Hello! Surprisingly I wrot this chapter not a hour after posting the last chapter! I guess I wasn't as blocked as I thought! Anyway, I hope you really like this!

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Hermione woke up the next morning happier than she had ever felt before in her life.

She, Hermione Rose Granger, had a boyfriend.

And Draco Malfoy no less!

She had given Ginny all the details of last night- she couldn't stop squealing! Hermione had asked if she was put off by the fact that it was Draco Malfoy, Ginny said she was just happy that she had found someone!

Hermione wasn't sure to be happy or ticked off by that comment.

Either way she hit her on the shoulder.

Anyway, Hermione ended up skipping - yes skipping - down the stairs and to the chair across from Ginny, Harry and Ron.

Ginny smiled. "Has the happiness not worn off yet?" she asked.

"Nope, and I don't think it will any time soon!" she exclaimed.

"I still don't get why you like Malfoy," said Ron crossing his arms over his chest, "I think he's just using you. He is the son of a Death Eater, after all."

Hermione stood up with a stern face and her hands on her hips. "Excuse me Ronald, but Draco just happens to put up a front of a big bad Slytherin to please his father. He doesn't really feel that way, not since the beginning of fourth year," she snapped, "If you knew as much about him as I have you'd know that, in fact-"

Hermione pulled out her wand and made many letters appear on the table, "-Here are a few of his letters to me, feel free to read them."

Ron and Harry looked at the letters then back at Hermione. "Look, Hermione, we're sorry," started Harry. "It's just going to take a while for us to get used to Malfoy, if ever, we will try though. If you two like each other then we'll just have to."

Hermione's face softened and she smiled. "Thank you Harry."

She raised her wand again and the letters disappeared.

"Wait! I wanted to read those!" exclaimed Ron, but Harry and Ginny shot him a dirty look and he was silenced.

"Come on, let's go down to breakfast. I'm starved!" exclaimed Harry, walking to the portrait hole.

"When are you not?" asked Hermione and Ginny dryly.

When they stepped out of the portrait the Fat Lady called to them, "Why if it isn't one half of the star-crossed couple!" Ginny and Hermione giggled and they all continued to the Great Hall.

Halfway there they heard someone call from behind them, "Hermione!" They all turned to see Draco Malfoy running up to them . . . smiling? "Hey, how are you?"

"I've never been better!" exclaimed Hermione.

Draco leaned in to kiss her but looked over to Ginny, who was smiling, and Ron and Harry who were shooting him death glares. "Um, they aren't going to kill me, are they?" he asked, a little scared.

Hermione rolled her eyes. "I will if you don't shut up and kiss me!" she said in all seriousness. Then she pulled her into him. This wasn't as long as their previous kisses seeing as there were three onlookers. They parted and smiled at each other.

"You know," said Ron pulling them out of their dreamlands, "if I have to see that every morning I don't think I'll be getting up . . . at all!"

"Oh please Ronald, you are not at all modest when it comes to Lavender," said Hermione continuing to walk to the Great Hall, this time with Draco on her hand. "You two are all over each other in the common room . . . in fact that gives me a great idea . . . " Hermione trailed off with a smile, Draco smirked.

"Oh no! You can't bring him into the Gryffindor common room, and especially not for that!" exclaimed Ron.

"I suppose you're right, it's unheard of for a Slytherin to be in the Gryffindor common rooms," said Hermione nodding. "But then again, it's also unheard of for a Slytherin and a Gryffindor to be dating, and we've already passed that. One other wouldn't hurt . . ."

"Hermione!" exclaimed Harry and Ron.

"Oh don't get you knickers in a twist!" exclaimed Draco. "We can find another place to snog. There's the library, it's not just for studying books you know. And the room of requirement, always a great place. And we'll be out of sight, Weasley so you'll be happy."

They reached the doors to the great hall. "Now I'm not so sure if I want you alone with her, and definitely not in the room of requirement, it gives you anything you want - including a bed," said Ron turning to Draco and Hermione.

"RONALD!" yelled Hermione, slapping him in the back of his head. "How dare you even think that! I'm not that kind of girl!"

"But Malfoy's that kind of guy," muttered Ron under his breath, rubbing his head.

"What was that?" snapped Draco and Hermione in unison.

"I may have been 'that kind of guy' before, but not with Hermione so rest assured," said Draco air-quoting 'that kind of guy.' "I've changed, and even if you and Potter don't want to believe that at least Hermione does."

"Really Draco, they said they would try - or at least Harry said he would - it might take a while though," said Hermione placing a hand on his shoulder.

"For now let's just go in there and face the rest of the school - or at least some of it seeing as everyone is still gone for break." Draco nodded and they walked through the doors hand and hand, the others behind them.

They walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat down, at first no one seemed to notice then some of the Gryffindors next to them - Neville and Dean - looked up and stared dumbfounded for a moment. Then they looked over to Harry and Ron and mouthed, "Is that really Malfoy?"

"Yes that's really him," said Ron out loud. "Hermione's gone and lost her mind."

"I have not lost my mind!" exclaimed Hermione. "Just because him and I are dating doesn't mean I'm insane!"

"Yeah Weasley, I'd listen to her. I know what it's like to be on the other side of her fist," warned Draco.

"And lips," muttered Ron.

"Right you are! Some much better than the fist if I do say," said Draco.

By this time the Slytherins had noticed Draco was sitting at the Gryffindor table. Anna, one of Pansy's lackeys, walked over a few minutes later.

"Draco, why are you sitting at the Gryffindor table?" she asked in a whiney voice.

Draco sighed. "Because I want to Anna, please leave."

"But why!" she exclaimed.

Draco smiled. "If you must know Hermione and I are dating," he said putting her arm around her waist and pulling her closer. Hermione smiled up at Anna, she had her mouth open to the floor. "But why! Why would you want a Mudblood like her!"

Draco was up and in her face within seconds. "Don't ever call her that," he said through clenched teeth.

Anna had her eyes wide with fear, but she quickly regained her composure. "I don't know what's come over you, but I'm sure Pansy won't be pleased." Then she walked away and back to the Slytherin table.

It was all over the school within five minutes after that Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger were dating. Anna was the biggest gossip. It probably would have only taken ten to twenty minutes if the whole school were there.

The rest of their vacation went by . . . semi-smoothly. It turns out that Draco had told his best friend Blaise about 'Invisible Rose' and he was just fine with Draco dating Hermione. The other Slytherins, however, didn't take it so smoothly.

The teachers were also in the rumor mill of the school and knew about the latest couples just as fast as the students, if not faster. Dumbledore and the other teachers were thrilled that someone had broken the 'Slytherin - Gryffindor wall'. Snape, however, was not.

In the time of between that morning and January 2 (the day before everyone came back to Hogwarts) Hermione and Draco were 'accidentally' caught under the mistletoe a record 30 times. (The first few times being a real accident, the other timed.) They also took to 'studying' in the library a lot. And yes there was some studying going on . . . then not so much. The third 'study session' they were caught by the librarian and thrown out of the library so they stuck to using room of requirement, much to Ron's dismay. (He and Lavender had gone in there to do the same as Hermione and Draco; they were there first so Ron had walked in on them with Hermione sitting on Draco's lap. He had created a huge scene until Lavender whispered something in his ear and he turned red. He then shot one last death glare at the couple still sitting on the over-sized chair and walked out, Lavender behind him. Hermione thanked her for that later.)

Then it was time for everyone else to come back for classes.

Of course that night at dinner all the students (besides the ones that were there for break) were confused as to why Draco was sitting at the Gryffindor table, but more so as to why he had his arm around Hermione's waist. Anna and the other students were happy to tell the others the answer.

Pansy didn't take to the news well.

She of course walked over to Hermione and Draco during dinner, just like Anna, and asked Draco if the rumors were really true. Draco answered the same exact way as to Anna (only he added a kiss.) Pansy stomped back to the Slytherin table as everyone else stared at Draco and Hermione who just seconds ago had been kissing. A Gryffindor and a Slytherin, and just not any Slytherin- Draco Malfoy, who hated Mudbloods more than anyone and was now dating one.

It was the talk of the school.

It was all they talked about at dinner that night, at breakfast the next morning and lunch . . . and every other time of the day.

The Slytherins tried to convince Draco that he was making a huge mistake and to drop her, now question. (A few like Blaise didn't really care either way.) The Gryffindors were a tad more understanding. Some wanted her to break up with Draco while others said it was the most romantic thing that's ever happened.

One of the best things to happen to the two was this:

They were walking back from 'studying' that same night when they got a little . . . preoccupied in an alcove. At that moment Professor McGonagall walked by and saw them; they quickly separated (blushing of course) and waited for a subtraction of house points. (You weren't allowed to show public displays of affection besides holding hands in the hallways, classrooms and great hall. McGonagall was one of the teachers who enforced this the most.)

McGonagall crossed her arms and had a stern look on her face. "Ten points each for inappropriate displays of affection," she declared, Draco and Hermione kept their faces down. "But twenty points each for breaking the Slytherin-Gryffindor prejudice." They both quickly looked up to McGonagall to see her with a rare smile. "Good night, I suggest you each go to your common room." They nodded and quickly walked their separate ways; they didn't want to tempt Fate . . .or worse McGonagall.

It seemed that a lot of other teachers were giving each Draco and Hermione points for some of the smallest things (All but Snape who was now ignoring Hermione even more in class and Draco, a first. He adopted a new favorite.)

But all and all the next week went by pretty good. Everyone was still talking about them, but most of it was good talk. (From three houses that is, three guesses who was the bad, and the first two don't count.)

That was, until Pansy decided to get even.

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. . . . . Don't look at me like that! You know that was coming, if not from Pansy someone else!

I'll try to start the next chapter soon, but it probally won't be posted for two weeks or more. My beta, who is great, is leaving for camp. Sorry!

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