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The next morning Hermione woke up bright and early. She was still wrapped in Draco's arms and a smile grew on her face as she recalled how last night had ended. Peeking out from the curtains around his bed, Hermione let out a sigh of relief when she noticed all the boys in the dorm were still asleep. Crawling out of bed, Hermione crept across the room and down the stairs into the common room. Turning around the corner and darting up the stair to the girls dorm, Hermione ran smack into someone at the bottom of the stairs before falling flat on her arse.
"What the hell?" She hissed looking up at whoever had been blocking her path.
"Well hello there my sneaky little roommate. We missed you in the dorm last night." Pansy sang smirking. "Where were you all night Missy?" Hermione just looked at Pansy and prayed to Merlin she wouldn't start blushing. She wasn't going to give Pansy the satisfaction; not when she was looking as smug as she did just then. Hermione's lack of response didn't seem to deter Pansy though and it only encourage Daphne who had come up behind Hermione.
"I can answer your question Pansy." Daphne began, trying not to laugh. "Our dear Hermione didn't see me sitting by the fire as she was sneaking out of the 7th year boys' dorm room. And I talked to Theo last night. He told me that Draco already appeared to be asleep but the curtains around his bed were shut and sealed." Daphne knelt down next to Hermione, indicating she was no longer talking to Pansy but directly to Hermione now. "You know, a simple silencing charm would make Draco's roommates believe he was asleep when really there were, well, other things going on behind the curtains." Hermione knew that no amount of 'Dear Merlin's' were going to keep her from blushing now. Clearly her two roommates knew exactly what had happened after Hermione talked to Draco about the issue with his father.
"Oh I can see it now!" Pansy exclaimed. "Our innocent little former Gryffindor has a certain glow about her doesn't she Daph?"
"I don't know if I would call her innocent Pans." Daphne and Pansy weren't even trying to hide their laughter anymore. Watching Hermione sit on the floor and blush was just too entertaining.
"Okay, okay, okay! I get it! You know that I was with Draco last night but there is one thing you don't know. We did not shag." Hermione said haughtily, watching the smirks fall off her friends faces. With a smirk growing on her own face, Hermione stood up looking between her two friends. "We made love." She hissed at the pair before dashing around Pansy and up the stairs to the dorm. She ran through the dorm and into the bathroom locking the door behind her as she heard the two girls squealing and screaming in the common room. Suddenly their excited squealing fell silent and Hermione ventured out of the bathroom to figure out what had caused it. Tip-toeing to the top of the dorm stairs Hermione froze when she heard Blaise's voice and Theo's snickering in the common room.
"Why in the bloody hell are you girls screaming about this early in the morning?" Blaise was clearly not a morning person... well at least not a 6:30 in the morning person. Hermione headed down the stairs, fingers crossed in the hopes that the girls wouldn't tell Blaise why they had been so excited. She forgot about Theo though and was shocked when he opened his mouth.
"They probably just found out why Draco felt the need to put on silencing charm on his bed, or at leas they just had the reasoning confirmed." Theo chuckled, looking at Hermione who had appeared at the bottom of the stairs blushing.
"Nott!" Hermione cried, her blush becoming more pronounced. Blaise's jaw fell open in shock, as he turned from Theodore to Hermione to Draco. He was surprised to see that Draco's cheeks were a little pink as well.
"You- he- last night?" Blaise stuttered causing Pansy, Daphne, and Theo to start laughing all over again.
"Now Blaise," Hermione warned walking over and grasping Draco's hand in her own, "am I going to have to get angry with you again? Because if you freak out at Draco then I will. Don't you dare ruin this. Last night was the best of my life so don't you screw it up!" Blaise just took a deep breath before he started laughing too.
"Mya, all I know is I don't want to hear about it, I don't want to see it, and I don't want to see you knocked up before graduation." His last comment sent the others into a whole new round of hysterics and served to brighten the blush on both Hermione's and Draco's cheeks. Rolling her eyes, Hermione gave Draco a kiss on the cheek before heading back towards the stairs so she could get ready for the day. Smacking Blaise on the back of the head as she walked past him, Hermione called back to everyone else. "I'm going to go get dressed. I'll meet the rest of you down here when it's time for breakfast." The other girls followed Hermione back up the stairs, only just them realizing they were still in their pajamas. As the door closed at the top of the stairs, Blaise rounded on Draco.
"Don't hurt her. I know you've had one night stands before, I know you've had fuck buddies, but I also know that she hasn't." Blaise held up his hand as Draco went to interrupt him. "No mate, let me finish. She gave you something last night that she can never get back and she can never give to anyone else. You haven't been with a girl like that before mate, and I just need to know that you understand how serious that is for her even if, in the past, it hasn't seemed to mean anything to you." Draco nodded, understanding that Blaise wasn't upset that he had slept with Hermione, he was simply worried that it wouldn't mean as much to Draco as it did to Hermione.
"Blaise, she means the world to me and last night did as well. Don't worry about it not meaning anything. Okay mate? I'll take care of her." Smiling, Blaise clapped Draco on the back before heading over to the couch.
"Fancy a game of wizards chess while we wait for the girls to get ready?" Blaise and Draco started a rather violent game of chess, while Theo watched from the side, laughing as Blaise got completed slaughtered. He never could beat Draco at the game, it was amazing he still tried.
About an hour later, after both Blaise and Theo had been thwarted in their attempts to beat Draco, the girls emerged from their dorm room ready to tackle the day. Being a Saturday, the 7th years were allowed to go to Hogsmeade even though it was a Hogsmeade weekend for the younger years. Since the group was going to Hogsmeade after breakfast the girls were wearing muggle clothes instead of their usual robes. Pansy and Daphne had both thrown on a pair of jeans and a cute top; Pansy pairing hers with a scarf and Daphne with a cardigan. Hermione, who was going on her first official "date" in Hogsmeade with Draco was wearing a midnight blue dress with some tights and a pair of flat gray boots. Smiling when the girls returned from their dorm, Draco grabbed Hermione's hand and, walking ahead of their friends, led the group down to the Great Hall for breakfast. On their way down to breakfast Blaise forced himself between Draco and Hermione causing them to release each others hands as Blaise threw an arm around each of their shoulders.
"So Mya, has Draco told you that your little date has to end rather early today?" Rolling her eyes at Blaise obvious excitement Hermione turned to him.
"Well of course he did Blaise. We are going into Hogsmeade for about an hour and then coming back here so Draco can get ready for the rematch between you guys and Gryffindor this afternoon."
"And what a rematch it will be!" Blaise exclaimed, looking like a child on Christmas. Blaise released Hermione and Draco before running ahead of them laughing. Shaking his head at the nut he called a best friend, Draco turned to Hermione.
"Speaking of the game, you should wear my practice jersey." He said, smirking a little as he thought of her finally wearing something with his name on the back. The way Hermione smirked back at him, Draco could tell that she knew why he wanted her to wear his jersey.
"I wouldn't dream of wearing any other shirt Dragon." Hermione replied, laughing a little. Draco laughed along with her as he wrapped an arm around her waist pulling her flush against his side. Noticing the smug look on his face, Hermione laughed a little harder as they walked into the Great Hall looking like the picture perfect couple. Distracted by Draco and the other Slytherins, Hermione didn't noticed the glare being sent her way from a certain red head ex-boyfriend sitting at the Gryffindor table.
The time in Hogsmeade seemed the fly by and next thing Hermione knew she was back in the dorm getting ready for the game while the boys had headed on down to the Quidditch Pitch. Pansy and Daphne we already set to go. They had on the jeans they had been wearing earlier, their house sweaters and scarves. The pair was bundled up knowing they were going to be absolutely freezing in the stands. Hermione, on the other hand, was far from being ready. The girls hadn't gone to the Quidditch games recently so this was going to be Hermione's first game cheering on the Slytherin team. For some reason that Hermione couldn't figure out, she was incredibly nervous.
"Oh Merlin Hermione. Just put on a sweater and a scarf. You'll fit in perfectly with us." Pansy rolled her eyes as Hermione ignored her and continued ruffling through her wardrobe mumbling something about the perfect pair of jeans. Daphne stood from the bed where she had been sitting with Pansy and walked over to her own wardrobe. Pulling out a pair of dark wash, super fitted skinny jeans and a black turtle neck, she threw them at Hermione and shooed her off to the bathroom to change. Hermione emerged a few moments later looking incredibly self-conscious. The jeans hugged and highlighted the curves she tended to hide and even with Draco's jersey over the turtle neck you could see the hint of the curves on top.
"Turn around." Daphne ordered sharply, her tone causing Hermione to comply without question. Hermione stopped turning and looked at Daphne, waiting for her to say something. "You look so fabulous. And Draco is going to be so possessive once he sees his name on your back." Daphne stated matter-of-factly.
"He'll probably pull you into some dark corner and ravish you Hermione." Pansy said, winking, causing Hermione to turn bright red. In an attempt to ignore Pansy's comment Hermione walked over to the mirror and fixed her hair so the curls weren't quite so tight and frizzy as they usually were. The looser ringlets hung about halfway down her back and appeared much silkier than her hair usually did. After applying a little makeup, slipping into her black knee-high boots, and grabbing her scarf and gloves Hermione was finally ready to head down to the pitch.
"Oh thank Merlin!" Pansy exclaimed. "I was starting to wonder if we would ever make it down to the game." She said laughing at Hermione. "Daphne, we need to get ourselves boyfriends. Look at Mione all dressed up and cute for a Quidditch game." This comment caused all the girls to laugh as they made their way outside and into the cold November air. On the way to the stands the three girls crossed paths with the Gryffindor quidditch team who was making their way towards the locker rooms. Running over to Harry, Hermione threw her arms around his neck. Backing away she smiled,
"I would wish you luck but I'm not sure it's allowed." She told him laughing. Harry laughed too before tugging at her scarf.
"I'm still getting used to seeing you in these colors Mione. Nice jersey though." He said winking causing her to blush just a little. Hermione smiled to herself as Ginny smacked Harry upside the head, but he smile faded slightly as Ginny took a couple of hesitant steps toward her.
"I'm sorry I didn't stick up for you Hermione. I don't know why I didn't, but Ron was hurting at that was all I saw. Family instincts, I suppose, but still that's no excuse. I'm really sorry." Ginny was staring at her feet by the time she had finished speaking and Hermione wanted nothing more to forgive her. So, throwing her arms around Ginny's neck like she had Harry's, Hermione did just that.
As Hermione started walking away with the Slytherin girls, she called over her should telling her former housemates to have fun today. The Gryffindors were coming to realize that Hermione was exactly the same as she had been, even if she was wearing different colors, all of the Gryffindors but one.
"Wow Hermione!" Ron called from behind her. "You've only been in Slytherin for a few months and now your openly dressing like tease!" Hermione just kept walking with Pansy and Daphne, pretending the words hadn't stung quite as much as they did. She could hear Ginny hollering at her brother, something about being such an arse, and laughed a bit to herself.
Hermione made her way up into the Slytherin stands for the first time with Pansy and Daphne. Being on this side of the pitch was actually a bit intimidating for her. Noticing this, Pansy laughed, reminding Hermione that she had fought and helped defeat some of the darkest wizards their world had ever seen. Hermione began laughing too realizing just how silly she was being. Still laughing she cheered along with the rest of the Slytherins as their team flew out from the locker room. Draco, after flying around the pitch, flew straight over to Hermione who turned so her back was to him before turning back around and smiling at him. The girls had never seen a smile on his face so big as the one that developed when he saw his name on her back. Swooping down to where she was sitting, Draco pulled Hermione onto his broom. Squealing, Hermione clutched at Draco's jersey before screaming that he put her down. Before Draco put her back into the stands he pulled her in for a kiss causing a whole new round of cheering and wolf-whistles to break out in the stands. By the time Draco deposited Hermione back in her seat she was almost as red as she had been when Pansy and Daphne caught them snogging in the common room.
The game began shortly thereafter and Draco was forced to take his eyes off Hermione as he circled the pitch looking for that little gold ball. Every now and then he would like back over to where Hermione was cheering him on along with the rest of their housemates. He was trying to figure out if she had always been this enthusiastic about Quidditch or if this was something new when something hit him along the back causing him to fall from his broom. As he fell, he was certain someone began screaming before everything went black.
A/N: Sorry about the (cheesy) cliffhanger. I know what I'm going to write next, now it's just a matter of getting enough content in with it to make it a whole chapter. I hope you guys like the sequel so far! (: And remember; Reviews refuel the author! Hahaha Thanks for reading.