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Chapter 2

Hermione burst through the entrance to the Gryffindor common room, Harry and Ron not far behind her.

" I can't believe I kissed Malfoy!" she cried out in despair.

" You can't believe it? I'm still in shock!" Ron declared.

Harry swatted him on the head. " You're not helping." He then turned to Hermione. " I'm sure this whole thing will blow over by tomorrow. I mean, today is a full moon after all. You know how crazy people can get."

Hermione snorted. " Yes, I'm sure that's the reason behind it. A full moon."

Harry rolled his eyes. " I'm only trying to help here. This whole situation was probably just some freaky accident."

Hermione crossed her legs and stared at the fire for a minute, then turned back to Harry. " Well, if it was an accident, it was one that Malfoy certainly enjoyed."

Ron raised an eyebrow at her. " How do you know?" he asked.

Hermione rolled her eyes. " Because, Ronald, I felt his hard-on pressed up against me." Harry's jaw dropped and he stared at Hermione, wide-eyed. Ron, however, had jumped up angrily.

" I'll kill him!" he declared, his hands balled into fists. He started toward the portrait hole, but Hermione pulled him down onto the couch.

" Honestly, Ronald, control yourself. It's not like he can help it." Ron frowned, clearly still very displeased.

" So what are you going to do then?" Harry asked.

Hermione sighed. " I suppose the best thing to do is forget that this ever happened and just move past it."

Ron and Harry nodded in agreement. After a few minutes of discussion, the trio decided to make an appearance at lunch in the Great Hall. It would seem unusual if they weren't there, considering Ron never missed a meal. But Hermione had no intention of going alone. She would need all the moral support she could get.

While walking down the corridors to the Great Hall, Hermione noticed several different people stop to stare at her and then whisper something to another person once she passed.

" Word sure does travel fast." Ron observed.

" You'd think people would have better things to do with their time." Harry added bitterly.

" Let's just sit down. I feel like an absolute freak show." Hermione confided.

The three found a spot on the Gryffindor banquet table and sat down. All around them, people stared and whispered. To make matters worse, Draco Malfoy was over at the Slytherin table, eyeing Hermione every few minutes and laughing with his buddies. Hermione groaned and ran her hands through her hair. How could she have kissed him?? He was. . . .disgusting. Ewww.

" Could he possibly be any more of a little prick?" she asked.

" I would have to say yes." Ron said.

" I second that." Harry added.

Hermione looked around and became aware of even more stares and whispers. God, it's getting worse. " Would you two mind terribly if I left? I thought I could deal with this, but I can't. Not right now. I just need to be alone." Ron nodded knowingly. " We understand. You go. We'll bring you back some dessert."

Hermione stood and walked out of the Great Hall. She had managed to humiliate herself and completely ruin her reputation all in one day. The worst thing about it was that she actually (gulp) enjoyed the kiss. And now she was going back to the Gryffindor common room to hide from the world.

Suddenly, Hermione felt an arm drape itself across her waist while a hand covered her mouth. It didn't take her long to realize she was being kidnapped. She struggled as best she could, but she was no match for the muscular being that had hold of her. Her captor led her into the nearest broom closet. It certainly seemed awfully convenient that there were so many broom closets in the castle. When her kidnapper let go of her, she turned and saw that she was face to face with Draco Malfoy. He took his hands away from her and gave her his classic Malfoy smirk.

Hermione glared at him. " What?" she demanded.

" Damn, Granger. Chill out. I wanted to apologize for today."

"Excuse me?" Was Draco Malfoy actually going to say he was sorry?

" That kiss today was completely out of line. I never should've done it in front of everyone like that."

" Well Malfoy, that's most noble of----- "

" I mean, I would've done it a lot sooner if I would've known that you had the hots for me."

"WHAT??!!"

" C'mon, Granger. We did a good bit of snogging up there. I wasn't the only participant."

" No, as I recall your cock was pretty involved too."

Malfoy looked impressed and very amused by her comeback. "Touché."

Hermione rolled her eyes. This was going nowhere. " Look Malfoy, contrary to what you may believe, I do not want to spend the rest of my day locked in this closet with you. So, either make a point, or let me go."

Malfoy shrugged in his smug little way. " Forgive me. I simply thought you'd want to discuss the whole kissing thing considering how much chemistry we seemed to have."

Hermione stepped closer to him. " There was no chemistry in that kiss. It was a spur of the moment, anger fueled connection."

"So you admit there was a connection?"

"NO! Ugh. That little make out session between us had absolutely no meaning. I can't explain why it happened and I sure as hell still can't believe it happened. But it didn't mean anything. Nothing!"

Malfoy smirked at her. " You just keep telling yourself that, Granger. You can pretend all you want, but you can't deny your feelings. Not for very long, anyway." With that, he turned and exited the closet, leaving Hermione completely speechless.

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