I know kill me this chapter is way over due because education was in the way again
this chapter is real time based
".. then I went looking for her and I even called her all night then the next day I went to her class and she was fine, bloody laughing and he was with her-"He stopped and gulped. "It's a rumor. You're not sure if it's true or not. Don't say it. Don't" Ginny leaned closer to him "He? Who was with her?"
The doors to the cafeteria flung open and came in Hermione with her eyes on her mobile screen and just the moment she looked up Draco was staring at her, more like glaring. They held the stare. She was almost expressionless. The atmosphere on the table shifted. Sensing the awkwardness of the situation Hermione spun on the spot and left the cafeteria and Draco glared at the flinging doors. He was angry, so angry he was surprised the doors didn't melt with the intensity of his glare. Draco settled back in his chair and Ginny spoke.
"Malfoy I hate to break this to you but you're being a faggot. It's not Hermione who needs fixing it's your bullshit playboy act. You guys are being melodramatic. You can fix this up pretty easily Malfoy"
Draco didn't reply he just sat there. Harry knew he wasn't going to talk anyway. He remembered Draco's excitement when Hermione accepted his proposal. He remembered his genuine happiness. Harry knew he wasn't drooping; he was surprised that this was happening. Ginny got up to leave. She fixed her skirt and pushed the chair in place. "She slept with your brother Weasley. So, no, I don't think anyone's being melodramatic." Draco got up picked his tie that he had taken off and left the cafeteria. As soon as the final bell rang Draco was desperate to reach the sanctuary of his room. The glares, the questions and his own freaking mind going round and round the same thing was too much. He was going to lose it, but he rather be alone when that happens.
Draco closed the door behind him. He had told the butler he didn't want to be disturbed. He dumped himself at the bed face down. After sometime he took his time take the shower. He skipped the lunch. The irony of the situation was too much. This one time he decides to do it justice and the girl ends up in someone else's bed. I thought you saw through me. You saw through me. I wasn't faking it. I wasn't throwing around money to set you up I genuinely wanted this ..us. Fuck it! Every girl wanted his glamour to glaze her up so she could shine brighter enough to cover up her dirt tracks. Hermione wasn't like that. She took him for who he is. Maybe, if you strip me of the family name and the money, I am pathetic. But she didn't say- someone knocked outside crashing Draco's train of thought. Harry walked in. "if you're done moping around want to grab a mid-day bite.
Draco Harry and Ginny regrouped later. Well it was more like Harry dragging Draco out of his room to an outdoor café where Ginny sat waiting for them. "Why are you here-" Draco said ogling Ginny "-why is she here?" he shifted to Harry. "Because she wants you to finish the story because she thinks she is too into it to live not knowing the rest and you are basically killing yourself in self-pity." Replied Harry. "Then why are you here?" Draco fired back. "Because it's not safe to let you both be in the same place alone. Especially not during the current scandal at hand"
"Dude don't talk like that. The way you said 'current scandal at hand' it sounded stupid. This is stupid I mean I didn't even know if she slept with him I just want to dive in-"
Ginny cut him mid-sentence "He's the one who's 'dived in' and I do not believe the words coming out of my mouth but I'm on your side."
"Why?" Harry and Draco choired.
Ginny, both annoyed and disappointed, answered "because I think you might be right I mean I asked Hermione about it and she gave me such an ambiguous answer. She's my friend I have known her since long I want to get to the bottom of this."
"So you're not exactly in it for me it's for her and your brother." Draco asked putting the menu aside
"I'd rather see Hermione out with you than with Ron I mean I hate him almost. I need some black coffee." Ginny replied without looking up from the menu she had in her hand.
"Times like these I'm glad I am an only child' Draco said
"When are you not?" added Harry
"Touché. I need coffee now"
Their coffee and fudges arrived and Draco confessed that he was not being entirely true. He wasn't sure if it was a fact or just a false a rumor. All the time he was talking he was not sure why he was being such a teenage girl. The feeling of being stupid didn't leave for a second. He knew he was a total douche for being oblivious to how Hermione felt. So he wanted this fixed to point of desperation. He'd told himself he'd be honest, he'd do it right this time.
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