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A/N: Sorry this is out so late! I was having a bit of writer's block, and I got over now so...enjoy!

*DRACO'S POV*

I suddenly just digested what I said. I said that I was going to go on a date, with Hermione Jean Granger, and now, suddenly, the idea just disgusted me. Her and me, why did that suddenly just not interest me? Maybe it was since I keep having this fear that she doesn't like me back, wait no, it's because she's right-we were never meant to be together. Wait, shouldn't I be having these feelings AFTER my date, NOT before? Well, I wouldn't know now would I? I'm like 15 years old, and the only girl I've ever dated, is an attention whore, and I wasn't even very attracted to her. She's a girl, that's like the only reason, well, besides the fact that she's in Slytherin and likes to make fun of people. I walked into the common room and took a seat on the couch next to Blaise.

"Hey Draco," Blaise said.

"Hello Blaise," I said.

"So, how was your walk?" Blaise asked.

"It was okay."

"Hmm...did you see Hermione on your walk?"

"No." That's a lie, I know.

"Really now? Because, someone told me that they saw you and Hermione outside, snogging." Whoa, whoa, whoa, what? Maybe Granger's right, we shouldn't be romantic where other people could see us.

"Well, then that person just likes to make up lies about me because I bet it's the same person that spread that other rumor yesterday."

"Are you sure it's all lies? I mean, there has to be some truth to them."

"Fine. I did see Granger outside, but I didn't talk to her, or even go near her." More lies...Well, it's not like I'm going to tell the truth!

"You liar. Maybe you should go talk to Pansy because she is the one that spread both rumors."

"Ugh, why her?"

"Probably because you guys broke up and since she thinks that you won't take her back again, that she's going to try to make your life quite miserable."

"I'm going to go talk to her."

"Okay." I got off the couch and found Pansy standing at the door of Slytherin common room.

"Hello," Pansy said.

"Hello," I said.

"Why are you here?"

"Well, why are you going around and telling people lies?"

"I'm not. I'm telling them the truth."

"Telling them that Granger and I snogged is a lie. We never did that. Besides, even if we did, you wouldn't have any proof, now would you?"

"It doesn't matter. Plenty of people believe it."

"Yeah, and there's plenty of people who know that I don't like her."

"The reason they believe it is because you guys have tutoring sessions together."

"I only told you and Blaise."

"Yeah, and I might've told the whole Slytherin common room, who then told everyone else."

"I hate you."

"What?"

"I said 'I hate you.'"

"What, why?"

"Why? Well because you go around and tell everyone lies about other people, then you'll try to get those people to what you want, and finally, as soon as they don't want to have anything to with you, you manage to make them sympathetic for you and do whatever you want. Well, you know what? That's what you are, and I used to accept that, but not it's the most pathetic thing I've ever seen." She started to cry now. Sigh, such a drama queen.

"You'll change. You'll change when that mudblood tells you that she never loved you, that she never actually liked you. You'll come back to me." I got my wand out of my pocket and it was on her neck. Oh, why did I try to talk to this woman?

"What did you call her?" She smirked. Whoa, I just realized my mistake, I'm defending the mudblood.

"Does it bother you, hearing me call her a mudblood?" I lowered my wand.

"No." Then, a voice said that it was time to go to Hogsmeade. I found Blaise, and we walked outside.

"That was quite a show there," Blaise said.

"Shut up," I said.

"Aww...someone regrets what they did," Blaise said.

"Would you please, just leave it alone? I don't want to talk about it," I said. Granger and I were not going to actually walk to Hogmeade together, since that would make things way too suspicious, so instead we'll meet by the shrieking shack probably and we'll talk and whatever else for a bit.

"Hello," I said to Hermione when we were finally alone.

"Hello," she said back.

"So, what you do want to do?" I asked.

"Well, I kinda just wanted to talk. We don't usually get a real chance to do that," Hermione said. We both sat next to each other on a rock, after I cleared it of snow.

"So, now that we've sat down, what you do want to talk about?" I asked.

"I dunno. Maybe we could come up with an idea to do something to-oh, wait, I can't really discuss this with you now that I realize it...you happen to be working for her."

"That doesn't mean that I don't hate her guts. It just means that I want to prove that I'm better than everyone else."

"Oh really now? And how does wearing a fancy badge and doing absolutely nothing prove that you're better than everyone else?"

"I do things. I try to catch you and the whole gang in action to take you to Umbridge. It takes skills."

"Skills that you, Draco, absolutely don't have."

"I do have skills."

"Besides kissing, what kind of skills do you have?"

"I don't want to go there. But trust me, I have skills."

"Right..."

"Fine, but there's no piano around here."

"You can play piano?"

"No...we're talking about skills, so I want a piano to show you the skills that I don't have. Of course I can play piano Hermione. I thought that seemed obvious."

"Sorry for asking."

"No, no, I'm sorry, it's just, since we're talking about skills, I can't really show them to you, but I can play piano."

"You do know that pianos are muggle things?"

"Really? They seem pretty magical to me. I didn't know muggles knew about them."

"Yeah."

"Hermione?"

"Yeah?"

"What are you doing for Christmas break?"

"I'm, er, spending it with Harry and Ron."

"Oh. Well, merry Christmas then." I was going to have to get her something over break, definitely.

"Merry Christmas to you too." She seemed a bit cold, and didn't seem upset when I put my arm around her. Actually, I think that she liked it. I think I'm getting to be a bit soft, and it's because of this girl. I knew one thing for sure, things were going to get any easier for us, and I wonder if she thinks the same.

Review please! Hope you liked this chapter, and I hope you look forward for the next one. :D

A/N: I'm sorry I haven't been writing, but I'm going to try to put up at least two chapters this week. I love you for reading this ff (and reviewing)!