Ch.1 The Secret Admirer
It was a cold and stormy night in London, England. Everyone was bundled up with their loved ones, sitting by the fire and drinking hot chocolate. They were all enjoying their time off from school. A seventeen-year-old Draco Malfoy was in his room doing his assignments; he had no one to talk to because his friends were at their houses with their families, while he stayed at Hogwarts. He didn’t want to be anywhere near his father, after the way he had treated him for years. He was working on his Potions assignment, when he heard voices. He heard three voices, two boys and one girl. He looked out his window and could see that it was only Harry and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
They were out playing in the courtyard and having snowball fights. It looked like fun. He wanted to join in on the fun, but he knew that they would say something. So he went back to doing his assignment. But then something made him look out the window again. He looked closely at Hermione and had noticed how beautiful she had become, and how much she had grown up. They had never gotten along, but he wanted to start getting along with her. He knew that she was good at all her subjects and that she was someone who was easy to get along with once you get to know her. He had wondered what it would have been like if they never fought. So he decided to give it a try, by writing her messages.
Draco took out a blank piece of parchment and started to write Hermione a letter. He wrote:
Dear Hermione,
I have watched you blossomed into a beautiful young lady and have become very fond of you. You seem like a really sweet girl and a really good friend to Harry and Ron. I wish that I were your friend as well. You are really beautiful and any guy would be lucky to have you as their girlfriend. Who knows maybe, that someone could be me? Well, I will see you around.
Love,
Your Secret Admirer
When he was finished writing Hermione. He folded up the parchment and took out his wand and made it float towards her. She saw the parchment come to her and grabbed it. She looked at it and blushed, then put it in the pocket of her cloak and continued throwing snowballs at the guys.
“Who was that from?” asked Harry.
“I don’t know, they didn’t give their name, all they said was love, your secret admirer,” said Hermione.
“Aww, Mione’s got a secret admirer, how cute is that?” said Ron.
Hermione blushed and threw a snowball at Ron and laughed. “Hey, at least I got one, Weasley! Where’s your secret admirer huh?” said Hermione, as she threw another snowball at him. Ron blushed and threw one right back at her and laughed.
After awhile they decided to go back inside and warm up. When they went to the Great Hall for dinner, Draco was at the Slytherin Table alone. He had no one to talk to and ate by himself. But he just kept looking at Hermione, when she wasn’t looking. He just watched her eat and talk to her friends.
Harry and Ron saw Draco looking over at their table. “What is he looking at?” asked Ron.
“I don’t know, but he better turn the other way unless he’s looking for a fight,” said Harry.
“Who are you two talking about?” asked Hermione.
“MALFOY!” said Ron.
“He keeps looking at the three of us,” said Harry.
Hermione laughed and smirked. She then looked over at the Slytherin Table and saw a lonely Draco. She frowned and thought to herself, Aww, he’s all by himself. I feel sorry for him, although he is a jerk. Maybe I’ll ask him to join us, wait no way. Harry and Ron would look at me like I was crazy.
Hermione then turned back and looked at her friends.
“Malfoy, maybe a jerk, but still no one should be lonely the week of Christmas,” said Hermione.
“What are you implying Hermione? Are you saying that you want us to be nice and have him join us? Are you crazy? ”said Ron.
“Yea, I mean we all know that he hates Muggle borns and Muggle-lovers. Why would you want him to join us?” asked Harry.
“That is exactly what I am implying Harry. Yes I know he’s a jerk, but still it’s Christmas!” yelled Hermione.
Draco looked at them bickering and thought to himself, I wonder what they are bickering about, hope it’s not me. But then again, it must be if she’s coming over towards me, oh my god! She’s coming over here. Ok, ok calm down Draco, get a grip of yourself. You like her, but she doesn’t know, just act cool. He looked as Hermione came towards him. She smiled at him.
“Care to join us for dinner Mal… I mean, Draco?” asked Hermione.
“Why would I want to join you guys for dinner?” asked Draco.
“Well, I just thought that since your buddies aren’t here, that you’d join us. Besides it’s Christmas and no one should be eating alone on Christmas,” said Hermione.
Draco smirked and laughed. “Well since it is Christmas, I would gladly join you guys for dinner. Just don’t make this a habit, Granger!” he said to her. Hermione laughed at his remark.
“Oh, don’t worry Malfoy, this is a one time deal,” she said. He smirked and went with her to join her friends at their table. They ate and talked, until it was time to go to bed. Harry and Ron left for the Gryffindor common room, while Hermione went off to the library, leaving Draco once more out in the cold. He decided to follow her to the library. He took out a piece of parchment and wrote:
Dear Hermione,
Just having your presence makes me feel warm inside and very happy. You are a lovely girl and very beautiful, might I add. Pretty soon you will find out who I am and you won’t regret it. We have just about every class together, except Divination, Ancient Runes and Arithmancy. You probably think I’m someone from your own house, but to tell you the truth, I’m not. I’m in a house you probably wouldn’t have expected. Anyways, I will see you around.
Love,
Your Secret Admirer
When he finished, he rolled it up and threw it across the room, where Hermione was sitting. It hit her on the head, and then landed on the floor. She looked down and saw it. Then picked it up and read it. She blushed and looked around trying to see who it could be. But didn’t see anyone, so she just went back to what she was doing. Draco watched her from across the room. Five minutes later, she got up and left the library. Draco saw her leave and he decided to go to bed. As soon as he got changed and everything, he got into bed and was trying to sleep, but couldn’t, all he could do was think of Hermione and how nice she was to him at dinner.
When Hermione got to the Gryffindor Common Room, Harry and Ron were playing wizard chess. She looked at them and smiled. “Nice of you to join us, ‘Mione!” said Ron.
“Yea, where did you go?” asked Harry.
“Oh, I went to the library to do an assignment and while I was there, I got another letter from my secret admirer and I found out that he’s not a Gryffindor,” she said.
“Hmm…wonder who it could be?” said Harry.
“I hope it’s not someone we totally hate!” said Ron.
“You mean like Malfoy,” said Hermione.
“Yup exactly!” said Ron. They laughed and talked about who Hermione’s secret admirer could be. At about 1am they went to bed.
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