Quintessence
Ch6 Sobbing
Hermione left the bathroom with a tear streaked face and swollen red eyes. She kept her head down to avoid the stares. She entered the Great Hall in a rush and sat down in between Harry and Ron.
Harry scoffed, "'Mione"
"I'm not in the mood Harry," she sighed, "Just leave me alone."
"What happened 'Mione? Did you and 'Arry have a row?" Ron asked giving Hermione a hug.
Hermione sniffle, "No Ron, I'm fine, we're fine, just give me some time to myself." She said reassuringly.
"Ok 'Mione, whatever you say. Just remember you can always talk to us, ok?" Ron reassured her.
"Okay Ron," she whispered.
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"Shit man, you worked us hard today. What's up with you, you seem distant."
"You turning gay Blaise?" He said laughing
"Me? Dude, if anything, your turning gay. Well, at least I've been bedding girls this week." Blaise smirked
"Drakie! Blaise is right! What's wrong with you. We haven't had a...ahem...get together in a while!" Pansy whined flinging herself on Draco.
"Get off me Pansy, I'm not in the mood. Just 'cause your not getting any doesn't mean you have to come whining to me." He spat
"Drake! There is something really wrong with you if you're turning down sex. Now, spill man, we'd all like to hear." Blaise spoke up.
"Nah, I'd like to keep this one detail to myself," Draco said annoyed
"Sure man, whatever you say." Blaise said rolling his eyes at Pansy and winked.
"Drake, please stop by my room tonight. I missss you!" Pansy whined
"Shut up Pansy, I'm not in the mood to deal with you!" Draco snapped wrenching his arm away from her grasp.
"Deal with me? Is that what you do? Deal with me? Listen Draco Malfoy, if your going to treat me like you would treat that mudblood, then don't come near me unless you're going to apologize," she got up and gave him a good clean slap across the face, "Deal with me. I'll give you deal with me..." She trailed off as she ran out of the hall.
"Drake, I never thought you had it in you, you finally got rid of her," Blaise said congratulating Draco with a pat on the back.
Draco didn't notice, but on the other side of the hall, Hermione was grinning from ear to ear.
Draco looked up and Hermione immediately looked away blushing. 'She's staring eh?'
He smirked and gave her a wink of reassurance and went back to eating.
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"Turn to page 293 and copy down any notes you think you should need for this lesson. You children are now old enough to know what you need and don't." Snape hissed at the front of the classroom.
Pansy whined, "Like Draco."
"Shut up Pansy, I don't need this," he whispered harshly.
"Yes you do," she smirked seductively.
"Yeah, I can have anyone else Pansy, you can't. We'll see who lasts and who doesn't," Draco muttered.
"I will now partner you up for your projects. You will all be making Veritaserum. This potion is very useful to get information out of someone. Now I shall pick the partners, interhouse of course -everyone groaned-. He smirked.
"Now, Potter and Pansy, Malfoy and Granger -everyone gasped- Oh come now, shut up! Zabini and Brown, Weasley and Crabbe..." He trailed off naming the partners.
"Please go sit with your partners. Move to your respected places and this is where you will sit for the rest of the year." He smirked arrogantly looking at their faces.
Hermione walked over to Draco's table and gave a small smile. He immediately put his feet down and smirked.
Hermione sat down and whispered so no one could here, "So, we're partners. I think we'll get along very well." She finished smirking seductively.
"Oh, my dear, the fun is just getting started." He replied non-chalantly.
Draco looked straight ahead and sneaked his hand onto Hermione's thigh. Hermione jumped, but then relaxed when she saw the confused looks from everyone.
"Draco," she scolded.
"Whaat?" he dragged on.
"Not here, where everyone can see. What will they say if they find out. And remember, Pansy is right there." She whispered leaning towards Pansy.
"Screw Pansy. She can go fuck herself if she wants." He snapped sneering at Pansy.
"Ok, Draco, but if word gets out and somehow your father finds out, won't you be in deep trouble?" She asked with worry in her eyes.
"Don't worry bout me 'Mione, I can handle my father. Lived with the crazy man for 17 years." He muttered under his breath.
"Draco, I will worry, it doesn't matter if you don't want me to or not, I still will, you can't stop me." She whispered looking at her feet.
Draco took Hermione's hand in his non-chalantly as to not make a scene. "Don't worry my love, everything will be alright, just please, don't worry, do it for me." He rubbed her hand with worry.
She sighed.
"Don't worry love, don't worry."
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Hermione entered the common room closely followed by Draco. She ran up the stairs and Draco ran after her playfully. Being taller and having longer legs, he soon caught up to her.
Her ran up to her, picked her up, and swung her around. He stopped and all you could hear was their breathing from running.
"Hermione, your so beautiful." He whispered
"As are you Draco," she replied looking into his eyes.
He leaned down and kissed her innocently. She made it passionate and soon they were on the couch snogging. They were moaning into each other as they made-out like nothere was no tomorrow.
"Draco..." she managed to get out in between kisses.
"Hhhmm?" he asked and looked up into her eyes.
"I'm not used to this, lemme take a break please, I can barely breath, and you being on top of me doesn't help," she laughed as Draco got off.
"Sorry love, I could go for another couple minutes, seeing as you can't then, I'll stop." He replied disappointed.
She sighed, "I'm sorry Draco, I've never done things like this before and you know it. Just give me some time and I'll get used to it."
"Don't worry about it, I won't pressure you into anything."
Then a black owl swooped in. Draco's heart clenched. 'Oh no, my father.'
"Hermione, do you mind if I go into my room for a while, I need to...do some things." He said nervously as he took the letter.
"Sure, that's fine, but come back later, I have a surprise for you," she smirked.
"I'll be back in a second." He kissed her cheek and bounded up the stairs to his room. Once in there he sat at his desk and ripped open the letter.
Son-
I am pleased to inform you that after the holidays you will be receiving the Dark Mark. Our Lord is very pleased with your progress in school. And I hope you and Pansy are well. You are expected to be wed at the end of the summer after school finishes. I want absolutely no complaints and I want you to practice your Dark Arts. My Lord wants a performance. I will check on you later, if anything disappoints me, well, you know what will happen.
- Lucius
Draco got up and went into the common room. He threw the letter into the fireplace and sat down. He didn't even notice Hermione there.
Hermione got up and ran to Draco's side the minute he sat down.
She reached up and carressed his cheek.
"Don't touch me," he spat and shook her hand off.
Hermione looked into his eyes and saw hurt, not anger.
"Draco, what's wrong," she asked softly whilst crying.
"Nothing," he snapped.
"Draco, please tell me what's wrong, your worrying me," She screamed sobbing now.
Draco turned around and when he saw Hermione crying, he couldn't take it. He reached his arms out and embraced her in a hug.
"I'm sorry love, my father send me an infuriating letter, and I am royally pissed. I'm sorry I took it out on you. Just please, stop crying. This has nothing to do with you," He explained with concern.
Hermione sobbed into his chest. "Dr-Draco I w-was s-so s-scared when you c-came down the s-stairs so m-mad. I d-didn't k-know what to d-do. I j-just did what came to m-mind. I'm s-sorry." She said in between sobs.
"Sshh, love, I'm sorry. Just please stop crying, it makes me feel even more guilty for what I did." He said soothingly as he stroked her back.
She sobbed into his chest.
"What was the surprise you had planned for me?" He asked with a little excitement.
She pointed towards a table and there was a tv with a couple of boxes on top, and a rectangle one under it.
"What's that?" He asked curious to know what it was.
"It's called a television. I was hoping maybe you wanted to watch a movie or something with me before we went to sleep." She explained.
"Sure, anything you wish. So, what are we going to watch. And how?" He said getting up and pushing buttons.
"Draco, sit down. Don't trouble yourself, I'll do it." She sighed getting up.
"Are you sure?" He asked laughing.
Hermione popped in a DVD called 'Meet the Fockers'. She walked back to Draco and sat on the couch next to him. She laid her head on his chest and put her hand across his stomach. Draco took a hand and ran it through her hair as the movie started playing.
In the middle of the movie, Draco and Hermione burst out laughing because there was a dog that was humping a small squeaking doll. (A/N: Anyone remember? LMAO)
By the end of the movie, Draco was practically crying from laughter. He looked down and saw that Hermione was asleep. He slid out from under Hermione and went to turn off the television.
"How do you turn this bloody thing off," He asked himself.
He pressed all the buttons and finally pressed the off button. He smirked, obviously proud of himself.
He went back to the couch and put one hand under Hermione's knees and one hand at her neck. He swooped her up gently and started up the stairs.
Hermione stirred in her sleep. "Mmmm," she mumbled as Draco reached her room.
He laid Hermione on the bed gently and pulled the covers over her.
He leaned down and whispered, "G'night, my star, tomorrow is another day." He stopped and then looked at her face."I-I love you." He whispered hoping Hermione heard him.
Little did he know, she did.
(A/N: Cliffhanger! Am I evil or what? Review please! Anyways, he finally said those 3 lovely words. Lets just hope Harry doesn't find out. Or will he? Mwuahaha! Find out next time on 'Quintessence'. woo hoo, I love that line!)