A/N: Okey doke, this is me talking to you again, with my lovely flawless english*snort*. Alright so here's chapter two!! I hope it tickles your fancy- and, I know, Draco Malfoy -my hero- has not yet been introduced, but in due time -prefferably the next chapter- he will make a quaint appearance.
Good day to you all!~,
Deeevy~
"You can't seriously be considering this!!" Ginny persisted for what Hermione felt was the eighty fifth time.
"Ginny, I assure you, if someone had just said do this or eat a dozen dung beetles I swear to you I would choose the dung beetles."
"What if they made you marry an ogre?" she persisted yet again
"Then I'd choose the ogre."
"Or if you were the maid of honor at Ron and Lavender's wedding?"
That was working one of Hermione's last nerves. Ginny saw her shoulders tense and could almost feel the knot in Hermione's chest when Ginny had said that. She instantly took it back, happy that nothing too awful had happened yet.
"I promise you Ginny, I would choose anything over tending to that weak bastard,"
"What if they made you snog him?"
"I BEG YOUR PARDON!" Hermione shouted at her disgustedly.
"You know? If they said either tend to the poor git or snog him senseless, what would you do?" Ginny's face was pure mischief.
Hermione felt herself at a loss for words.
"Well that's just not fair!" she protested, "I would never do anything even remotely related to that blasted Malfoy," Hermione said finally feeling better about the situation.
"So you'd snog him?" Ginny asked crudely
"GOD NO!" Hermione blurted without a second thought, making a couple people turn their heads to stare.
"Well? Those are your options," Ginny replied curtly.
Hermione paused. She knew she would never EVER say she'd snog someone as vile as Malfoy- he belonged in another planet, however, if she said she would rather take care of him- that would mean to understand him on a level she believed she didn't have time to understand. She let herself think for a minute before saying the only thing better then, 'neither'.
"Ginny, would you snog him?"
"No!" Ginny replied. Not as passionately as Hermione has asserted, but still all the while disgusted.
Ginny then stared at Hermione as if she had been speckled with neon colours. Quite an imaginary sight to see, Hermione laughed inwardly.
"But, Hermione," Ginny said, "Imagine if he wasn't so cold- If he had more then one layer to his thick skin. Would you? He would be attractive if he weren't such a rude and incompetent arse, not to mention a pureblood of one of the highest families- but what if he wasn't?"
Hermione stood frozen on the spot, trying to look like she wasn't herself asking that very same question.
"People don't change," she said bitterly, talking more to herself then she was to Ginny.
Hermione would've liked to know a Draco Malfoy that wasn't a total and complete arsehole. If he was real, or maybe, if eons ago that boy existed Hermione would have liked to meet him. Because Ginny wasn't completely wrong when she stated he would be more attractive if he were nice. Wait, no, she said he would be attractive- 'did I just say Draco Malfoy would be more attractive?? Ridiculous! He's not the least bit attractive' she told herself.
"Um, earth to Hermione?" Ginny asked, waving her hand in front of her.
"Oh, right, sorry Ginny. I was just daydreaming,"
Ginny's eyes grew wide with mischief.
"Of a nicer Malfoy perhaps?" She giggled.
"Ginny, I'm getting tired of playing these silly games with you. You're acting stupid to think I could ever dream about-,"
Harry, who was following them as quietly as a mouse, cut off Hermione and said,
"Dreaming about who, Hermione?"
This earned Harry a very sincere and startled squeal from Hermione, literally almost jumping into Ginny's arms.
"Merlin's beard Harry, never do that again," she said, air that was lost on her gasp returning slowly.
"Hermione you sly minx, you're not dreaming about my brother Ronald Weasley are you??" Ginny said, obviously thinking dreaming about Ron wouldn't be as bad as dreaming about Malfoy. She wasn't wrong, but Hermione would rather avoid the situation altogether.
Harry beamed at Hermione.
"Don't worry, Hermione, I won't tell anyone," he smiled at her and bit into a shiny red apple and walked off coolly.
Ginny sighed dreamily.
"Isn't he just so- so-,"
"Completely and utterly oblivious," Hermione finished, obviously pleased with the lack of questions she had been presented with.
Ginny looked a little ashamed with herself and nodded.
"C'mon Ginny, let's get to class, I want to know all the details about stupid Malfoy,"
Ginny smiled slyly and put an arm around Hermione's shoulder.
"Oh, Hermione, you'll absolutely adore this…"
Hermione groaned and they walked down the halls, discussing the terms Snape had left few hopefuls with.
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"So you're saying the book is called, what I might ask?"
Ginny smiled and whispered a title in her ear. Hermione's eyes widened a bit and then realized Ginny quoted it as, 'really famous' and wanted it anyway.
"So you're saying, the only people who will know about it will be Snape, and the person who has keenly decided to ruin a perfectly good month of their life, right?"
Ginny nodded.
"And, say, they were to tell their best friends, how do you think they would react? Would they keep the secret?"
Ginny nodded, eyes narrowing.
"And, would their best friends ensure that no rumors would spread between the aforementioned caretaker and whom they take care of?"
Ginny's mouth opened in a smile, but no noise came out. She nodded three times and stared Hermione in the face.
"Hermione?"
She turned around to face Ginny.
"Are you going to do this? I mean, no boy in this entire school would be a worse person to take care of! And- you've heard what he calls you- it's despicable. You can't really expect that during a months time, you can reform him?"
A vibrant flashback whizzed through Hermione's head; a conversation with Harry- and a rather short one at that. The words buzzed around her head…
"Anyone can change if they try, 'Mione. You should- probably not waste time on trying to reform someone though, if that's what you were getting at."
"You are who you are Ginny. But if people don't like who you are… Someone's bound to come along and try to change you. Why can't that be me?
A/N: Ah, Hermione. Ever the naive one aren't we? Well, my lovely readers, as the fued between Hermione and Draco is obviously more evident then the fact Ron has more then a few freckles, I assume you know why I believe Hermione is silly to believe Draco would allow her to tend to him- without him putting up a fight- possible getting tangled- and OH! I've said too much:P
See that pretty green button? You know how badly you want to press it... Go on... DO IT :D
Love~ Deevy
