Chapter 13: Crash and Burn

D r a c o M a l f o y

Blaise laughed. "Too think that you would actually fall for Hermione… That's funny. For a second I thought you actually fell in love with her… I never knew you would accept my dare and stoop this low to actually get a date with my sister. You're the man… seriously… You never fell in love with her right?"

"No…" Draco mumbled clenching his fists under his robes. He didn't want Blaise to get the best of him, but he didn't want to go out on a date with his sister anymore either. He in fact did fall head over heels for Hermione Jean Granger. Although; he had to lie to avoid being Blaise's puppet for the rest of his life.

"C'mon. Not even a little?"

"No… I never fell in love with that revolting mudblood…" It was the only words he could reply with.

Draco stood there at his secret rendezvous waiting for Hermione, Blaise's foul words replaying over and over again into his head. He needed to tell Hermione the truth, or simply make up an excuse to not go out with Angel to end this dare once and for all.

He looked seeing Hermione, her hair all disheveled and her eyes looking like she hasn't slept in months. "Hermione… Who did this too you…? He came close to her attempting to give her a hug, but failed as she shoved him to the wall. He stared at her placing his hand upon his chest where Hermione used such a force on him. He gulped seeing her eyes being bottled up with tears till they finally burst out to stream down her face. "Hermione…"He's never seen her so hurt in his entire life.

"No!" she yelled. "It's over!" Hermione turned around to run back into the school.

He chased after her pulling her to his chest as she once again shoved him off to the side.

"Get the fuck away from me!" she screamed from the top of her lungs. "I was a fucking dare Malfoy! A stupid fucking dare! Go get what you really want!"

His whole world suddenly started to tumble down right in front of him. She figured out what was going on… How did she figure out everything…?

"I heard you! I heard you at the library! You don't love me at all!" She screamed through her loud sobs.

"No you don't understand… I-" He tried, choking on his words. He bit his lips as sweat ran down his forehead, his eyes beginning to moisten.

"No! Well guess what! You were part of a fucking plan too. To teach you how badly you treat girls! I guess there's no getting too you!"

He was a dare too? She had to be lying; she had to be saying that just to make her feel a bit better. Even if he was a plan, he didn't really care about that at this very moment. He just wanted to hold her, grasp her in his arms and tell her everything will be fine. "No… I love you…" he tried helplessly. "Let me explain…"

"Forget it!"

He watched Hermione as she ran through the halls her figure dissipating right in front of him. Everything around him all of a sudden turned into a blur. He walked over to the nearest bench, his elbows falling on his knees as he grasps his head in the palm of his hands. A few tears dropping from his eyelids and onto the linoleum floor. What just happened? He thought.

"Aren't you happy? ... She's gone. You get Angel… And that filthy Gryffindor girl crying like a little baby is a bonus."

Draco turned his head seeing Pansy sitting right beside him filing her fingernails.

"We have to get rid of Lavender now though. She only joined us for a while because she was thinking that she'd win you in the end." Pansy laughed. "As if."

"What did you do?" He asked staring at her, his eyes filling up with rage.

"I was helping you get what you want." She pointed out. "She wouldn't have known about your dare if I haven't brought her to the library."

Draco stood up tall staring down on Pansy. Everything went wrong because of her… He should have known that she'd try to meddle since the beginning. He grabbed onto her collar slamming her against the wall then took her filer out of her hands snapping it into pieces letting it fall to the floor. "I told you not too butt into my personal business…"

"I was only hel-"

Draco snapped, "I don't need your help! I never needed your help! No one likes you Pansy. You're a bitch who has no real friends! What makes you think that I'd ever go for you?"

Pansy looked at him scared. "I thought you wanted Angel… Why so mad?"

Draco set her down letting her fall to the floor. He started to walk away from her letting her rot there in the corner. There was no need to explain something to someone who meant nothing to him.

He heard Pansy laugh behind him. "Oh my God. You love her. You love that mudblood…"

Draco clenched his fist tightly. He was tired of Pansy's awful laugh. He grabbed his wand out of his pocket spinning around to point it right at her. "Furnunculus!"

Pansy stopped to exasperate. She felt her whole face feeling that it was covered in boils. "Ahh.. Ahh… WHAT DID YOU DO!" she yelled.

Draco jeered turning the corner seeing Ron and Harry heading his way. He hid behind the wall waiting for them to pass by.

"At least it was just a plan." Harry said. "I actually thought she liked him."

"Me too… It's nice hearing that she doesn't." Ron replied.

Draco looked at their backs as they turned for the next hallway.

"Hypocrite." He grimaced to himself. "I guess her plan was real…"