Hey. So this is my first Dramione fic. A coupling I only got into more recently. I love Harry Potter since forever, but I only realized what a great couple they would make a few days ago. I think they are a huge missed opportunity. Ron is king and cute and all, but you can´t help, but see the allure of Dramione. I hope you enjoy it and stay tuned for my new Klaroline fic that will probably come out in a week or two. This story is set during the Half-blood prince.

Hermione had to hurry. She had to be in the common room in a half hour. The fat lady had a bad day and would surely be pissed off enough to not let her in and then she had to sleep outside. It already happened once or twice. She was only late because she visited Myrtle. She felt bad that she was always alone, so she visited her from time to time. She know Myrtle was thankful for it, but it was never really pleasant to be around her.

She rushed through the halls and didn´t even saw Draco, when he came up behind a corner. They both fell to the ground.

"Draco. What in the bloody hell are you doing?"

"Says the right one. You were rushing through these halls like a crazy person. Are you now not only stupid, but also blind?"

Hermione stood up, wiping away the dust.

"What are you even doing here at this time on this floor?"

"That is none of your concern Granger".

Draco turned around and left, leaving Hermione alone.

She could smell that something was going on. It made no sense that Draco was here at that time. She looked at her clock. 28 minutes left. She didn´t trust Malfoy at all, so she decided to follow him. If he was up to something especially in this critical time with Voldemort on the rise she had to know what it was.

He was pretty quick. She tried to not make any noises, but she almost had to run to keep up with him. He went around the next corner and after a few seconds she followed him.

Nothing. There was nothing. It was like he vanished. She looked around and then realized where he must´ve run off to. She stood before the room of requirements. Without thinking she walked three time past the wall and thought his name and she entered.

Mountains of furniture and other stuff was scattered all across the room. Draco must be somewhere, but the room seemed endless with mountains of random stuff so high it touched the roof.

Suddenly she heard a noise. Metallic noises. Quietly Hermione neared herself to the sound. She sneaked around a corner and saw him. He was working on something that looked like a large dark closet, but wait. Hermione remembered this artefact. She had read about it. It was a Vanishing cabinet. Hermione quickly hid behind three sofas stacked on top of each other. He had a screwdriver in his hand and seemed to do something on the cabinet. Hermione just leaned forward a little bit to get a better view. A Mistake

She accidentally pushed over a sofa and with a loud bang they all fell to the ground. Draco immediately turned around, trying to find the cause for this tumult and saw Hermione.

"What are you doing here Hermione?"

With two long steps he was by her side and grabbed her shoulders.

"What are you doing here Malfoy? And what are you doing with that Vanishing cabinet?"

Draco looked furious. His eyes were like the eyes of an animal and his jaw was hardened. He grabbed onto her arm so hard it hurt.

"That is none of your business Granger."

"For whom are you doing this? Voldemort? I will tell Dumbledore."

Wrong move. Draco came up really close to her face.

"No you won´t", he hissed, "you will be a good girl and go back to your room and forget all about this or else you will be sorry."

"I´m not threatened by you", Hermione lied.

"Well you should be. If the life's of the people you love means something to you."

Hermione looked into his eyes. There was something else then anger in them. Fear.

"What will happen to you if I tell you?"

He laughed a single unhappy laugh.

"Well then there will be no more me."

Hermione held her breath and looked down. This, whatever this was, was dead serious. She had never seen the confident Slytherin like this.

She didn´t try to hide it anymore. Fear was written all over her face. Something in Dracos face softened.

"Do we understand each other Hermione?" he whispered.

Hermione said nothing. She lifted her face again and looked directly into Dracos eyes.

She breathed in sharply as time stood still in this moment. They just looked at each other, saying nothing and time stood still. Their lips were only millimetres away from each other. The air was electric. She saw him starring at her half opened mouth…..

So sorry that it ended so abruptly. I was literally staring at this for 20 minutes. I have two endings in my head right now. The realistic and the fantasy version. I don´t know which to choose. So I´m gonna write two endings. I will attach them as the next two chapters. They will be labelled fantasy and realistic. Now dear reader (imagine me saying this like a talk show host) it´s up to you to choose how this story ends. Either go to Fantasy for what we all dream off in our lonely nights or go to Realistic aka the way Hermione, even if she is low-key crushing on him right now, would act normally or read both and compare. It´s up to you.

Q´s out.