Chapter 1 – Just A Glance

'Come on – she doesn't need to find out.' Ginny whined for about the hundredth time that week, dumping herself on the bed next to Hermione's laying figure. 'Just for a few drinks! We both need to kick off some steam before heading back to Hogwarts. You're going to have so many duties now that you're head girl, we're going to have barely any time together.' Ginny looked at her with her best 'puppy-eyes'. 'Please?'

Hermione sighed, closing her eyes 'this is such a bad idea.'

'I'll take that as a 'yes'!' Ginny grinned, leaping off the bed and rummaging through her wardrobe for outfits.

'You realise your mum will drag us back by our ears if she finds out, right?'

Ginny turned and looked at her with a scowl. 'You worry way too much. Can't you just relax and have fun for once in your life? She's not going to know because we're not going to tell her.'

'My bet is someone at the club will see us and it'll get back to her somehow… I really think this is a bad idea.'

'I've already thought about that,' Ginny said exasperatedly 'we'll just change our appearances slightly – if I don't have my signature red hair and yours isn't brown, it'll be too dark for anyone who knows us to realise who we are!'

Hermione narrowed her eyes, it was a good enough plan and they could also just walk away if anyone they knew walked up to them.

'What about Harry? What does he think of this?' Hermione asked, pushing herself into sitting position to see Ginny turn bright red at the question and turn back to the wardrobe taking her time in answering the question.

'Harry… May not actually know…' she said guiltily.

'Why not?' Hermione raised an eyebrow; it was unusual for Ginny not to share something like this with him.

Ginny grabbed an outfit, held it against her and considered herself in front of the mirror.

'Because Harry will want to come and then he's going to tell Ron, who will immediately be outraged and just tattle to mum.' She looked at Hermione in the mirror and shrugged nonchalantly, 'easy to follow really. I won't keep it from him, I'll tell him tomorrow – y'know… After.' Then added darkly, 'also, I won't have to put up with girls hitting on him all night' causing Hermione to burst out laughing.

'You don't understand how annoying it is…' Ginny groaned, 'He gets is all the time.'

'And you don't?'

Ginny blushed again but moved on swiftly, 'a few hours, that's all I'm asking. Just to have a dance and a few drinks. We head back tomorrow, this is our last chance in summer and it's your last year!' She turned to pin her with a fiery stare, one eyebrow raised, a hand on her cocked hip. 'Are you in or not?'

Ginny was right, they needed a girl's night just to have some fun and tonight was the night.

'I'm in.'

The club was packed. The Grinning Goblin was filled with witches and wizards all enjoying the heady atmosphere – music pumping, lights flashing and dancing bodies everywhere. Ginny was right; no one was going to recognise them in here especially both with blonde hair, they looked like sisters. She was going to relax and have fun, you never know there might even be a guy in here for her. She grinned at the thought, this was going to be good – it had been pretty awkward back at the Burrow with Ron… But she wasn't going to think about that now, no. Now, she was just going to dance. She shot back the fire whiskeys Ginny had placed in front of her, wincing slightly at the burn hitting the back of her throat but slowly the warm tingling spread throughout her body. She felt bursting with energy, grabbing Ginny's hand she pulled her up to dance.

A few hours later, Hermione was standing at the bar while Ginny continued dancing with a couple of girls they'd made friends with; a few guys had tried to dance with her earlier but unfortunately after the third she'd snapped and kneed him in the balls when he'd grabbed her ass… No one else was stupid enough to try after that. Hermione chuckled at the memory and went to shot one of the two in front of her – this time some bubblegum flavoured liquor, before a hand stopped her wrist.

'Pretty girl like you shouldn't be drinking alone,' said a silken voice from behind her, 'would you care for some company?'

A warm rush came over her; every other guy that had come onto her that night had been either too drunk or perverted – one guy had gone so far as to simply shove his hand under the dress she was wearing, she'd been so shocked that she'd just frozen. The feel of the man's thumb as it gently stroked her wrist brought her back to the present, her eyes drawn to his pale skin on hers, the feel of his body pressed oh-so-slightly against her back - a slight thrill ran through her body.

She turned her face marginally to the side, giving him a shy smile 'sure'.

'What are you drinking?' The man ran his thumb across the inside of her wrist again,

Quickly downing her bubblegum she replied; 'whatever you are.' he pressed more heavily against her as he leaned forward and signalled the barman, 'two dragonbloods'. When he felt her start, he chuckled against her ear 'don't worry, it's not real dragon's blood.'

'I knew that', she blushed and was glad for the dark lighting so that he wouldn't see the spread of colour across her cheek bones.

'Sure, you did' he said into her ear once again, as he stroked his hand leisurely up and down her inner forearm. What was it about this guy? The sound of his voice, the touch of his hand and the feel of his body pressed against hers and she was already getting it was the fact that he still wasn't pushing himself on her, he was giving her a chance to back out, he was seducing her and she doubted he was even trying that hard. Hermione attempted to turn, needing to see if the same reaction was incited by his appearance but he held her in place as the shots arrived and as expected were a dark red in colour, 'I swear I'm not attempting to poison you' he said at her hesitation, he picked one up and waited for her to do the same before clinking the glasses together 'here's to chance meetings' – not wanting to appear timid she quickly shot it back. The initial burn was made completely irrelevant by the one spreading through her veins, she felt as though she was burning up from the inside out but before it could become over whelming it faded to a gentle simmer, her blood felt warm and syrupy in her veins and she felt completely relaxed. Her initial fear that she had, in fact, been drugged faded quickly as her head remained clear.

'Wow' she breathed, leaning back into the man who sounded as breathless as she did, his arms either side of her on the bar.

'Potent, isn't it?' he whispered, 'I find it has a rather addictive quality' his lips moved down from her ear to press a gentle kiss against her bare shoulder. The irresistible urge to see him came over her again and she quickly twisted before he could stop her.

Hermione's features froze in shock, her entire body tensed up despite her relaxed state from moments earlier. The man in front of her was far too familiar for her comfort; tall and slim with eyes so pale grey they were almost silver and that astonishing blonde hair. He was wearing jeans and a grey t-shirt which stretched across his now broad chest, his hair was rumpled as though he'd just left a lover's bed. She tried to suck in a breath but her lungs wold not work for her, all she could do was stare at him, completely and utterly dumbstruck. Draco Malfoy. Draco Malfoy was standing right in front of her looking at her as though he'd like to eat her up in little bites. This wasn't right… Her brain was slowly beginning to function again; Malfoy was an egotistical, pompous, self-righteous, creepy, little ferret boy who was nothing more than an aggravation to her life at Hogwarts. He wasn't tall, he wasn't a man and he certainly wasn't this attractive.

Hermione shook her head at the last thought, must be the alcohol talking. Blinking and coming back to the present, she realised just how long she'd been silent and staring at him for and how close he was standing, his arms still on the bar. She also noticed that Malfoy was beginning to frown at her in recognition. 'Don't I know you from somewhere?' The corner of his mouth lifted at her now visible blush, eyes still fixed on her trying to think where he'd seen her face before, 'so I definitely know you, or at least you know me…'

Hermione was still having problems trying to form words after the shock - his close proximity also wasn't helping especially when his gaze kept flicking to her mouth. She wet her lips without thought and he leaned in with a smirk; this wasn't one of his normal arrogant, I'm-better-that-you smirks. This was a smirk that said he knew he had her where he wanted her, luckily her eyes flicked over his shoulder to where she saw Ginny making her way over. That was all it took to finally get her brain into gear, she wrenched herself out of her dazed state and pushed him away from her, finally managing to get out a retort 'how could I forget you Malfoy? Your face unfortunately is ingrained in my memory – I'm surprised you've managed to forget who I am over one summer, those brain cells of yours must be lacking even more than I thought.'

The shock that moved across his features at the sneer in her voice was clear, as was the confusion. Hermione quickly got her wand and with a flick, changed her hair back to normal. The confusion quickly turned to horror, before anger in response to realising who she actually was. 'No lacking in brain cells Granger, I just don't make a habit of remembering mudbloods.'

He turned and stalked off past a dumbstruck Ginny, not sparing her a glance as he made his way back into the crowd.

'Was that…?' she asked when she came near, still staring off after him.

'Malfoy? Yep.' Snarled Hermione, she was still feeling hot under the collar after their interaction and she was certainly not happy about it after his last comment. 'Still as awful as ever.'

'No surprise there but…' Ginny trailed off.

'…But what?' She turned to the bar, staring at the empty shot glasses with horror and confusion.

Wide eyes looked at her, 'Boy, has he turned out fiiine.'

Hermione whipped around to look at her, stunned before seeing her expression reflected in Ginny's and they both burst out laughing. 'I think it's time to get back.'

She was lying in bed when he came into the room; he shut the door with a quiet snick, his eyes never leaving hers. The moonlight glanced off his hair as he prowled over to her and crawled up her body. There was no need for questions. Not here. Not when his lips were so close to hers and there was only a sheet separating them. Her eyes floated closed as he dipped his head to brush their lips together, a light kiss; coaxing. She opened for him as his tongue licked at her bottom lip, his hand fisting in her hair as a slight moan escaped her mouth. He settled himself between her legs, keeping the sheet between them and began to rock against her.

She gasped as his mouth moved down her neck; soft kissed and little nips before making his way back to her lips. His hand had moved out of her hair to massage her breast as he devoured her mouth. No gentle kiss this time – he knew what he wanted and he was taking it. Her lower body began to tighten as he rocked faster against her, using his spare hand he tilted her so he brushed against her clit with each movement. Her hands clenched in his hair as her eyes flew open to find him watching her as he took her over the edge.

Hi there,

Any comments would be much appreciated as this is my first fanfiction!

I'll try post as often as possible but unfortunately I'm a slow writer (I know how irritating this can be when following a story but i'll do my best!)

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-Inklunn