Hermione stayed awake the rest of the night with Draco there to keep her feeling

safe. Early in the morning the two got ready for the day then met back in the prefect

common room. They decided to take a walk, it was still early and most people were either

asleep or were just getting ready, so they had no problem walking around together.

Hermione stayed as close to him as possible for fear of her new stalker. They spent most

of the time talking about their summers and everything. Draco had asked her to go to the

Halloween Dance with him, and, of course, she accepted. After a while they entered the

Great Hall for breakfast. Stupidly though, they were close together like they had been,

and Snape and McGonagall were watching them. Hermione and Draco quickly parted

and took their seats at their tables. After they finished eating they headed for Potions

class. Snape was extremely harsh on Hermione and took away 100 house points.

Hermione hadn't done anything but try to help Harry with his potion. Draco was furious

about this but didn't do anything because he didn't know what to do. Next Gryffindor had

transfiguration. The class went by quickly and McGonagall requested to see Hermione

after class. Hermione already knew it was about Draco. As soon as everyone left the

class, Hermione walked up to the front of the room to see McGonagall. "Yes Professor?"

she asked. "What has Mr. Malfoy done to you? One moment you are running away from

him, next you are walking around with him happily. Something is not right. Did he use a

potion on you?" McGonagall asked. "No, I like Draco. It just took some time for me to

figure out," Hermione replied. McGonagall went on after that, telling Hermione if Draco

bothered her to tell her (McGonagall) (I had trouble wording the sentence).

***

At the same time Snape was questioning Malfoy. "What were you doing with a

filthy mudblood?" Snape asked. "Well sir, she is a prefect. We were making sure

everything was okay, so we were walking around together," Draco replied. "Good, you

may go," Snape said dismissing Draco. Another day quickly passed by, but today Draco

and Hermione tried to avoid each other at all costs when they were not in the common

room.

***

That night Hermione had another problem with her new stalker. Someone was

following her around again. She ran back to the common room to find Chris and Draco

sitting there talking. "Where is Andrew?" she questioned and out of breath. "He is asleep.

He hasn't been feeling well," Chris said. "Oh," was all Hermione could still out of breath.

"Well, what's wrong with you?" Draco asked. "Someone was following me again..."

"Who?" Chris interrupted her. "That's the problem, I don't know."