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Consequences	By : Aline Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 33797 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 25
- 26
- 27
Author�s
note: Having a job sucks.

Warning: Mild
bondage on this chapter.

Chapter 26. Coming Out.

Hermione
took Sunday�s breakfast with her mother, Mrs. Granger was getting better and
she could eat without help now, she still won�t speak but that didn�t stop
Hermione from telling her some of the things that had happened. After they
finished eating, the girl left her mother in a quiet slumber and returned to
the main ward of the Hospital Wing, so she and Harry could leave to Gryffindor
tower. However, Madam Pomfrey called her to have a word in private; the girl
went grudgingly, since she knew that the mediwitch
did not approve of her pregnancy and would likely have something to say about
Draco.

Some
minutes later, an upset Hermione went out of Pomfrey�s
office, holding back tears as she hurried to the exit. She paused when she saw
Harry kissing Artemisa goodbye and smiled briefly. The Slytherin girl had come
over the night for a quick visit and Hermione had been glad that Ron and Mcmillan had private rooms and that her fellow Gryffindors
had already been cleared from the Hospital Wing. Thank Merlin none of them had
noticed Draco�s long stay at Hermione�s side, because
the blond liked to have privacy and had closed the curtains around Hermione�s
hospital bed; the bushy-haired girl was grateful for having avoided a
confrontation with Ginny.

Now,
the Gryffindor Head girl only sighed and waited for her friend to say goodbye
to Nochland, then she snickered at the blush in Harry�s face.

�I�m
glad that you are making progress with her Harry.�

�Um,
yeah, well, she�s really nice and a good listener� something�s wrong �Mione?�

So
much for Harry not noticing her red puffy eyes, Hermione sighed and continued
her way to the exit.

�It�s
nothing, let�s go Harry.�

She
resumed walking and exited the hospital wing, with Harry on her heels, only to
stop face to face with a surprised Draco Malfoy, who had come to see why she
hadn�t been in the Great Hall at breakfast.

�Hermione,
are you alright?�

The
girl looked at him for a second and then started sobbing. Draco embraced her
and glared murderously at Harry, who raised his hands into the air, claiming
innocence.

�Don�t
look at me Malfoy! She talked with Madam Pomfrey and got out like that!�

That
made Draco to turn worried eyes at his girlfriend.

�Madam
Pomfrey? Is something wrong?�

�No�
nothing�s wrong, it�s only that� I�m sensible that�s all.�

Draco
narrowed his eyes in disbelief, making her sigh.

�It�s
nothing, really, she�s not pleased with my choices and she made it quite clear
that she thinks that I have not been considering my future as carefully as I
should! She thinks that I�ve been letting my hormones guide my brain! And she
asked me if I really think that you would be an appropriate father! She thinks
that I have betrayed Ron!�

Harry
had retired some steps back, entertaining himself with the portrait of a
curious man-eating plant, Malfoy decided that he was not paying attention to
them and settled for hugging Hermione tighter, hissing at her ear.

�She
had no right to tell you that love. Just wait �till I talk with her, I�m not
putting on with her shit!�

�No,
it�s really not important, I�m just upset, why everybody suddenly wants to have
a say in my life? It�s no one business anyway!�

�Ssh, it�s ok pet, they�re not
important.�

Draco
held Hermione�s face in his hands for a moment, and then leaned in to kiss her,
ignoring Harry�s groan of discomfort, he lost himself on his girlfriend�s lips
for a moment, not paying the least amount of attention to Potter, who was
trying to say something, however it was hard to ignore a hand on his shoulder
shaking him.

�What the hell?! Blaise?!�

�Hi Draco! Enjoying the morning?�

Hermione
blushed and Malfoy glared murderously at his friend.

�I
was until you showed up! Really Blaise! Do I interrupt you when you and Alice
are snogging?!�

�Well,
yes. If professor Snape is calling.�

Hermione
chuckled at Blaise�s antics; Draco just continued
glaring at him.

�Professor
Snape sent you?�

�Yes,
he wants a House meeting, now.�

Draco
groaned and resigned to his fate, but he still gave Hermione a long goodbye
kiss.

�See
you later love. Potter, close your mouth, Nochland wouldn�t like it if you
spend the night gaping at us. Don�t forget our plan. And bring her orchids!�

Harry
clenched his fists and glared at Malfoy�s back until both Slytherins were out
of sight.

�That
damned git! He�s infuriating! Why it had to be him �Mione?!�

�Oh
Harry! You two are so funny sometimes!�

�Funny?! This is not funny! And how come he knows a lot
about �Misa?!�

�Well,
they�re in the same House, and their families have known each other for a long
time, they�re like childhood friends, you told me that the other day, don�t you
remember?�

�Yes!
Yes. But he�s still infuriating!�

�Come
on Harry, you two can get along pretty well, and after all, he helped you with
Artemisa.�

�Yes,
but I have the suspicion that he only did it because he wants to keep me
occupied!�

Hermione
giggled while they walked over to Gryffindor tower, feeling a lot better.

The
castle was almost empty, the majority of the students were in Hogsmeade, getting everything they�d need for the night;
although Gringotts was destroyed and money was
scarce, Dumbledore had been magnanimous and had offered access to Hogwarts�
treasure; many had took advantage of the offer; so everyone was trying to
forget the war by taking a shopping trip to the town, even the firsts years had
been allowed to go in their parents company, and so most of the aurors were patrolling Hogsmeade
too. Anyway, the few students that crossed paths with Harry and Hermione stared
at them for a moment before continuing their way, making the Gryffindor girl
feel uncomfortable.

�Harry,
do you think that they know about me and Draco already?�

�Well,
you did make quite an entrance yesterday, and Malfoy was at your side all the
way to the Hospital Wing and inside it, there sure be a lot of gossip, but I
must say that Zabini was not surprised to see the both of you kissing.�

�Oh,
well that is because he already knew.�

Harry
looked dumbfounded at her.

�What?! Are you telling me that the Slytherins knew?�

�Not
all the Slytherins, only Blaise, he� found out before you.�

Harry
looked at her deep blush of embarrassment and groaned.

�I
suppose I don�t want to know how that happened.�

�You�re
right. Let�s talk about other things, like what is this plan that Draco
mentioned?�

�Oh,
it�s a small thing. Malfoy likes to play with people�s minds, he figured that
there would be a lot of gossip and when you were sleeping we agreed that I�m
going to take you to the Great Hall and he�s going to take �Misa
as if she was his date. We�ll change partners at the opening dance. He wants to
confuse everyone and minimize the chance that someone would have funny ideas
and might try to prevent you from getting at the ball.�

�And
you�re ok with it?�

�Yes,
to be honest Herm, I know that except for Slytherin, the rest of the Houses
still don�t have a clue that �Misa and I are getting
a lot comfortable with each other, and your problem with Ron seems to be all
the Gryffindors are talking about these days, they barely notice my own
affairs. I�m sorry �Mione, I know it�s not fair to
you, but it�s really nice to not be the focus of attention at least for a while
and I don�t want them to bother Artemisa, I really want them to know about her
as late as possible, that way I won�t have to listen to people trying to stop
me from taking a Slytherin to the ball.�

�Ha,
it�s ok Harry, I know how it feels. Don�t worry; I think it�s a good plan.�

Harry
smiled and felt less guilty. They were close to the tower now and were about to
pass in front of McGonagall�s office, when the door opened and their Head of
House appeared.

�Mr.
Potter, Miss Granger, I see that you are out of the Hospital Wing, come in, I
want to have a word with you two.�

�Sure
professor.�

Both
friends entered the office and took a seat in front of McGonagall�s desk,
wondering if there was some kind of problem, the deputy headmistress seemed
rather annoyed.

�First
of all, I�ll like to inform you that all the gossip in the school is about how
Mr. Weasley attempted to kill Mr. Potter to get his girlfriend back, the
students think that Mr. Malfoy got caught in the crossfire and was forced to
save you.�

Harry
felt his jaw hit the floor, amazed that no one had made a comment about
Hermione throwing herself in Malfoy�s arms.

�Just that?�

�Yes,
apparently Mr. Boots and Mr. Longbottom thought that
Miss Granger was a little confused at the moment, they believe that she was
pleading Mr. Malfoy to help you. The truth is that the students don�t see your
recent familiarity with the boy as nothing more than a friendship, they
wouldn�t believe that Mr. Malfoy would ever want anything more; and quite
frankly neither do I.�

Harry
widened his eyes while Hermione frowned at her Head of House.

�Uh?�

�I
beg your pardon professor?�

�Listen
Miss Granger, I know that I supported the Headmaster�s idea of making you two work together for the school�s sake, but it was never my
intention that you felt pressured to try any further.�

Hermione
clenched her fists, once again someone wanted to stuck the nose in her life,
she tried to remain calm and answer politely to the elder witch.

�Professor,
I assure you that no one pressured me to do anything. Draco and I just happened
to realize that we have a lot in common and that we like each other very much.�

�But
girl, you two don�t have many things in common.�

�Sorry?�

�Listen,
Mr. Malfoy is not the kind of person who would support you, he�s a selfish and
arrogant person and his way of life doesn�t fit you.�

Hermione
opened his mouth at her professor�s condescending tone and repressed the urge
to yell at her.

�Sorry
professor, but how can you know that? I mean, you don�t know him��

�Hermione,
you can do much better than him.� said McGonagall interrupting her. �Harry for
example would be a much wiser choice, don�t you think so?�

�Excuse
me?� this time it was Harry the one clenching his fists, the professor seemed
not to notice.

�I�m
aware that we have to remain united and that the Slytherins would be a great
help to our side, but the truth is that neither of them would make a good life
partner for a Gryffindor. Just think about it a little more girl, I�ll hate for
you to ruin your life for making a bad choice based in hormones. Mr. Potter, I
know that professor Dumbledore suggested that you go with someone of another
House to the ball, but I would prefer that you take Miss Granger instead, I
presume that you had not invited anyone yet, so you�d have no troubles. You can
go now.�

The
two youngsters were too shocked and angry to utter a coherent reply, so they
opted for leaving without further comments and resume their way to Gryffindor
tower. Hermione was shaking in anger.

�How
dare she?! She doesn�t even know what she�s talking about! I can�t believe that
she thinks she has any right to make my life her business!!�

Harry
tried to calm her, but it was difficult when he was angry too at McGonagall�s
audacity. They agreed to not tell Malfoy about the incident, as they preferred
to avoid having to control an outraged blond before he committed murder. They
arrived to their common room and thanked the gods that it was deserted, so they
could finally have some resemblance of peace.

Harry
decided to go to Hogsmeade to look for orchids, but
Hermione chose to retire to her room, she wanted to study a little, even when
there wouldn�t be any N.E.W.T.s some of the teachers,
like Snape, were going to apply a final test; besides, she was in the middle of
a very interesting book that explained the embryo development on each month of
the pregnancy, and she certainly didn�t want to have to explain to anyone who
could drop in the common room why she was reading that particular book.

She
wasn�t worried about the ball, she had acquired everything she would need since
they were informed of it; she was only a tiny bit nervous about how she would
look like with the attire she planned to wear, her tummy was already showing a
little, but a glamour would take care of that, all her worry was about what
Draco would think when he�ll see her, after all he was an aristocrat, and
Hermione had no delusions about his expectations concerning social events, she knew
that he would look at every detail and she wanted him to be pleased. That
thought made her want to laugh, she had never before worried about what a man
would think of her attire, not even when she danced with Krum, that time she
had only wanted to show Ron a lesson and the change in her hair had been enough
to do the trick, now however she would have to pay attention to every detail,
she�ll have to look perfect since Draco wouldn�t accept anything less.

Of
course he�ll have to look perfect too, after all they were planning to shock
the entire school, and Harry�s surprise would be no less shocking, Hermione
prayed to God that no one dared to start an overall attack in the middle of the
party.

After
a few hours of reading, with Crookshanks on her lap,
she realized that it was time for lunch and stood up; hoping that Harry had
already returned from Hogsmeade and that everyone
else had stayed there a little longer.

Hermione
was half way down the stairs to the common room, when she could hear Ginny
sobbing while Harry�s voice was reminding her that both had agreed to just be
friends. Hermione sighed, she knew that Ginny had not given away hope on Harry
entirely, but until now the red-haired girl had been content with waiting for
her best chance, she was even dating Dean though not seriously. She heard
Ginny�s outraged scream for Harry to go to hell and then furious steps coming
her way and groaned, soon Ginny�s figure appeared in the stairs and Hermione
remained frozen in the spot, the red-haired girl noticed her and stopped at her
side, glaring at the head girl with rancor, Hermione didn�t know what to say,
she was rather alarmed to see that Ginny evidently was blaming her, she didn�t
see the slap coming until her cheek burned from the sudden impact.

�You
knew that I still loved him! You should have stayed with Ron where you
belonged! You don�t deserve my Harry!�

Ginny
ran upstairs, leaving a stunned Hermione behind, the bushy-haired girl touched
her cheek gingerly and felt tears in her eyes, somehow
she was not expecting Ginny to react that way. She was about to return to her
room to cry her eyes out when she spotted Parvati standing a few steps over and
looking down at her with a curious expression, Hermione suddenly felt like an
ant being watched by a troublesome kid and all the sadness in her instantly
mutated to anger, she glared defiantly to Parvati who merely started climbing
down the stairs.

�Your
affairs are causing problems Granger? Poor Ginny, she wished so much for
another chance with Harry! It seems that this has not been a good year for both
Weasleys.�

Hermione
gritted her teeth, refusing to answer to Parvati�s
words; the other girl didn�t seem to mind and stopped beside her, just as Ginny
had done.

�You
can�t really blame them for their desperate actions; after all, a miserable
family like theirs has little chance to get out from the hole they are in. I�m
sure that Harry Potter has been their big opportunity to bright. The friends of
the boy-who-lived, what an honor, or in your case, it seems that you could even
be the boy-who-lived�s bride, just imagine it!�

Hermione
continued glaring, she was starting to feel nauseous, if Parvati didn�t close
her mouth soon she may as well punch her, she fought the urge to give a step
back when Parvati leaned to be eye to eye with her.

�I
suggest that you stick to your little hero and remain there.�

Once
that been said, Parvati continued climbing down the stairs, while Hermione
gaped at her in disbelief, she could be a book-worm but she recognized a threat
when she heard one. The head girl looked at the retreating figure of her
housemate, wondering if she should go after her and demand an explanation;
however she realized that Harry was calling and he sounded rather desperate, so
Hermione hurried downstairs to calm down her friend. Harry asked her what had
happened with Parvati and Ginny, but Hermione said it was nothing and
diminished Ginny�s outburst in favor to go and have lunch; she was unbelievable
hungry again.

For
once, Hermione could eat in peace, there was only a few students in the table,
and even when they stared at Harry and her when they entered the Great Hall, no
one disturbed them or asked questions.

Draco
wasn�t there and Hermione initially felt worried about that, until Goyle
informed her that the blond boy had gone to Hogsmeade,
then she felt sad because he hadn�t invited her to go
with him. She started to pile food on her plate while berating herself at being
foolish and emotional, and blaming the hormones for it, then she continued
eating automatically. She didn�t notice that Nochland, who had sat beside her,
was watching her lunch with interest until she heard the girl asking.

�Cravings Granger?�

�Mm?� Hermione looked at her delicious mixture of
liver, rice, onions, cucumber and strawberry ice cream, and vaguely wondered
what had made Nochland notice it. �Yeah, sometimes.�

She
answered absentmindedly, her brain still mulling over the fact that Draco was
in Hogsmeade without her. The Slytherin girl smiled
knowingly at her and both girls continued eating their lunch in companionable
silence.

It
wasn�t until later, while she was fighting with her hair in her bedroom, that
Hermione realized what she had said to the girl.

Draco
was outside one of the girl�s bathrooms, waiting for his supposed date to get
out, a few steps away from him, Blaise, Gregory and a Slytherin sixth year,
were waiting too for their respective partners. Draco sighed impatiently, they
have taken ages to get out of the Slytherin�s
dungeons and still they had to make a last stop at the bathroom! He�ll never
understand why women felt the necessity to go to the restrooms in groups, or
why it took them a lot of time to get out.

He
checked out his watch and was about to chide Blaise for an obnoxious comment
when he saw a couple approaching them, he immediately straightened and gestured
to his fellow Slytherins to be quiet, soon he recognized Parvati and Thorney and his hand conspicuously went under his robes to
caress his wand. The couple stopped in front of him and Thorney
gave him a nasty smile.

�Well,
hi Malfoy. Going to pick someone?�

�It�s
none of your business Thorney. I�m sure that you two
are quite in a hurry to get to the Great Hall, you won�t want to miss the
opportunity to check out all the other couples and maybe wail in self misery
because you couldn�t get something better.�

Thorney gritted his teeth and Parvati scowled and
hissed to the blond

�Maybe
it�s you the one that needs better company Malfoy. I�d been told that your
partner for tonight is not up to your standards, and definitely not one to be
seen among decent company.�

�Do
you think so? Well, I wonder what my partner would think about that.�

As
in cue, the bathroom door opened and the girls came out, Blaise waved his hands
in a mocking �finally� gesture and Alice punched him on the
arm, behind her came Artemisa and the Slytherin sixth year prefect, Lilith Agracon, and last Goyle�s Hufflepuff friend, Rhina. Parvati
narrowed her eyes when Artemisa stopped beside Draco and nodded to her in
greeting.

�Good
night Patil.�

�You�re
Nochland right? Zelman�s big sister.�

Artemisa
nodded again, her brother was a Gryffindor second year and had already told her
all the gossip that went around in the tower. Parvati looked at her critically
for a moment.

�So,
you�re Malfoy�s partner for the night?�

Nochland
scowled, she didn�t like Parvati�s scrutiny, she wasn�t used to people judging her choice in partners.

�I
wanted to have an enjoyable evening.�

�We
all want it dear, well Malfoy, maybe there is still hope for you.�

�You
really think so? How nice.� Malfoy really wanted to
tell Parvati to mind her own business, but he consoled himself imagining her
face when she saw his true partner, Nochland sighed and got a pillbox out of
her purse, the Gryffindor girl eyed it curiously.

�Jelly
beans Nochland?�

�Um? Oh, yes. Mint flavored ones� she said while
eating one of them, �I�m a fanatic. Do you want some?�

�Well,
thank you.� The girl took a jelly bean and ate it, then
she turned to leave. �See you later Malfoy, she�s not so bad, you�ll be better
with her.�

Thorney followed the girl after glare at Malfoy one
more time; the blond Slytherin smirked at them and watched them go, once they
were out of sight he got out a little vial from his robes.

�Take
this Nochland; I don�t want you to get sick in the middle of the Great Hall.�

�You
never told me what you put on the jelly beans Malfoy.� She said, taking the
antidote the boy was offering in one gulp.

�Something nasty that you really don�t want to
know. Don�t
forget to get rid of that pillbox later. We were fortunate that she accepted it
at once, now we don�t have to spike her drink.�

�Well,
can we go already? I want to pick a good table.�

�As if you were planning to be there for long
Blaise!�

The
Slytherins smirked at Alice�s
embarrassed face and the group started to walk.

The
Great Hall was full of light and adorned with spring motives, there were round
tables and chairs, and the dance floor at the center of the Hall. Draco was
strongly reminded of their fourth year and shuddered inwardly remembering that
he had have to dance with Pansy on that occasion. He scanned the Hall, giving a
critical look to all the people that were already there, some students were
sitting with their parents but the majority was on separate tables with their
friends, there was not music yet so all that was heard was loud chatting.

Draco
spotted Hermione and Potter in one of the tables near the band, surrounded by
quite a lot of people that were obviously making them uncomfortable; the blond
smirked noticing the bouquet in front of the Gryffindor girl and the blush on
Potter�s face as he undoubtedly was being teased by their schoolmates. The
Slytherins and their partners took a table from where they could see everyone
in the Hall, they heard some students commenting on the way Potter and Granger
cheated Weasley and Draco fought the urge to huff in annoyance, they took their
seats and immediately bouquets of flowers appeared in front of the girls, that
was something prepared by Dumbledore, the boys only had to bring the flowers to
the house-elves and tell them who they were for and the dutiful creatures did
the rest; Draco was pleased to see that Potter had been able to find orchids,
Nochland was very happy with her bouquet.

�I
bet that you told him that I like orchids Malfoy.�

�And
why would I do that? Your affairs with Potter are nothing of my concern.�

�True,
but I�m certain that it wasn�t me the one telling him about the orchids, and
since you want me to be pleased and romantic this night, so Harry would leave
you and your girl alone, well, I�m really impressed.�

�Why?�

�Because
normally you�ll bribe me directly, lately I have the impression that you�re
different somehow.�

�Could be.�

Draco
turned to the table where Hermione was presently inhaling the scent of the Jasmines
and blue Hyacinths of her bouquet and regretted not having been there earlier
to see the Gryffindors� faces when the flowers appeared, especially when Potter
had realized that they were common for a proposal, he could see that the
black-haired boy was still fighting the urge to yell to somebody.

Suddenly
Dumbledore�s voice was heard over the chattering and everybody fell silent, the
Headmaster greeted the assembly and thanked the parents and ministry officials
for their attendance, he said a few words of encouragement for the difficult
times that were ahead of them and emphasized the necessity to remain united and
strong against the adversities. Once his little speech was over, he invited the
first two couples to open the dance. Potter and Granger immediately stood up
and both walked to the center of the Hall, Draco took a few seconds to look at
Hermione, she was wearing a midnight blue gown with a V-neck, and a white
pendant in the form of a drop with matching earrings, her hair was held in a
stylized bun with a few strands loose, her make up was not exaggerated and her
eyes were shinning with anticipation. She was perfect. Potter had his arm
around her waist and Draco glared intently at him until he took it off, then
the blond smiled and offered his hand to Artemisa.

�Come
on Nochland. It�s show time.�

Hermione
was really nervous; when Dumbledore announced that there would be two couples
opening the dance she had felt her cheeks burning and Harry was not any better,
the boy hated attention, it was not any help the fact that Draco�s
flowers had been meant for a proposal, all the students that had been near them
at the moment the bouquet appeared had gasped in shock, they had received many
disapproving glares and most of the Gryffindors had been torn between
congratulate them or commiserate Ginny, who had burst in tears the moment she
had seen the jasmines and the ivy with which the bouquet was adorned.

The
Gryffindor Head girl stood on shaking legs when the Headmaster invited Potter
and his partner to the dance floor, she and Harry walked side by side to the
center of the Hall, no one was surprised, all the students and their parents
were expecting Harry Potter to open the dance, there was some hissed comments
when Draco and Artemisa stood to join them, but even that was kind of expected
after all the efforts for uniting the Houses and Ron�s previous outburst and
attack, claiming that Malfoy was to take Hermione to the ball; what was not
expected was the way the two couples were standing, Hermione was facing Draco
and Harry was facing Artemisa, barely a step away from each others, and were
not getting ready to start dancing.

Hermione
smiled when the muttering and hissed questions started, then she heard the band
giving the signal to start and Draco made a reverence which she answered, after
that the blond Slytherin advanced a step and took her in his arms at the same
time that the music began, they started dancing a waltz hearing only the music,
because everyone was shocked into silence.

Though
Hermione was deliriously happy and her eyes were focused on Draco�s,
she was aware of Harry and Artemisa dancing a few meters from them, they
enjoyed a full five minutes of quiet before indignant and surprised whispering
started, Hermione saw a flash or two and smiled, thinking that Creevey should be having the time of his life with his new wizarding camera. The waltz finished and Draco looked
around him, smirking at the astounded faces that surrounded them and tightened
his embrace.

�What
do you say love? Do you want to confirm their fears? I don�t think that the
news had completely gotten through their skulls yet.�

Hermione
turned a little to look at the staff�s table and remembered McGonagall�s words.

�Well,
we can�t have that now, do we?�

They
leaned into each other and kissed passionately, Hermione was so happy that she
didn�t even notice the flash of the camera being shot repeatedly, they ended
the kiss just in time to hear the Headmaster cheerfully inviting everyone to
join the dance as the band started to play again, Draco took his girlfriend to
his table and from there they watched as a girl suddenly stood up from one of
the tables and ran out of the Great Hall, crying loudly, Hermione recognized Febe Shatkins and blushed a
little, that event seemed to get the rest of the students out of their stupor
and many stood and started dancing in the middle of furious gossip, the
Slytherins were among the firsts to recover and they threw significant glances
at Malfoy in their way to the dance floor, though no one seemed really
surprised, Hermione couldn�t tell if they were expecting this outcome or if
they were pretty talented at hiding their thoughts.

�Your
housemates don�t seem too shocked.�

�Well,
they�re Slytherins after all.�

Hermione
giggled and looked to the dance floor. Harry was starting to guide Nochland to
the table he had picked earlier, but midway there he seemed to think better of
it and they ended up joining Hermione and Draco.

�Well,
it wasn�t so bad.� Said Harry, taking a seat, Draco wasn�t so happy to have
them in the same table.

�You
can say that Potter, but do try to keep your hands to yourself or on your girl in the future.�

Harry
blinked twice and then huffed irritably.

�Oh
no, I have had enough of this with Ron already! Hermione! Why
do you have to pick the ones that are insanely overprotective and
territorial?!�

�Don�t
you dare compare me with the weasel Potter!�

The
girls giggled and Malfoy hugged Hermione, Artemisa and Harry started to have a
nice conversation with a lot of hushed words and blushing on the dark-haired
boy�s part, soon Draco rolled his eyes at how mellow Potter was behaving.

Time
passed by without complications, and Hermione stubbornly refused to feel
alarmed by the lack of protests about them, she and Malfoy danced and talked as
if the entire school were not staring, once in a while someone started to
approach them, stopped a few steps from their table and seemed to think things
better, then turned away without bothering them; the girl thought it strange
but decided to simply ignore it and enjoy the evening with her boyfriend.

At
some time, while Harry and Artemisa were dancing, Draco guided Hermione towards
a big window that had been bewitched to show a beautiful Japanese garden at
sunset; the girl was carrying her bouquet of flowers that Luna had retrieved
for her, and Malfoy carefully arranged them on her hair.

�That�s
it, you look wonderful.�

�Oh,
thank you my gentleman. I�m quite surprised that we had had a very quiet
evening; I was expecting at least someone to try to ruin it. So far only Febe has made a show, and she only ran away from the Hall.�

�I�m
sure that Dumbledore must have done something to keep everyone in line, you
never know with a meddling man like him.�

�Draco,
don�t be nasty.�

�I�m
not, I only tell the truth. Let�s forget about the old man, I�m really pleased
to finally have the world know that you are mine.�

Draco
embraced the Gryffindor girl and lost himself in her lips once more, oblivious
to the world around them.

On
the other side of the Hall, Ginny was observing the couple with a look of
disgust on her face; Parvati and Padma were beside
her.

�Look
at them; they have the guts to kiss in public. I�m surprised that Harry covered
them. I�m sorry for your brother Ginny; no one would blame you if you want to
put Granger in her place.�

Ginny
huffed and lifted her chin in despise.

�She
can go and kiss You-Know-Who for all I care. My brother would be better off
without her after all; though I really don�t know what Malfoy sees in her,
she�s a pain in the ass, and she�s getting fat.�

�Fat?�
asked Padma, narrowing her eyes at the kissing
couple, she wouldn�t consider Granger �fat�.

�She�s
using a glamour to hide it, but I have seen her
without the school robes and I can tell that she�s gaining weight. I�m really surprised;
I was under the impression that a Malfoy would have finer taste.�

Just
as the three girls were looking at the couple, Malfoy took something out of his
robes and Hermione�s eyes visibly widened in disbelief as the boy took her hand
and put a ring on one of her fingers. The Gryffindor girl smiled brightly and
practically clung from Malfoy�s neck. The girls gasped in shock, along with a
few other students that were closely following the scene. Ginny stood up and
walked away in a hurry, Padma watched her go with a
scowl on her forehead.

�I
thought that she could be more useful, after all her brother is the loosing
part here.�

�Ha!
She�s more interested in whether or not she�ll have another chance with Potter;
I bet that she feels relieved that there was nothing between Granger and
wonder-boy after all! Unfortunately for her, it seems that Nochland has already
beaten her. But that is not important now, Malfoy has betrayed us beyond doubt,
he has to be stopped!�

�But
Parvati, professor Snape told us to be quiet! And we had already told him our
suspicions��

�I
don�t care! Surely he didn�t think it was serious, who would? But Malfoy had
sent her the flowers and had given her his ring! He had fucking proposed to a mudblood in our faces! I won�t tolerate it!�

Padma looked uncertainly at her sister, not sure if
it would be a good idea to go against Snape�s orders,
but then she noticed that her twin didn�t seem so well, her skin was flushed as
if she had a fever and her lips had a greenish color.

�Parvati,
are you alright?�

�Of
course I am! Come on! I�m going to show them what happens when you betray the
Dark Lord!�

The
couple was no longer in front of the window, they were happily dancing in each
others arms, Padma looked at her sister as she gave a
few steps towards her objective, swayed and stopped as if trying to regain
equilibrium, then she practically collapsed on a nearby chair. Padma hurried up to help.

Hermione
was really happy ignoring the world around her and feeling Draco�s
heartbeat under her cheek as they danced, she only got alarmed when she caught
sight of Parvati looking murderously at them.

�Draco,
I think Parvati is not too happy.�

�Yes?
Well, too bad for her, I�m perfectly content right now.�

�She�s
coming Draco.� Hermione said urgently, the Slytherin boy turned his head and
smiled when he saw the potentially dangerous girl slump into a chair.

�What�s
happening?� asked a surprised Hermione.

�It
seems that my little pill is taking effect. Don�t worry about her love.�

�A pill? Draco what did you do?�

�It�s
nothing serious, just to show them that no one messes with my fianc� and to
remind them who�s Draco Malfoy.�

Hermione
watched as Parvati threw up and then how some Ravenclaws
carried the almost unconscious girl out of the Great Hall.

�You�re
not going to get in troubles for this?�

�There�s
nothing to prove that I had anything to do with Patil�s
sickness. And just in case that they want to try something stupid I�ll be on
guard, besides, with so many people in the castle it would be difficult to surprise
us, we only have to be careful.�

�I
hope you�re right.�

�Of
course I�m right. Now stop worrying about that bunch of losers and think only
about us.�

Malfoy
tightened his embrace and started to nib at her ear, Hermione moaned and
relaxed completely into her boyfriend�s arms, after a while, Draco was kissing
her again.

�How
about we take this to some place more private love?�

�It
sounds great.�

Malfoy
smirked and started towards the doors, hand in hand with Hermione, they left
the ball together, leaving the rest of the school to their gossip.

Hermione
lied naked in the bed that Draco had transfigured from their cushions; her
hands were tied up to the headboard above her head with a piece of silk, she
was gagged and her ankles were both tied to each one of the bed posts at the
foot of the bed, leaving her wide open, Draco was standing at the bedside,
examining his work and nodding in approval, he left the girl�s side for a
moment and then returned without his upper clothing, he climbed on the bed and
leaned over Hermione�s body, breathing, taking his time in enjoying her scent,
moving just above her neck and chest, going down up to one of her breasts and
licked the nipple a couple of times, he blew on it and smirked at the girl�s
moan, he straightened to leer over her body again.

�So
beautiful, and all mine.�

Hermione
shuddered while Draco leaned on her neck and started sucking, she felt his
teeth and tongue marking her and moaned again, Malfoy lifted his head to look
her in the eyes and smirked, showing her the fluffy feather that was in his
hand, Hermione widened her eyes and tried to protest but it was no use with the
gag against her mouth. Draco started teasing her neck and arms, holding a
little longer in the armpits where he knew she had tickles, the girl was
giggling when the feather was brushed along her flanks and then tracing
complicated patterns over her belly, her legs followed and finally her breasts,
by then Hermione�s moans had become desperate, she felt a ticklish sensation
all over her skin, but Malfoy still didn�t touch her, he was enjoying torturing
her too much, the feather went over her belly again and teased the insides of
her thighs, at the end it went all around her entrance making her gasp and long
for a stronger touch.

Draco
positioned himself between her open legs and smirked at her wetness, he left
the feather to the side and crouched, approaching his face to her wet entrance
and barely touching her curls with his nose, letting her know that he was
there; Hermione�s loud moan made him smile and he licked her. She gasped and
pulled with her legs, trying to get closer to Draco, but the boy took hold of
her hips and kept her still, he continued licking her wet lips slowly, enjoying
her flavor, after a short while he started sucking and his tongue entered her,
moving inside and making her moan louder, he stopped just when she was about to
cum and the girl groaned in frustration, feeling his warm leaving her.

Malfoy
got rid of his pants and underwear and returned to her, making his way to her
breasts and started licking them, then massaging, biting and sucking, his
erection brushing at her entrance, teasing and driving her mad, she gasped when
Draco pulled at her hair to have better access to her neck and his mark, he
restarted sucking while his other hand played with the crack of her asshole,
careful to not let his entire weight on her, his mouth trailed along her neck
and Hermione bucked her hips, silently begging to be taken, Draco chuckled and
nibbled at her ear.

�You
want it bad, don�t you pet?�

He
moved his hips, rubbing his erection against her sex and she arched in an
effort to get more contact, Draco chuckled again and pressed his penis into her
entrance, just enough to get only the tip of it inside her, Hermione bucked her
hips again but the boy grabbed them and held her still, ignoring her moans of
protest, he started moving in a way that he was rubbing her clitoris and not
pushing more than the tip of his length in her, the girl wanted more, she was
practically screaming behind her gag, her eyes pleading for Draco to stop
teasing her.

Finally,
Malfoy couldn�t restrain himself any longer and started to gradually get more
of his erection inside the girl with each thrust, until he was fully seated, he
stopped a moment to enjoy the warm walls of her vagina surrounding him
completely and removed the gag from Hermione�s mouth to kiss her, he started
moving slowly, too soon he felt out of breath and ended the kiss to recover,
both him and the girl were moaning in pleasure.

�Oh,
Draco� please� harder��

�You
asked for it.�

Draco
started to go faster and Hermione gasped in pleasure, doing what she could to
meet his thrusts, finally both of them came with equal screams of ecstasy.

Malfoy
had enough presence of mind to not let himself fall
over Hermione, he fished his wand from under the pillows and released her legs
and arms, so they could roll to their sides and get comfortable. Draco tucked
the Gryffindor girl in his arms and she placed her head in the crevice of his
neck.

After
a while the Slytherin summoned the blankets and draped them around their
bodies, he felt content just lying there with his woman on his arms, feeling
her magic vibrating within her and the incipient mark of the baby�s magic that
was reaching out to him. He knew that the new life inside Hermione could feel
them both and that its magic would feed from theirs in
order to grow stronger, the spell that Dumbledore had given to him was designed
to do that, so the unborn child was protected as strongly as possible from any
harm. Draco smiled into Hermione�s wild curls and started to pet her. She
sighed in satisfaction and cuddled closer to him.

�It�s
not too late Draco?�

�Don�t
worry about that love, it�s useless to keep appearances, tonight we can stay
here for as long as we want, the Headmaster cancelled tomorrow�s first period
anyway.�

Hermione
sighed again and remained where she was; soon both of them were sleeping
soundly.

The
next day, Hermione and Draco turned out in the Great Hall until lunch, as there
were no morning classes the blond boy hadn�t seen the necessity to get up
early. The Slytherin was not surprised to see that everyone turned their
attention to them the moment they entered the Hall, what surprised him was to
see that some of the students were on the wrong tables. Blaise was having lunch
with the Ravenclaws, and Goyle was with the Hufflepuffs, two first years ravens were at the Slytherin
table, along with a Hufflepuff girl that was
comfortably talking with Millicent, a few Ravenclaws
and Hufflepuffs were at the Gryffindors� and some of
the lions were scattered over the rest of the tables; Draco was mildly amused
to see Potter with the Slytherins and guided Hermione there to take their
seats, the boy-who-lived scowled at them.

�Where
have you been? It�s late!�

�It
doesn�t concern you Potter, stop playing mother hen.�

Harry
huffed indignantly and returned to his lunch, Hermione elbowed at Malfoy for
being so rude and proceeded to select her food, another Slytherin handed a
Prophet to Draco.

�Look
Malfoy, you missed your appearance in the front page.�

Draco
looked at the paper and smiled, he and Hermione were kissing in the front page,
along with Potter and Nochland.

�Seems that I can�t get you out of the
newspaper Potter.�

Harry
threw the paper a nasty look while Draco started reading. Thankfully the
article wasn�t written by that annoying Rita Skeeter,
the author was a reporter of the social section that surely had seen the
opportunity of her life, it was very rare that a
social event made it to the front page. Draco smiled when he read some comments
from students wondering whether he and Potter were under the influence of a
love potion; there was a smaller picture of him giving his ring to Hermione.
Well, now the entire wizarding world knew that he was
going to marry. He turned to his fianc� who was eating normal food for a
change.

�Do
you want to read it?�

�Later,
thanks. I�m really hungry.�

�I
wonder who took the pictures; I don�t remember any one from the press.�

�That
was one of the Creevey brothers.� Said
Harry. �Hermione made sure that he carried his new camera.�

�Oh.�

�Harry�
Hermione leaned over the table to see her friend �I�m curious, why you and
Artemisa didn�t seat with the Gryffindors? that would
have been nice.�

�I
tried, but Ginny looked murderous and ready to cause troubles, so I preferred
to avoid her.�

Draco
looked at the Gryffindor table and noticed the female weasel glaring at them,
he couldn�t suppress a smirk.

Severus
Snape was reading a good book in his headquarters while taking a brandy in
front of the fire, he was waiting, hoping that it wouldn�t be the Dark Lord the
one who called; he almost sighed in relief when Lucius
Malfoy�s head appeared in his fireplace looking very mad.

�SNAPE!!! WHAT IN HELL IS THIS?!!�

The
potions master knew that Malfoy wanted to throw the Daily Prophet to his face
and tiredly turned towards the outraged blond.

�Why Lucius? I would have thought that you could
distinguish a paper.�

�DON�T
PLAY SMART WITH ME SNAPE!!!! WHERE IS THAT FOOLISH, UNGRATEFUL SPAWN THAT I
CALL SON?!! BRING HIM TO ME THIS INSTANT!!!�

�Now,
who�s the foolish one here? If you think that I would risk my position by
letting you talk to your imbecile child in my chambers you have another thing
coming Malfoy!!� Snape hissed nastily, Malfoy went red and started shouting
insults that the potions master listened with amusement; it was not every day
that you see the head of the Malfoy family completely lose his composture.

�You
can shout all you want Malfoy, your son is not entering my chambers any time
soon! I don�t want him around me too much! He�s lost now!�

�You
are the one who lost him Snape!! You were supposed to be tutoring him!! Wait
�till I have my hands on you, you treacherous bastard!! You better have him out
of that castle before the Dark Lord strikes because I�m going to kill him
myself!!�

Lucius� head disappeared and Snape smirked evilly at
the fire. Well that wasn�t so bad, he was more preoccupied with what the Dark
Lord would have to say, the potions master had no illusions of the madman
letting this little show go easily. He sighed in resignation and continued his
reading.

All
in all, the atmosphere in the castle improved, the aurors
could bee seen chatting animatedly from time to time, and the parents were
visibly more at ease with each others, there was only a small group of students
that wasn�t satisfied with the state of things. This small group was reunited
on Tuesday night in an abandoned classroom, complaining about Snape�s orders to stay quiet. Parvati was the most furious.

�I
can�t believe this! He had the guts to rub in our faces that he has betrayed
the Dark Lord and sent me to the Hospital Wing for mild poisoning! And we can�t
do anything to get back at him?!! Why in hell no one
attempted to do something at the ball?!!�

�They
had a powerful protection charm around them, many people did try to get close,
but somehow you just got this crazy idea that it would be wise and safer if you
kept your distance.�

�Yeah,
the only ones that seemed unaffected by that were Potter and that Slytherin
bitch.�

�Nochland
is going to be very sorry for this! Anthera, why didn�t you
warn me about the jelly beans?!�

�I
told you that Malfoy wanted revenge, and I remember telling you to be careful
with what his friends might offer you.�

�She
did tell you Patil�

�She
took one too! I waited until she swallowed the dammed candy!�

�There
is such a thing as an antidote, you know?�

�Don�t
talk to me like that Alice!�

�Calm
down Parvati.� Said Thorney, trying
to get hold of the situation. �It�s no use to fight. We can�t do
anything anyway, Snape told us not to, besides, the
Dark Lord would be attacking soon.�

�That�s
a relief but in the meantime we shouldn�t let this go! I hate to think that
Malfoy is laughing at us!�

�And
what do you propose to do?�

�We
need to teach them a lesson!�

�But
Parvati, we could get into trouble.�

�We
are not going to use the masks this time; we�re only going to be students
fighting for a difference of opinion.�

The
rest of the youngsters stared at the girl for a moment.

�Fighting?�

�I
don�t know Patil, aren�t you taking this too far? They�re going to be dead
anyway when the Dark Lord attacks.�

Parvati
seemed thoughtful, suddenly one of the girls commented.

�Have
you noticed that Granger is eating the most hideous things lately?�

�Well,
that could be because of the cravings, she�s pregnant after all.�

Everyone
turned to look dumbfounded at Alice,
the girl raised an eyebrow.

�What?�

�How
do you know that?�

�One
of my Slytherin friends told me. And is really obvious if you think about it,
she dropped Quidditch with the Headmaster�s allowance
and she has cravings.�

�Yeah,
she has been too careful around potions too, and Weasley said that she was
getting fat��

Suddenly
Parvati was livid; she hit a desk hard with her fist, making everyone jump.

�That
sets this. We�re going to make him regret his choice now; I won�t wait until
the Dark Lord destroys this castle!!�

Padma, Thorney and a few
others tried to dissuade her, but the girl was relentless, so they finally
agreed to help with her plan.

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Blue
Hyacinth: constancy

Indian
jasmine: �I attach myself to you�

Ivy:
fidelity, marriage.

Found
at: http://marriage.about.com/od/flowers/a/flowermean.htm
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