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Chapter 5: Falling in love…
"I love her!"
The Great Hall had never been this quiet. Even the birds outside had stopped singing.
The students wore different expressions. The first and second years looked confused, not really understanding why everyone was so quiet. The older ones looked shocked, betrayed or disgusted. The teachers looked either confused or amused. Only one face stood out from the crowd.
"Really? Oh Draco, that's so sweet!"
Hermione Granger. Her smile was so bright it would light up the dark side for sure.
Draco looked at her in disbelief. Sweet? Wasn't she supposed to hate his guts?
"What?"
Hermione stood up and yanked Draco up from his seat too. They were now the only two persons standing in The Hall.
"Yes! And since you already said it, I'm also going to say it! I love you too!"
Then she threw her arms around him and began kissing him passionately.
Draco Malfoy could have had it worse.
Sadly, the kiss was cut short by a certain Ron Weasley, who had finally come to his senses. He pulled Hermione off Draco.
"What are you doing? You don't like him! You like ME! Remember?"
Hermione looked at him like a teacher looks at the stupidest child in the class.
"Oh Ron! You poor narrow-minded boy! Some day you'll learn that love chooses whomever it wants!" She patted him on the head.
"Now if you all would excuse us, Draco and I have a lot to talk about. Have a nice breakfast!"
Hermione walked out of the Great Hall dragging a very happy Draco with her.
The Hall was left in silence, Ron still standing red faced by the Slytherin table. An unnamed third year Ravenclaw spoke up and said what everyone was thinking:
"WHAT in Merlin's name did just happen?"
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And as if Hogwarts had not had enough excitement for a month there was still the quidditch game, Slytherin against Gryffindor. Harry and Ron were having a very serious conversation in the boys changing rooms.
"The imperius curse!"
"No he wouldn't!"
"Yes he would!"
"No way!"
"Yes way!"
"No way!"
"Yes way!"
Five minutes later one of the chasers, Dean Thomas, couldn't take it anymore.
"Shut up! What are you two even fighting about?"
Harry and Ron looked at him like they finally remembered that there were others in the room.
"We are not fighting! We are just having a heated conversation! I was just about to explain to Harry here that The Ferret has cast the imperius curse in our friend Hermione, like the Death Eater he is, to make her like him!
"He wouldn't have!"
"Yes he would!"
"ENOUGH!" Apart from being thoroughly annoyed he was also getting worried now. Fights were never good before a quidditch game. And Dean had a lot better idea about what had happened.
"You sure he didn't use a love potion?"
The Seeker and the Keeper looked at each other and then at Dean. Then they declared together:
"Naaaah that's just stupid!"
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The game was not going well for the Slytherins. 50-20 to Gryffindor, and they had only played for about ten minutes.
Right now the Gryffindors had the Quaffle, and Draco had a sinking feeling in his stomach that there would soon be another goal for Gryffindor. Confessing your love for a girl in a rivalry house just before a quidditch game, when you were captain of a quidditch team, was apparently not a good idea.
Thank Merlin that Potter hadn't spotted the Snitch yet.
Speaking of Snithes… Draco narrowed his eyes to see a little better. What was flash of gold above the Slytherin goal hoops? Could it be…?
Draco lent forward on his Silver Arrow 2012 (newest model, imported from France) to make the broom fly as fast as it could. He could clearly see the Snitch now; it was flying towards the stands.
"Draco Malfoy seems to have spotted the snitch!"
A few seconds later Potter was right on his tail. Thank you very much, Zacharias Smith! He could have kept quiet just a few more seconds…
Harry and Draco flew side by side, both trying to reach the Snitch, which was flying just out of their reach in its usual manner. The Gryffindors cheered loudly for Harry and the Slytherins just as loud for Draco. The Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws were also cheering.
That was when he saw her. There, among the other Gryffindors, with her hair flying in the wind and chocolate brown eyes sparkling, was Hermione. And Draco just knew she was yelling his name.
He and Hermione were finally together, and he couldn't have been happier. After the incident in the Great Hall, they had talked through things, and Draco had told her he had liked her since third year. She had told him she thought she had liked him a long time too, but just realized it at the breakfast. Well that was logical enough wasn't it?
Draco had also apologized for all the times he had called her a mudblood and she had forgiven him. She understood.
He had also told her to meet him after dinner tonight, so he could take her on a first date. Draco had a few ideas; he just hoped Hermione would like them…
Then Hermione had given him a good luck kiss, for the game, and walked away.
Telling a girl you like her doesn't make you look like an idiot after all!
She was so perfect, and Draco felt like he was falling even more for her every day, every hour. Falling down, down, down…
That's when he realized a Bludger had knocked him off his broom.
*Trollface* Surprise! A cliffhanger!
Soooo… I was wondering… Since my updates are usually, krhm, slightly late, would you like me to do recaps, like what has happened so far etc.?
Also... If I get enough reviews there might not be a cliffie in next chapter…
Voice of reason: How are you even supposed to fit in a cliffhanger in the next chapter…?
Me: Oh, shut up, no one listens to you anyways!
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