i love you to death ♡ (dramione)

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Hermione's POV -

I sat directly in front of him, glaring into his cold, emotionless, grey eyes. " I won't do it," I say. "I won't kill anyone. I don't care who it is. I don't care that it's Draco Malfoy. Sure, he's cruel and, some might even say vicious, but nobody deserves to be killed. Well, almost nobody... Voldemort is a different story-- That's not what we're talking about right now--And besides, why would you out of all people want him gone?!"

"The reasons I want him dead aren't important right now." He states dully. "What I want is for us is to make an agreement. A deal. You will get really close to Draco, and then when he least expects it, you'll simply kill him. It's as easy as that. Avada Kedava, and he's gone from our lives."

"And why would I ever do that for you? Why would I kill somebody, just because you tell me to??" I say, staring at the evil man with pure disgust on my face.

He looks into his pocket, searching for something. He pulls out a small picture, and when I see what is on it, or rather who is on it, I gasp.

I see my parents, crying for help. Their clothes look torn, and dirty, and they look like they haven't eaten in days, maybe even weeks. It seems as if they are in some sort of a prison cell, and they've been tortured... I shudder.

"What is this?!?! Why do you have my parents?!?!?!" I say angrily, but in a hushed tone, so people around us wouldn't think I'm insane. I'm trying to look strong, but I'm scared for my parents. What does he want with them?!?! What will he do to them?!?!?!

"So, as I was saying, what you get is for your parents to be safe. If you do this, they can move on with their lives, well, alive!!" He says with a devilish smirk on his face, knowing that I would have to agree.

I send daggers at him with my eyes, and I sigh heavily. "Fine. I'm only doing this because I have no choice. How much time do I have, exactly?" I ask.

"You have exactly three months to do this, starting today. Good luck. It won't be easy." he says.

"But... how will I get close to him??" I ask. Draco hates me.

"Don't worry. You might think that he hates you, but everyone knows that he secretly loves you. He talks about you all the time, and it makes me gag. That's why you're the perfect candidate." He says, with a disgusted look on his face, showing just how much he dislikes me.

My face begins to heat up, and I realize that I'm blushing. Draco likes me?! I look down, and when I look back up to ask him another question, he was gone...

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The next morning, I wake up with a throbbing pain in my head. Ugh. I have a hangover. It must be from all of the firewhisky I drank last night. Before you judge me, though, keep in mind that I was just blackmailed, so that I would kill a person. How did I, of all people, get dragged into this...?

Why do all these crazy things happen to me?

I get up from the comfy bed and stumble over to the kitchen, to begin making my hangover potion.

Once I brewed the elixir, I drank it and almost instantly began to feel better. My head stopped aching, and I felt less dizzy than I was before.

Today's the day... The day I befriend Draco Malfoy. I better get ready... Because I have a long day ahead of me...

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When potions class came, I had a plan in store. I would choose him as my partner, and when he gets to know me, he'll fall in love with me. It's as easy as that. I hope...

The task today was to make a veritaserum potion. This'll be interesting.

Every class period, we alternated between the houses, for who got to choose partners. This class, it was Gryffindors turn. It was in alphabetical order, so I was one of the first few.

When Professor Snape called my name, with a blank tone, I said "Draco Malfoy."

Everyone looked at me, confused. Even Professor Snape had some emotion written across his face.

Harry looked the most confused out of everyone. He said, "Hermione, I think you made a mistake with who you chose for your partner."

I replied with, "Umm... No, I mean Draco."

Draco looked at Harry, and snickered, as I rolled my eyes at them.

He came over and sat next to me, also looking really confused. Then he looked back at Harry's scowling face, and smirked once again, knowing that Harry is burning with anger and frustration.

Everyone else chose their partners, and when everyone was finished, I got the ingredients for the potion and came back to our table.

Then Draco looked back at me, and said, "umm... why did you choose me as your partner??"

I smiled at him, and with bared teeth, I said: "To become your friend, Malfoy." Wow... This is going to be harder than I thought. How am I supposed to be nice to him??

Draco turned beet red.

I smirked, and said "Malfoy?! Are you.... blushing?"

He scowled and said "What?! No. Why would I be blushing? I'm not blushing. I don't blush. You're blushing."

Then I giggled and began taunting him some more.

"We better start working on our project." He said, quietly.

"Well that's a first..." I replied. Draco never wanted to get work done. I know he just said that to hide the fact that he was blushing because of me...

I looked across the room at Harry, who was working with Ginny. They were both glaring at us, enraged.

Harry deeply hates Draco, and im pretty sure Ginny has a crush on him... Im not exactly sure, but I think she does. What a mix.

They are both jealous, but in completely different ways.

Ginny catches me staring at her and Harry, and when I try to look away, she stands up from her seat, and says, "Hermione, we seriously need to talk."

She storms over to our table, and grabs my wrist, pulling me up.

"Snape, we're going to the bathroom."
She says, an angry tone in her voice.