Chapter2-

Draco Malfoy paced his living room edgily. He was still confused. Why exactly had that Granger girl, after 7 years of no exchange, contacted him? When he had left the war with his parents, he had hoped that it was the last he saw of any of them. He had decided to work at the Ministry of Magic and live contently, like his father, for the rest of his life. He had done exactly that. Except for a few rumors, he hadn't heard about Hermione, Ron and Harry for a long time and he wasn't very keen to change that. He thought he had the perfect life and didn't want some Know-it-all to wreck it.

He looked at the door, then at the watch and noticed with anger that she was late. Yes, she had asked to meet him at hishouse.

He heard a knock and saw one of his elves run to the door. He saw the elf bow and let Hermione in. He took one look at her and realized that she had changed a lot, except for the frizzy hair, of course. Her face had become more like a woman. He hated himself for this, but damn, she looked pretty. She also looked like she had done well for herself. It wasn't a surprise. The woman had been one whiz kid and he assumed she was leading a comfortable life now. However, he knew that all was not well. He had heard a very interesting piece of gossip about her from his mother.

'Hello, Malfoy.' said Hermione pleasantly.

'Granger, how very nice to see you. Still have a nest on our head, do we?' smirked Malfoy.

Hermione rolled her eyes and reminded herself to be nice to him. She needed him. She observed that he had become tall. Very tall. His hair, which he had kept sleek before now, hung over his left eye sexily. He had a strong built now and was no longer gangly. The only thing, which hadn't changed, was that arrogant, irritating smirk.

'Thank you very much, Malfoy. So as you may have guessed, I am here for a reason,' said Hermione still trying to keep her calm.

'No really, Granger? I thought you wanted to catch up,' said Malfoy sarcastically.

Hermione rolled her eyes again and continued, 'I know I may be the last person you want to help, but I would be grateful if you do,'

'You want myhelp?' asked Malfoy incredulously.

Hermione nodded and said,' I am not sure if you've heard but, Ron broke up with me two months ago,'

'He turned out to be a smart one,' said Malfoy widening his eyes mockingly. Then immediately stopped as he realized Hermione had tears in her eyes. God, why did she have to cry? It took the fun out of things.

Malfoy is such an asshole, thought Hermione angrily. But she was more pissed at herself for letting him get to her. She quickly hid her tears and said, 'Well, whatever. The point is I am fed-up of pining for him. I suffer day after day, night after night; while he probably relaxes at a beach and watches blondes prance around in bikinis,'

'Yeah, right. Anyway, the only thing he probably does is look. Whenever he tries to hit on one of them, they must go like, 'Ginger' and then go away,' joked Malfoy.

Hermione burst out laughing and didn't stop for five whole minutes. She had tears in her eyes. Malfoy looked at her in bewilderment. This was the first they both agreed on something. Finally, she stopped laughing and wiped her eyes.

'Good one, Malfoy,' said Hermione merrily.

'What's that, Granger? Did you just agree with what I said?' said Malfoy mockingly.

Hermione rolled her eyes for the hundredth time that day. Trust him to ruin a friendly moment. 'Whatever. I really really need your help,'

'What do you want, Granger? A conditioner?' asked Malfoy and then laughed at his own lame joke.

'No, Malfoy,' said Hermione with forced patience, 'I want you to go out with me,'

Extremely short chapter, I know. But I wanted it to end like this. Sorry! I will update faster this time. Maybe tomorrow? we'll see.

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