Disclaimer: It's always been my thing to only make one of these, but you might see another one sometime if I get bored… Although sometimes, I wish they were mine, none of JK's characters belong to me, or her story line, however, I am making up my own sub- plot, and adding some of my own characters when I deem its appropriate.

The Web Draco and Hermione

Last night, she had a dream. She was in the castle roaming around doing her heads duties. She had heard someone scream, and had been slightly frightened. When she ran to see who was making the commotion she realized that there was not one person, but two… And well, lets just say they weren't in any life threatening situations.

Nichole Pickett had been crying into her longtime boyfriends chest by the time she got there. She had asked Pete what was going on and he had replied that he not only jumped out of nowhere, but that he had proposed. Pete, always being the gentleman apologized for worrying her, "We hadn't meant to bug you Hermione. We know your busy." He hadn't wanted to stress her out any more than she already was… Everyone knew she had a lot on her plate.

When Hermione woke up, she had though that it had been a completely pointless dream. So, obviously nothing kept her from getting her morning routine done, even though she was a bit early to wake. She got in a nice long hot shower, and straightened her hair the muggle way. After putting on her robes she dusted on a bit of light make- up. She grabbed her bag and descended the staircase into the common she shared with Draco Malfoy, the other head.

"Morning 'Mione." He greeted her without even thinking about it. He was sitting on the couch in front of the unlit fireplace and was reading the daily prophet.

"Anything good in the paper darling?" She asked him as she put her head on his left shoulder from behind. She kissed his cheek nearly out of instinct. This was part of their morning routine now.

"They found my aunt Bella, they're taking her to Azkaban." He told her turning his head to face hers. He then kissed her lips warmly, as his sign of a good morning.

Hermione smiled and stood straight, she walked around the couch and sat just beside him with her legs crossed. "Really?" She asked. "That's great news, yeah?"

Draco nodded, knowing she was asking how excited she was allowed to be, without upsetting him. After all, he had only just switched sides, and seeing his aunt go could have been painful for him. "I never really liked my family much, so don't worry your pretty head on it, alright?" He playfully reprimanded her.

This was how their relationship had been for nearly a month, before that, there had been fighting, passion, and anger… It was terrible, and distinctly harder to hide. While they still had their passion, they weren't fighting. Not fighting was a blessing, because then they didn't have to explain to their other partners that there really was nothing wrong, and they hadn't done anything to put them in their rotten moods.

Hermione's reason for being with Draco was very similar to his reason for choosing her. They needed a change. Hermione was bored with Ron because he was in it for the long haul, and although they loved each other, she was not in love with him.

And of course Draco's reason differed a tad, but by no means was it all that different. He too was bored with Pansy, they had been betrothed when they were six and took a liking to each other. And although he assumed that she loved him, he couldn't really stand her anymore as a girlfriend. He loved her like Hermione loved Ron… But there was no chance for either couple, they wanted romance, and they didn't get it.

Hermione started playing with Draco's family ring, a habit she took to when she was thinking. It didn't bother him in the slightest, they were quite used to each others quirks. She didn't mind when his had would be gently taken away from her to turn the page, because she knew it would come back to her waiting fingers. She had an obsession with that ring, and she had no idea why.

After a few more minutes of this, Draco put the paper on the table and snatched Hermione's hand. Bringing her close to his chest, she had a smile plastered on her face already.

"Hermione I was thinking." He told her. Which was surprising, she had thought he was going to kiss her. "We never go one dates like normal couples do…"

Hermione looked into his bluer than usual eyes. He was really passionate about whatever he was getting at, those were the only times his eyes changed colours. "Well Draco, that really doesn't mean anything. We spend loads of time together." She defended, she didn't want him thinking he had to take her out on dates to keep her. "Besides, its not like we can really be seen in public with one another, we may be aloud to be friendly with one another, but what happens when we accidentally go to far or-"

"Alright Hermione, I get your point… You don't want to be seen in public with me." He leaned his head against the back of the couch, seriously thinking this was what her psycho- babble had been about.

She was standing up to leave, huffing internally when she suddenly realized that was really what he thought, and she'd only be instigating his beliefs by walking away. However, she was already on the other side of the couch by this point and she turned to face him. She walked quietly up behind him, and since his head was already leaned back she passionately kissed him. Basically forcing him into the kiss to prove her point.

Once she felt him relax into her lips and noticed he was enjoying himself she broke the kiss and told him in a light voice, -which was all she could manage after a kiss like that- "We don't need to go on any dates, you know I'm with you anyway." She told him almost sternly, then added "But if you really want to, we'll just have to find somewhere that there's no chance we'll run into anyone we know." As an afterthought.

He smiled and then dragged her over the back of the couch he began kissing her but her watch started ringing. They both wanted to ignore it, but knew they were late already. He sighed, but took her lips shortly before they got up and straightened out their somewhat wrinkled robes. They picked up their respective book bags and grasped each others hand more tightly than they probably needed too…

Hermione checked out the common room portrait. They were on the seventh floor, there wasn't anything stopping them from going down together, but Hermione didn't feel like dropping Draco's hand. They walked out the door, but took a special path that Draco had found the year before when they were prefects and they had only started sneaking around. It went down to the main floor, where the Great Hall was situated.

As soon as they came to the hallway by the Great Hall they looked to see if anyone was coming and gave each other a quick goodbye kiss, they wouldn't see each other until well after dinner.

Draco smiled at her before leaving her to wait a few seconds before entering the Great hall. He looked to her just before he opened the door, and they shared a wink.

By: Exspectomihi

Authors Note: This chapter was really fun to write, and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Although I love getting reviews, good and bad, I'm not going to say that if I don't get them I won't update… That might not be enough to persuade me to write anyway. I've had updating issues before, but I promise I'll get this story out.

By the way "Happy Birthday to me…" lol, It's my birthday today.

Date launched: December 14 2006.