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AN2: Hey all! Just doing more work here. I will be giving a new chapter after my revisions to the first five are done. I have also changed the title because I found someone else had the same title and it was bugging me. The new title is Finding the Truth Within. What do you think? Read and Review!
Chapter 3: The First Date
Draco got up early that morning being to excited to sleep anymore. He had the most wonderful dream that Hermione was finally his girlfriend. It was so hard for Draco to finally admit to himself that he liked her like that. When he had seen her the first train ride and the way she smiled at him, made him feel really nervous around her. He also had to worry on the fact that she was muggle born and his father strictly hated anything to do with a person like that. So for all these years at Hogwarts he watched her mature into the lovely beauty she now was while his feeling grew stronger for her. He remembered the Yule ball in 4th year and when he saw her and Krum walk in together how jealous and heated he became to see her with someone else, and it made him realize that no matter what he did or said he was always going to be in love with her. Since then his heart and body longed to be next to hers, to protect her, and show her every amount of love she deserved. The raged that filled his body yesterday returned as he thought about what Pottehead and Weasel had done to her. She never did anything to deserve such things. He wanted to curse and break every bone in their bodies for what they had done. He knew he couldn't do anything to them because all it would do was make Hermione afraid of him and get him in trouble and right now was not the best time to be getting into trouble. He had things to do and needed full use of himself to do those things.
To calm himself down he decide to go and take a shower and think about how he was going to complete his first task, which was to get her to be his. This was usually a thing Draco never had to worry about because all the girls he ever wanted came begging at his feet. Mind you though these girls were not the ones he loved and he knew the only reason he dated them was to dual the pain of not having Hermione. He had though, made some progress yesterday by getting her to open up to him and tell him things that she had never even told Saint Potter or Weasel. To him that was one of the biggest steps forwards ever. He still had a lot to do to win her heart and he knew it. It was going to take time but time right now was a bit of an issue for him. He had to get her to trust him enough to at least get her to come here to his dorm so she could face Voldemort. Draco really didn't want to put her through facing Voldemort but it was his other task and to ignore Voldemort was to wish for death. But he had confidence in her by just listening to her talk yesterday. She had real power inside. She had many things inside that he knew were ready to come out. She was something that he could not even imagine to be true.
It was finally 7:30am and he decided to head down. He figured why not be early than late. Before he could leave the dorm he heard a pop come from the fireplace. He looked over to find Voldemort staring at him with a deadly look in his eyes. "Malfoy, a word with you." He paused then continued, "I have been watching you work and your progress is going on well. I came to tell you that I would give you more time to gain her trust for your hard work yesterday. Now it is very important that she comes here not knowing she is to face me. I know how much she means to you and if you can, which I have faith in you, you can pull some trick to get her here without you being involved." Voldemort explained.
"Thank you for your generous gift my Lord. I will not disappoint you. I do not think that I will need to trick her to come down here. She is going though something that is changing her. She has this power about her now and is feeling extremely out of place in Gryffandor." Draco said as he bowed before the fire.
"Things are going to be easier for you then if already she is changing. Getting her here is only part of the task. You will know when the other part is complete when the time comes. This task is not easy but she is dearly important to me and has a special purpose so do not fail me Malfoy." He said then popped away again. The weight on Draco's shoulders lifted slightly as he realized that he had just been given more time to woo Hermione and gain her heart. He looked at the grandfather clock on the wall opposite the fire and saw that it was 7:50am and he only had ten minute to make it to Hermione in time. This was going to be tricky but he knew he had to be there on time. He ran through passageways only known by a few people and sliding portraits that only the Malfoys knew existed. He made it right as the clock struck 8:00am to find Hermione walking down the stairs looking distraught but please to see him there waiting for her. She looked awesome too, wearing a black pleated mini skirt with knee high boots and a black tank top to match. Her hair was straight and not frizzy which looked fabulous on her. She was simply stunning he thought, as he looked her up and down.
"Liking what you see Draco?" She questioned. He smiled and took her hand leading her out the doors.
"You look stunning Hermione." He told her kissing her hand as they sat in the carriage waiting for it to go.
"Thank you." She said blushing slightly. Everything just seemed so perfect when she was with him. Nothing could go wrong while she was with him. Then a knock on the carriage door made them jump slightly and it opened showing Ron and Lavender standing outside it. Draco looked at how quickly Hermione's face dropped to see them standing arms wrapped around each other.
"Plenty of room in her me sweet, lets get in." Ron said as he kissed Lavender deeply. Hermione's eyes filled with tears just as Draco stood up and said, "We do mind if you sit here! In fact we don't want you or your little slut anywhere near us Weasel so get the bloody hell out before I curse you out!" He had his wand pointed at there heads.
"Malfoy I would check who was the slut here. She seems to be moving on just as fast and to top it off barely wearing any clothes!" Lavender yelled.
"Shut the Fuck up you slut! Hermione is nothing more than a lovely innocent girl who this asshole has messed with and left her out in the cold! I would watch what you are doing... " Draco started but was cut off by a blast of Red light that came from behind him. Hermione was standing behind him wand raised and pointed at Ron and Lavender. She was breathing really hard as she took her seat. "Bloody Hell! Remind me never to piss you off. I swear you are lethal when you want to be." HE told her.
"Sorry they just pushed me too far. I can put up with a lot, but that was just too much at once." She said as she bent her head and placed them in her hands.
"No need to be sorry I mean that was bloody brilliant! I only wish it was me who did it. What curse was that? I've never seen it used before." He asked her making her head shoot up quickly.
A smile formed on her face that Draco thought it looked familiar but had never seen on her before, "Well since in how it is my own curse you would have never seen it before now would you." She smirked at his surprised look. "I call it the Revengeful curse. It makes the victim do the opposite of what they would normally do and each time they do what they normally do instead of the opposite a sharp shock shoots through their bodies. It only lasts for about and hour but I find it worth it for them." She told him as she motioned toward the door.
"That is pure genus if I may say so myself. I am very impressed that a Gryffandor came up with something that clever and quite powerful." He told her, as the carriage started moving down the road toward Hogsmeade. "So Hermione how does lunch at this special place I now about with me sound?" He asked her.
"You mean like a date type meal?" She asked a little surprised at his actions.
"If you want it to be like that then yeah, but if not then no just like friends until you want it to be like a date type thing. Anything for you." He told her then gave her the normal Draco Malfoy smirk.
She looked at him and blushed as she said, "I would like it to be a date then yes. I would like to have lunch with you."
"Well we have a few hours before we eat so anything you need to buy or would like to do before then?" He asked her as he placed his hand over hers and got the same reaction as yesterday. She just looked at his hand and did nothing.
"I need to get some more parchment quills, and I always try to make a stop by Honeydukes for some sugar free treats for my parents and something for me when I have a sugar attack." She explained to Draco.
"Sugar free sweets? Your parents are mental!" He told her.
"No they are not mental only dentist. Do you know what a dentist is Draco?" She asked.
He smiled and said, "No I have no idea what they are and to me so far they sound bloody rotten just by liking sugar free sweets."
"Well let me explain before you judge my parents. A dentist is someone in the muggle world that fixes and takes care of teeth. They use all these special tools and gadgets to work on your teeth. They hate sugar because it causes tooth decay and ruins teeth. That's what they do for a living. Now mind you pretty much all kids hate the dentist, so I can see you finding them scary too." She explained then gave him that same mysterious smile that kept reminding him of something.
He shook his head quickly making her giggle and said, "As I said before they are bloody rotten sounding. Do you find me amusing?"
"You quivered at my explanation and you're a wizard with a wand making you ten times more powerful then any muggle alive." She told him.
"Hmm, I see well I guess it is a bit funny. Well here we are, lets get what we need first then on we go to our date." He said as they stepped out of the carriage and offered her a hand out. He took her hand in his and smiled inwardly as she accepted it without hesitation.
They walk down the street stopping here and there buying things every once and a while. It was 11:30 when Draco led Hermione down an alley she had never been down before that led to a brass door at the end. Draco tapped his wand 5 times on the door making it open. He led her inside and heard her let out a small gasp. It was the most amazing place she had ever been before. The ceiling must reach at least 50 feet high with 5 huge chandeliers hanging throughout the room. The tables were all set for two with golden plates and utensils and a sparkling wine glass that was lined on the top with gold.
"Draco this is beautiful! It must cost a lot to even sit in here." She whispered.
"I think it is perfect to eat here because it is a beautiful place for a beautiful person." He told her kissing the top of her hand. The waiter came and sat them in a private dining area that was about the size of a small house but only had one table set for two set right in the middle of the room.
"Is there anything I can get you before you order?" Asked the waiter.
"We would like your best bottle of wine." Draco told the waiter.
"Yes sir it will be out shortly." And the waiter took out his wand and waved it in the air making a bottle float down to the table and two wine glasses appear. "Enjoy your meal." and with a pop he was gone. Hermione picked up the menu and picked out what she wanted then looked up at Draco and gave him a bewildered looked.
"Is this the first time you have ate in a wizard restaurant?" He asked her.
"Yes, I mean I ate at Ron's before but I never had to worry about a menu or anything. Would you mind explaining it to me though, I am kind of hungry." She said to him.
He chuckled quietly and then told her, "Remember when we ate at the Yule ball in fourth year? Well same concept just tap your wand on the plate and speak of what you want. It's that simple."
She smirked at him and said, "Thanks smart ass! No need to make me feel like a filthy muggle born." She stopped what she was doing and gave a look of total confusion on what she had just said. Draco's eyes went wide but then he smirked, "You truly are a Slytherin weather you want to admit it or not. I know you are by the power and the way you sometimes act. It has just taken awhile to come out of you."
"Its just so hard to think that I can one day be a Gryffandor and then all of a sudden I'm a Slytherin. You have to understand that I have no real reason to be in Slytherin as you do because of your family and all but me I mean I'm muggle born and all." She explained, "Sorry my mouth is running away with me again."
"No don't worry about it, I love to hear you talk. Just the way you explain things and all is just so wonderful. It is one of those things I admire about you, I always have." He told her as he bent across the table and kissed her cheek. She blushed a deep red at him kissing her.
The food was the best she had ever had in her life. She was having so much fun and she now understood why she was so drawn toward Draco. He was just amazing when he was not tormenting her. These last two days had been a real eye opener for her because she had met the real Draco Malfoy and found him really to be a great person. She was able to talk to him and open up to him with some of her deepest darkest secrets that she had and it touched her to be able to do so.
"Thank you so much for this! I enjoyed this so much." She told him. Then as he went to say something she kissed him. He returned the kiss and then once it ended she said, "That was amazing." Not realizing she had said that aloud.
"Yeah I have to agree with you on that one. I won't object to..." and before he could finish they were swept up in another kiss, "So does this mean we are going out now?" He asked her with a smirk.
'You can't do this; He is just going to break your heart like Ron did. You can't trust men with your heart. They are all the same!' she thought this to herself. 'But he seems so much better' another more powerful side of her spoke up, 'He has what you want, he can give to you what you want, power, friendship, and dear I say it LOVE.'
"Are you asking me out?" She questioned not quite sure what she would do if he said yes.
"I suppose so." He replied.
"You have to know if you are or not because I can't just toss my self out there again to someone whom I can't trust." Hermione explained.
"There is one thing I need you to understand, I am nothing like The Weasel nor am I like I used to be a few years ago. I know I could give you what you need and want. Just let me show you." Draco explained to her in the most sincere voice she had ever heard come from him.
She smiled and said, "Then yes I will be your girlfriend as long as you kiss me again." And they kissed again this time with so much passion it made a whirlwind form around them making them float a few inches above the ground.
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