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AN: I'm sorry it took a while to get this up. I've been sick ever since I last posted! And, it sucks! And I can't breathe, or talk, or LAUGH (which could either be the end of the world, or the cause of a lot of pain for me) without ending up in hacking coughs. Luckily, though, I'm healthy enough to type now, so here we go! (Had a wonderful Valentine's Day, btw. But we won't get into that, just to save time. The dance was postponed cuz of a stupid storm, but otherwise, it was great!)
Hermione woke up the next morning. There was a happy feeling inside her, but she didn't know why.
Then, she remembered. Draco. She smiled at the thought of him.
Suddenly, she frowned. Harry and Ron still didn't know about them. What if they found out?
Firstly, they'd make her go to the nurse, claiming she'd gotten brainwashed. Then, after they found out it was true, they (along with the rest of Gryffindor) would probably ignore her.
However, the chances of them finding out were very slim.
Last night, Draco and her had come up with a plan so that it would be possible to keep their relationship a secret.
They would act like everything was the same while in public, ignoring each other. Then, every day, in between the end of classes and dinner, they'd go to the Swimming Pool where they'd meet and HOPEFULLY be alone.
It was a foolproof plan.... She hoped.
*~*~**~*~*
Hermione sat down at the Gryffindor table beside Harry and Ron. Glancing quickly over to the Slytherin table, she saw that Draco was already seated and was talking to Pansy Parkinson.
Ron followed her gaze to see Draco. His eyes narrowed and Hermione immediately looked away.
"The bastard skived off detention last night. Shay even let him go. Dunno what the asshole had to do, but it was probably either a prank or a girl. Shay wouldn't let anyone out of detention for anything else."
A guilty pang entered Hermione's face and she nervously looked down at her breakfast.
"But then, the damn Slythershit couldn't get any girl other than two ton Pansy over there, so it must've been a prank," Ron said, shrugging. Hermione blushed deeply, but refrained from replying.
He then looked suspiciously at his juice. "Don't drink it, Herm. It's probably some potion that turns you into a giant banana!"
Hermione looked at him blankly. "There's a potion that turns you into a giant banana?"
Ron looked at her, surprised. "Of course! It's one of those transfiguration potions! It's called the Citrusion Potion!"
"Uh huh." Hermione nodded, crossing her arms. "And how exactly is it that you know this, and I don't?" "Umm.."
Hermione stood up, as to intimidate him. "Whose drink did you put it in, Ron?" "Um.. Well.." Ron darted a nervous glance towards the Slytherin table.
Hermione followed his gaze to where he was looking. Right at Draco Malfoy. Her mouth fell open and she turned to Ron.
"You didn't.."
Ron looked at her guiltily while Harry snickered and turned away to talk to Fred and George about that night's Keeper try-outs.
Hermione's eyes darted back to the Slytherin table. Her heart almost leaped into her throat when she saw Draco coolly pick up his untouched juice glass. (wow, he just has a record of eating his breakfast coolly, doesn't he?)
"DON'T DRINK--" she cried across the room as he put the glass to his lips. "-that.." she finished lamely as he sipped at his juice.
Almost the whole Hall turned to look at her while she stared at Draco anticipatedly.
Five seconds passed and she heard Ron groan and mutter, "Shit." She looked back at him. "What?"
"I must've brewed it wrong. It should have worked by now.."
Hermione breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank the Lo-"
She stopped when she heard a loud, frequent popping, like the sound of a popcorn bag, coming from the other side of the Hall, where the Slytherin table was located.
There was a sudden, stunned silence and Hermione slowly turned on her heel, already knowing what was coming.
And, of course, there Draco was standing, in his glorious.. fruitiness..
A loud spitting noise came from the teacher's table, as Professor Weasley spit out her milk, making no effort to hold back her loud, obnoxious laughs.
Following her example, the rest of the Great Hall burst out into laughter.
Hermione stared at him, her hand covering her smiling mouth. Finally, she let out a small giggle. Eventually, that giggle turned into a loud laugh.
The laughs immediately ceased as Professor Snape stormed down the stairs to the Slytherin table. The only remaining laughter was coming from Shaylee, who was cackling and gasping for air.
Even she, however, stopped when Snape bellowed, "WEASLEY!!!" at the top of his lungs as he reached the dumbfounded Draco.
Immediately, there were five, "It wasn't me!"s echoing throughout the Hall.
He glared right at the Gryffindor table skeptically. "Right. And I'm the bloody Queen of England."
Shaylee immediately stood up and walked briskly towards him. "Well, it's a great honor to meet your acquaintance, Your Highness." She did a fake curtsy, then turned to the Gryffindor table, ignoring Snape's glare.
"OK, kiddies. I do believe we've gotten ourselves in a wee spot of trouble. Follow me." She gestured to all of her cousins. "Oh, you can stay, Gin-gin. We all know you didn't do anything!" She grinned at her, then winked as she led the whole party out the door.
She turned to see Snape still standing there besides the ba-.. I mean, Draco. "Well?" she prompted. "Are you going to come and yell at us or are you just going to stand there and stare at your fruity little friend all day?"
Snape glared at her. "Coming, Weasley." "Still at that, are we? Wow, some people never fully mature.." Snape ignored her comments as he put a spell on a protesting Draco to levitate him to the Infirmary.
The sight of a floating banana did nothing to calm the rest of the students OR teachers (Professor Dumbledore found the picture quite amusing) down. As Snape led a levitating Draco out of the Hall, there were many giggles coming from the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff tables.
This, obviously, didn't do much to calm Draco down, either. He had been silent for the past few minutes, ever since his.. accident, probably from shock.
As he was being floated out of the Great Hall, however, a stream of words that weren't exactly for First Years' ears came out of his mouth.
Out in the hallway, Shaylee beckoned for Fred and George to come closer to her. "Did you guys do it?" she whispered, grinning.
"I wish! That was brilliant!" Fred looked ecstatic.
Shaylee looked confused. "But, wait...... If you guys didn't do that, who did? I sure as hell wish I had, but you know I can't, since I'm a teacher."
"Well......" George looked thoughtful. "We DID loan our "Pranks and Potions" book to someone the other day......" "And it probably had something about the Citrusion Potion in there," Fred added.
"So, you didn't DO anything, you just loaned the book to someone?" Shaylee asked, grinning triumphantly. The twins nodded, looking at her oddly.
"Yes! Great! Therefore, it is still YOUR fault, your prank, your creativity at work, and all that jazz....... But the responsibility isn't yours!!!"
George raised an eyebrow. "Well, Shay, the person we loaned the book to is...... um...... well......"
"Me. Great, wasn't it?" Ron, who had been standing there listening to them, finally joined the conversation.
Shaylee looked up at him, astonished. "Ron? Do a prank that's FUNNY?!?" "Hey! That's not funny, Shay!" "Well, we're even, then!" Shaylee declared grinning. Ron rolled his eyes while the twins laughed.
"OK, so Ron's admitting it? Great!" Fred clapped George on the arm and they made their way back to the Great Hall, leaving Ron grinning innocently at his cousin.
Shaylee, for once, wasn't smiling. "So...... Ronald......" "Hi, Sha- er, Professor Weasley. How's your day going?"
Shaylee glared at him. "Well, it was great, until a certain cousin of mine decided to pull a prank, which I'm perfectly fine with. However, it's a little different when I have to decide on the punishment......"
Ron's mouth fell open and he gulped. "Come on Shay!! It was just a joke! Harmless! It'll take less than 24 hours for him to get back to normal!"
Shaylee looked down at him skeptically. She sighed. "Now, Ronald, when will you ever learn that the punishment is a lot harder than the actual work put into the prank? At least if the prank took a lot of thinking and hard work, you'd have something to be proud of! But you got the stupid thing from a book! You don't have an invented spell or anything to be proud of!"
Ron looked at her, a side of his mouth twitching. "Holy shit, you're like a mix between mums and the twins!"
Shaylee tried to keep glaring at him, but she started smiling too. "Stop comparing me to Aunt Molly and I'll save your excruciating pain for tomorrow so that you can go to the Quidditch try-outs tonight."
Ron grinned up at her. "Whew! Thanks, Shay! I promise that if I do another prank on that ferret, it'll be original."
Shaylee laughed. "That's my cousin! Just watch out for Snapey-poo. I WILL have to tell him which one of us did it......" Ron looked at her indignantly. "But, Shay-" Shaylee held up her hand. "Don't worry, I'm a teacher; I reserve the right to kick his arse if he acts unfairly."
Ron laughed as he tried to imagine his girlish looking cousin kicking the ass of the "evilest" teacher at the school. "Good luck!"
OK, guys...... It's soooooo short, but I've got Writer's Block and I know what's going to come next, but I wanted to get this out before U all started to think i was dead... ^_^ Well, thanks to the reviewers and please review! Thanks!
lil-spitfire: Thanks and thank you so much for waiting!!!
Annabell: Thank you! I love it when people like my stuff! ^_~
abigfan: I've noticed that about my chappies too, but I've been very busy lately. (But Grease is in a few weeks, so I'll be free to write a lot soon!)
Allee kat: Heehee! I luv your reviews! But, don't worry, Draco will not be an asshole for the whole story!!! ^_^
teenage_dirtbag: ::faints at the thought of Draco swimming in my pool:: ^_^ Yeah, that would be nice to have......
AN: I'm sorry it took a while to get this up. I've been sick ever since I last posted! And, it sucks! And I can't breathe, or talk, or LAUGH (which could either be the end of the world, or the cause of a lot of pain for me) without ending up in hacking coughs. Luckily, though, I'm healthy enough to type now, so here we go! (Had a wonderful Valentine's Day, btw. But we won't get into that, just to save time. The dance was postponed cuz of a stupid storm, but otherwise, it was great!)
Hermione woke up the next morning. There was a happy feeling inside her, but she didn't know why.
Then, she remembered. Draco. She smiled at the thought of him.
Suddenly, she frowned. Harry and Ron still didn't know about them. What if they found out?
Firstly, they'd make her go to the nurse, claiming she'd gotten brainwashed. Then, after they found out it was true, they (along with the rest of Gryffindor) would probably ignore her.
However, the chances of them finding out were very slim.
Last night, Draco and her had come up with a plan so that it would be possible to keep their relationship a secret.
They would act like everything was the same while in public, ignoring each other. Then, every day, in between the end of classes and dinner, they'd go to the Swimming Pool where they'd meet and HOPEFULLY be alone.
It was a foolproof plan.... She hoped.
*~*~**~*~*
Hermione sat down at the Gryffindor table beside Harry and Ron. Glancing quickly over to the Slytherin table, she saw that Draco was already seated and was talking to Pansy Parkinson.
Ron followed her gaze to see Draco. His eyes narrowed and Hermione immediately looked away.
"The bastard skived off detention last night. Shay even let him go. Dunno what the asshole had to do, but it was probably either a prank or a girl. Shay wouldn't let anyone out of detention for anything else."
A guilty pang entered Hermione's face and she nervously looked down at her breakfast.
"But then, the damn Slythershit couldn't get any girl other than two ton Pansy over there, so it must've been a prank," Ron said, shrugging. Hermione blushed deeply, but refrained from replying.
He then looked suspiciously at his juice. "Don't drink it, Herm. It's probably some potion that turns you into a giant banana!"
Hermione looked at him blankly. "There's a potion that turns you into a giant banana?"
Ron looked at her, surprised. "Of course! It's one of those transfiguration potions! It's called the Citrusion Potion!"
"Uh huh." Hermione nodded, crossing her arms. "And how exactly is it that you know this, and I don't?" "Umm.."
Hermione stood up, as to intimidate him. "Whose drink did you put it in, Ron?" "Um.. Well.." Ron darted a nervous glance towards the Slytherin table.
Hermione followed his gaze to where he was looking. Right at Draco Malfoy. Her mouth fell open and she turned to Ron.
"You didn't.."
Ron looked at her guiltily while Harry snickered and turned away to talk to Fred and George about that night's Keeper try-outs.
Hermione's eyes darted back to the Slytherin table. Her heart almost leaped into her throat when she saw Draco coolly pick up his untouched juice glass. (wow, he just has a record of eating his breakfast coolly, doesn't he?)
"DON'T DRINK--" she cried across the room as he put the glass to his lips. "-that.." she finished lamely as he sipped at his juice.
Almost the whole Hall turned to look at her while she stared at Draco anticipatedly.
Five seconds passed and she heard Ron groan and mutter, "Shit." She looked back at him. "What?"
"I must've brewed it wrong. It should have worked by now.."
Hermione breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank the Lo-"
She stopped when she heard a loud, frequent popping, like the sound of a popcorn bag, coming from the other side of the Hall, where the Slytherin table was located.
There was a sudden, stunned silence and Hermione slowly turned on her heel, already knowing what was coming.
And, of course, there Draco was standing, in his glorious.. fruitiness..
A loud spitting noise came from the teacher's table, as Professor Weasley spit out her milk, making no effort to hold back her loud, obnoxious laughs.
Following her example, the rest of the Great Hall burst out into laughter.
Hermione stared at him, her hand covering her smiling mouth. Finally, she let out a small giggle. Eventually, that giggle turned into a loud laugh.
The laughs immediately ceased as Professor Snape stormed down the stairs to the Slytherin table. The only remaining laughter was coming from Shaylee, who was cackling and gasping for air.
Even she, however, stopped when Snape bellowed, "WEASLEY!!!" at the top of his lungs as he reached the dumbfounded Draco.
Immediately, there were five, "It wasn't me!"s echoing throughout the Hall.
He glared right at the Gryffindor table skeptically. "Right. And I'm the bloody Queen of England."
Shaylee immediately stood up and walked briskly towards him. "Well, it's a great honor to meet your acquaintance, Your Highness." She did a fake curtsy, then turned to the Gryffindor table, ignoring Snape's glare.
"OK, kiddies. I do believe we've gotten ourselves in a wee spot of trouble. Follow me." She gestured to all of her cousins. "Oh, you can stay, Gin-gin. We all know you didn't do anything!" She grinned at her, then winked as she led the whole party out the door.
She turned to see Snape still standing there besides the ba-.. I mean, Draco. "Well?" she prompted. "Are you going to come and yell at us or are you just going to stand there and stare at your fruity little friend all day?"
Snape glared at her. "Coming, Weasley." "Still at that, are we? Wow, some people never fully mature.." Snape ignored her comments as he put a spell on a protesting Draco to levitate him to the Infirmary.
The sight of a floating banana did nothing to calm the rest of the students OR teachers (Professor Dumbledore found the picture quite amusing) down. As Snape led a levitating Draco out of the Hall, there were many giggles coming from the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff tables.
This, obviously, didn't do much to calm Draco down, either. He had been silent for the past few minutes, ever since his.. accident, probably from shock.
As he was being floated out of the Great Hall, however, a stream of words that weren't exactly for First Years' ears came out of his mouth.
Out in the hallway, Shaylee beckoned for Fred and George to come closer to her. "Did you guys do it?" she whispered, grinning.
"I wish! That was brilliant!" Fred looked ecstatic.
Shaylee looked confused. "But, wait...... If you guys didn't do that, who did? I sure as hell wish I had, but you know I can't, since I'm a teacher."
"Well......" George looked thoughtful. "We DID loan our "Pranks and Potions" book to someone the other day......" "And it probably had something about the Citrusion Potion in there," Fred added.
"So, you didn't DO anything, you just loaned the book to someone?" Shaylee asked, grinning triumphantly. The twins nodded, looking at her oddly.
"Yes! Great! Therefore, it is still YOUR fault, your prank, your creativity at work, and all that jazz....... But the responsibility isn't yours!!!"
George raised an eyebrow. "Well, Shay, the person we loaned the book to is...... um...... well......"
"Me. Great, wasn't it?" Ron, who had been standing there listening to them, finally joined the conversation.
Shaylee looked up at him, astonished. "Ron? Do a prank that's FUNNY?!?" "Hey! That's not funny, Shay!" "Well, we're even, then!" Shaylee declared grinning. Ron rolled his eyes while the twins laughed.
"OK, so Ron's admitting it? Great!" Fred clapped George on the arm and they made their way back to the Great Hall, leaving Ron grinning innocently at his cousin.
Shaylee, for once, wasn't smiling. "So...... Ronald......" "Hi, Sha- er, Professor Weasley. How's your day going?"
Shaylee glared at him. "Well, it was great, until a certain cousin of mine decided to pull a prank, which I'm perfectly fine with. However, it's a little different when I have to decide on the punishment......"
Ron's mouth fell open and he gulped. "Come on Shay!! It was just a joke! Harmless! It'll take less than 24 hours for him to get back to normal!"
Shaylee looked down at him skeptically. She sighed. "Now, Ronald, when will you ever learn that the punishment is a lot harder than the actual work put into the prank? At least if the prank took a lot of thinking and hard work, you'd have something to be proud of! But you got the stupid thing from a book! You don't have an invented spell or anything to be proud of!"
Ron looked at her, a side of his mouth twitching. "Holy shit, you're like a mix between mums and the twins!"
Shaylee tried to keep glaring at him, but she started smiling too. "Stop comparing me to Aunt Molly and I'll save your excruciating pain for tomorrow so that you can go to the Quidditch try-outs tonight."
Ron grinned up at her. "Whew! Thanks, Shay! I promise that if I do another prank on that ferret, it'll be original."
Shaylee laughed. "That's my cousin! Just watch out for Snapey-poo. I WILL have to tell him which one of us did it......" Ron looked at her indignantly. "But, Shay-" Shaylee held up her hand. "Don't worry, I'm a teacher; I reserve the right to kick his arse if he acts unfairly."
Ron laughed as he tried to imagine his girlish looking cousin kicking the ass of the "evilest" teacher at the school. "Good luck!"
OK, guys...... It's soooooo short, but I've got Writer's Block and I know what's going to come next, but I wanted to get this out before U all started to think i was dead... ^_^ Well, thanks to the reviewers and please review! Thanks!
lil-spitfire: Thanks and thank you so much for waiting!!!
Annabell: Thank you! I love it when people like my stuff! ^_~
abigfan: I've noticed that about my chappies too, but I've been very busy lately. (But Grease is in a few weeks, so I'll be free to write a lot soon!)
Allee kat: Heehee! I luv your reviews! But, don't worry, Draco will not be an asshole for the whole story!!! ^_^
teenage_dirtbag: ::faints at the thought of Draco swimming in my pool:: ^_^ Yeah, that would be nice to have......
