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I must be the Queen of Bad Luck.

"Hey Red. You haven't come over lately." Malfoy sauntered over to the redhead and gave her a hug as she got up to meet him. I would've jumped out of my seat at the nickname, but I was too preoccupied with my prayers to Merlin that he didn't hear about my 'like' for him.

"I've just been really busy Drake. But more importantly, I'm really sorry about Narcissa. She didn't deserve that."

"Yeah… Thanks…" Malfoy nodded as the pair separated.

I noticed that Malfoy hadn't mentioned it until now. The realisation finally seeped into my brain that he most likely wouldn't have heard our conversation from outside the apartment. With an internal sigh of relief, I turned to the next biggest elephant in the room, Malfoy and Ginny were acting overly familiar.

"How's Laurie takin-"

"GINNY!" I finally got off my arse and walked over to the duo.

"Yes?"

"How… What… When… But… How?" I looked like such an idiot, stuttering as I stared at them open-mouthed.

"Come on Hermione, let's all go back to the couch and I'll explain everything. Merlin knows you've had quite the rough day of realisations so far." That's true, I have had a rough day and I just wish it would end.

"What realisations?" Malfoy asked with an innocent look on his face as the three of us walked back to the couch. I couldn't help but notice how good that expression looked on his beautiful face. I'm pretty sure that if Ginny wasn't here, I would've confessed everything on spot.

"Oh, it's nothing." Ginny waved him off nonchalantly.

"Really, because I'm sure I heard you say something about me, perfect and kiss."

I froze on spot. No. He shouldn't know that, why does he know that? I felt my legs turn into jelly, why the fuck does this keep happening to me? Why won't this shitty day just end already? Why? Why? WHY?

"So you guys were realising how wonderful my kisses would be?" Malfoy smirked as he sent a wink my way. I'm sure I swooned a little even through all of my freaking out.

"How would you feel if you actually did kiss Hermione?" GINNY!

"Eh-what?"

"Hypothetically speaking, what would you do if you actually did kiss Hermione Granger?" GINNY SHUT UP!

"Umm… I don't know actually. I guess I'll cross that bridge when I get to it." I felt like a puddle on a floor after I let out a sigh of relief. It did bother me that he didn't remember, but I'd already come to terms with that.

"Once again hypothetically speaking, what would you do if I would tell you that Hermione was interested in you?" GINNY, YOU BITCH, SHUT THE FUCK UP! JUST YOU WAIT, I'M GONNA HURT YOU SO B-

"I… I'm pretty sure that won't happen. She hates me too much to do that." Oh. He doesn't know. Well… that's good.

"Why are you asking me these questions?"

"You're going to be her roommate now, I thought I'd just clarify some stuff."

"Oh… yeah… of course. That's reasonable."

"Oh, earlier Hermione was just telling me about how you were living here and then proceeded to tell me about this guy she met a few days ago, about how he looked perfect and was an amazing kisser, but later turned out to be this oblivious idiot who forgot or didn't listen to the most important stuff." Wow, I never knew Ginny was such an amazing liar. I should take lessons from her.

"I'm pretty sure I wouldn't do that to a girl." She's talking about you, idiot. On a side note, I have to divert the two from the topic of me. I've had enough heart attacks for the rest of my life.

"Ginny, you were telling me about how you two met." I pleaded to the redhead with my eyes.

"Yeah, come on. Let's sit and I'll explain."

We finally reached the couch and away from the topic of my love life.

Ginny and Malfoy proceeded to explain how got so close. "It was a few months after the war, and Malfoy had just gotten out of that case about his and his mother's innocence. The one where the ministry took all his money and left him estranged and his mother in house arrest."

"Way to kick me when I'm down Red."

"Oh I'm sorry Drake, and that's when he came and begged me on his knees to hide his shit from the papers." Malfoy pouted adorably. I was tempted to kiss him right then and there, and I would've done so if Ginny wasn't around. I have no clue how I'm going to control myself when she leaves.

"Anyways, I didn't trust him initially. Could you blame me? Even if he was cleared by the Ministry, the first thing I'd suspect would be some foul play with money involved. I mean, it was the great daddy's boy, Draco Malfoy."

"Hey, I wasn't a daddy's boy. He just bought me one broomstick."

"Don't even bother trying, Malfoy. You totally were." I piped in.

"See, even Hermione agrees. And you know the golden rule, Hermione Granger is never wrong."

"Yeah… whatever." Both of us girls burst out laughing. We were soon joined by Malfoy as well.

"So in order to prove that he isn't trying to get at Harry through me-" Ginny started after we were finally done laughing.

"You actually thought that?"

"Of course I did. You were an arse." Malfoy shrugged. "And stop interrupting me, I have to get to work after this."

"But you said you'd fire-"

"Not you too Hermione."

"She's always like this, isn't she?" Malfoy leaned over towards me. I could smell his intoxicating cologne from where I was sitting. Or was it his natural scent? Either way, I had to catch myself before I succumbed to the temptation and buried my face in his chest.

I turned my head away from him and came face to face with a smirking Ginny Weasley.

"Yeah, she always is. An idiot who pushes everyone around the way she wants to without any concern for their choice in the matter."

"And you are a girl who is always right, except your own love life. Especially your love for one-" I leapt over and tackled the redhead, my right hand covering her mouth as I wrestled her to the ground to keep her silent.

"Wow, wherever I go, I become close to a pair of lesbians." That comment earned him a couch pillow to the face.

"Oh no you don't." The next thing I know, he joined us in our brawl as we all laughed around. The couch pillow ended up between us, one of us was wrestled down, one of my plushie dolls flew across the living room, we all tumbled to the ground, one of us separated and any details beyond that were a blur. We were all laughing, so nobody noticed.

Somehow, by the end of it all I ended up with the blonde on top of me, my arms wrestled to the side by his own.

My vision tunnelled as I noticed everything about the blonde Adonis on top of me. His soft gel-less hair, pointing in every which direction from the couch pillow he took to the face. His warm blueish silver eyes, a different color than the grey I initially thought they were. His chiselled arms and chest making me feel like I want to dive in and wrap myself in their warmth like a thick woollen blanket on a cold winter morning. His rough hands that he could use a knife to cut perfect slices of tuna, grabbed my wrist and that sent my imagination for a spin of all the naughty things they could be doing to me instead. But most of all, I noticed his pale pink lips as they reminded me of the night before, the sweet taste of wine and strawberries still lingering on my tongue, unaffected by the Lasagna and Tuna sandwiches, as I swallowed my saliva so that I wouldn't drool over all the juicy things in front of me. I stopped breathing, dare I inhale and go mental for his intoxicating scent. I tried to wriggle my hands free, to touch him or to avoid the same, I do not know. The attempt lost in vain as he was too strong, or maybe I just didn't try hard enough. Somewhere in the background, there was an explosion, but I didn't care. The sun could have exploded and I wouldn't have given a fuck about it. How did I fall so deliriously in love with this guy in just a day?

For the next few hours, which I'm sure were just mere seconds, we remained in the same spot before Malfoy finally regained his composure and got off of me. The loss of contact left me feeling cold, like I wanted to reach out and bring him back on top of me. But I knew I shouldn't do that, especially not with Ginny in the house. She was there so I had to control my urges. Malfoy got up and offered a hand.

"I… um… I'm sorry. Let me help you up."

I grasped his hand and stood up, giving myself some room so that I wouldn't succumb to the temptation. Such stuff should happen in private, not while Ginny was still… around?

"Where's Ginny?" I swung my head around searching for her.

"I think she left. I did hear someone use the fireplace, and nobody else is around but her, so she must've gone home. She did say something about having to go to work after this." So that was what that explosion was. And if she left, that means I could've…

But now the moment is lost and I've gained my senses back. Fuck!

Wait, if she planned this… Wow Ginny, I'm impressed. I realised there might be more than a few things I could learn from the redhead. Internally, I apologised to her for wasting the chance she got me. But now, back to reality.

"Yeah, that must be it. Even I heard the fireplace."

"Yeah… So… well… ummm… I'm sorry for that."

"Oh it's fine."

"No really. I'm sorry, is there anything I could do to get you to forgive me?" Instantly, I noticed the opportunity, and if I wanted to start learning from Ginny, I had to try stuff myself.

"Well… I guess there is one thing."

"Yeah, what is it?"

"It's been a while since I've gone out for lunch and even though you went out to help your… friend earlier, I really shouldn't separate from you too much. So take me out for lunch, and there you can tell me how you met Ginny, and what's been happening in your life so far. How life turned out after the war, the café, how's muggle life treating you and how you met your friend. If you want to that is."

"Yeah sure, and you can tell me more about yourself and the bookstore. I already heard a lot of stuff about the Weasleys from Ginny though."

"It's fine, I'll tell you about the bookstore." I'll tell you anything and everything you ask me.

"Sure, we'll leave at two. And after lunch can we go to the café and then to my place, I have to get my clothes and some other stuff. They told me at witness protection that they had finished searching my house for any extra clues."

"Are you sure you're alright enough to step back into that place so soon?"

"I think so. We can always apparate back and I can just buy new clothes and manage with them for a few days."

"Why don't we do that then? You just moved in and it all happened very recently, so why don't we just buy new clothes for a few days and we'll go over to your place sometime next week. When I lost my parents, I was depressed for a long time and I couldn't even set foot in Australia for weeks after that except for their funeral. I'm not saying you aren't tough enough, but let's just take it slow."

He thought about this for a while. I noticed that he looked good while he was lost in thought. Internally I smacked myself, he was thinking about his late mother and how to control his depressing while I was lusting after him.

"Okay, that seems reasonable."

"Alright Malfoy, I'll meet you at two." I started to walk back to my room when he called me back.

"Uhh… H-Hermione… Can I call you that?" I felt like I had a mini-orgasm at that very moment. My name sounded really sexy as it rolled off his tongue. It made me want to walk over to him and suck on it.

"Y-yeah… sure." I stuttered.

"Okay, then call me Draco."

"Yeah, okay D-Draco. We'll meet at two." I turned around and walked back to my room before he could the bright red blush on my cheeks. How badly did I have it for this guy? I can't even say his fucking first name without blushing. No Hermione, we can't have this happening over lunch. I spent the next few hours before two, rectifying and laying ground rules for lunch and shopping, while I got myself ready for our date.

I thanked Merlin for this day, and wished it would never end. Now I know how it feels to ride a rollercoaster, something I've never been on because of my fear of heights.


I like this chapter. Especially that scene with Hermione under Draco. And I know I did Hermione's POV twice in a row, but it felt right so I don't care.

I'll update the next chapter soon as I have an idea ready as to how I want stuff to play out. I hope you all like how it's going on so far. Please answer via review so I know how you feel. Up until now this is one of my best stories to date, and I know I will get better with time.

I really hope this chapter is good. Once again as always, reviews are welcome, especially if they are flames.