When I've Known this All Along...
Draco watched her. It wasn't too hard. She had never even thought she would have a stalker so it never occured to herthat some one was watching her. She was pretty. That of course wasn't the only reason he watched
She was smart. Not like Granger, but defintely no Goyle either. He liked that. She didn't flaunt her brains like Granger unwittingly did, but neither did she let her teachers believe her stupid.
She was brave. The events of her first yearhad changed her. It was an unexpected change, from a shy Potter Worshiper to a Take No Prisoners kind of girl. She had yet to date but Draco could already see the line of broken hearts she'd string along behind her. Longbottom first, if Granger didn't get to him (he saw the way the pushy girl eyed the boy while she thought no one was looking). Dean or Seamus next. Or maybe both with one swing. She probably wasn't above pitting the boys against each other.
That was perhaps what Draco liked most (he wouldn't say love. God help the man that tried to get him to!) about the little red head. She wasn't above stooping to get her way. He knew she was capable of lying, cheating, stealing and anything else to get what she wanted. The only difference between her and the average Slytherin was she was more prone to bouts of altruism.
Ginny was of course pretty. Draco wouldn't quite demean himself so much as to have unholy thoughts about an ugly girl. Then again, no one in the school was really ugly. Even Millicent, if she lost a couple of pounds, could be fairly attractive.
But Ginny was a different kind of pretty. She was exotic fruits and tropical flowers. 1000 thread count Egyptian cotton. She was surpirses, like the way somedays her hair would be a little curly or her cheeks would retain some of the color the winter wind threw into them without aid of any charm.
He thougth about the promise he had made Granger. True to his word he hadn't turned to the Dark Side. Her request had made him think and now that he did so, Voldemort wasn't that appealing. Evil, Crazy, Kill the Muggles... blah blah blah. His dad was into that sort of thing, but Draco never quite got it. yeah Muggle borns were irritating (Granger leapt to mind) but Daphne Greengrass was second generation Muggle born and she wasn't so bad. Cute kid and smart too. If Voldie was intent on killing all the Muggles who was to say he'd stop at the first generation? And when you looked at it that way, weren't they all some relation to a Muggle born. Sure Draco could trace his mother and father's lines back to the fifthteenth century but he knew that some where along the line he had to have a Muggle or two.
And what about Cousin Tonks? She was pretty cool (true he hadn't seen her much since his dad found out that Tonks used to sneak in). Did she deserve to die?
Tonks had been one of Draco's favorite people growing up. Regular as clockwork, she used to sneak into his room late at night and tell him ghost stories. She always knew how to make him laugh and feel better about himself. he missed her and often wondered how much her attention had contributed to his current state. She was probably the only reason he wasn't walking around with a pimp cane yet.
Draco started as he realized Granger was looking at him. Obviously he had been caught staring. He felt a flush touch his cheeks and forced his gaze away. Granger smiled and turned to Ginny to say something.
Draco wasn't worried. He didn't think Granger was the kind of girl to lie cheat and steal her way to get what she wanted.
Point of fact, ladies and gentlemen. Hermione Granger was. And she had her heart set on strawberry haired children named Hermione Malfoy. And she knew just how to get it.
She simply had to make them both want it as much as she did.
(A/N: Wow. Another update with no dialogue. I know people will get confused with the last two paragraphs in this chapter so let me ellucidate: Hermione does not want to marry Draco. She wants Draco and Ginny together and she wants them to name their first girl child Hermione. any questions?