The next few days were uneventful. Alexis stayed to herself, making sure to avoid that certain Slytherin boy whenever possible. She was so confused and she didn't want to make it worse. Meanwhile Draco was totally floored. Here was this gorgeous girl who was smart, hilarious and great at quidditch. They had shared their first kiss and she had run away crying. Where did that come from?

Practice continued as normal. Hermione's game was slipping, and the first quidditch match was coming soon. She had missed almost all her shots and had dropped the quaffel multiple times. As they landed to hit the showers, Draco asked her to stay behind.

"Alexis, I don't know what's going on with you. You were absolutely horrible today. I put you on this team because I had faith in you. You showed so much promise. And now you're making me look like an idiot. What is wrong?"

She kept her eyes down and shuffled her feet a bit. "I don't know what's wrong, Draco. I mean, I do…but…I just can't talk about it, okay?" Draco could hear the sadness in her voice and he was pretty sure she was crying. He put his hand on her chin and raised her face to see his own.

"Alexis, I don't know what happened the other day, but frankly, I don't care. I like you. I really do. You can talk to me about anything. Maybe I can help."

Hermione didn't know what to say. If she told him the truth, he probably wouldn't speak to her again, let alone let her play on the team. Then again, maybe he was telling the truth. If he really liked her, would he understand? She finally decided.

"Draco, I'm not sure if I can tell you. I have a secret, a pretty major one, and I don't think you will like it very much. But first, you have to know. I like you too, so much despite our history. And I hope that when I tell you, I can have your promise that you will be understanding and keep my secret."

Draco was so confused. History? They had only known each other for a few weeks, what was she talking about? Hesitantly he agreed. She took a deep breath and began her tale.

"Draco, my name is not Alexis Burgeon, it's Hermione. Hermione Granger."

He stood silent for a while, and then began to laugh. "You're kidding me, right?" Then he looked at her face. There was no shadow of humor in it.

"Holy shit, you're not kidding. You really are Hermione."

"Yes, I am."

"So this whole time, I've liked Hermione?" He started to get angry. "What are you playing at? Thought you'd get a good laugh. Are Potter and Weasley here somewhere laughing their arses off? I bet it was so funny to get me. Well congratulations, Hermione, you did it." With that he turned and walked away.

"Draco, wait!" Hermione ran and grabbed his arm. "Listen to me. I was wrong about you. Okay? I was. And I like you so much. You have no idea. I'm sorry we were such jerks to you. But you have to believe me, I am not trying to play you. I have to play on this team."

"Wait, this is all because of quidditch? Now I'm really confused."

"Harry and Ron wouldn't let me play on the team, so I had to take drastic steps. Professor Dumbledore helped me to do this to my appearance and put me in Slytherin. That's why I'm here. You were just, well…sort of something I didn't expect."

Draco was still trying to process all this. So he was in love with his former enemy. Congratulations Universe, you win. He looked back at Hermione. Her face was full of confusion, hope and fear. And then, while looking into her eyes, he realized he didn't care. He loved her. That's all that mattered anymore. He smiled.

"Well, I guess if you're that dedicated, who am I to stop you?"

Her face brightened up and she ran up to him and hugged him. "Thank you so much Draco!" And she kissed him for the second time. He pulled away and smiled.

"Who would have thought that we would end up together, huh? But you have to promise me, even though we're together, you can't let up on the pitch. If you have another practice like you did today, I will bench you for the Gryffindor game. Understood?"

Hermione did a mock salute. "Yes sir, captain, sir." And with that she gave him a quick smile and a peck on the cheek and headed to the showers. As she ran, Draco couldn't help but wonder what he'd just gotten himself into.

A/N So I know that I'm deviating from the original "She's The Man" plot, but I don't care, it's my story! LoL I do care about your input though, so please review! I think the story's going to go into a different direction, but not too different. :)