Chapter 5
Hermione's POV
"Your attention for a moment" Professor McGonagall called out. "Quick announcement before you all are dismissed to your corridor, will the Head Boy and Girl please see me. You are dismissed."
Everyone stood and started to leave and Ron looked at me from across the table. "What do you think McGonagall wants?"
"I have no idea" I tell him. I look around the Great Hall to see Malfoy already talking to McGonagall. "I have to go."
"I love you" Ron told me with a weak smile.
A smile tugs at my lips. "I love you too, Ron."
I pushed past many of the students that clustered around trying to get out. When I reach them McGonagall had a worried look on her face.
"Miss Granger" she says with her hand clamped over her mouth. "Mister Malfoy told me about the Dementers. Are you alright?"
"I'm fine Professor" I laughed and she frowned. "But if you mind my asking, do you know why one would be this close to Hogwarts?"
The old woman sighed. "They're looking for Death Eaters."
I looked over at Malfoy and his face went pale. His eyes wavered from his left arm to McGonagall to me.
"But the Ministry knows that..." Malfoy whispers.
"Don't worry, Mister Malfoy" McGonagall says as she places a soothing hands on his shoulder. "I'll contact the Ministry and bring the hammer down on them."
Malfoy smiled at McGonagall. He looked at me and then at the floor. He look ashamed.
"Oh, the reason I wanted to talk to you was about the dorm" She says. "You will be staying in The Room of Requirement."
"The Room of Requirement? But I thought it was destroyed in the war?" I asked.
"No" McGonagall said to the both of them. "Crabb, before his passing, simply set the room on fire. Remember how the room changes based on the users needs. Well, if you want the storage room, it's full of fire. Do you understand." We both nodded. "The flame refuses to go out still but I trust you to be responsible about it."
"We will be" I tell the Professor.
"Alright. Also when you reach the room, you have to think about the Head Prefects Room. You will be greeted my Professor Snape's portrait. He requested the job. The password to your dormitory is frozen lemon. Alright, off to bed you two."
Malfoy and I turned and walked to the door side by side. Once we were out of the room and almost to the stairs Malfoy spoke.
"I sorry" he admitted.
I looked at him confused. "What do you mean? Because you told McGonagall about the Dementer?"
"It's my fault it was there" he sighed. "Its my fault you got hurt."
"I didn't get hurt" I told him with a serious tone. "That was one Dementer for one second. It wasn't as if there were one hundred."
Malfoy nodded and continued to walking towards our dorm. As we walked I looked at him in the corner of my eye.
"Did you lose something over here?" He laughed.
"Nope" I muttered.
We continued our walk in silence. The only sound that could be heard was our footsteps. After a few minutes we reached what was supposed to be our dorm.
"Remember, think about 'Head Prefect Room'" I tell him.
"Room of fire. Room of fire" he chanted like a child and I slap him upside the head. "Ow."
"Be serious" I hissed at him.
"I'm only joking" he laughed.
I sighed and focused on the dormitory I would be sharing with Malfoy. After a few seconds, Snape's portrait appeared before them. His cold black eyes stared at us and a smirk played his lips.
"Hello Mister Malfoy and Miss Granger" he said.
"Hello Professor" we said at the same time.
"Well as much as I would love to sit here and chat with you two, you both look as if you are about to drop like nails" Snape's said as he looked at both of them. "Password?"
"Frozen lemon" I told Snape and he nodded and the door swung open. "Goodnight Professor."
"Goodnight" he said back,
When we entered the room we were both in awe. The common room was rather large. It was decorated with gold and silver. There were two couches diagonal from the roaring fire. In the corner there was a small kitchen.
"Wow" Malfoy whistled.
"Yeah" I said as I took it all in. In the back was a set of staircases and I started to walk to them with Malfoy trailing behind me.
Once at the top we wee greeted by two doors. One on the left and one on the right. Neither had any indication of who the room belonged to.
"Goodnight Malfoy" I say and reached for the door on the left and he went to the right.
"Night Granger" he said.
I opened the room and stepped in. The room was decorated in green and silver. This was Malfoy's room.
"Hey Granger" Malfoy called out from the other room. I walked over to mine to see him stretched out on my bed. "There's something about this room that doesn't suit me, but I can't figure out what it is."
"Oh, I don't know. It might be the red and gold bedspread or the trunk in the corner with my initials on it."
"You might just be right" he says as he stands up and walks out of the room with a grin on his face.
I chuckled as I walked through the room. The room was a deep shade of red that was beautiful. The golden blanket with an embroidered with a lion was crinkled due to Malfoy laying on it. On the side of the wall a a white door.
I walked over to it and turned the knob. When the door opened I saw Malfoy doing the same.
"Sharing a bathroom" Malfoy sighed. "Look at that counter space! I need more space than that" he tried to say with a straight face but ended snorting.
"Am I detecting sarcasm" I teased him. "Because I don't want to walk in on you putting on lipstick."
"Ha ha" he smiled.
"It seems a little weird that we're joking around like this even though we've hated each other for so long" I realize.
"I'm a changed man" he shrugged. "Hopefully you changed as well."
"We'll see" I said. "Do you want to shower first?"
"You go ahead" he waved at me. "I want to prepare my voice to sing when you're asleep."
"Okay" I chuckled. Malfoy closed the door and I left mine open. I grabbed a set of pajamas and disappeared into the bathroom.
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