Everyone had a hang over after Christmas, Hermione and Draco never did have that talk neither one wanted to be the first person to speak, so they put it down to alcohol. However Hermione kept finding herself looking at him and she was sure he was looking at her.
The Daily Prophets had one of their best selling copies, on the front page was a photo of Harry (with enough scar showing) Ron, Hermione Ginny and Draco all standing next to each other laughing over something none of them could now remember.
Moody was not happy about Draco being in the papers at all but no one paid him an mind (well the teenagers didn't) "You've just let everyone no he is alive and that he is with us!" Moody shouted on more than one occasion. The reason they were not paying attention to him was because all of their thought were on the New Years Eve party.
Fleur was taking them to a night club which was meant to be brilliant, Luna had said she would also come. Ron had wanted to invite their old school friends but Harry said that it wasn't a clever move if they had Draco with them. Ginny was so excited she finally stopped talking about Harry. Another plus was that they were all going to crash at Grimmauld Place after the party they didn't want to disturb the Weasley's anymore then they had to.
On New Year's Eve the Weasley home was turned into a mad house. The girls were doing their hair and makeup. The house was full of different smells from perfumes and aftershaves; Mrs Weasley was ironing shirts, again.
Hermione was in the living room waiting for everyone else, Luna and Ginny had bullied her into wearing a short black dress, she was overly conscious of how much leg she was showing but on a plus the silver high heels she was wearing gave her calf a shape she loved. Stealing a quick glace of herself in the mirror Hermione was really happy with her makeup, she'd gone for a dramatic look, dark eye shadow lots of mascara but she had silver glitter on her cheekbones and some in her hair as well.
"Wow, Hermione. I swear if I was not married." Bill said startling Hermione, he stood in the doorway with Harry and Draco looking her up and down, Hermione felt her cheeks flush "If ou weren't married zot?" came a voice from behind the men. Fleur had chosen that moment to appear, Bill turned to see his wife in a floor length gold dress with
"Well we'll never know because I'm a happily married man with a baby on the way, however by looking over you I think I should come just to keep other men away from my wife!" he said making Fleur smile "I'll be 'ome early" she said. "Come on Hermione, we're going now!" Ginny called by the front door.
When they finally arrived at their location Hermione was shocked at how long the line of people was, surly if they waited in it it would be after midnight before they even got in! Fleur didn't even bat an eyelid she walked straight up to the man on the door pointed back at the group and then waved them forward; they all followed her in through the club doors passed the stares of the people in the queue.
The vibrations from the speakers travelled through her body as she walked past the troll sized bouncer into the place that words couldn't even begin to describe. Everything was light, bright and colourful. People were everywhere. Booths and couches were around the wall, the bar seemed to be made of glass, and it looked as if there was fish swimming in it! Hermione could just make out a stage in the front of the place.
"Oh my God!" Ginny shouted above the music. She grabbed Luna's arm and marched her on to the flashing dance floor, "Should I find us some place to sit?" asked Ron looking around the place. Fleur shook her head giving him a look that screamed 'Are you stupid?'
"Do ou no ow ou are?" She said stepping closer to Harry, Ron Hermione and Draco, not waiting for an answer she continued. "Ou are Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, everybody knows who ou are. Ou do not av to pay for anything, it vill all be free!" She said, looking at them all.
Hermione felt uncomfortable, she knew that they were well known, she knew Harry had a huge following if the fan mail was anything to go by but that didn't mean that they deserved to get free things. She was about to tell Fleur this but when she looked up the French woman was gone, "I don't know if I agree with this," Harry said leaning into the group, "I think it's great!" Ron beamed.
"You do realise the only reason you are getting things free is because you are alive and that you survived." Draco pointed out as Ginny and Luna came back to the group "What's up?" The red head asked looking at Harry and Hermione's faces. They never got a chance to explain as Fleur had returned bringing a man in a dark suit with her "Dis is Joshua, Joshua you must know Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley and Hermione Granger." She said indicating them all in turn.
"And Luna Lovegood" Ron added clearly annoyed that she had forgotten. Joshua shook all of their hands. "Welcome, I'm the manager of Adore. Can I just say it is an honour to have you in our establishment! Let me show you to out V.I.P section." He turned around and started to walk towards the back of the club, Hermione was between Ron and Draco she noticed that some of the party goers had stopped to look at them a few must have known who they were because they were looking and pointing.
Joshua lead them up some stair's that were guarded by trolls into a room that was nothing that Hermione had ever seen before.
The floor was white, there were white leather couches dotted around big fluffy red rugs, red silk sheets hung from the wall, you could see out to the dance floor below through the glass window that ran the whole of one side of the room. By the bar were statues of people dancing made from ice, it took Hermione's breath away it was so beautiful "Wow!" She heard Ron say from in front of her. There were a few people also up there but with the silk draped over the room it felt really private.
Stopping at set of chairs Joshua stopped "Please let me know if there is anything you might need or want we are only too happy to help. As you can see you have your own dance floor and bar we also have a set a bathrooms upstairs so you don't have to go downstairs with everyone else. Please enjoy yourself and have a happy new year." Bowing slightly he left them there "He was brown nosing, what is going on? Why are we in V.I.P?" Ginny asked
"Let's not talk about it, we can talk tomorrow. Luna do you wanna dance?" Harry asked, while the rest of them sat down. "I think Ginny would prefer it if you asked her." Luna said in her normal honest way. Laughing slightly Harry looked to Ginny, "Shall we?" Ginny stood in her midnight blue strapless dress taking his hand and they walked to the centre of the room where they were lost between the other people.
"I am going to get myself an alcohol free cocktail vold anybody else like sumething?" Fleur asked getting up, Luna followed her."I bet she's going to come back with water for us." Ron said before he too got up and followed them leaving Hermione and Draco sitting next to each other.
"Well I never thought we'd be in V.I.P, I still haven't decided if it's a good thing yet." Hermione confessed to Draco who nodded his agreement "Let's just get drunk and have a good time, I want to let my hair down it seems like ages since I've gone out. As long as I get a midnight kiss I'll be happy." He said, Hermione raised her eyebrow at him leaning over to whisper in his ear.
"I'll be sure to let Ron know!" Draco whipped his head round to her, his nose brushing hers "He's not my type, but from what I've seen he's yours!" He smiled; confused Hermione asked "What do you mean 'from what I've seen?' There is nothing to see; there is nothing between Ron and I." Although the conversation wasn't exactly jolly and happy it wasn't nasty, it was just a conversation, Draco sighed and Hermione felt his breath on her lips.
"I've seen into your mind remember? I saw frankly way too much of the Gryffindor than I've ever wanted to." Draco pretended to shudder. "What did you see?" Hermione asked, knowing full well what the blonde had witnessed but refused to be embarrassed by it,
"I didn't just see it, remember your lessons Hermione, when you're in someone else's mind you don't just see what they see, you feel it to. I felt that heat build inside of you as you touched him."
Hermione wanted to crash her lips on top of his, to tell him she wanted him to make her feel that way, to tell him that she could not and had not stopped thinking about their kiss and the way it made her feel, but at that moment Ron, Fleur and Luna came back caring drinks. Draco and Hermione pulled apart from each other.
"Did we miss something?" Ron asked looking between the two, licking her dry lips Hermione didn't reply.
"Hermione was informing me that she thinks' that you and I should have the midnight kiss!" Draco said looking up at the tall boy. When said like that and the look and Ron's face Hermione couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Hermione, I think we should go for a little dance." Ron said looking less than happy.
Ginny never got her wish. They didn't stay in the club for midnight at 11.15 they left. They didn't want to spend the whole night in V.I.P so they went downstairs to party with everybody else. Things were fine at first, Fleur had gone home to be with Bill, Luna was doing a funny dance with Ron, Ginny and Harry kept disappearing and Hermione made a point of dancing as close to Draco as possible her arms wrapped around him neck and his round her waist as she dipped her hips and slowly moved them round so that they kept touching him, she wasn't going to kiss him, although he ran the tip of his tongue along her neck line on more than one occasion.
It was going really well they were all getting more than slightly drunk but then people kept asking for photo's with them they wouldn't leave the group alone and a rather ugly guy grabbed Ginny's arse, Harry punched him and then they thought it best if they leave and just carry on their own party at Grimmauld Place.
Being one of the more sober persons in the group Hermione apparated there while the others held on to her. "Wow, Potter this is kind of dark and gloomy!" Draco said once they entered the building "Let's go upstairs and grab some drinks." Harry said cradling his bruised fist. "Its gunna be midnight soon!!" Ginny lead the way and after kicking off her shoes Hermione followed.
With a large supply of alcohol the group went into a bedroom Hermione sat on the floor next to Ron while Harry and Luna sat on the bed and Draco and Ginny sat opposite Hermione.
"Well, I never thought I'd be celebrating anything with Draco Malfoy!" Ron said with a drink in his hand "I agree." Draco said "But I'm kind of glad I am." he added looking at Hermione, she felt a jolt travel through her body "It's nearly midnight! Quick everyone have your shot glasses ready!" Ginny cried "Is it time to swap sets yet?" Luna asked looking at the couples, she then got off the bed and sat next to Ron as Ginny got up and sat next to Harry.
Hermione looked at Draco, shrugged his shoulders but tapped the carpet next to him. Hermione got up a little unsteady but made it over to him with no problems.
"What would you have done if Luna had sat next to me?" Draco asked a smirk playing at the corner of his lips, Hermione placed a hand on the top of his leg, he raised an eyebrow "You might be but Luna's not blind." Was all she said giving him a little squeeze she let go. Nobody else had noticed their exchange.
"10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... HAPPY NE-" Ginny never got to finish her sentence as Harry had not only finished his shot but had also captured her lips with his.
"Happy new year, Hermione"
"Draco."
They didn't stop to think about it which was good, they just kissed passionately both cupping each other's face, she moaned into his mouth when he dipped his tongue into her. Hermione turned her body to face him and he pulled her legs over his. She ran a hand down the front of his shirt although she'd seen it enough times it felt totally different now, she wanted to feel his skin, dear God she wanted him so much and by the bulge in his trousers he felt the same. His hands were running along her back.
"Hem Hem!" Came a noise from beside them, finally breaking apart Draco and Hermione looked up to see Ron and Harry standing up over them, they would have looked very intimidating if they both didn't have lipstick around their lips and both weren't drunk.
"What you think you doing?" Ron asked crossing his arms over his chest. "What did it look like we were doing?" Draco answered Ron's question with a question.
"It looksss like you were trying to get in Herm… Hermione'sss pant'ss" Harry slurred
"No," Hermione said looking up at the two and smiling "He wasn't trying to get in my pants; I was trying to get in his." Harry and Ron stood there both looking a little bewildered, Ginny laughed. "So he wasn't…" Ron started shaking his head "Correct. He wasn't. I was." Harry looked at Ron and Ron looked at Harry "Oh!" they said before going back to their partners for the night.
"So I'm not trying to get into your pants you are trying to get into mine?" Draco smiled at her. Hermione leant closer as if to tell him a secret "I don't know if you've noticed, but I have no pants to try and get into." She said indicating her dress and her legs. "I have noticed." He said running a hand along the soft skin up until the hem of the dress then he brought it back down as he kissed her again.
Hermione's hands copied his movement except when she came to the junction of his legs she didn't bring her hand's back down she cupped him, Draco gasped into the kiss turning Hermione on with the knowledge that she did this to him. Breaking apart from the kiss Hermione looked him in his grey lustful eyes' "Let's go somewhere more private to see what we can do about those pants shall we?"
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