Hello again! Sorry for the delay! :) Kinda got hooked on this book series called Percy Jackson and the Olympians! Write in the reviews if you've heard of it or read it, I'm interested to know how many people have read it :) Enjoy
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Hermione was determined to get what she wanted. And what she wanted was revenge, or more accurately recognition. She was always the second choice, everyone thought of her as a friend, no-one looked at her as anything other than just a friend. Now it was time to show them that she wasn't just the nice friendly girl third of the Golden Trio.
Her plan was simple really- get Malfoy and make Ronald jealous. Of course the idea of acting lovey dovey with Draco-freaking-Malfoy was nauseating, to say the least. Hermione didn't know how she would be able to even consider such an idea, but a girl who had her heart broken is a enemy you don't want to have.
Hermione was striding trough the Hogwarts corridors, they had arrived two hours ago and the feast was already over, which meant that it was past curfew already, and Hermione was still outside her house. Her thoughts were full of all the possible outcomes that could happen when she asks, or more like blackmails, Malfoy to help her. Of course, there was the good outcome, which would be him agreeing to help her, and being willing to help her just because he hates Weasleys, which was highly unlikely. And then there was a bad outcome, which meant that her plan would backfire, and she'd be in serious trouble, even in danger on getting expelled, if Malfoy learned the loophole in her plan. There were also outcomes that would be in the middle, kind of like a compromise between them.
I guess you'd like to know what Hermione's plan was? How could she possibly blackmail Malfoy into agreeing to pretend to be dating a muggleborn? That would hurt his pride and the respect he has from the Slytherins... It could also have serious consequence if his father found out.
But see Hermione might not look like it... but she was pretty sly when she wanted to be. She had overheard a few Ravenclaw girls speaking about their suspicions on Malfoy last year. So she did some research, just in case she ever needed a favor or had the urge to get back on Malfoy. She knew everything she needed to know, but one thing was missing. What, you ask? Well, proof of course. She had no proof to back-up her theory. Everything clicked perfectly into place, but she had no proof.
Now you probably guessed what she was doing in the corridors right now. She was searching for something to back-up her idea. So she could successfully persuade him into agreeing.
You see, Malfoy had been doing a lot of sneaking out lately, he rarely turned up for dinner and people were wondering what was going on. So naturally rumors had started spreading, some went along the lines of he's a Death Eather, according to Harry, he's been bitten by a magical being, all the Malfoy-crazed fans, and then there was the theory the Ravenclaw girls had... he's gay, or seeing someone he shouldn't be seeing.
Well from all the rumors the Ravenclaws idea seemed pretty reasonable to Hermione, so she followed Malfoy whenever she could. I know, stalkerish much, but she wanted to find out, she liked to have info on her enemies. Well every night, Malfoy was meeting someone. A few times it was some Slytherin girls, looking for a quick snog or shag in the broom closet, but occasionally he would meet with someone, a male, in the classrooms. Hermione had her reasons to think that the Malfoy heir was bi-curious. Today she was determined to find out who the male was, whom Malfoy was meeting in secret places.
She was carrying a magical camera, she had borrowed it from Collin Cleevey, who had been reluctant, but in the end agreed to borrow it to her, after two hours of convincing.
"Draco... Took you long enough, I thought you forgot. Were you followed?" Said a deep male voice from a classroom, Hermione even got the chills down her spine, the voice was calming, alluring even.
"Didn't mean to make you wait on me. I'm starting to have trouble sneaking out. How do you manage to sneak out so easily? How come no one notices you sneaking off? And I'm sure no-one followed me, why do you think it took me so long to come," Came Malfoys voice from the classroom.
Hermione had now sneaked as close as physically possible to the classroom, she peered inside from the small creak, she could see Malfoy perfectly, but she couldn't see who was with him, the door was hiding him.
"Oh, it's a talent... I'm very much like a ninja, I can blend in the shadows nicely. And it always takes you long to come," The sentence was followed by a laugh.
The laugh ringed a bell, she was sure she'd heard it before, multiple times, she just couldn't put her finger on it.
"I'm not in the mood for your jokes, today." Came Malfoy's tired, maybe even frustrated voice. He was rolling his eyes at his conversation buddy.
Hermione was now taking a few photos of Malfoy, sliding the door more open a little but at a time, trying to take a photo of the person that Draco was having a conversation with, very possibly, his secret lover.
"Straight to business today then, very much like you, Draco. We have to be careful though. We can't be found out... It would be a disaster, it'll ruin everything," Said the deep velvet voice.
Suddenly, Hermione heard movement from the classroom, shuffling of feet, they were making their way out of the classroom, so Hermione did the only reasonable thing, she scrambled around the corner, successfully hiding herself just before the door was pulled open.
That was when Hermione saw the person Malfoy was with. A very tall, dark, and handsome guy. The boy had high cheekbones, and long slanting eyes that seemed to calculate everything. He was very handsome. And that's when it hit her. The person Malfoy was involved with, was actually one of his friends, Blaise Zabini. Hermione recalled Zabini being very intelligent and seemed to notice a lot of things that were happening around him, things most people wouldn't have noticed, he was also very quiet, vain about appearance, and very arrogant, he could give Malfoy a run for his money any day. Hermione remembered being fascinated by Blaise in third year, she might even say she had a crush on him, good thing that didn't develop, from the looks of things, Blaise was playing for the other team.
Quickly Hermione snapped a few more pictures of them walking towards the seventh floor. Quietly she sneaked after them. The walk was very uneventful, they stayed quiet most of the walk, except for small comments like: "Did you hear a voice?" or the occasional "Look at the stars".
'What do they want from the seventh floor? There's nothing there? Maybe they just want to be alone, there's rarely anyone there, ever' Hermione thought as she sneaked after them.
Then they stopped, and Hermione looked dumbfoundedly around the empty corridor, searching for some reason to explain why the two boys stopped.
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Sorry guys! A cliffhanger... I tried to keep this as good as I could make it... please don't hate on this chapter, I know it was weird, and it was kind of a last second decision. As for Draco being bi, just bear with me, it'll all get cleared up in the chapters to come, I have a surprise in store. Also this is kind of an extra chapter that doesn't go along with the challenge this story is written for. Please R&R, I'll update soon :)
