CHAPTER 5
Draco looked both shocked and hurt. Hermione broke into a huge smile as she said, "I love you." Draco watched her retreat into her room and shut her door.
"Yes!" he jumped up and bounded up the stairs to his room. It was the happiest he had ever been in his life.
** Oh my God! I finally told Hermione the truth, I told her everything. Wow, that was a shit load off my shoulders. I told her I like her and everything. She said that she loves me. Oh my God! I can't believe it, tomorrow I'm gunna ask her out. And I know she'll say yes. I'll ask her before we go down to breakfast. ** He took a bath that night to cool himself down. The water felt so good against his body, he wanted to stay there forever. At about ten, he got out, wrapped himself in a towel and brushed his teeth. When he went into his room, he put on a pair of black, silk boxers, and went to sleep.
The next morning, he woke up to running water. He dressed quickly, and dashed down to the common room to wait for Hermione. When she walked down, she said, "Good morning, Draco."
"Good morning, Hermione. Did you sleep well last night?"
"Yup, and I feel so refreshed."
"Before we go down to breakfast, I wanted to ask you something. It's kinda important," he said. All of a sudden he wasn't feeling quite as confident as he felt the night before.
"Okay.what's up?"
"Hermione, will you go out with me?" he asked shakily.
"OH MY GOD!! YES! YES!" She ran over and embraced him in a hug.
Draco leaned forward and pecked her on the lips, and they headed down to breakfast. Once outside the portrait, Draco took Hermione's hand, and they walked slowly toward the Great Hall.
"Draco, are we gunna keep this a secret?" Hermione said. "What would happen if your father found out?"
"Yeah." He quickly let go of her hand. "We should definitely keep this a secret. If he ever found out-" his voice trailed off as they reached the Great Hall. They headed toward their separate tables and sat down to eat.
That day, Draco had all of his classes with Hermione. First, History of Magic, then Arithmancy, lunch, and finally double Transfigurations. This made them both happy. They looked at each other and smiled.
When they finished breakfast, they headed toward Professor Binns' classroom. They sat at the desk in the back of the room so they wouldn't be getting any weird stares from the rest of the class. The lesson was so boring, as always. Draco and Hermione wrote notes to each other all period in their notebooks. They eventually started giggling as they drew arrows to different people and labeled them with things like, "loser," "asshole," "freak," and things like that. Professor Binns didn't seem to notice them, but some of the students shot them dirty looks. They couldn't stand to see a Gryffindor and a Slytherin together, especially Harry, Ron, and Pansy.
After class, they went into the hall. Harry pushed Draco from behind. "What do you think you're doing? Hermione is supposed to take notes in class, not talk to you. Usually when someone in class is talking she'll give them dirty looks. Today she was the one receiving them!"
"Jeez, Harry, it's nice to see you care so much," Hermione said coldly. "But really, if you really did, you'd see that I'm happier now than I've been in a long time. Sure I miss you and Ron, but I really don't need you. You left me because I befriended a Slytherin, who happens to be extremely nice. If you wanna be my friend again, you gotta make that decision, 'cause I know what mine would be. Come on, Draco." She grabbed his hand and they headed for the Arithmancy classroom. Thank God Harry and Ron took Divination.
Hermione was still holding Draco's hand as they walked through the halls. "I thought we weren't gunna tell anyone," Draco said after a while.
"They probably just figure I was annoyed. They're too stupid to figure anything out anyway." Hermione was still fuming, but let go if his hand all the same. "God, why do they have to be such assholes?"
"Because they don't know how wonderful and kind I can be." Draco smirked.
"Oh shut up!" She playfully punched him in the arm.
Arithmancy was his second favorite class (Potions being his favorite). He was kind of upset when it went by quickly. He noticed that his favorite classes seemed to fly by.
When it was over, Draco and Hermione headed down to lunch. They went to their separate tables. Draco sat between Crabbe and Goyle and Hermione sat with Lavender, Parvati, and Ginny.
"Draco, how come you don't talk to us anymore?" Goyle asked.
"Because I found someone who shares common interests besides the Dark Arts, and she has a brain. She doesn't grunt at me when I talk to her, and she's very intellectual."
"Are you talking about the Head Girl?" Crabbe asked stupidly.
"I might be." He smirked and looked over at Hermione. They both grunted idiotically and went back to their food.
After lunch, Draco walked out of the Great Hall and he saw Hermione waiting by the marble staircase. He greeted her with a hug, and they headed up toward McGonagall's room.
"You make up with Potthead and Weasel yet?"
"Nope, and I'm not gunna make the first move. They have to see how happy I am. I don't see why they have such a problem with us being 'friends.' Besides, Ginny said that they miss me too, but that they still can't stand you. They wanna beat you up so that you'll leave me." She looked down and then continued, "Would you leave me?"
"Hermione look at me." They stopped in the middle of the hall. She looked up into his silver eyes. "I love you and I will never leave you. You're the reason why I'm still living. I don't care what those two jerks say or do, I won't leave you, I promise."
"I'll never leave you either." She hugged him and whispered to him, "I'd kiss you if there weren't so many people around."
He smiled at her and they walked into Transfigurations right before the bell rang. Once again, they took two seats in the back of the room.
"Today," began McGonagall, "You will be transfiguring your partner into the animal that you think suits them best. You will be working with the person that you are sitting next to. The spells for the different animals are in your text books, it also tells you how to switch them back. I will be walking around to make sure that no one gets hurt. Good luck."
Draco said, "You go first. You'll probably be better at this than me. I do have one request, though. Don't turn me into a ferret."
"Don't worry, I wasn't planning on it," she told him with an evil grin. Then, she muttered a spell and slowly, Draco was turning into a dragon. He wasn't fully grown, but he wasn't a baby either.
A lot of the kids started to scream in fright, but Hermione quickly turned him back. "Ms Granger, that's the most difficult transfiguration in the book. How did you do it so well?" came McGonagall's voice.
Hermione just shrugged and smiled innocently. She had just earned Gryffindor 20 points.
"Your turn, Draco," she smiled.
He nodded and thought, "What animal is like her? She's pure, kind, innocent, beautiful. That's it! She's a unicorn!" He said the spell and Hermione turned into a beautiful, full-grown unicorn.
The class was amazed that Draco had even considered Hermione being a unicorn. Draco also earned Slytherin 20 points for his amazing transfiguration.
Most of the class had some trouble with the difficult task. Since Draco and Hermione had already finished, they got to talk for the remainder of the class.
When the bell rang, Professor McGonagall called, "Mr. Malfoy, Ms Granger, a word please."
They gave each other skeptical looks and walked over to her. She said, "As you know, you will be receiving classes that will assist you in taking down You-Know-Who. They will begin on Saturday, and continue every Saturday up until Christmas break. They will most likely result in pain, however, this will only make you stronger. Good luck!" With that she left the room.
"I didn't know they'd be starting so soon," mumbled Hermione. More to herself than to Draco.
"You scared, 'Mione?" he asked.
"Terrified, I mean we're only 17. I don't want anything to happen to us. We've got our whole lives ahead of us yet."
"Nothing's gunna happen, I promise. I won't let anything happen to you." He kissed her quickly, then peeked outside the room to make sure no one was there and grabbed her hand.
They slowly made their way down to the Great Hall, where everyone was already eating. Before they entered, they let go of each other's hand and headed for their separate tables.
Draco watched Hermione sit between Harry and Ron. They both seemed eager to talk to her. He watched intently, only eating bits of his food. At first, Hermione was annoyed, but after five minutes of what appeared to be begging and pleading, Hermione smiled. She looked up and caught Draco's eye and mouthed, "It's all good."
He nodded and went back to his food. Now, he didn't have to worry so much. The golden trio was back.
After dinner, Hermione ran up to Draco. "They apologized!" she screeched. "They said that they were sorry and that they missed me. I told them that I missed them too, but that I'm not sorry for being your friend. It took them a while to apologize correctly, but we're okay now!" She was so excited that she got her two best friends back. "I also told them about us," she said in a more hushed tone.
"Were they mad about that too?" he asked kind of annoyed.
"No-well at first they were, but I told them that you're a great guy and they accepted the fact that I love you."
"I still don't wanna be friends with them. They are still assholes in my mind and they pissed off my girlfriend. Darkness is Forever."
"Well it pissed me off too, but they've been my best friends for seven years. It just kinda hurts when they don't talk to me."
"I wouldn't know how that feels," Draco said while sitting on a couch and pulling Hermione to him. "I've never had any real friends, except Blaise, just acquaintances really. I lead a lonely life."
"Well what about me?" Hermione said defiantly. "Do you consider me a friend?"
"Of course I do, you know that. You also know that I love you more than anything on the face of the Earth. You mean everything to me."
"You mean everything to me too, Draco Malfoy."
She leaned in and kissed him. The kiss was filled with all the passion and love that each felt for the other.
Draco looked both shocked and hurt. Hermione broke into a huge smile as she said, "I love you." Draco watched her retreat into her room and shut her door.
"Yes!" he jumped up and bounded up the stairs to his room. It was the happiest he had ever been in his life.
** Oh my God! I finally told Hermione the truth, I told her everything. Wow, that was a shit load off my shoulders. I told her I like her and everything. She said that she loves me. Oh my God! I can't believe it, tomorrow I'm gunna ask her out. And I know she'll say yes. I'll ask her before we go down to breakfast. ** He took a bath that night to cool himself down. The water felt so good against his body, he wanted to stay there forever. At about ten, he got out, wrapped himself in a towel and brushed his teeth. When he went into his room, he put on a pair of black, silk boxers, and went to sleep.
The next morning, he woke up to running water. He dressed quickly, and dashed down to the common room to wait for Hermione. When she walked down, she said, "Good morning, Draco."
"Good morning, Hermione. Did you sleep well last night?"
"Yup, and I feel so refreshed."
"Before we go down to breakfast, I wanted to ask you something. It's kinda important," he said. All of a sudden he wasn't feeling quite as confident as he felt the night before.
"Okay.what's up?"
"Hermione, will you go out with me?" he asked shakily.
"OH MY GOD!! YES! YES!" She ran over and embraced him in a hug.
Draco leaned forward and pecked her on the lips, and they headed down to breakfast. Once outside the portrait, Draco took Hermione's hand, and they walked slowly toward the Great Hall.
"Draco, are we gunna keep this a secret?" Hermione said. "What would happen if your father found out?"
"Yeah." He quickly let go of her hand. "We should definitely keep this a secret. If he ever found out-" his voice trailed off as they reached the Great Hall. They headed toward their separate tables and sat down to eat.
That day, Draco had all of his classes with Hermione. First, History of Magic, then Arithmancy, lunch, and finally double Transfigurations. This made them both happy. They looked at each other and smiled.
When they finished breakfast, they headed toward Professor Binns' classroom. They sat at the desk in the back of the room so they wouldn't be getting any weird stares from the rest of the class. The lesson was so boring, as always. Draco and Hermione wrote notes to each other all period in their notebooks. They eventually started giggling as they drew arrows to different people and labeled them with things like, "loser," "asshole," "freak," and things like that. Professor Binns didn't seem to notice them, but some of the students shot them dirty looks. They couldn't stand to see a Gryffindor and a Slytherin together, especially Harry, Ron, and Pansy.
After class, they went into the hall. Harry pushed Draco from behind. "What do you think you're doing? Hermione is supposed to take notes in class, not talk to you. Usually when someone in class is talking she'll give them dirty looks. Today she was the one receiving them!"
"Jeez, Harry, it's nice to see you care so much," Hermione said coldly. "But really, if you really did, you'd see that I'm happier now than I've been in a long time. Sure I miss you and Ron, but I really don't need you. You left me because I befriended a Slytherin, who happens to be extremely nice. If you wanna be my friend again, you gotta make that decision, 'cause I know what mine would be. Come on, Draco." She grabbed his hand and they headed for the Arithmancy classroom. Thank God Harry and Ron took Divination.
Hermione was still holding Draco's hand as they walked through the halls. "I thought we weren't gunna tell anyone," Draco said after a while.
"They probably just figure I was annoyed. They're too stupid to figure anything out anyway." Hermione was still fuming, but let go if his hand all the same. "God, why do they have to be such assholes?"
"Because they don't know how wonderful and kind I can be." Draco smirked.
"Oh shut up!" She playfully punched him in the arm.
Arithmancy was his second favorite class (Potions being his favorite). He was kind of upset when it went by quickly. He noticed that his favorite classes seemed to fly by.
When it was over, Draco and Hermione headed down to lunch. They went to their separate tables. Draco sat between Crabbe and Goyle and Hermione sat with Lavender, Parvati, and Ginny.
"Draco, how come you don't talk to us anymore?" Goyle asked.
"Because I found someone who shares common interests besides the Dark Arts, and she has a brain. She doesn't grunt at me when I talk to her, and she's very intellectual."
"Are you talking about the Head Girl?" Crabbe asked stupidly.
"I might be." He smirked and looked over at Hermione. They both grunted idiotically and went back to their food.
After lunch, Draco walked out of the Great Hall and he saw Hermione waiting by the marble staircase. He greeted her with a hug, and they headed up toward McGonagall's room.
"You make up with Potthead and Weasel yet?"
"Nope, and I'm not gunna make the first move. They have to see how happy I am. I don't see why they have such a problem with us being 'friends.' Besides, Ginny said that they miss me too, but that they still can't stand you. They wanna beat you up so that you'll leave me." She looked down and then continued, "Would you leave me?"
"Hermione look at me." They stopped in the middle of the hall. She looked up into his silver eyes. "I love you and I will never leave you. You're the reason why I'm still living. I don't care what those two jerks say or do, I won't leave you, I promise."
"I'll never leave you either." She hugged him and whispered to him, "I'd kiss you if there weren't so many people around."
He smiled at her and they walked into Transfigurations right before the bell rang. Once again, they took two seats in the back of the room.
"Today," began McGonagall, "You will be transfiguring your partner into the animal that you think suits them best. You will be working with the person that you are sitting next to. The spells for the different animals are in your text books, it also tells you how to switch them back. I will be walking around to make sure that no one gets hurt. Good luck."
Draco said, "You go first. You'll probably be better at this than me. I do have one request, though. Don't turn me into a ferret."
"Don't worry, I wasn't planning on it," she told him with an evil grin. Then, she muttered a spell and slowly, Draco was turning into a dragon. He wasn't fully grown, but he wasn't a baby either.
A lot of the kids started to scream in fright, but Hermione quickly turned him back. "Ms Granger, that's the most difficult transfiguration in the book. How did you do it so well?" came McGonagall's voice.
Hermione just shrugged and smiled innocently. She had just earned Gryffindor 20 points.
"Your turn, Draco," she smiled.
He nodded and thought, "What animal is like her? She's pure, kind, innocent, beautiful. That's it! She's a unicorn!" He said the spell and Hermione turned into a beautiful, full-grown unicorn.
The class was amazed that Draco had even considered Hermione being a unicorn. Draco also earned Slytherin 20 points for his amazing transfiguration.
Most of the class had some trouble with the difficult task. Since Draco and Hermione had already finished, they got to talk for the remainder of the class.
When the bell rang, Professor McGonagall called, "Mr. Malfoy, Ms Granger, a word please."
They gave each other skeptical looks and walked over to her. She said, "As you know, you will be receiving classes that will assist you in taking down You-Know-Who. They will begin on Saturday, and continue every Saturday up until Christmas break. They will most likely result in pain, however, this will only make you stronger. Good luck!" With that she left the room.
"I didn't know they'd be starting so soon," mumbled Hermione. More to herself than to Draco.
"You scared, 'Mione?" he asked.
"Terrified, I mean we're only 17. I don't want anything to happen to us. We've got our whole lives ahead of us yet."
"Nothing's gunna happen, I promise. I won't let anything happen to you." He kissed her quickly, then peeked outside the room to make sure no one was there and grabbed her hand.
They slowly made their way down to the Great Hall, where everyone was already eating. Before they entered, they let go of each other's hand and headed for their separate tables.
Draco watched Hermione sit between Harry and Ron. They both seemed eager to talk to her. He watched intently, only eating bits of his food. At first, Hermione was annoyed, but after five minutes of what appeared to be begging and pleading, Hermione smiled. She looked up and caught Draco's eye and mouthed, "It's all good."
He nodded and went back to his food. Now, he didn't have to worry so much. The golden trio was back.
After dinner, Hermione ran up to Draco. "They apologized!" she screeched. "They said that they were sorry and that they missed me. I told them that I missed them too, but that I'm not sorry for being your friend. It took them a while to apologize correctly, but we're okay now!" She was so excited that she got her two best friends back. "I also told them about us," she said in a more hushed tone.
"Were they mad about that too?" he asked kind of annoyed.
"No-well at first they were, but I told them that you're a great guy and they accepted the fact that I love you."
"I still don't wanna be friends with them. They are still assholes in my mind and they pissed off my girlfriend. Darkness is Forever."
"Well it pissed me off too, but they've been my best friends for seven years. It just kinda hurts when they don't talk to me."
"I wouldn't know how that feels," Draco said while sitting on a couch and pulling Hermione to him. "I've never had any real friends, except Blaise, just acquaintances really. I lead a lonely life."
"Well what about me?" Hermione said defiantly. "Do you consider me a friend?"
"Of course I do, you know that. You also know that I love you more than anything on the face of the Earth. You mean everything to me."
"You mean everything to me too, Draco Malfoy."
She leaned in and kissed him. The kiss was filled with all the passion and love that each felt for the other.