Author: Meltha
Rating: G
Feedback: Yes, thank you. Meltha
Spoilers: For Goblet of Fire
Distribution: Fanfiction.net and the Bunny Warren. If you're interested, please let me know.
Summary: Draco has a revelation at the Yule Ball
Disclaimer: All characters are owned by J. K. Rowling, a wonderful author whose characters I have borrowed for a completely profit-free flight of fancy. Kindly do not sue me, please, as I am terrified of you. Thank you.
Author Note: Written for round 2, challenge 2 of Dramione_ldws: lies, 250 words exactly
“No,” Draco said.
Pansy’s mouth was drawn into a pout she probably thought was attractive but actually made her resemble a spoiled bulldog. Trying to distract her, Draco deftly twirled her across the dance floor. Maybe if she’d been less dizzy, she would have noticed he wasn’t looking at her or the pink atrocity she called a dress.
Hermione was absolutely glorious. He tried to muster some of the disdain he’d conditioned himself to think for four years, silently repeating the words tainted, ugly, and, most importantly, forbidden. But tonight he couldn’t lie to himself as easily as he could to Pansy.
Pansy had asked if he thought Hermione looked pretty. He’d tried for his best sneer and an insult, but all he could manage was that deceitful “No.”
Still, his girlfriend seemed satisfied, giggling in that insanely annoying way that made his gut crawl into his lungs. She tottered off with her friends for refreshments, and when Krum soon followed, Draco took his chance, slipping behind Hermione unnoticed.
“You’re beautiful,” he whispered in her ear. “I mean it.”
She turned and stared at him, and he knew she was waiting for the verbal equivalent of a slap. When it didn’t come, her face changed from surprise to uncertainty, then fury.
“Must you always make fun of me?” she said angrily.
“No, I…,” he began, but she was gone.
It was the only time he hadn’t lied to her, but it was also the only time she hadn’t believed him.
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