Chapter One~ How it all started

He missed him. He really did. He couldn't believe that Blaise would mean so much to him, even though he'd always thought of him as a brother. The constant letters helped, but they were not enough.

He needed someone else... Someone who he could turn to, complain to... Maybe even have a little fun with... But the only person available for that type of relationship... Was Pansy Parkinson. And he did NOT want to go through that again.

So he thought. He thought of all the... 'suitable' girls. But none were adequate enough for his father, as he held high standards for his son. He knew most of the girls, as he'd had at least one sexual encounter with them all... Well... All the Slytherins anyway. And that's all that counts.

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Hermione was lonely... It was Christmas, and the boys were off at the Burrow. Unfortunately, as was the Head Girl and Boy's duty, she had to stay at school. Of course, considering her usual bad luck, She was paired with none other, than Draco Malfoy. She wouldn't have minded, if he wasn't a man that she's loathed since first year. Thanks to all his teasing, she'd spent many nights crying herself to sleep.

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"Draco." She greeted him coldly as He walked through the door, her eyes flickering up for a moment before they returned to her page.

'Granger.' He replied, causing her to sigh, rolling her eyes and crossing her legs.

'Listen Draco... We need to talk about our rounds.' She said, standing slowly and putting her book down, walking towards him with her arms crossed on her chest.

He was looking pointedly away from her, and she knew he was trying to block her out. She growled, and snapped her fingers in front on his face, tapping her foot in distaste.

She continued on with her lecture, until she heard him snort with laughter. She was immediately angered by this, as she knew nothing she said could have been that funny.

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-God. Look at her... She thinks she's so much better than Me. A Malfoy.- Draco snorted, causing Hermione to cut off in the middle of her sentence.

'What the hell are you laughing at, Malfoy?' She snarled, stalking over to him and glaring up at him, disregarding their 4 inch height difference. He took a slight step back, then sneered and bent down, getting in her face.

'I'm laughing at you, granger, and how you think you're so important. But of course, you're yelling at a Malfoy.' He sneered.

She reeled, then sank back down, keeping her eyes to the floor.

'Well I'm sorry, Mr Malfoy, for being so inferior to you.' She said in a wavering voice, before turning on her heel and walking swiftly to her room, her head in her hands.

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Hermione didn't know what'd made her cry, Draco had always treated her like this before... But, she thought that he was a little different, now that he was -in all things lawful- her partner. She guessed she's been wrong.

She was just sitting up on her bed, examining her red, puffy eyes in her mirror, when a soft knock caught her attention.

'Come in...' She said without thinking, assuming it was Harry, Ron or Ginny. She looked up with a smile, but it then turned into a look of slight shock.

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'D-Draco?' came her voice, surprise making his name slightly distorted. Draco walked into her room, a look of worry on his face.

'Gr- Hermione... I'm sorry... I wasn't thinking straight..' He sighed, embarrassed.

-A Malfoy would never do this...- He groaned to himself.

She continued to look at him in shock, then she saw the worry on his face.

'Sit down, Draco...' She murmured, indicating the bed next to her, as the only chair in the room was shrouded by her Hogwarts robes.

'Listen... You just caught me off guard is all.' He said in a curt voice, shaking his head and backing out of the room.

A/N: sorry that was a kinda short one guys... Its my first FanFic so... :3 Please review! :D