(ok, this took a loooong time. sorry for the wait.) Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
i'd like to thank my wonderful beta, schnitzel.
Chapter 5
Hermione sank to the ground, wishing she could disappear into the wall. She heard quick footsteps, very quick footsteps. Someone was running near by. And they were getting closer. She opened her eyes, Draco was running to her. The man heard the footsteps and turned around just as Draco's fist collided with the mans jaw. Tumbling to the ground he lay there, unconscious. Draco kicked the knife away and looked at Hermione.
"Are you ok?" He asked, with a worried tone.
Hermione said nothing. She sat there trembling, her shopping bags a little ways off. Then very suddenly she got up and ran to Draco and collapsed on him. Draco stood there as she held on to him tightly. He stumbled with her weight upon him and fell to the ground. Hermione continued to sob there for another 5 minutes. Draco put his arms around her, confused.
'Ahh if only Father could see me now, holding a muggle-born.' he thought.
Hermiones crying ceased and she looked up at Draco. As he looked down at her tear-stained face his stomach flipped. Without really knowing what he was doing he softly and sweetly kissed her on the lips. As they parted Draco saw Hermiones eyes wide with fright. Realizing what he had done he quickly stammered an apology.
"Hermione...I....Uh.." Draco couldn't seem to get the apology out, but it made no difference, for Hermione had snatched up her shopping bags and sprinted towards the direction on the hotel.
*
'I can't believe he just did that' Hermione thought as she ran into the hotel, receiving many odd looks from people around her. "and I actually liked it!" She muttered out loud. She knew that nothing could ever happen between her and Draco, the comments she'd get from Harry and Ron! Not to mention they would be harassed all the time from everyone at Hogwarts. Hermione could just hear them now:
"Why is there a Gryffindor and a Slytherin going out?"
"Just for the sex, I guess."
Hermione couldn't bear the thought.
'What am I doing?' She thought as she went into the elevator. When she reached her room she went in and set her things down.
'How about a nice calming movie?' Her thoughts raced through her head. 'Yes, that does sound good.' She smiled to herself as you popped in Start Wars: A New Hope.
*
'What were you thinking?' Draco's angry thoughts couldn't leave his head. 'First you had to go and kiss her, then you had to enjoy it and then, as if that's not enough, hopelessly fail in trying to apologize!'
He kicked the brick wall, only to wince in pain.
"Why do I like her? She's just a normal muggle born. Not different from any other people." His thoughts continued out loud, but as there was no one else in the dark alley, he didn't care.
As he slowly made his way back to the hotel, he wondered what he was going to say to her.
*
There was a knock on the door. Hermione reluctantly got up to answer it. She knew who it was going to be. As she opened the door she braced herself. Before her stood Draco, looking extremely depressed. She gave him a weak smile, and waited for him to say something.
"Hermione I want to apologize about my behavior just then, it was totally and completely unacceptable and I ask your forgiveness." Draco said formally. He was taught how to apologize properly, but he never thought he would have to.
Hermione stood shocked.
'Did I really just hear Draco Malfoy formally, meaningfully apologize? I can't believe it.' Her eyes were wide with shocked surprise.
"Erm, Hermione?" Draco said, she hadn't said anything.
"Oh!" Hermione jumped and blushed when she realized she had been staring.
She moved out of the way to let him enter. Sitting down on the couch she continued watching her movie, somewhat dazed. As Draco sat down next to her she suddenly turned to face him.
"Why did you kiss me?" She asked in a shy voice. The movie was still on in the background.
"I...umm...I'm not completely sure. I like you more than you think, I guess." Draco said, not finding the right words to word the sentence properly.
"Oh..I see." Hermione said trying to hide the disappointment in her voice.
Draco however picked up on it and looked at her. Just as he was opening his mouth to say something Hermione returned his kiss, just as sweetly and softly as his had been. Their heads no more than 2 inches apart he whispered:
"What was that for?" He sounded confused yet, pleasantly surprised.
"For saving my life." Hermione said. "I don't know what would have happened if you weren't there and I don't want to know either."
"You realize this will be hard to explain at school." He pointed out.
"I don't care." Hermione responded, leaning in for another kiss.
They didn't much watch the movie, with their series of kisses who would? They continued to kiss late in the night, each kiss sweeter than the last.
******
"Good morning." Draco said to a sleepy Hermione as he re-entered the hotel room with two hot cups of coffee.
"mhhhhhmmm.." Hermione responded as she sipped hers.
"Was that a 'good morning'?" he asked, sounding amused.
"Yes." She smiled as she kissed him lightly.
"I think we should talk about our relationship while we drink our coffee and then finish up our museums so we can go to France." Draco said in a responsible tone that surprised himself.
"Well aren't we being grown up." Hermione laughed lightly.
"I know, scary, isn't it?" He said as he led her to the couch.
"Ok," He said, setting his cup of coffee down. "We need to decide where this is going to go. And if its going to last we need to think about the consequences....and the benefits." He quickly added noticing her uneasy stare.
"I think that if this continues back at Hogwarts there might be consequences, I take that back, I know there will be consequences, but if it really means that much to us then we can handle them." Hermione said in a serious tone.
"I agree. Although we could just carry on like this until our field trip ends and then put an end to it when we go back to hogwarts. Although if we can't bear not snogging together...I mean being together," He joked. "Then we could just get back together and deal with the consequences."
"So then we're a couple then?" She questioned.
"Hermione, I think after last night we are considered a couple, deal with it." He smiled, tossing the pillow at her.
"Fine by me." She said kissing him on the cheek. "I'm going to go take a shower."
"Can I come with?"
"I think I can manage on my own thanks." She laughed.
As she stepped into the shower her thoughts ran over the past events,
'Draco Malfoy and I a couple? If someone would have told me this last year I would have told them to bugger off and not to joke about such things that can make a person vomit. However here it is. Draco and I, this must not reach Harry or Ron's ears.' She thought afraid of what would happen if it did. Although she couldn't help but feel guilty, she hardly ever kept secrets from her two best friends, but this would just have to be one of those times.
***
'Father must not know of this, whatever I do, I must not let him find out. I'll be banished from the family, dis-owned. Not that that would entirely be a bad thing.' Draco didn't like his father all that much, he lied and constantly hurt Narcissa. Lucius Malfoy was a dangerous man, but Draco had learned everything from his father and for that he was thankful, but he hated it when his father hurt his mother. He would leave home for days to let out his anger. He would always return to find his mother forgiving his father.
'I'm still not going to let him find out.' He thought angrily.
The water stopped, Hermione got out of the shower and dressed.
'Two museums today,' She thought. 'and Draco' She giggled out loud.
As she stepped out of the bathroom she saw Draco waiting.
"You take long showers." He said.
"I do not, that was only 20 minutes." She said.
"I take 15, tops." He said grinning.
"Well your also a guy" She compromised. "Girls take longer."
"Sure.. well I'm going to take my shower, if there's any hot water left." He said under his breath while he shut the door.
Shaking her head, Hermione sat on her bed.
Ten minutes later Draco walked out of the bathroom and saw Hermione reading Little Women.
She looked up and saw him and smiled.
"Ready to go?" She asked.
"Yep, lets go." He said.
They got their coats and locked the room. Then, walking arm in arm, walked out into the bright sunlight.
"Ok, its that way." Hermione said, pointing.
"right, then lets get going so that we can finish it." He said walking off quickly.
"Hey wait up!" She yelled, running and catching up with him.
They went to the smallest museum, and in 1 hour they had finished it.
"That place had a lot of good facts." Hermione said, excited.
"Yep, I have four pages of notes." He said, surprised.
"Lets go to France." She said.
He stopped and looked at her.
"But we still have two museums." He said confused.
"Well.. they never told us how long the presentation had to be. We have enough stuff for 15 minutes, and if it needs to be longer I'll just think of some more information." She said, a twinkle in her eye.
"Sounds fine to me." He said, happy they didn't have to go to any museums.
"Great! now lets eat, I'm hungry." She moaned.
They stopped in the nearest cafe.
"I'll have a turkey sandwich and a coffee." Draco ordered.
"I'll have soup and a hot chocolate." Hermione decided upon.
The waitress took their orders and disappeared in the back. Five minutes later she returned with their food.
As soon as they were finished eating they returned to the hotel and packed everything. Taking out the floo powder Hermione threw it into the flame.
"Let's go to Paris." She begged.
"Fine with me." He laughed.
Stepping into the flame with her stuff she shouted :
"Paris!" loud and clearly.
She was gone in a whoosh of green flames.
Draco stepped into the flames and felt as they gently tickled him.
"Paris!" He repeated. Feeling the whoosh coming he shut his eyes tightly.
*
Hermione had stepped out of the fireplace and brushed the soot off her, then stood, patiently waiting for Draco. Hearing something, she stepped back and Draco arrived 5 seconds later. He stepped out of the fireplace gracefully and brushed himself off.
"Where are we?" He asked. He had been to Paris but normally he just apparated into a dark alley.
"We're in a bar that connects the muggle world and the wizarding world, its just like the Leaky Cauldron in London." She said.
"Where should we stay?" He asked.
"I want to stay at the Eiffel tower." She said her eyes filled with excitement.
"Is that possible?" Draco asked confused thinking he must had hit his head during the trip.
"Yes, they have a hotel that's hidden from muggle eyes." She said.
"Fine let's stay there then." He said.
They walked out of the bar taking a mental note of where it was. And hailed a cab.
As they arrived at the Eiffel tower they saw a elevator that no one was using.
"That's surprising" Draco said.
"Not really, its for witches and wizards who are staying at the hotel, we arrive right in the lobby, muggles would be suspicious if we went up the elevator with suitcases." She told him.
"How do you know all this?" He asked curiously.
"I read it." She said.
"what else is new?" He muttered under his breath.
"I heard that." Hermione grinned.
They rode up into the lobby and checked into a room with a window view. As they walked in Hermione into a sharp breath. The window was huge, taking up an entire wall, and through it you could all of Paris, on that side.
Hermione stared through the window and then turned with a gleam in her eyes and said:
"Lets go shopping!!"
*******
( hey!!! so0o0o0o0 sorry it took so long. but here it is. enjoy)
i'd like to thank my wonderful beta, schnitzel.
Chapter 5
Hermione sank to the ground, wishing she could disappear into the wall. She heard quick footsteps, very quick footsteps. Someone was running near by. And they were getting closer. She opened her eyes, Draco was running to her. The man heard the footsteps and turned around just as Draco's fist collided with the mans jaw. Tumbling to the ground he lay there, unconscious. Draco kicked the knife away and looked at Hermione.
"Are you ok?" He asked, with a worried tone.
Hermione said nothing. She sat there trembling, her shopping bags a little ways off. Then very suddenly she got up and ran to Draco and collapsed on him. Draco stood there as she held on to him tightly. He stumbled with her weight upon him and fell to the ground. Hermione continued to sob there for another 5 minutes. Draco put his arms around her, confused.
'Ahh if only Father could see me now, holding a muggle-born.' he thought.
Hermiones crying ceased and she looked up at Draco. As he looked down at her tear-stained face his stomach flipped. Without really knowing what he was doing he softly and sweetly kissed her on the lips. As they parted Draco saw Hermiones eyes wide with fright. Realizing what he had done he quickly stammered an apology.
"Hermione...I....Uh.." Draco couldn't seem to get the apology out, but it made no difference, for Hermione had snatched up her shopping bags and sprinted towards the direction on the hotel.
*
'I can't believe he just did that' Hermione thought as she ran into the hotel, receiving many odd looks from people around her. "and I actually liked it!" She muttered out loud. She knew that nothing could ever happen between her and Draco, the comments she'd get from Harry and Ron! Not to mention they would be harassed all the time from everyone at Hogwarts. Hermione could just hear them now:
"Why is there a Gryffindor and a Slytherin going out?"
"Just for the sex, I guess."
Hermione couldn't bear the thought.
'What am I doing?' She thought as she went into the elevator. When she reached her room she went in and set her things down.
'How about a nice calming movie?' Her thoughts raced through her head. 'Yes, that does sound good.' She smiled to herself as you popped in Start Wars: A New Hope.
*
'What were you thinking?' Draco's angry thoughts couldn't leave his head. 'First you had to go and kiss her, then you had to enjoy it and then, as if that's not enough, hopelessly fail in trying to apologize!'
He kicked the brick wall, only to wince in pain.
"Why do I like her? She's just a normal muggle born. Not different from any other people." His thoughts continued out loud, but as there was no one else in the dark alley, he didn't care.
As he slowly made his way back to the hotel, he wondered what he was going to say to her.
*
There was a knock on the door. Hermione reluctantly got up to answer it. She knew who it was going to be. As she opened the door she braced herself. Before her stood Draco, looking extremely depressed. She gave him a weak smile, and waited for him to say something.
"Hermione I want to apologize about my behavior just then, it was totally and completely unacceptable and I ask your forgiveness." Draco said formally. He was taught how to apologize properly, but he never thought he would have to.
Hermione stood shocked.
'Did I really just hear Draco Malfoy formally, meaningfully apologize? I can't believe it.' Her eyes were wide with shocked surprise.
"Erm, Hermione?" Draco said, she hadn't said anything.
"Oh!" Hermione jumped and blushed when she realized she had been staring.
She moved out of the way to let him enter. Sitting down on the couch she continued watching her movie, somewhat dazed. As Draco sat down next to her she suddenly turned to face him.
"Why did you kiss me?" She asked in a shy voice. The movie was still on in the background.
"I...umm...I'm not completely sure. I like you more than you think, I guess." Draco said, not finding the right words to word the sentence properly.
"Oh..I see." Hermione said trying to hide the disappointment in her voice.
Draco however picked up on it and looked at her. Just as he was opening his mouth to say something Hermione returned his kiss, just as sweetly and softly as his had been. Their heads no more than 2 inches apart he whispered:
"What was that for?" He sounded confused yet, pleasantly surprised.
"For saving my life." Hermione said. "I don't know what would have happened if you weren't there and I don't want to know either."
"You realize this will be hard to explain at school." He pointed out.
"I don't care." Hermione responded, leaning in for another kiss.
They didn't much watch the movie, with their series of kisses who would? They continued to kiss late in the night, each kiss sweeter than the last.
******
"Good morning." Draco said to a sleepy Hermione as he re-entered the hotel room with two hot cups of coffee.
"mhhhhhmmm.." Hermione responded as she sipped hers.
"Was that a 'good morning'?" he asked, sounding amused.
"Yes." She smiled as she kissed him lightly.
"I think we should talk about our relationship while we drink our coffee and then finish up our museums so we can go to France." Draco said in a responsible tone that surprised himself.
"Well aren't we being grown up." Hermione laughed lightly.
"I know, scary, isn't it?" He said as he led her to the couch.
"Ok," He said, setting his cup of coffee down. "We need to decide where this is going to go. And if its going to last we need to think about the consequences....and the benefits." He quickly added noticing her uneasy stare.
"I think that if this continues back at Hogwarts there might be consequences, I take that back, I know there will be consequences, but if it really means that much to us then we can handle them." Hermione said in a serious tone.
"I agree. Although we could just carry on like this until our field trip ends and then put an end to it when we go back to hogwarts. Although if we can't bear not snogging together...I mean being together," He joked. "Then we could just get back together and deal with the consequences."
"So then we're a couple then?" She questioned.
"Hermione, I think after last night we are considered a couple, deal with it." He smiled, tossing the pillow at her.
"Fine by me." She said kissing him on the cheek. "I'm going to go take a shower."
"Can I come with?"
"I think I can manage on my own thanks." She laughed.
As she stepped into the shower her thoughts ran over the past events,
'Draco Malfoy and I a couple? If someone would have told me this last year I would have told them to bugger off and not to joke about such things that can make a person vomit. However here it is. Draco and I, this must not reach Harry or Ron's ears.' She thought afraid of what would happen if it did. Although she couldn't help but feel guilty, she hardly ever kept secrets from her two best friends, but this would just have to be one of those times.
***
'Father must not know of this, whatever I do, I must not let him find out. I'll be banished from the family, dis-owned. Not that that would entirely be a bad thing.' Draco didn't like his father all that much, he lied and constantly hurt Narcissa. Lucius Malfoy was a dangerous man, but Draco had learned everything from his father and for that he was thankful, but he hated it when his father hurt his mother. He would leave home for days to let out his anger. He would always return to find his mother forgiving his father.
'I'm still not going to let him find out.' He thought angrily.
The water stopped, Hermione got out of the shower and dressed.
'Two museums today,' She thought. 'and Draco' She giggled out loud.
As she stepped out of the bathroom she saw Draco waiting.
"You take long showers." He said.
"I do not, that was only 20 minutes." She said.
"I take 15, tops." He said grinning.
"Well your also a guy" She compromised. "Girls take longer."
"Sure.. well I'm going to take my shower, if there's any hot water left." He said under his breath while he shut the door.
Shaking her head, Hermione sat on her bed.
Ten minutes later Draco walked out of the bathroom and saw Hermione reading Little Women.
She looked up and saw him and smiled.
"Ready to go?" She asked.
"Yep, lets go." He said.
They got their coats and locked the room. Then, walking arm in arm, walked out into the bright sunlight.
"Ok, its that way." Hermione said, pointing.
"right, then lets get going so that we can finish it." He said walking off quickly.
"Hey wait up!" She yelled, running and catching up with him.
They went to the smallest museum, and in 1 hour they had finished it.
"That place had a lot of good facts." Hermione said, excited.
"Yep, I have four pages of notes." He said, surprised.
"Lets go to France." She said.
He stopped and looked at her.
"But we still have two museums." He said confused.
"Well.. they never told us how long the presentation had to be. We have enough stuff for 15 minutes, and if it needs to be longer I'll just think of some more information." She said, a twinkle in her eye.
"Sounds fine to me." He said, happy they didn't have to go to any museums.
"Great! now lets eat, I'm hungry." She moaned.
They stopped in the nearest cafe.
"I'll have a turkey sandwich and a coffee." Draco ordered.
"I'll have soup and a hot chocolate." Hermione decided upon.
The waitress took their orders and disappeared in the back. Five minutes later she returned with their food.
As soon as they were finished eating they returned to the hotel and packed everything. Taking out the floo powder Hermione threw it into the flame.
"Let's go to Paris." She begged.
"Fine with me." He laughed.
Stepping into the flame with her stuff she shouted :
"Paris!" loud and clearly.
She was gone in a whoosh of green flames.
Draco stepped into the flames and felt as they gently tickled him.
"Paris!" He repeated. Feeling the whoosh coming he shut his eyes tightly.
*
Hermione had stepped out of the fireplace and brushed the soot off her, then stood, patiently waiting for Draco. Hearing something, she stepped back and Draco arrived 5 seconds later. He stepped out of the fireplace gracefully and brushed himself off.
"Where are we?" He asked. He had been to Paris but normally he just apparated into a dark alley.
"We're in a bar that connects the muggle world and the wizarding world, its just like the Leaky Cauldron in London." She said.
"Where should we stay?" He asked.
"I want to stay at the Eiffel tower." She said her eyes filled with excitement.
"Is that possible?" Draco asked confused thinking he must had hit his head during the trip.
"Yes, they have a hotel that's hidden from muggle eyes." She said.
"Fine let's stay there then." He said.
They walked out of the bar taking a mental note of where it was. And hailed a cab.
As they arrived at the Eiffel tower they saw a elevator that no one was using.
"That's surprising" Draco said.
"Not really, its for witches and wizards who are staying at the hotel, we arrive right in the lobby, muggles would be suspicious if we went up the elevator with suitcases." She told him.
"How do you know all this?" He asked curiously.
"I read it." She said.
"what else is new?" He muttered under his breath.
"I heard that." Hermione grinned.
They rode up into the lobby and checked into a room with a window view. As they walked in Hermione into a sharp breath. The window was huge, taking up an entire wall, and through it you could all of Paris, on that side.
Hermione stared through the window and then turned with a gleam in her eyes and said:
"Lets go shopping!!"
*******
( hey!!! so0o0o0o0 sorry it took so long. but here it is. enjoy)