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Opposites Attract	By : hopelesslydevoted.xx Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 36551 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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"So you're not in love with Malfoy anymore?" Ron asked, excitement and hope evident in his voice.
"We've already determined that Ronald.." Hermione stated.
"Well do you know how the spell broke?" Harry asked curiously, wondering if Hermione knew the reasoning like he did.
"No, I don't. But I'm going to try and figure it out" Hermione stated.
Harry and Ron locked eyes and then Ron said "Why does it matter?"
"Seriously Ron? Do you not know anything about me? Obviously I want to know what was responsible for the potions spell to break. I've never heard of a love potion so strong before, so I'm curious as to know what broke it. Plus, it happened sometime last night, so something had to have happened while I was asleep in Malfoy's bed" Hermione said thinking aloud.
"SLEEPING WHERE?!" Ron exploded, his face red.
"It wasn't anything like that" Hermione said waving Ron off.
Hermione stood up and gathered her bags.
"Where are you going?" Ron asked.
"I'm going to the library before class to go and see if I can find anything regarding the love potion that Malfoy used. You guys are more than welcome to come and help me" Hermione said looking at her three friends.
Ginny was about to stand up and follow Hermione, but Ron grabbed her and pulled her back down onto the bench.
Ginny looked over at her brother confusedly. He returned her look telling her to stay put.
Hermione looked at Ginny and raised her eyebrow.
Ginny shrugged in response.
"Alright, I'll see you guys in class. Ginny, I'll see you at dinner" Hermione said walking away.
As soon as Hermione left the Great Hall, Ginny turned on her brother and snapped.
"What the hell was that about?!"
"Do you really want Hermione to know why the love potions spell broke?" Ron asked.
"Of course I do. I'm just as curious as she is" Ginny stated.
"Gin, we already know why it broke.." Harry said.
"You do?! Then why didn't you say something to her and tell her instead of making her go and waste her time in the library when you guys have the bloody answer!" Ginny snapped.
"Gin, you know the answer too.." Harry said slowly.
"No I don't, otherwise why would I be helping Hermione search for the answer?" Ginny asked.
"Remember at the beginning of the school year when we took Hermione to Madame Pomfrey?" Ron asked.
Ginny thought back to that day and then her eyes popped open and she said "Oh..OH!"
"I'm guessing she remembers" Harry said smugly.
"Oh my god.. Malfoy loves Hermione" Ginny stated slowly.
"Who would have ever believed that would have happened.." Harry said the shock evident in his voice.
"I still don't believe it.. I'm sorry, but Malfoy being in love with Hermione? That just isn't possible.." Ron stated.
"Anything is possible Ron" Ginny stated.
"I do remember that scenario in their common room where Malfoy tucked Hermione's hair behind her ear, and the way he was looking at her," Harry stated. "Which I did think was a little odd.."
"I wanted to beat his brains in for touching her" Ron said recalling that night.
"Yes Ron, we know." Ginny stated.
"So you think that Malfoy is in love with Hermione?" Harry asked.
Ginny looked over at the Slytherin table, and saw Draco pushing food around on his plate, not paying attention to anything. She looked next to him and saw Blaise watching Draco with an amused smile. Blaise must of felt her eyes on him, because before she knew it their eyes were locked.
"What's with Malfoy?" Ginny mouthed.
"Don't know" Blaise mouthed back.
"Hermione?" Ginny mouthed the question to him.
"I think so" was his response before he turned his attention back to Draco.
Ginny turned and looked back at Harry, who was now staring at her with his eyebrows raised.
"What was that about?" Harry asked.
"What?" Ginny asked.
"You and Zabini" Harry stated.
"I told you we talk, I was just asking him what was up with Malfoy" Ginny stated.
"I still can't get over the fact that you talk to those prats" Ron said.
"Ron, don't start up again" Harry said in a warning tone.
"I'm not going to" Ron snapped.
"Anyways, Harry" Ginny said ignoring her brother and his mood swings, "I do think that Malfoy is in love with Hermione."
Ron huffed out a breath in anger.
"If I didn't know that the only way that the love potion could be broken was by Malfoy loving Hermione, I never would have believed it myself" Harry stated.
"That makes the two of us" Ron said.
"Well now that I remember, I'm going to have to tell Hermione the answer that she's looking for" Ginny said.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Ron asked.
"Why wouldn't it be?" Ginny asked confused.
Ron's face went bright red and he said "I don't know? Maybe she won't take well to the news?"
"I'm sure Hermione will be fine, she's a grown girl Ron. Besides, she's Hermione. She's going to figure it out soon enough, and we all know that she will be pissed if we all know the answer and keep it from her" Ginny stated.
"She's right Ron. If Hermione knows we have had the answer this whole time and didn't tell her, she is going to be extremely pissed. And frankly, I don't feel like losing her friendship over something like this. Plus, she deserves to know" Harry said.
"Oh alright" Ron snapped.
"When are you going to tell her?" Harry asked.
"Tonight at dinner when I see her. And I suggest that you guys let me tell her, it will be a lot easier to hear coming from me." Ginny said.
"I'm perfectly okay with that. I would rather not have to talk about love and Malfoy to Hermione in the same sentence. Actually I never want to say those two words together in a sentence ever again" Harry stated.
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Hermione made it to class in time to take her usual spot between Harry and Ron. She opened all of her books up and sat quietly and patiently waiting for the class to start. She had spent a half hour in the library, searching through books that named all the potions she could think of, and she still hadn't found anything about the love potion that Draco had used.
"How did the searching go?" Harry asked curiously.
"I haven't found anything yet" Hermione stated.
"Well, Gin wants to talk to you tonight at dinner" Harry said.
"Did she say why?" Hermione asked.
"It has to do with the potion I'm pretty sure" Harry said trying not to give too much detail away.
"Did she say anything to you guys about it?" Hermione asked looking back and forth between Harry and Ron.
"Not really" Harry said.
Hermione narrowed her eyes. "Harry, you are a terrible liar"
"We promised Ginny that we would let her talk to you about the whole thing" Ron said, drawing Hermione's attention away from Harry.
"If you guys know something, I want you to tell me" Hermione said.
"Hermione, Ginny specifically asked us not to say anything, and to let her talk to you. You know we want to tell you, but Ginny is very scary when pissed off" Harry stated.
"Just tell me. I'll tell her I made you guys tell me, that I threatened our friendship. She will believe it" Hermione said looking back and forth between Harry and Ron.
"Fine, the reason the love potion broke is because Malfoy is in love with you" Ron stated quickly.
Hermione's jaw dropped and she said "What?"
"Ron! What the hell!" Harry exclaimed.
"Sorry Harry, but I didn't want to sit here and listen to Hermione nag us about what we know all day, no offence Hermione" Ron said.
"Well then you're the one dealing with your sister" Harry said.
"Wait, wait, wait. How do you know that?" Hermione asked.
"Because when you were first put under the love potion, me and Harry took you to the hospital wing because we had no idea what was wrong with you. All of a sudden you just stopped talking and said that you weren't feeling good, and then you started screaming for Malfoy. So Me, Harry, and Ginny took you to the hospital wing to try and figure out what the hell was wrong with you. That's when we were told that you were slipped a love potion, and a very strong one at that. And that's when we were informed that the only way that the potions spell could be broken was for the person who you ended up falling in love with, and also the person who was responsible for making the potion loved you back. Which was Malfoy" Ron explained.
Hermione let all of the information process in her head.
"How did I even end up taking to potion?" she asked.
"Well obviously at first, we believed that Malfoy was responsible, so Ron went after him in the hallway. They argued back and forth, and Malfoy told Ron that he wasn't the one who did it, and I believed him" Harry stated.
"You believed Malfoy?" Hermione asked incredulously.
"I did. What he was saying made sense, he had a good argument. Plus, he was just as pissed off about the situation as we were, and normally if he was responsible for pissing us off, he would flaunt it in our faces" Harry said.
"Ooooh" Hermione said slowly.
"Yeah, but don't worry Hermione. We'll make sure that Malfoy stays away from you" Ron stated determinedly.
"Okay" Hermione said. It was the only response she could think of. She thought she had been confused before, but now she couldn't even think straight. Could what Harry and Ron were saying be true? Could Malfoy actually be in love with her? With her of all people? The idea seemed very farfetched, but both Harry and Ron believed it, and if they did that had to mean it was true.
Hermione was narrowing down everything, and came to the conclusion that Draco had to have done or said something to her while she was sleeping in his room to show his … love for her.
She still couldn't process that thought. That THE Draco Malfoy was in … love with her, Hermione Granger, Gryffindor Princess and Muggleborn.
Hermione was brought back to reality when Ron nudged her in the side.
"What?" she snapped looking at him.
"Welcome back Ms. Granger. That'll be 20 points from Gryffindor for daydreaming in my class and not paying attention" Snape snapped.
Hermione's face went bright red in embarrassment.
"Now, I would like to hear your answer to my question" Snape said staring directly at her.
Hermione stared at Harry and Ron, who were of no help whatsoever. They both shrugged their shoulders apologetically.
"The juice of a Lima Bean" said a voice oddly familiar to Hermione.
Snape turned his attention over to the speaker.
"Excuse me?" Snape asked.
"The answer to your question is the juice of a Lima Bean. That's the one ingredient that is the most important when making that potion" Draco drawled.
"Thank you Ms. Granger" Snape snapped narrowing his eyes at Draco. "Next time I would appreciate you answer a question when asked and do not speak out of turn Mr. Malfoy."
Draco shrugged his shoulders in response.
Hermione turned and looked at Draco in shock. He had just saved her from further humiliating herself in front of the entire class.
Draco turned his head to the side and looked at her, their eyes locking. Hermione looked at him, her face betraying her confusion. Draco stared at her for a couple seconds longer, and then turned his attention back to the front of the class.
Hermione looked at Harry and said "Did that really just happen?"
"If you mean Malfoy saving your ass in front of the entire class, then yes" Harry said barely believing it himself.
Hermione turned and stared at Draco again, a million thoughts running through her head.
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When Ginny sat down at the Great Hal with them for dinner, she saw Hermione staring over at Draco with a confused look on her face.
She looked at Harry and Ron and said accusingly "You told her didn't you?"
"It was Ron's fault" Harry stated immediately.
Ginny turned and narrowed her eyes at her brother.
"Oi!" Ron said looking over at Harry "Thanks for throwing me under the bus! But sorry Gin, I had to. She knew that we knew something and she wasn't going to give up until she got an answer. I couldn't sit there and listen to her ask questions all day long until dinner" Ron stated.
"Yeah Ginny, you can't blame them it's not their fault. I pretty much made them tell me what they knew" Hermione stated turning her attention away from Draco to their conversation.
"I would like to add in that I was not the one who cracked and told Hermione everything, it was all Ron" Harry stated again.
"Honestly mate, why do you keep throwing me under the bus?!" Ron exclaimed.
"Because I know what your sister is like pissed off and I do not want to be on the receiving end. Besides, it was your fault so I am not taking the blame for something I was not responsible for" Harry said with a smug look on his face.
"You're a git" Ron said shoving Harry lightly.
Harry smirked at Ron in return.
Ginny rolled her eyes at the boys behaviour and said "Well, since you know, what do you think?"
"I don't know what to think. It's hard to believe that Malfoy loves me of all people. I'm a Muggleborn, and all he has done throughout the past 6 years is talk about how much he hates people of my blood status. I just don't know what could have possibly changed his mind" Hermione said stating her confusion.
"That's' something that you will have to ask him yourself if you want a direct and proper answer, but Hermione, there is no other way that spell could have been broken. Malfoy is second in smarts next to you in this school, meaning there is no way he messed up that potion and it all of a sudden stopped working. It literally means that he fell in love with you in the process, and either said or did something to make it real, breaking the spell" Ginny said.
Hermione had to admit that Ginny was right. Malfoy was smart, and there was no way he would have messed up on the potion. He was the best potion maker besides the teachers themselves at this school, meaning that the potion was done properly.
Hermione felt butterflies in her stomach as she finally came to terms with what this meant.
Draco Malfoy, was in love with her.
With HER of all people.
And she did not know what to think or make of the situation.
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