A/N: I dreamt of the first part of the story. Please enjoy… One shot only… Ammmm…. Draco/Hermione pairing… This plot happened after the war, they went back school…
Heart in Disguise
It was the middle of June and all students were busy preparing for the upcoming exams. Hermione Granger, the brain of the Golden Trio, was alone in the library re-reading all of her notes. The truth was, she had already memorized all of the lessons that were examinable. However, Harry and Ron had just started to study, and she knows that if she stayed with them she would end up giving them a sermon. So here she was, reading in the library with nothing else to do. She was about to go back when she noticed a parchment on the table next to hers. She took it wondering who the owner of it was.
"Let see, did I leave anything?" She asked herself, taking the parchment in front of her. She read the headings and immediately realized it was a poem. She sat down again reading the poem out loud.
Heart In Disguise
No one can tell who I really am
No one can guess what I really want
They think I am what they see
But deep inside, I'm not who I'm supposed to be
Every person tells me I'm selfish and always moody
They think I don't care as long as I'm happy
But what do they know?
They haven't tried to seek the real me?
When I'm sad no one can tell
When I'm lonely nobody cares
I'm living in a world full of disguises
Because I always hide the real me
My heart is always in disguise
I always tell lies
I can't show what I really feel
Because I'm afraid they might notice
The weaknesses inside of me
I wear an armor
Afraid of love's flavor
I am surrounded by walls
To avoid this heart to fall
Try and seek the real me
For me to feel the word happy
Now that you read my reality
It's your turn to avoid my regrets
Regrets that would surely make you lonely
"This poem is---" but before she could finish the sentence Draco Malfoy came snatching parchment from her grip. "What the…Malfoy! You scared the hell out of me!" She exclaimed.
"Granger don't you dare lay your filthy hands on my things ever again!" Draco shouted looking outraged.
"What? That's… That's your poem?" She said looking bewildered at the idea that the famous Slytherin prince a.k.a. the ferret Draco Malfoy wrote poems. Not just any poem, a sonnet based on a person in disguise. 'Is he talking about himself?' she thought to herself. She was so deep in thoughts that she didn't even hear what Draco was saying.
" Mudblood, are you listening?" He asked exasperatedly.
"Huh?",she snapped out of it. "You better wash your mouth Malfoy it's dirtier than your so called mudblood."
"I don't care Granger! Don't you ever tell or even mention the poem to anyone!" He threatened.
"So you really are the one who wrote that poem?" She asked obviously knowing the answer.
"Didn't you hear what I said?! Hell! You know what, I don't care anymore!" He paused furiously. "Go and spread it! Go and tell the world I write lame poems!" He turned then disappeared.
Hermione was taken aback. She made her way to the Gryffindor tower thinking about a certain Slytherin. 'Draco Malfoy wrote poem? Is this true? What the heck…'
It was time for dinner, Hermione, Ron and Harry went to the great hall to eat dinner. She sat between Ron and Harry. Hermione was still distracted. She tried to review her notes that evening but all she could remember was the poem.
Try and seek the real me, For me to feel the word happy
Now that you read my reality, It's your turn to avoid my regrets
Regrets that would surely make you lonely
"Does he really mean that?" She asked again and again to herself. Before she knew it she stared at the Slytherin table looking for a certain blonde. Then there it was; she found Draco Malfoy glaring at her. His eyes were as cold as ice, he looked like he was ready to kill anytime now. Hermione didn't avert her eyes, being a Gryffindor, she made an eye contact with him with an deathly glare.
"Hermione did something happen?" Harry asked looking concern. Hermione didn't seem to hear what he just say so he follow the path of her deathly stare. He found Draco Malfoy looking at Hermione with the same coldness in his eyes. Without pausing Harry touched Hermione's face turning her head to look at him. Ron ignore the gesture, he was too busy eating. (A/N: Ron and Hermione's relationship never happened. They're just friends).
"Harry?" She asked looking surprised at Harry's action.
"Hermione, did that ferret do something to you?" He asked acting as if he had the responsibility to protect her.
"Huh?" She uttered. "Harry I'm fine, its nothing big." She said avoiding his eyes.
"So that ferret really did something to you!" He was about to stand up and confront Malfoy when Hermione grabbed his hand.
"Harry, I swear its nothing to get worked up about" She said trying to keep it from Ron. Both of her best friends were overly protected of her. They felt that they owed their life to Hermione. She had made many sacrifices to keep the three of them alive during the horcrux hunt. She even nearly lost her life one time which made Ron and Harry promise that no one was going to hurt Hermione ever again. Because of that, not a single guy had been able to ask Hermione out. They're all so afraid to get to the wrong side of the boy-who-lived and Weasley the king. They would soon be dead before they know it… that's the impression Ron and Harry gave every time someone or rather some guys tries to get near to Hermione.
"I'm not fragile Harry and you know that" She whispered.
"He was glaring at you! He looked like he wanted to kill you!" He said quietly, keeping his temper.
"Who's going to kill Hermione?" Ron heard what Harry said and instantly reacted. 'how dare someone even think of killing Mione?' Ron thought.
"Too bad he can't, I'm sure he can't even tackle one strand of my hair. I have my knights with me." She said having used to this kind of conversation with both of the boys.
Both of the boys calmed down and smile. No one is allowed to take their Hermione. No one…
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The exam season had finished and classes were back to normal. Hermione was standing at the Gryffindor common room waiting for Ginny to come down. They were going to the Hogsmeade to celebrate the end of term. Hermione had often found Draco looking at her…but then again, she also found she was stealing glances his way a lot too. She still couldn't believe what he had written in that poem. She was once like that. She felt that way before she met Harry and Ron. Thanks to both of her best friends she no longer felt alone. Her friends loved her for who she was and she didn't have to live in pretense. She felt sorry for Draco. Now that she thought of it, after the war only few slytherins came back to study and most of them avoided Draco like the plague. He was now a loner. He was as arrogant as ever and his ego never seemed to falter. He was still obnoxious and has his famous smirk.
She smiled to herself, as she thought of the time she punched him. That was one of the highlights of her 3rd year.
"Why are you smiling?" Harry asked.
"Oh, nothing… just remembering some funny moments." She said pulling Harry's hand. So that he would sit beside her.
"Manners, Mione."
"So has there been any new development between you and Ginny?" Hermione asked Harry. "It has been quite a while now? You still haven't asked her out?"
"Hermione, how many times do I have to tell you that we're done! As in no continuation." he said exasperatedly.
"Harry from what I hear from her, your just waiting for the right time." She said looking confused.
"You know me. Why would I lie to you?" Harry said a bit disappointed.
"Don't know. Maybe you feel sorry for me because I still don't have my special someone? Ron has Lavander and you have Ginny." She stated not feeling insecure at all.
"For the last time Mione I'm not with Ginny."
"Right?" She said unsure.
"Right" Harry answered firmly.
Then Ginny came bursting from the girl's room. She looked pretty, her red hair was loose and she wore tight jeans and a black shirt, obviously trying to look pretty for Harry.
"Hermione don't tell me you're wearing that to Hogsmeade?" Ginny asked looking at Hermione's baggy jeans and old shirt.
"Um…?" She said looking at Harry for help. Harry noticed Hermione's look which says 'Harry she's going to make me wear uncomfortable clothes. Help!'
"Ginny you look nice" Harry said trying to distract Ginny.
"Really? Thanks… Now Hermione you are coming with me whether you like it or not and you're going to wear something that would make you irresistible." She dragged Hermione into their dorm so fast that she didn't have time to protest.
"Help!" She shouted back at Harry but he couldn't do anything since they were already inside the girls' dorm.
Ron and Harry were waiting in the common room. Five minutes after Ginny dragged Hermione in their dorm, Ron and Lavander came in holding a blue box. Whenn Lavander found out Ginny was dressing Hermione up, she immediately joined them in the girls' dorm.
"Girls! It's been 15 min. now!" Ron said impatiently. Then they heard Hermione shout as if she was in the verge of death.
"Poor Hermione." Harry said knowing what was happening in the room. "What's with the box?"
"Oh… Forgot we have 5 tickets in Zenri Ville. That the new park in Hogsmeade." Ron said looking excited.
"You mean the one that have Polycraxing?" Harry asked. Polycraxing- Wizarding world version of 'ice skating'. The difference is the rink was not made of ice but made of clear crystal so the temperature of the room was normal. The shoes' bottom was made of fairy dust that can make a person float. The Fairy dusts look like tiny stars which made the polycraxing shoes far prettier than the ice skating shoes. But the skills required for ice skating was the same as polycraxing. In other words, balance was the key.
"Yah that's the one, I got it for free… Lavanders mom works there."
"We're finished!" Ginny and Lavander announced as the walked down the stairs from the dorm.
"Come down here Mione!" Lavander called out.
"What have you done to me?" Hermione said with the hint of discomfort.
"come on! The mini skirt looks nice. Come down or else I'll make you wear a make up!" Ginny threatened.
Short skirt, Ron and Harry noted with a frown.
"I swear I'm going to make you pay for this." Hermione said coming down from the dorm.
Harry and Ron were standing there with their mouths hanging open. Hermione was wearing a white French kitty mini skirt that showed her toned long legs. She was also wearing a simple fitted blue blouse with matching 3 inch white heels. She looked flawless as her clothes showed her body curves perfectly. Despite that, oddly enough she still looked innocent. Her wavy brown hair was half tied. She fidgeted uncomfortably as she felt Harry and Ron's eyes on her.
"Don't stare!" Hermione said.
"Too short, right Ron?" Harry commented feeling giddy. He didn't want anyone to see their Hermione as gorgeous as this. 'She doesn't need any make up to get gorgeous' he noted.
"Never wrong mate." Ron said thinking the same as Harry.
"Grandfather, Uncle." Lavander started. "Little Hermione here a teenager who needs a boyfriend" Ginny finished.
"I don't need one, stop bugging me." She said looking really uncomfortable.
"Yap I agree Hermione, just stay single until you reached the age of 20" Harry said jokingly but there was a hint in his voice that suggested that he actually believed what she said.
"Whatever… Let's go, we're going to Zenri ville right?" Ginny said grabbing Hermione and Harry's hands.
When they were halfway to the entrance, Hermione realized that she left her purse in the common room. She asked them to go ahead first. She would meet them at the gate. Knowing her friends were waiting for her she walked as fast as she could and bumped with someone before she could reach the stairs.
"Granger." Malfoy said snatching Hermione's hand to keep her from falling. He noticed her appearance. 'Her dress, her clothes, her hair, her brown eyes, her nose, her red lips… What the hell am I thinking?' He gulped at the sight of her.
"Malfoy" they looked at each other for a brief moment.
"I'm sorry… I should be going." Hermione said looking down to avoid his enigmatic blue-gray eyes.
"Hermione" Draco called out. Hermione froze when she heard her name from Draco's lips.
"Yes?" she said still not looking at him.
"Sorry, you must have felt uncomfortable hearing me call you using your name." He said. They didn't notice that their hands are still entwined. "I… have to know…" He whispered.
"Know what?" She asked. Her heart was beating so fast that she could barely let herself breath.
"Why didn't you tell anyone about the poem" He paused placing his hand on Hermione's face so the she was force to look at him.
"I…" She uttered as she saw Draco's face. His face looked so kind, his hand was gently touching her face. But his eyes was lonely. Hermione could feel his pain by just looking at him. " I… know the feeling… you know, being alone. I used to be like that and I know it hurts like hell, Draco" She continued.
Draco Malfoy hearing Hermione say out his name in a loving tone made him kiss her. He kissed her tenderly, slowly, yet at the same time passionate. Hermione gasped when he kissed her and before she knew it she was kissing him back. A tender and innocent kiss. Her hand travelled in his soft blond her while Draco's hands went behind her back holding her as close as possible. Then Hermione realized it. She was kissing Draco Malfoy! Draco Malfoy! Her mortal enemy! Realizing it she pushed Draco away from her. Hermione saw Draco's expression change from passionate to surprised and then changed to cold stare.
"I'm sorry" She said not knowing what to do.
"Granger, we're even. I won't ever talk to you again." He said turning back from her.
"Draco…" she sighed. 'He put his mask again.' She told herself.
"Malfoy for you Granger…" he said then walked away.
A/N: Is it nice? How's the poem? PLs comment and say something about the poem> is it nice? And Hahaha… want more? If yes then review… I'll update if the review reached more than 20. hahahaa….. I hope you like the hint of Harry's affection towards Hermione. If you want me to continue, next encounter would be in the Zenri ville. T.Y.