Left it on a cliff hanger. OOOooo BTW – this isn't following any of the books.
Snape walked further into the room, his stare going back and forth between Hermione and Draco who were now standing on basically the opposite side of the room.
"Well? What do you have to say for yourself Draco?" He raised an eyebrow and stared at Draco with a blank expression but his voice was angry. Hermione tried to butt in but Snape just glared at her and she shut her mouth. Draco looked over at her but she was looking down avoiding anyone's eyes. Draco looked back to Snape who was growing impatient.
"She... I... Shesmygirlfriend." He said quickly. Hermione could hardly understand but Snape understood it clearly. He smirked and folded his arms.
"She's your girlfriend? Does your father know about this?" Snape mused. He clearly was enjoying Hermione's and Draco's uncomfortableness.
"No, I haven't spoken to Father since last Christmas." Draco's voice was steady but it hurt to be reminded of the Christmas when his mother had been killed and his father stopped talking to him because he believed it was Draco's fault his mother died. He still returned back to Malfoy Manor every holiday but he never spoke to his father, half the time he wasn't there and when he was he avoided his son. Draco didn't mind, he preferred it that way. Draco cleared his head of these thoughts, he couldn't think of them now, and brought himself back to the situation he was in now. Snape snickered.
"I'm sure he would be pleased to know you've found love." Why was Snape doing this to Draco? He was always a father figure to him.
"Don't tell him please. Give me detention for the rest of my school year, just don't tell him." Draco didn't want his father to know otherwise he would have to actually talk to him about it or maybe he wouldn't care about what happened in his son's life anymore.
"Fine, I won't tell him but you will be serving detention with me for the next month. And you Miss Granger, I will be telling Professor McGonagall about this little, encounter. Pack up your things and head back to your tower. Go!" Hermione picked up her things and raced out of the room leaving Draco alone with Snape. Well that was one of the worst detentions ever.
She got up to her room without being seen. Once she showered quickly and brushed her teeth, she climbed into her bed. She wondered if Draco would be free from Snape yet. In the dark, she searched for her wand. When her hand rolled over the wand on her bedside table she muttered lumos and searched in her bag where her notebook was. She pulled it out and opened it to find a message already from Draco.
All you alright? I'm so sorry this happened. It read. Hermione picked up a quill that requires no ink and snuck down to the common room where she wouldn't disturb any of her room mates. She sat in one of the chairs by the fire and got comfortable before replying to Draco's message. She balanced the book on her knee and wrote: I'm fine. How are you? She waited to see if he would reply. Maybe he was still with Snape? Maybe he had gone to sleep. Five minutes passed and no reply. She'd stay up a little longer to see if he would reply. She looked into the fire that was cracking. There wasn't much of a flame left but the embers were still there. The room was quite. She looked back down at the notebook to see his writing appear before her.
Yeah, I'm alright. It's a shame that we got caught, I was looking forward to spending time with you. She smiled because she thought the exact same thing.
I know me too. Hey, do you want to sneak out now? Hermione fidgeted in her seat waiting for his reply to her question. If they snuck out, they could spend more time together.
I can't. Snape is tracking me. We can't be together anymore Hermione. The last sentence made her breath stop. Can't be together anymore? Why? Whatever happened to letting love last? If this was because of Snape it's only because no one ever loved him before.
Hermione? I'm sorry. I don't want this to happen but Snape forbids us to be together. He wrote when she didn't reply to his last message. She picked up the quill she had dropped and wrote a reply, although it was a bit messy because she was shaking.
He forbids us? He can't do that! I'm not going to listen to him. I'm going to be with you whether he likes it or not. She took a deep breath to calm herself down.
Hermione, I don't think you've ever been such a rebel before. I want to be with you too. Screw him. Meet me near the Entrance Hall; oh and try not to be seen. She smiled when she saw that he wanted them to be together. She closed her notebook and raced up stairs to put it away. She grabbed a robe while she was in her room and raced back down the stairs. She threw her robe on over her black lacy Victoria's Secret nightgown that went down to her mid thigh. She tied the robe closed but there was still enough space to see the nightgown.
She raced through the corridors and down stairs until she reached the Entrance Hall and saw Draco leaning against a wall with his arms crossed and a foot up against the wall. He pushed away from the wall when he saw her and walked over to her. His arms tightened around her waist while they hugged and Hermione sighed against his chest. This is where she should be forever. In his arms.
"You look gorgeous." He said as he took in the whole robe over nightgown look. He had to drag his eyes away from her thighs where the nightgown ended. He took her hand and walked them over to the cupboard they were once in, that was very small but Draco made bigger. He opened the door and gestured for her to enter with a little wave of his hand and a bow. She giggled and walked inside. Draco followed her in and closed the door behind them. They were squashed together but this time Hermione didn't mind but Draco went ahead and made the room bigger and even putting in a lounge. He went over and sat down leaving Hermione standing by herself. She knew something was troubling him by the way he sat. She walked over to the lounge and sat down next to him. His head was in his hands and his arms were on his knees. She put a hand on his shoulder and rubbed it slightly. He didn't look up at her. Why had his mood changed so quickly? He was happy one minute and now he was ... depressed.
"Draco, you can talk to me." She said trying to get him to talk.
"I know I can and you can always talk to me. I just don't know how to say it." He looked up at her for a second and she saw the hurt on his face then he looked down again.
"Start from the beginning babe."
"You know how I said to Snape today; I haven't spoken to my father since last Christmas." He hesitated. "It brought up some bad memories." He sat back against the lounge and put his head back. Hermione snuggled into his chest and rubbed his chest.
"Tell me about it. The memories I mean." She suggested.
"Well last Christmas, my mother was still alive. Everything was just as it normally would be at Christmas. But then my father got drunk and started arguing with mother." He hesitated again and she kissed his chest while looking up to him, telling him with her eyes to go on. "They started arguing outside while I was in my room. I don't know what happened between them but mother fell back and knocked her head." Tears started to well in his eyes. "By the time they got her to St. Mungos she was already gone. They couldn't revive her." Silently the tears fell down his cheeks. Hermione was getting a little teary as well. She never knew that had happened. She knew Narcissa had died but she didn't know how. Hermione wiped away Draco's fallen tears. It was obvious he had never told anyone about this.
"I'm so sorry." She whispered. He looked down at her and gave a small smile before looking away and continuing with his story.
"Father blamed me, saying that I was the one that caused them to fight when in fact it was his entire fault. And we haven't spoken since. He's usually not home when I return for holidays and what not. We don't see each other and I like it that way." He moved his position on the lounge so he was sitting with his back against the arm of the lounge. He pulled Hermione against his chest who was now crying at the story.
"It's okay, don't worry. As long as I've got you things will be alright." He kissed her forehead and rubbed her back in a soothing way. She pulled back from his embrace and looked him in the eyes. Her eyes were full of tears but they showed love.
"You'll always have my heart Draco. No one can ever make me feel the way you do. I love you." That was the first time Hermione had said she loved him.
"I love you too Hermione, so much." Draco tucked a piece of hair behind her ear and brought her face up to his with his hands. He kissed her but this kiss was different from others. It was like he was drowning and Hermione was his air, he couldn't get enough. Things started to get heated and Hermione tried to pull away but Draco's lips had her lips in a tight embrace. She pushed on his chest a few times and eventually Draco pulled away.
"Draco stop." She pleaded.
His hands were on her lower back, a little more down and he would be touching her bum (A/N – LOL). His hands had travelled all over her body while he had kissed her. It was obvious Draco's mind had wandered from the thought about his father and was now thinking about other things that Hermione wasn't ready for.
"What's wrong? Don't you want this? It seems like you did early." He questioned.
"I'm not ready." She looked down, embarrassed about not being ready. Draco had had many girlfriends who he probably screwed on the first night but Hermione was a virgin and she wanted her first time to be special, not that Draco wasn't special because he was but here in this cupboard that had been expanded wasn't.
"It's okay Hermione," He took her chin in his hand and made her look at him. "I'm not going to force you into anything." He smiled and embraced her in a tight hug. She smiled against his chest knowing that maybe one day they could go further and it'd be special.
They stayed together in the room for another hour or so. Hermione was growing tired and had to hold back yawns every ten minutes. But there was one she couldn't hold back and it was an extremely huge yawn. Draco noticed and chuckled with her still in his arms.
"We should go. You're tired." He stood up and helped her up as she yawned again. He laughed and hugged her tightly one more time then kissed her goodnight.
"I'm not giving up on us. I don't care what Snape says." She said as they walked out of the cupboard. Draco closed the door behind him and grabbed her hand.
"There is no way I'm giving up on you either. Meet me here tomorrow before breakfast and we can go in together." He smiled widely. Hermione thought about this then decided she didn't really care anymore what others would think about her and Draco.
"Okay. I'll meet you here at eight." She kissed his cheek then walked backwards in the direction of Gryffindor tower waving at him. When he was out of view she ran back to the Gryffindor tower and up to her room. She took her robe off and slung it over her bed. She pulled the sheets back and climbed into bed. As soon as her head hit the pillow she was asleep.
The next morning the sun shining through the window woke Hermione. She looked at the clock that was in her dorm and it said it was 7:50am. CRAP. She had ten minutes to get ready then meet up with Draco. She jumped out of bed and pulled her robes on quickly. She magically straightened her hair and gave her teeth a brush. She had just her shoes to put on and she was ready. Once they were on, she raced down and out of the common room. Harry and Ron weren't in there. Most likely they were already at breakfast. She ran down the stairs and when she entered the Entrance Hall panting, she saw Draco with Pansy clinging to him. They seemed deep in conversation. Hermione walked over and cleared her throat. Draco looked up and smiled when he saw her. Pansy gave her a dirty look.
"What do you want Granger?" She asked in her squeaky horrible voice. She wasn't a very pretty girl. Hermione just gave her a sweet smile before replying.
"I'm here to see my boyfriend." She empathised on the my boyfriend part hoping she'd catch on, but not all people are smart and she defiantly wasn't.
"What boyfriend? Who would ever go out with you?" She sneered. She looked to Draco for support but he just smiled at Hermione. "Draco! Snap out of it. Who would ever want her?"
"Me." Was all he said before taking Hermione's hand and walking towards the doors that lead into the Great Hall leaving a sulking Pansy staring after them with her mouth wide open.
"One down, hundreds to go." Hermione whispered as they walked through the doors. The whole room went quiet and every head turned and looked at her and Draco walking towards the end of the Syltherin table where no one was sitting. Draco sat down first then Hermione sat down on his left after a reassuring smile from Draco. Draco began eating as if everything was normal even though the whole of Syltherin were giving him dirty looks. The rest of the hall was giving Hermione dirty looks. She grabbed a piece of toast and nibbled on it trying to ignore the looks she was getting. After what seemed like a million hours everyone looked away from the couple. Every now and then Draco would give her a reassuring smile and she'd look around and people who were looking at them would look away or act as if they were looking at something else. Hermione looked up at the staff table and saw to her surprise that Snape wasn't there. All the other staff seemed to not notice the couple, although Hermione swore she saw Dumbledore give her a little smile. She looked over to the Gryffindor table to see Harry and Ron glaring daggers at her. She was quick to look away from them and back to her plate.
"Are you alright?" Draco asked, looking at her curiously before taking a swig of pumpkin juice.
"Yeah." She lied. Last night she didn't care what others would think but now that she was getting all this attention and it wasn't good attention, she wasn't sure if she liked people knowing. Too late now. Everybody knows.
"You know, you're a really bad liar." He chuckled before eating more of his pancake. She gave him a quick uncomfortable smile before looking down and staying quiet. The daily owls came flying in and a light brown owl with a black spot on its stomach carrying a big box stopped in front of Hermione. She smoothed out the owl's feathers and untied the box from its foot. The box was big and white and had a ribbon tied around the outside. Hermione knew right away what it was, it was her dress for the ball. Draco stared at it with an eyebrow raised. She shrugged her shoulders pretending she didn't know what it was. Carefully she removed the ribbon and lifted the lid on the box. Inside was a white full length strapless dress. Around the waist of the dress is a black ribbon with a black rose on the side of the ribbon. Draco's mouth dropped open when he saw it and Hermione smiled at his reaction. He opened and closed his mouth a few times before words came out.
"Wow that looks beautiful." He touched the fabric then kissed her cheek. "Are you still going to the ball with Weasley?" That was a good question which she very much doubted because of the whole tiff about her dating Draco.
"I don't think so. Anyways, I'd rather go with you." She smiled and he smiled back.
"Great. I'm actually looking forward to it now." He said as she put the lid back on the box.
"Me too." She agreed. "Look, I'm going to take this back up to my room. I'll see you in class." She gave him a quick peck and stood up. She lifted the box up and carried it under her arm. Everyone was watching her as she left but she just kept her head down and walked out of the Great Hall. Once she was out, she ran into an angry looking Pansy.
"Stay away from my Draco, mudblood." She said through gritted teeth. The name didn't bother Hermione anymore.
"Oh, he's yours now is he? Where is your name on him, cause believe me, I've seen everywhere." She gave a Pansy what she thought was a evil grin then walked away. She could hear Pansy grunt in frustration. Hermione smiled to herself even though it wasn't the truth but still, Pansy didn't need to know that.
The rest of the day passed slowly. People would not stop staring at her. When she met up at with Draco at lunch he told her he'd been stared at all day too. After the last class of the day she went to the library to study for Runes homework. Nobody else was in the library except her and Harry. He sat on the other side of the library and didn't even acknowledge her. There wouldn't be another chance for her to talk to Harry alone for who knows how long. She closed the book she was reading and walked over to where Harry sat. She cleared her throat slightly and he looked up. He didn't look at her for long then be returned back to his book. Hermione was just standing there feeling awkward.
"Harry, please talk to me." She pleaded. She sat down opposite him.
"Why should I Hermione? You're going out with the enemy. You've chosen their side." He didn't look at her when he spoke but his voice was angry.
"Because we used to be best friends. He's changed Harry and I haven't chosen that side. Draco doesn't even talk about any of that." Which was true, he never once mentioned the dark arts. "Harry please. Just be happy for me." He looked up to see her giving him the puppy dog look that she gave him a few years ago on the train to Hogwarts. He sighed and she knew he was giving in.
"I'm not happy with you being with him but if you're happy then I'm happy that you're happy." He breathed out the breath he was holding. Hermione squealed with delight and jumped up and kissed his check.
"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!" She was so happy she had Harry back as a friend. Harry chuckled and looked at her strangely like she was an alien or something.
"How's Ron?" She asked once she sat back down from jumping around.
"He's ... not coping with you and Malfoy very well. He really likes you Hermione." Hermione flinched. It wasn't her fault though. After all the hurt he put her through.
"I really liked him a few years back but he didn't notice it. It's his lose. I can't wait around forever for someone." She folded her arms and looked down.
"I know. He is just worried about you getting hurt. Everyone is actually." Harry pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and closed the book he was reading.
"I've got to go." She didn't really have to go but she had to leave before she said something she'd regret later. She waved goodbye and left the library. She headed back to the common room. When she stepped inside the room was quite. Everyone was looking at her. Ron was sitting in a chair by the fire. He was the only person not staring at her.
"There's nothing to see. She's still the same. Clear off." Hermione was surprised when she heard Ron say that. She walked over to where he sat, people moving away from her, and sat down in the chair next to him.
"Thanks for that, Ron." She said quietly. She wasn't sure he heard it but then he just nodded his head. "Listen, I'm sorry for yelling at you the other day and the things I said, but I can look after myself." She pulled on a piece of loose cotton on her robes.
"I don't want to see you get hurt." He whispered.
"I won't. I can look out for myself, but thanks. Draco's nice and he really likes me. Just be happy for me." Ron turned to look at her and gave a weak smile.
"Ok, I'm happy for you." He didn't sound sincere but it was better than nothing.
"I don't think we should go to the ball together. Things aren't fully right between us yet. I don't want to risk it anymore." He just nodded and looked away. Hermione stood and walked up the stairs. She took out her notebook to talk to Draco. She grabbed the no ink required pen and wrote: Talked to Harry and Ron, they are happy for me. She closed the book and went and got refreshed for dinner.
After dinner she was in her dorm when the other girls came in. Lavender ran over to Hermione's bed and sat on it.
"Spill!" She ordered.
"Spill what?" Asked Hermione a tad bit confused.
"Spill about you and Draco." Said Lavender as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. For the rest of the night the girls discussed Draco and other past boyfriends. Well Lavender did, Hermione hadn't had a boyfriend until Draco. The other girls joined in and the girls chatted until the early morning.
EH. Didn't really like this one. I'm writing another story; a Bella and Jacob romance (; so that'll be up soon. Hopefully the next chapter will be better. REVIEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.