From Dark to light ~ Dramione

Chapter five~ the hint

After finally finding some clothes, Draco finally was ready to go to supper, as he walked through the halls he got some funny glances from some people, some people he never even knew. When Draco arrived at the Great Hall he heard students shouting and cat calling to him.

"Hey Malfoy! Have a nice shower!", Adrian yelled over from the Slytherin table, Malfoy glared back causing Adrian to quiet down.

Draco looked around the hall ignoring people cooing and calling his name, and landed his eyes on Hermione who was already staring at him, she then began to laugh along with Ginny.
What an embarrassment Draco thought to himself, nearly half of the school had seen bare torso.

But Draco decided to play it cool, he approached the table where everyone was laughing especially Adrian and Blaise.

"Why are you two laughing?", Draco smirks seating himself next to Marcus.

Adrian and Blaise quiet down.

"Well I've got to admit Malfoy, seeing you run around like a headless chicken, naked, is pretty darn hilarious", Blaise laughs.

"Well it won't be funny for you much longer", Draco laughs taking a sip of his juice.

"Oh yeah, and why is that?", Adrian says in a low threatening tone.

Draco smirks, "Well half of the girls in this school have seen me naked, so half of them know how hot I am, that means most of them will want to get some of this, doesn't leave much for you guys?", Draco snickers, Pansy sitting there basically drowning in her own drool is nudged by Adrian, as if to say snap out of it.

But it didn't matter to Draco. Every girl in the wizarding world could be head over heels for Draco. But the only girl that he would be head over heels for, was Hermione.

Through most of supper Draco found himself staring at Hermione from the distance. She never looked over once, she was having to much fun with that Ron Weasley, Draco thought to himself.
Draco knew that he couldn't be with Hermione, but he had to give Hermione some sort of hint, some hint that would let her know that he has a slight interest, otherwise Ron might have his tongue down her throat soon, Draco hated the thought of that.

So after supper Draco had waited out in the hall for Hermione. Finally she had approached but she was still with Harry and Ron.

"Um, er- uh , Hermione!", Draco yelled causing the trio to turn around from the direction they were walking.

"What do you want Malfoy, we've had enough of your mud blood jokes, why don't you get lost for once", Ron says with a stern voice and overprotective look on his face.

"I-uh sorry, see you in herbology tomorrow", Draco quickly stutters before whisking away to his dormitory.

Hermione throws her hands at Ron's chest.

"What on earth was that!?", Hermione shrieks in an unpleasant tone.

"What d'ya mean? It's Malfoy, what do you think he was going to say? That your hair looks nice today?", Ron says batting his eyebrows and flipping his imaginary hair.

"No, but you don't know what he was going to say, you should of let him speak Ronald, he seemed serious", Hermione says worryingly looking to where Draco once stood.

"Well I'm sorry for protecting you", Ron says sarcastically, before turning away and walking towards Gryffindor tower.

"Come one Hermione let's go, Ron's just in a bad mood", Harry says putting his arm around Hermione's shoulder and guiding her away. Hermione glancing back one last time.

Hermione kept thinking about Draco and how sad his eyes looked after Ron had accused him of making mud blood jokes before he even got the chance to speak. She thought about how maybe, just maybe he was going to tell her how he felt.

Draco was in his bed, lying awake unable to sleep. He kept replaying what had happened in his mind, and kept thinking how he keeps adding to his list of the embarrassing things he's done this week. He thought about how it was too late, about how soon Hermione would be with Ron. It made him shiver in disgust, Draco only wanted Hermione to be loved by him.
Draco thought he had blown all the chances he had, but he was wrong, little did he know he had dropped the hint that he was trying to give Hermione.

Hermione also lye awake, and thinking about Draco, she kept thinking what it would be like to hold him, touch him and kiss him. She kept replaying when Draco had ran around the corner in nothing but a towel, she loved that memory, she loved seeing his toned body, she could only imagine how it felt.

Eventually both Hermione and Draco fall asleep thinking about each other, but without knowing how each other felt.

The next day Draco had arrived to herbology late, he had burst through the door of the greenhouse whilst Professor Sprout was mid sentence, talking something about devils snare. Draco was a mess his hair was not it's usual perfect gelled self, and his tie was not even done up, Professor Sprout glared.

"Why are we late Mr Malfoy", Sprout says tapping her wand in the pot in front of her.

"Fashionably late were we", Justin finch fletchley  laughs, whilst pounding fists with his fellow hufflepuffs.

"Sorry, slept in was having an amazing dream", Draco says looking over to Hermione, who's face then went bright pink.

"Alright come one join in, and no more disturbing the class", Draco nodded proceeding to stand over next to Pansy.

"And fix your tie!" Sprout shrieked, Draco then fumbling with his tie in a hurry, causing Hermione to giggle.

Draco still not knowing he had dropped the hint to Hermione was still finding the perfect moment to do so, somehow without Harry or Ron noticing.

Whilst the class was beginning to repot seedlings of the devils snare, Draco kept looking up, to catch Hermione looking at him. When he finally did he gave her a subtle wink causing her and him to go red, Draco felt a heat of embarrassment as soon as he did that, he kept rethinking his actions and thinking how stupid he must of looked. He kept thinking about how he might be wrong how she might not even be interested in him, but boy he was wrong.

Hermione standing their flustered trying to cover her seedling with soil was in shock, Draco had just winked at, was he flirting her she thought,  did he actually like her.

Hermione knew that she wanted Draco, and she was going to make him hers she thought, this time tomorrow Draco will be mine.