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Chapter 13

With a blink of an eye it was the end of potion assignment. It was November seventeen and the last day for the group assignment. Draco would have been happy to get rid of Potter but he wasn't. Potter was the only reason for him to be closer to Hermione. Whenever they used to work together for the assignment and got stuck, he (Harry) called Hermione for help. Even though Goyle and everybody else would come and join them, he was still happy to be in the close proximity of her. He had tried every means to confront her about her lies but was not able to do it. He wanted her to listen to him. Wanted her to understand his side of the story but wherever she went, her cronies tagged along with her with the additional of Goyle and Pansy. Both were Slytherins but they wouldn't help him. Nott and Goyle had stopped talking to him even when they were in their common room. He asked for their help but to no avail. So he decided to take matters into his own hands.

He doesn't care anymore if they let him talk to her or not. He wouldn't even care if she wouldn't hear him out. He will make sure that she will listen to him. But the only question is 'How?'

He knows that Blaise dislikes Hermione but they were very good friends. And it was because of Blaise that his reputation had gone down the drain. So in order to help win Hermione's heart Draco wanted Blaise to help him out. Blaise wasn't happy about it but if one is intimidated by Draco Malfoy then he or she has no say in it. So every night Blaise Zabini was following Granger. He was a prefect (Draco couldn't be a prefect or a head boy because of what he did in their sixth year) himself and he had the opportunity to roam around the castle whenever he wanted. He reported everything about her back to Draco.

After hearing everything from Blaise, Draco had formulated a perfect plan to ambush Hermione. But first he wants to see if she is willing to listen to him without him using force.

At the end of the class everyone was to hand in their assignment. So he and Potter stood up to hand in theirs. He saw Hermione and Goyle coming towards Snape's table to hand in theirs. He walks up to them and blocks Hermione's way.

Hermione looks at him with those big brown eyes with… nothing. There was no emotion. She could hate him for treating her that way, or she could make faces or if he was lucky smile at him. But there was nothing. It pained Draco to see that. Gathering all the courage he had, he asked "Granger, could I talk to you?" he could hear Goyle growling like a mad animal. But he ignored him and kept looking at her.

She stood there, without moving, staring at him. With no emotion at all on her face. He could feel the gaze of her friends burning hole on back of his head. But he cared nothing about that; he was also staring at Hermione, but with hope. Still no reaction, then, she drifted her eyes and walked pass him. He didn't turn to see her turning in her assignment. He didn't move at all for a minute but he knew what he was going to do. He had given her the chance to listen to him, however, she had ignored it. So like he had thought earlier he will be taking matters on his own hands. Tonight he will make her listen to him. Tonight he will be making her his forever. But (like I always say) one can only hope.

Hermione was walking down the last corridor on the fifth floor for her rounds. She usually does rounds first and then cleans herself up. She was walking towards the prefect's bathroom. She was really tired and she just wanted to relax in pool like bath. She enters the bathroom and goes to her locker (yes they do have locker because she is in her uniform and now she needs her bathing stuff). She pulls out a bathrobe and a towel. She had lot of things going on in her mind that she'd forgotten to lock the door of the bathroom. She goes to the pool and strips off her clothes. Then enters the tub and fills it with water. She sits in the tub with her eyes closed. Then she starts to think about all the things that had happened to her lately. Everything was coming to her like a slide show. She didn't want to think about him, but lately he was the only person that had come to her mind and her dreams. Whenever she was here taking bath, he overtook her peaceful thoughts. When she sleeps he was there to ambush her dreams. Even when she was alone she was never alone. He was everywhere. She knew he wanted to talk to her, everybody was telling her that. But she couldn't do it, she couldn't face him alone. She was scared that if she is alone with him, she might break. She didn't want to break, she wanted to stay strong and never look back.

As if on cue, she felt something. She felt like she isn't alone anymore. She opened her eyes to find the same blonde who had infiltrated her thoughts and dreams sitting across from her on the edge of the tub.

"Hey there." he greeted her with a charming smile.

Flash back

After dinner Draco had taken Blaise with him to their dorm. He took a small vile out from his robe pocket and said "ok gimme your hair."

He had it all planned out. Draco wasn't a prefect so he wasn't allowed to go around roaming the castle at night. As Blaise was the prefect it would be perfect for one night to be him just to get closer to Hermione and explain everything to her.

"I still think this isn't the thing you should be doin, Draco. She is a mudblood. Let it go, she is not worth it." sighed Blaise

Draco glared at him with a glare that could kill. "I have started liking her so I will do anything to get her. You don't get to say anything. If you don't want to be my friend after this than I won't force you, but I am doin this. So don't stop me."

He had made sure that Blaise doesn't end up being found out until the next morning. Blaise had told him that after her rounds, Hermione usually goes to prefect's bathroom to get cleaned. She takes about twenty minutes or so in there. Gathering all the information he needed, Blaise (who is actually Draco) headed towards the bathroom. The effect of polyjuice potion wears off after an hour so he wasn't scared of being found out. He remained inside the bathroom waiting for Hermione to come. After fifty minutes of waiting, Hermione walks in.

He watched her go to her locker. He noticed that she had forgotten to lock the door. He thought she might have lot of things going on in that mind of hers. So he moved quietly to the door and shut it without making any noise and locked it. He then turned to face her but froze at the sight. She had striped out of her clothes and was standing buck naked in front of the bath tub. He gulped at the sight and let his breath out not knowing he was holding it in. She entered the tub, filled it with water and went to sit at the very far end. She had her eyes closed and was thinking something. He checked himself in the mirror to see if he had changed back into himself. After realizing he was himself he went in front of the tub facing across her and sat on the edge.

She might have felt something because she opened her beautiful brown eyes and looked straight into his eyes. He felt something build in his heart but he has yet to figure out what that is. Finding her still staring at him, he gave her a smile and spoke "Hey there."

Flash back ends

She would be lying if she said she wasn't scared. Her heart was beating so fast she felt like she was going to have a panic-attack. Her stomach fluttered and she didn't like it. It wasn't supposed to flutter; it was supposed to not like the sight of Draco. Even though the case, she pretended very well to hide her fright. She raised her both hand to smooth her wet hair and looked straight into his eyes and asked "what are you doing here, Malfoy?"

"What do you think I am doing here, Hermione?" he emphasized her name in such a way that made her cower (not in a scared kinda of way but in a sensual way).

"Answering with a question, huh? Whatever! I just wanted to know what a student is doing wandering about in a prefect's bathroom, where he is not welcome, at this hour. You know I could take your points away, right?" she asked

"That student had tried every means possible to talk to you, but you had made in impossible to reach you. And I could care less for the house point right now." he stood up and took his robe off.

"There is nothing we could talk about. So if you are done, please leave." She did notice him taking off his robe. And she wanted to change the topic and make him go away as soon as possible. She didn't want to be in a compromising position with Draco.

"I am not going anywhere until I get what I came here for." He said with determination and took his tie off and unbuttoned his top button of his shirt.

She had to get away from him or else she is going to regret. "Shoot yourself, but I will be leaving." Saying this she stood up from the water, she didn't even hide her nakedness. She reached to the edge of the tub where she had put her bathrobe earlier. She wrapped herself in the robe, gathered her stuff and was about to leave when he grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards his bare chest. His shirt was unbuttoned but he still had it on. He pulled her towards him so that her back was against his chest. He leaned towards her ear and whispered "I know you lied Hermione." She closed her mouth to make any stupid noise to encourage him.

She really didn't want to be in this situation so she was fighting against his hold. She has to get away from him; she can't be here with him. "Let. Me. Go, Malfoy. You know I have wand I could hex you."

"Try it, but I won't let you leave me. I get what I want. I wanted you that day but I couldn't get it so here I am trying to use force." He meant that he is using force to make her listen to his side of the story. He wanted her to understand him and also he wanted to ask her to be his, but he being Draco Malfoy had used all the wrong vocab. So now Hermione thinks that he is here to use force to have sex with her.

For a moment she thought he had come to apologize to her and ask her out but one can only hope. She thought for a moment and she stop fighting. She spun around to face him. His grey-blue(ish) eyes were piercing into hers. He had a scowl in his face but when he found out she wasn't fighting anymore he loosened his grip. For first time after many days he saw something in her eyes.

Her eyes were wet. He raised his hand to wipe it away but she flinched and slightly pushed him away. "I really didn't want to cry in front of you. But you make it impossible for someone to have a normal life. Are you happy now, you made me cry, that's what you wanted right?" she asked wiping her tears.

"No… I didn't, I…." he was trying to explain her about the situation but she stopped him.

"So you aren't here to make me cry?" she asked

"No Hermione…" he began again she stopped him.

"DON'T CALL ME HERMIONE," she screamed at him

"Ok, fine Granger. I don't want to make you cry. I want you to listen to me…." he stopped himself thinking she will stop him again but she didn't so began "that night when I took you there I …." He tried again but she stopped him.

"I very well know why you took me there, Malfoy. I don't want to hear that. I don't want to hear anything from you. I just want to get away from you. Please leave me alone." She was talking really fast. She turned to leave when he she heard…

"I love you, Hermione…"