Stolen Kisses | By : Lauricula Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 10827 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2 |
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Hermione knew she had a chance of seeing Draco over the weekend, but that didn’t stop her from going about her normal routine. To Hermione’s surprise, Draco had decided to give her the cold shoulder; which is much better than what she was expecting. He glared at her across the Great Hall, and turned his head when they passed in corridors. She found the silence and absence of Malfoy quite peaceful, but Ron found it just plain strange.
“Have either one of you noticed Malfoy acting a bit funny lately?” Ron commented Monday morning on their way to potions.
“How do you mean?” asked Harry, suddenly intrigued. Anything involving Malfoy intrigued him.
“Dunno. He hasn’t made comments to any of us lately, nor has he started any trouble. I saw him plenty this weekend around the grounds and he just sat there sulking; he didn’t even use his prefect powers to bully first years!” Ron said in a hushed voice as they arrived to Slughorn’s dungeon.
Harry shrugged. Hermione said nothing, and instead dug for something in her bag. Ron stared at them waiting for an answer that he wasn’t going to get. When Hermione was done searching through her bag, she gave Ron a look of utter annoyance.
“Malfoy not bothering us is a bad thing?” she asked, her hands on her hips.
Ron stuttered, “N-no, I’m not complaining! I was making an observant…”
“A pointless observation.” Hermione muttered as Professor Slughorn approached the classroom, excitement written all over his face.
The Gryffindors and Slytherins followed Snape into the classroom and took their place at their cauldrons’. As usual, Harry, Ron and Hermione grabbed a table in the back. At the front of the classroom, cauldrons lined a table; different colored steam coming out of each one. Draco and his minions filed in and sat a few tables away from Hermione, not even bothering to cast a look in her direction. Slughorn shut the door once everyone was in and seated, and clapped his hands together.
“I have three cauldrons lined up on that table there! Three unknown potions. Can anyone tell me what they are? Hmm?” he asked, bouncing on his toes.
Hermione’s hand shot into the air, and Slughorn called on her immediately. “Ms. Granger, isn’t it?”
“Yes sir. That one there, pointing to the first cauldron is veritaserum; forcing the truth out of the drinker. The second one is polyjuice potion; allowing the drinker to take the form of another human. And the third one…is the most powerful love potion of all…amortentia. It causes a powerful infatuation or obsession.” She breathed the last part, almost certain no one heard her.
“Well done, Ms. Granger! And what is so special about amortentia?” he asked, glancing around at the unenthusiastic faces of his students.
Hermione drew in a shaky breath. “The smell the potion gives off is different for every person.”
“What do you smell, dear?” Slughorn pressed.
Hermione blinked, registering his question. “I…I don’t smell anything.” She mumbled, knowing Slughorn probably didn’t believe her. She didn’t even want to look at Draco.
“Surprising! And interesting! Thank you, Ms. Granger. You may return to your seat. Now, how about someone else? Tell us what you smell.” Slughorn announced, scanning over the students, who now seemed very interested in their books. “We had a Gryffindor, so let’s have a Slytherin this time around. Come on now, don’t be shy.” He was clearly growing impatient at their lack of participation. “How about Mr. Malfoy?”
Draco’s head snapped up to stare at the plump professor who just called his name. His heart rate quickened, and his palms began to sweat. Why did he have to be the one that Slughorn picked? He rarely ever participated in class! As he walked to the front of the classroom, he could feel every pair of eyes watch his every move. Draco breathed in the fumes of the love potion, and felt his heart ache in his chest. “What do you smell boy?” Slughorn’s voice came from the left of him.
“Lavender. Rain. And butterbeer.” He said softly, not wanting to meet the professor’s eyes. He surreptitiously casted a look at Hermione, who hung her head. Draco clenched his jaw and strutted back to his seat.
He wasn’t sure if she was telling the truth about what she smelled, or didn’t smell for that matter. Granger wouldn’t lie to a professor, not over something as silly and insignificant as a love potion.
Draco hardly heard a word that Slughorn spoke for the rest of the lesson. He barely made an attempt at his Draught of Living Death, and earned himself a warning. Crabbe and Goyle paid no attention to his sudden change in mood; which had grown progressively worse since that morning. He had thought about asking Hermione to meet him tonight so they could just talk, but now, he wasn’t sure what he wanted. He looked over at her again, and couldn’t help but smile.
Her hair was frizzy from the fumes, and she was stirring furiously over her cauldron. He saw her lips moving at an alarming rate, and he knew she was muttering to herself. The steam was turning her face pink, and beads of sweat lined her hairline. Even right now, he thought she was the most beautiful girl he had ever met.
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