Chapter 4: The Morning After

A/N: Still not mine, not even drunk Draco. pouts

Hermione groaned and blinked as sunlight poured in from an open window. Hermione refusing to open her eyes because of the intensity of the light felt a warm, hard and surprisingly naked chest underneath her head and arm. She sat up, stifling a yawn and looking around the room, which was- in green. Hermione shrieked as she realized whose room she was in, Draco shot up next to her holding his pounding head in his hands.

"Bloody hell shut up!"

Hermione leaped from her position next to him, noticing she was fully clothed, Thank god! she thought.She stared at him with wide eyed and was silent.

"Are you actually speechless for the first time in your life?" he asked stretching. Hermione couldn't help but look at his small, but nice muscles in his chest as he stretched. He raised an eyebrow at her.

"Granger I don't get what's gotten into you but I love it."

She shot him a look that could have killed him, not really wanting to have this conversation with him again.

"I mean first almost kicking Blaise's arse and then getting trashed and making out with me. Are you sure you weren't supposed to be sorted into Slytherin?" Malfoy smirked at her. Hermione made a gagging noise, and started for the door, but suddenly stopped, "Listen to me Malfoy, just because I have intelligence doesn't mean I don't loose my cool every once in a while. Don't ever compare me to a Slytherin again. You wanna know the difference between me and you? The difference is while you are your little Slytherin friends would sell their own mum to become Voldemort's left hand man, me and my Gryffindor, would rather go against the current and stand up to those who need to be taken down, those who discriminated because of blood." Malfoy's smirk turned to a frown.

Hermione started off towards her room, "yeah well I hope you have a horrible hangover," he yelled at her retreating back. "Damn!" Draco headed off towards the entrance to their common room. That's the best you can come up with? He though to himself, Am I losing my edge? Screw that I'll show her that I haven't lost my edge!

Hermione was heading towards the potions class when she caught people whispering and pointing to her in the hallways. This wasn't all too entirely uncommon considering Harry Potter was her best friend, so she shrugged it off. It's only the 2nd day of school and already people are starting stuff. When will they ever grow up? Hermione was so annoyed from the pointing and staring that when she got to potions class she slammed her bag down on the desk causing everyone to look up at her in silence. Millicent Bulstrode a burley 7th year Slytherin sniggered at Hermione, "so Hoe-mione," she said drawling out the Hoe nice and long. A few people laughed, namely all the Slytherins, "have a little fun last night did we?"

She sighed and took her seat ignoring Millicent. Haughty laughter could be heard from the doorway as Malfoy entered the dungeon, everyone except Hermione turned to look at him, "please don't stop your conversation on account of my presence," Millicent had a nasty smile on her face. "Well thank you Draco, we," she glanced around the room at her fellow student, "wouldn't even know half the story if it wasn't for you."

"Yes, please continue."

Millicent spoke louder, "Ho-mione here lost her virginity last night to our lovely Draco."

Hermione was mad, her face red, the class gasped, Ron and Harry were standing at the door behind Draco. Hermione was about to deny those atrocious claims when Harry spoke up for her, "that's a load of crap Malfoy and you know it. Hermione would never sleep with you." He and Ron pushed into the classroom. The whole class looked from Millicent to Harry.

"Actually she did, and even though I didn't want to-," he shuddered, "touch her, it was purely a bet with Blaise, getting back at her for what she did to him in lunch yesterday. So Potty why don't you as your dear old friend, whose bed she woke up in this morning?" They looked from Harry to Draco and then finally to Hermione. Her face was completely beet red, "well?" Draco drawled. Ron's face was completely red as well, "Hermione tell the batty ferret that he's wrong won't you?" He was met with silence. Hermione didn't move, let alone look around, she wanted to scream that she didn't sleep with Draco, but she couldn't lie about not waking up in his bed or kissing him last night. "Since when do you not stand to correct him?" Ron asked again.

Hermione opened her mouth again to speak but got cut off by Draco sauntering into the room and taking a seat next to her, her whole body froze as he spoke, "I'm sure everyone will strain to remember last night, since everyone was so drunk" the class made a whooping sound, and Malfoy's voice dropped a few octaves, "when a certain head boy and girl kissed out on the dance floor," he said so low and husky that everyone had leaned forward to hear him. He brushed a stray strand of hair from her face and tucked it behind her ear. The truth had finally come out. She woke up in his bed and kissed him last night, they wouldn't believe her if she said anything against it anyway, "See she denies nothing-"

Hermione jumped up from her seat, grabbing her bag and made a run for the exit, her shoes making noise all the way down the corridor.

Hermione walked into Gryffindor common room surprised to see it empty except for a redheaded girl sitting by the fire. "Ginny," she looked up with a small smile on her lips. "So is it true?"

Hermione looked appalled, "NO, I can't believe I even have to answer that question. You know I can't believe that in my drunken state last night that I was actually enjoying Malfoy's company. As if he could even be a real person. What a joke."

Ginny just shook her head and agreed with her ranting, finally speaking up when an idea crossed her mind, "I know exactly how to get back at him."

Hermione's instantly perked up, "ok you caught my interest, what do you have in mind?"

Ginny smirk was so evil she would put the devil to shame, "revenge, my dear friend, revenge." Both girls started laughing.