Masquerade (Dramione)

Chapter 4

(So maybe I lied a little bit, Lol)

Hermiones POV

That jerk! Kissing me in front of all those people! Embarrassing me! Acting like he hadn't been mean to me for the past 6 years! Cursed him and his stupid purebloodedness! Cursed his stupid kiss and curse me for liking it... Because if I was being truthful with myself. I hadn't hated it and based on my reaction I most definitely hadn't been indifferent towards it. Which left only two options, one more likely than the first. I had kissed Draco Malfoy and... liked it?

"Curse that prick." I muttered as I stormed down the hallway and came to a stop in front of the headmistress' office. The rage running through my body is cut short when I realize that I don't know the password. Usually Dumbledore would have the password be some sort of candy but now that McGonagall was head mistress it could be anything. I decide to take a chance. "Lemon drops." The door opens with a soft Creek and admits me in. McGonagall looks up immediately and makes eye contact with me.

"good evening Miss Granger. How can I help you?" She didn't seem very surprised to see me.

"I'm pretty sure that you already know."

McGonagall takes her glasses off with a sigh and gestures for me to take a seat I seat opposite her.

"why would you make Malfoy head boy? What did I do? Is this a punishment?"

"I understand that you're upset about what happened in the Great Hall. I will talk to Mr Malfoy and arrange a detention schedule for PDA."

"only detention? He kissed me without my permission!" I exploded before remembering that I was talking to a teacher. "sorry."

"I'm very sorry that he kissed you without your permission, but I can't expel him for it, because no one was harmed."

"so he still gets to be head boy?"

"Yes."

"Ugh."

"despite what you may believe Miss Granger, Draco Malfoy was selected for the position because of his academic record. He has excellent grades."

"Wasn't he gone all of last year?" I question.

"so were you. Do you think I should penalize you for that?" suddenly I felt like a jerk and I couldn't explain exactly why. Only that it had something to do with Malfoy.

"All right." I sighed "I'll let it go."

"Good, now I need you to go find Mr. Malfoy and I will show you both to the head students dorms."

"head students dorms?"

"Yes, now hurry up, we don't have all night." McGonagall says with a flutter of her hands.

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No way, there is absolutely no way that I am sharing a common room with Draco Malfoy. The moment McGonagall opens the door Malfoy was completely quiet. Sure, he hadn't been very talkative before but now he was as silent as the dead (excluding moment Moaning Myrtle.) Sure the place was amazing. Decorated in red and green it almost looked like a Christmas store. It was filled with big plushy couches, desks and... Bookshelves. Running along every wall was a huge 9 foot tall bookshelf.

"Wow." The word escapes my mouth faster than I could stop it. McGonagall noticed what I was preoccupied with and smiled. "They're in enchanted." She says. "They are intended to fill themselves with all your favorite books and books that you would be interested in, the moment you walk in the room." "really?" The idea had me so excited I could barely contain myself I ran to the nearest shelf and grinned when I spotted the first title. Pride and Prejudice.