The professor had left them alone in his office to discuss a tutoring schedule and they sat silently for a long time.
Draco was perched sulking on the edge of his chair while Hermione looked away to cool down.
She had mulled it over in her head and she had decided to give it try if he was willing. She shuddered at the fact that she was seriously considering helping him. Draco Malfoy Prince of the Smerk and Sneer, and the largest hater of people not pure blood in the entire school.
Actually, Hermione did not know if he hated Harry or people from non wizarding familys more.
Clearing her throat to break the silence she began to speak, "Professor Flitwick thinks that you need three tutoring sessions a week, so if you tell me what afternoons are best I can schedule around you."
He stood up quickly, anger in his pale face. "I am not being tutored, least of all by a filthy mudblood like you!"
Hermione felt her anger rise. "Well, either we try to work this out and I help you pass charms or you can go cry to daddy and I will tell everyone that you needed charms tutoring and that you a failing very badly.
I would also like to note that your father would not be very happy that his son had given up the change to learn from one person who even thought they are not "pure blood" as you say but has already passed the entire course for the year in little under two months."
He squawked as he tried to rebuttle but nothing came so he just shot out venomly, "You're stupid!" Hermione scratched her arm and said, "You are one to talk."
He sat in a huff, arms crossed and only answered her in curt one sylibal answers.
"Now, how about Tuesday, Thursday and then we can use Saturday as review of the other two days?'
"Fine."
"Now, how about two hour sessions? That would be the same as a class, I can teach you, we can go over your homework, I will give you some extra things to work on on your own time and then review on Saturday afternoon, say about two and a half hours then?"
"Awhuh…"
She could tell his attention was waining, well that must be why he is failing so badly as he pulled on a frayed string on the chair arm.
"I need to know what exactly it is that you have had problems in in Charms in the past so that I can research and we can go over them before exams."
She waited and he said, "Fine."
She waited a little longer.
"Well."
He scowled at her. "What?" He demanded.
"I asked you what have you had problems with in the past?"
"I don't have problems." He breathed, "It's the stupid teacher…"
Hermione snickered. "You and I both know that is a lie."
He avoided her eyes and replied, "Things to do with wand control, incantations, and I honestly cannot do a levitation spell."
Hermione almost laughed, It had to be a lot more then that if his marks were correct.
She stood up and put her book that she had been taking notes in back in her bag.
He stood quickly and glared.
"Well, I will research, and I will see you in three days in Flitwicks classroom at say 4:30?"
As she started to the door, he interrupted her sounding a little less like the Draco who had insulted her ferociously a few moments ago. "Tell no one about your tutoring me…"
She quirked a brow and said, "I wont but I will need to tell them something. My friends do ask questions and I hate lying."
Draco quickly thought then said, "Tell them that you are tutoring Longbottom. No one in their right mind would question it if you said that you were giving him help in potions and you do it anyway so?"
She nodded her head and as she left thought, Why am I now lying for Malfoy?