ADMIRE YOU

CHAPTER 2

By: hermioneeeeeee

"Today in Charms, we are going to be mastering the 'Legilimens' spell. I will choose your partners randomly and you will each go into each other's minds. You will see that the mind is divided into parts and you are allowed to go into all of them. If something is too personal, the person whose mind is being 'explored' just needs to think the word 'locked' and then the 'mind explorer' will not be permitted to go into that particular area. All of this will make sense when you begin practicing." Professor Flitwick directed. With a wave of his wand, the students hovered in the air and zoomed in different directions.

"These are your pairs. Commence!" Professor Flitwick announced. Some cheered, some groaned but Hermione and Draco stood in awkward silence. Finally, Hermione cast the spell and entered his mind. She gasped. She was actually in his head! Hermione opened the grand doors which read: "Hall of Memories". She looked at the floating moving pictures and suddenly felt a chill. The Hall of Memories shook and she was blasted backwards. A sign on the door read: "Locked" and realized that Draco had blocked her from entering it. She sighed and walked to a different part: "Cinema". The room was dark and had a large screen in it. A remote controller materialized and Hermione looked at the buttons. They were all labelled with different dreams and nightmares that Draco had had during the week. She pressed the first one and sat down to watch.

Category: Nightmare

He was standing on a cliff with Pansy and the wind was blowing fiercely around them. She motioned to a cauldron that was bubbling. Draco nodded and took a whiff of the Amortentia. It was like being transported to a different world. He could smell vanilla, strawberries, parchment, fresh paint, and the cool wind.

"Can you smell me?" Pansy asked.

"No. I don't."

"It's broken then."

"Maybe it just means that I don't like you."

"That's rubbish, you wouldn't be dating me if you didn't." Pansy said, putting her hands on Draco's face and bringing their heads close together.

"Pansy, I don't like you."

"You aren't feeling well, are you?" she asked, crashing their lips together. She snogged him passionately and glared as Draco pushed her away.

"I need to find that smell, I want to experience it for real."

"It's another girl, isn't it?"

"I don't know."

"Whoever she is, I hope she dies!" Pansy shouted, pushing Draco off of the cliff. It has started to rain and it was pouring down even harder. A storm started brewing and lightning struck the cauldron. Amortentia spilled over the cliff and onto Pansy's shoes. The potion went into effect.

"Draco! I can save you! I love you!" she shouted jumping off. The rain was soaking their clothes as they kept falling, never landing.

"Draco, I'm here!" Pansy cooed.

"That's the problem." he mumbled. He shoved her off of him and watched as she plunged to her death.

"AAAAAHHHH!" Hermione screamed. She took a deep breath and calmed herself down. She clicked the next button and was happy to see that it was categorized as a dream instead of a nightmare.

Category: Dream

He looked into the Mirror of Erised and was surrounded by all that he wanted. Everything was clear except for one thing: the lover standing next to him. The figure was of mist and he was unable to see who it was. Maybe it was because he would never know. He knew he wanted one, that was for sure. He placed his hand against the glass and the figure did too. A pair of big brown eyes stared into his. Then, it looked away and the mist was back. Draco sat on the hard, cold ground and hugged his knees. At least he had a clue about his mysterious lover. Big, brown eyes...

"Well, he actually has feelings." Hermione said aloud. She walked out of the cinema, surprised that she hadn't been locked out yet. There were still more rooms but, Hermione decided to skip them and return to the real world.

"Legilimens." She spoke and within seconds, she was transported back into the Charms classroom.

"See anything interesting, Granger." Draco asked.

"Yes, actually. Your dreams were fascinating. Especially the one about the Mirror of Erised." Hermione replied.

"My dreams are random and not real."

"Fine, but it was nice to see that you have emotions."

Draco smirked and cast the spell onto himself. Hermione stumbled as he entered her mind.

Draco walked around and pushed open the doors to Hermione's "Hall of Memories". Most of them were happy but some were sad. He looked at the recent moving pictures and noticed that she was sad but he couldn't tell why. Then he moved on to the cinema and wondered what Hermione would dream about. He heard a rumble and the floor shook. He was blasted backwards and was locked out of the cinema. Draco walked on and went into a room labelled: "The Room of Passion". Draco might have been a little less surly towards the obnoxious Gryffindors but, he still didn't know how anyone could fall for Granger. He laughed and walked in. There was a giant book in the center of the room that was glowing red. It started at her very first crush which happened to be a five-year-old muggle boy from an old muggle school. He flipped the pages to her first year at Hogwarts and saw that her first crush was Ron. It was the same in second, third, and fourth year. Actually, the fourth year one had changed mid-way. It was Viktor Krum for a tiny bit and Draco saw a moving picture of the two locking lips passionately. He laughed into the air. A world- famous Quidditch star falling in love with the world's biggest bookworm, rule-follower, and nerd. He flipped the page and it was still Ron in the fifth year. In the sixth, it was still Ron but Lavender had taken over. By seventh year, it was still Ron and the two had finally gotten together. There was another moving picture of them kissing during the Battle of Hogwarts. The end of the book was getting closer and the last page read: none. Hermione didn't have a crush but she wanted someone to love her other than just a friend.

"Like that will happen anytime soon." Draco smirked. He exited her mind and was standing in the Charms classroom again.

"You're very judgmental about my love life." Hermione frowned.

"Wait, you could hear my comments?"

"Yep, every word." Hermione said, glaring. She went back to her desk and opened her newest book and began to read away her hurt feelings. Draco sat in his chair at his desk and began to regret what he had said and thought earlier; his love life wasn't necessarily the best and she hadn't been mean about it.

"Granger!" he shouted. She ignored him and read her book some more. He went over to her.

"I'm sorry about what I said."

"You should be."

"I really am."

"Sure, fine."

Draco walked off unsure of her answer and sat down.