When I awoke, I felt much better. After my talk with both Pansy and Ginny, I felt much better. I spent all night thinking about what they said. From what Pansy told me, she did sound genuine when she talked about Draco. About how he was a good person, but was poisoned by Lucius's dark side, which was really him under the Imperius curse. So, here I am now, actually considering the fact that I might give Draco a chance.

I take a deep breath and try to turn to my right. I am unable too. I struggle to get up when I actually bother to look down. I see pale arms wrapped around my waist. I start panicking and I struggle against them, but they have an iron grip on my waist. I groan quietly at the predicament I'm in. I tug at his arms, hoping to let them loose a bit, but they just get tighter. By now I am in full panic mode and I start wiggling a bit. I manage to move a bit to the left, but it's not enough. I take a deep breath and I decide that there is nothing left to do but wait until he wakes up.

Two hours later I feel his grip loosen and he starts stirring. I hear him take in a sharp breath before his arms unwrap from my waist. I hear swearing under his breath as he stands up.

"You fucking moron! What were you thinking? Did you really think she'd let you hug her like that. Shit! What if she noticed that!? I know it happens but we both do it. This time it was only you. Just because you snogged in a dressing room doesn't give you permission to hug her like a regular couple. Stupid. Stupid, stupid," he says to himself.

I lay there a few minutes and can't help but blush when he mentions the kiss. I give the impressions that I'm still sleeping and about to wake up. I start to stir and groan loudly before slowly stretching. I start to get up and rub the sleep from my eyes. My eyes adjust to the light streaming in through the window. I look at Draco and can't help but notice, a barely there, pink tinting his cheeks. I stare at him and he stares beck. This goes on for a while when I break the contact.

"Good morning," I greet.

"Morning," he says, although it sounds a bit awkward.

I smirk inwardly, thinking of why he sounds so awkward. Instead, I take a deep breath to prepare myself for what I'm going to say next.

"Hey… um… Mal-Draco, could I speak with you after?" I ask.

He takes a while before responding, "Sure, meet in the parlor in half an hour?"

"Yeah, sure"

"Okay," and with that, he opens the door and leaves. I collapse back onto the bed and throw my arm over my eyes, sighing loudly.

Half an hour later, I am sitting in the parlor, waiting for Draco to hurry up. I start biting my lip, tugging at it. Finally, I see him come in, hair mussed up as if he didn't care about styling it.

"You wanted to talk?" he asks.

"Yes, important matters. Please, sit down," I say.

He takes a seat on the couch opposite of me. I take a deep breath before speaking, "I was thinking a lot last night after Pansy and Ginny came over"

"They came over?"

"Yes. Anyway, we talked about the kiss we had at Madam Malkin's"

"Oh god. Granger, I'm so sorry. I didn't intend for that to happen. It just did"

"Anyway, we ended up talking about that and of your… past"

"My past?"

"Yes, your past. Mudblood this and Mudblood that"

"Oh"

"Anyway, Pansy told me that I should give you a chance and that we should have a go at a relationship, so that our child doesn't have to a live with parents who hate each other"

He stays quiet for a while, his face showing that he was deep in thought. He finally speaks after a few minutes.

"If you want… then I guess we can give it a go"

I can't help but sound surprised, "Really!?"

"Yeah. We can start off slow. Date for a while, maybe start liking each other… and then see what happens after that"

I know he didn't want to say that we might fall in love. I am surprised by how much that hurt me. Hermione, don't start going down that path again. Remember Ron? And what happened in the end? With him r- I stop my thoughts abruptly and take in a deep breath. I will not think about that right now, especially in front of Draco. I will not cry in front of him.

"Hermione, are you okay?" Draco asks.

"I'm fine, don't worry about me"

"You don't seem fine"

"I'm fine"

He stays quiet for a moment before blurting out, "Go on a date with me"

I stare at him as if he's grown two heads.

"A date?"

I swear I see a tinge of pink on his cheeks.

"Yes. You said we should start dating, take it slow. One step at a time"

My brain starts processing what he just said. Say yes. He's the one asking you out first, not you. Like, seriously, you can't not want to go out with this hot man in front of you.

"Oh alright, but just a date," I say.

"Be ready by 7 o'clock. I'll come looking for you," and with that being said, he stood up and left the room.

[HM] I feel so bad right now. It's been so long since I updated but a lot of shit has been going on in my life. I'm so sorry for this short chapter but my heart wasn't in on it so I just wrote whatever for this chapter [HM]