Chapter Ten- Regretting

Draco spent the rest of the day uncomfortable. He didn't have another class with Hermione for the rest of the day and by the end of it hadn't seen her. He screwed up big time, but hope wasn't lost. "Prove it" she had told him. How can I bloody prove it? Draco thought, while walking towards his common room.

"Hey, Drakie, wait up!" yelled Pansy, running towards him to catch up.

When she did, he turned to her, annoyed, "Seriously, Pansy, I hate that bloody nickname! That was used, like, in second year. Please give it a rest". "Sooorry. Aren't we in a bad mood this evening" she replied.

They kept walking and after a few minutes, Pansy spoke," You've been distracted today. Is something wrong?"

Draco really didn't want to share anything with Pansy right now so he just said, "I couldn't get very well what McGonagall explained and I'm a little frustrated"

"That's ok, Draco. Want to come to my dormitory? The rest of the girls left already," she asked him, grinning at him.

"Not tonight, Pansy" he said, going up the staircase towards his bedroom.

"That's fine, too" she told him, kissing him on the cheek and turning around to go eat dinner.

I seriously need to think of a way to get rid of Pansy if I want to be with Hermione, he thought to himself, before entering the bathroom to take a quick shower.

The three Gryffindors were walking into the Great Hall, all cheery and laughing. They were discussing today's event when Neville fell flat in his face, farting at the same time. When they entered, Ron took a quick glance toward the Slytherin table and, as expected, Malfoy was watching them with a very serious face. Ron put his arm around Hermione's shoulders and kept walking. Hermione looked up to his face, hugging him and still laughing with Harry. Draco was boiling with anger and jealousy.

How dare he touch her! he thought angrily to himself and tried to pay attention to what Pansy was saying and to eating.

Hermione was more relaxed now that she was joking around with her two best friends. She felt relieved, although she still thought about her little encounter with Malfoy, she didn't show it to her friends and tried to be as cheery as possible.

"So, Saturday, two days from today, Hogsmeade. We have to go check out Fred and George's new joke shop," said Harry.

"While you two go do that, Ill go look for new quills and parchment" said Hermione.

They ate in peace, talking of the things they planned to do tomorrow at Hogsmeade and everything went well and undisturbed.

Draco was pissed when he got to his dormitory. He saw her so happy with those two, especially when Weasley was near her. He was so angry. He had to prove to her that he really wanted to be with her and it had to be something that will make everyone know. He thought of a plan, and he was going to go step by step until he finally got her.

The next morning, while the Gryffindors were eating breakfast, an owl dropped a dozen red and white roses in front of Hermione. She was shocked. She reached out to hold them.

"Oh, Hermione, they're beautiful!" gasped Parvati.

"Maybe the owl got the wrong person" said Hermione, hoping that she was wrong.

"You know that doesn't happen, Mione. They were sent to you and no one else" said a very excited Ginny.

Hermione couldn't help but smile. She was touched. She turned around to the Slytherin table's direction, but didn't see Draco anywhere.

"Wow, Mione, that really is something" said Harry.

Hermione didn't see Draco the whole day. He wasn't in the classes that they took together and Parkinson said that he was ill. She wasn't completely sure that it had been him who sent the flowers, but it had to be.

When she got to her dormitory after dinner, she saw a small package lying on top of her bed. She quickly opened it and gasped. It was the same necklace that Draco had given her, only that the stone of this one was the color of his eyes. Maybe he does care, she thought, smiling.

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