Chapter Two: On a Mission

"Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment "

--Thomas Otway

Hermione walked toward the Gryffindor common room, scolding herself for spending too much time in the Great Hall trying to meet all of her old friends. Harry and Ron had already left with Ginny and Lavender an hour ago. Amidst her thoughts and rushing to the common room, she tripped over her robe and fell forward. The fall was echoed through the empty hallway and she quickly stood up and started dusting her robes.

"Careful Granger" a smooth, silky voice whispered close to her ear. She spun around to see Malfoy standing there with his signature smirk.

"Malfoy," Hermione said, surprised that her voice wasn't as threatening as she wanted it to be.

"Late, aren't we?" he said taking a step towards her.

"Yeah," she said, her voice surprisingly weak, unsure of what he was up to as she took a step back just in case.

"Ok, enough of the small talk," he said and took three quick strides and close the space between them. Hermione stifled a gasp as she felt his body against hers and his face dangerously close; as much as she wanted to push away she knew she couldn't.

"What do you want?" Hermione whispered as reality came crashing down on her; she was alone in a dark, secluded hallway with Draco Malfoy less than three inches away from her face.

"You," his voice held a raw, uncontrollable sex appeal, something Hermione was very turned on by. Before she could make a rational decision, He closed the gap between them and violently kissed her. Hermione whimpered at his strength and felt her legs giving away, he quickly pull her onto him and wrapped her legs around his waist as he strategically moved his lips towards her neck and stopped at her pulse and started sucking at her delicate flesh which sent electric waves throughout Hermione's body. She let out a moan which brought her back to the reality of the situation; she was still in a dark, secluded hallway snogging Draco Malfoy. She quickly pulled away and ran towards the Gryffindor common room not looking back.

Draco smiled, fixed his hair and robes and started walking the opposite way towards the Slytherin common room. Bloody hell, the mudblood can kiss he thought and then smiled thinking about her reaction if she ever heard him say this, surprisingly he wanted her even more now.

Hermione ran into her room ignoring Harry and Ron who were sitting in the common room chatting with some of the fellow Gryffindors. She closed the door and was happy the dormitory was relatively empty except for Parvati Patel who seemed to be sound asleep. Hermione walked into the bathroom and washed her face, what just happened? She thought as she grabbed the towel. Flashes of the encounter came back to her and she almost blushed thinking about her reaction. She look into the mirror and at her neck, there was a small, dark bruise and Hermione rushed to get her wand and mumbled a spell she heard Lavender teaching the other girls but Hermione never imagined she'd be using it. She quickly changed and went to bed; she tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. She analyzed the situation and analyzed it some more realizing that she wanted this all along but not with Malfoy, he was too dangerous. Playing with Malfoy was like playing with fire, She also got angry at her inability to put up a fight, she can't let Malfoy get to her, Why was he after her? There were other girls he could go for, Why her? More importantly, why does she want more?
"Hermione, you ok?" Harry asked. Hermione looked up from her breakfast; she had been quiet the whole morning and barely touched her food.

"Yeah, just a little tired. What class do you guys have first?" she asked quickly changing the topic as she took a bite of her toast in order to make it look believable.

"Potions" Ron groaned as they started getting up. Hermione suddenly became nauseous, she had to see Malfoy, and after last night she was afraid of his presence. She had to stop this before it went any further but all these thoughts seemed to disappear as she spotted Malfoy with his Slyterin friends. His hair wasn't slicked back as usual and long strands fell in his eyes and gave him a mysterious aura. He grew taller and she noticed his fit forearms, as he rolled his uniform sleeves up. Damn, Quidditch did him good she thought as she quickly walked past him without stealing a glance. Potions dragged on and soon she was absent mindedly cutting up ingredients and adding them to the bubbling potion while Ron and Harry talked on about their first Quidditch match with Slytherin next week.

"Well, Granger, looks like you're distracted," she jumped as she heard Snape behind her commenting on the green potion; Hermione frowned as she looked up at the board the potion was supposed to be white. "Detention Granger and twenty points from Gryffindor." She looked down and glanced at Malfoy who was smiling, her blood started boiling.

Draco walked into his dormitory and glanced at the clock, he had an hour before he could catch up with Granger at detention. He quickly grabbed a quill and a piece of parchment sticking out of his backpack and sighed before writing his name at the top. He was writing to his father in order to tell him his plan is working and Granger will be his soon, that's what his father wanted. Ever since he could remember his life revolved around his father, he had no voice, no opinion, anything and everything was decided by his father from what he wore to how he spoke. Even though he lived in a mansion, Draco somehow felt claustrophobic in his thoughts because his father was always controlling them, so last year he decided on two things he will not let his father rule, his career and his marriage, these were the two things he was willing to fight for no matter what.

He wrote the first sentence carefully and neatly, he never fancied writing neatly but his father would nag continuously about his laziness if he didn't. Draco suddenly dropped his quill, leaving a large, dark gash in the middle of page. Draco quickly grabbed the writing and threw it into the waste basket. Fuck, what's wrong with me? He thought as he absentmindedly ran a hand through his fair, a habit he developed to lessen his agitation and restlessness. What's so special about Granger anyway? He thought as he quickly changed his robes and caught himself looking into the mirror several times before leaving. He was early, he should've written to his father instead of wasting time, he paced quickened as he rushed into the dungeons. He was surprised to see Granger had already started serving her detention. He quickly checked his watch; the mudblood was a half-an hour early.

"What do you want Malfoy?" Draco looked up to see a very agitated Hermione, her arms were crossed and her expression extremely serious, and when he looked closer he could've swore he noticed a hint of fear as well. Draco took his time to answer; there was something very sexy about the way she was standing there in the oversized brown apron with her arms crossed.

"We already went through this Granger," he asked and before Hermione could reply he was already too close and her head began to spin as she was loosing grip on the whole situation.

"I'm being serious," she whispered.

"So am I," he whispered and leaned over until she could feel his breath on her cheek, he suddenly pulled away. "But, let's try something different, how about a conversation Granger, maybe with a cup of coffee?" he asked. Hermione was surprised, was this Draco Malfoy she's known for the past five years, and was this the Malfoy who made sure her life was living hell every school year?

"I don't think so Malfoy, I'm busy." Hermione said as she returned to her scrubbing.

"I'm not going to beg Granger," he stated. Hermione dropped her sponge, took off her gloves and walked up to him, so close that he could smell her lavender perfume. "Maybe I want you to Malfoy," she said seductively. Draco stepped back startled at the mudblood's response, this wasn't going according to plan and he hated being in a situation where he wasn't the one in control.

"Maybe later," he mumbled and swiftly turned around and started walking out of the door. He was just about to leave when Hermione walked in front of him.

"How about a decent conversation with a cup of coffee?" she asked with a smile and Draco looked at her surprised by her courage. Damn Gryffindor pride Hermione thought, her expression still relatively confident. A small voice inside his head quickly told him to leave and not get into a situation like this but that voice seemed to get quieter and quieter as he looked at Hermione, she was gorgeous.

Draco shifted uncomfortably and started fiddling with his cup trying to think of a logical explanation, what was the matter with him? He never felt like this.

"I guess I needed a change," he answered quietly.

"I can see that but why now?" Hermione asked taking a sip of her hot, breakfast blend coffee.

"Why not? We'll never see each other next year." Draco blurted out and though Hermione tried to ignore it, she felt a little appalled by the realization that her new friendship with Draco was going to be a short one. "I'd like to apologize for last night, I don't know what I was thinking," he mumbled.

"What?! The Slytherin prince is begging for forgiveness from a Gryffindor?" Hermione teased.

"Don't read too much into it, and I wasn't begging Granger I was merely voicing my opinion."

"Back to Granger, are we?" she said. They'd been on the first named basis for the past few hours.

"Why does it matter? Stop being annoying!" he snapped.

"Stop getting annoyed then,"

"Shut up, Granger," he snapped. He stood up and left and was happy when he turned to see that Hermione had not followed him, he needed time to think, what was he doing? This wasn't the plan, the plan is to seduce Granger, not to have an actual conversation with her. He couldn't go against his father's orders, he couldn't disobey.

"Draco, is everything all right?" Hermione asked as she placed an arm on his shoulder. He spun around grabbing her wrist and hungrily placed his lips on her and pushed her to the wall. He kissed her long and hard and ran his hands down her spine which resulted in her arching into him even more. Draco suddenly let go and pushed her against the wall, Hermione grabbed her head feeling dizzy and groggily looked up at Draco as he was walking away. No more of this pathetic act, he was going to do things his way and his way didn't include calling Granger, Hermione. He was on a mission, a mission to seduce Hermione Granger that was all, not to befriend an enemy.

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Note: 12.oo a.m, Ok so I wasnt going to post this until sunday because I knew I had to edit it and when I was going back to read the first chapter, i found so many small things here and there i wanted to tweak( did i spell that right?..too sleepy to care)...BUT since i got amazing reviews!! I decided to stay up to update..lol..

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