Guys! Guess what? Professor Kingsley and her Muggle Literature ways will be back in this chapter! Yay! More questions for her!

The sequel will focus more on Dark Draco's (I remember chapter 2) involvement with the Death Eaters as well as struggling with his not-so-secret relationship with Herman (hehe, love AVPS)

Anyway, as you can see, I got a new name. Soapie 7 :)

Chapter 36: Back To Class

Hermione waited outside the Gryffindor Common Room on Monday, not wanting to be late for lessons but Draco said he'd meet her her and she was beginning to grow quite worried.

"Hermione, come on." Harry tried to pull her to Transfiguration, but she wouldn't budge.

"No it's fine, I'll just wait for five more minutes." The brunette promised, growing frustrated.

"Class starts in five minutes." The Boy Who Lived deadpanned.

"Fine." Hermione's voice had turned soft and she limply let Harry drag her to class, knowing she couldn't move by herself, even if she wanted too.

"Wake up, mate." Blaise shouted at his sleeping blonde friend.

"I'm not going to class today." He muttered.

"Was this because of..." Theo trailed off when a pair of silver eyes came from under the covers and glowered at him, "...Right, nevermind."

"When I was hanging out with 'Mione yesterday, I promised to tell her what's wrong today. But, but I can't!" He complained.

"Mate, man-up. We have five minutes to class. Get ready and we'll see you in Transfiguration." Blaise ordered, picking up his schoolbag and exiting the dorm. Theodore hovered behind a bit before Blaise impatiently tugged at his shirt and the Slytherin left.

With a sigh, Draco sat up, his left arm positively burning now. There was just one ceremony to make it official and he'd be one of them. He'd be a Death Eater.

And that is something he couldn't tell Hermione, no matter how hard he tried.

She'd never look him in the eye again.

When the Trio entered McGonagall's classroom, a minute late, Hermione ingored the professor for once and scanned the room for her boyfriend who wasn't there. She double checked the Slytherin side of the room and then glanced to the Gryffindor side just incase. But there was no sign of him.

"He'll turn up. He'll just be running late with Zabini and Nott. They're not here, either." Harry assured her. She just nodded and went to sit down.

A couple of minutes later, Blaise and Theodore walked in with notes from Snape, before sitting down on the Slytherin side. Hermione's heart sunk when Draco didn't come through that door and whenever she heard echoes of footsteps or if a door creaked slightly, she'd look out for him but, he never showed.

She entered Muggle Literature, getting her Shakespeare book out and listened to Professor Kingsley.

"Right, this year the whole Shakespeare thing hasn't worked out well so, next year will be a completely different curriculum but, we'll discuss it more near the Summer and the beginning of next year." She informed the class, "Any questions?"

"Will we still be doing the final performance with the other years?" Seamus asked.

"Yes. Tonight, in your houses, you'll be voting for which play you want to do, and then we'll hold auditions and start rehearsals." The teacher said, "Anyway, turn to page 165, and we'll be continue Twelfth Night with the scene between Malvolio and Viola, Act 2 Scene 2. Everyone in pairs."

Everyone got into pairs, leaving Hermione (who usually partnered with Draco) alone. She read it by herself when the doors opened and a rumpled Draco strode through, looking like he just rolled out of bed and shoved a crumpled uniform on.

"Draco, you are over half an hour late. And missed first lesson, where've you been?" Demanded the professor, who was currently helping Neville and Susan with body language.

"Sorry. I overslept and had to go and see Professor Snape." The teen replied, looking at the floor.

"I'll memo Professor Snape now to make sure. In the meantime, find a partner please. They'll explain to you exactly what to do." And with that, she went to behind the stage (where her office/chambers were).

Instinctively, Draco wandered over to Hermione, who had a worried look crossed with annoyance on her face.

"Where have you been?" She asked, with obvious worry.

"With Snape." He mumbled after a few moments.

"But, why? You really need to tell me things, Draco." The Muggle-born scolded him.

"Can we talk during Break? It's really important."

He knew what he needed to do. He had to do it.

"...Ok." She finally agreed after much reluctance.

"Right, so what are we supposed to be doing?" He asked, his silver eyes sparkling and a small smile on his lips.

Break time came and Hermione wandered to the Courtyard, where she and Draco arranged to meet. It was fairly quiet, with the odd student in a corner or so, reading, whilst everyone else was either inside or near the lake.

Deciding he'd be awhile, she sat on the wall and pulled out her History of Magic book, reading a few chapters for the next lesson.

"'Mione?" She looked up and saw a sheepish Draco Malfoy there. Instantly, she knew something was wrong.

Shoving the book in her bag, she stood up and waited patiently for him to say something.

"Hermione, this is really, really important..."

"...Spit it out, Draco, break ends soon." Hermione really couldn't stand Draco's behaviour, it was like he didn't trust her or something.

"Right, Hermione..." And Draco looked up, prepared for what to say.

"...I love you."

Wait, not that thing! You weren't supposed to tell her that! He thought in a panic, looking at her face, which was a mixture of shock, happiness and something else.

Well, they technically haven't said the "I love you's" yet, have they?

Next chapter, voting, Dramione, complications, sub-plot for sequel

- Soapie 7 x