Sorry It's been so long. I hope you enjoy and I'll try and get the next chapter up quicker. :)

Hermione woke up after everyone else. For the first time in seven years, it was Harry and Ron who waited in the common room for her to surface. When she walked down the stairs, she smiled at the two tired boys in front of her.

"You're up late Hermione." Ron helpfully pointed out.

"Yeh, I was up all night doing homework." They set off walking to breakfast.

She had told some of the truth. She did do her homework in-between Draco and her sending privet messages.

When they reached the great hall, they sat at the Gryffindor table. Hermione quickly took up the spot next to Ginny as it provided her with a brilliant view of Draco. Pansy was shouting at him for some reason and he was looking over at the teacher's desk ignoring her. He looked as if he was in his own world. Suddenly she hit his arm and he gave her his devilish smirk. He then met Hermione's gaze. They just looked at each other with straight faces though Hermione was dying to smile she knew she should not.

After a short while, hands flew in front of Hermione's face and began to wave franticly in front of her snapping her back into reality. Ron and Harry were frowning at her.

"What?"

"Why are you looking at him in that way?" Ron asked bitterly.

"What way?" Hermione asked back.

"Like you want to have him right here and know." Ron's voice was beginning to get louder.

"Don't be so vulgar Ronald. I am just thinking about how wrong I was about him. He is disgusting to use me has his 'lab rat' as he put it."

"Don't forget that he's a ferret."

"Thank you Ron. If you don't mind I'm going to go to Potions."

Hermione stood up and left the hall as quick as possible. When she reached potions, she just sat and did some homework.

As soon as everyone started to fill into the classroom, she put her homework away and took out her potions textbook. When Draco sat next to her, he flashed her, his smirk and she smirked back. To any one else they gestures of hate but to Hermione and Draco they were gestures of love. When professor Snape walked in Draco put his hand up.

"Yes Mr Malfoy."

"Can I change partners? I think I chose wrong this one."

"No Malfoy you may not."

"Oh please sir." Hermione joined in. "Make him move."

"I'm not moving you move. This was my seat to begin with. You sat with me."

"Only because you asked me to."

"Yeh well…"

"Enough! No one will be moving anywhere." Snape gave a quick smirk then continued. "Today we are going to make a potion which will make a persons skin change colour depending on what they are feeling. Page 38 and begin."

Professor Snape went into his office and slammed his door shoot. Hermione got the ingredients and began working. Draco just sat back and did nothing.

"Are you going to help?" She asked him eventually.

"No if I can help it." He answered. She carried on and not long after she finished. "Right you can at least help put this in the vile."

Draco appearing reluctant stood and started to pour the potion into the vile. Hermione was looking everywhere except at Draco. Suddenly she felt a warm wet substance running down her hand. When she looked, her hand was pink.

"You idiot Malfoy. Your supposed to put it in the vile not pour it on my hand."

"You should watch what you doing."

"Hermione your hands pink. Who are you lusting over?" Ron asked sounding sad.

"What? No one."

"Pink means lust." Ron said.

"Maybe she's lusting over you weasel. Well then again."

"Shut up!" Hermione shouted while throwing a spoon full of potion over Draco.

Draco immediately changed to the colour of green, which means he was feeling menacing. He smirked at Hermione and grabbed the whole cauldron and threw all of what was left onto her. As it hit her, she screamed and slipped off the step. Just as Draco began to change into a dark purple for panic Ron rugby tackled him to the ground causing him to hit and cut his head. Draco pushed Ron off him a little then punched him as hard as he could. Ron fell to the ground next to him and he stood up and saw Hermione was ok and breathed a sigh of relief though he could feel the anger bubbling away inside of him.

Suddenly a hand grabbed him and turned him around with a fist flying into his face following close after. Anger bold in his blood and he knew for a fact he was a nice deep blood red. He charged back and grabbed Ron by the collar ready to punch him once again but the scream of Hermione stopped him. He was still so angry he could burst but he fought it.

"You know what weasel? You're not even worth it but if you ever cross me again I will gouge out your eyes and chop off your tough and force you to eat them."

He looked into the face of Ron and all he could see was pure fear. It made Draco happy while he was in an angry mood but Draco knew he would regret it when he was calmer.

"What's going on in here?" Professor Snape always did wait until the last minuet to intervene. "Mr Malfoy unhand Mr Wesley now." Draco did as he said slowly and turned to face him. "I see you and Miss Granger's potion works and I also see you two need to go to the hospital wing. So off you and Miss Granger go. I want the three of you back for detention and Mr Malfoy, please do calm down. I have never seen anything or one as crimson as you right now."

"Yes sir." Draco answered turning and walking out of the classroom. He could just hear the tiny footsteps of Hermione following.

Hermione followed Draco. She kept her distance because she did not know what to do or say. She had never seen him like that before. Her eyes were locked on the back of his head as she thought about what to say. She could see the deep red soften a little as he calmed down.

"Are you ok?" She heard a harsh whisper.

"Yes. It's just a little bruise. You?"

"Yes. I didn't even realise I was injured. My head doesn't hurt."

"Good but that's not what I…"

"I know. I'm calm. Just a little ashamed of my behaviour."

"I've never seen you that angry before."

"Because I control my feelings well and you see what I want you to see but, like with any feeling, if you let your self feel a little anger that's it. The rest follows."

Hermione was now stood next to Draco. "You shouldn't hide your feelings. Hiding them makes them ten times stronger when they do show."

"I know but it just comes naturally."

Hermione gave Draco a quick hug before going into the hospital wing.

Hermione had a sprained wrist and Draco had a cut on the back of his head. Madam Pomfray gave them both potions, which would heal both wounds. They had to stay there for a few minuets for the Potion to begin working. Madam Pomfray went into her office while Draco and Hermione sat on the beds.

"Why didn't you hit Ron?" Hermione asked Draco.

"Did you want me to?"

"No but you were so angry…"

"You screamed and that stopped me."

Hermione stood up and kissed Draco. When she pulled away and looked at him, she smiled. He had gone the colour she had been waiting for. Pink.

"It doesn't matter how hard you try I can see what your felling because of the potion."

"Only because I'm letting you."

"Prove it." She whispered stroking his face.

He smiled up at her and slowly the pink colour disappeared and he went back to his pail white self.

"How?"

"Years of practise."

"Really?"

"No. The potions warn off. I could see it disappearing off of you."

He smirked, stood up and walked out of the hospital wing with Hermione following.