Valentine Devilry

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Chapter 6

“Listen carefully, Miss Granger.”

I listen intently.

“I suppose you know of my well publicized aversion to all things mush.”

I roll my eyes. Who doesn’t? Dumbledore maybe, the way he oversees these balls’ decoration, each more outrageous than the last years’. But somehow I feel he deliberately chooses to overlook this fact.

“I’d take that as a yes. Now I happen to know from last night that you share my antipathy towards PDAs among other things.”

Where is this going? On second thought, I don’t wanna know.

“Hmm, you can say that. But detest is a better word.” I chip in.

“I am suddenly curious, Miss Granger. Tell me how many, erm, offers did you receive for the ball?”

“What has that got to do with your proposition?”
“Everything, Miss Granger. Everything. So tell me, how many?”

I mumble something under my breath.
“I didn’t catch that, Miss Granger. You’ll have to be a little louder.”
“None.”

“Ah, just as I supposed.”

What the nerve. I’d like to kill the smarmy bastard, expulsion or no expulsion. Expulsion. The thought sobers me immediately.

“Don’t fret. If it’s any consolation to you, I didn’t get any either.”

Ah, a chance to trip him on his own words.
“But you said that you turned down all the offers you received?” I ask innocently.
“So did you.”

Hermione, Girl, open mouth, put foot inside, close mouth.
“But that’s true, Sir. I did turn down all the offers I received. The fact that I did not receive any is a minor detail.”

He chuckled. I blink. I am seeing what I thought I never would till my dying day. But there it is. He is chuckling, no laughing now, in broad daylight, though there isn’t any here. It is so incredible.

“You look like you have seen an apparition, to use a muggle expression. I do laugh occasionally. I am human after all, in spite of insinuations otherwise.”
“But why did you laugh?”
“Oh, a couple of things. First that how lame that sounds from someone else’s mouth and second, that was exactly my logic when I told you that yesay. ay. We are more alike than I previously thought.”

Alike. He thinks we are alike. Whatever made him think that? Last time I checked I wasn’t a raven haired overgrown bat?

“And I am not talking about physical appearances when I say that. I meant we are alike mentally. You are an intelligent person that is obvious from the fact that you have OWL scores second only to me in the last century or so.”
“One mark.” I mumble. He heard me this time.
“I should have known you’d check. Okay, you scored just one mark less than me. Does that smooth your ruffled feathers?”
“Yes.”
“As I was saying, you are intelligent. You are witty and sarcastic when you want to be. You have a penchant for potions which is evident from your successful brewing of the Polyjuice potion in your second year, when full grown wizards have difficulty with that. You hate public displays of affection. And above that you have a mischievous streak, which I will admit I, somewhat lack.”

All this praise from his mouth is music to my ears. It doesn’t happen everyday, you k Ke Keep going, I silently urge.

“And if you tell anyone I said this, I may have to reconsider my decision about your expulsion.”

That Son of a bitch. But on the other hand who’d believe me even if I try to tell them.

“I don’t understand what are you getting at, Sir?”
“It was all a prelude to my proposition.”

There it is again. What does he want? Is this his way of asking me out for the ball? He might have easily found out I was the only female left without a partner.

Even Professor Sprout is going with Professor Flitwick. I know that because I accidentally witnessed the asking out scene in Greenhouse five yesterday, when I went back to collect a book I’d forgotten there. That had been part of the reason why I was in such a bad mood last night.

Back to the question, is he about to ask me out?

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A/N :: hmm no comments ;)

nesscafe:: oops . you were supposed to find out what they are up to in this chapter. but my muse didnt let me reveal all.
promise you the next chapter tells you some more.

MoD :: this is even colder but , hot things are on their way . in the meanwhile try a hot cuppa coffee ;)

Fish :: great to know that you appreciate the effort i put into their conversation . thanks

LoveThePotionBoy :: thanks for reading my fic. and here\'s another one of those cliffies of \"gargantual proportions\" *giggles*
but like i said this will be the last one.

Miki :: no, buddy, the toture end cha chapter seven . keep reading : )

Alisha :: keep reading. coming up are some more things to make you swoon ;)


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