A heart for a heart chapter 3 "starting over"
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Hermione sat through her morning classes without participating. She was too furious with Draco and Pansy due to events that morning. At lunch she barely even picked at her food as her mind was plagued once again by Draco. It was true that she was a little jealous of Pansy but then again who wouldn't be? She could get any guy she wanted. Hermione knew Draco was bad news but it didn't really matter to her any more, even if they did or didn't share a common room. Sharing the living space would only bring even more insults and ridicule. It didn't matter what she said or did, it wouldn't change who he would torture her.
Draco too had similar problems. He had this feeling deep down somewhere in him that he had hurt Hermione. 'Why did I say that to her? She was right! She's such a sweet girl too. WAIT! What am I thinking? Hermione's a Mudblood! The one who's trying to ruin my life! Did I just call her Hermione? AAAHH! What's wrong with me,' he though while sitting through a particularly long Transfiguration lecture; hitting him self on the head.
"Is there something wrong Mr. Malfoy," McGonagall asked receiving several chuckles from several other students.
"No Professor. Nothing's wrong. I've just got a headache. That's all."
"Then perhaps you'd like to go to the medical wing."
"No thank-you professor, I'm fine."
"Very well," McGonagall said before returning to her lesson and leaving Draco once again to his thoughts.
'Why did I have to think of her as Hermione? I swear that kiss did something to me. Even Pansy wasn't satisfying, and no one's more pleasing than Pansy. Why do I keep comparing Hermione to Pansy? AGH! I called her Hermione again!'
Hermione sat on the couch in front of the fire in the heads common room doing her homework when Draco entered through the portrait. She ignored his presence and continued on working.
"So you're ignoring me now, are you?"
Hermione kept on working like he wasn't even there and had never spoken. Draco went over to her and sat on the dark mahogany table facing towards her. "You know I've been thinking-"
"Don't. You might hurt yourself," Hermione said flatly, scribbling another few notes on a piece of parchment.
Draco chose to ignore the comment and continued, "I've been thinking about that kiss yesterday and… well…"
"Well WHAT," Hermione said frustrated, slamming her book shut.
So this was what his father had tried to lock away. Equality, love, respect, compassion, lust, and farther, human emotions. Now he knew, sitting there staring into Hermione's flustered eyes, that all that his father had told him was wrong.
"Well," he couldn't hold back any more and he did something his father would have killed him for. He moved over towards and kissed her softly.
'What the hell," Hermione thought, "What the hell is he doing? Oh, he's such a good kisser. Wait! No!' Hermione pushed Draco off her making sure to knee him in the area that would cause him the most pain possible. "Get away from me you freak! Ugh! You sicko!"
At that moment Draco's heart had frozen once again.
"Stay away from me," Hermione yelled at him before quickly gathering up her belongings and heading up to her room leaving Draco on the floo in pain.
'UGH! She hits hard! Ow! Now there's two things I'm going to make her pay for. God! Why did that little Mudblood have to knee me there," he moaned, "Gosh! She's going to die! Father was right. Mudbloods are nothing but scum!'
Soon he was able to get up and make his way to his room where an idea formed in his head. The perfect plan for revenge.
It had been three weeks since that night and Hermione was glad that Malfoy had left her alone. Once again she knew that he was nothing but a son of a bitch, She didn't know what he was trying to do to her that night but she was sure it wasn't good. As she entered the Great Hall Millicent Bulstrode walked past Hermione and said, "So who'd you do last night?"
Hermione didn't have a clue what she was talking about till another Slytherin girl, of whom Hermione did not know her name, walked paste her and replied, "So was the guy last night a good fuck like all the others, you slut?"
Hermione was shocked out of her mind. However she did take advantage of her power as Head girl, "Thirty point from Slytherin for insulting authority." However that wasn't the end of suck accusations. Throughout the next few days rumors, most started by Draco of course, flew around the school that she had slept with half the Slytherins and Gryffindors above fifth year, and even that she was pregnant. It was all too much for her so that Saturday morning she locked herself in her room to escape the lies. For she knew who had started the rumors and his plan was about to backfire right in his face.
Draco was pleased with himself for he had gotten back at Granger. He had ruined her reputation and self-esteem with a few well aimed rumors.
It was Saturday evening and he was determined to finish off Granger once and for all. Luckily she was just a few feet ahead of him. He walked up behind her and once she was right in front of him he asked very loudly so that everyone in the entrance hall could hear, "So Granger, who's the babies father?"
Now was her moment. It was now or never to get the perfect revenge on Malfoy. Especially since all his friends were right there.
"Why Draco love, you are," she said turning to face him, "Oh and I agree that our wedding should be after the baby is born, and once we're done with school," she added convincingly before giving him a kiss on the cheek and turned to go to dinner.
Draco couldn't believe it. She had successfully backfired his own plan right back into his face. Not to mention in front of all his friends and most of the school. He was sure that every thought that he was a Mudblood-fucker. He was horrified by the laughter that permeated from every house member present. He looked around at the laughing faces and was petrified with fear. Suddenly feeling sick he turned and ran out of the entrance hall feeling and looking foolish.
She had done it! Hermione knew she had succeded once she had entered the Great Hall and heard the laughter of the other students. 'Serves him right, that son of a bitch! He thinks he can get away with spreading lies about me well he's sorely mistaken,' she thought, 'We're square now at least.'
"Hey, awesome job Hermione." It was Ron who had just congratulated her as fell into step beside her before they both took a seat at the Gryffindor table.
"Yeah that was pretty cool. Sent him running like a dog with his tail between his legs," Harry said sitting opposite of her and Ron.
"Thanks guys. That was fun. He better leave me alone now."
"It would be in he best interest to do so. That is unless, he like the public humiliation," Ron said simply.
"Definitely," stated Hermione, glad that she could de-thrown the Slytherin Prince and regain her honor and pride, and finally triumph. She finally could start over. Hopefully.
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