Wonders Never Cease to Amaze

A/N updated because I was editing some spelling mistakes.

Wonders Never Cease to Amaze

You can’t help who you fall in love with. That’s just the way things are. Who knew some simple kind words and small smile would have me captivated. Maybe it’s because it was a slip up. The normally stoic hard faced jerk let his mask slip for just that fraction of a second and I was hooked. A bump in the hallway, papers scattered all over the floor, a hard hand that picks them up and yet a kind smile as the papers are exchanged from his hands to mine. Along with the smile, the whispered ‘Hope you have a nice day’ had me fumbling.

Where was the jerk whose only love was for his team, the game and his two best friends? Who knew, certainly not me. If your name wasn’t Harry Potter or Ron Weasley and you weren’t on the football team, then you were treated just like everyone else. The world and the people in it were one big fat nobody when it came to him. Even the prettiest, most popular girls in school were treated with disdain by him.

Rumours were floating around that he was gay. I don’t really know if I believe them or not, but it doesn’t really matter. One way or another he was the single most liked and hated person at the school. It was certainly frustrating. No one should have been able to treat people like dirt and still have been so popular.

Yet he managed and before that fateful day none of that stuff ever mattered to me. I can honestly say that before he smiled at me I knew almost nothing about him. He had two best friends, he played football (I didn’t even know what position) and his name was Draco Malfoy. There was no reason for me to know anything more.

Him and I, we were from two different worlds. Yes we went to the same private school, Hogwarts Grey, but he was the jock and I was the ballerina. Now however, I tried to find out everything about him that I could. His favourite colour was silver, he was the quarterback of the football team and him, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley had basically been best friends since the womb.

It’s scary how much you can find out about a person if you’re curious enough. Luckily for me though this obsession, or whatever you want to call it, did not have me digging up the skeletons in his closet. It only had me noticing more about him. The way the sunlight always glittered off his blonde locks, or the way he stood up straight with a posture that would shame the best ballerina.

It was making me sick. Draco Malfoy was now becoming the only thing I really thought about. I was able to spare enough attention to my school work to keep my grades and enough attention to keep my spot in the ballet club, but just enough. It was becoming insane and stupid and I had decided that I simply needed to confront him about it.

He would ridicule me, I would see what a jerk he was and I would be able to move on. Well that’s how my friend Ginny explained it. I know it sounds like a stupid plan but Ginny Weasley is a very convincing person.

Ah yes, another thing that kind of astounds me. Ginny Weasley is Ron Weasley’s little sister. Ginny assures me that she and Ron are very close, yet we have never run into him while he was hanging with Draco. Surprising because Ron makes sure he checks up on Ginny at least once a day and I am usually with her when he does. However, at this moment I don’t really have much time to ponder more on that thought.

Why? Well because right at this very moment I am following through with the very, VERY bad plan of Ginny’s. I know I thought the plan was stupid when Ginny was explaining it to me but now as I walk up to Draco it finally sinks in how very stupid it is. Well, better put on a brave face because Ginny won’t let me turn back now. Literally she won’t because she is following right behind me.

Squaring my shoulders, I walked right up to Draco and cleared my throat. “Draco Malfoy”, he turns around and Oh God I want to just turn around, walk away and never look back.

“Yes?” he asks and I think I hear a bit of the disdain that everyone talks about.

“Draco Malfoy, a couple of weeks ago we bumped into each other in the hallway. Normally this would not have been such a big deal however you smiled at me. You also said ‘Hope you have a nice day’. Now because of that one smile and those stupidly kind words I can’t stop thinking about you. It’s infuriating really. Now would you please correct your slip-up and insult me. Put everything back to rights and then I will be able to go on with my life.” I rush this all out and wait with anticipation for the glorious moment. And apparently I keep on waiting. Something’s not right. Ginny had me so convinced that this would work that I never thought about failure.

I have to remember to breathe as I momentarily realize that this stupid, stupid, STUPID plan might actually fail. I slowly look up from where I’ve been staring at our shoes and am actually surprised. As my eyes land on his face I see this genuinely happy smile appear on his face. Slowly Draco starts leaning towards me. I get this small whiff of him and it only makes me like him more. Damn it!

“Now why would I want to do that,” he slowly leans back from whispering in my ear “Hermione?” There’s a twinkle in his eyes now and I have absolutely no idea what he is thinking. As he, Harry and Ron turn and slowly walk away I hear Ginny.

“He knows your name ‘Mione.” She says something else as well and I have to agree with her. Wonders never cease to amaze.

~La Fin~

A/N: Something that just came to me tonight. Wrote it up and decided what the heck lets upload it for kicks. So review if you want to. I hope you enjoyed it, I know I had fun writing it. Not beta'd. >_<
~Misery