A/N: Okay, so I really enjoy writing this story, the last one I wrote sucked but this one is good I think. I hope you guys like reading it as much as I do writing it. Of course, I want to thank Siriuszhji, GoldenGirl313, StormMasters and Inspyred. As I have said before you guys make writing worth while. So please Review and ENJOY!

JOELSANGEL

Chapter 10

Fights and New Partners.

HERMIONE--

I got out of bed fifteen minutes before breakfast started, so I got my uniform together and went to take a shower. I stood under the hot water and relaxed for a few minutes before washing my hair and body and then getting out. I applied a little bit of eyeshadow and some mascara as usual. I combed through my hair and then took my dirty clothes back to my bedroom.

I was sitting on the couch when Draco got out of bed. He went to the bathroom and came out ten minutes later. He came downstairs and sat next to me on the couch.

"Hi." He said looking at me.

"Hi, how are you this morning?" I asked smiling at him.

"Fine, and you?" He replied.

"I'm good, I'm hungry though, so I think I'm going to get my things and go to breakfast." I said.

"Okay, well, I'll see you later then, I'm gonna sit here for a few." He said looking at me.

"Okay, see you later." I said running up to my room to get my bag.

"Bye," He said as I ran out the portrait hole.

I was walking down the corridor just thinking about what I had to do that day, which was just class and then homework later. I finally reached the Great Hall and sat down at the Gryffindor table. After ten minutes Ginny came storming in and sat across from me.

"What's wrong, Ginny?" I asked looking to my friend.

"Harry and I got in a fight because he saw me talking to Alex yesterday. I told him I was just talking since we are both prefects but he didn't believe me. So now I don't have a boyfriend anymore." She said glaring at Harry as he walked by.

"You guys broke up?" I asked astonished.

"Yeah, he makes me so mad sometimes. It's like he tries to control who I talk to and walk with to and from classes. He's just jealous." She said.

"Well, Ginny, if I were Harry I'd be protective over you too. You're beautiful, almost every guy at this school is after you." I said looking from her to Harry.

"Well, it makes me mad. I don't want him to always get mad at me because I say 'Hi' to someone. I won't deal with it." She said.

"Okay, it's your descision, and your relationship so it's none of my business." I said looking down at my plate.

"Well, I was thinking, what about Alex? I mean he's cute, and obviously he isn't like the other Slytherins. He was actually nice to me, and I felt like he kind of liked me." She said smiling.

"Kind of is an understatement. Draco said he's been after you for a long time now. He just didn't know how to try to get your attention." I said looking at her.

"I think I'm going to go write him a letter." She said jumping up from the table.

"Okay, bye, Ginny." I said waving to her.

"Hermione, this is for you." I heard and looked up to find Neville standing in front of me holding a piece of parchment out in front of him.

"Who's it from?" I asked curiously.

"I don't know. I was just told to give it to you." He said smiling at me.

"Okay, thanks Neville." I said opening it.

"You're welcome, Hermione." He said walking away.

Hermione,

I know this isn't the best way to do this but I was wondering if you might want to have dinner with me. Just the two of us in our common room tonight. If you don't want to I understand. This may sound weird but I really enjoy spending time with you. Alex is the one who suggested it. So, if it's a bad idea blame him. Please send your answer back to me. I'll be waiting for it.

Draco.

"Hmmm..." I said to myself as I read it. Should I or shouldn't I? What's it going to hurt? All we will be doing is eating. There's no big deal in that. I thought to myself with finality.

I pulled out a piece of parchment and wrote the word 'yes' on it. I had to wait for the perfect time to give it to him though. I would do it during Transfiguration since we were partners. So, I slipped it in my pocket and went off to class.

Finally, Transfiguration was upon us. I sat down in my seat and waited for Draco to show up. I tapped my fingers on the desk nervously when I felt a person sit beside me. I slipped him the note and looked back to the front of the classroom. I could feel him smiling at me and then turn to look forward as I was.

DRACO--

When I went downstairs after my shower Hermione was there but seemed to be in a hurry to get to breakfast so I didn't get to ask her what I wanted to. Instead of chasing after her to ask I pulled out a piece of parchment. In the note I asked her if she would like to have dinner with me in the common room that night. I didn't know how to give it to her so I found Longbottom and told him to give it to her and not say anything about who it was from or he'd regret that he could talk.

He said he would and disappeared down the hall. I stood there for a few minutes before heading off again. I saw Ginny storm into the Hall and wondered what her problem was. I saw her talking to Hermione for a few minutes and could swear that Hermione had said something about a break up. I had tried to learn to read lips but wasn't very good at it.

I hoped that if Ginny and Saint Potter had broken up that she would give Alex a chance. He was practically in love with her. She wasn't my type but she was kind of cute. I finished my breakfast in peace and then headed to class.

My classes were boring, I almost fell asleep in two of them and then I got to Transfiguration. I sat down next to Hermione and she slipped me a small piece of parchment that had a single word on it. 'Yes' is all it said and I smiled looking to her. I then looked forward and adopted the same bored expression as always that way no one would think anything.

At lunch Alex got a letter delievered by owl. I thought it was odd because the owls delievered mail in the morning but then I realized who it was from. I looked to my friend and he leaned in closer to let me read the letter as well.

Alex,

I was told by someone that you liked me and I kind of felt like you did anyway, and I was wondering if you wanted to hang out or something sometime. Like maybe this weekend at Hogsmeade, since I no longer have a boyfriend I'm in the market. Wink I hope to hear back from you soon.

Ginny

"What do you think man?" He asked looking at me.

"I say go for it. I mean she's cute, smart, and she's into you. Not like you'll get two of those three in this house." I said looking down the Slytherin table. Not many of the girls were cute, and the ones that were didn't have the brains to back it up. But almost all of them liked Alex.

"You have a point." He said following my gaze. He pulled out his quill and some ink and wrote, 'Okay meet me in the Entrance Hall before we leave for Hogsmeade' and put it in his pocket that way he could take it up to the owlery.

"I'll see you later dude." He said standing from the table.

"Bye." I said watching my friend leave the Hall.

I went through the rest of my classes in a kind of daze, until finally they were over. I ran back to the common room that way I could start to make something, the only problem was that I didn't know how to cook. I summoned two houselves to help me. They helped me cook chicken fettuccini alfredo and helped me set the table. They also got me some candles and some yellow roses to place around the table. I went upstairs and changed really fast into a pair of comfortable jeans and a wife beater with a black button up shirt over top of it. I checked my reflection and then went back downstairs.

As I heard the portrait open I lit the candles on the table and turned to find Hermione standing in front of me. She looked gorgeous, she had put on a pair of nice fitting jeans and a light pink tank top. She had also put her hair up into a ponytail with her tight curls falling around her face. I smiled at her and showed her to her seat.

"Thank you. It's gorgeous, Draco." She said smiling at me.

"Thanks, I had some help." I said gesturing nicely to the houselves.

"Did you make them do it all?" She asked sounding alarmed.

"No, miss, we just helped Mr. Draco. He did most of it, miss, we just showed him how." Said one of the houselves.

"Okay. That had better be true Draco, because if they did all of this I'm not going to eat it." She said looking at me seriously.

"Honest, they just helped me. They told me what to do and where to put things. I just didn't know how to cook so I asked them to help me." I said looking at her.

"Thank you for the help by the way. You may take some of the food that's left in the kitchen if you like, and don't worry about coming up here to clean up. I'll do it tonight." I said looking at them. They nodded and disappeared into the kitchen.

"Are you saying all of this to impress me?" Hermione asked looking to me.

"No, why would I?" I asked getting a little frustrated.

"Well, because most people hate houselves and wouldn't be nice to them even if they did help you out. I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't just something to try to impress me." She said looking at me. We started eating and talking about nothing really important.

HERMIONE--

I walked into the common room and Draco was lighting candles on the table that we had used for the prefects meeting. It looked so romantic with him in his casual muggle type outfit and with the yellow roses and the candles. I felt overwhelmed by the scene. I felt a little underdressed when I realized that I was wearing jeans and a tank top and I had just thrown my hair up into a ponytail. I didn't expect such an extravagant dinner, but from the way Draco looked at me, he didn't care what I was wearing just as long as I was there.

He said he had had some help from some houselves and at that point I didn't want to eat it. I thougt everyone in the school knew about my fight for houselves' rights. He then said that they just helped him and it made me a little better. He acted so nice to the houselves that I was sure he was just trying to impress me.

"Are you saying all of this to impress me?" I asked looking at him.

"No, why would I?" He asked sounding a little angry. In reality I wanted to tell him that I didn't know if I could fully trust him yet. I had only gotten to know the 'not-so-horrible-Draco' within the last few days.

"Well, because most people hate houselves and wouldn't be nice to them even if they did help you out. I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't just something to try to impress me." I said.

As we ate we talked about classes and things like that. Things that weren't very important. We laughed and enjoyed talking to each other. After a while we got done and went to sit on the couch. Draco turned on some music and we sat down looking into the fire.

"So, do you really care about me?" Draco asked.

"Yeah, I thought about you almost all summer." I said knowing that it sounded a little desperate.

"Oh really? You really think I'm that good looking?" He said arrogantly.

"You know, I have realized that there was a reason I didn't like you for all those years. You are the rudest most self-absorbed person i have ever met. I can't believe I said I cared about you." I looked at him with disgust and jumped off the couch and ran to my room.

Fifteen minutes later I heard a knock on my door. I knew it was him and I didn't want to face him. I sat there for ten minutes while he knocked. Finally, I got tired of listening to him knock and I got off my bed. I opened the door slightly and looked out at him.

"Hermione..."

DRACO--

"Hermione, I wasn't trying to sound narcissistic. I just don't know how else to act around girls. I really am sorry, I thought you might see it as a joke, which obviously you didn't and I'm really sorry for that." I said looking into her eyes, their cinnamon color was gorgeous. I looked all around her face and body and just wanted to be close to her, I wanted to know her thoughts and her feelings. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I grabbed her and pulled her into a deep kiss.

She pulled away after a moment and asked, "What are we doing?" I looked her in the eyes.

"I don't know, maybe we are falling in love, maybe we are just being stupid. Only time will tell." I said, she smiled at me and we started kissing again. After a moment I pulled away and looked at her.

"Well, I must be off to bed. We have class in the morning." I said and turned away and walked to my room. I knew that I had left her feeling a little hurt but I didn't want to get too deep into something that we would regret later. I wanted us to take things slow.

After I changed my clothes and was laying in bed thinking about Hermione's gorgeous face, I heard a knock on my door. I didn't think that Hermione would be knocking on my door at this time, I figured she had gone to bed. But I got up and went to the door anyway. I opened it to find Hermione in her pajamas staring at me.

"What is it?" I asked looking at her.

"Can I stay with you tonight? I don't like sleeping by myself." She said.

"Sure, I guess." I said moving so she could come in.

She laid down on my bed and looked up at me. I felt a little weird sleeping with her but I didn't want to tell her no and hurt her feelings. So, I climbed into the bed next to her. She rolled over to face me and looked me in the eyes.

"Thank you, I didn't mean to get mad at you it's just that I am afraid that I'll get in too deep and get hurt. Everyone has their fears, some people's are different. You're afraid of your father, and I'm afraid of heartbreak and being alone." She said placing her hand on the side of my face.

"Don't worry, you're not alone. You'll never be alone." I whispered as I ran my hand along the side of her face and then kissed her. I kissed her gently on the lips and then my lips started to wander, wanting more of her. I kissed her forehead and then her cheek and then I kissed her ear and down her neck and then back to her lips.

I hugged her and whispered in her ear, "Goodnight, Hermione. Sweet dreams." and kissed her ear once more. I held her tight and didn't want to let go. I held her all night, wishing that the sun would never come up again that way I could hold her like that forever. We drifted off into a peaceful sleep and I dreamt of her all night.