How To Correctly Break Rules
By: NefariousImp
AN: Thanks for all the reviews for my first story. I'm somewhat disappointed with how it's going though. It seems a little dull to me. Maybe I'll be able to liven it up some?
Chapter Two: Keeping On The Masks
The next morning was the trip to Hogsmeade.
Hermione was dressed in the lavender shirt Ginny wore yesterday with some tight bluejeans. She headed into the common room when she saw Draco sitting on the couch fiddling with his wand.
"Well, this looks familiar. You aren't going to hex me again, are you, Malfoy...Draco?" He looked up at her and smirked.
"I might, but only if I need to shut you up again." She came down the steps and sat beside him on the couch. He stared at her for a minute. "You look really nice today. I'm really starting to regret keeping up the charade."
"We must though. It's the only way. If you want we can meet somewhere today. Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop should do." He smirked and raised one eyebrow.
"Do I get to snog you?" She laughed.
"I only stopped hating you yesterday! At least let me get to start liking you before we go snogging!"
"But you aren't denying that there's a someday!" He smirked triumphantly and leaned back on the couch with his hands behind his head and legs stretched out and crossed at the ankle.
Hermione had to admit to herself that on looks alone there probably was a 'someday'.
"Keep it up and I'll hex your lips off your face." She mock scowled.
"Well you can always put them on your face." He said slyly. "Or anywhere on you for that matter." He said roving his silvery-blue eyes heatedly along her body. She flushed bright red, which widened his smirk.
"I think..." She started and her voice cracked slightly. She cleared her throat and tried again. "I think we should be heading off. Wouldn't want to be late." She stood and he put out a hand.
"Help me up?" She rolled her eyes but grabbed his hand and tugged. He stood up quickly and wrapped his arms around her.
"You did that on purpose, you idiot." she huffed, not pulling away.
"I did. I think you liked it though." She snorted in denial but her heart was racing.
When did he start smelling so good?
Course she'd never been this close to him but that was beside the point.
"Do you like me yet?" He asked raising his eyebrows and smiling innocently at her.
"You're slightly less annoying than you were yesterday, but far more annoying than you were two minutes ago." She said breathing in deeply through her nose.
God, what was that scent? It was driving her crazy!
"Are you sniffing me?" He asked with a delighted grin and wide eyes.
"What? No! Of course not, I just think I have to sneeze! Must be your cologne or something, what is it by the way?"
Yes, what is it so I can buy some and soak my pillows with it!
He just smirked knowingly at her.
Stupid man, how dare he read her like a book!
"It's a muggle cologne. Stetson, I believe it's called." She snorted in disbelief.
"Yeah, right, for starters it's muggle stuff, and that can't be it, because my dad wears the stuff and it smells nothing like that on him. I think that stuff stinks." Hermione protested pulling out of his arms.
"P.H." He said.
Huh? What does that mean?
"It's a muggle term, Princess."
Princess? Oh, that was sweet.
Damn him breaking me down.
She fought the urge to melt and scowled at him. He rolled his eyes.
"Ph balance. Every persons PH is different. Colonges and perfumes smell different on each person due to their PH levels. You are a muggle, why don't you know this?"
"I'm a muggle, but I still don't know how to do brain surgery. And besides, how do you, Draco Malfoy, know anything about this?"
"For the last year, I've been reading everything muggle-related I could get my hands on. I snuck into Muggle london one day, when my parents were busy in Diagon Alley, and found a library. I've been Apparating to a broom closet in the Library every chance I could. After hours of course."
She smiled in surprise.
A whole year; Researching Muggles?
"So, Stetson, huh?" he nodded. "I think I just changed my opinion on it." She said shyly and walked to the portrait.
He smirked as he realized she had pretty much admitted that she was sniffing him. And he noticed that she hadn't denied liking him holding her.
Wandering around Hogsmeade with Harry, Ron, and Ginny; Hermione couldn't help but look around for the silvery-blonde hair. She almost wished she could run into him just to see him. Even though she knew he'd still be a jerk to her. But at least now she knew that he didn't mean it anymore.
She smiled to herself as she realized that she was starting to like him. And it was only the first day!
"You're thinking about a certain Slytherin, aren't you?" Ginny came up and whispered in her ear. Hermione struggled not to blush.
"Oh, course not! I'm just trying to make sure he's not around." she whispered furitively.
"Yes, but to do that, you'd have to be thinking about him!" Ginny smirked and walked off quickly.
Nosey little smart ass! Too observant for her own good.
"Hey, guys, I'm gonna run into Scrivenshaft's. I need to get a new quill." She said. "I'll meet you guys at The Three Broomsticks in a bit." She didn't wait for a reply, as she hurried towards the store.
Sure enough, Draco was there in the back waiting for her. He smirked.
"That was fast, couldn't keep away from me, eh?" She was really gonna have to work on the whole blushing thing!
"Actually, I completely forgot. I just needed a new quill." She said nonchalantly.
"Uh, huh, the quills are at the front of the store, Dear." He smirked. She froze, realizing she'd lost her last leg to stand on. She sighed and turned to look at him. "Why don't you just admit it, Hermione?"
"Admit what? That you're still an arrogant prat? Gladly." She smiled sweetly.
"Admit that you are at least starting to like me. Hurry it up so we can get on with the snogging." Her mouth dropped open in outrage.
Okay, so it was fake outrage, but he didn't have to know that.
So, she was starting to like the attention. She was even starting to like him, but just a smidgen! She couldn't concede too fast.
"I most certainly..." she was cut off as Draco grabbed her and pulled her into his arms. He slowly slid his left hand around her neck to the back of her head. She was so surprised she couldn't even protest as he gently pulled her into a soft, sensuous kiss. Her mouth parted in a slight gasp and he traced his toungue on the insides of her lips.
It was slow and soft and she suddenly couldn't breathe. And it certainly wasn't for the lack of oxygen.
He kissed her bottom lip sweetly and pulled back.
She hadn't even realised that her eyes had closed before the hand had reached the back of her neck.
She sighed and opened her eyes to see Draco staring at her with more than just lust in his pewter eyes. She realised that he really did love her, even though she had heard it under the truth serum the night before. It hadn't seemed real till she saw his eyes.
Much more of this and she'd just skip right over the like and go straight to the love part.
She was breathing deeply and still couldn't seem to breathe.
Voices from the front of the store woke them from their trance. Draco smiled sweetly at her and turned and left. She was still standing back among the journals and scrolls with her hand on her lips as Lavender and Pavarti came around the shelf.
"Hermione? Are you alright?" Lavender asked. She shook her head to clear it.
"Yeah, just bit my lip." She covered.
"Oh, well, we were just buying a new journal." She said not sure if she was convinced.
"Yeah, I better go. I'll see you guys later." She said and left the store. She wandered over to The Three Broomsticks and crossed the room to where her friends sat waiting. She sat down.
"Hermione, where's your new quill?" Ron asked. Her eyes went wide and Ginny's face grew far too interested for her liking.
"Oh! I'll...uh, pick one up before we leave. I didn't feel like carrying any packages yet." She said sipping on the butterbeer that was set before her.
"Did you see anything you...fancy?" Ginny asked innocently but Hermione choked on her drink at the real meaning behind her words.
"Mione, are you okay?" Ron asked thumping her on her back.
"Yeah, just went..." she said still coughing "down the wrong pipe." She managed to gain control and looked at Ginny.
"Well? Did you?" She asked with a sly smirk and a devious twinkle in her eye.
"As a matter of fact yes. It was perfect and absolutely...perfect." She sighed almost dreamily. Ron and Harry exchaged bewildered looks.
"Least now we know what to get you for Christmas." Harry said. "Didn't know you liked quills so much." Ginny rolled her eyes.
"Was it one of those that make you want to melt when you feel it on your skin?" Ginny asked carefully watching Hermione's face. Hermione blushed. Ginny grinned.
"It's the best I could ever get. Perfect in every way." She looked at Ginny and was suddenly happy she had someone who knew what happened. Knowing Ginny she understood everything Hermione was trying to say.
"I need to use the loo. Hermione, come with me?" Ginny asked. Normally, Hermione didn't do the group thing to the restroom but she pretty much knocked over her chair trying to stand only to turn and run straight into a hard surface. She pulled back and looked up into those grey eyes.
She suddenly realized that there wouldn't be any kind words or sweet kisses. He was going to ruin the memory of her first kiss with him just by opening his mouth. A pleading look came into her eyes.
Crabbe and Goyle stood behind him and didn't see his eyes as he smiled and jerked his eyes to the left, indicating she leave quickly. She quickly slid past him and hurried to the restroom as he called out to her.
"Nice running into you, Granger." She smiled to herself as she went into the bathroom with Ginny right behind her. She was glad he let her escape so she couldn't hear him bash her friends.
"Alright, now, spill! And no lame quill metaphors!" Ginny said as soon as the door shut behind them.
"He kissed me! Oh, my God! It was so...I can't even describe it! I mean I've been kissed before, I mean, there was Victor. But this made the kisses with Victor feel like I was kissing my pillow!" Suddenly the bathroom stall opened up and Pansy Parkinson walked out with a look of disgust on her face.
"So, Mudblood, was it Potter or Weasley that has you sounding like an idiot?" She asked.
Hermione was surprised, but quickly lit up with a triumphant smile. With Ginny adopting a similar smile as she realized what Hermione was smiling about.
Hermione had been kissed by Draco Malfoy. How she longed to rub that in the Mrs. Malfoy-wannabe's ugly face.
"Neither." Hermione said. "And I'm not telling you who it was."
"Doesn't matter, you're just a filthy mudblood whore. He was probably only kissing you to get you to spread your legs for him."
"So says the girl who's fucked half, if not all, of the Slytherins! At least I'm still a virgin."
"Please, like I believe that! You probably double up with Potter and Weasley."
"Yeah, well, at least I don't walk around like I still have a dick up my ass afterwards." Ginny and Pansy looked at her with jaws practically unhinged. Ginny started laughing and pulled Hermione out of the bathroom as Pansy started screaming obscenities at her.
They quickly made it over to the table.
Ginny was still laughing as she grabbed Harry and Ron and hauled them to the door. Hermione followed much slower with a smug grin on her face as she passed Draco and his Pet Rocks sitting at a table by the door. He was staring at her curiously as she left but his eyes were drawn to the back of the room where Pansy was storming out of the bathroom still screeching.
He hid a smirk.
He was definitly in love with Hermione Granger.
Later that night, Hermione was sitting on the couch in her Head Common Room reading. The portait opened up and Draco strolled in with his hands shoved in his pockets and a grin on his face. He walked up to the chair across from the couch and slouched down in it, staring at her. She just looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
"I must know." He said. She raised both eyebrows and gave him a look. "I simply must know what you said to her to piss her off that bad. I couldn't get her to tell me what you said. She kept rambling on about how mean you were to her, but I couldn't get her to say what you said."
Hermione's smug triumphant smirk that she had been wearing all day came back and Draco's eyes glazed over.
"You look positively Slytherin, right now, my dear." He stood and came to sit beside her. "Please, please tell me what you said. I simply must know what put that delectable grin on your face." She looked into his eyes.
"Oh, nothing much. Just told her that if she'd take the dick out of her ass after the sex she wouldn't walk around the halls like that." He stared at her in astonishment before his eyes started darkening into the pewter they had been this morning when he had kissed her.
The oxygen was sucked out of the room again.
"I wonder if Dumbledore has voyeristic tendencies. I also wonder if there are cameras in the bedrooms. And if so can I have a copy of the tape?" She gasped and pulled away from him.
"There will be nothing to tape! We've only had one kiss! I'm not sleeping with you yet!" He brightened considerably.
"Once again there's that hint of a someday. Tell me, can you give me a general idea of what day? I'll make sure and clear my schedule for a full three days. Only leaving the bed for necessities." He purred pulling her into his arms. "Also, you mentioned us only having one kiss. How many kisses before the someday arrives?" She smiled up at him.
"I admit, you are definitly on my like list." His brow furrowed.
"List? There are others on this list? Well, am I at least at the top of it?" He grinned and ran his hand through her hair as it made it's way to the back of head.
"Quite possibly. But I'd better double check it. I do tend to forget who I'm more interested at the moment."
"Well, let me help you to remember." He said pulling her to his lips. This time there was more intensity, but the same softness that had her breath disappearing. The kiss lasted several seconds before Draco pulled away and released her completely.
"Why'd you stop?" She asked.
"Cause I just hit my point of no return line."
"We were just kissing!" He smiled sweetly at her.
"Sweetheart, I've been dying to pull you into a corner and shag you all day. It's been like a whole day of foreplay for me. Just thinking of you turns me on. Kissing you is more intense for me than having sex with another girl. Trust me, I've reached the point of no return with you."
She thought about just saying to heck with it, who needs to turn around anyway. But she decided that she definitly didn't want a relationship with Draco built on nothing but sex.
She leaned forward and kissed his cheek before heading for her room for the night.
"Goodnight, Draco. I'll see you in the morning."
"Goodnight, Luv."
Two days later, another run in with Pansy had Hermione practically shoved up against a wall with Pansy closing in. At least Draco was there to see it this time, course several others were too.
"You filthy mudblood! I'll see you pay for what you said to me the other day."
"Really, Pansy? Oh, my god!" Hermione said in mock surprise.
"What?"
"I just figured out why Malfoy is so rich!" Pansy looked wary but asked anyway.
"Why, cause he's pureblood?"
"Hell, No! It's cause you have to pay him to fuck you!" Pansy shrieked and tried to put a fist through Hermione's face. But Hermione had expected it and ducked causing Pansy to punch the rock wall behind her.
Pansy let out a wail of pain as she pulled her mangled hand back.
"You bitch! You broke my hand!" Pansy suddenly realised that everyone around her was laughing and had been since Hermione's last words. "What the hell are you all laughing at? Draco, stop laughing this instant!" Draco was bent over with his arm around his waist. Laughing so hard his whole head was red. Pansy gave another wail and ran away crying.
Hermione put on that smug triumphant smirk and Draco had to do everything in his power to keep from shoving her up against the wall and completly forgetting the crowd. She smirked at him and headed towards the Great Hall.
It was definitly going to be a long year.
TBC...
AN: I hope this chapter was better than the last I know it was shorter but I had to put something out there or I was gonna cry from not getting many reviews. Hermione's such a tease. Poor Draco, I'll make her behave. God that sounded dumb.