Unity Pairing and Bed Sharing Ch. 17: Flirting and Fighting
Friday morning Hermione was awoken by a tapping on her window. She walked over to see a large eagle owl sitting on the ledge. She opened her window to let it in. She fed him a few treats she stored in her desk, which earned her some lovely little happy twittering. She removed the note from the owl's leg.
Granger,
I'd like to take you out to dinner tonight at the three broomsticks. Meet outside the Gryffindor common room at 7?
-DM
Hermione was grinning from ear to ear. She quickly scribbled her acceptance and sent Draco's owl back out the window. She tried to think about what to wear. It was the three broomsticks, so casual, but it was their first date, so she wanted to look nice. She didn't have much experience dressing for dates. She couldn't exactly wear her Yule ball dress as she had with Viktor. And she and Ron had mostly hung out at the Burrow or with Harry and Ginny at the Leaky. Hermione decided she'd just have to figure it out later and got ready for her day of classes.
As she walked across the grounds on her way to Herbology, Draco strode up next to her, his long legs catching up to her with ease.
"Hello Granger," he greeted her smoothly with his aristocratic drawl.
"Having a good morning?"
"Why yes I am. How about you?"
"Well let's see I'm walking to class next to you and I have a date with a very sexy witch tonight, so yes, I'd say today is going splendidly."
Hermione could help but smile at his shameless flirting.
"You know you could have just asked me out in person right?"
"Absolutely not." He looked appalled. "That's not how things are done. And to be clear, I intend to do this right."
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