its all about blood - angelrider93

Chapter 10 - Pansys Outburst

Hermione was walking down the corridor, heading towards lunch. Harry and Ron were walking on either side of her silently, each engrossed in their own thoughts about what they had witnessed between Draco and Hermione in the DADA classroom.

"Hermione?" Harry tentatively began.

"Yes Harry?"

"What's going on between you and Malfoy?" he asked gently. He didn't want her to get the wrong impression.

"We're friends of sorts Harry, I'm just helping him get over his fear, or at the very least, helping him to learn how to control it! You know that" Hermione replied with a pointed look at her closest friend.

"Does it have to include so much touching?" Ron asked sourly. Though he and Harry had called a truce with Draco, Blaise and Theo. It didn't mean that they were comfortable with their best friend being so touchy feely with the Blonde.

"Oh for Merlin's sake Ronald! You know that the only way he can control his fear is if he and I are touching in some way!" Hermione huffed.

"Couldn't you have just held his hand or something? You didn't have to hug him like that" Ron insisted. He wasn't about to let Hermione know that the green eyed monster had visited him upon seeing her hug his former enemy as if she were familiar with him.

"Ron!" Hermione glared at him, "Stop being stupid! You and he have called a truce, its not like he's going to hurt me!" Ron sighed heavily, he knew that Hermione would never like him in the way that he liked her, in fact he was pretty sure that she fancied Draco, though she herself wasn't aware of it yet.

"Sorry Mione, I'm not worried about him and his friends, but the other Slytherins. I don't want to see you hurt that's all" Ron swallowed his pride and forced himself to act as her friend only, instead of the spurned suitor he felt like. Hermione smiled at Ron, he had matured in leaps and bounds since Voldemort had been killed, and even more so since the attack on Harry and Draco. He was now able to control his temper and think before he opened his mouth.

"I'll be fine Ron, I can handle myself"

"Just be careful Mione, Parkinson still believes that she has some type of claim on Malfoy. Blaise was telling me yesterday that she refuses to accept what both he and Lucius have plainly told her. If she felt that you were a threat to her fantasy life as Malfoy's bride then she could be dangerous" Harry cautioned her. Hermione smiled at both her best friends.

"I'll be fine, trust me" she replied as they entered the Great Hall.

Pansy Parkinson sat fuming at the Slytherin table glaring at the Golden Trio as they took their places at the Gryffindor table and began to eat their lunch. Her rage was directed at the brown haired girl of the trio. 'How dare that filthy Mudblood lay a hand on my Drakie-Poo, I'll show her just who he belongs too' she growled to herself. Casting a glance down the Slytherin table to where Draco sat next to Theo and opposite Blaise, Pansy hoped that he would cast a glance her way. She was convinced that Draco and Lucius had said those things to her to test her devotion to the younger Malfoy. She stared at Draco, waiting for him to acknowledge her look and invite her to move down the table and join him for lunch. She saw Blaise glance her way and then say something quietly to Draco. The blonde grimaced in disgust and purposely shifted so that he presented his back to her. Her eyes widened in hurt when he flipped her the finger over his shoulder, not even sparing her a glance as he did so. Turning back to her plate, Pansy held her tears as she picked at her food. She knew that she had to be strong if she were to pass the test that Lucius and Draco had set for her. Begging Draco would only ensure her failure, she had to be strong and wait for them to come back to her and inform her that she had passed and that she would become the next Mrs Malfoy. She grinned evilly, that didn't mean that she couldn't curse the Gryffindor Mudblood for touching her man though, it would only prove to Lucius and Draco that she was willing to do whatever it took to protect the Malfoy name. Turning in the direction of the Head table she smiled at Lucius and Narcissa, receiving a scowl from Lucius and a blank glare from Narcissa.
Snape noticing the actions at his house table, glanced over at Lucius and Narcissa.
"I should warn you Lucius, Miss Parkinson believes that you are testing her devotion to Draco" Lucius turned towards him with a blank look.