A/N: So we got some drama coming our way!! Woooooo. I would like to say special thanks to people who review. You know, a story really isn't worth writing if you don't get feedback. So special thanks to these loverly people: Gothic-Romantic99, dracoistheshiet, tigersky7, heytheredalaila, and darbythomas. Thanks so much for your encouraging words, guys!! It is really helpful. So here is the new chapter...I am not sure if I am happy with this one, but we will see you what you guys think.

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When I'm mad at you

You come with your velvet touch

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"V-Viktor? Viktor Krum?!" Hermione was in complete shock as she saw him enter the room. "What are you doing here?! And what happened?" Viktor had a cast on his right leg and a crutch to help him walk.

"I got injured in Quidditch. I decided it might be fun to drop in and see you. I miss you, Hermi-own-niny!" he said sweetly. "Merlin, look at you…you are even prettier than I remembered," he said grabbing her hand to kiss it. She giggled. Draco nearly vomited.

"I've missed you, too! It's been so long…and we've stopped writing to each other. I just can't believe you are here!" Any crush she might have previously felt for Draco slowly washed away as she talked to her first love.

"I was wondering if maybe you wanted to have lunch, Hermi-own-niny," he said.

"Oh, well, Draco and I had plans, but I'm sure you wouldn't mind, would you, Draco?" she turned and gave him a look that screamed I-will-get-revenge-on-you-if-you-don't-let-me-go.

"Sure, we can have lunch another time, Hermione," Draco said as he turned around to go back to his desk. The only emotions that Draco was feeling at the moment was the need to physically harm Viktor Krum. He didn't really know why, either.

"So, you like Hogsmeade, right?" asked Viktor taking Hermione's hand and leading her out of the office.

"Yes, anywhere is fine!" she said happily as she looked at him. Her thoughts were spinning around wildly in her head. She couldn't believe that he had come back.

"I thought we could go to Three Broomsticks to talk."

"Sounds great!" They apparated to Three Broomsticks and sat down to talk. They had so much to catch up on since they had seen each other in her fourth year at Hogwarts.

"So, I see you've still been playing Quidditch," said Hermione.

"Yes, of course. Quidditch is practically my life," he said, smiling.

"So how long has your leg been in the cast?" she asked.

"About two weeks. It only needs to be in for six. It wasn't that big of an incident."

"Did it hurt terribly, Viktor?"

"No, not really," he said as he put his hand on top of hers sweetly.

"So, I haven't really been keeping up with Quidditch lately. How is Bulgaria doing this year?" she said taking a sip of her butter beer.

"Pretty well, actually. But I don't think we will make it to the World Cup this year. So enough about me, I want to hear about you. What have you been doing over the last few years? I haven't heard from you in ages."

"Well…I work for the Ministry now as you know. I was engaged a few months ago but he broke it off for reasons I really don't want to talk about. Other than that, nothing else has been going on for me."

"That is just horrible. I bet you were too good for that guy anyway. Are Harry and Ronald well?"

"Yes, they are fantastic," she said. What would Harry and Ron say when they found out Viktor was back?

"So, what's going on with you and that blonde who was in your office? He looks familiar," he asked looking suspicious.

"Draco? He's a friend of mine. Nothing more," she said shrugging.

"I think he has a thing for you. He wasn't exactly giving me a friendly look when I came in."

"What? That's crazy. Draco and I together? I can't even see that in my mind, Viktor," she said, desperately wanting to change the subject.

"He looked like he wanted to attack me or something…"

"…it means nothing. Really…we are just friends. That's it."

"I will say it again. You look as beautiful as ever, Hermi-own-niny," he said and her cheeks flushed pink.

The rest of the outing went particularly well and ended with him asking her to go out again. Then she apparated back to the Ministry.

"So how did things go with old Krumcake?" sneered Draco as she returned.

"Wonderfully. We are going out again tomorrow."

"That's just wonderful," he said sarcastically.

"He kept asking me about you. He thinks something is going on with us," she chuckled.

"Well, they always did say his head was filled with sawdust," snickered Draco.

"Shut up!" she said punching his arm.

Hermione continued working. She found out that Harry had requested being able to block out certain people from apparating into his home. These charms could easily be done without the Ministry, but technically it was illegal to not consult the Ministry first because they kept record on these things. Hermione was appointed the job to go to Harry's home to authorize the charms.

"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow, Draco. I have to go to Harry's home to authorize these spells," she said, giving Draco a hug good-bye.

"See you later, then," he said.

"We are still hanging out tomorrow night, right?" she asked. He nodded and then with a crack, she disapparated.

She apparated to the front of Harry's home and rang the doorbell. Cho came to the door.

"Oh, Hermione! It's great to see you! Come right in," said Cho, looking particularly happy about something.

"Thanks, Cho. Well, here are those papers authorizing those spells. Why did you guys want protection on who apparates into your home, anyway?" she asked as she handed over the papers. Then Harry walked in.

"Rita Skeeter and other writers have been trying to get in so often and more will be trying to come when they find out what's going on here," he said, smiling at Cho.

"What's going on?"

"I'm pregnant!" Cho blurted out joyfully as she gave Harry a hug.

"Oh my goodness! Congratulations, you two! I couldn't be happier for you," said Hermione as she gave both of them a hug. "Does Ron know yet?"

"Yes, we told him this morning. Sorry we didn't tell you sooner," said Cho.

"Oh, it's fine. Harry, could I speak to you in private for a moment?" Hermione asked. She wanted to tell him about about Viktor. She didn't really know why she wanted to talk to him privately about it. She was just weird like that.

"Sure, Hermione. Lets go," he said and he led her to the living room. "What's up?"

"Viktor is back!" Hermione screeched.

"What!? Viktor Krum? What is he doing here?" asked Harry looking surprised.

"Yes! He got injured in Quidditch and is taking a break and he decided to come here and see me!"

"So that's why you are so happy? How long is he staying, Hermione?" asked Harry. He hadn't seen her this happy in ages—technically since Roger was around.

"I don't know, but hopefully for a long time. We had lunch today and everything was great," she said.

"Hermione, please be careful…" said Harry, looking less cheerful then when she first told him. 'If she gets hurt again…'

"What is this? The safe sex talk?" she said with a chuckle.

"Hermione, I'm serious. I don't want you to get hurt. Just watch out for yourself. Please."

"I seriously don't know what you are talking about. What do you think is going to happen, Harry?"

"Hermione, I just don't want you to get all emotionally attached. You don't even know how long Viktor will be here for," he said. 'Oh no, she's giving me the look…'

"Harry, I think I can take care of myself! We aren't in school anymore…I'm a big girl now, Harry. You don't have to be my big strong hero," she said, starting to flare up.

"Hermione, I'm just looking out for you. Don't make this something that its not. I'm just looking out for you like an older brother would. Besides, I practically am your big strong hero or whatever you call it."

"Excuse me?" she snapped.

"Ron and I were always at your house because you are so irresponsible and helpless when you get drunk!" he snapped back. "And frankly, we got sick of it!"

"Harry, I have to go. Tell Cho congratulations for me again," as she headed toward the door almost tearing up.

"Hermione!! I'm sorry…I should have said that differently. But I just don't want you to get hurt again! Why don't you understand where I'm coming from? I mean, you just recently got over this whole Roger Davies thing and I don't want you to get hurt again," he said chasing after her.

"Goodbye, Harry. And F.Y.I., I haven't gotten drunk like that in months! And the few times that I did I got help and it wasn't from you or Ron!!"

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Another week had passed and Hermione had been even more happy. It was the kind of happy that you get from a great relationship. She and Viktor went out together almost everyday and Draco's confusion was growing about his feelings about Hermione and Viktor being together. Hermione also hadn't talked to Harry since she had been at his house.

"Morning, Hermione," said Draco in monotone as she apparated into the office.

"Hey."

"I haven't talked to you much. How you been?" he asked trying to be normal.

"Well everything with Viktor is great but Harry and I…" she sniffled. "We haven't been getting along. We had a fight."

"Oh, I'm sorry…" he said as he put his arms around her in a brotherly way.

"Harry is just being so annoying! I finally find someone to spend my time with and he freaks out on me. He says I get emotionally attached," she said trying not to cry. "He just…" she was interrupted by a kiss.

'What the bloody hell? Why is he kissing me? Merlin, he's good at what he does…' she thought as it turned into a heavy snogging session. 'Why am I not fighting this? I like Viktor, right?'

She couldn't get over that fact that she was kissing Draco. But this was way more passionate than anything she had ever felt. Viktor had never kissed her like this…Roger had never kissed her like this. He truly was an amazing kisser.

Before she could have any more thoughts, Ron apparated into the room and found them snogging under a desk. With a delayed reaction, she slapped Malfoy's face. He looked angry at that.

"HERMIONE!! BLOODY HELL!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" he screamed. It was obviously a disturbing sight to him. "You and…MALFOY?"

"Ron…I was just…he grabbed me and just started to…it wasn't my fault!" she stammered but she felt guilty passing the blame on Malfoy.

"You didn't fight it until he came in the room! Who knows what could've happened if he never came!" Draco shouted at her. "And it wasn't entirely my fault. You were crying and I-I don't know what I was doing…"

"You took advantage of her when she was an emotional wreck, weren't you? You're a bloody git, Malfoy," said Ron as he glared.

"She did nothing to stop it. She quite enjoyed it, actually," he snickered.

"Draco…just stop."

"I know you did. You know you did. Weasley knows you did. Why are you here anyway, Weaselbee?" said Draco starting to get angry.

"I just wanted to talk to Hermione," he said, still obviously disgusted by the whole affair.

"About what, Ron?" she asked.

"Harry. He's really sorry, Hermione…"

"Did he say that he didn't mean what he said to me the other day?"

"No, he still stands by what he said but he is also sorry."

"That is just pathetic. I'm not forgiving him until he apologizes himself. You should probably get going, Ronald," she said turning away.

"I guess. I'm sorry, Hermione. Malfoy, if you ever touch her again I'll kill you," as he turned to leave.

"I'm shaking with fear," said Draco as Ron apparated away. "Sorry…"

"It's just…whatever. It's okay. I didn't try to stop you so it's my fault too."

"Hermione, really, I'm sorry. I don't want to mess up the whole friendship thing we have…"

"You haven't been much of a friend for this past week. Ever since Viktor came you have been acting different and I haven't seen you! You are different every time I see you. I mean, the last time I you were at my house you didn't even break any movie night rules! You are always different."

"Isn't that what makes things interesting?" he said with a smile.

"I guess…but…"

"Will you just be willing to forget about what happened?"

"Of course. Let's just forget about it. And we are not going to become 'friends with benefits'" she chuckled.

"I know. I said it would never happen again!" he said. He now felt even more confused. He had no idea why he had kissed her this time. Impulse? 'I do not have a thing for Hermione Granger…that would just be weird.' He reminded himself of that over and over again.

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Two weeks had passed and Hermione and Draco had managed to put the whole 'episode' behind them. Even Ron was over it. Sort of. At least he didn't tell Harry about it, which would have made things ten times worse.

Viktor had still been around and Hermione was getting very attached. Harry had been right, of course. She still didn't know his intentions for being there yet. She was beginning to think in the corner of her mind that Harry could be right and it wouldn't be long till Viktor was gone. She hated that she had been away from Harry for this long.

Hermione had brought Viktor to work that morning early. He of course, only provided to be a distraction to her work. When Draco flooed in he found them caught up in a snogging session. "Merlin, get a room, you two," he said disgusted.

"Sorry," Hermione blushed.

"I better get going," said Viktor. "Dinner later?"

"Yeah, sure," said Hermione and she gave him a kiss on the cheek. The cuteness of it all nearly made Draco sick. He was getting more and more annoyed with Viktor Krum constantly being there.

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Weeks had passed and it had been three days since Viktor was allowed to take the cast off of his leg, so he would most likely be returning to Quidditch soon—much to Hermione's despair. On that bright Sunday morning, Hermione headed out to Hogsmeade to meet Viktor. He was going to take her back to Three Broomsticks since they had had so much fun there before. Apparently Viktor had something important to tell Hermione that day.

Before reaching Three Broomsticks they shopped around Hogsmeade for awhile.

"Do you want to stop at Fred and George's joke shop? I haven't seen them in ages," said Hermione. She didn't make it out to Hogsmeade that often.

"Wherever you want to go is fine with me!"

"It should be fun!"

They stopped in and chatted with Fred and George for a while. They already knew that Viktor was back because Ron had told them. They didn't really think much of it.

After a stop to Honeydukes and Shrieking Shack, Viktor and Hermione headed over to Three Broomsticks for a Butter Beer. They enjoyed some pleasant conversation until Viktor's comment that came straight out of Hermione's nightmares.

"Hermi-own-niny, I've really enjoyed my time here with you but I'm afraid I have something to tell you," he said reaching for her hand. "I'm leaving tomorrow."

"What!?" she cried. Oh my, Harry was right…how could I be so stupid? "Why do you have to leave now?" she asked taking her hand away from his.

"If I want to continue Quidditch I will have to leave. I'm sorry, Hermi-own-niny. I mean, you can come with me if you want too…" he really did look sorry, but that didn't mean anything to Hermione.

"I thought you were going to stick around awhile! Considering everything that has happened over these last few weeks I thought that maybe would stay! I am such an idiot. And no, I don't want to go with you I have a life here and I don't want to watch you play Quidditch for the rest of your lives. I'm not your cheerleader…" she yelled.

"Hermi-own-niny, I have enjoyed my time here but did you honestly expect me to stay here? I am an international Quidditch star! I have responsibilities…like playing Quidditch…" he pointed out lamely.

"So Quidditch is more important than me?" getting up.

"You're overreacting! I never said I would be here long…" he said as he followed her towards the exit. "I didn't think that hanging out around here with you would mean that I was tied down to you!"

"I thought that at least through everything we've been through you might consider staying here for awhile!" she screamed at him.

"Hermi-own-niny, I would love to spend more time with you but I have commitments at home! I just can't blow everything off to be with you! I said you could come with me!!"

"If you really want to be with me you would give up Quidditch for me! And I guess if I really wanted to be with you I would go with you. But I have commitments as well," she said.

"Hermi-own-niny…we can still be…pen pals…" he said trying to comfort her.

"Just go back to your sodding game! I never want to see your face again, you asshole," she spat.

"FINE!" he yelled and he disapparated. Feeling like crap she decided to seek refuge with a friend.

"DRACO! Are you here?" she screamed as she ran through the rooms in his huge home.

"Hermione! What the bloody hell are you doing here?" he said.

"I'm sorry…I can go if you don't want me to be here…"

"No, it's alright that you're here. What is wrong?!" he looked very concerned.

"It's a long story," she cried.

"Come here and tell me everything," he said as he grabbed a bottle of Fire Whisky and sat down on a couch with her. Nothing could wipe away the tears like a bottle of Fire Whisky.

"Thank you…and I'm sorry I'm here. I just didn't know where else to go. Harry and I are still fighting and Ronald doesn't care about anything concerning me and Viktor..."

"What did that bastard do to you, Hermione?" asked Draco through clenched teeth.

"Well, Viktor and I were in Hogsmeade today at the Three Broomsticks and he told me that since his leg was healed he would have to leave and return to Quidditch. He said it was more important than staying here with me. And then he felt bad so he said I should come. But I am pretty sure he only said that because he knew I wouldn't accept to that."

"You deserve so much better than that, Hermione…if he shows his face around here ever again I am going to kill him," he went on.

"I'm really sorry I am here. I just…I don't want to go crawling back to Harry yet and he is helping Cho with her pregnancy anyway and Lavender and Ron are planning their—"

"It's okay, I don't need the list," he said sounding like his old self. "Just…stay as long as you want. It's fine."

"Thanks. You really are a great friend," she said starting to calm down. "Merlin, I am such an idiot."

"No, you aren't," he said.

"Yes, I am. I was so excited about having a boyfriend—I probably couldn't even call him my boyfriend, actually—that I was naïve and stupid enough to believe that he might stick around for while. I am such an idiot," she said.

"Viktor is just a jerk. He came back here knowing he couldn't stay long and he led you on anyway. The guy is a bastard," said Draco.

"I guess you're right."

"Hermione," he said feeling bold.

"What?"

Without saying anything he leaned in to kiss her. Hermione's heart raced as the kiss became more and more passionate. She didn't even know what she was feeling. Before long he was reaching for the buttons on her shirt.

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A/N: Okay…did things go a little to fast in this chapter? Let me kno and I may edit it. I didn't know if the Viktor stuff should have continued for another chapter or not. A lot of this chapter was merged with the old version of the story so I don't know if it is very good or not. I am really uncertain about this chapter so please give me some feedback. Sorry about the cliff hanger…wahahahahahaha. :)