A/N: yay! Some people have me on their alert list and what not! And 311 people have read this story so far! Hehe I'm so happy! I hope to get more reviews though L only one so far sniff hehe oh well. Sorry Draco and Hermione haven't had too much interaction yet, I hate it when they just automatically jump into it. ;) anyhooooooo on with the story and please review!
Chapter 3: Firewhiskey
"Ah Mr. Malfoy thank you for blessing us with your presence, please have a seat," Professor Snape glared at Malfoy. Hermione busted into the room, out of breath, "Ms. Granger, 5 points from Gryffindor for being late. Tut-tut, in trouble twice today? That must be a new record for you. Sit." Hermione sat next to Neville, seething with anger at the unfairness of it all.
"Today we will be making large quantities of the Pepperup Potion for Madam Pomfrey. As I am sure you are all aware this is a simple potion I don't expect any of you except Longbottom to have trouble with." Hermione shot Snape a disapproving look, while Neville next to her whimpered. "I have assigned you partners with those NOT in your house. Potter and Goyle, Parkinson and Weasley, Malfoy and Granger, Crabbe and Longbottom, Thomas and Bulstrode, Finnigan and Zabini, work quietly and quickly." Hermione stiffened at Zabini's name. If it wasn't for McGonagall's warning of her being expelled she would have attacked him again there. So she pretended like he wasn't even in the class.
Hermione moved her stuff over the Malfoys table. Malfoy gave out a loud sigh, "why must I always be paired with you."
"Oh stuff it ferret. I don't like working with you anymore than you like working with me ok?" Malfoy sneered at her, "go get the ingredients Granger." Hermione rolled her eyes at him and shot a look over at Harry and Ron who were looking as put off as she was. Goyle was already covered in their potion which was a deep green color, which Hermione was pretty sure it was not supposed to look like that. Pansy was sitting in her chair talking to Millicent leaving Ron to do all of the work. All of a sudden Hermione went flying into the desk in front of her barely keeping her balance. She turned around, "Malfoy what is your bloody problem!" Draco had a smirk on his face, "I told you to go get the ingredients, or were you too stupid to figure out what I was saying?"
"I hate you so much. You are such a spoiled brat who's never done a honest days work in your life and you just make everyone else do everything for you!"
"Good I hate you too, you think you know everything and you'd never do anything to jeopardize your perfect reputation. You don't party, you don't drink or smoke or swear or put out and you don't even hang out with friends. That's why you don't have any friends except for Potty and Weasel and they're only your friends because you've been friends for so bloody long. You're boring Hermione, get used to it, you'll never do anything exciting and everything with you will always be monogamous." By then the whole class had just heard what Malfoy was yelling, even Snape was looking the two. Ron's potion spilled over the edge of the cauldron yet not one person made a move. Hermione's chest was rising and falling in a rapid succession, her nostrils were flared out in anger, "you Malfoy," she said spitting out his last name, "have no room to judge or pretend you know anything about me." And with that she stormed over to the ingredient cupboard and hastily got the ingredients and came back to her desk. Everyone was still watching her every move. She looked around at everyone, "are you all going to stare all day
or actually work?"
"For once Ms. Granger is correct, get back to work. We haven't made any progress and Madam Pomfrey needs as much potion as possible." The class returned back to their work chattering away. The class went by without Hermione or Draco speaking to each other. When all of the cauldrons were empty and Snape had all the potions on the desk, the class was dismissed. Hermione practically ran from the room, while Harry and Ron ran after her.
"Hermione, Hermione wait up!" She finally stopped in the hallway, the boys ran up to her out of breath. "Are you ok?" Hermione smiled at her friends, "yes I'm fine, Malfoy is a prat and we've always know that. Nothing new." Hermione hardly ever lied to her friends but she couldn't admit to them that Malfoy had hit a nerve. Ron looked at Harry and he nodded his head, "So, um.. Why did you attack Zabini at lunch, you could have been expelled?"
Hermione looked at Ron, "something happened, I can't tell you what but it wasn't to me. I can't tell you anything else really, but it had to do with Zabini and he deserved it." Recognition registered in Harry's eyes, "Ginny." Hermione didn't look at him, "Come on guys, we need to
get going, I really don't want to be late to McGonagall's class especially after she almost expelled me." They started walking when Ron's eyes nearly bugged out of his eyes, "you almost got expelled? I was just kidding when I said it earlier but you? I thought I'd never see the day." He swung his arm around her shoulders, "maybe Malfoy was wrong, you aren't so perfect all the time." Hermione scowled at him and shrugged his arm off her shoulder, "Malfoy doesn't know anything about me. I can be daring and bad if I want to me." Harry chuckled at his friend, "right Hermione, just keep telling yourself that." Hermione scowled at him too.
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Later that evening Hermione was doing her Transfiguration homework and Ron and Harry were playing Wizard Chess when a group of 3rd years came stumbling in clearly drunk. Ron and Harry just looked at each other, trying to contain their laughter. The group of 3rd years carried on towards Hermione's table clearly not realizing they were headed right in the direction of their Head Girl. "Excuse me, please tell me that you are not drunk?" Hermione shrieked at the kids.
The group stopped dead in their tracks, some kids started laughing but the smallest boy from the group stepped forward. Hermione recognized him as Euan Abercrombie, "N-n-no Miss Hermione, we were just-" Hermione stood up with her hands on her hips looking remarkably like Professor McGonagall, "you were just what? Out after curfew, getting drunk?"
"Awww Hermione go easy on 'em" Ron said looking up from the chess board. Harry shook his head at his friend while Hermione shot daggers with her eyes at Ron, "Mate, I wouldn't do that if I were you."
The 3rd years looked timidly away from Ron and Harry, this time a girl almost as tall her Hermione spoke up, "Ok, you got us, we were out at a party and had a few things to drink, although I'm not really sure what it was we were drinking." She started to laugh, others joining her.
"Well I'm glad you all find this amusing, 10 points from Gryffindor-" they all groaned, "from each of you, and if someone steps up and tells me where this party is at then I wont turn you into Professor McGonagall."
Euan spoke up, "Slytherin common room, but we didn't tell you." They all started running towards their dorms.
"Wait- hold up! Just one more question. What is the password?"
"It's firewhiskey." the group of 3rd years ran up the stairs and out of sight.
"Geez Hermione, TEN points each? You are taking away from your own house you know." Ron whined.
"Yes, but they had to be taught a lesson."
Harry piped up, "we were getting into worse trouble when we were 3rd years you know."
Aspirated Hermione rolled her eyes in irritation, "I know I know all right! But believe me we were never drunk like that!" She exclaimed pointing her wand towards the dorms.
Ron chuckled, "No we just get drunk now."
Harry laughed along with Ron, "speaking of getting drunk, now that we know there is a party going on, and it is Friday plenty of time to do our studies this weekend….." he trailed off.
Hermione huffed, "fine let's go, but anyone there NOT, 16 and above is getting points taken from me, getting kicked out by me and then in the mercy of Filch catching them out after curfew."
Harry and Ron grinned at each other. "Invisibility cloak then?" This time Hermione laughed out loud, "you two are completely off your rockers! Have you forgotten your not two little 1st years anymore, you guys are way too tall to hide you two or even all three of us under there anymore."
"Hmmm, always right." Ron laughed as Harry quickly ran up the stairs to his dorm to get the Invisibility cloak from his trunk, he handed it to Ron as he tied his shoes.
"Thanks Ron, listen how about Harry you go under the cloak since you have no reason to be out of bed this late. Ron and I will pretend we got a tip off of a party and he was the only prefect awake so he was going with me to break it up and report to the heads."
"Hmmm, and smart too."
"Harry just shut up and get under there," she said grabbing the cloak from Ron and throwing it on Harry's head making it disappear.
The three stepped out of the portrait hole, Harry under the invisibility cloak and Ron and Hermione looking around with their wands lit. Hermione stopped, "you guys remember the way to the dungeons from 2nd year right?" Ron smiled, "of course."
So they lead her down to the dungeons, luckily not running into anyone on the way. Once outside they paused and listened. They heard nothing, Harry took off his invisibility cloak shoving it behind a suit of armor. "I'm going to strangle that little kid when I get a hold of him."
"Ronald you will do no such thing! Firewhiskey."
The door to the dungeon opened and they were pulled inside by many pairs of hands. "RON! HARRY!…….. HERMIONE?" Everyone was baffled to see their Head Girl at a party but regardless everyone started cheering and welcoming her in. They looked around and everyone from every house was there. Hermione got pulled over to a laughing Lavender, Parvati and surprisingly Pansy. They were gathered around a table that held all of the drinks. "Want a drink Hermione?" She was looking around the room to see if there was anyone in 5th year or lower here
"What- no I'm fine, I don't drink."
Parvati interrupted Pansy in the middle of their conversation to lean over and hand Hermione a cup she was drinking from. "Here I don't drink either." Pansy rolled her eyes at Hermione, "Granger is such a loser." she said under her breath. Hermione pretend not to hear her, but also neglected to notice the drink she was taking from Parvati was making the girl extremely tipsy.
She took a big drink, "great well I'll see you guys later." she said directing it towards Lavender and Parvati.
She made her way over to the couches and sat. After a while her cup became empty and so she went back over to the table. The three girls were gone and now just a couple of Ravenclaw boys were gathered around, "um where is the non-alcoholic punch?"
"Right here," they grabbed her cup and filled it with the red punch again. "Thanks," she said meekly and walked away. She was getting a good feeling down in the pit of her stomach but she was getting incredibly bored. She looked around to see if she could spot Ron or Harry anywhere but they were nowhere to be seen. Her eyes stopped on pair of extremely beautiful grey eyes. She tried to focus up to who those eyes belong too, but stumbled to the side of an armchair and when she looked back up they were gone. She wondered around the common room some more, running into more people she knew who gave her their drinks, amused to see the Head Girl drinking, and getting drunk, unbeknown to her. Finally she spotted Harry and Ron sitting next to a few 6th year Ravenclaws, all around a table playing some drinking game she obviously didn't know of.
"There be you guys, you guys I know-" she turned to a passing girl, "hey I know those guys." The girl smiled and kept walking by.
"Hermione are you ok?" Harry asked. "Of course I'm perfectly fine! For the first in my life I feel like I can be freeeeee and do whatever I want and say whatever the fuck I want."
There was a collective gasp from the group, "whoa." Harry exclaimed.
Hermione giggled at the group and reached down to grab Harry's cup, "Thanks." They all shook their heads at their friend and went back to the conversations they were having with the girls.
Hermione turned around and ran right into a muscular chest, losing her balance and falling backwards onto the couch, dropping her cup on the ground. No one noticed Hermione anymore, everyone was far to drunk to care anymore. Hermione just kept her eyes closed, her world spinning.
She peaked out from under one eye and saw those amazing gray eyes again, but now realized they belonged to Malfoy who was leaning down over her. "Malfoy what are you doing here," she said sitting up and knocking her head right into Draco's. "Ouch Granger, God are you drunk?"
Hermione looked offended, "No, I'm not drink." Draco raised on eyebrow at her, "you're not drink are you?" he asked taking a sip from his own cup. "Could have fooled me."
Hermione lazily grinned at him, "oh sod off, so what if I am drunk. I hate you, you know."
Draco smirked at this drunk girl in front of him, a drink girl he could possibly take advantage of. "Yes, you hate me but you find me amazingly sexy you know."
"I find your amazing head to be huge!"
Draco's smirk intensified. "Granger this is not the time nor the place to be so sexual towards me."
Hermione blushed as deeply as Ron, "I didn't- that didn't." He pushed his blonde hair from his eyes, "Come let's get another drink and then maybe later you can tell me what you really meant." He grabbed her elbow and pulled her up from her seat and headed them over to the table with all the drinks. He paused and looked around, nothing he hadn't had before. Hermione stood amazed at all the drinks she never noticed before, "I know this is all new to you, but do you remember what you were drinking?"
Giggling she shook her head no, "Parvati, and Lavender- they gave it. Some kind of punsh. Punch."
"Ahh yes the fruit punch that has been spiked with every kind of alcohol we have here. Nice choice." Draco grabbed her a bright red bottle.
"Firewhiskey. Ever have any?"
She bit her bottom lip, not noticing Draco's eyes following her movement. "No, but that's the password!" she giggled and cling to his arm.
"Wow you really are drunk aren't you. All this talking to me and touching me.. If only you could see you now."
Hermione was looking off into another direction, waving to everyone that crossed her path.
Draco uncapped the top off the bottle and took a swig from the bottle. He poured some into a shot glass that was sitting near by.
"Here take this, don't smell it and just drink." he handed it to her and she just looked into his eyes, not moving. Suddenly the glass slipped from her hand and shattered on the floor below in pieces, knocking the two from their intense gazes. Draco knew he was just messing with her but he couldn't help be human and notice how hot she was for a mud blood. He took out his wand a muttered a spell which put the glass back together. He re-poured her a shot and handed it to her again. This time she didn't look at him but tipped her head back and took the whole shot.
Opening her eyes again everything was suddenly really hot, hazy and intoxicating. She grabbed the bottle from him after he had finished taking another shot, again gazing into his eyes she took a swig from it like she had seen him do. Setting the bottle back down on the table she notice Harry and a group of people all dancing. She looked at Draco and noticed the same hazy, heavy lidded eyes that mirrored her own. They both walked over to join the rest and started to dance. They danced until they couldn't contain the heat anymore, they danced until they didn't remember who they were dancing with but only felt with their drunken state.
Sweat coated Hermione as she swayed to the music, the heat making her even more drunk, she looked up into Draco's face and she knew she didn't want to. Her subconscious was screaming at her not to, but the music and alcohol eventually drowned it out. Hermione leaned up and captured Draco's lips in a searing kiss. Draco, drunk, hot and impaired, kissed her back as well. Their tongues in a duel of their own, not thinking but always feeling. Feeling something that she had not experienced before, a yearning that she had not known until now. A want for something that she knew she shouldn't want. She smiled into his lips as she realized she wanted what she should not, she wanted Draco.
A/N: over 3,000 words! 3,021 to be exact! Whooo! wipes sweat from brow! hope that will maybe be some inspiration to review!