The Hoax (Dramione Story)

t w e n t y - s i x

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“It’s Christmas Eve, Hermione! Do you know what that means for you? Well, for us?” Ginny asked her friend with huge grin as she pointed from herself to Blaise. “Well?” She pressed and wiggled her eyebrows excitedly.

“I’d rather not say.” Hermione said quietly as she avoided eye contact with her friends, looking over at Draco for help. She placed her elbow on the table and pressed her cheek against the palm of her hand, staring at Draco. “We should get the hell out of here before they can stop us.” She whispered hurriedly to Draco. She widened her eyes and allowed her pupils to swiftly look over at her friends as a clue for him.

“What do they have planned for us?” Draco asked in a whisper, leaning into her ear. “Is it something bad?”

“Zabini wants to spend time with me and Ginny wants to spend time with you—“

“Bloody hell! That will never happen! Over my dead body.” Draco yelled as he shook his head ferociously.

Ginny and Blaise exchanged glances and smirked together. “What are you two whispering about?”

“We’re . . . well—we were whispering sweet-nothings to each other.” Draco told them with a groan as he glared at them.

“I’m assuming you know what today is, then?” Blaise asked as he winked over at his friend.

“No, I will not allow this to happen. Never. You’ll both have to hex me to oblivion before you make me do—“

One minute later . . .

“So . . . Draco, what is it that you like about Hermione?” Ginny asked him as she smiled at him, nudging him slightly with her elbow.

“Don’t push it, Weaslette. Just don’t.” Draco warned her deadpan as he shook his head ever-so-slightly.

The smile that was once glued to Ginny’s face was kicked off. “Weaslette? Really? I thought we were on first name basis here!”

“We were never on first name basis and we never will be.” Draco scoffed as he got up, fixing his shirt. “If you’ll excuse me, I have better things to do.”

The redhead glared at Draco and sighed, rolling her eyes. “I really didn’t want to do this because you’re my best friend’s boyfriend, but I guess I have no choice.” She huffed under her breath as she pulled out her wand. She stood up and shot a nonverbal spell at Draco.

A yell soon followed suit.

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Hermione let out a laugh as she and Blaise continued to walk down the corridors of the school. “Draco did what?”

“He fell out the window once while trying to impress a girl. The girl got impressed, I mean, he fell a 10 ft floor building for her.” Blaise divulged all the embarrassing moments made by Draco Malfoy with a huge smile on his face.