Disclaimer~I don't own Harry Potter or anything of that sort, it's all J.K Rowling's work, but you can always dream, right?

A/N~ I'm NOT a Dramione shipper. Never ever will. It's just for this story. Happy reading.

They Don't Know

Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger sat together in a secluded area in the library. They didn't want anybody to see them. They were enemies and they hated each other, or so everyone thought. Everyone they knew also thought they were writing homework. Right. They were thinking about what happened yesterday.

-Flashback-

Hermione bit her bottom lip. She had used the time turner again without Harry or Ron knowing. She was hiding in the shadows where Draco would run to after she punched him in the face. She still regretted that. She quickly ran after Draco a little while after he ran past her hiding spot.

"Dra- Malfoy!" she quickly changed her words. Saying his first name would mean they were on first-name terms, which they weren't. Draco suddenly stopped in front of her and he turned around.

"Her- Granger?" she noticed his mis-slip. Inside, she smiled. So, he wants to be on first-name terms too. Well, that's nice to know.

"I… I just want…. I just want to say…" This is harder than I thought…

"What is it, Granger?" he had that usual air of haughty again, but she could sense something behind that impatient voice… was that…hopefulness?

"I just want to say… sorry." Draco looked at her with a surprised look on his face. He waved his cronies away when they tried to come forward. Hermione looked at them warily, and Draco looked at them.

"I'll meet you two at the common room in an hour." he turned back to Hermione who looked relieved and was giving a small, tentative smile to him. To his and Hermione's surprise, he smiled back. He ran his hand through his slick hair and looked at Hermione in the eye. He noticed how her hair curled around her shoulders, how they were a little golden in the sunlight and her chocolate eyes. She's beautiful he thought, looking at her.

Hermione looked at Draco in the eye and watched him run his hand through his hair. She noticed his sleek, blond hair, his broad shoulders and his stormy eyes. He's handsome she thought absentmindedly.

"Do you know how beautiful you are?" Draco blurted out when he thought the awkward silence was too much. He looked mortified then looked down, embarrassed. Hermione was shocked. Did...did he just say that?

"Uh...thanks…" and the awkward silence fell over them like a wet blanket again. She hesitated for a second, trying to make up her mind whether to tell him that he was handsome or not. She finally made up her mind.

"Your… you're handsome too, you know…" she mumbled. Draco looked at her weirdly.

"Are you telling what you really think?"Draco asked cautiously. Hermione swallowed and answered.

"Yes." Draco was stunned. She really meant it?

"Do you have feeling for me?" he asked. She looked at him oddly. Damn… I blew it… he thought.

"Yes." Draco looked up sharply. He looked into those chocolate eyes. He knew she wasn't joking from the look in her eyes. She opened her mouth, before closing them. She opened her mouth again.

"Do you have feelings for me?" Draco only hesitated for a second.

"Yes." Hermione smiled at him, relieved. "So… do you want to be my girlfriend?" She beamed at him.

"Sure."

-End of Flashback-

And now here they were, in the library. Hermione checked her watch and gasped at the time. They were so happy in each other's company, they had skipped lunch. Hermione remembered telling Harry and Ron that she would meet them at lunch. They would be worried about her, that much she knew. Her best friends were boys after all and they treated her like their little sister, especially Harry. It's a little ironic though because Hermione was older than Harry.

"Draco, we have to go, Harry and Ron will be coming soon…" at her best friends names Draco scowled but packed his books anyways.

"Why do they have to interfere in our time together? Stupid scarhead and weasel…"

"Draco…" Hermione said warningly.

"Fine, fine…" he grumbled.

Hermione quickly stuffed her books in her bag and started to run to the entrance of the library. She turned around to say goodbye to Draco, but ended up rushing into Harry. She nearly stumbled but felt a strong pair of arms circle around her and looked up to see Harry looking at her with concern and … is that… fondness?

"Hey Hermione, where were you? We were worried about you." She noticed Harry didn't let her go yet. Odd… Harry isn't one for physical contact… She noticed Harry looking in the direction she was looking at before she ran into him. She also noticed his eyes narrow when he saw Draco close to the shadows.

"Hermione, did Malfoy give you any trouble?" he asked as he held her tighter. He seemed more… protective… than usual.

"No… no… none at all…" she mumbled. Harry's eyes narrowed a little in suspicion while staring at her.

"Ok… if you say so…" he said, letting her go. Hermione saw a shadow and before she could warn Harry a fist connected with his jaw. He stumbled around to see Draco and he swung a punch at his nose.

"What was that for?" He roared. Ron joined the fight without much prompting.

"Guys, stop, stop…"she pleaded, but to no avail. Hermione watched, helpless, in the fight between her best friends and her boyfriend. She caught Harry's eye and immediately he stopped fighting and pulled away. Ron did the same but Draco continued trying to pummel them.

"Draco! STOP!" she yelled. He turned to her and moved but the warning look in her eyes stopped him, reminding him they were in the company of her best friends. When she looked closer, she could see that Draco's nose was bleeding. He also had a black eye and a bruise was forming on his jaw. Harry had a split lip and a bruise on the side of his head. His glasses were broken. Ron didn't seem to have any injuries other than a bruise on his cheek. Obviously Draco was targeting Harry because he was holding her. Her stomach dropped when she saw Harry narrowed his eyes at her again. He heard her say his name, damn it.

"Draco? Since when did you start calling the ferret that?" he asked her suspiciously and thankfully Draco intervened.

"None of your business, Potty." Harry raised an eyebrow at him and clenched his fist intimidatingly. Draco didn't back down. He turned to Hermione and said

"Come one, let's go." He waited to see her reaction. Hermione bit her bottom lip uncertainly. She looked between Harry and Draco who was in a glaring match with Ron.

"O...ok" she said. Harry turned to Hermione, looked at her oddly again and walked out of the library without waiting to see if anyone was following. Ron immediately gave a threatening glare to Draco and followed. Hermione turned to Draco and pleaded with him quietly.

"Draco, don't do that again. He's already suspicious, don't fight him and make him more suspicious." Draco glared at Harry's and Ron's back.

"Alright." he growled. Hermione gave him a weak smile and healed his black eye, his nose and the bruise on his jaw. She turned and scurried after her best friends.