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Chapter 5: Meetings
"Class, today is a fine day. We can continue our treasure hunt in the forest." Professor Sprout said. "You can start looking for your plants now!" Professor Sprout said happily.
"C'mon, Hermione, we need to find a lot of plants before the end of our Herbology class." Draco said to Hermione, her right arm outstretched to welcome Hermione's hand.
"Okay!" she said putting her left palm down Draco's hand and smiled at him. When they were already down the field, Crabbe and Goyle couldn't help noticing their arms. Crabbe stoped and stared at his buddy holding hands with a mudblood. When Parvati, his partner noticed the he wasn't moving, she shouted at him to get his attention.
"Hey!" Parvati shouted at Crabbe trying to get his attention.
"What?" Crabbe answered dumbly.
"Why do you keep looking at Malfoy and Hermione? Don't worry; I'm sure Hermione won't harm Draco." Parvati said to Crabbe, she was already annoyed by the constant glances Crabbe did.
Crabbe focused on where they are going and after a few minutes, he glanced back. But Malfoy and Hermione were nowhere in sight.
"You know all these plants, don't you?" Ron asked Harry.
"I only know three of them, how about you?" Harry answered back.
"Hell! I only know one!" Ron shot back.
"Never mind, I'll just look at my book." Harry said. Then the two walked and walked, finding the plant they needed to find. Then they saw a strange plant, it was a foul-smelling flower that was as big as Crabbe.
"What exactly is this plant?" Ron asked covering his nose with his hand.
"I don't know, I'll try to check the book." Harry said trying hard not to breathe. He scanned the pages of his Herbology book and finally, after a good ten minutes, he found the plant. It was called Flanka. Harry looked through the list Professor Sprout gave him and saw Flanka in the bottom part. He took a leaf from the foul-smelling plant in a snappy motion and kept it in his backpack.
"Finally, one plant down!" Ron said jumping for joy.
"Let's go, we have to find more plants." Harry said running deeper and deeper into the forest looking for more plants.
"Hermione, there is still one more plant to find. We still need to find the Flanka plant." Draco said sweating.
"It's okay, I know where the Flanka plant is." Hermione said to Draco wiping the sweat off his face with her handkerchief. "It is in the southeast. It's just near the hut of Hagrid, about twenty meters."
"I thank you for your broad knowledge." Draco said putting one arm over her shoulder.
The duo went southeast until they reached Hagrid's house and the walked until they found the Flanka plant. I was very smelly that they had to cover their noses. Draco snapped a leaf from the foul-smelling plant and put it in his bag. Then he turned back at Hermione, signaling her to move towards the bushes. Hermione moved and he followed her. When they were already behind the bushes, Draco gently cupped her face with her hands and said, "Thank you."
"No, it's nothing; I thank you too for being a good partner." Hermione said leaning closer to him to put her arms around him for a tight embrace. After a few seconds, she realized that she was hugging an ex-enemy. Then she loosened her hug and slowly, she brought herself away from Draco.
"It's about time." Hermione reminded Draco.
"Time for what?" Draco said, acting confused.
"It's almost eleven, we have to go back to the green houses. I still have a class after Herbology." Hermione said and started walking. Draco followed her and tried to catch up with the fast feet of Hermione. At last, he caught up with Hermione.
"What's your next class, Hermione" Draco asked.
"Muggle Studies" Hermione said.
"Ok, why do you have to take muggle studies?" Draco asked.
"Because I want to." Hermione said casually.
"Okay." Draco murmured to himself.
The Slytherin and the Gryffindor walked towards the green house. They were the first one to be there.
"Let me see your leaves, Mr. Malfoy and Ms. Granger. Looks like you go along very well." Professor Sprout said.
"Here." Draco said.
Hermione walked towards a nearby stone bench. After giving the leaves to the Professor, Malfoy joined Hermione in a bench.
"Hermione?" he whispered. "Are you free on Saturday?"
"Yes, I'm free in the afternoon." Hermione answered.
"I would like to meet you at 6 PM by the lake. They say it would be the best sunset this year." Draco said.
"That would be wonderful!" Hermione said.
'Okay, meet you there at six. I will be expecting you." Draco said and when Professor Sprout did not look, he gave her a soft peck on the cheek.