The Dating Game, Part four Title: The Dating Game, Part four Rating: PG-13 Pairing/Fandom: Harry Potter - Harry/Draco; Ron/Hermione Word Count: 270 Warnings: NA A/N: Unbetaed. / PART ONE / PART TWO / PART THREE
Hermione took in a deep sigh. "Not him so much, but, his mother—"
"What about her?" Harry snapped. Hermione sure was taking her sweet time telling Harry about it. He didn't have the patience for it.
"Nothing really. Just I ran into her at Diagon Alley, we were both out doing some last minute shopping for presents for the family and then she said that she'd always wanted to host a grand holiday party. Since the war has been over for years, she wanted to bring light back into the Malfoy Manor. Have the elves prepare a proper dinner and everything..." When Harry raised an eyebrow at her, Hermione added, "she'd be paying the house-elves, of course."
"Of course," both Ron and Harry said at the same time, and she glared at them.
"Anyway, she said that she couldn't just do it with the two of them and she keeps telling him to go out and date and he always refuseS, except, whenever she mentions your name, Malfoy gets all red... She asked me what I thought that meant, so I told her. You've you'd had a thing for him since forever—"
"It hasn't been forever."
"It's been forever, Harry," Hermione said, stern. "So...I knew he'd say yes."
"You'd guessed he'd say yes," Harry argued.
"You know, I really am tired of seeing you so alone, Harry. You act like you're suffering through the lonely nights as if you don't have a choice. You can have anyone you want, like that," she said, snapping her fingers, "and you pine after Malfoy."