Prophecies- a Dramione Fanfiction

Chapter Ten: 21 Dares

"Okay. So the door won't work. Our only way of communication is through the elf and that parchment. The bookshelf isn't actually a bookshelf and I'm glued to you when I don't want to be. Brilliant."

Hermione was pacing the room and was dragging a very tired Draco with her. "Malfoy, why don't we play Truth or Dare? We can get the others to join in through the parchment."

"Sure, why not? Anything to stop the pacing," he grumbled and swore. " Granger, so you think they'll do horrible awful dares. Like... " Hermione raised an eyebrow.

"No swearing." She started scribbling on the parchment. "At all. Or I will kill you."

"That's nice to know. Nice to know that you'd willingly drag around my rotting corpse until your death. We'd even have to share a grave! Ewwwww..."

"Shut up, you monotonous flobberworm. You're sounding worse than Binns."

  Harry then heard scratching on his parchment, even though Auror Shafiq-Hossini had not commissioned anyone to do writing. Instead- much to many of the girl's horror, they were learning about...

"Pregnancy! Everyone yell it at the top of your voices!" There were a few incoherent mumbles. "LOUDER! " More incoherent mumbles.

"SO YOU IDIOTS WANT TO LOSE YOUR MAGIC? OR NOT KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF A CHILD? NO ONE WILL LEAVE THIS ROOM UNTIL THE WHOLE SCHOOL CAN HEAR YOU!" she barked.   Ginny rolled her eyes. "Honestly... MIONE's WRITING SOMETHING!" she squealed.

Harry nudged her gently but it got the message through. "SO sorry, Miss. I just thought I saw something that wasn't really there."  

Clara merely nodded, recognizing Ginny from the midnight escapade. "See me later." Then she turned back and started teaching about caring for a baby.

Clara didn't particularly want to teach this topic but Kingsley had been insistent, that as she was a mother of three, she knew the most about. "URGH! FINE! As I'm sure you all know how babies are conceived." There was uncomfortable shuffling.
"So, after you know you're having a kid, what happens? The nine months are split into 3 trimesters.Therefore-"

As she continued to drone on, Ginny and Harry were busy reading Hermione's message.  

Hermione: I am so bored. Ferret is being an ass so maybe we can play truth or dare? How are the lessons? MAKE NOTES FOR ME!    
Draco: HEY I AM NOT BEING AN ASS, BUT YEAH 21 DARES SOUNDS COOL- GRANGER JUST EXPLAINED IT TO ME.    

Ginny: OK

Harry: Yeah, sounds cool. Who goes first?  

Hermione: MEEE!!! 1,2,3 Gin, you next!  
Ginny: Uhh...4,5  
Harry: 6,7,8  
Draco: 9,10,11  
Hermione: 12,13  
Ginny: 14,15  
Harry: 16, 17  

Hermione: NOOOOOO!!! YOU BETRAYED ME.  

Draco: Mwahahahaaaa.... 18,19... 20!!!!!!  
Ginny: Now go away so we can plot your dare.  

Hermione: FINE! Traitors! I will get my revenge!  

Harry: Malfoy, has she actually gone?  

Draco: Yeah... as far as she can go. We're still glued together by the legs.

Ginny: AWKWARD! Anyway, Ferret, have you been missing anything?  

Draco: Like what... I don't like the sound of what you're implying.  

Harry: Gin wants to dare Hermione to kiss you. Full on the lips. I think she secretly ships you guys... in her eyes, this is matchmaking.  

Draco: What, daring one person to kiss another?
Harry: Yeah. Do you like her?  
Draco: Umm... I dunno.  

Harry: Okay then. What parts of her personality do you admire? GINNY DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT INTERUPPTING.  

Draco: I really like her bossiness and her sass. I admire her for standing up for what's right and I can't help but feel I don't deserve to be forced to fall in love with her and marry her, especially since... you know... I just feel terrible for not doing anything. She's also really kind and... don't get mad at me but I guess I admitted to her I like her the other night.  

Harry: No, it's fine. I kinda want to punch you but I think I realized 5 minutes ago that I can't protect her from falling in love with someone forever. I never liked the idea of  Mione dating- she's like the little sister I never had. I guess I don't mind you guys being together but... Ron... I'd be careful if I were you. Ever since he and Mione broke up, he's been even more overprotective and I think he still harbors feelings for her.

  Draco: Thanks... I guess. Shall we let the girls back in once we've cleared the page? Only an inch left.
 
Harry: Yeah. Truce?

Draco: Truce. I never thought the day would come when I would call you Harry rather than Potter. I can, can I?  

Harry: Sure! And I can call you Draco?  

Draco: Yup. Hermione's sulking. I'll get her while you get...  

Ginny: It's Ginny, Draco. Harry told me about the truce. But I can still call you Ferret sometimes, right?

  Draco: Of course, Weaselette. Here's a grumpy Hermione...  

Hermione: So what's my dare?  Honestly, we could've played another 5 rounds in the time you took to decide on my dare.   Ginny: We dare you to kiss Dra- OWW Harry- Ferret.  

Hermione: And Malfoy actually agreed to this.  

Draco: Yeah...  
Hermione: I could slap you right now.  
Draco: Please don't... OW!  

While this was going on, Harry was enchanting the other side of the parchment so that it would act as a window. So they could see what was going on.  

Harry: Hermione! Stop beating the crap out of Malfoy.  

Ginny: Just kiss him already, Hermione. And properly too...  

Hermione: FINE! But only because I have to! Don't go around telling everyone we kissed, okay?  

Ginny: Of course! Now turn over your parchment.   In the room, Hermione was grudgingly sitting on Draco's lap.

Well not like she had any choice to, as their legs were glued together. Hermione had her eyes closed and it seemed she was praying for some kind of miracle.

Draco was watching her, admiring her caramel eyes etc... if only he could stare into them...   Finally, after 5 minutes, Hermione realised that a miracle was not going to happen and therefore it would be better to get it over and done with. She turned to him suddenly and their foreheads touched. Draco got his wish of 5 minutes before.

On the parchment, Harry was grinning, while Ginny was trying to control her excitement by fidgeting in her chair rather than hopping. Hermione noticed the silver flecks in the grey stormy irises. Eventually, Draco leaned forward and kissed her, as it was clear that Hermione was not going to initiate it.

  He put his crush into that kiss and as Ginny commented wistfully later, "You could practically see the fireworks and explosions.".

 Much to everyone's surprise, Hermione did not pull away after the first 20 seconds of kissing. It eventually turned to a full out snog session, and Harry and Ginny decided to give them some privacy.  

Luckily they did just then, for Clara had noticed their staring and scribbling on the parchment and had set the class on something else. And was now approaching them.

Once she saw the two distinct figures in the background, she gasped. "Are they really?"   Harry and Ginny glanced at each other.  

"Well... it was kinda a dare..." Ginny started.  

"But... it kinda intensified from there..." Harry finished.  

Clara stared some more then turned over the parchment.  

"We can leave them for now."