"What?" She says as she sprung to her feet and put her hands on her hips.
"Don't falter yourself to much. By the looks of you, you posses many powers, you can be my secret weapon. Join the Covent or at least think about it?" Draco responded coolly looking up at her from his seat.
Hermione pondered his request for a few moments. "And if I refuse?"
"I figured I'd cross that path if you do. However, you can at least stay here for the time being. Train with us, decide if you want to be WITH us. I would like to know how you can upon these powers though."
She froze when he mentioned how she became like this, it wasn't a pleasant memory but she shook it off and replied "Hmm," She looked around the elegant room. She shrugged and turned her gaze on Malfoy's grey eyes. "I will stay here, but I'm not promising anything. And how I became like this is none of your concern. Understand, Malfoy?"
He nodded as he watched her walk towards the door, stop and turn. "Oh, and I will never call you 'My Lord' so don't expect anything of the nature."
"I wouldn't of excepted anything different." He smirked as she turned back around on her heel and towards the door.
"Are you coming to show me my room or do I have to find it on my own?" She commented over her shoulder as she strolled out of the room.
Draco stood up from his seat on the couch and walked out after her shaking his head.
The castle was huge and elegant as they walked quietly down the dimly light hallways.
"That's my… 'war room', I guess you could call it that, its where we deliberate our upcoming attacks and defenses." He pointed towards two large, expertly carved double doors. "There's the other kitchen and living room." He slightly smiled at his word choice then came to an abrupt hault causing Hermione to crash into him. He grabbed her right before she hit the ground and steadied her.
He smiled, yes smiled at her. "And this is your room….. for the time being at least."
Hermione opened the doors to find a large room, with a large canopy bed. It came complete with a master bathroom and a balcony. The whole wall was covered with books, to which Hermione's eyes lit up at. Yes, she's changed a lot, but her love of books has probably grown even more since Hogwarts. A smile graced upon her face as she took in the scenery and spun around to face Draco. "Wow, nice."
Seeing her smile made Draco feel satisfied and felt the corners of his mouth threaten to tug into a full blown smile. "Yes, well, my room is three doors down to the left, if you need anything." He winked then smirked once again.
"Whatever. Thanks and goodnighhhhttt." She said, replying and holding her letters out longer and closing the door.
Draco walked down the hall before lowly responding, "Goodnight, Hermione."
"Get the hell up." Hermione was now jumping up and down on Draco's bed trying for the 12th time now to wake him up."
Draco mumbles something incoherent under his breathe before rolling on his back.
"Come on! I want to get some energy out, I want to train a little, show off a lot." She smirked still jumping up and down above him.
"I can think of other ways to do that." He smirked his own way and pulled her ankles down so that she feel, straddling his upper hips. "And it's a lot more fun."
"Very funny." She struggled trying to get up only to have Draco tighten his arms around her.
"I could get used to this every morning, Granger, but know, I'm usually not a morning person." His arms encircled her waist and pulled her against him closer.
She got an idea and got really close to his face and took deep breathes, sending shivers down his spine. "Then, I'll just have to make you a morning person, wont I?" His low growl echoed through the room as he loosened his grip slightly on her taking in their closeness and her scent. Hermione took this as a sign and quickly jumped off, smiling because she won.
"Be ready in 20. And you might want to take a cold shower." She smirked as her eyes traveled south and then left the room with a slam of the door.
Draco took deep breathes and slowly got out of bed. "This girl is going to be the death of me." He mumbled while making his way to the bathroom.
TO BE CONT.333