A/N: This is my first fanfic. I have been reading these for a while and decided that I would try my hand at it. Enjoy! Oh, I do not own anything but the plot line. : ]
"No! You do not get to leave me. Not this time." yelled Hermione. "Not without talking to me, please", she said the last part softly, close to tears. Draco stopped but did not turn around. "Why?" he asked. Draco laughed without humor. "Why do you want to stay with me if you're ashamed to even admit to your best friends that we're together?"
"You know that I'm not ashamed of you. But we agreed that we would keep this a secret." Hermione said. Draco turned around and she could see a fire in his eyes. "Maybe I don't want to keep 'this' a secret anymore. I am tired of pretending to still hate you, of fighting. Do you know how much it hurts to insult you when all I want to do is take you in my arms and kiss you? I want to hold hands, hug, or hell just talk to my girlfriend in public. I am tired of sneaking around. I want to tell everyone, Mia." Draco now stood directly in front of Hermione. He gently cupped her face and looked into her eyes. "I love you, Mia and I want everyone to know it.," he whispered.
Her breath hitched and she looked into his eyes searchingly. All she could she was sincerity and hope. "But…". She racked her brain for any reason that this wasn't a good idea. Voldemort was gone, Harry defeating him the year before. Most of the pureblood students turned from their muggle-born hating ways. Draco was a perfect example of that. She realized that she was defeated and that she actually agreed with Draco. She was tired of sneaking around and lying to her friends. And the insults did hurt even though she knew he didn't mean them. Sighing and closing her eyes briefly, Hermione shook her head and opened her eyes saying, "I love you too, Dray. I am tired of pretending also. If you want to tell everyone we're together, we'll do it."
Draco broke into a huge grin and his eyes shone with happiness. He picked her up and twirled her around, laughing. Hermione giggled as he put her down. He gazed down at her with a look of tender love and gently kissed her mouth. Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed Draco back with fervor. Breaking the kiss, they stood with their foreheads against each others. "So, when and how are we going to tell everyone?" asked Draco. Hermione thought for a minute. "Well, I think we should tell them on Saturday so we can spend the whole day together, instead of being separated by classes and getting hassled." she said. "How we're going to tell them, I don't know." Draco nodded, agreeing with her idea of Saturday. "Well, how about we spend our evening in the common room thinking of a plan?" he suggested. Hermione agreed and they settled down in the loveseat to figure out how to break the news to the rest of the school.
Please R and R. Any suggestions with how Draco and Hermione should tell everyone would be very welcome. : ]