Hermione Granger ran into the nearest class room, crying and cursing under her breath. "Ron, such an idiot" she breathed into her arms "why can't he see?"

Outside the class room was Draco Malfoy, he could hear a girl crying in the room next to him, the lights were out so he pulled out his wand and cast "Lumos!" and his wand illuminated the darkness around him

"Hello?" he called "Who's in here?"

Hermione stopped crying and went stiff

"It's ok, I know you're in here, I'm not going to grass on you, you sound sad enough, if you'll just tell me your name?"

"H- Hermione, Hermione Granger, who's there?" She whispered

"Thank goodness Granger it's only you" Draco exhaled deeply

"Draco?" Hermione sounded astonished and scared

"Don't worry Granger, I won't be telling Dumbledore or Mcgonagall, as far as it's concerned we were never here" Draco chuckled

Turning for the door, he stopped and hit the light switch "Granger, what ARE you doing in here?"

As the lights went on Hermione's tear stained face was revealed in the corner of an old, unused class room "Oh, I was just ermm…" she stopped and signalled for him to come over to her

"It's ok Hermione, I won't tell anyone" he seemed sincere about this

"Well, ok, it's Ron, he can't see that I love him, he is just being such an idiot lately, everywhere I turn he is there"

"Well, that's what you want to see when you like the guy isn't it?" Draco clearly not understanding the issue

"Snogging Lavender Brown" She said firmly

"Oh, well, if I saw Millicent snogging Blaze everywhere I wouldn't be delighted" Draco tried, he didn't know what else to do but put his arm around her and pulling her tightly into his chest, letting her sob into his Slytherin robes

Feeling safe with Draco she decides to carry on, before he interrupts her. "Come on Hermione, its awful in here, let's go somewhere else"

Standing up, shaking slightly, she followed him out of the castle towards the forbidden forest, and away from Hagrid's hut, "I'M NOT GOING IN THERE!" She shrieked, causing some stirring from the trees "Don't you remember our first year punishment? You-know-who was in there drinking unicorn blood, he may be hiding in there again"

"Not in there you numpty" he forced a laugh, thinking back to his awful encounter with the twisted face of Voldemort and his first Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Professor Quirrel drinking the blood of the unicorn, "Black Lake" he pointed