Hermione Granger sat in Transfiguration, staring down at a blank piece of parchment. It simply sat there, laughing in her face along with the class. But the class was at least doing it in their heads. Hermione had finally been passed up in class, she was no longer the top student, Draco Malfoy had made sure of that. He sat just to her left, a cocky grin on his face as he occasionally glanced at the annoyed Muggle-born girl. When McGonagall dismissed the class, Hermione jumped up and ran from the room as an uproar of whispers started. She had known not to get too distracted, but she couldn't help it. It had been inevitable.
"Hermione!" Hermione stopped and turned to Harry Potter and Ron Weasley who were chasing after her. "What happened?" Harry asked catching his breath.
Hermione sighed and glanced behind Harry to see Draco walking their way, alone for a change. "I've been…uh…distracted." She said, as her cheeks turned pink at the sight of the reason she'd been so distracted.
"By what?" Ron asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Stuff." She said. She would never admit her feelings for the annoying Slytherin, who delighted in poking fun of her and making her cry. It was unacceptable.
"Well hello there Granger, isn't it strange, how I have seemed to surpass you in one of your best subjects. Oh well." Draco said cockily as his gray eyes met her chocolate brown ones.
Hermione tore her gaze away from her, her cheeks going to a deep red that almost matched Ron's hair. "Piss off Malfoy." She said quietly. Draco chuckled lightly before stocking off. Hermione released a breath she'd been holding in and turned to walk away from her two friends. "I'll be in the library. Please do not disturb me." She said before dashing down the hallway.
"Well, well. Should've known I'd run into you here." Hermione froze in mid-page turning at the sound of Draco. She sighed lightly and continued to turn the page of her book. She stared down at the book, and realized she had not even been reading, simply daydreaming of Draco, once again. "It seems proper; you need to study a bit more before Scarhead surpasses you as well." He said as he turned to the nearest bookshelf to find a book to read.
Hermione snapped the book closed and stood. She looked down at it, trying to remember where it belonged. She glanced at Draco and saw that he was standing right where the book needed to go. "Excuse me Malfoy." She said quietly as she stepped onto a stool she had used to grab the book in the first place.
Draco stepped aside and chuckled lightly. "Are you ill Granger? First, you begin to seem dazed in class, don't answer questions as often. Then, you let me surpass you in your best class…me of all people. And now this, you're being polite to me? And you're letting me tease you…There's something off about you Granger." Draco said thoughtfully. "I can't help but to notice it's happened since McGonagall put me beside you in her class."
Hermione growled lightly at him, "It has nothing to do with you Malfoy." She snapped.
"Then what is it Granger? Please inform me, because I want it to keep going. It is doing wonders for m-" Draco was then caught off by Hermione's lips crashing down onto his. Hermione had been fighting it for days, and her heart had finally won the battle. Draco was taken aback, and pulled away slowly, meeting Hermione's wide fearful chocolate brown eyes.
"Oh no…no!" Hermione said as she hopped off the stool and turned to run off.
"Hermione." Hermione stopped when she felt Draco's hand close around her wrist and pull her back to him. His left arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her against him. "No need to run." He whispered before kissing her on the lips.