Four:
They were having breakfast in the Great hall and their mails started to arrive, owls hovered above their heads, dropping each of their parcels and letters, Ron's owl, Pigwideon, dropped his on his cereal causing milk to splatter on his face and robes.
"That fucking bird!" He yelled while he hastily stood up to shake his head and arms, everyone nearby started laughing.
"Oh! What happened to you my Won-won?!" Hermione rolled her eyes the minute she heard the high pitch voice of Lavender Brown who was instantly at Ron's side. She started dabbing his face with her overly perfumed handkerchief making Ron grimace from the scent.
"I-I'm fine Lav. No need for that."
"Don't be silly darling, I'm doing this because I love you." Harry Potter raised an eyebrow with an amused expression, Seamus Finnigan snorted, Dean Thomas face palmed, Neville Longbottom stared dumbly at the two, Ginny Weasly smirked and Hermione Granger grimaced. Lavender grabbed Ron's collar to plant a forced kiss on his lips before she pulled back away.
"I think I'm gonna be sick." Hermione said while she pushed her breakfast away from her. Lavander looked down on her with a raised eyebrow.
"If I didn't know any better , I'd say that you're jealous." She said while she crossed her arms in front of her. Hermione slowly looked up at her to glare.
"Excuse me? I'm sorry did I hear you correctly? Are you trying to make me laugh because if you were, you're doing a great job." She said while she stood up, mimicking Lavander's gesture, they were now face to face, Ron got in between them with panic written on his milk stained face.
"Okay... That's enough." He said while he widened his eyes threateningly at Hermione, who scoffed and looked away.
"Tell that to your little girlfriend, Won-won." Lavender gasped at her statement.
"I'm the only one allowed to call him that!" She yelled making every table look at their direction, Draco furrowed his brows while watching the scene. Hermione smirked at how pissed she made the woman.
"What are you going to do about it?" She said then smiled in a taunting manner, Lavender narrowed her eyes while she clenched her fist.
"I'm going to strike that pretty face of yours to make you look ugly and no one will bother to even look at you."
"Oh really? I'd like to see you try Brown."
Everyone on the Slytherin table started chanting the word 'fight' again and again. There was even one who yelled 'take your top off'.
"That's enough Lavander." Harry said, he and Ginny was now in between them as well.
"But she...!"
"Lav, enough." Ron said firmly while he glared at his girlfriend. Lavender suddenly had tears in her eyes, making Hermione feel bad, then she stormed out of the Great hall while bawling like a child. Ron sighed before he started to go after her.
"Lav, come on." He said then he was gone. Hermione pursed her lips before she grabbed her things then she started to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Harry asked.
"To clear my head."
"What about your breakfast?"
"Lost my appetite." Then she turned around the corner. She couldn't believe she had just caused a scene like that but Lavender needed to know her place. Her classes were uneventful, she was still pissed off about Lavender that she kept glaring at the professors while she listened. When it was Potions class, she angrily brewed her potion, sighing every now and then. She suddenly felt light headed because she hadn't eaten anything for breakfast. She sat down to close her eyes, her lips was suddenly pale from hunger.
"Ms. Granger? Everything alright?" Horace Slughorn asked with concern plastered on his face. Hermione sighed then stood up again.
"Sorry Professor, I'm fine." She said weakly before she started brewing again.
"'Mione, hey, what's wrong?" Harry whispered.
"I'm okay... But thank you for asking." Hermione grabbed his hand and gave it a squeeze. Harry's face softened then he squeezed it back. Both of them unaware of the fuming blonde Slytherin behind them while he stared at their joined hands.
Hermione had managed to finish her brew perfectly, like always, but she remained seated on her stool for a while, her head was spinning and it was hard for her to stand up. When she finally composed herself, she gave her vial to Professor Slughorn before he went out of the class. She went back to her seat to grab her things and when she was about to go out the door, her knees gave out, making her fall down, but someone had caught her by grabbing her by the shoulders. She slowly looked up to see the very face of Draco Malfoy staring down at her with an unreadable expression.
"D-Draco-" He straightened her up then leaned her on the wall, he started rummaging through his pocket while he held Hermione steady with his other hand. He pulled out a box of chocolate frog then opened it, he grabbed the chocolate then held it in front of Hermione's mouth.
"Eat." He said in monotone. Hermione stared at him for a while before she weakly opened her mouth to take a bite. She leaned back to start chewing, it was already making her feel better. Draco never left her until the chocolate was fully consumed. He noticed that her face was back to its normal color. He pocketed the box again before he leaned forward to plant a hot kiss on her lips. Hermione closed her eyes to savor the moment. When he pulled away, Hermione noticed a chocolate stain on the corner of his mouth so she lifted her hand to brush her thumb on it, when she took back her hand, Draco grabbed her wrist then he sucked on her thumb where the chocolate was in. He lowered her hand before he started to walk away to go out of the room, leaving Hermione sighing on her own. Tears slowly forming in her unseeing eyes.
She was already falling for him and she can't do anything to stop it.
After dinner, she walked through the halls absentmindedly, she didn't know what will happen once she went inside the dorm, where the handsome Slytherin prince was waiting. She came back a little late, hoping to avoid him, but she cursed her luck when she found him sitting on the couch in the common room, his tie undone, first four buttons of his dress shirt unbuttoned revealing his lean chest, with his elbows resting on his knees and his hands intertwined together, and his eyes, they were once again piercing through her soul. Hermione stayed still in front of him, not knowing what to do. He suddenly stood up and her reflexes betrayed her when she too started going forward to meet him.
"Hermione..." The way her name rolled out of his tongue was making it hard to resist him, he grabbed the back of her head then gave her another one of those hot kisses, making her let go of all her things, scattering them everywhere on the floor, he slowly wrapped his arms around her waist to pull her close while she snaked her hands under his dress shirt, her fingers raking his back downwards making him growl against her lips. Draco slid his hands under her dress shirt to massage her breast while he continued to kiss her passionately. He removed his hand from beneath her uniform then he lifted her up with her legs wrapped around his hips and he started to carry her towards his room, they went inside then he kicked his door to close it with a bang.
A/N: The most awaited lemony goodness on the next chapter. Thanks everyone for the reviews and follows and favorites! Happy reading.
