One day during Potions class, Proffesor Slughorn had asked a question. Of course the first to raise her hand was indeed Hermione. Draco got up and yelled, "YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING YOU STUPID MUDBLOOD!". Everyone stared at Draco. It wasn't unusual of him to make those sort of remarks, but the way he just yelled it and got so heated was quite unusual to everybody. Even Hermione didn't take in the remark, but just stared at Draco. Professor Slughorn gave Draco a detention and took ten points away from Slitherin.
Throughout the entire week though, he kept glaring at Hermione. Ron wasn't to fond of this, so he had tried to curse Draco's eyes, but instead of hitting him, he shot a girl behind him who's eyes began to swell to the size of apples. The girl's two friends ran her down to the hospital wing. Harry, Ron, and Hermione had expected Draco to laugh, say a rude remark, or something, but nothing. He just kept on staring at Hermione. Ron was given a detention by Professor Mcgonagall. He had it the same night as Draco.
The day before their detention, Harry and Ron were walking through the corridor when they heard a loud argument and saw a bunch of people surround the argument. They went closer to see what was going on. They found that the source was Hermione and Draco having an argument. They were about to break it up, but Professor Slughorn beat them to it. "What is this nonsense between you two!" He yelled. "Ms. Granger you will be serving a detention with Mr. Malfoy tomorrow in my classroom. Ten points from Griffindor!" He led them away from the crowd. Harry and Ron were trying to find out what they were arguing about, but nobody knew. "I just heard Hermione tell Draco that if he had a problem then that he should say it to her face. Draco looked kind of nervous and told her that it's none of her goddamn business what he does." Said Pavarti to them.
It was finally Saturday, the day of their detention. Hermione and Ron went down to their detentions. Hermione had to go to the dungeons and Ron to Mcgonagall's office. Hermione saw Draco already in the classroom. Malfoy looked up as soon as she came in. He watched her carefully across the room. Hermione was trying her best to ignore him. She then realized that there was something slimy and sticky all over the classroom. It also smelled like rotten eggs. Professor Slughorn came in. He told them that they were to clean the classroom and to make sure everything was organized. They weren't allowed to use any sort of magic at all. According to Slughorn, his last class had made such a riot after a student's potion exploded. "I'll be leaving for a few minutes." He finished and left through the door.
Hermione grabbed some cleaning supplies and started cleaning. Draco stood for a moment and then started cleaning too. They cleaned in silence and for the first time in days Draco wasn't looking at her. Hermione found it surprising that Draco would obediently do something like clean. She suddenly felt something. She didn't know what it was. But she had felt like this toward him already. She then realized that she wasn't doing anything but staring at Draco. She looked at his face and saw it turn scarlet. Not as much as Ron's would turn, but some shade of pink. She found herself smiling.
"What's so funny?" He said. Hermione nodded and got back to work. They finished cleaning in about a half hour. It wasn't as much as they thought it would be. Professor Slughorn still wasn't back. Draco tried to open the door to leave, but it was locked. "Alohomora," but nothing happened. He looked at Hermione, "What?"she said.
"You're the genius here, no? Open the door."he said.
"You can't boss me around."
"Will you please just open the door so we can leave." The truth was that Hermione didn't know how to open the door. After awhile she did try some spells but none worked. Draco then tried professor Slughorn's office door. It was locked too. "Oh well this is just fucking great!" mumbled Draco. Hermione was sitting down at a desk just staring at him laughing.
"Will you just shut the fuck up." he told her. She kept on laughing. Another half hour passed. They didn't know what to do, so then Hermione started playing with her wand. A string was slithering at the tip of her wand. She was making it dance gracefully and Draco was watching her. Hermione, this time, looked back at him still making the string dance. She noticed that Draco wasn't looking at her in disgust or hatred, but in admiration. She felt her face hot and turn red. He got up and moved to sit in front of her. He rested his face on his hands looking into her eyes. Hermione got nervous and dropped her wand.
"Will you please tell me why you have been staring at me?" Hermione told him.
"No. It's too complicated. You wouldn't understand."
"Try me." He examined her for awhile. He couldn't decide if he should tell her, or not. As he was deciding, Hermione felt that feeling again. She felt her heart pounding. Her breathing became a bit faster. "So are you going to tell me?" she asked, trying to hide this emotion she was having.
"How do you feel about me?" He asked her. She didn't want to tell him. She knew how she felt about him now. She knew for a long time now what this feeling was. She was afraid to accept it.
"Are you afraid to say?" he asked her. She looked up at him and tears started to pour down her face. How did he know? Does he feel the same way? She buried her face in her hands. She felt a sudden warmth fill her. He had moved to her and was holding her. He leaned her face against his chest and held her tighter. "I feel the same way." he said. "All my life I was brought up to look down upon muggle-borns. I was raised to hate them. Then here I met you, a muggle-born. When I saw you I thought, how can I possibly feel like this toward her? She's a muggle-born, a mudblood. I hate you because you're making me feel this way." Hermione looked up at him, tears still running down her cheeks. Draco caressed her tears away. Hermione felt her feeling stronger than ever. She swung her arms around him. Draco touched her chin lightly and pulled her to him. As their lips touched, Draco felt a tear fall down his cheek. He held her tighter and she caressed his hair. Then they held each other for such a long time. He would now and then kiss her head.
They didn't want to act all lovey-dovey in front of anyone.. They felt it was their precious secret. Their love was something only they should know about. So they promised each other that they would never tell anybody about it. They agreed to meet in secret from time to time. They also thought it was kind of fun. When Professor Slughorn had come back they were asleep at two different tables. Slughorn apologized for being gone for so long and sent them to their common rooms.
Before they went back though they stopped into a classroom. They made sure no one was in the room. Draco grabbed Hermione from behind as she was looking out the window. Hermione turned around and kissed him. He kissed her back and held her tighter. As they kissed Draco slid his hands to her waist. She put her hands around his neck and he began to kiss her neck. Hermione slid her hands under his shirt hugging him closer. She felt safe in his arms. He began to unbutton her shirt exposing her bra. Then he grabbed her and sat her on the table behind them. Hermione followed and pulled off Draco's shirt. As they kissed Draco pulled off her shirt from her arms and threw it behind her. He kissed her chest and she let out a soft moan. Draco let his fingers slide up her thighs. She felt his pressure as he slid them higher and higher. He began to rub softly back and forth. She let her eyes close and another moan escaped her. Then Draco slipped Hermione's panties off. She then began to unbuckle Draco's belt and lower his pants above his knees. Draco positioned himself and slowly began to move back and forth. Hermione felt his pressure inside of her and let herself fall to his rhythm. She could feel it rising and so could Draco. Slowly they would increase in speed. Draco would pull her gently, but faster. They would both let out a moan as the pressure increased. Once they had reached the point they both let out a loud moan. As the pressure subsided Draco held Hermione and kissed her lips tenderly. Hermione could feel his love fill her.
They got dressed and kissed each other good night. They went back to their common rooms and went to bed waiting to see what the next day would bring.
