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Hermione awoke with a start. How long had she been asleep? Why hadn't Draco woken her up? It was the kind of thing she expected from him, the stupid prat. She glanced at the clock resting

above the dead fireplace and frowned. It was already 11:30 at night , there was no way she'd get back to sleep now… Unless…

"No!" She thought sternly to herself. "I will not take the draught unless I need it."

Running a hand roughly through her mess of brown curls she raised herself of the chair. It might be nice to go for a walk around the grounds instead, she was confident that she wouldn't get

caught, being friends with Harry and Ron had made sure she could be very sneaky when she wanted. She walked towards the room's exit and left quietly, she was certain that if Malfoy heard

her there was no chance of him keeping it to himself, if anything he'd relish the chance to tarnish her perfect reputation among the teachers. Not including Professor Snape of course, he hated

all Gryffindors. Hermione grasped her want tightly as she walked the pitch-black corridors of Hogwarts. She was wary of the shadows that danced every time she turned a corner and shivered,

not because she was scared but because it was so damned cold in the draughty old castle. She considered casting a small heating charm but didn't want to raise her chances of being caught.

Just as this thought entered her head she heard footsteps around the corner, coming towards her. She paused and quickly pressed herself to the wall, this wasn't especially effective but she

could think of nothing else to do. She held her breath as the figure rounded the corner and pressed tighter to the wall, it was too late now to cast a quick concealment spell.

'Please don't be Snape.' She prayed silently 'Please let it be a teacher who is at least merciful.' She watched the figure walk towards her, it wasn't a teacher that was certain. Hermione looked

closer at the person, it was a boy, she was sure of that. As he walked directly into her line of sight she let her breath out and emerged out of the shadows.

"Why are you out of your dorm?" She cast a hard glare over the student. She didn't recognize him, he looked like a first year. He looked rather scared and Hermione was surprised she could

have this effect on people, the look he gave her was a look she'd seen directed at Draco Malfoy many times. A look of awe and fear.

"Oh, um, I'm sorry… I… I was just…" The boy stuttered up at Hermione.

"You'd better get back to your dorm right now." Hermione glared at the quivering boy, she felt oddly empowered by this. She didn't want to get him in trouble though. He was only a first year…

The boy scampered off quickly leaving Hermione standing alone in the dark corridor, thanking Merlin it wasn't a teacher. She vaguely wondered why he was out here at all, perhaps he just needed a walk like she did.

"That was rather harsh, don't you think, Granger?" A silky smooth voice sounded behind her.

She turned around slowly, wand in hand. "Lumos." She whispered warily. Her wand lit up with a green glow, revealing the chiseled porcelain face of Draco Malfoy. She gasped in shock, he was the last person she had been expecting to see in the dark corridors.

"Malfoy… What?" She blinked up at him, he was tilting his head down at her, only inches away.

"Really, Granger." He wore the trademark Malfoy smirk on his pale lips. "Has your usually feisty wit abandoned you? I can't say I blame it."

"What's that supposed to mean!" She hissed at him, his insult putting her sense back into place.

"Well, it obviously means that even your wit must grow tired of you, its rarely with you. I can't recall a time you've had it while bickering with me." He spoke in a voice that was silky smooth, yet purposely unpleasant.

"Shut it, Malfoy." She turned away from him, lowering her wand and putting out her lumos with a whispered nox. "I'm going back to my room."

"I agree, I'll go back to mine as well." He stood next to her, joining her quickening step. "Also, since our rooms are annoyingly near each other, I suppose I'll have to walk with you."

"No." Hermione quickened her step. "You don't." She seethed and continued to quicken her pace, disappointed to find that his pace met hers with ease.

"Sorry, Granger?" He smirked at her obvious malice towards him.

"Malfoy, what are you doing." She was almost jogging now.

"How do you mean Granger?" He continued to match her pace.

"You, you're being civil."

"Well I figured since we're stuck here for the holidays I might as well attempt at a truce. It shouldn't be too hard now that Potter and Weasel are gone." He spoke with an undeniable voice of

reason as they opened the portrait and stepped into their common room. She began walking over to her door, briefly turning around to see Malfoy walking over to his, the moonlight that spilled

through the stained glass window catching slightly on his bare shoulder. Hermione stopped and cast her eyes over his topless body which was clad only in Slytherin green whipcord pants.

"Merlin, he must be freezing!" She thought as she observed the way the moonlight caught over his impossibly pale skin, making it seem almost silver. She grimaced slightly, turning her gaze

away from him and hurrying back to her room. This was all too weird and confusing for her, Malfoy's sudden change in demeanor irked her. He'd been almost civil, almost nice. Hermione closed

the door to her room and walked over to her bed. She lay down and buried herself in the warm Gryffindor red covers. She reached into the drawers next to her bed and pulled out a small vial,

taking the lid off and taking a sip. She placed it back in the drawers before closing her eyes, she fell asleep quickly. She didn't really feel the need to drink the Sleeping draught, she wasn't really

tired, but the last thing she wanted was to stay up all night wondering about Draco's change of heart.

Draco Mafloy put his hands behind his head as he lay on his Slytherin green bedsheets.

"Well, Draco Mafloy, what was all that about?" He winced.

"What was all what about?" He was used to having these conversations with himself now, but he told nobody about them. He didn't want people to start thinking he was crazy, he had a reputation to uphold!

"Ha!" Whatever inside him was bickering with him scoffed at him. "You know exactly what I mean, what was that with Granger?"

"Nothing."

"Oh really? Why no insults as usual then? Why walk back with her? Why go out into the corridors at all?"

"I was too tired, so I'm going to sleep." He turned over on the bed sheets, as if he was turning away from the irritating voice inside him.

"If you say so. Its not as if you enjoyed the fact she doesn't throw all her expectations on you, like your parents. Or that she could possibly understand at all? If anybody could understand it would be Granger after all."

"Shut the hell up." Draco growled out loud, mercifully the voices did stop. He sighed with relief and drifted off to sleep, forgetting to put a silencing charm on his room.

On the other side of the common room Hermione woke up, which wasn't supposed to be possible after taking the Sleeping draught. She could hear something terrible, a heart wrenching,

painful noise. She rolled onto her back trying to hear what the noise was. Whatever it was, it was full of anguish and pain.

"Oh, Merlin." She understood what it was. " Its Malfoy."

Draco's cries where loud and pained as he turned among his sheets. He was drenched in a cold sweat as his nightmares shook him. The screams that came from his room were of an

indescribable inner anguish. Hermione reached up to her face where she felt a wetness on her face. She didn't understand, she was crying for Mafloy! Even so, this didn't stop her tears. She felt

so helpless as she heard the yells from his room, so she did the only thing she could think of. She buried her head in her pillow and cried unashamedly for Draco Malfoy.

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