So I was up late one night listening to my Rascal Flatts CD and wallowing in self pity when I was hit dead on by one of those accursed late night plot bunnies. This story was inspired by the song and some of the people in my life. So please enjoy!
Hermione Granger lay on her bed crying. She thought that this had to be the worst day of her life. The man she secretly loved had asked her if they were “just friends”. She put on a brave face and plastered a fake smile across her face and told him
“Yes, of course.”
But what really had Hermione was that she thought that there had been some sort of spark between them.
Flashback
“Granger.”
“Malfoy, what do you want? Can’t you see I’m trying to study?”
“Oh nothing, I just enjoy bugging you, that’s all,” Draco replied with a smirk plastered across his face. And then with a flick of his wand her book that she was studying from flew smoothly into his hands.
“MALFOY! You give that back right NOW!”
“Granger, why should I? You always have your nose in some stupid book. Maybe I should just take this and make you relax for once in your life. I mean, good god Granger, exams aren’t for months now and here you are studying as if they are next week!”
“What do you care if I have my nose in a book or not?” Hermione inquired.
“I just… I uh… It’s just annoying, ok!? Merlin, what is with you these days?”
“Just give me my book back… please,” she said warily. With a mischievous glint in his eye, Draco held the book up above his head.
“Reach for it if you want it back so much.”
“WHAT! Malfoy give it here, NOW!”
He shook his head and she began to pound on his chest, demanding him to give her book back to her. This caused him to smile, no not smirk but smile, as he held her book even higher. That smile was what made her begin to think that something might have been there; his smile was so warm and bright, it just made Hermione fall deeper into the hole that she had dug herself into. And as she went to reach for the book she slipped and Draco caught her with his free hand and wrapped his arm around her waist as he pulled her up. He handed back her book to her and they both looked deeply into one another’s eyes and Draco began to pull her closer to him. Then there was suddenly a knock at the door and they both jumped about ten feet apart.
“I’ll get it.” Hermione said rather sullenly.
End Flashback
Now Hermione sat in her bed crying her heart out. She was relieved that Draco had decided to spend the rest of the afternoon in the Slytherin Common Room. If he knew or saw her crying like this, their relationship as friends that they had worked so hard to build would go ‘ka-put’. Never had she been put in this difficult of a position. Either she told him how she felt and have him forever, or tell him and lose him forever. And she figured it would be the later.
Hermione was very depressed. This had been the first guy that actually had some potential that showed an interest in her. All of the other guys where just completely wrong for her or just straight out annoying or could be a bit of a cow.
She had finally gotten to the point where she just couldn’t take it any longer and grabbed a spare piece of parchment and motioned for the owl to come down.
Ginny,
If it wouldn’t be too much of a bother could you please come over to my dorm as quickly as you possibly could? I would talk to Ron or Harry about this, but they wouldn’t understand and wouldn’t speak to me for weeks if I told them. So if it’s not too much of a bother then could you please, please come over. Thank you so much!
Hermione
Oh and the password is Frankfurter… don’t ask.
Hermione signed her letter and sent if off with her owl telling it to take her letter to Ginny as fast as possible. As she watched her owl take off into the afternoon sky she began to cry once more.
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