1/29/00

To: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

From: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

Re: memories

I understand why you were embarrassed to send me those memories but you're right I'm not shocked. I actually understand why you all didn't tell anyone else; you were right no one would have directly warned anyone in your house, at least no Gryffindor would have. I have to think the professors would have shared the information and maybe there were Ravenclaws or Hufflepuffs that were more friendly with your house. Maybe not friendly even but more civil than the contentious relationship between our two houses.

I really am out of questions and at this moment out of ideas but if there is something you want to talk about feel free to… ok I do have one question and I've been hesitating to ask you but I think I have to because I assume that if the answer is yes that you won't be sending any memories of those times since Harry is viewing the memories with me or maybe you would just to try and get a rise out of him? No, you wouldn't do that; you'd keep it private. Anyway since I saw the Christmas and birthday memories I've been wondering if we were ever more intimate than just the kissing in those memories. I hate to think that I no longer have those memories. The idea of losing the memory of losing my virginity is strangely more disturbing than anything I've seen already, that might be because I hate to think of someone digging in my head and viewing those memories themselves to remove them. I just don't think I have the fortitude to be an exhibitionist. I'd ask you to tell me we never were no matter if it's the truth or a lie but I do want the truth so please tell me.

Hermione

1/30/00

To: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

From: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

Re: response and idea

Have no fear, even if those memories existed I would not send them for you to view with Potter. I'd wait until your memory returned or should it not I would send them for you to view at some point when I could be with you. However I can honestly tell you they do not exist. I know there were students at school that managed to find hidden corners to do more than snog but we never did. We never really tried. Even with out little version of the Room of Requirement we didn't. I don't know how you felt or why you never tried more but I, well I was afraid. It's not that I didn't want to make love to you, that you didn't tempt me because you did, incredibly so. I could probably go into more detail but I won't, I don't want to make you uncomfortable and we're clearly not at the point of talking of such things again. I was afraid though; I was afraid you would come to your sense and realize I was all wrong for you. I was afraid that you would run when you knew what I was becoming be it by my own choice or not. I… well I'm sure we'll come back to this after the next memories.

In the meantime I had an idea. Have you ever heard of speed dating?

Always yours,

Draco

1/31/00

To: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

From: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

Re: speed dating?

I am familiar with the concept wanna explain how that relates to us?

Hermione

1/31/00

To: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

From: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

Re: speed dating

We've each been spending all kinds of time answering questions and I don't know about you but I'm doing it before bed and then after I send it I think of other answers and then I can't get to sleep.

Claire was telling us about a speed dating event she and her sister went to recently and I thought maybe we could try something similar. Kind of a combo of a word association thing with a time limit. None of our answers can take more than a minute or two to type. I'm thinking we list three things and the other person has to answer in as short a response as possible, just mayb the first three things that come to mind so you don't ahve to think too hard to come up with the list either. You up for trying it? You can come up with the first list or I can. We can eachend our emails with a new list. The only thing I guess we'd have to decide is do we respond to our own list or not. I think it would be faster not to and that doesn't mean we can't then list something the other person had said. I hope that makes sense because as I read it back it seems garbled. Anyway, just tell me what you think.

Always yours,

Draco

2/1/00

To: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

From: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

Re: sure

Yes, what you wrote made sense. well after I read it a time or three ha ha. I'm game to try it. I say you go first coming up with a list. I also think we only respond to each other's lists and not our own. So whenever you're ready…

Hermione

2/2/00

To: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

From: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

Re: Round 1

Here you go:

stranded on a deserted island what one thing would you want with you, soup or salad, favorite vegetable

Always yours,

Draco

2/3/00

To: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

From: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

Re: round 1

stranded on a deserted island what one thing would you want with you: no qualifications? a computer with internet access, realistically magical: my wand, Muggle: a Swiss army knife

soup or salad: salad in warm weather, soup in cool weather

favorite vegetable: broccoli, even better with cheese

your turn: dream vacation, indoors or outdoors, perfect sandwich

2/4/00

To: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

From: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

Re: Round 1

dream vacation - anywhere with you… preferably away from everyone else, cabin in the woods, chalet in the mountains, hut on a private island or at least a sparsely populated island or beach

indoors or outdoors - once upon a time I would have said indoors but after the year of being forced to stay inside at both Hogwarts and at home and both places I often hid out in my room. Now I spend as much time outside as I can or at the very least I spend quite a bit of time in my flat with the doors open to the patio and all the windows open letting the fresh air flow through

perfect sandwich - I have discovered an amazing sandwich here in New Orleans, the Po Boy, you can get it more than one way but my favorite is the deep fried shrimp variety. It's messy and salty and tangy with the sauce. You simply can't eat it and be formal, or proper, or refined. It's just a fun sandwich

you're up: biggest pet peeve, favorite muppet. top 3 "before I die"

2/4/00

To: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

From: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

Re: round 2

biggest pet peeve - right now it's filling out meters of parchment that no one will truly read but must be filled out for anything to actually even begin to happen or for anyone to even think of anything beginning to happen in this Merlin forsaken government here

favorite muppet - Rowlf the dog, don't know why for sure, he just is

top 3 "before I die" - now that's a tougher one

Have children and grandchildren

Make an actual difference in the lives of magical creatures

visit the world's most ancient monuments/structures

back to you: most ridiculous rule you've ever had to follow, favorite thing to do on the internet, cake or pie

2/6/00

To: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

From: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

Re: Round 3

most ridiculous rule you've ever had to follow - considering Lucius that's a tough one but I'd have to say wearing shoes in the house at all times, Merlin forbid you be caught by an unexpected visitor in your stocking feet nevermind that we never answered the door that was always done by the house elves so we would have had plenty of warning

favorite thing to do on the internet - just exploring all that's on there

cake or pie - pie, pumpkin pie to be exact

now you: black tea or oolong, chocolate chip or oatmeal cookies, Star Wars or Star Trek

2/7/00

To: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

From: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

Re: round 4

black tea or oolong - not to be difficult by neither I prefer herbal teas

chocolate chip or oatmeal cookies - again not to be difficult but both, as in oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips instead of raisins

Star Wars or Star Trek - oh yes because that's a valid option, really? Come on has to be both

try these: best superhero, favorite fruit, museum - art or history

By the way I'm really enjoying this, it's been a fun end to my day.

2/9/00

To: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

From: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

Re: Round 4

best superhero - I have no idea, I guess that means I need to do some internet research, ask me again in a few weeks

favorite fruit - strawberries

museum - art or history - that's harder but I'd have to say history, actually I think wizarding kind needs more history museums and not just classes or books

every time I think I'm running out of ides, I don't somehow: treacle tart, pumpkin juice, charms

2/10/00

To: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

From: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

Re: round 5

treacle tart - Harry's favorite, I don't know it's just too sweet for me

pumpkin juice - and this isn't sweet enough for me

charms - as in magical, I think they can be quite useful

ok next three: favorite season, sun or rain, mountains or beach

2/10/00

To: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

From: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

Re: Round 5

favorite season - winter, should have been obvious I suppose with my love of Christmas

sun or rain - partly sunny or a light drizzle. I'm not fond of full sun or of a pouring rain but something more in between

mountains or beach - after going to Terry's family home for Thanksgiving I have to say mountains, I like the beach but there's just something about the mountains, every view is different, you never know what you'll find when you climb or go through the forest on the sides.

The ideas do come easier than I thought they would: country or city, do you call it soft drink, fizzy drink, or pop, lake or ocean

2/11/00

To: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

From: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

Re: round 6

country or city - again I sound difficult, I think I actually prefer small towns over the city or the country

do you call it soft drink, fizzy drink, or pop - On the rare occasion I had the chance to have one I've called it fizzy drink but I wouldn't say I actually have a particular choice of word as it isn't part of my regular diet since it wasn't allowed when I was a kid for fear it would ruin my teeth

lake or ocean - that's not so easy, I like the quiet of the lake but you never know what might be at the bottom, I also like the sound of the waves but the beach is usually too crowded to hear them and then there are also sea creatures that I know are there and don't want to encounter, give me a pool so I can see the bottom and know there's nothing in there that will bite me or sting me.

Umm try these: pop music, author, opera

2/11/00

To: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

From: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

Re: Round 6

pop music - I prefer it to country music, but really I prefer jazz

author - I don't know that I have a favorite author as I'm really now exploring Muggle fiction but I have recently discovered Stephen King. I didn't think I'd want to read horror or thriller books after the war but there's just something about his writing that draws me in, and maybe it's just a nice change to read about the horrors of someone else's life

Opera - this may surprise you but I only go to the opera under duress, while I enjoy live theater I do not enjoy opera, in part because even when it's in a language I speak or understand once the soprano starts singing I often lose the words in those high notes

Your turn again: Floo travel, horses, brooms

2/12/00

To: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

From: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

Re: round 7

Floo travel - makes me a bit nauseous but I prefer it to portkeys, which are much more disorienting

horses - I love horses, always have, not great at riding them but I do love them

Brooms - I am not comfortable on a broom, it just doesn't feel as safe as other modes of transportation. I honestly prefer riding on a thestral, or course that might be because I can see them, if I couldn't I doubt I'd be so comfortable

Back to you: portkeys, wine, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor beans

2/13/00

To: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

From: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

Re: Round 7

Portkeys - I've used them but like I you I find them rather disorienting, I have found that the more I use them the more I get used to it and the quicker I recover

Wine - I learned growing up when to serve red and when to serve white just in case I was ever without a house elf or other house help but I've never been a big wine drinker

Bertie Bott's Every Flavor beans - when I'm feeling adventurous I'll try them, though anymore I nibble just the end off rather than pop the whole thing in my mouth

photography, painting, chocolate frogs

2/13/00

To: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

From: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

Re: round 8

Photography - I've loved taking pictures since I was a little girl, my parents gave me a camera when for Christmas one year. I've just recently learned to develop photos the magical way. I think that almost more than anything just amazed me when I first started exploring wizarding society, it's like watching a short video clip. I love that it makes it easier to capture a full moment and not just a mere second in time like Muggle photos do, though I still love taking still photos too there is something "magical" about catching a bird in flight or an animal mid-run or mid-jump. I mostly prefer to take pictures of nature now however I imagine one day I will be taking pictures of children so I'm trying to get the hang of taking pictures of things in movement be they Muggle or magical photos.

Painting - I'm not good at painting, I've tried but I just don't draw or paint well, I do enjoy looking at paintings though, at least paintings of real things. I don't really get abstract art

chocolate frogs - my guilty pleasure that I don't know that even Harry or Ron know about, maybe you did, though since you're asking I'm guessing you didn't. Growing up with very limited sugar I didn't really notice the lack as I just never had it but chocolate frogs are so smooth, though I was horrified at first at eating something moving and I know that's just a charm they aren't really alive but it still bothered me, now I don't even think about it.

What about brunch, book genre, marriage

2/14/00

To: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

From: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

Re: Round 8

Brunch - on weekends, especially on Sundays I think it's perfect

book genre - right now as I said I'm into Stephen King, so I'd say horror, thriller, or suspense. I also enjoy historical books, I've read some interesting ones about New Orleans since being here, both Muggle and wizard written

Marriage - On the whole I'd say I like the idea, I don't know if I'd be any good at it. It's not that I had many good examples. My parents marriage was well I don't know, I think they truly cared for each other but love? I was raised that marriage was more about solidifying your place in society, about maintaining standards, including Pureblood standards, but that's not the kind of marriage I want. I want it to actually mean something not be merely a business transaction.

On to other things: newspapers, kids, camping

2/15/00

To: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

From: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

Re: round 9

Newspapers - depends on the paper, while I routinely roll my eyes reading the Quibbler, I have to say when old Xeno prints something that is actual news he is pretty impartial, or at least more impartial than the Daily Prophet but I still read the papers daily, if for no other reason than to know what stupidity is being spread

Kids - 2 with an option for 3 I think, not that I disliked being an only child but I always kind of wanted a sibling

Camping - ummm after that year on the run I'm not sure I ever want to camp in a tent again. Now if you want to camp in a nice cabin or maybe in a recreational vehicle I might consider it, all in all I think I'd prefer a nice hotel room though

Umm sports: Quidditch, football, American football

2/16/00

To: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

From: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

Re: Round 9

Quidditch - well obviously I love it

Football - don't know much about it other than here they call it soccer

American football - Terry and John did show me a game, they actually took me to a game at the stadium here, I don't know it seems, well as dangerous as Quidditch is, this seems more so, it also seems to move faster than football/soccer. It's interesting but all in all I think I prefer Quidditch

I think at this point I'm going to start taking some of the ideas you asked me about so: superheroes, quidditch, wine

2/17/00

To: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

From: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

Re: round 10

Superheroes - Wonder Woman, there is no other choice, of course I don't know of many other superheroes but Mum loved Wonder Woman and introduced me to her

Quidditch - I don't know, it's not that I don't enjoy going to matches but I don't know, it's ok I guess but I've never been a huge sports fan. I do get caught up in watching when I'm at a game but I don't spend any other time thinking or talking about it like some fans do.

Stealing your idea and sending some of your words back to you: favorite vegetable, black tea or oolong, pumpkin juice

2/18/00

To: hg79ATyahooDOTcom

From: dlm80ATyahooDOTcom

Re: Round 10

Favorite vegetable - potatoes, almost any way they're cooked I love potatoes

Black tea or oolong - straight black tea, no milk or sugar, and hot although as warm as it can be here I have begun to develop an affinity for iced tea so long as it's not sweetened which horrifies most everyone here.

Pumpkin juice - I love it

I'll refrain from sending any more words until after you view the next memories

A/N I gotta give credit where it's due, the speed dating/word association idea came from the story Must Love Quidditch on here, Drarry lovers who haven't read it yet totally should bc it's awesome. I have one more chapter complete and have started the next hopefully it won't be so long between updates but i can't promise anything. reviews are always welcomed and appreciated.