Hermione sat in between Blaise's legs on a very plush pillow in her underwear. She read the chapter that they had to finish before the next class out loud as he put hair treatment products in her hair. They often did this with classes they shared. She would read out parts of their books that their Professor wanted them to go over and he would work on her hair something that he seemed to actually enjoy. Blaise was a fun person to do schoolwork with. Hermione always really loved this but she refused to admit it out loud, didn't want to give him a big head. Blaise's fingers were a bit magical and sometimes she would get lost in the scalp massage his fingers moving through her hair skilled and smooth, Not getting knotted once. a feat she had never been able to do. She didn't even notice when her eyes had closed until she heard him laugh. " I know your skilled and all but I didn't know you could read with your eyes closed."
" mmmm, I'm just that skilled."
" oh what else can you do with your eyes closed like that?" he pulled her head back and then leaned down giving her a kiss. She smiled against his lips, letting go of the book and raising her arms to reach up and pull him closer to her. A little break wouldn't hurt. she deepened the kiss feeling his hands move from her head to her front giving her breast a squeeze she let out a moan. The door suddenly opened and Hermione felt her whole body freeze. Blaise's head had snapped to the door while he dragged the blanket off his bed covering her. She scrambled under the blanket trying to find an opening so she could see who had burst into the room. Her hair made that difficult she let out a silent swear when a strand got in her eye burning due to the product. She forced her head out as she felt Blaise disappear from behind her. through her hair, she hoped to see Theo looking a little embarrassed at walking in on them. But it wasn't blue eyes that were looking at them no these eyes were gray wide with shock. NO NO NO! Malfoy looked at her like she was the giant squid in the Blake Lake taking a stroll around the grounds. he disappeared from her view as Blaise stepped in front of him pushing Malfoy out of the room and closing the door behind them leaving her in the room alone. Hermione sat for a moment before she got up and dressed rushing to the door to see if she could hear anything. when it was clear that she couldn't hear anything from the other side of the door, she went to sit on a chair but couldn't stay still so she just ended up pacing the room. Part of her wished that he had left Malfoy in the room so she knew what was happening.
When Blaise finally came back in she shot at him.
" what happened, why was he here, he's never come around before, why would he come today, why wouldn't he knock dose he always just walks into your room, why wasn't your door locked? Is he going to tell people oh Merlin that fucking FERRIT!" Hermione was spiraling she could feel it but she couldn't stop. Blaise put his hand on her shoulders to try and get her to calm down.
" I'm sorry, your right I should have been more careful about the lock. And no he's not going to say anything, but I still have to go and talk to him. why don't you go up to the tower tonight and I'll talk to you tomorrow, ok?" Hermione nodded her head in agreement. She gathered her stuff and cast a Dissalument charm. Blaise gave a quick kiss to her forehead as she disappeared she kissed his cheek in return. While walking out of the Slytherin common room she saw Malfoy standing near one of the common room fireplaces staring at the passage that she just walked out of. Fucking prat better not say anything.
She made it up to her dorm finding it empty it was still pretty early so most would still be off with friends and whatnot. She had already told her friends before that she was going to be busy tonight. So they wouldn't think to look for her to hang, she could go and look for them and tell them her plans changed but she didn't really want to interact with people right now. Instead, she tried to get back to her homework but after 20 minutes gave up because she just couldn't concentrate. Putting her stuff away she decided to go for a walk. She wandered around with no real destination. When she realized that she had walked to a part of the castle that was off limits to students after the new curfew. An attempt to better keep track of foot traffic in the castle after dark. But on her way back she saw a young man in auror gear. She didn't recognize him as any of the auror assigned to the school. He hadn't noticed her seeming to be contracting on some parchment that he was reading. She should probably go get another auror but. What if he was just new and she was being paranoid what if he really wasn't supposed to be here and had in fact found a way to sneak in for whatever reason, but while she went to go get someone he vanished? She didn't have time to stand there and ponder. the man was moving further away.
She would send a patronus to the nearest auror post and continue to follow the guy and hope she would just end up being embarrassed for being too paranoid. But before she could cast her Patronus she heard someone call her from her left. Turning her head she saw Madeye at the end of the long hall. He was still very recognizable even from a distance the only thing different about him was that he had shaved his head instead of fixing the bald patches that Crouch jr made while he was captured. She couldn't fault him for it but it did make his fake eye look like it was bulging from his head even more. She ran down to him telling him what she saw. He grunted sending her to go and inform an auror that she recognized and he would go check it out. She didn't like leaving him alone but nodded and did as she was told. After informing others she waited at the post, an hour passed and Madeye with two other Aurors came with Trelawney the professor in charge of the area. She really didn't like Professor Trelawney she believed her and her class to be one big hack. She was asked to retell everything to them again. Trelawney continuously interrupted her saying that she had felt that something was off and that this must have been it. once she was done she wasn't told anything useful just sent back to the tower and reprehended for wandering alone at night. When she got back to the tower she found Harry and told him she hoped that if he asked they would tell him. but they were both disappointed the next day. Being told that it would be best for students to focus on their studies.
Two days had passed since Malfoy had caught her and Blaise in his room. Blaise had met her the next day telling her that he took care of it and that Malfoy wouldn't say anything. and if he did bother her to let him know. She had tried asking him what Malfoy had said but Blaise would just say it didn't matter. she was getting a little annoyed with people not telling her things.
Hermione swished her porridge around not really feeling hungry. Hermione looked up from her food to the Slytherin table, yep there he goes again. the past couple of days Malfoy had been watching her. anytime she looked and caught him the git wouldn't even look away or pretend he hadn't been staring. She glared at him mouthing for him to fuck off. He didn't show any interactions that he even noticed or cared. After a bit of more angry eye contact his attention was finally redirected to the group he was having breakfast with. Blaise was also at the table near Malfoy but not sitting next to him as he had done in the past. she had noticed that the boys weren't openly fighting but they weren't getting along either. She didn't like Malfoy but she didn't feel right about causing a riff between friends either it was one of the reasons she kept their relationship a secret. She glanced over at Blaise he looked to be explaining something to the guy next to him, Hermione felt her tension fade a bit seeing that he looked ok. She decided breakfast wasn't working so she packed up her things and headed to the library instead. Her first class of the day didn't start for another two hours so she decided to just do some homework and reread her notes from the day before.
Hermione waited outside of the potions classroom. She was usually always early for her classes, except for the times she was with Ron and Harry they always seem to be late for every class that or get in seconds before it started. Snape opened the door at the same moment a few more students came walking down the hall. Snape wore his usual scowl as she and a few others walked in. Hermione was surprised to see that Malfoy was already there sitting at a table he and a few other Slythrins had claimed back during the start of the year. she looked at him for only a second before going to a table toward the front. Sitting down she set down her stuff and read notes while she waited for the class to start. More students piled in chatting and moving to open tables. She shared a smile and glance with Blaise when he walked past her table to join Malfoy in the back.
Hermione watch the door waiting for her boys to show up. If they showed up after the class started Snape would take points off. She sighed with relief as they came tumbling through the door. They both hurried to join her at her table ignoring Snape glaring at them. they both sat and started pulling out their things and placing them on the table. Snape stood and walked to the front of the class and started taking. She tried to listen but was distracted by Ron continuing to rummage through his bag. She glanced over noting that he was still missing his quill. She went into her own bag and pulled out an extra one. She handed it to him and he smiled in thanks. Turning her attention back to the front of the class she saw that Snape was glaring at her table. Really he didn't have to be so angry, it's not like they had been talking or goofing around. The class continued with Snape talking about different potions and their canceling counterparts.
"Now you will all are going to be placed in groups of two, the two of you will gather the ingredients and brew your assigned potion. As well as write down every step of how you made the potion. You will be making the potion during class time, but the gathering of ingredients and supplies you must do on your own time. These are all advanced potions so I expect you to use your time wisely. This project will be a month long, this will be enough time for all potions to be brewed as long as one does not make mistakes. At the end of the month, I will collect your potions and notes, now for the pairings." Snape started listing off the different pairs that would be working together and the potions they would be brewing. Hermione listened as he went down the list. she heard groans as he went not much of a surprise he wasn't kidding about the potions being difficult.
" Granger." Hermione perked up at hearing her name. " Granger and Malfoy will be brewing Baneberry Potion. Next will be Weasley and Reid will be brewing the Befuddlement potion." Herminoe zoned out a bit as he continued talking. surly he said that wrong or maybe she heard wrong. She turned to Ron seeing him wearing a sour face, ah he must be the one who is working with Malfoy. Did that mean she was partners with Reid? She looked around the class and found him sitting a few tables away she would have to talk to him after class and ask when he wanted to meet and figure out how they should do the work. When the class ended she packed her things fast, she needed to catch Reid.
" hey, Hermione are you going to be ok?" Harry asked,
" mm. yeah why?" Hermione jumped off her stool swinging her bag over her shoulder.
" because it's Malfoy!" Ron yelled Hermione stopped. What?
"What, but you're partnered with Malfoy." She pointed at Ron her friends exchanged a looked shaking their heads. Oh, Merlins no, she looked over to the back of the class seeing Malfoy still sitting at his table Blaise was still there as well. He didn't seem happy he was whispering to him but Malfoy didn't really respond just looked bored. Shit she was partnered with Malfoy.