(This is first fanfic and I hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. The chapters are short, and the storyline isn't brilliant but it is okay for a first attempt I suppose.
I don't own the characters; they belong to JK Rowling and her fabulous imagination. The plotline is mine though, unfortunately.)
Chapter 12
Hermione strode down to the dungeons to wait for Professor Malfoy. She didn't know how long he'd be before returning from the Great Hall. She sat down outside his classroom door and took out a potions book. It was a good thing she had Potions straight after Lunch.
Twelve minutes later Lucius Malfoy strode down the corridor to go prepare for his next lesson, seventh year Gryffindors. He was surprised though to see one of his students already there waiting. It was no surprise though that it was Hermione Granger. She didn't hear him coming until he stood over her and coughed loudly to get her attention out of her book and onto him.
Hermione was so wrapped up in reading about several nasty look potions that she didn't notice Lucius approach him. She did once he coughed though. She jumped at the sudden noise, and looked around disorientated. Her eyes fell on the cloak of Lucius. She looked up and smiled sheepishly as she stood up off the floor, placing her bookmark within her book to mark her page.
"Good afternoon Professor." She greeted him in a friendly manner. She almost extended her hand to shake his but thought it too formal. Instead she just smiled. Lucius smiled back. "I came here to say that at Lunch time Harry and Ron were discussing you and basically neither of them trust you or think you're a decent person but I defended you and said that you were but I think you need to prove this to them so I was hoping this lesson you'd be extra kind to them and show them that you're really a good person, and I thought you could prove it by maybe giving the Gryffindor's the points they deserve. That way Harry and Ron might like you a bit more, which would be nice." Hermione said all in one breath. She was very breathless by the end of it. Lucius smirked at her. He heard everything she said, and reading between the lines he gathered Hermione thought he was a good man and wanted to prove that to her friends. Now why on earth would she want to do that? Why would it be important for her friends to like him? Lucius's smirk grew.
"Am I to understand that your friends don't trust me, and you think they will trust me and like me more if I give your house points for their efforts in this up and coming lesson?" he asked to recall, although he didn't need to. Hermione nodded. "Are you sure this isn't just some plan to boost your house's points Miss Granger?" Hermione shook her head. "Alright. Well, I'll take your plan into consideration." Lucius said as loud voices started to drift down through the corridor. The nest class were obviously coming. Lucius smiled at Hermione and unlocked the door to the potions classroom, holding it open and allowing her inside.