Tease

Grace Under Fire

"Was he a bad boyfriend?"

"Maybe he didn't measure up to Blaise"

"How many people has he really slept with?"

"Hannah said he gave her seven orgasms in one night!"

"Maybe she was lying to cover for his poor performance"

"Or she's easily excited"

Draco whipped around to glare at Lavender and Parvati who were whispering loudly behind Draco's back. He had listened to them rudely discuss his 'break-up' for the past hour. His notebook had several indentations from his quill being drilled into it, while he attempted to control his anger.

"Hi Draco!" Lavender chirped.

He merely sneered.

"Sorry about Hermione"

"She doesn't look too sorry though," Parvati hissed.

Draco gritted his teeth.

"I'm sure you're much better off!" Lavender said with a plastered smile.

"I'm pretty sure she said that she didn't have to fake it anymore," Parvati continued.

The fragile quill snapped in half and the two girls squeaked.

"Why did you do that?"

"I was visualizing the quill as Granger's head"

They looked fearfully at each other as Draco smirked. Time for a friendly chat with his dear friend Blaise.

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"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!"

"Well you're screaming for one," Blaise calmly replied as Draco stood fuming.

"You're with the mudblood now? How much did she pay you?" Draco narrowed his eyes.

"Pay me? Did she pay you to go out with her?" he asked amusedly.

"No!"

"Then why would she pay me?"

"Because she could never even dream of getting a man any other way"

"She got you"

Draco glared.

"We weren't going out"

"Yes you were," Blaise insisted.

"I think I would know"

"I thought you would. Are you sure you're brain's ok?"

"Shut up!"

Blaise smirked as Draco tried breathing at a normal pace.

"We are NOT going out"

"Obviously! She kissed me," Blaise said rolling his eyes.

"No you dimwit - before that!"

"Ok - so why did you send her all those romantic things?"

"To piss her off"

Blaise frowned. "But there was the picture of the two of you kissing"

"Again - to annoy her. She's such a fucking prude so I thought a little shock like that would set her straight."

"She didn't seem like much of a prude last night," Blaise smiled.

WHAT!

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Blaise nearly escaped Malfoy's quick reflexes. The tips of his curly hair were still singed from the spout of fire. He knew he shouldn't have pushed it by saying that Draco wasn't creative in bed anymore.

Or that he was small.

Blaise grinned as he spotted the instigator quietly working at her usual library table.

"Brilliant work Ms. Granger"

Hermione smiled up at Blaise who was hovering over her.

"Why thank you, you're not too bad yourself," she smirked.

"But seriously, I'm sorry for kissing you so suddenly."

"That's all right. Anything to bring Draco a notch or two down"

She laughed in agreement but her features became confused. "But why? You're his friend"

He shrugged. "Slytherin," he said curtly.

She nodded her head in understanding. "Not much of a sense of loyalty is there?"

"No," he grinned. "And I might have said something to him that might aid your situation."

"What?"

"Just something suggestive"

"Oh"

"Nearly got decapitated because of it," Blaise grinned.

Hermione frowned. Somehow she wasn't feeling too pleased knowing that. She had already gone out on a limb by kissing Blaise. Although she was enjoying her freedom from Draco's teasing, there were other consequences which were unpleasant.

There had been several distasteful rumors about what type of girl she was - to be cheating on her boyfriend. She had been brooding all day long, furious at being painted as a promiscuous girl.

Being conservative and rational drew taunts from people like Draco. And being liberal drew looks from everybody else.

How was she supposed to win?

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