Chapter Four: Draco's Appartment
Jun 19, 2012 0:04:04 GMT -5
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Post by Alexa Raven on Jun 19, 2012 0:04:04 GMT -5
Hermione's eyes opened slowly as she took in her surroundings and then she bit her lip momentarily as she realized not only were they in Draco's apartment but they were now both sitting on his bed. Draco slowly dropped his arms from around her and scooted back a bit till his legs and feet were at the foot of the bed.
"It's not much but it's home. Would you like something to drink? I can bring you some tea as I do have earl grey and if you need to use the loo it's through that door right there."Draco told her as he got up and he opened a door adjacent to the bathroom door he had indicated just a moment before. Hermione smiled and nodded quietly as he went to go and make them some tea.
For a moment she didn't move but just looked around at the room and was surprised when it was done tastefully in many shades of blue and silver.
Hermione's eyes were drawn to a picture sitting on the table next to his bed a moment. It was a picture of a woman who was smiling happily and with her was a small child. For a moment she couldn't help herself as she traced the picture frame with her fingertips and looked at it with a smile.
"I was four when that picture was taken. It was my birthday. "Draco replied as he walked in carrying two mugs and set them down on his bedside table. Hermione removed her hand from the frame and she turned to look at him and saw he just was looking a moment at the picture himself.
"I'm sorry I touched without thinking and... She was a very beautiful woman."Hermione said as she could see he for a moment had stiffened but then relaxed and took a seat. He picked up one of the mugs and handed it to her. Hermione took a sip and smiled a moment. As she did Draco grabbed his own mug as well.
"You remembered. Thank you Draco. So this is your apartment then? It's nice I like the colors you've chosen."Hermione began trying to break the awkward silence a well as make some light conversation. Draco looked around a moment and smiled quietly.
"My Mother, she was beautiful and she's the reason I am here now today. I guess if you like we can go into the kitchen and have our tea there if this bothers you any. As for the colors.. I figured why not pick something I really do like. Blue and silver suit well together."Draco said as he saw her looking about and he felt his face about to grow a bit hot. Hermione Granger, no Danvers he mentally amended himself. She was sitting on his bed in his apartment and he had no idea what he was going to do with her.
Alright true he had an idea what he wanted to do with her but he knew that he didn't want to push his luck anymore than he had already. She had asked to come to his flat and he still didn't know exactly her reasoning to why.
"Why did you apparate us into your bedroom Draco? I mean it's fine but why?"Hermione asked after a moment as she held the mug in both hands and let her palms be warmed by the tea cup. Here she was in his bedroom.
True when they had been Head students she had on occasion had to speak to him while he was up in his room but to be sitting on his bed.
She looked at Draco a moment as the words floated in the air between them. It felt like minutes and hours compared to the seconds in actuality it was when she had last spoken.
"Because I wanted to be sure you weren't hurt or we landed on my kitchen table. My apartment isn't very big. I actually only have the loo and kitchen besides my room. It's home though for now. So what got you interested in writing Hermione? Last I knew you were planning a career in the Protection of Magical creatures division."Draco asked her curiously as he knew that she had initiated a group back in their days at Hogwarts called S.P.E.W. And he wondered if she still for a moment felt the same way she had about house elves.
True to be honest he himself didn't get what she was trying to accomplish as house elves tended to like working for their witch or wizard and generally had no complaints and were grateful for their services to human kind.
Hermione looked at him as if he was a curiosity she felt she needed to examine closer for a moment before she let all his words sink in. She took a sip of the tea and put the mug down and looked at Draco level and honestly.
"I felt like I had to get away from Britannia. After the war I found myself needing a change. And so I came here. At first it was just a trip a vacation but then I began to feel almost home here. I checked the college courses and found myself interested in several and enrolled the very next day.I received an owl that very night informing me of the Grangers deaths and a man came to my flat door.That man was my brother Caleb and he explained to me what had happened and I decided to stay and try and get close to him. Caleb's all the family I have left. It wasn't easy at first letting myself relax, Meeting his best friends, it was a bit embarrassing at first especially Reid. "
Hermione admitted as she folded her hands in her lap and smiled a moment.
"The first time I saw Reid I thought he was you. I know he gave me a funny look when I called him Draco. But then he chuckled and told me a very bad joke and I ended up laughing despite it. Reid's a nice guy but not someone I am interested in romantically. Though he has asked me out a few times, we've never done more than go to dinner or to Tuffies together and that's usually with Caleb and Pogue and Tyler."
Hermione began to explain and she knew she was babbling a bit However she was glad Draco was allowing her to talk about it. She watched him as she spoke and he seemed to be paying attention to her as well. Hermione paused in her speech when she heard a meow and saw a gray and silver cat jump in from the window and go lay on Draco's lap. Draco smiled as he was petting the cat and he told Hermione quietly.
"When I first moved here,this cat came to the window every morning and meowed. I opened the window to shoo her out and she came in and lay on my bed. After that I guess she adopted me in a sense as she's come everyday and likes to sit on my lap as I pet her.I know that if I hadn't been around Crookshanks last year I would have probably not known what to feed her. I'm sorry for the interruption but let me put Tinkerbell in the kitchen where her food and water dish is and then we can order some dinner and you can tell me more about Caleb and this Reid and Pogue and Tyler."
Draco pulled a piece of paper from the drawer on the table and handed it to her.
"You choose. I'll be right back please excuse us and if you need to call your brother, your welcome to use my mobile. It's on the table there.""Hermione watched him leave and sighed and lay her self a moment on the bed. It was a habit of hers to do so and she closed her eyes a moment as she processed all she had learned about Draco's life since the short time she had seen him in the Coffee cafe. However she fell asleep almost instantly in doing so.
Draco came back to find Hermione laying her head on his pillow with her eyes closed. He found himself leaning over and kissing her lips gently. He watched her and realized she was asleep and he decided to make her more comfortable by removing her shoes and covering her with a blanket. He went and lay next to her after putting on a t shirt and some boxer shorts and he smiled when in her sleep she moved and placed her head on his chest.
Draco soon began to feel tired himself as well and he fell asleep with his arms around Hermione his lips pressed against her forehead.
