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A startling buzz woke Draco up and he shot out of being, rubbing his eyes. He quickly jumped out of bed and went to the bathroom to take a shower. He pulled on his robes, and went down to the Great Hall. It suprised him that hardly anyone was in the room, but he sat down at the Slytherin table, with Crabbe and Goyle trailing him and crashing down on either side of him. She sat at the Gryffindor table all alone, with her head bent over her bowl of oatmeal, carelessly stirring it with her spoon. Hermione Granger. He sighed, and ate his breakfast. Hermione stopped eating, and picked her things up and walked out of the Hall. Draco told Crabbe and Goyle to stay at the table and despite their perplexed questions of where he was going, Draco followed Hermione out of the Hall.
She began to walk down an empty hallway and Draco silently trailed her. He couldn't believe he was doing this. Hermione stopped and began to look behind her, and Draco jumped back into a crevice in the wall to avoid her gaze. She shrugged her shoulders and continued walking. Draco resumed his distance and again followed her. Once again, she snapped her head around, but this time she caught Malfoy behind her.
"Malfoy!" she cried.
He cringed and began to work up to his list of insults to hurl back at her. "What, Mudblood?"
Hermione shrunk as the word came out of his mouth, and Draco noticed how sad her eyes looked. "Why the hell are you following me, Ferret Boy?"
Draco smirked and strode up to Hermione and pushed her up against the wall. "Going to the library, Granger. Got a problem?"
His hand was over her shoulder, and a baffled Hermione began to stutter, "I uh, um..." she drew herself up and spat out, "Well, you could have fooled me since the library is that way" pointing to the opposite direction and pushed him away from her.
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I had the strongest urge to kiss her Mudblood face at that very instant that she was against the wall. Of course, I restrained. The scandal of a Malfoy kissing that filthy Mudblood was impossible. He would be disowned from his family. When she pushed me back, I was hurt. I couldn't explain it..I just had really wanted to kiss her and having her shoot me down just hurt me. I felt like a baffling idiot as she stormed in the opposite direction of me. All the sudden I took my opportunity and shouted her name, "Hermione!"
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"Hermione!" I heard him call. I smiled to myself. He had never called me by my first name before. I turned and asked impatiently, "What Malfoy?"
He walked up to me and again pushed me to the wall, but this time he cupped my chin and drew me into a kiss. I didn't realize what was happening at first, but when I did, I was too suprised and pushed him away. "Ugh! Malfoy don't -ever- touch me again!" I cried and began to run down the corridor. Why had I done that? Why? I -had- wanted him to kiss me! I felt so stupid and ran up to my room where all the others still lay sleeping because it was Saturday. I flopped myself down on my bed and pulled the pillow up to my face and began to sob. Why did he have to do that then? And why didn't I let him? I curled up and soon Lavender and Parvati were awakned by my sobs and came over to my bed.
"Herm? Are you okay?" Lavender asked with false concern in her voice. Just a stupid busybody, I thought to myself. If I ever told her, or anyone else, that I had an immense crush on Draco Malfoy, it would be all over school.
Parvati put her hands on her hips when I failed to answer and demanded, "Hermione, come on tell us...you know we learned to make the Truth Serum last year!" I shuddered and turned away from them. "Geez! Fine Hermione, don't tell us." They walked away and I pulled the curtains around my bed so they wouldn't see me. Or maybe that I wouldn't have to see them.
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