Chapter 2 "The Malfoy Plan"
She didn't know if it was because of his closeness, his proposition or simply his use of her name but all of a sudden Hermione felt like the wind had been knocked out of her, she felt as if she were going to faint.
"What's wrong Granger? Cat caught your tongue?" he asked leaning in even closer.
Hermione had some trouble with coherency with such proximities.
"R-run away with you?" she asked to be sure that she had heard correctly.
Malfoy leaned away and took a step back. He wasn't as far as Hermione would have liked, but it gave her a chance to clear her head a bit.
"Well, maybe not exactly run, since we do have to cross an ocean-"
"Cross an ocean?!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Damn it, Granger. Do you always interrupt?" he asked amused. She simply waited for his response.
"Of course we have to cross an ocean. We are going to cross the Atlantic."
"The Atlantic!" she exclaimed again.
Draco arched an eyebrow. "Well Granger, you yourself were going to cross the Atlantic."
Hermione blushed. "Oh, yeah" she said remembering that her flight's destination was to be New York. He smirked again. Then something clicked. "Wait a second," she said suddenly. "How did you know I'm getting out of the country?' she asked.
He smirked again "I don't know. I guess that when you are going to ask a person to run away with you, you have to somehow know what said person's plans are, you know, to see what's convenient and what's not,
"But anyways, do you accept my proposition or not?" he continued.
"Hell no!" Hermione answered in a heart beat. "I would much rather jump off a bridge then go anywhere with you!"
He gave her a bemused look. "Same old Granger, huh?" He said. She looked at him with an arched eyebrow.
"Well maybe not entirely," he continued. "It seems like you did grow a bit over the summer." He smiled as she blushed. Hermione pulled her sweater a bit tighter around her, zipping it a little over her chest. That only made Malfoy smile wider.
"So sweet of you to notice." Hermione said to hide her embarrassment.
"Yea, well. It's kind of hard not to. But that's not the point right now. You still have to answer my question." He said looking away.
"I already answered your question." She said coldly as she started to walk away from him. Suddenly, Malfoy's hand snaked out and caught Hermione by the wrist. When she tried to pull away he only held her tighter and pulled her back against his chest.
Once again he whispered into her ear.
"You leave me no choice." Just as he said that, he took his wand out. When Hermione saw it she tried harder to pull away. But it was useless; he was stronger than her, much stronger. She was about to yell for help. But his cold hand closed over her mouth as he whispered a spell.
All of a sudden Hermione felt a wave of calm wash over her. She slowly felt Malfoy's arm release her. She turned around quickly, not knowing what was going on. All of a sudden her right hand was in Malfoy's left. She tried to pull away, but it was impossible. It was as if their hands were glued together! She looked at him in alarm, but he only smiled.
She started to yell, jumping up and down as she did. She was yelling at the top of her lungs. She saw a group of people coming towards them.
"HELP! PLEASE HELP ME!" she yelled over and over again. But it appeared as if they couldn't hear her. She turned to Malfoy, her eyes wide, unable to hide the fear that she felt. "What have you done to me?" she said in a whisper.
"It's a spell, Granger. It doesn't take a genius to figure that one out." He said with a smirk.
"No shit, Malfoy," she said rolling her eyes. She looked at their hands, still stuck together. "What kind of spell?"
"It's an invisibility spell. Well, sort of."
"Sort of?" she said
"Yeah. I mean, people can see you. Well see a certain image of you. But they can't hear you. If someone looked at you they would only see a girl with wild and bushy brown hair-OW!" he said looking at her angrily for she had smacked him in the chest with her free hand.
"Get to the bloody point, Malfoy." She said coldly.
He only laughed. "I was saying that they would only see a girl with a serious expression on her face. No matter if you are yelling at the top of your lungs." He finished
"But what if they speak to me? And why do I have to be holding your hand?" she said in a sort of whiny voice, well the last part anyways.
"Believe me Granger, I don't like to be holding your hand either, but since you wont come with me on your free will, well just consider it as a leash. And no one will speak to you. That's why it's called and invisibility spell, they can see you, but it's like if you weren't there. Get it?"
"But why?" she asked again.
"Why what?"
"Why the bloody spell? Why did you have to do it?"
"Well since you won't cooperate, I had to do something. In case you haven't figured it out, you are coming with me." He said as he started to walk towards the lines were some people were lined up to board up the plane.
"You know, you are kidnapping me," she said suddenly.
"I would hardly call this a kidnap, considering that you aren't a kid." He responded.
"In case you didn't know," Hermione started. "When you kidnap someone in doesn't exactly mean that--"
"Damn it, Granger. I know the meaning of the word ok? I was just trying to tell a joke, which apparently was lost on you. But I'm not surprised. I mean, you do lack some humor." He interrupted
He sat in one of the chairs, leaving Hermione standing in front of him furious and a bit awkwardly. She realized that there was nothing she could do. She was going with Malfoy, wherever it was that he was going. So she sat next to him, not knowing what else to do. They were quiet for a while.
She turned to him. He had his eyes closed; he looked relaxed but the way he clenched his jaw made Hermione think otherwise.
"And where are we going?" Hermione asked to break the silence.
He opened his eyes slowly, looking at her sideways.
"Where were you going?" he asked instead
"To New York."
"That's in the East coast of the U.S right?"
"Wow you really know your map." Hermione said sarcastically. Malfoy ignored her.
"We are going all the way to the West coast. Exactly the opposite of New York." He said
"Where?" she asked
"To Seattle, Washington." He said, closing his eyes again, leaning his head back a bit. He expected for Hermione to yell or something like that. He waited for the screams patiently, already taking pleasure in them. But to his surprise, Hermione snorted.
He turned to look at her. She was laughing freely now with a triumphant expression on her face.
"Exactly what is so funny?" he asked confused.
"Well honey, in order for me to board a certain plane, I do have to have my boarding ticket." She said in a "duh!" voice. But Malfoy laughed.
Now it was Hermione's turn to be confused.
"You do have a boarding ticket. He said easily.
"To Seattle?" she asked
"Yes."
"How's that possible? But still, my passport says that I'm going to New York."
"No it doesn't."
"I'm confused." She said finally. Malfoy laughed again. He then proceeded to take a small envelope from the back pocket from his jeans and showed it to Hermione. She took it and tried to open it, but it was a bit hard, what with one hand and all. But she finally managed to open it. She pulled out two rather very elegant looking passports with a boarding ticket between the pages of each.
She took one and opened it. She found herself staring at her own face. She couldn't remember when she had taken that picture. But then she looked at all the information. And where it should have said Hermione Granger, it said Sophia Storm. She looked up at him. He had a small smile on his face, but he was, however, not looking at her. She then grabbed his passport. Instead of Draco Malfoy it said Alexander Roberts.
She then laughed again. When Draco turned to look at her again she said in an 'I can't believe this' voice.
"This is your plan?"