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Draco awoke the next morning feeling extremely pleased with himself. He though back to the previous night and chuckled as he recalled the image of Hermione running out as fast as she could. She's so cute when she's embarrassed, he thought to himself before realized what he was thinking. Cute? Since when was Granger cute? Her stupid bushy hair and know it all attitude irritated him. He had only been messing with her the other night, he wasn't flirting with her, was he? He gagged at the thought. Draco Malfoy…flirting with Hermione Granger? Disgusting… although, she had smelled very nice the other night. Fighting his conflicting thoughts, Draco headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast.
When he sat down, Blaise immediately began to question him, "So what's up with you and Granger?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," Draco replied, nervously glancing up.
"Who're you trying to fool? I know you had a library date with her yesterday!"
"It was for a project! And nothing, absolutely nothing happened."
Blaise raised an eyebrow, "Oh really now?"
"Yes really, nothing happened."
"So sniffing each other and flirting doesn't count as anything."
Draco gasped, "You! You were spying on us!"
"As your best friend, it's my duty to know about these things."
"You nosy prat!"
"You're such a baby. Just tell me what happened."
"You were spying! You already know what happened!"
"But I was watching from far away! I couldn't hear you guys! Plus, I have no idea what's going on in your mind. So just tell me, do you have the hots for the Mudblood?"
Draco grimaced, "Ew. As if."
"Oh come on! I'm your best friend! You can tell me anything."
"You're acting like a girl."
"And you're acting like a man in denial."
"I am not in denial!"
"Ah see, that's the question at hand."
"I do not like Granger!"
"Are you sure about that?"
"Positive."
Blaise shook his head in disappointment, "I can't believe you."
"What is it now?"
"You're clearly infatuated with the girl and you can't even admit it to yourself. What're you afraid of?"
"I'm not afraid of anything. I'm not in love with her."
"You see this? You're in denial. A man in denial is not attractive at all."
"You're going feminine on me Blaise."
"What? I am not"
"Yes, you are. You're acting like a girl."
"You're changing the subject."
"No, I'm waiting for you to accept the fact although you look like a man, on the inside you're a woman."
"And I'm waiting for you to accept the fact that you are in love with Hermione Granger."
Draco scoffed, "Look, I don't know what kind of fantasies you've been having, but trust me there's nothing going on between me and Granger. Even if there is, it's completely one-sided on her part, I don't feel anything for her. Nothing at all."
Blaise groaned and left the table, irritated with his friend's incompetence. He had been hoping that Draco would be able to realize it on his own, but it looked like it would be necessary for him to step in and play matchmaker.
At the Gryffindor table, Hermione and Ginny sat with their heads close together.
"So what happened?" Ginny inquired, eager to know everything that had gone on.
"I'm telling you, nothing happened! I don't even know how you know about the library."
"Harry told me."
"Of course."
"Well what do you expect? I'm his girlfriend for crying out loud, he tells me everything."
"Except for our plans to save the world."
"Fuck you."
"Woah Ginny, I'm not sure that that's the correct way to be treating someone you want to get information out of."
"It doesn't matter, you know you'll tell me anyways. I'm your best friend, you've never not told me something."
Hermione groaned as she realized the truth in the statement, "Alright, alright. I'll tell you."
"Yay!"
"So we met in the library, and he was late of course and then we got into an argument, and then started acting really weird. He apologized for being rude and then he just stopped talking. We worked in complete silence for a few minutes and he didn't even attempt to insult me!"
"That's a record. Usually he insults you every five seconds."
"I know! That's why it was so weird. Anyways, it was creeping me out so I started to talk to him, you know about the project. And he didn't say anything, so I kind of just sat there, and then the wind started blowing, and I noticed that he smelled kind of…decent."
"Nice word choice."
"Oh shut up. Do you want to hear the rest or what?"
"Fine, fine. Continue."
"He noticed that I was smelling him, and then he asked me if he smelled good, and I told him he smelled delicious."
"Oh my god."
Hermione glared at her, and Ginny shut her mouth and nodded as though to tell her to continue on. "So then he started to tease me about it and he was kind of…I don't know… flirting with me. And then he told me I smelled like strawberries and then he licked his lips and said that he loved strawberries."
"That's hot."
"GINNY!"
"Alright no, that's extremely sexy."
"Your raging hormones disturb me."
"It's very normal to want to-"
"Oh god, shut up," Hermione interrupted.
Ginny stuck her tongue out, "Fine. Just tell me what you did."
"I ran away."
"You ran away? That's so lame. He was hitting on you and you ran away. I'm so disappointed right now, you have no idea."
"Well what else was I supposed to do?"
"You were supposed to stay there and let him do his thing."
"Ew no! It's Malfoy we're talking about, remember?"
"So? Don't tell me that you're not even the slightly attracted to him."
"I'm not."
"Liar."
Hermione sighed, "Ok. So yes, he's very attractive. And a part of me might've wanted him to kiss me. But…it's Malfoy!"
"So?"
"He's bullied me ever since I've met him. Why would I want a boy like that?"
"Why would you? Unless you've secretly had feelings for him this whole time and you like the attention you got when he bullied you."
"Don't go overanalyzing everything. You know I like…well liked…Ron. I'm still not completely over it ok?"
"You can do so much better than him."
"You're so mean to your brother."
"I can't help it if I'm the only attractive one in the family."
"Of course."
Ginny smiled, "Look, all I'm saying is that you should give Malfoy a chance. He might turn out to be a fairly decent catch. Better than my brother at least."
Hermione rolled her eyes before nodding in agreement, it was impossible trying to argue with Ginny when she had her mind made up. "Alright, I'll give it a shot."
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There you have it! Chapter 4 :) So I hope you guys liked it! Reviews would be greatly appreciated :)