Hermione was smiling to herself when a knock came at her door. She sighed and went to go answer it. There on the doorway stood Ginny.
"Yes?" Hermione asked her, not opening the door to let her in.
"Can we talk?"
"About?" Hermione tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, the weariness of the nights research was catching up with her.
About Ron." Hermione looked at her blankly for a couple of seconds and then opened the door and standing aside. Ginny walked in and sat down on the leather couch.
"What about him?" Hermione asked as she closed the front door to her apartment.
"I think he's been under the Imperious Curse." Hermione sat down opposite Ginny in a leather armchair.
"Why do you think that?"
"The way he's been acting the last couple of years, it's just not normal for him. I know he still loves you Hermione, but his judgment has been clouded, and for a brief moment at my dinner, the clouds were lifted." Hermione looked at her slightly confused; Ginny sighed and leaned forward."He apologized to you Hermione, but as soon as you were gone with Draco, he was back to being cranky, and yelling at us all." Hermione nodded but said nothing; she knew she could not tell Ginny who had control over Ron. If she knew, she would go out of control, which might make it ultimately worse.
"I believe this also Ginny, but, there is no way of knowing who has him." Hermione hated lying to her best friend, but knew she had too in order to protect her and Ron. Ginny nodded and stood up, Hermione followed suit. "You're going?" Hermione asked and Ginny nodded, and then left, closing the door silently behind her. Hermione sighed and went back into her bedroom, she crawled into the covers and as soon as her head hit the pillow she was fast asleep.
Draco and Harry were looking through Hermione's research when Harry suddenly shouted out. "Draco look!!" Draco ran over to Harry and looked down at the piece of parchment. Written in Hermione's tidy scrawl was one word. Imperious. Draco and Harry exchanged looks and Harry put the piece of parchment back up onto the wall.
"What shall we do?" Draco asked Harry as he turned round.
"You have to go to Hermione, find out everything."
"And you?"
"I'm going to go pay Ron and Lavender a visit." Harry and Draco apparated to their destinations.
Hermione woke with a start; someone was pounding on her front door. She sighed and got out of her warm bed and opened the door in just a slinky black night-dress. There on her doorstep was Draco. She could feel her cheeks redden, as did his.
"Can I come in?" He asked and Hermione nodded letting him enter. Draco sat down in the armchair. Hermione had a burning desire to run to him and kiss him there and then, but she controlled herself. She sat down in the couch opposite him and waited for him to talk.
Draco sat in the armchair, and kept getting distracted by Hermione's lack of clothing. It wasn't until five minutes later he finally managed to say something, but it wasn't what he came to say. "You look amazing."
Hermione was startled, and before she knew it, she was sat on his lap kissing him with a fiery red passion. She smiled and he kissed back. Draco's hand moved under her night-dress and cupped her right breast. Hermione moaned and he kissed her, he lifted her up and carried her into the bedroom. He kicked the door closed and Hermione couldn't help but giggle. Draco placed Hermione lightly on the bed, she sat up and lifted his top off over his head and chucked it onto the floor. He smiled down at her and she smiled back and pulled him on top of her.
"Who knew I would be doing this with the Slytherin Prince." She smiled and he smiled back.
"Who would have thought I'd have fallen in love with the Gryffindor Princess." He smiled back and he lent down and she wrapped her arms around his neck and they kissed one another with a burning passion. Hermione smiled and blew out the candle, knowing that she would get hardly any sleep.