't trust him with it for more than that. So, she waited in the Entrance Hall until she saw Malfoy come up from the dungeons with the Slytherin Quidditch team.
"Oi, Draco, what's the Mudblood doing here?" One of them snickered.
"Shut it, Warrington." Hermione snapped. "I know some hexes that would curl even your greasy hair." She turned to Malfoy, who matched her look of contempt with one of his own. "It is your turn with Jessica."
"Who's Jessica?" Warrington asked Malfoy in a 'lucky!' voice.
"The doll, pervert!" Hermione held out Jessica.
"Can't, Granger, I've got Quidditch practice." Malfoy said airily. "And besides, I don't need to babysit a stupid doll."
"You do when we need to get a grade on it!"
"Look, I don't like you."
"Really? I did not know that." Hermione rolled her eyes.
"And you don't like me."
"You're smarter than you look."
"And we want to spend as little time as is humanly possible together."
"Did you figure that out on your own?"
"So we're agreed."
"On what!" This was getting them nowhere.
"You go play house, and I'll see you at class tomorrow."
"Oh no- you're going to take the kid now, so I can do my homework!"
"No, I have Quidditch!"
"I have homework!"
"Quidditch beats homework hands down!"
"No no no! Homework actually counts for something in school! Quidditch, on the other hand, is simply recreational!"
"…….wha?"
"HOMEWORK IS MORE IMPORTANT!"
"NO IT IS NOT!"
"MALFOY, PULL YOUR WEIGHT AND TAKE THE DOLL!"
"I HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO, MUDBLOOD!"
KA-WHAM. Hermione punched Malfoy, giving him an instant black-eye and a trip to the floor. She stood there, breathing heavily and glaring daggers.
Malfoy took a moment to recover himself, making a big show out of staggering to his feet, clutching his face. Finally he said "All right, fine, you win, Granger, gimme the kid."
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AN: i gotta go update chap-e-tar tah-reee! (extra points if you can figure that out!)