Ch 6 "Confusion"

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When Hermione got to the Griffindor table, she smiled at seeing her friends. They smiled back at her.

"Hey you three!"

"Hey," said Harry, Ron, and Ginny at the same time.

Hermione just laughed.

"So Hermione, what took you so long?" asked Harry.

"Head duties.."

"Already?" asked Ron.

"Yeah. Me and Malfoy were told by Dumbledore to start the "Welcome Back Ball" planning. So we worked on that for awhile. But, ugh I had to do most of the work since Malfoy didn't want to do a thing." Hermione said in her normal hatred voice for Malfoy, only to cover up how she now felt about Malfoy as maybe a friend.

And her act seemed to work toward her friends, because they seemed to believe Hermione.

Then Hermione put two waffles on her plate, and poured some orange juice for herself. Then she started to eat.

Harry and Ron were done eating, so they began talking about Quiddich. But while Hermione silently ate, she noticed Ginny looking at her.

"What Ginny?"

"Were you telling us the truth about Malfoy a few minutes ago?"

"Yes I was Ginny," Hermione replied, surprisingly without a hint of quickness or being uncomfortable to her voice.

She didn't want her friends to know how she and Malfoy were trying to become friends. She knew they would be upset at her for becoming friends with the enemy, and them wanting to hurt him if they knew her and Malfoy were becoming friends.

But then she stared into space with her thoughts. When she was stuck in her thoughts, the feeling of someone staring at her from behind came. So Hermione turned around, and her eyes fell upon a certain Slytherin. He was glaring at her with a look of hatred. But then the look turned to one of his famous smirks. And Hermione just smirked right back at him knowing it was an act. At least she hoped it was an act. She never thought she would, but she really did want to try to become friends with him.

Hermione then came back to her senses when she heard Ginny talking to her.

"You know Hermione, I think you were lying. I think something has changed between you and Malfoy but you're both trying to cover it up."

Lying and regretting it, Hermione replied to Ginny.

"Nothing has changed with Malfoy as I thought like yesterday. And nothing, I repeat nothing has changed between me and Malfoy. I tell you right now that we're friends, and enemies more than ever now."

Hermione noticed what time it was, 8:30 a.m.; so she knew she needed to leave along with the rest of them. But then again, she thought they had a lot of time. So none of her friends really thought they had to leave yet since they still had a half hour to the first class.

She knew why she wanted to leave. She wanted to go back to her's and Draco's common room to just sit down on the couch and think.

So Hermione grabbed her books and time table with her schedule on it and walked away from the Great Hall without another word. Or at least, until Harry noticed her walking away, did he ask" Where are you going Herms?"

Turning around Hermione said, "I'm just going to walk around to clear my head. I have a lot on my mind. I'll probably go to my common room. I'll see you soon in Potions, ok?" she replied looking at Harry and Ron. Then waved good-bye to Ginny.

Then Hermione turned back around toward the Great Hall doors and kept walking until she reached the doors. Then she opened the doors and walked out. But then she wanted to run to the common room-her's and Draco's. The thought of him made her want to cry. She wanted to be his friend. But for some reason, she feared their decision about becoming friends was all a lie. She feared he didn't want to become her friend at all. But of course she acted herself toward him in the Great Hall too. But at the same time, she had a feeling that what he had told her about his life wasn't a lie because of how he had told her. It wasn't like he had been trying t hold back a smirk. No, he had poured his heart out to her, and was dead serious the whole time while he had explained.

How he and her acted in the Great Hall was a cover-up for their hopeful friendship.

Her thoughts left her when she heard footsteps behind her. Hermione quickly turned around to see who was behind her.

Draco.

She looked at Malfoy for a few seconds, then turned back around and kept walking to the Head's common room. While she walked, she heard him to continue walking behind her. But she didn't say a word to him. Then she looked back around to him and smiled. But she continued to not say a word to Draco. And weirdly Draco didn't say a word either, even though Hermione thought he would.

Finally they were both in the common room, Hermione turned around once again toward Draco. But she spoke this time.

"Was what you said about wanting to become friends true? Because the truth is I do want to become friends as I had said. And I think you're not lying. But I know its going to be hard keeping this a secret from my friends. I mean, its not that I want to tell them. But when Ginny asked if anything had changed between me and you, I of course couldn't tell her the truth about us trying to become friends. So I lied of course telling her how we're more enemies than ever before. I didn't show it, but it hurt me inside saying this to her."

"I understand Hermione. And I hurt inside when I gave you that deathly glare, then smirked at you. I was only doing it so my friends wouldn't get suspicious."

"Alright Draco, I guess we both understand each other."

And Hermione leaned in to him and gave him another hug. Draco was happy they both seemed to believe one another. And he loved Hermione's hugs. He always felt a warmth inside when she hugged him.

After the hug, Hermione looked Draco in the eyes and smiled.

"Well we better go to class. You're in Potions as your first class, right?"

"Yeah."

"Good," said Hermione smiled again. And Draco couldn't help but smile back.

They then walked out of the common room and walked quickly since they only had about ten minutes until class started. And Snape's room was kind of far off.

When they got there, they went into the classroom together. There were some curious people who stared at them. But they both ignored those people.

Before they went to their seats, they both glared at each other hatefully. Then walked to their seats.

As Hermione sat between Harry and Ron, Ron looked like he was about to ask her something. But she said to him, "Whatever it is, I'll answer it later. Class is about to begin."