(A/N- I am soooooooo beyond sorry about taking such a long time to update! I went on vacation to Florida, and I had no access to a computer. I hope to have quicker updates now.
~Recap to the ending of last chapter
"Sorry, it's just that I left my History of Magic book in the prefect bathroom. I was studying in the bath. I don't have the time to go get it! Will you get it for me?" Harry asked looking anxious. "Yeah, sure," I told him. "I'll be right back." I walked out of the portrait hole, and started towards the bathroom. I had been walking for five minutes, and I saw a note card on the ground followed by many little candies. "Hermione" the card read. I picked it up, and looked at the back of it. "Follow the kisses," was all the card said.
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'Follow the kisses?' I thought. What in the name of Merlin's beard are kisses? I obviously knew what kisses were, but how do you follow kisses? Gazing around at the candies, I picked one up. "Hershey's Kisses" the label said. "I guess the card means I should follow these candies," I said thinking out loud. I didn't have my bag with me, so I had no place to put the candy. I took the foil off of one of them, and examined the sweet. I had a very strong feeling that it was chocolate because of the odor and appearance of it. A voice in my head told me not to eat it, and I didn't. I knew better than that. It could be Pansy playing a trick on me for all I knew. I summoned my bag down to me so I had something to hold the delicious-looking candies in. Finally, after debating whether or not to obey the instructions written on the form, I decided to go ahead and follow the kisses.
The trail of kisses continued on for a while, then stopped when I got to the door of the prefects bathroom. There, another card waited for me. "Hermione," it read, "Go into the prefect bathroom, and keep following the kisses."
"Lemon Drop," I said flabbergasted. What was awaiting me behind that door? Would it hurt me in some way? Did it have something to do with Pansy, Blaise, or Draco? 'I guess I'm going to find out in a couple of seconds' I told myself. The door swung open, and I cautiously stepped inside, anxious about what might await me.
As I opened my eyes, a great beauty overcame me. The room was dimly lit with floating candles, beautifully colored flowers were scattered everywhere, and the scent of morning dew hung in the air. The kisses' silver, foil wrappers glistened in the mystical light of the room. I gasped and held my breath. Was this all for me? Who would go through so much to do all this? I had a feeling Harry and Ron were in on whatever this was, as Harry's book wasn't there. Ron probably had something to do with it too, because anything Harry did, Ron usually did also. I highly suspected that Ron wasn't really with Professor McGonagall. I knew if someone did this because they liked me, it wasn't Ron since he's fancied Padma Patil ever since Parvati hinted that Padma might fancy him a little. Padma and Ron both like each other, and I don't know why they haven't gotten together yet.
I looked back down at the kisses, and starting walking to where they led me, picking them up as I went along. After winding around the bathroom a few times, the kisses stopped right in front of the shower curtain. There was another card taped onto the curtain with spellotape. I ripped it off, and opened it. "Walk into the shower" was all it said. Simple as that. I gulped, and lifted my foot off the ground, preparing to lower it onto the tub. I covered my head with my hands, thinking that a shower of water was going to pour down on me when I stepped in.
Yet, I was wrong. It wasn't a downpour of water that fell onto me as I placed my foot onto the tub bottom, it was a shower of flowers. All varied kinds of them. Red roses gently dropped on my bushy, chestnut colored hair, while yellow daisies bright as the sun hung lightly near the ceiling.
I had been standing in the shower for about five minutes, and still the flower were coming down. They were just appearing out of thin air and falling smoothly onto me, and the floor of the bathtub. Purple lilacs danced on the walls, just as pink carnations placed themselves delicately onto my hair, contrasting wonderfully with the red and white roses that were also cascading and arranging in my locks of brown hair. I was dancing around, prancing in the flowers. I felt like a little school girl who was on top of a hill, with the wind blowing in her face. It was such an extraordinary feeling, and I was lost for words.
Being so overwhelmed and amazed at the magnificence of this plan, I almost didn't hear someone say: "Now that I've kissed the ground you walk on, and showered you with flowers, will you forgive me?" the voice pleaded. 'Draco,' I thought. 'That's Draco's voice.'
"Draco?" I asked uneasily.
"Yes?" he answered. I turned around, and there he was, looking at me almost fearfully, as if he was afraid of what I was going to say.
"Did you plan all this out?" I asked him, already knowing the answer. Of course he didn't do it all on his own, but I figured most of it was his idea.
"Ron and Harry helped, but I thought up the whole apology, kisses, and shower pieces," he answered unsteadily. His voice was so meek, and he kept stuttering.
"Well," I said. "I forgive you." Draco took a step closer to me.
"You-you do?" he asked, sounding almost astonished that I forgave him.
I swallowed, smiled a little bit, and then told him truthfully: "Yes, I honestly do Draco." He had tried to apologize before, but all he did was walk up to me while we were switching classes, and say he was sorry. I didn't think that was a real, true apology from the heart, so usually I just ignored him, as though he wasn't even there. I knew that was a bit mean, but he deserved it then. I could tell now, after he went through so much trouble, that he meant it this time. I just knew. He was acting like a small boy who let bullies push them around. He wasn't all high and mighty now.
*Draco's POV*
So many things are rushing through my head right now. She just said she forgave me, what now? Should I kiss her? Should I just give her a hug? Or, should I leave? I looked at her, and she seemed lost in her own thoughts. 'I can't believe she forgave me! I was so horrible to her... I don't deserve her' Hermione was always so kind to people, and I was always the mean Slytherin. That changed a year ago though, but I still couldn't live up to her. In my eyes, she was perfect every way.
I was staring at Hermione, not realizing it, when she looked back up at me. She seemed to be examining me. I took a step towards her, and she didn't back away. We stared at each other for a few more seconds, until I couldn't hold back and longer. Before I knew it, we were lip-locked. We both had leaned in for the kill at the same time, and it was perfect. Her hands were tracing down my back, and mine were tangled up in her hair. I could tell that this wasn't her first kiss, and I have to admit, I felt a little disappointed. I wanted to be the person she always remembered kissing first. She was amazing me with all she was doing. She seemed really experienced at this, though I reckoned I was still her second kiss. I wondered how she thought I kissed, hopefully it was good. Pansy was the only other girl I had kissed believe it or not. I think Weasley was the first guy she kissed, they went out for a little bit last year.
I had become so lost in the kiss, I didn't realize how long we'd been going at it until we broke apart. "Fifteen minutes!" I exclaimed in excitement and bewilderment also. Hermione blushed furiously, and looked down at her feet. "And not one part of it I wouldn't want to repeat," I said to her. She looked up at me and smiled. I smiled back, and we stepped out of the shower seeing as we had never exited. "That kiss was perfect," I told her.
"You're perfect," she said back. I took out my wand, and cleaned all the flowers up, getting them into vases all around the bathroom. "I guess we should go then?" she asked me.
"I think you're right, Weasley and Potter might suspect something," I informed her, but she already knew.
"Were they in on this?" she asked.
"Hmm...take a wild guess," I told her playfully. She smiled sarcastically back as we made our way to the door. I took her hand in mine, and we intertwined our fingers. I led the way out the door, and we began to walk towards her common room. When we got there, I looked at her like I never wanted to see her go.
"Well, goodnight then," she said. I kissed her lightly on the cheek, turned around.
"Goodnight Hermione, may your dreams be magical and wonderful tonight," I said and walked off towards my dorm.
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A/N- What did you think? You can tell me when you click the box at the bottom left corner of the screen! I got *the plan* from a magazine, so I didn't think it up on my own. Thank you to all my reviewers, and I might start thanking you personally from now on seeing as the number of reviewers has gone drastically down. *sighs very sadly*
Chapter 10 Reviewers-
kristina- Thank you for constantly reviewing my story! Did you like 'what happens next?'
Me123- Also thank you for reviewing my story! I had been updating my stories quicker than I've been the past two or so weeks, but I had writers block before, and I was on vacation. I hope to update more often not though! I hate it when people leave you hanging too though! You're just going to have to wait and see (read) what the ius Cu is! I'm not saying it is the crutcius curse, but I'm not saying it isn't!
Mione G- Thanks for the little tidbit about pounds. That's what I had before I changed it to euros, and then to dollars. Thank you for all the other compliments! They reallt mean lots to me!
kerofan- I know, I know! I left a cliffhanger chapter 10! You found out the rest though in this chapter. Thank you for being a continual reviewer. Your story is awesome too!
*Also to some regular reviewers*
Sucker for Romance- thank you for reviewing pretty much every chapter. It feels nice to know there are people who actually want to read this story!
G*Ness- Thank you for usually reviewing too! I really like your stories, and I hope you keep writing more!
~Recap to the ending of last chapter
"Sorry, it's just that I left my History of Magic book in the prefect bathroom. I was studying in the bath. I don't have the time to go get it! Will you get it for me?" Harry asked looking anxious. "Yeah, sure," I told him. "I'll be right back." I walked out of the portrait hole, and started towards the bathroom. I had been walking for five minutes, and I saw a note card on the ground followed by many little candies. "Hermione" the card read. I picked it up, and looked at the back of it. "Follow the kisses," was all the card said.
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'Follow the kisses?' I thought. What in the name of Merlin's beard are kisses? I obviously knew what kisses were, but how do you follow kisses? Gazing around at the candies, I picked one up. "Hershey's Kisses" the label said. "I guess the card means I should follow these candies," I said thinking out loud. I didn't have my bag with me, so I had no place to put the candy. I took the foil off of one of them, and examined the sweet. I had a very strong feeling that it was chocolate because of the odor and appearance of it. A voice in my head told me not to eat it, and I didn't. I knew better than that. It could be Pansy playing a trick on me for all I knew. I summoned my bag down to me so I had something to hold the delicious-looking candies in. Finally, after debating whether or not to obey the instructions written on the form, I decided to go ahead and follow the kisses.
The trail of kisses continued on for a while, then stopped when I got to the door of the prefects bathroom. There, another card waited for me. "Hermione," it read, "Go into the prefect bathroom, and keep following the kisses."
"Lemon Drop," I said flabbergasted. What was awaiting me behind that door? Would it hurt me in some way? Did it have something to do with Pansy, Blaise, or Draco? 'I guess I'm going to find out in a couple of seconds' I told myself. The door swung open, and I cautiously stepped inside, anxious about what might await me.
As I opened my eyes, a great beauty overcame me. The room was dimly lit with floating candles, beautifully colored flowers were scattered everywhere, and the scent of morning dew hung in the air. The kisses' silver, foil wrappers glistened in the mystical light of the room. I gasped and held my breath. Was this all for me? Who would go through so much to do all this? I had a feeling Harry and Ron were in on whatever this was, as Harry's book wasn't there. Ron probably had something to do with it too, because anything Harry did, Ron usually did also. I highly suspected that Ron wasn't really with Professor McGonagall. I knew if someone did this because they liked me, it wasn't Ron since he's fancied Padma Patil ever since Parvati hinted that Padma might fancy him a little. Padma and Ron both like each other, and I don't know why they haven't gotten together yet.
I looked back down at the kisses, and starting walking to where they led me, picking them up as I went along. After winding around the bathroom a few times, the kisses stopped right in front of the shower curtain. There was another card taped onto the curtain with spellotape. I ripped it off, and opened it. "Walk into the shower" was all it said. Simple as that. I gulped, and lifted my foot off the ground, preparing to lower it onto the tub. I covered my head with my hands, thinking that a shower of water was going to pour down on me when I stepped in.
Yet, I was wrong. It wasn't a downpour of water that fell onto me as I placed my foot onto the tub bottom, it was a shower of flowers. All varied kinds of them. Red roses gently dropped on my bushy, chestnut colored hair, while yellow daisies bright as the sun hung lightly near the ceiling.
I had been standing in the shower for about five minutes, and still the flower were coming down. They were just appearing out of thin air and falling smoothly onto me, and the floor of the bathtub. Purple lilacs danced on the walls, just as pink carnations placed themselves delicately onto my hair, contrasting wonderfully with the red and white roses that were also cascading and arranging in my locks of brown hair. I was dancing around, prancing in the flowers. I felt like a little school girl who was on top of a hill, with the wind blowing in her face. It was such an extraordinary feeling, and I was lost for words.
Being so overwhelmed and amazed at the magnificence of this plan, I almost didn't hear someone say: "Now that I've kissed the ground you walk on, and showered you with flowers, will you forgive me?" the voice pleaded. 'Draco,' I thought. 'That's Draco's voice.'
"Draco?" I asked uneasily.
"Yes?" he answered. I turned around, and there he was, looking at me almost fearfully, as if he was afraid of what I was going to say.
"Did you plan all this out?" I asked him, already knowing the answer. Of course he didn't do it all on his own, but I figured most of it was his idea.
"Ron and Harry helped, but I thought up the whole apology, kisses, and shower pieces," he answered unsteadily. His voice was so meek, and he kept stuttering.
"Well," I said. "I forgive you." Draco took a step closer to me.
"You-you do?" he asked, sounding almost astonished that I forgave him.
I swallowed, smiled a little bit, and then told him truthfully: "Yes, I honestly do Draco." He had tried to apologize before, but all he did was walk up to me while we were switching classes, and say he was sorry. I didn't think that was a real, true apology from the heart, so usually I just ignored him, as though he wasn't even there. I knew that was a bit mean, but he deserved it then. I could tell now, after he went through so much trouble, that he meant it this time. I just knew. He was acting like a small boy who let bullies push them around. He wasn't all high and mighty now.
*Draco's POV*
So many things are rushing through my head right now. She just said she forgave me, what now? Should I kiss her? Should I just give her a hug? Or, should I leave? I looked at her, and she seemed lost in her own thoughts. 'I can't believe she forgave me! I was so horrible to her... I don't deserve her' Hermione was always so kind to people, and I was always the mean Slytherin. That changed a year ago though, but I still couldn't live up to her. In my eyes, she was perfect every way.
I was staring at Hermione, not realizing it, when she looked back up at me. She seemed to be examining me. I took a step towards her, and she didn't back away. We stared at each other for a few more seconds, until I couldn't hold back and longer. Before I knew it, we were lip-locked. We both had leaned in for the kill at the same time, and it was perfect. Her hands were tracing down my back, and mine were tangled up in her hair. I could tell that this wasn't her first kiss, and I have to admit, I felt a little disappointed. I wanted to be the person she always remembered kissing first. She was amazing me with all she was doing. She seemed really experienced at this, though I reckoned I was still her second kiss. I wondered how she thought I kissed, hopefully it was good. Pansy was the only other girl I had kissed believe it or not. I think Weasley was the first guy she kissed, they went out for a little bit last year.
I had become so lost in the kiss, I didn't realize how long we'd been going at it until we broke apart. "Fifteen minutes!" I exclaimed in excitement and bewilderment also. Hermione blushed furiously, and looked down at her feet. "And not one part of it I wouldn't want to repeat," I said to her. She looked up at me and smiled. I smiled back, and we stepped out of the shower seeing as we had never exited. "That kiss was perfect," I told her.
"You're perfect," she said back. I took out my wand, and cleaned all the flowers up, getting them into vases all around the bathroom. "I guess we should go then?" she asked me.
"I think you're right, Weasley and Potter might suspect something," I informed her, but she already knew.
"Were they in on this?" she asked.
"Hmm...take a wild guess," I told her playfully. She smiled sarcastically back as we made our way to the door. I took her hand in mine, and we intertwined our fingers. I led the way out the door, and we began to walk towards her common room. When we got there, I looked at her like I never wanted to see her go.
"Well, goodnight then," she said. I kissed her lightly on the cheek, turned around.
"Goodnight Hermione, may your dreams be magical and wonderful tonight," I said and walked off towards my dorm.
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A/N- What did you think? You can tell me when you click the box at the bottom left corner of the screen! I got *the plan* from a magazine, so I didn't think it up on my own. Thank you to all my reviewers, and I might start thanking you personally from now on seeing as the number of reviewers has gone drastically down. *sighs very sadly*
Chapter 10 Reviewers-
kristina- Thank you for constantly reviewing my story! Did you like 'what happens next?'
Me123- Also thank you for reviewing my story! I had been updating my stories quicker than I've been the past two or so weeks, but I had writers block before, and I was on vacation. I hope to update more often not though! I hate it when people leave you hanging too though! You're just going to have to wait and see (read) what the ius Cu is! I'm not saying it is the crutcius curse, but I'm not saying it isn't!
Mione G- Thanks for the little tidbit about pounds. That's what I had before I changed it to euros, and then to dollars. Thank you for all the other compliments! They reallt mean lots to me!
kerofan- I know, I know! I left a cliffhanger chapter 10! You found out the rest though in this chapter. Thank you for being a continual reviewer. Your story is awesome too!
*Also to some regular reviewers*
Sucker for Romance- thank you for reviewing pretty much every chapter. It feels nice to know there are people who actually want to read this story!
G*Ness- Thank you for usually reviewing too! I really like your stories, and I hope you keep writing more!