𝑀𝒶 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑒

𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓇𝓉𝓎-𝑜𝓃𝑒

"Again"

Hermione panted on the floor, she knew she was incapable of standing up again, she looked up and made eye contact with with Draco

"Give me a moment" she panted

She heard Draco scoff

"Who pissed in your tea?" She asked annoyed

"Moments up, get up" Draco ordered her

Hermione stood up and got into first position, Draco walked up to her and forcefully pushed her shoulders back and fixed her hands, he muttered something under his breath

"Speak up Malfoy" Hermione ordered, she was starting to get annoyed with his behaviour

"I said 'lazy' Granger, you're slumping and your hands a flimsy" he spat

"What the hell is your problem Malfoy?" She asked

"You Granger" he sneered, Hermione took a deep breath and walked away from him

"Where the hell do you think your going?"

"Away from you Malfoy, I don't know what happened to you but I'm not in the mood to take your abuse, find me when you grow up" she spat and walked out

Hermione was confused, one moment he was flirting with her and being so utterly nice with her, the next moment he was being cold and cruel towards her

She hated it and she hated that she didn't hate him for it

Hermione reached the eighth year dorms and went up to her room, locking her door she grabbed her uniform before walking into the bathroom

She turned on the tap and looked into the mirror while the shower began heating up

Hermione sighed and stripped down before hopping into the shower

The hot water began trickling down her back as
she closed her eyes, her muscles ached with the strain she's been putting herself though

After a while, she got out of the shower and began dressing up, she semi-dried her hair before putting it up in a ponytail, she padded into her bedroom and put on her shoes, Hermione sighed and grabbed her book bag before leaving her room

She saw Harry and Ron sitting in the common room

"Hermione? Is everything alright?" Harry asked her, Hermione nodded

"Yes, just tired" she told him

"Come on, let's go" Ron said, the trio made their way towards the Great Hall

"Mum keeps asking why you aren't coming to the Burrow" Ron told her

"So I've been told" Hermione mumbled "how is she...about our situation?" She asked Ron

Ron shrugged

"She keeps hinting that I should try to win you back"

"Oh gods" Hermione groaned "what about you Harry? What has Molly said?" She asked

Harry sighed

"She wrote me and said that I need to 'man up' and win Ginny back" Harry told her

"Does she knows about Luna?" Hermione asked

"Oh she knows, she doesn't care" Harry said

They reached the Great hall and took their seats at the end of the table

"How are things going with Malfoy?" Harry asked her

"There's nothing going on with Malfoy, he's being a prick" Hermione sneered

"What happened?" Ron asked her

Ginny walked towards them with Blaise on her trail

"What are we talking about?" She asked

"Apparently Malfoy's being prissy" Ron stated

"He's being what now?" Blaise asked

"He was in a mood today, pointing out every tiny useless mistakes I made" Hermione told him, she noticed a look that passed across Blaise's face before he shook his head and turned to hers

"He had a rough night, I'll talk to him" Blaise told her

"You will do no such thing, this is between me and him, I'd rather not give him more rope to pull" Hermione said

"Okay" Blaise agreed reluctantly and grabbed some breakfast

They continued talking during breakfast, the bell rang and they all made their way towards their first class

"Hermione...can I talk to you for a second?" Blaise asked, Hermione hesitated for a moment before nodding and following him into a empty classroom

"Look...I'm sorry about Draco's behaviour today but I may know why he was being such a jerk today" Blaise sighed

"Look Blaise...you don't have to—"

"His father threatened you" Blaise interrupted her

Hermione froze and looked at Blaise

"W-What?" She asked confused, Blaise scratched the nape of his neck

"I know it's not my place...but Draco's father threatened you and Draco might have thought that pushing you away was the best solution"

Hermione scoffed

"Doesn't he understand that I can take care of myself? I don't need him to push me away, and he definitely doesn't need you to make excuses" she told him annoyed

"Hermione he cares about you" Blaise said

"And I care about him! I want him to talk to me! I want him to laugh with me! I wanted him to kiss—" she froze, Blaise took a second to process what she had just said

"Hermione...do you like him?" He whispered "as in more than a friend?"

"You can't tell him, please" she pleaded "I'm trying to figure out what I'm feeling, I know I shouldn't feel like this, it's just that...he's different...so different from what I thought he was, but please, please don't tell him"

"I-I won't...Hermione...trust him...please" Blaise whispered

Hermione had never seen the Slytherin so worried, so vulnerable, even when he was with Ginny he had some sort of mask on, at this moment Hermione could truly see why Slytherins so were loyal to other Slytherins

"I—" she trailed off "I'll try" she promised

She left the classroom and made her way to the dungeons, her mind still trying to process what had just happened

Why was Blaise trying so hard to get her to trust Draco?

Draco couldn't feel the same way about her...could he?