Chapter 99
Prompt: I need a partner
Hermione glanced around the park looking for his red hair. For as long as she could remember, she'd been meeting with a man named Ron to play chess every Sunday morning at 10am and today was the first day she beat him to their table.
She pulled a book from her bag and began to get lost in the pages as she waited.
"A Winter's Tale?"
Her head whipped up in surprise as she took in the tall man standing in front of her. He was remarkably handsome but it was the warmth in his eyes that made her mouth dry.
"Er-yes," Hermione stammered, cursing herself at the blush she could feel rising up her neck.
"Have you read it?"
The stranger cocked his head and gave her a small smirk.
"Not yet, but someone special has been trying to get me to read it for years."
Hermione beamed, "They have good taste."
The man's eyes flickered for a moment, "So she's said."
The two gazed at one another before breaking eye contact awkwardly.
"I guess I should-"
"I need a partner!" Hermione burst out, eager to spend a few more minutes with him.
Hermione blushed again as she dropped her eyes to the chess board, mortified at her outburst.
A chair scrapped across the ground and suddenly his hand was extended toward her.
"I would be honored to spend more time with such a beautiful woman. My name is Draco."