Satisfied that the drug she had given him had rendered his flight or fight response useless, Draco watched as Granger rose to her feet, wiping of the mud and dirt that clung to her jeans from where she had been kneeling in front of him. His nearly catatonic thinking tricked him into thinking that this was it, the big reveal, when she would start laughing, Potter and Weasley appearing behind her as they all three made fun of the simpering ferret huddled in the corner. However, after a few minutes had ticked by, no one else appeared and Draco slowly began to feel his body go numb, starting with the tips of his fingers and toes until the heaviness of his chest began to make it harder to breath.