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That beer ain’t gettin’ any colder
And I don’t know who it’s waitin’ for
You keep checkin’ over your shoulder
Like somebody’s ‘bout to walk through the door
And yeah, I bet he’s got a real good excuse
But right now, I wouldn’t wanna be in his boots
I’m lookin’ at what he’s got to lose
Sittin’ all alone tonight, look
Draco didn’t really want to be here. He had only come to this bar because Theo needed a wingman and Blaise already had a date scheduled. He took another sip of whatever drink Theo had handed him and glanced around the room.
‘ It appears that Theo is at least having fun ,’ he thought to himself as he watched Theo flirting with the girl he’d been watching all night.
All of a sudden his eyes caught on a mane of bushy brown hair. ‘ Is that… Granger?! ’ He looked a little closer and decided, ‘ Yep that’s definitely Granger. What is she doing with two drinks? ’
He shifted through the crowd to get a little closer to where she was sitting. He noticed she was sipping on a bottle of water while the can of beer just sat on the table, a little to her left. He could see the condensation pooling around the can and wondered how long it had been sitting there.
Just then, she glanced over her shoulder, seemingly in the direction of the door. After a moment, she turned back in disappointment. ‘ What is going on with Granger right now? ’
After a few moments, which felt like forever to Draco who was very bored, she looked over her shoulder again. She then looked back at the beer can and sighed. She threw her head back to stare at the ceiling and seemed to roll her eyes.
Draco watched as she downed the rest of her water bottle and then continued to stare at the beer.
She threw one more glance over her shoulder before Draco decided to figure out what was going on. He walked up to her and said, “You gonna drink that?”
Hermione jumped and spun around to see him standing behind her. “Goodness, Malfoy! You scared me!”
“Oops,” Draco said with a smirk. “But seriously, you gonna drink that?”
“No. It is? Was?” She sighed. “I bought it for my date.”
“What date?”
“Exactly. We agreed to meet here at 6:30 and he has yet to show.”
“So you’re telling me your date blew you off?” Draco scoffed. “I would not want to be him.”
“Why? You still hate me or something?”
“Granger. Be so serious right now. Would I be willingly talking to you if I hated you?” Draco rolled his eyes. “Let me tell you, no, no I wouldn’t.”
“Then why wouldn’t you want to be him?”
“He is clearly an idiot if he blew you off.”
Hermione’s mouth fell open in shock. “What?!”