Chapter 2

Hermione awakened to be met by a pair of big, grey and beautiful eyes. It was like a dream, from her point of view. She closed her eyes again and took a deep breath, it had to be a dream, she thought. But it felt so real, she could feel his breathing from the rise and fall of his chest, she could smell his minty breath on her face. She opened her eyes again, and he smiled. She couldn't help it and smiled back.

"Hey Malfoy," she said as she yawned softly and sat up. She blushed when she realised, she was sitting in Draco's lap.

"Hey Granger, sleep well?" he smirked at Hermione's flustered face.

"Yeah," she answered and got of Draco's lap, feeling a bit embarrassed. It wasn't that she didn't like it but it felt so unreal to be in Draco's arms, like a dream she could wake up any moment. "How long was I asleep?" she asked as she looked away from Draco, to hide her flushed face.

"I actually don't know, I was awake just minutes before you," he said with a chuckle at her expression of bewilderment. "Don't worry Granger were still not at Hogwarts yet."

"Okay and I may ask?" She paused, contemplating weather to ask him or not. "How did I end up in your lap?"

"Well, you looked kind of uncomfortable, so I decided to put you in a more comfortable position."

Hermione could only stare at him after he said that. Draco Malfoy caring about her comfort, this was something new. She had always thought that his selfish bastard, but now she started to rethink that thought. She looked out the window and she could see that they were close to Hogwarts. She sat down besides Draco again, and they started a small talk. They talked about what they did in summer, about their previous years in Hogwarts.

Draco was a good listener, and she could even talk to him about things that Harry and Ron didn't understand. He was trully intelligent, and she was surprised she didn't notice it until now. Ron opened the compartment door and peeked in. He needed to set things right with Hermione. It was true that he had a secret relationship with Lavender, but that was only because Hermione didn't want to get intimate with him.

He saw Hermione and Draco talking to each other so freely, that he thought they were some kind of doubles. He cleared his throat.

"Mione, can I talk to you?" he asked in a low voice as he closed the compartments door.

Hermione jumped as she heard his voice, the memories came rushing back in her mind. She was about to tell Ron to get out and leave her alone, when Draco got up and stood in front of her, as if shielding her from Ron as he spoke.

"Get out of here Weasel. Hermione doesn't want to talk to you," he practically snapped, his voice softening only on the 'Hermione' part and it made her heart skiped a beat, as she heard Draco speak her name for the first time. He had never called her 'Hermione', it usually was 'Mudblood' or 'Granger', but he hadn't used the word 'Mudblood' in a whole year, and he had been so nice these past hours. She watched as Ron's face contorted in anger.

"What? Get out of the way, you ferret. I want to talk to my girlfriend."

"Ex," Hermione murmured looking down at the floor, not wanting to look at Ron.

"What? You're breaking up with me?" Ron was now screaming, not caring that the whole train could hear him.

"Yes," Hermione said simply. Ron looked at her in disbelief. He tried to get to Hermione, but Draco stopped him.

"I don't think so, Weasel boy." Ron tried to punch Draco, but he effectively caught his arm and squeezed it tightly. Ron yelped in pain and Draco let go of his hand. Ron steped back a little and looked at Hermione questioningly. "Hermione why are you with the ferret?"

"Don't call him that." Ron was taken aback, and Draco just smirked. "And if you would of been at the compartment with me, Ginny and Harry, then you would of found out that I am the new Head girl," she answered matter of factly.

"Okay, but what does that has to do with the ferret over here?" Hermione gritted her teeth, she just knew he used the nickname on purpose, but she couldn't comprehend why it made her so mad.

"It has everything to do with Draco." She used his name on purpose to annoy Ron, plus she really liked how it sounded when it rolled of her tongue. Draco, too, enjoyed hearing his name coming from her lips. "Because his the new Head boy," she finished.

"So what that the ferret is the new Head boy, you don't have to get all friendly with him. I mean seriously, when did he become Draco to you?" Ron took another step back, noticing Hermione clenching her fists, at her sides.

Hermione was about to explode from the rage she felt, when Draco took her hand and rubbed it soothingly. It felt so relaxing, that she forgot that Ron was in the room. She turned her head to look at Draco and smiled. He smiled back. Their relaxing moment wasn't long because Ron interrupted it.

"What the hell?" Ron grabed Draco's shirt and yanked him away from Hermione. "Don't touch my Mione, you filthy ferret!" he screamed again. He grabed Hermione roughly by her arm and was about to drag her away, when Draco punched him hard, sending him falling back. He fell on the floor, clutching his nose. "You bastard," he screamed his blood all over his face and hands.

"Get out Weasel," Draco growled and lifted Ron up by his collar and threw him out the compartments door and closed it. Ron fell on one of the sixth years, who had been eavesdroping.

Hermione looked at the situation with wide eyes. She was really glad that Draco was here with her because, she didn't know what would of happened if he wasn't. She felt the tears stinging her eyes. She threw her arms around him, the moment he turned back to look at her; she hugged him tightly and started sobbing.

"Hermione, its okay," he whispered lifting her up in his arms and sat down on the bench, cradling the upset witch. He looked out the window and noticed that they were finaly at Hogsmeade, which meant they were not far from Hogwarts now. "Look Hermione were at Hogsmeade."

She looked up with tearful eyes and saw that he wasn't lying. She wanted to move but Draco didn't let go of her and still hugged her tightly against his chest.

"Draco, we should propably go," she said kind of awkwardly.

"Yeah, I guess," he sighed but still held her, not showing any signs that he wanted let her go.

"Um Draco, could you let go because we really need to go?" She giggled when Draco tickled her sides.

"As you wish miss," he said in a mock chivalrous voice. He got up with Hermione in his arms and spinned her before setting her on the ground.

"Oh I almost forgot. All my stuff is with Harry and Ginny, so I should propably head over there," she exclaimed.

"Okay, then I'll see you at our dorm," Draco said, and Hermione could feel butterfly's in her stomach.

"Thank you," she said genuinely smiling.

"For what?" he asked a bit taken aback.

"Everything, anyway, I'll see you later then." She gave him a peck on the cheek and walked out the compartment to find Harry and Ginny.

Draco stood there in a daze for about a minute, then grabed his suitcase and left the compartment.

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"Mione where were you?" Ginny asked, as she saw Hermione walking in through the door. "Good thing we waited." She saw the look on Hermione's face. "What's wrong?" She elbowed Harry and he too took note of Hermione's sad expression. "Yeah Hermione, what's wrong?" he asked too.

"Did you see Ron?" Hermione sat down in between Harry and Ginny.

"No," they both said in unison with confused expressions now.

"Well…I wouldn't be surprised because I broke his nose…and it's better you don't know what Draco did to him…" she trailed off in her explanation.

"What? Why would you break his nose?" Ginny asked rather loudly.

"And what Malfoy has to do with this?" Harry asked holding Ginny's hand, to calm her.

"I-I...caught him having sex with someone else…and I punched him…and then he came to the Heads compartment...and Draco defended me…" she said with big pauses in her sentence.

"He cheated on you?" Ginny asked disbelievingly. "Who was he with when you found him?" Harry asked.

"With Lavender Brown," she murmured and then started to cry again and Harry and Ginny embraced her.

"It's Okay Mione, we will get him to his senses and he will come crawling back to you." Ginny tried to reassure her.

Hermione pulled away from her and wiped her eyes. "I don't want to be with Ron anymore." She didn't know if it was something to do with Draco but she didn't want to be with Ron anymore.

"Why wouldn't you?" Ginny asked with a confounded expression.

"Because I just know that he will be unfaithful again." Hermione started pacing the train compartment. "Well…think about it Ginny. If he cared about me, then he wouldn't do that to me…but believe me it didn't look like he regreted it when he was sleeping with Lavender…"

"Hey wait Mione," Harry interrupted her speech. "You said Malfoy defended you. Plus you used his name. What's up with that?" he said with a hint of disgust in his voice. "Yeah Mione, explain," Ginny exclaimed joining Harry in interrogating Hermione.

"Well…after I caught Ron with Lavender, I ran into him in the corridor…and guys you should really see him, he has really changed…he didn't call me 'Mudblood'...and he comforted me when I told him that I caught Ron cheating…and all on top of that is the fact, that he is the new Head boy." When she said all this, she took on almost a dreamy expression, and Harry and Ginny Just looked at her, no word spoken until Harry cleared his throat.

"Okay Mione I think I understand you now, and I will not push you. Besides, Ron's such an asshole I wouldn't forgive him if I were you." Harry smiled and looked at Ginny, who was considering something.

"Yeah Mione, we totally got your back." The three of them hugged for a moment and left the compartment to head to Hogwarts.

To be continued...

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