To Mhera, the day seemed to pass incredibly slowly. Every teacher had given then homework, so by the end of the day, she had worked up a mountian of it. Grabbing herself a seat at one of the tables in the library, she lay out her books and began writing. She was halfway through an extremely hard Potions essay, when a group of rowdy Slytherins walked in, obviously trying to ease their boredom. Intent on annoying anyone who possibly looked as if they actually were trying to do homework, Mhera wondereed where Madam Pince was. They made their way over to her, seeing her as easy prey. Even Mhera could see their logic, or lack of it. Smaller than average, bullies went for her if they ran out of targets. She was so used to it, she could deal with bullies easily, she was surprisingly strong underneath her slight frame.
"Wotcha doin'" said one, particularly thuggish one, sluring his words. The group continued with this, Mhera tactfully ignoring them, knowing that if she didn't react they might get bored. Their taunting increased, and one was about to grab her, when she lashed out, smacking him in the face hard. He straightened up, and she saw his face beginning to redden where she'd hit him. He was about to hit her back, considerably hard, and the group started moving to pin her down, when someone yelled,
"Hey, leave her alone!" Mhera's heart nearly stopped at the sound of that voice. He really must like me, she thought to herself, smiling inwardly. The thuggish Slytherin that she'd hit (the right side of his face had turned a bright red, in a handprint shape) looked as if he'd hit Draco instead, but thought the better of it. It's a wonder he can think at all, his skull is so thick, Mhera thought. The group moved off, leaving Mhera and Draco alone. "Hey, are you alright, they didn't hurt you did they?" said a Draco gently, a concerned expression on his face. He stared at her intently, seeing if she was hurt.
"Oh, no, not really," said Mhera lamely. The two stared at each other for a while. "Um…" said Mhera, making it more awkward. Good move, she beraided herself.
"So… do you wanna, um… you know, um…" said Draco awkwardly. Mhera had never seen him awkward before, and she thought it was kinda cute.
"Yes?" she said, egging him on.
"Um, do you uh…want to uh… go to Hogsmeade on Saturday, you know, with me," Draco said finnally. Mhera was startled for a second, but then regained her senses for long enough to say yes. Her mind was spinning. Plenty of guys had asked her out, and out of those, she had turned them all down. Kindly of course. She hadn't really been interested.
"So, uh…I'll see you around, I guess," said Draco, getting up to leave. Mhera replied cooly, "Yeah, see you around," but her mind was thinking of a dozen things to say, and not one of them hinted at him leaving. She stared dumbly at her parchment, before picking up her quill and hurriedly finishing her work.
Draco walked through the corridors, unaware of where he was going, and not caring in the slightest. She had said yes. He had gotten it out of his system and had asked her, and she'd said yes. It didn't go quite as well as he would have liked (Draco was quite the romantic, though no one would have guessed. Pansy hadn't guessed, and had been shamefully turned down by the sexy blonde.) But he'd gotten the result that he'd wanted. A date with an angel. With Mhera. He could barely hide the grin on his face. He had waited so long to hear her say yes. One of the many words he wanted to hear from her. He made it to the Slytherin Common room, and immediately went to the Head boy dorm, and lay down on the bed, day dreaming.