"Are you sure?" asked Draco. "I mean, we can just eat in the common room and we can invite Blaise, Ginny and Potter."
She glared at him, "Its Harry, and no.. I can handle it."
He looked at her, concern taking over his face.
"Its okay Draco.."
He sighed then got a hold of her hand and the two entered the Great Hall. Draco dropped her off at her table, gave her a kiss on the cheek then went to his table where Blaise was sitting.
He looked at her and she smiled. Reassuring him that she was okay sitting with the predator.
"Morning Hermione!" Harry greeted.
"Yeah, morning Herms." Said Ginny.
At the Slytherin Table…
Draco kept his eyes on Hermione the whole time until Blaise waved his hand in front of him.
"Hello? Earth to Draco?"
"What?"
Blaise grinned, "Not thinking of a certain Hermione Granger are we?"
"No."
"Right.." he chuckled, "Whatever you say mate, whatever you say."
"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked harshly.
"Oh, nothing.. Just that you kept staring….and staring at Hermione.."
"Was not." He retorted.
Blaise scoffed, "Umm, yeah you were. It looked like you were going to dr-"
"Finish that sentence I dare you.."
Blaise chuckled then continued eating.
Two weeks have passed and it was nearing the end of October. This year, the Head's ( or Draco and Hermione) decided that the school should have a Halloween dance.
Why, you ask?
It was part of their plan of course.
"Okay everyone." Said Hermione.
In the room was Hermione and Draco (Of course), Harry, Ginny, Blaise, Pansy ( she seemed fine with Draco and Hermione 'going out'), Luna, and Neville.
"Tomorrow we will be decorating the Great Hall. And ladies, don't worry… I have decided that we get to leave early and let the guys finish up so that we can go and get ourselves dressed up."
All girls squealed and thanked Hermione.
"Yeah, yeah.. Not that you don't need it." He said to Hermione.
She blushed as everyone, or mostly the girls in the room 'ooh-ed' or 'aww-ed' or in squealed.
Hermione then elbowed him in the gut and continued talking.
"Sure. At least I don't spend more than 45 minutes fixing my hair."
The guys laughed and Draco glared at Hermione.
"Love you too Hermione." He said with clenched teeth.
She laughed and kissed him on the cheek.
"Alright.. that's it for today.. See you all tomorrow."
Everyone stood from their seats and exited the room leaving Hermione and Draco alone.
"Want anything to drink?" she asked him.
"Anything will be fine." He replied then sat back on the couch.
Hermione went into the kitchen and got two cans of Pepsi. She returned to the lounge room and handed Draco his Pepsi and flopped down on the couch next to him.
It was silent until Draco giggled.
"What?" she asked.
He shook his head and smiled, "It's nothing."
"What is it?" she persisted.
He faced her, "Who would've thought that we would ever do this.."
"Do what?"
"You know, pretend to date and all. A year ago, if someone had told me that we would do this, let alone be nice to each other I would have hexed them right there and then."
She laughed lightly, "Yeah.. who would've thought."
Silence
He could tell she was thinking about something. She was quiet.
"Is there something bothering you?" he asked softly.
"Its just that…Ron."
Draco clenched his fists when he heard her say that name. She seemed to notice and put her hands over his, trying to calm him down.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath then let it out and looked at her. Their eyes meeting, never looking away from each other.
She looked so pretty. Her chocolate brown eyes, sparkling.
Hermione felt so, weird. His silver/gray eyes, sparkling. She had this feeling in the pit of her stomach that felt foreign to her.
The same thing went for Draco.. He had the same feeling in the pit of his stomach. But, before he could even question himself about it, he was leaning towards Hermione. His lips so close to hers.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
"Mr. Malfoy! Miss Granger!" called Professor or should we say Headmistress McGonagall.
The two quickly got away from each other and Draco stood up and went to open the door.
He cleared his throat and opened the door.
"Good evening Ma'am."
"Yes, yes.. A good evening indeed."
"Care to come in?" Draco asked.
She nodded and stepped in and went into the lounge room where Hermione was.
"Hello Headmistress." Hermione greeted.
"Hello Miss Granger. I just came over to tell you and Mr. Malfoy some news about the dance for tomorrow."
Draco sat next to Hermione.
"Since this is the first year without Voldemort..and a year after the war."
A moment of silence.
" At the beginning of the dance, we will be having a commemoration for the war. If that is alright.. The two of you will be saying a few words and all."
The couple nodded.
Headmistress McGonagall stood up and fixed her robes. "Alright then. Have a good evening you two and see you both tomorrow." She turned her heel and headed for the door but then she turned, "And congratulations to the both of you.. Professor Dumbledore always knew you two would be together."
Hermione blushed and Draco kept a straight face as their old Professor left.
"Well, I'm going to go to bed now." Said Hermione.
"Yeah, same here.. I need my beauty sleep." He teased.
She slapped him on the arm then headed for her room.
"Goodness woman, you need to control yourself." He called as she shut the door to her room.
He turned the lights off in the lounge room and went to his room. He changed his clothes and went straight to bed.
As the two laid in their beds that night, both were thinking of what would've happened if McGonagall didn't come in.
What is this feeling? Was the last thing on their minds before they drifted off to sleep.
