Disclaimer: I may be blonde but I'm not J.K, so this is all borrowed…ahem…yes borrowed, you read me.

A/N: The previous chapter was kind of short but I had such a long story in my head and now it seems so short so I'm trying to stretch it out, but I get too excited. Anyways, on with the show.

Chapter 4 – Irresistible

Hermione was sitting in Potions class, doodling absentmindedly as her potion simmered, waiting until she had to add more ingredients. Harry was looking at her as though she might shatter into a million pieces and was thankfully not bothering her. Suddenly, someone bumped into her work area, almost knocking over her potion.

"Stupid Mudblood," Draco's voice hissed at her from above.

She looked up quickly, surprised, and got a quick wink from him. She looked back down at her doodling quickly and noticed a tiny note folded on top of it. Hermione looked back up at Draco who was supposedly searching the store cupboard for some ingredient.

She glanced around the classroom nervously to see if anyone was watching. Fortunately, the potion Slughorn had set them was extremely complex and people were nervously trying to fix whatever they had gotten wrong. Multicolored steam rose throughout the room concealing her anxious movements. She pulled the paper into her lap and carefully unfolded it.

Hermione

Please, please, please forgive me. You know she means nothing to me. Meet me at the usual place at the usual time. I can't stand being without you anymore. I just want to jump off the Astronomy Tower. If you don't come I'll tell the Weasel and Pothead about that one particularly scandalous piece of lingerie we picked out in London. You know which one…the one with garters and chains…very see through. I'm joking, but please come.

Yours Always

It wasn't signed but they never signed their notes incase they got intercepted or found. Even still she carefully ripped it into tiny pieces and with a swift discreet movement dropped the pieces into Ron's cauldron behind her. She was pleased to notice that a minute later it started smoking profusely and let off a terrible smell. She grinned to herself.

The rest of the day she walked around with a huge grin on her face. When Harry asked about the change in mood she simply said that once again all of her clothing had been picked up the night before.

She wanted desperately to still be angry at him, and to hate him. It was impossible. Every time she blinked she saw his face. Not the façade he wore around other people that consisted of a smirk or a sneer, but the kind smile that he wore just around her. Those eyes, the eyes that gave away how he was feeling. They told her everything, and she wanted to see them again more than anything. Have one of their silent conversations. He was irresistible, why were bad boys so bad, yet so impossibly good? He's like an addiction, or a disease. The good and the bad combating one another, consuming her thoughts and her brain and her willpower.

At the designated time he crept out of his room and made his way to the Room of Requirement. Okay, maybe not at the designated time, he was early, very early. Luckily so was she. They practically ran into the room. She collapsed into his chest and he wrapped his long arms around her slender frame, just holding her. It was perfect. She was perfect.

"I don't care what I said before; even if we can only be together like this I need to see you," Draco spoke into her hair, reveling in the sweet fruity smell of it. He wanted her so badly, but he wanted to just hold her first.

Hermione nodded into his chest agreeing. She couldn't take the stress anymore. She needed him in her life no matter how risky it was.

They spent at least two nights a week together in the Room of Requirement, most often falling asleep there and waking up early to go back to their rooms. The little sleep they were getting was taking a toll on them both.

"Drakie, what's happening to you, you look like a vampire? I see you sneaking off at night all of the time and you don't seem to be sleeping. You're so pale Drakie," Pansy simpered one day.

He snapped back, "I have a job to do Pansy you know that. If you don't like it take it up with the Dark Lord, I'm sure he'll listen to your input." He rolled his eyes. She pouted but it was completely lost on him because he was already walking away.

"Hermione, you're looking peaky, maybe you should give up the knitting for a while. Is something wrong? I know Ron is being a prat but don't let him get you down," Harry mentioned kindly to Hermione one day during Herbology.

Unfortunately, Hermione was already exhausted from not sleeping much the night before and was feeling annoyed at the way Pansy had been clutching to Draco more tightly lately so she snapped at him fiercely.

"Just butt out Harry, it's none of your business. I'm perfectly fine."

He looked shocked and offended, then just sad. Hermione almost felt bad for him, and realized how much they were slipping apart, but she really couldn't deal with worrying about anything else right now.

One night when Draco and Hermione met she could tell he was agitated. He kept running his fingers through his hair distractedly and was seemingly oblivious to all of her advances. Finally she sat down beside him frustrated.

"What's wrong Draco?"

He mumbled incoherently and shook his head.

"I'm not stupid. I know how you get when you're worried and I can see it in your eyes. They go a deep deep blue and seem to cloud over. Just tell me or I might as well go get some sleep."

"I just don't know what to do about the Plan. I don't know how to fix it and I don't want to…but you know what's on the line Hermione…" he trailed off looking at her desperately.

"Please…don't," she whispered. "Don't ask me to make that decision. I would do anything you asked of me and you know that. So please, don't ask."

He looked down at his hands dejectedly, "I won't. I'm sorry, it's just so frustrating...I don't know what to do anymore."

She pulled him into a hug and they sat there in silence for hours.

A/N: Okay, well…yeh. Next chapter there will be a big twist I'm so excited. Please review!

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