A/N: Hi everyone!

I'd like to thank you all so much for your support! Thank you for reading, reviewing, favoriting, or putting this story on alert! You guys are all so wonderful!

So for those of you who ask how many chapters I am going to be doing, I believe after this one, one more and an epilouge...does that sound good?

But I will stop talking, so you can start reading!

Here we go!

Draco POV

It was towards the evening when Pansy stopped me. "Drakie, we need to talk." she purred. Reluctantly, I followed her to the entrance of the Slytherin commonroom.

"Look, I've heard some...rumors...that you and the mudblood are going out." she said, crossing her arms.

"It's not a rumor, and don't call her a mudblood. Her blood is purer than yours, you filthy slut." I growled.

She narrowed her eyes. "You cannot be saying that. You're under a love potion, aren't you?" she asked, suspiciously. She pulled out her wand and muttered a spell that'd show any hexes or jinxes on me. There were none.

"Why the hell would you love her?" she shrieked.

"She's...different! You wouldn't understand." I yelled.

"Draco! You can't be saying this! And what would your parents say?" she asked.

"Uh, nothing. They've approved of her." I said, almost smugly.

Pansy looked furious. Suddenly, the focus shifted and she looked past my shoulder.

"Huh?" I asked, beginning to turn around to see what she was looking at. But before I could, she pushed me against a wall and pressed her body to mine. Within seconds, her lips crashed onto mine.

What the hell?

I pushed her away. "What the hell was that, you dirty little-" she was smirking. I turned around to see Hermione staring at me, horror-struck, her eyes full of pain.

"Hermione?" I called, softly. She turned around and ran the other way, and before I could take a step forward, she was gone.

I looked back at Pansy, who was laughing hysterically. I wanted to kill her right then, but that wasn't important to me right now.

Hermione.

Hermione POV

I cried for hours, I'm sure, and Ginny held me in her arms comforting me.

Finally, I calmed down, and Ginny handed mean tissue. "Better?" she asked.

I shook my head. "No." I said, my voice coming out all cracked and weird.

"Well, can you please explain what happened?" she asked, gently.

"I-I was going to tell him, b-but I saw him s-snogging her!" I said, bursting into tears again. "B-but I t-thought he loved me t-too." I said, blowing my nose.

"Oh Merlin, I am so sorry, Hermione." she said, placing a hand gently on my shoulder.

"Can you do me a favor?" I asked. "Can I stay here with you? I can't face him." I said, grabbing another tissue.

She nodded. "You stay here. I'll go get your things. I'll send someone in to stay with you." she said, getting up. She walked out of the room, and moments later, the door slowly creaked open.

"Hi." said Harry, awkwardly.

"Hi Harry." I said, blowing my nose.

He sat down awkwardly next to me. "So...how are you feeling?" he asked.

"I'm not going to answer that question." I said.

"Yeah..." he said. "Oh Merlin, I'm sorry, Hermione, I don't have any clue as to what to say to you right now." said Harry.

"I can tell." I said, giving a small smile.

"Well, I'm really sorry about...what happened, but if it makes you feel any better, Ron's going to kill him." said Harry.

"Tell him not to." I said.

"Why?" he asked, confused.

I sighed. "Harry, how would you feel if you found Ginny kissing someone else?" I asked.

"Horrible. Sad." he said, as if it was obvious.

"But would you want them to be hurt?" I asked again.

He was quiet. "No." he whispered.

"So there." I said, getting another tissue.

"Alright, b-" he started. Ginny walked in, carrying my bags.

"Hi! Thanks so much, sweetie." said Ginny, kissing Harry lightly. I held in a sob.

Harry smiled at me and walked out of the room. "He was in the room. Waiting for you." she said, quietly. "He asked where you were. I didn't tell him, but you can't avoid him forever." said Ginny.

"I know. I'm just not strong enough to face him." I said. My voice sounded horrible. "Oh, Ginny, you wouldn't happen to have any Ben & Jerry's right now, would you? I'm kinda hungry..." I confessed.

She stared at me. "What in the world is a 'Ben & Jerry'"? She asked.

"Never mind." I said.

She opened her mouth, but there was a quiet knock on the door. She stood up to see who it was.

"It's Zabini." she mouthed. I nodded, and the door opened.

"Hi, Hermione." he said.

"Hi Blaise. Sorry, I'm a mess." I said.

"I can't disagree with that. My apologies. But I needed to talk to you about something." he said, taking a seat next to me on one of Ginny's chairs.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"Why were you looking for Draco?" he asked.

I blushed. "I needed to tell him something." I said.

"What was that something?" he asked, raising one eyebrow.

"Why?" I asked, suspiciously. "Because I'm not talking to Draco yet." I said.

"Was it that you loved him?" he asked.

I froze. "H-How?"

"I'm a little too observant for my own good, Granger." he said smirking.

"Yeah, but I completely failed. He's going to think I'm a freak." I said.

"Not if you tell him." he said.

"What? No. He likes Pansy. Why would I tell him? It's just going to make me look stupider than I already do." I asked.

"Correction, he likes you. He has almost never liked Pansy, but I'm positive he's in love with you." said Blaise.

I looked away from him. What was he saying? Was it true? How did he know?

"W-what makes you say that?" I asked.

"I've none my little Slytherin friend long enough see through him...er, not in a literal way of course." he said.

"Whatever. It doesn't really matter. Why should he choose me over Pansy?" I said, grabbing another tissue from the box.

"You have low self-esteem, Hermione. If you didn't, you would see why." said Blaise, standing up. "But bottom line, you should talk to Draco. He owes you an explanation, and he was cheating on you, so you can hold that against him." he grinned. He walked back through the door, leaving me in the room full of silence. His words hung in the air.

You should go talk to him. He owes you an explanation...

I stood up and picked up my wand, muttering a cleaning spell on myself.

Come on, Hermione. Don't back down.

I headed out of the room, only to run into Ginny.

"Where are you going?" she asked.

I took a breath. "To see him." I said. "Like Blaise said, he owes me an explanation." I said, my voice coming out stronger than I felt.

She gave me a surprised look, but just nodded.

I walked back to my room that I had shared with Draco. The door was wide open, and I could here arguing inside. I stood next to the door listening into the conversation. I made out Ron's and Draco's voices.

"Cut the crap, Weasel, and tell me where she is." growled Draco.

"I don't need to tell you anything, you bloody git!" yelled Ron. "You hurt her!"

"Why do you care so much, carrot-top? She's not your girlfriend." said Draco. "She's mine."

"Great boyfriend you are, going around snogging other girls." retorted Ron.

"That's not what happened! And even if it was, she shouldn't care! We didn't start going out because we had feelings for each other, dimwit!" snapped Draco.

What was he implying? That he didn't have feelings for me? I was so confused.

"She's still hurt! I don't know why she is, but it's your fault!" shouted Ron.

"It's none of your business, Weasel! Stay out of it!" yelled Draco.

"No! Blimey, if Hermione was here, I'd bet she'd want to punch some decency into you, you foul rat face!" growled Ron.

"Really? Maybe you should go look for her and ask her!" retorted Draco.

I stepped into the doorway. "He doesn't have to."

Both heads swiveled around to look at me. Both their angry expressions dissolved. Ron's was surprised, but Draco's was emotionless.

"Hermione!" said Ron. "Thank goodness you're here! I was just talking to this little bastard here-" he started.

"I know. I heard you. Ron, can you leave us alone for a minute?" I asked, not looking at Draco.

He hesitated for a moment, but nodded and walked out of our room. I waited until I couldn't hear his footsteps anymore, and finally turned to look at Draco.

He was looking at me. "Look Her-" he started.

"You foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach! How could you, you little bastard? You just go around snogging other girls all the time? What is with you? And I was just beginning to think you had a decent side!" I snapped.

"Hermione, I-"

"And don't even get me started on Pansy! First you tell me that you don't like her, but as soon as she comes back, you start snogging her senseless? Even though she may not seem like she should get any, don't you have any respect for women?"

"Look, Herm-"

"I can't believe I actually LET myself get me into this mess! I can't believe I LET myself be around you all this time, and I absolutely can't believe I LET myself fall in love with you!" I yelled.

"You-"

"You're just an sexy, evil little jerk who I just can't get out of my mind, and-" Suddenly, Draco stepped forward, grabbed my shoulders, and crashed his lips onto mine.

My mind was fuzzy. Oh Merlin, what the hell is going on? Am I actually kissing him? Why am I liking it so much?

My eyes closed, and my arms dropped to my sides. I couldn't think straight at all. It was like all my senses had been numbed. I couldn't feel anything but shock and happiness.

Finally, he pulled away, and I gasped for air. He pulled his hands off of my shoulders and turned around. In that same swift, fluid motion, he was out the door, and before my mind could come back into focus, he was gone.

I sank to my knees.

Oh my goodness, I don't even know what's going on anymore.

Draco POV

I ran out of the room as fast as I could. I stormed my way to the prefect's bathroom, if oring the funny looks I was receiving, and turned on the faucet. I splashed my face in ice cold water, and looked at myself in the mirror.

I couldn't believe I did that. I just kissed her. When she told me that she actually fell in love with me, my heart almost stopped. My mind wasn't conscious anymore. The next thing I knew, I was kissing the most beautiful girl I had ever seen.

I smiled to myself as I remembered the feeling. It was definitely one I liked.

But, damn. This was definitely going to be extremely awkward for the two of us.

A/N: So there! There is kiss number one!

Sorry, it wasn't as romantic as you probably hoped...but that isn't it! :)

Thanks to LovetobeFaith for an idea I used in this chapter! :)

So please review and I will update as soon as I can!

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Cherri