Same Same
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"Not yet, you imbecile!" She screeched at him, "If you add the root now, the whole thing will be ruined."
"Fine," Draco snapped, pulling his hand away from the top of the cauldron. Cursing Snape internally once more for pairing the two of them in Advanced Potions.
"We need to let it simmer gently for ten minutes, then we add the root," Hermione explained as she gathered the Aloe Vera. "Otherwise it will be a disaster…"
"Like Weasel and Longbottoms," Draco sniggered as he glanced over at their bench.
Hermione turned slightly and looked at their table, the fluorescent yellow smoke billowing from their cauldron didn't inspire confidence in the make-up of their healing potion.
"Like theirs," she said quietly. Turning back to their potion, "Just two more minutes, then you add the root."
Draco nodded his head, watching Granger as she put the Aloe Vera into a neat pile, and then started slicing with the paring knife. She was very precise. The plant was very quickly becoming identical sized pieces, perfect for the potion.
"Will you stop that?" She hissed.
"What?"
"Watching me," she said, "I don't like it!"
"I'm just making sure you don't stuff up the potion, that's all," Draco retorted, "Don't think I was watching you for the fun of it."
"Oh don't worry," she said bitterly as she cut the plant, "I would never think that the great Draco Malfoy would look at me for pleasure."
"Shut it Granger," Draco snapped as he threw the root in the cauldron and starting stirring, "Gods you are a bigger pain in the arse than Weasel, and that is saying something!"
"I'm the pain in the arse?" She snorted, "If anyone is the pain in the arse it is you!"
"Me!" Draco laughed, "I don't think so Granger…"
"Owww!" Hermione said as she threw the knife on the bench, quickly putting her index finger in her mouth.
"What have you done?" Draco asked, as he looked at the potion.
"I cut myself you idiot," Hermione said around her finger, "What do you think I did?"
"Who knows with you Gryffindors, bunch of drama queens you lot," Draco answered, putting the spoon down. "Well show me."
"What!"
"Show me what you did," Draco said slowly, "It's not going to get better with it in your mouth."
Hermione glared at him, and pulled the finger out of her mouth, holding it in front of her, it took a moment but the blood came out in a steady stream. Seeing this she quickly put it back in her mouth.
"Shit," Draco mumbled, fumbling in his pockets, he pulled out his handkerchief. "Here wrap this around it."
"Thanks," Hermione said, wrapping the end of her finger in the handkerchief.
"I'll do this," Draco said quietly, pulling the board towards him, "Maybe you should just stir it."
"Okay," she answered, picking up the spoon with her good hand, looking into the cauldron, "It looks good."
"Of course it does," Draco smirked.
Hermione just shook her head.
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Later on that afternoon, Draco was relaxing in his room with Blaise. Tuning him out, he started thinking back on the potions class they had after lunch. He pulled his pocketknife out of his pocket, flicking open the blade. He stared at it for a moment.
Gathering his courage, he cut his finger in here on the exact same spot that Granger did.
"Bloody hell!" Blaise exclaimed, "What the hell did you do that for?"
Draco didn't seem to hear him. He was watching the blood flow out of his finger. It was the same deep red colour as Grangers. There was nothing different about it at all.
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Prompt: Red
