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Hermione's POV

Double potions? Why is this happening to me? I'm trying to get over Malfoy and now I've got to be in double potions with him. This really sucks.

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Hermione stood up and followed Harry to potions class, Hermione walked in to the class room which was the same as it always was.

"Ok don't sit down!" Snape instructed.

"Everyone is to have the same partner that they had last year, you are to sit with your partner so that there will be no bustling around during projects" Snape said.

Hermione walked cautiously over to where Draco was sitting, she was dreading being his partner again. She sat down next to him and put her books in front of her.

"Now turn to page 150 section 10 and read chapter one then do the 10 questions on page 151" Snape told them. Hermione read the chapter rather quickly it was about polyjuice potion. She was very pleased that when she got to the questions she was one step ahead of Snape, having already made the potion in her second year.

"Who ever is making that scratching noise will please decease and desist immediately!" Snape yelled. Hermione knew that it was coming from her quill but she didn't have another one, so she just kept on writing. Snape stood up and walked over to her desk.

"I believe that noise is coming from you Mrs. Granger that will be a detention" Snape sneered. Hermione couldn't believe it she didn't need a dentition especially when she was head girl.

"Professor Snape it wasn't Granger, it was me, my quill isn't very sharp sir" Draco said. Hermione couldn't believe her ears. Draco had just taken the detention for her. Why was Draco doing this?

"Oh well then Mr. Malfoy meet me here at 7:00 PM" Snape said and went back to his desk. Hermione looked at Draco and he reached for his bag and pulled something out. He slipped it to Hermione, it was a recently sharpened quill.

"Next time make sure you have all the right stuff" Malfoy whispered harshly to her. Hermione took the quill and noticed from the corner of her eye that Harry and Ron were looking at her. She looked at them and Harry mouthed "what's going on?" Hermione shrugged and shook her head, then finished her assignment. The bell rang signaling the end of the class, Harry came up right beside her.

"What was that all about?" He asked curiously.

"I have no idea, but I can't let him take that detention for me" Hermione said.

"Well what are you going to do?" Harry asked.

"I don't know, but I'll think of something" Hermione said.

Hermione went up to her dorm and stayed there to think about how she was going to get Draco out of detention. At 7:00 PM she went down to Snape's class but she waited about 10 minutes before knocking on the door.

"Yes?" she heard Snape drawl. Hermione walked in and Snape looked surprised to see her.

"What is it Mrs. Granger?" Snape asked.

"Well Malfoy's father needs to speak with him it's urgent, Dumbledore sent me to tell him" Hermione said.

"Very well you may go Mr. Malfoy" Snape said. Draco stood up and followed Hermione out of the room.

"What does my father want?" Draco asked.

"Nothing, he's not here, I just didn't want you to serve my detention" Hermione confessed.

"Why?" Draco asked surprised.

"Because it wasn't your fault" Hermione explained, "and while we're asking questions why did you take my detention in the first place?" Hermione asked curiously.

"Because your head girl and I could tell that you were freaking out so I just took it" he explained. "but anyway, thanks" He said.

"Don't mention it Malfoy it was no big deal" Hermione shrugged.

"Why can't we just be friends?" He asked and unexpectant Hermione.

"After what you did last year do you really think that I want to even come with in a mile of you?" Hermione asked him.

"That's not the reason and you know it" Draco said.

"What are you talking about?" Hermione asked.

"The reason you don't want to be friends is because you are scared that if you become friends with me the feelings you already have will get stronger. Your scared that fate will put us together again. I've got news for you, you can't stop fate." Draco explained. Hermione stood there in silence taking in everything that he said. She couldn't believe he knew her that well.

"Draco can you really blame me? I don't want to get hurt again" Hermione admitted.

"But Hermione I'm sorry, how many times do you want me to say it?" Draco asked pleadingly.

"Until you mean it" Hermione said and went to her dorm to go to sleep, there was Quidditch game between Gryffindor and Slytherin the next day she needed to be well rested to root for Harry and Ron. The next day Hermione got up and put on her Gryffindor colors, which are deep red and gold. (A/N: it's so ironic those are our school colors!! GO COMETS!!)Hermione went down for a late break fast and found Ron and Harry not eating.

"Come on guys you have to eat you need your strength" Hermione said.

"We're just to nervous to eat" they told her, so she let it go.

"Well we've got to go me being captain I have to be there early, and I need Ron's help with some stuff" Harry said.

"Well I'll go with you so I can get a good seat" she said. She followed them put to the Quidditch pitch. They were walking down and talking when Blaise showed up and started trying to psyche Harry and Ron out.

"I'll go get my seat" Hermione said.

Draco's POV!!

I watched as Hermione walked to her seat and I decided to follow her. As I walked up to her I was getting a little nervous she just looked so pretty even though she was dressed in Gryffindor gear.

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"Hermione?" Draco asked as he stopped in front of her.

"Yes?" she asked.

"I just wanted to tell you that I really am sorry for what happened. Is there anything I can do?" Draco asked sincerely.

"yes, you can leave me alone. Draco don't you get it, I fall to pieces every time I see you, if I had it my way I'd never get over you, but I have to because what you did is going to take more than I'm sorry. So in order for me to stop falling to pieces when someone even mentions your name I have to stop seeing you all the time, it's just that I'm still not over you, I have to have time" Hermione explained to him. Draco walked down the stadium just a little bit heart broken. The stands started filling in pretty soon and the Quidditch match started.

Madame Hooch stepped onto the pitch and blew her whistle to signal the start of the game. She threw up the quaffle then released the bludgers and finally the snitch.

"And there off!" Lee Jordan echoed through the stadium. Goyle passed the quaffle to Crabbe who then threw back to Goyle whop threw it back to Crabbe. It looked like a game of hot potato.

"Throw Blaise!" Draco was yelling, then Crabbe looked up stupidly and threw it to Blaise who took off for the goal he threw to the one on the left but Ron came out of no where and blocked it. Then threw it to Luna.

"Go Ron!" Hermione was yelling down in the stands.

Luna took the quaffle and passed it to Ginny, Ginny headed to the goal she faked left and threw it right and made a goal! "10 points for Gryffindor!" Lee was shouting. All of a sudden Harry dived to the bottom of the Quidditch pitch and Draco followed him then Harry shot back up narrowly missing a bludger. But Draco wasn't so lucky, he didn't miss it. Draco started falling to the ground and he hit it hard. Hermione stood up in shock and before she knew it she was on the pitch kneeling beside Draco. His head was bleeding and Madame Pomfrey was running to his assist.

"Draco! Draco! Wake up!" Hermione was yelling. But he didn't move.

"Get him to the hospital wing immediately!" Madame Pomfrey shrieked and picked him up. Hermione started to follow them but they told her that she couldn't come. Hermione went back to her seat and as bad as she felt she still cheered for Ron and Harry. Finally Harry caught the snitch. Hermione chanted with everyone else and went to see them after they came out of the locker room.

"Congratulations!" She hugged Ron, then turned to Harry and hugged him he picked her up off her feet and hugged her back then put her down.

"Thanks" they said at the same time. "There's going to be a big party in the common room" they told her. They walked back to the common room together, when they walked in there were decorations everywhere and everyone cheered. Then Hermione engaged herself in a card game with Harry. After three games, Harry winning each time, Professor McGonagall came in and asked that she see Hermione. She walked over to her and they went out side the door.

"Hermione, Mr. Malfoy has reguested to see you, he's in critical condition so please don't say anything to upset him, you don't have a lot of time with him" she said.

Hermione automatically thought the worst, she thought he was dead. She ran to the hospital wing as fast as she could. She went in and Madame Pomfrey showed her where to go. She walked in and he had bandages around his head to control the bleeding. She sat down in the chair next to him, his eyes were closed.

"Draco?" Hermione said and shook him gently, his eyes opened.

"Hi Hermione" he gave her a weak smile.

"You don't have to do that I know that hurts, trust me I've been in the hospital wing lots of times" Hermione said trying to cheer him up.

"Who won the match?" Draco asked. She didn't want to tell him she knew it would only depress him more.

"Well Gryffindor did" Hermione said slowly. The room went silent and Hermione stood to leave but Draco grabbed her hand and told her to stay.

"I have something to tell you, when I got hit and knocked out the last thing I saw was your face. I think we should be friends, because I know that's all you want to be, but I would wait forever for you. I just don't want it to end with you hating me" Draco said gently.

"Draco that was so sweet, ok well I guess we can try to be friends but I'm not promising anything, because I'm going to need space to get over this" Hermione told him truthfully.

"I'll take what I can get" he said and she stood up and was halfway to the door when she heard him say I love you, Hermione. She turned around and walked back to him and then she saw that he was asleep. She smiled at him.

"Sweet dreams, Draco" she said.

A/N: ok guys this was a longer chapter but we know you wanted a long one! Hermioneanddracoforever88 is going to Arkansas on Sunday and wont be back till Friday so we can't update until next Saturday but maybe sooner. We hope you liked it so please give us plenty of reviews!!

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