A/N: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters. All I own is the plot.


When I woke up this morning I found I had 25 new emails in my inbox and I got so excited that I decided I was going to start another chapter this morning. I'm glad I got such a positive response on chapter 6 because I was a bit nervous about moving Draco and Hermione too quickly. Also, thank you Darkness-Lightness for your suggestion and I will incorporate it into the story later.


Hook me up – The Veronicas.


A/N: Also, the little symbol I had to signify that the characters were thinking didn't work so now anything in bold and italics is going to be thinking speech.


Congelo – Freeze


Tutela ebullio – Protective bubble.


I like the lights turned out,

the sound of closing doors.

I'm not like other girls,

who always feel so sure.

Of everything they are,

of what their gonna be.

Sometimes I'm just a girl stuck inside of me

Sometimes Iwanna disappear some place,

but I don't wanna stay too long.

Sometimes,

I'm feelin' so alone,

Tryin' to fit in where I don't belong.

Chapter Seven: Hook Me Up

A couple of hours later Hermione stumbled into the common room. Her feet were killing her, she was exhausted and she felt like a complete wreck. As she sobered up more and more she realized the extent of just how much trouble she had gotten herself into with that stranger and also how embarrassing it was that Malfoy was the one who'd saved her. Where had Harry and Ron been?

She slowly removed her shoes and made her way over to the little kitchenette to get herself a glass of water. She was going to feel like crap in the morning and she knew it. Just as she placed the glass in the sink she heard a strange noise coming from Malfoy's room. Slowly she moved over to his door, pressing her ear against it trying to hear what was going on inside that room.

"Ooooh Draco!"

Hermione pulled back abruptly feeling her face turned red for what felt like the billionth time that night. She heard Malfoy let out a moan and then quickly turned tail and ran to her door, saying the password hurriedly and rushed inside. She was so confused. Malfoy had kissed her and made a point of telling her that he thought she was beautiful only to leave her standing in an alley way before going back inside to obviously pick up another girl. If his plan had been to get with some random girl then why had he bothered to help nay kiss her at all? If he'd felt some obligation to help her then why not just get the guy to piss off and then leave her? Why did he go out of his way to remove her so far from harm's way? It didn't make sense. Did boys usually just kiss girls for the sake of it?

She got up and moved to their joint bathroom trying to block the sounds coming from Malfoy's room from her mind as she brushed her teeth. Once this was done she moved to her room and settled into her big, comfortable bed.

When Malfoy had kissed her she'd felt something. Never had she had a feeling like that when kissing boys in the past.

What is that meant to mean? Maybe it was just pent up tension from fighting? Maybe it was static electricity? It definitely didn't mean anything special though because there is no way that it will ever happen again. Malfoy and I equals a big no no

Hermione decided to put it down to static electricity in the air that night and nothing more. After all, nothing would or could ever happen between her and Malfoy.


As Draco lay in bed that night, alone after sending his fling home, he thought back to the alley way with Hermione. It really bothered him that she has just planned to let that guy have his way with her and then what? What would she have done had he decided he'd wanted more? While Draco was no fan of the Head Girl he didn't like to believe that any girl would have such low self respect. That was why he'd kissed her wasn't it? If the truth be told, Draco wasn't sure. His intention had been to show her that she was not some plague that no boy wanted to come in contact with. However, what he hadn't been expecting was that spark. To be clear, it hadn't been some life changing moment where the sky clears and suddenly everything makes sense and you fall head of heels in sappy love with the person you've just kissed. Draco snorted at that thought. It had not been like something out of some sappy romance novel. It had, however, been something Draco hadn't experienced before.

He moved across his room to shut his curtains and then into the bathroom to brush his teeth. Everything seemed to be silent on Granger's side. Slowly, he slid open the bathroom door leading into her room, just to check she was breathing and not choking on her own vomit he told himself, and moved across the room to her bed. There she lay, curled up against a pillow which had been placed at her side. She hugged it like it was a person. She looked almost lonely and yet she looked so beautiful. Her hair was spread out across the pillow and she seemed so small in such a big bed. Suddenly she moved a little and Draco fled back into the bathroom. The last thing he needed was Granger catching him watching her sleep.

He got back into bed. That kiss was amazing, he decided, but no matter how amazing it would not be happening again because Slytherins and Gryffindors did not mix and everybody knew that.


The sun was just up in the morning sky and so was Hermione. Harry, Ron and herself had an Advanced Magic Lesson with Dumbledore that morning. Like she had predicted she had a terrible hang over which was resulting in a constant booming headache but none the less she headed towards the stairs to Dumbledore's office where she waited for the boys. They came around the corner minutes later but stopped to laugh when they saw the state that Hermione was in.

"How're you feeling 'Mione?" chuckled Harry.

"Oh shut up. I never mocked you when you felt this crappy"

"oh no you just told us it was our own faults and we should have thought about it before we drank so much" answered Ron "wow it feels so good to see the tables are turned".

Hermione frowned. Ron had a point.

Damn it.

"haha never mind 'Mione. Here 'hangoverusoverus' " said Harry.

Hermione felt her mind clearing and her nausea disappearing.

"Wow Harry I didn't even know a charm to get rid of hang over's existed".

"Well Ron and I made it up actually. Took us ages to develop it properly but it's never failed to let us down since"

Hermione was impressed and told the boys so as they made their way up to Dumbledore's office.

The furniture had been clear from the room and Dumbledore sat on his stairs waiting for the trio.

"Ah good morning" he smiled, "how's your head Miss Granger?"

Hermione's mouth fell open in shock! How does he know everything!

Dumbledore chuckled at her shock and moved to stand in front of them.

"This morning I thought it best to work on two spells which I myself have used countless times in order to extract information and to protect myself and others from harm. The first charm is 'congelo'. This useful little charm will alone you to freeze any person in mid-action. It is frequently used as an interrogation charm as by casting 'uncongelo' and pointing at any body part such as one's head you can unfreeze that appendage. Let's try it shall we".

Ron volunteered to be the one to be frozen so Harry and Hermione lined up with Harry going first. Ron began to run at him and Harry chanted 'congelo' but Ron kept running. Dumbledore instructed Harry to adjust the flick of his wand a bit and on the second go Harry frozen Ron who was mid-run.

"Brilliant Harry. Now if you move closer to Mr Weasley and unfreeze a body part…"

Harry stepped forward and pointed his wand at Ron's head " 'uncongelo' ".

Suddenly Ron was able to move his head.

"Wow that is so cool Harry! I'm frozen but I'm talking" Harry and Hermione laughed at his statement of the obvious.

It was then Hermione's turn and of course she got it right the first time around, freezing Ron right away and unfreezing his arm which he flailed around for a bit.

This charm was practiced well into the morning with Dumbledore remarking on how impressed he was that each of them picked it up so quickly.

They then moved onto the second charm.

"Now the 'Tutelaebullio' is useful because it allows the caster to cast a protective bubble around themselves or someone they wish to protect. The only drawback of the charm is that it does not last long and the more powerful the curse being thrown at it the quicker it tends to burst. This means the caster is constantly having to recast the spell should they wish to use this protection for an extended amount of time. This said I find this charm quite useful and doubt I would be here without it."

The trio then went through the practice of this charm. It was definitely harder to master especially when the Professor was throwing quite powerful charms at the bubbles but they could see its use.

At lunchtime the trio left Dumbledore's office talking excitedly about all they'd learned and Hermione had completely forgotten her confusion over Malfoy and the kiss. The boys were rushing off to get ready for their Quidditch game later that afternoon against Slytherin and Hermione headed back to her dorm.


The game was shaping up to be a very exciting one. The points stood at Gryffindor 60 – Slytherin 50. This was definitely one of the best games Slytherin had played in a long time and Hermione put it down to the joint coaching of Malfoy and Zabini. Hermione sat in the stands with her binoculars next to Neville watching as Harry and Malfoy zoomed through the sky looking for the snitch both so keen to win.

"This is such a good game 'Mione don't you think?" said Neville.

"Oh yeah Neville its great and I'm glad to see Slytherin has upped their skills a bit but all the same I am rooting for a Gryffindor win".

"If we win there will be a party in the common room tonight. I know for a fact that Seamus and Dean managed to smuggle some grog back from Hogsmede last weekend. Will you be there 'Mione?"

"Sure I will Neville but I doubt I'll be drinking. I felt terrible this morning and it's not something I would really like to experience again anytime soon".

Suddenly, the crowd begun to shout. Malfoy and Harry had both seen the snitch and gone into a dive. They Gryffindor's and Slytherin's cheered and cheered and watched in awe as the two boys drew closer and closer to the golden ball. However, at the last moment Harry gained an extra burst of speed and caught the snitch only milliseconds before Malfoy. A mighty roar went up from the Gryffindor stands.

"Well I guess I'll see you tonight then 'Mione" said Neville and he moved off to find Harry to congratulate him.

Hermione herself was getting ready to leave when a voice called her back. She turned around to find Dean facing her.

"Good game huh?"

"Yeah it was fantastic!" she replied.

"Hey 'Mione I was wondering if you'd like to come to the party with me tonight as my date?"

Hermione thought for a second and studied Dean's face. She saw no hint of a joke so she smiled and accepted his offer before heading off to get ready for her lesson with Blaise.


Blaise could not believe they had lost. Their team had trained so hard. Draco and himself had made sure of that and they had only been 10 points behind which was an amazing feat for Slytherin as in the past Gryffindor, unfortunately, usually just smashed them. He sat in the changing rooms removing his Quidditch uniform and changing into some comfortable pants and a shirt. He had his lesson with Granger soon. He thought he was all alone with this thoughts when he suddenly heard a noise behind him and he turned to find Malfoy pulling a shirt on. He looked frustrated and angry so much in fact that Blaise felt the need to say something.

"Hey fucker we were still the best out there. Potter just got lucky that's all. You flew terrifically".

"You don't think I don't know that Zabini! I can't fucking believe we lost again! We were ready! We were move then ready we were…fuck!"

Blaise nodded in understanding. He studied his friend and it suddenly occurred to him that the loss of the game might not have been the only thing bothering Draco. He had seemed tense before the match too but Blaise had put it down to nerves but now that he thought about it Draco had never seemed nervous before. He didn't show signs of weakness such as nerves.

"Are you alright mate? You seem a little too worked up to just be pissed off about a Quidditch game?"

Draco continued to roughly stuff his Quidditch robes into his bag then suddenly he stopped and looked at Blaise with a smirk.

"I kissed Granger".

"You what! When ?"

"Last night outside the Rusty Cauldron".

Blaise could not believe what he was hearing. He knew Draco thought Granger was hot even if he didn't admit it but he had never expected his friend to actually make a move on her…not for a while yet at least.

"How was she?" he asked.

"Well for such a little virgin she was actually surprisingly very good"

"Ah so now I see why you're so frustrated. Afraid she won't kiss a loser?"

"I am not a loser Zabini! And no I am not afraid of that either. Granger and I won't be snogging anymore".

"But why not? She's fucking hot man!"

"Because I am me and she is her. She is Gryffindor and I am Slytherin. Starting to ring any bells Romeo? It can't happen. Plus she is still an annoying know it all".

With that Draco grabbed his bag and left the changing room and Blaise head outside into the fresh air to wait for Granger.


Hermione landed roughly on the ground. She stumbled and fell over at the impact.

"No Granger. You have to time your landing better or you're going to end up breaking a leg" shouted Zabini from in the air as she got back up.

"I'd like to see you do better" she screamed back in frustration.

With that Blaise landed smoothly beside her and grinned in triumph.

"Oh fuck off Zabini. I didn't mean it literally".

Blaise smiled.

"So what's got your knickers in a twist Granger?" he chuckled at the thought.

"Nothing, Nothing. I'm just tired"

"It wouldn't have anything to do with kissing a certain Slytherin would it?"

Hermione spun around so quickly in shock that she fell over again.

Blaise laughed and took a seat next to her.

"How in the world do you know about that?"

"Well Draco is my best mate dummy. He tells me a lot"

Hermione sighed.

"I don't understand why he did it. He rescues me from this awful pervert and then kisses me and tells me he only kisses desirable women and leaves and goes and picks up another girl whose moaning and screaming I end up hearing half the night".

Blaise nodded. He understood Draco's motive exactly. He'd kissed Granger and had tried, unsuccessfully, to fuck the memory away.

"Well he did tell you the truth Granger. He does only kiss attractive women. So I suppose you should take that as a compliment. As for the girl after, well I am sure he was just as confused by the kiss as you were and knowing Draco like I do I would think he was trying to stop himself thinking about it"

"But it didn't even mean anything so why should he even think about it. It's not like it was his first kiss or anything".

"Was it yours?" asked Bliase.

"No! But anyway none of this matters now because I have a date tonight".

"Oh a date Granger? Really? Who with?"

Hermione blushed slightly. "Dean Thomas"

"He's the guy who does the Quidditch commentary right?"

"Sure is. I'm his date to our victory party. By the way, I meant to tell you that I thought you flew very well today and it's good to know I have such a good flyer for a teacher".

Blaise smiled.

"Ok Granger don't get all mushy on me. Why don't we call it a day and you can go and get ready for your date".

With that they parted ways.


The Victory Party in the Gryffindor common room was in full swing by the time Hermione arrived. She was met by Dean who handed her a drink and they went off to dance. It was not nearly as overwhelming as the club and Hermione liked that. Speeches were made about the mighty skill and determination of the Gryffindor team and how they would surely lead the house to victory this year.

Hermione danced with lots of people but mostly Dean as he was her date. The drinks were on steady supply and despite her earlier decision not to drink Hermione found herself feeling that familiar unbalanced, light headed feeling. Suddenly, Dean made a move on her and leaned in to kiss her. Hermione went with it because she was having such a good time with him but was surprised to find Dean's kiss was nowhere near as good as Malfoy's and she found herself craving that spark she had felt only the night before.

Slowly, she pushed Dean away and thanked him for such a good night before leaving the common room and heading towards her own. She certainly had some thinking to do.


Draco and Blaise were sitting in the Head's common room drinking some beers and talking about girls, Quidditch, girls and more Quidditch.

"So I took Victoria to the club last night…" began Blaise, "she's got a hot little arse on her that one and she's a fantastic dancer. Had me hard just looking at her".

"Did you score?" asked Draco

"Yeah but she was fair drunk. I'm going to take her out again and see what she's like when sober. Don't get me wrong she was definitely a hot little fuck but I reckon if you take the grog from the scenario she would be mind blowing. How about you fucker? Did you get a fuck?"

"Sure did. Kate Jenkins from Ravenclaw. She's a loud one but I've had better I do have to say".

Just as Blaise was about to reply the door to the common room burst open and Granger stumbled inside. She stood there for a second trying to work out her next move. She hadn't expected to come face to face with Malfoy and had been planning to go straight to her room but Zabini was there too and she really ought to be nice and say hi.

" 'lo Zabini"

"Hi Granger I can see you've been drinking".

"I could say the same I guess" she said with a smile.

"Indeed. Well Draco mate I am going to head off. Might see if I can find Victoria. Later Granger"

And with that he departed.

"You alright there Granger?" asked Draco with a smirk.

"No. I'm confused".

"About what pray tell?"

She thought for a minute before moving closer and answering, "this…"

Hermione then slowly leaned down to Malfoy and kissed him softly. She had just been planning to give him a quick peck but he reacted very quickly bring his hands up to the side of her face and pulling her closer. She tumbled, drunkenly, onto his lap but he didn't seem to care as his tongue invaded her mouth. Hermione kissed him back as hard as she could trying to pour into him her confusion over their kiss last night and now their kiss right now. Slowly he maneuvered her so that she was lying on the coach with him on top of her. He rubbed his hands up and down her arms and lightly over her stomach and she moaned with the contact. She could feel herself arching into him and he kissed her harder as if to show her how much he was enjoying this. Hermione had never been in this kind of situation before. When she'd kissed a boy they had never ended up with him on top of her. She felt extremely nervous and Draco seemed to sense this. Slowly he pulled away from her.

"This is not a rejection Granger. However, you are drunk and I can feel how nervous you are. Come and see me when you know what you want".

With that he left her on the coach in the common room to mull over what had just happened.


Im sorry it appears to all be in italics. I am still trying to work out how this system works and although I have not written this chapter in italics I don't know how to stop Fanfiction from putting it in italics. Any suggestions?