She jumped up and ran.'
Draco jumped up and ran after her.
"Granger! Granger! God dammit, Granger!" he called after her.
She was fast, but he was faster. He caught up with her at the crooked tree. He grabbed her arm and spun her around so she was facing him.
"Granger." he said. She struggled against his grip.
"How did you know where that spot was?" he asked, even though he already knew.
"Erm..." she struggled a little harder and he put an arm around her waist to stop her from breaking his grip.
'Sure, that's why you did it.'
"C'mon, Granger, just tell me and I'll let you go. Are you..." he trailed off, but they both knew what he was talking about.
"Are you?" Suddenly, it came to her. 'Silver Dragon'. It was so obvious.
DracoDragon, SilverSlytherin house color. "Oh, Merlin, tell me you're not."
He grimaced.
"Violet Otter?" he said. She giggled a little from nervousness.
"My patronus is an otter..." she said to explain.
"I know. I asked you about your name in one of the letters. I just can't believe that..." he scowled at himself for being so stupid. Then it hit him. All he had told her. She was smart. Would she get it? "Fuck!"
He looked down at her. "How many sworn enemies do you have?" it suddenly occured to them that he was still holding her. He let her go and stepped back from her. He turned on his heel and started back towards the clear-
ing, leaving a stunned Hermione behind him.
He turned back around.
"Well? Are you coming?" he asked impatiently. She walked after him slowly, slightly dazed. He huffed at her slow pace and grabbed at her wrist, 'accidentally' missing and grabbing her hand.
When they finally made it back to the clearing, He sat down under the shade of the big tree, pulling her down with him. They stared warily at each other for a few seconds before Draco pulled an apple out of his bag and tossed it to her, then pulled one out for himself.
"So..." he began slowly. For once in his life, he was at a loss for words. He had no idea how to handle this situation.
"Are you really...you know...Silver Dragon?" Hermione asked tentatively.
Draco nodded.
"So, as I said, how many sworn enemies do you have? Besides me, of course," Draco said. He was working hard to maintain his usual smirk.
Hermione jumped up, tears pooling in her eyes.
"Not that I would have expected any less from you before I knew you were Silver Dragon, but don't make fun of me! Just sodding don't!" she said angrily, fisting her tears away.
Draco reached up and grabbed her hand, pulling her down into him. He hugged her, because that was all he could think of to do. That's what he would have done if it were anyone besides Granger. That's what SD would have done. And SD was Draco's true personality. The one no one except Paige, Sam, and now Granger knew.
"Stop. Sorry. I'm sorry. I wasn't making fun of you," he said into her hair. She pulled away from him and sat down.
"Well, since you now know my deepest, darkest bloody secret, you tell me who Jane is," she said.
Draco sighed in relief. She hadn't figured it out! He shook his head fiercely.
'Why on earth don't you want her to know? You know who hers is. It would all be perfect. Don't be an ass.'
"That's not fair!" she cried, getting ready to jump up again.
"Granger, this whole you jumping up and me catching you thing is getting a little boring," he said, grabbing her hand and keeping her down.
"I'll tell you if you do my a favor," he said. She looked slightly apprehensive at that.
"What is it...?" she asked slowly.
"Swear. Curse. Say fuck," he said, grinning. She narrowed her eyes at him.
"Fuck..." she whispered.
"What was that? I can't hear you!" he said merrily.
"Fuck," this one was a little louder. Like her normal voice.
"Louder," he said. He was enjoying this.
"Fuck!" she shouted.
"Scream it and I'll tell you," he said, still grinning gleefully.
"FUCK! FUCKFUCKFUCK!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. "Now you have to tell me because that's as loud as my voice goes!"
He smiled.
"Getting better, Granger," he said.
"Not so refreshing anymore, am I?" she said snottily. "Now spill. No more changing the subject.
"Fine," he said. "Who do you think it is?"
She shook her head and shrugged. "How should I know? You never said her name. I seem to recall you calling her Jane, though..."
He laughed.
"Do I really have to tell you?" he said. "It's embarassing!"
Hermione's mouth fell open.
"You don't think you knowing all of my secrets isn't mortifying at all for me!"
"Fine, I'll tell you. You have to guess first, though."
"Pansy."
"Eew!"
"Millicent."
"Need I say it?"
"Parvati."
"No."
"Lavender."
"No."
"Ginny."
"This is getting boring."
"Paige."
"Nope."
"Lu--"
Suddenly, Draco cut her off. He grabbed one of her hands and pulled her to him, pressing his mouth on hers. All in one smooth motion. Just like that, Hermione's first real kiss. She had kissed boys in Truth or Dare games before, and there was that one kiss from Malfoy, but she didn't count those. They weren't real.
After a few seconds, he let her go. He pulled her body onto his lap so she was straddling him. She stared at him.
"Any more guesses?" he said, somewhat breathlessly. she smiled and put her arms around his neck.
They both leaned in for another kiss.
About an hour later, they were walking along the dirt road holding hands. They were going very slowly, because Draco kept pointing things out and they would stop and look at them for a million years each time.
"Malfoy?" she asked. He rolled his eyes.
"Are you honestly calling me Malfoy?" he asked, smiling. He slid his arms around her waist and leaned down and pressed his lips to hers.
She giggled into his mouth. After a few minutes, he broke away and ran over to the side of the trail, pretending to look at a bug.
"Dra-aco..." she called, giggling.
He stood up and looked over at her.
"What, Granger?" he snarled. Her eyes widened and she took a step away.
Draco smiled and skipped over to her, laughing. "See, it's not very pleasant to be known by your surname, is it?" He leaned down and gave her a light kiss on the lips.
"Your friends are going to kill you, aren't they? And so are mine. Kill you, I mean, not me. They'll think you drugged me..."Draco nodded, understanding what she was getting at.
"Yeah, I think it would be best not to tell them, too."
They spent the rest of the day playing and swimming and kissing and talking in 'their' clearing, not worrying about the rest of the world for the first time in each of their lives.
