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A/N: Yippee!!!!! I finally got the html figured out. I could've gotten this chapter out earlier but I was trying to fix the html and I finally got it!!!!! Yah!!!! Here's the extra long new chapter: Enjoy!
Previous: Hermione moved on a saw a large walk in closet by the bathroom. Inside the bathroom was a circular bath tub the size of a hot tub, two sinks and a shower cubicle. Satisfied that she had finished with her tour of her room, Hermione noticed that something was missing. She went back into the room and immediately saw the problem. There was only one bed...
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~*Chapter 3: The Perfect Couple*~
While Hermione was exploring and marveling at her new room, she had neglected the fact that Malfoy had walked into the room not long after her. Forgetting herself for a while, Hermione began rattling off about how unfortunate she was about being stuck in this predicament.
One bed?!? What is Dumbledore thinking putting only ONE bed here?!? Even though it's a big one, he can't possibly expect us innocent, virginal students, like ME, sleep in the SAME bed and SAME room with a slimy, arrogant Slytherin seducer, Draco MALFOY, *the* Slytherin Prince himself! WHAT is he thinking?!? Even though we're *supposed* to be soul mates, it doesn't mean we have to do it yet... Right? Though I've heard rumors about him. Ginny was right, he is actually quite hot. Anyways, I better claim the bed for myself before Malfoy comes in."
Realizing that Hermione's nervous rambling had stopped and that there would not be anymore juicy thoughts of Hermione's to use as blackmail, Draco decided to make his presence known.
"I'm sorry to spoil your fun Granger, but I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep with me tonight." Draco popped his head up from behind the side of the overly large bed scaring the wits out of Hermione.
"Wh..When did you come in?" Hermione stuttered and hoped that he had not over heard her little chat with herself. But her fears were confirmed soon after.
"Oh, long enough to know that you're still a virgin, you think that I'm the Slytherin Prince, a seducer, that you've heard the rumors about how I am in bed and that you and Weasley think I'm hot. That's ample information for me to use as black mail, don't you think? I wonder what Potter and Weasley would say when they find out what their precious, innocent Granger has been thinking?" Draco calmly inspected his nails as he let his small enlightenment sink in.
"Malfoy, what do you want?" Hermione walked over to his kneeling form practically shaking in fury for him for being such a prat. But also for herself for being so careless and speaking her thoughts.
"Don't worry, unless you want me to spill some of your dark secrets, all you have to do is a little favor for me. I don't know what the favor is yet, but just remember that you owe me something. Now, if we're done chatting, I would like to take my shower." Draco brushed past Hermione to gather his things from the walk in closet. He noticed that the house elves had placed his items of clothing on the left side of the closet while Hermione's occupied the right side.
Hermione looked down to where Draco had been kneeling and saw a conjured up mattress complete with a feather stuffed pillow and silk green sheets. When Draco came back out, she stared at him with a questioning look on her face.
"I've decided to sleep on the floor since I just remembered that you're a lady. My mother had taught me to treat all ladies with respect and courtesy. So naturally, you get the bed because I'm such a generous, well mannered gentleman." Noticing Hermione's blank look he quickly added, "But if you like sleeping on the floor, we could always switch."
"No! I mean, the bed is fine."
"Since you don't seem to have any problems, then I'm taking my shower first."
At first, Hermione wanted to protest but he did offer her the bed and all, so she kept her mouth shut.
Hermione was unpacking her duffel bag when Draco came out of the steaming bathroom wearing an emerald bath robe.
"Your turn Granger."
Hermione took her things and strode into the steamy bathroom and closed the door.
Seeing this, Draco changed into his boxers and sat down heavily in one of the velvet armchairs and took out one of his favorite books to pass the time but found it hard to concentrate. Finally, he set down his book and immediately became deep in thought.
'If, I mean *if* I had somehow fallen in love with the Gryffindor mudblood, who would stop me? What will happen? Lucius is dead now. Old Voldie is gone. Fortunately, no one has yet tried to finish what Voldie started, thank Merlin. Only God knows how many of our people have died trying that. Now *if* I did fall in love. Mom probably won't be against it since Uncle Tom decided to take up the life as a muggle. Which I myself think is totally mad. Who would want to be a muggle?!? After he finished school at Hogwarts, there were plenty of job offers, but no. He had to go to muggle London to start afresh! But *when* I fall in love with Granger, it's not really that bad considering we were destined to do so. And the chances of us being best friends are really slim.' While Draco was doing a lot of thinking and debating with his mind, Hermione stepped out from the marble flooring of the bathroom to the flaming red carpet.
Hearing the squeak of the opening door, Draco looked up to Hermione, clad in a fiery bath robe. Thinking that the bath robe was all she had on, he cast his eyes down as a sign of respect. Hermione admired his good manners and consideration.
"I'm decent, Malfoy." She took of her robe revealing a simple tank top and sweats.
"Granger. I've been thinking about this soul mates thing and I've come to the conclusion that we won't be able to get out of this. We'll either end up being best friends or...uh... a couple. So I'm proposing a truce. What do you think?"
"I think that's a great idea. Let's call each by our first name as starters. My names Hermione." Holding her hand out to Draco and he took it and shook her hand firmly.
"Mines Draco. How do you think we should go about it?"
"I reckon we should let things go naturally. We were destined to be paired up together anyways." Hermione offered her opinions good naturedly. Surprised that this conversation was actually turning out to be quite pleasant and hadn't turned into a fight.
"Yeah. Just go with the flow."
"Now that's all cleared up. I'm going to bed. Good night Draco." Blowing out a few of the candles, Hermione pulled the covers over herself and fell asleep right away.
"Good night Hermione."
After reading for 20 more minutes, Draco turned in and went into a dreamless sleep.
~*Next Morning*~
Draco, having always been a morning person had woken up at 6am to run a few laps around the quidditch pitch. His usual group of admirers from last year were already up in the bleachers waiting for him. He gave them his 'Gilderoy Lockhart Smile' and started running. Half an hour later, he walked briskly back into his room to take a shower. He smiled at Hermione's sleeping form. She was curled up snugly in her warm bed and a soft snore was emitted once in a while. When Draco came out of the shower, Hermione had just woke up.
"Good morning Draco." Hermione yawned and gave him a sleepy smile.
"Good morning Hermione."
When Draco and Hermione went down to the common room, they found Harry, Ron, Ginny and Lavender already down there waiting for them. Harry and Ron apparently didn't get much sleep but Lavender and Ginny seemed fine.
"Harry, Ron, what happened to you guys? Didn't you get enough sleep?" Hermione asked concernedly.
"I was supposed to sleep on the bed with Ginny." At Ron's murderous looks, Harry immediately cowered behind Ginny even though she was at least a head shorter than him. "But turns out, Ginny kicks, so she kicked me out of the bed in her sleep. I didn't want to wake her up so I slept on the sofa. I had fallen on my head and I couldn't sleep since I had a killer head ache." "What happed to you Ron?"
"I gave Lavender the bed, and we didn't have a sofa so I took the armchair. We had wanted to transfigure the armchair into a bed, but we both aren't that good at transfiguration so we figured it best you did it Hermione because we don't want to get anything on fire. I have a crick in my neck from sleeping in the armchair."
"What about you Hermione? Had a nice night?" Ginny asked slyly.
"A nice night? I'm surprised they didn't kill each other yet!" Ron butted before Ginny could say something that would cause a repeat to what happened last night.
"No, Ron. We didn't kill each other. Draco and I had..."
"DRACO?!?"
"Yes, *Draco* and I supposed that we won't be getting out of this, so we agreed on a truce. Which included calling each other by our first names. We'll either be best friends or a couple by the end of the year, no use fighting it right?"
Harry and Ron looked sick just at the thought of Draco becoming *their* Hermione's best friend. Or even worse, boyfriend.
~*Great Hall*~
The six of them made their way down to the Great Hall for breakfast. But when they got their they found the Great Hall doors closed and all of the seventh years standing in the corridor leading to the Great Hall. When all of the seventh years had arrived. Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat to make an announcement.
"Good morning. As you all know, the Soul Mate project is to be kept a secret from all the other students. So I am here to remind you all that you are not to speak of it in the presence of students who are not yet active in this project. If you wish to sit with your groups even though you are in different houses, you are welcome to do so. But you mustn't do anything too out of the ordinary." Dumbledore declared as he eyed a few of the groups warily with his twinkling blue eyes.
Draco decided to sit with his group because he didn't feel like having Pansy hanging all over him at the Slytherin table.
After breakfast, Harry, Ron and Lavender decided to sit out by the lake to enjoy the last of the sun's rays before winter and on their last free day off. Ginny couldn't go because she was in sixth grade so she had to continue her lessons like the majority of the sixth years. Draco and Hermione went back to their dorm to prepare for their meeting with Professor Dumbledore in half an hour. At first, Ron and Harry were reluctant to leave for they wanted to keep an eye on Draco to make sure he wouldn't be up to any tricks. However Hermione persuaded them to go soak up the sun shine.
Hermione and Draco walked up the spiral staircase to Professor Dumbledore's office. They were welcomed in warmly by Fawks the phoenix and greeted by a box of Bertie Botts every flavor beans by Dumbledore.
"Sit down. Relax yourself Ms. Granger. My, it is quite rare that the Head Boy and Girl are paired together as soul mates. As Head master at Hogwarts, this is the first time I've seen it happen. I have discussed this matter with your other Professors and they all agree with me that we should use this opportunity to get some inter house relationship in. I know that there are other pairs that are in different houses but Gryffindor and Slytherin are the ones we really need to work on. Besides, Mr. Malfoy and Ms. Granger, you are the representatives of the whole student population so you are often used as role models."
"What ever do you mean Professor Dumbledore by us fixing this inter house relationship problem? What does it have to do with Draco and I?"
"I know that this is a lot to ask out of you two. But I need you two to become the most perfect couple. It doesn't have to be real right now, you can just pretend. But soon, you'll definitely become a real couple."
"Professor, you must be kidding! Being chosen as soul mates doesn't necessary mean we must be a couple. You said so yourself last night!" Draco stood up abruptly from his chair to protest causing the chocolate frog that he had just opened to escape through the open window.
"Pity you lost that frog, you should be more careful next time. They like to move around. Mr. Malfoy, you were correct that I had said that not all soul mates ended up falling in love. However I know for a fact that that is not what is going to happen between you and Ms. Granger." Professor Dumbledore answered with a twinkle in his eyes that revealed something that clearly noted that he knew something that the two Heads didn't know about. "If you are still in doubt about this, how does 250 points awarded to *each* of your houses if you try this."
"Are you trying to bribe us Professor?"
"Is it working Ms. Granger?"
"Yes it's working. We'll do it Professor." Draco answered for Hermione.
"Now that that's settled, go have a good afternoon you two."
Draco had dragged Hermione out of Dumbledore's office all the way to their dorm.
"Now, if we're to be the perfect couple, first we have to look the part. What we need is a make over for you.
For the next two hours, Draco agonized over Hermione's looks and physical appearance. When he was done with her, he looked up in amazement at his *finished product*.
With his *finished product*, they walked down the corridor in search of the rest of their group to see what they thought about Hermione's new look. They hadn't even walked halfway down the hallway when they found them.
"Oi, Malfoy! Where's Hermione?"
"Yeah, we thought she was with you."
"She's right here. Say hi to the friends who have already forgotten what you look like Hermione."
A/N:that's the end! I'll describe what Hermione looks like in the next chapter...
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A/N: I'm thinking about changing my genre cuz I'm not sure if I'll be able to change this story to a funny one... iono... what do you guys think? If you've also read my other story, than you'll think that I'm obsessed with Hermione and makeovers. But that's not really the case. Cuz I like writing Draco/Hermione romance stories and I always picture Draco as the kind of boy that won't even glance at a girl if she's not pretty. So I find that making Hermione pretty will make Draco get attracted to her. When he actually gets to know her, then he'll know that looks aren't everything. But what Draco needs first before he learns that is someone to teach him that. Which is Hermione!
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[Submitted on December 29,2003]