"Granger wake up or we will miss the feast! Granger! You're making me lose my patience. Wake up!" Draco said.
"Go ahead" she smiled a faint one. Looks like the Malfoy she knew was back.
"You need to eat" he commanded.
"I'll be on your back. Go now" Hermione didn't really intend on eating at the Great Hall with Ron in there.
"Yeah, you will be on my back. Literally" He smirked and carried her on his back.
"Put me down, Malfoy! This is not funny" she said as soon as they got out of their house. "Okay, I'll admit it! I don't want to see Ron or anyone. It just feels awkward" Hermione added.
"Until when are you going to be like this, Hermione?" he said. His patience is really running out.
"I just need some time. Please" she said and he let her down. "Thank you" then she went back inside.
Hermione didn't feel like crying anymore. Instead she focused on what happened a while ago. Was it Draco or someone drank a polyjuice potion and pretended to be him? He would never hug her, comfort her and bring food for her because he hated her for being a mudblood and a know-it-all. She took her phone and jab on it.
'You called me Hermione' Sent.
Not long after, she received a reply.
'You wish'
'But you did' Sent.
'Whatever. You're still a mudblood. '
"Draco, why are you smiling at your celphone? You're scaring me." Blaise, Draco's best friend, said with an involuntary shrug. He was looking at his phone for a reply but found none. Trying to shake away the little frustration, he thought of something to say. Since when did he get worked up like this? He couldn't remember but he was having fun.
'Why don't I tell everyone here that we slept together in one bed? They'd never think of that until I blurt it out right? *smirk face*'
"That should do the trick" he mumbled to himself.
"Why are you talking to yourself now, Draco?" Blaise continued teasing his best friend.
"Shut up, Blaise" he glared at him. And within the corner of his eyes, he saw Hermione breathing heavily and thoroughly searching for him. "Wow, she's fast" he thought.
Beep.
'I was just kidding. Now that you're here, eat.'
Hermione looked at the message and glared towards his table. Getting her to come here was one thing but isn't it just strange? Was he caring for her? No. That's impossible. He wouldn't do such thing.
"Hermione, I thought you wouldn't come" Ginny looked relieved as Hermione sat up at their table.
"Why wouldn't I?" She felt as if loads of her burden were lifted. She even forgot about Ron was also there for a second. Thanks to Draco.
"I'm really sorry!" Ginny said and she looked apologetically.
"It's okay, Gin! I'm fine. See?" Hermione said and took a lot of food and placed it onto her plate.
"Are you that hungry?" Harry asked.
"I might need to have lots of energy for tonight. In case Dra—" she was about to slip but stopped in time. "For my patrol duties" she said simply and her listeners nodded.
Beep.
'Eating a lot huh.'
'I thought you wanted me to?' Sent.
Hermione looked for Draco in the Slytherin table and saw him smiling on his phone. For once, it wasn't a grin or smirk. He was actually smiling. She felt like smiling too.
"I think I know what's going on" Ginny whispered to her, looking where Hermione's gaze had fallen.
"Nothing's going on" Hermione was startled but continued smiling.
"We'll see about that" Ginny giggled.
"Drake, what's wrong? You look like someone I don't know" Pansy interrupted Draco's thoughts.
"I'm still me" he said plainly.
"It might be lovely living with Granger, right Draco?" Blaise smirked as he whispered these words.
"Shut it and get over with your food, Blaise." He tried to look annoyed. It wasn't lovely. He was just making fun of Granger and nothing more.
The next day, everything was back to normal as if yesterday didn't actually happened at all. Hermione didn't speak much to Ron but he didn't notice it because he was busy playing another game from his PSP which is, "God of War." Harry was trying to balance his time for Ginny and his laptop. Surely, he wasn't a jerk who will give his girlfriend up for a material thing but some things were just tempting. Hermione on the other hand, kept exploring her phone because Draco didn't bother her much. She noticed that it had a mini camera in which she took a picture of herself and made it as wallpaper. She started moving on as well. Well, not quite.
"Why are you still here? It's past ten in the evening. 10 points from Slytherin and Ravenclaw" Hermione said as the two lovebirds scowled at her.
"Phew. Doing this is really tiring." Hermione said to herself as she walked along the corridors.
"Oh, there you are Miss Granger. I reckon that I told you to see me in detention, right? Please do call Mister Malfoy in here as well" Professor Cezar was behind Hermione when she talked.
"I'll go fetch him." Hermione said but was stopped by her professor.
"You can call him through your gadget." She demonstrated it to Hermione who looked astounded. There were more amazing things about her phone that she didn't know.
"You go to his number and click the word call. Then you put it on your ear and listen."
Hermione did as she was told.
(Time Isn't Healing by Tom Felton)
'Cause time isn't healing…
I'm getting sick of staring at my ceiling.
And I – I can't help the way I feel about you.
"Why is this phone singing by itself? Good song, though" Draco said to himself, clearly amazed because when he receives a message, it only comes with a beep. He looked at his phone and saw her name flashed before the phone.
"Mudblood. What do I do with this?" He saw two options. They were 'accept' and 'reject'. He pressed accept and he saw Hermione on the phone.
"Malfoy this is what muggles call, 'video calling'. Professor Cezar told me that she wants to meet you for detention in her office. That's all" Within seconds, she was gone from the screen and Draco went out.
"Since you two are here, you'll be running an errand for me." Professor Cezar said as she sat down on her chair. She gestured her students to be comfortable on their seats as well. Once they were sitting at ease, she suddenly smiled her evil smile at the two.