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A/N: thanks to everyone who has reviewed, it helps me a lot to continue to write and update. I've decided to continue this story and make it AU. And to those of you who thought I was not going to finish the story… I will! I know I have many grammatical errors and maybe spelling mistakes but my mother's tongue is not English so it can't be perfect…
My parents' story
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Chapter 3: Their new dorms
Hermione
We had a meeting with professor Dumbledore and he was arriving late. The first meeting with the headmaster as Head Boy and Head Girl, and we were going to arrive late. All because of that ferret.
"You're late, Malfoy" I accused him.
"I had thing to do before going to see that old hag" he said, putting his hands in his pockets and started to walk by her side to Dumbledore's office.
"That old hag has a name, Malfoy. Professor Dumbledore. You have to be responsible if you are Head Boy! So next time, be punctual". I walked ahead of him
"Do you think I care?" he said continuing to walk. He hadn't snapped at me comment or insulted me.
They were walking through a dark corridor in a tense silence until a they arrived to the gargoyle that led to the Headmaster's office. I breathed out and smiled, satisfied that I was finally going up those stairs as Head Girl.
"Strawberry and cream" I said the password. We were Heads, so we knew each and every password in the school. The gargoyle turned round and a spiral staircase appeared in front of us.
We knocked on the door.
"Welcome, Head Boy and Head Girl. Come in and sit down, please" he said peacefully and conjured two chairs so they could sit on. "First of all, congratulations for becoming Heads, I thought you would do a great couple once you learn to respect each other and when you work together" the new heads exchanged a look of not understanding what he was talking about. Me and Malfoy, a great couple? "I don't know if some one has told you or if you suppose it. When you were prefects, you had a common room you could use, but you could not sleep in it. As all the Heads of House have done since Hogwarts started, you will have a shared common room with adjoining bedrooms".
This wasn't happening. Hermione, wake up. I couldn't believe it. The whole year with Malfoy, living next to each other, sharing common room! It had to be a nightmare! How would I be able to concentrate on my homework? What about all those evenings chatting with Harry, Ron and Ginny?
"But Professor…" I started, trying to find a plausible excuse.
"It is in the east tower. It's guarded by a portrait of a man riding a horse and once you arrive there you will have to decide the password. I hope you enjoy your time as Heads of the school. Dismissed"
Then we both got up and went down the stairs and to our new rooms. I was fuming inside, trying to recall what I had read in Hogwarts: A History to see if there was a precedent that could excuse us of this dreadful situation. I stole a glance at Malfoy and, surprisingly, I found an emotion painted in his face: disbelief.
"Wait and see my father herds of this…" Draco murmured. Did he always need his father? Couldn't he do it on his own? Couldn't he accept it?
"Mummy, mummy, when can I meet grandfather Lucius?"
"I don't know if you'll meet him, daughter" she said peacefully
"Why?" she started to get angry.
"You'll know when the story finishes, my dear know-it-all".
"Why?"
"Wait and see".
"Malfoy, you can't change traditions!" I practically screamed, although I was thinking a similar thing.
"Shut up stupid mudblood" he answered plainly. Always insulting.
"Stop calling me this, will you?"
Draco
"Mudblood. Mudblood. Mudblood. Isn't it what you are? Mudblood". How I loved teasing her and watching her face grow angrier and redder with each comment I made. 'When she is furious her cheeks reddened and her eyes had a spark of malice and anger which made her look quite beu…quite... whatever' I rapidly decided against finishing the sentence.
"What I am is the best witch of my age, and red blood runs through my veins, just like yours". She glared at me and quickened the pace.
"Don't you dare compare your blood to mine ever again, do you hear me?" I snatched forcefully her arm "My blood has been untainted throughout the centuries and yours is as dark as mud".
"Let me go!" She yanked her arm back. "Seriously, Malfoy? Is mud the only adjective in your dictionary?"
"Just as 'me, professor' or 'here, professor' are the only sentences in yours, you teacher's pet" I retorted. 'This year might as well be tiring, but I'll never be bored, I'll always have someone to tease and to fight with.'
She just humpfed and kept walking.
"You were always fighting! You were NOT in love!" Beverly said starting to cry.
"Don't worry darling, it was because of that that I started to like your mother".
"Because you liked to fight? Because of this you married her? Because you liked to fight? I don't undrestand".
"No. It was because she was the only one who was at my level. The only one who was able to fight with me without me winning. She was the only one I was interested in, the other ones were just to slow to reach our level" he said sweetly and passed an arm round her wife's shoulders.
"Now, we have to choose a password. I think it would be good if we promised not to tell anyone so no one that its not us could come in by themselves and promise not to let anyone in. Not even your stupid girlfriends. Fiancée. Whatever" she said as we arrived to our new common room. Why did she keep reminding me that Pansy was my fiancée? Didn't I have enough having to deal with her?
"The first good thing you've ever thought, isn't it, mudblood Granger?" in his face appeared the famous triumphant Malfoy's smirk.
"Shut up! I'm trying to think about a password" she said with her hand on her chin.
"Granger is a know-it-all" I answered simply and motioned the picture to open.
"What? You can't do that! We must both agree" she said coming down from the moon. It was too late, the picture had already decided
"You wanted me to think of a password, didn't you? That's it, Granger is a know-it-all" I replied, smiling playfully.
Hermione
Had he really smiled? It was the first time I had seen him SMILE. No smirk or grin, SMILE. 'He is handsome with that smile, not with his Malfoy smirk' she thought before she could stop herself. 'Whoa, what are you thinking, Malfoy, handsome?'. He had definitely seen me stare at him and his face had turned cold again, changing the smile to a wide smirk.
"Even YOU can't resist me, I'm so hot" he said superiorly as he brushed his hair backwards.
"Bah, rubbish. Only you think you are hot" she said as she turned away and entered their new headquarters. I knew it was a lie, all girls in our year were dying to go on a date with him. Even Gryffindors.
My mouth fell open and I saw Malfoy trying to hide his amazement. It was an enormous room, the size of about half of their other common room and with furniture of an exquisite quality. It had a very big and comfortable-looking sofa in the middle, but the rest of the room was divided by an imaginary line.
In one half there was a desk, all clean and with draws: full of parchments, quills, ink pots…and a chair. And next to it there was a mini-library. All full of muggle books, magic books… that part of the room was in yellow and red colours. It was obvious who was it for. I stepped forwards and sat on the chair and smiled proudly, I deserved it.
On the other hand, there was Malfoy's part. It also had a desk, a chair and draws full of school supplies. But his library was full of books all related with dark arts and biographies of wizards who had belonged to Slytherin. Its background was silver and green.
Each side of the common room lead to two different stairs. I went up the stairs on my side and entered the room. The backround was the same colour as the common room and was also a big dormitory. There was very wide closet, too big for all the clothes I had bought, a double bed and around the wall the photos of myself with my friends, of my family… all the photos she had at her house in London.
I after discover Malfoy's one was similar. It had all the things his room in the Malfoy's Manor had, a big bed like Hermione's, a closet where his clothes didn't fit and the bedroom was decorated with his house colours, green and silver and the covers of his bed were also of this colours but also with a snake.
We both saw a door at the end of our dorms. we both opened it.
"A common bathroom?" we chorused together.
There was a big bath and a shower, two sinks and a toilette.
"I am an early bird. I wake up at 7 in the morning to shower. You, Malfoy?" I questioned.
Draco
"Me too. I wake up early" I lied.
"Then, the first one who wakes up takes the bath" she challenged and I nodded.
"Deal" I smirked, my eyes were glowing with a spark of malice. I was sure she was tired of the trip and she wanted to rest. Next morning she would have to wake up before me, which was impossible.
I arrived to my new bedroom. "levantus mismus" he murmured. 'What am I doing? Why am I doing this? It's not like she interests me or something…' tomorrow we'll see who wins. I grinned and fell asleep.
"Ah here is when you fall in love. You have a bath together and with your own common room, it is perfect to fall in love with someone" Beverly said dreamily, thinking of her princess stories.
Wait and see what happens in the bathroom in next chapter darling! Who do you think will get it? What do you think will happen?"
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