Paths Crossing-2

A/N- Sorry this took so long but I've got Finals coming up and had to do some major studying. So sorry
A/N-2 Thank you all that have reviewed and to some (who I will not name) if you had read the closing note at the end of Chapter 1, you would have read that I did not yet have a beta reader and apologized for any typos, I also asked that you not flame, if you do not like it then simply do not read it. But now I have a beta so that should be all cleared up:) Now that out of the way onto the story! ^.^


Hermione sat in Potions the next day; she could feel him looking at her. Her eyes lazily slid to him, catching him watching her, as he quickly looked away. Hermione's smiled stopped as Harry looked at her, "What are you looking at him for?" his eyes full of confusion.

Hermione smiled sweetly. She had of course not told Harry of the night before, he would freak. And if Ron found out he might just kill Draco before Harry could lay a finger on him. "I was looking at something on the self," she replied. The lie came quickly. She hated lying to Harry, but it was for his own good.

Harry smiled and said, "Ok," while leaning his forehead on hers.

"Mr. Potter, you will refrain from any public display of affection in this class, five points from Gryffindor," shot Snape in an icy tone.

Hermione could hear Draco laugh. Her face went red as she shot him a glare that could kill. But the red slowly faded as Draco smiled and said out loud, "Tests Granger, tests."

Hermione's face went pink as he brought up the event of last night. She quickly looked back into the eyes of her boyfriend, already with 'that' look again.

Harry stared at her, his eyes dark; she hadn't seen that look in a long time, "What's he talking about Moine?"

Hermione froze the color draining from her face, "Um... nothing, I don't know what he's talking about."

Harry looked at her, about to ask more, when he spotted Snape watching them. Looking back at her quickly, he said, "We need to talk later." With that small thing said, he went back to work.

Hermione looked over at Ron, worry on her face. All he seemed to be able to offer was a kind smile.

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Hermione sat on her bed while Harry stared at her; he hadn't said a word since entering. "Harry, what is it you came here for?"

"You're hiding something from me," his eye seemed to glaze over a bit.

"Harry... why would I hide anything from you?"

Harry looked at her hard, and replied, "Then what was that today with Draco, I saw your face." His eyes looked into hers deeply, as if searching for something.

Hermione didn't like him when he acted like this "Harry, don't do this. Don't question me like this, it's only going to end in a fight."

Harry's eyes softened a bit as he stared at her, "Then I can't be here; I don't want to get in to this now," he stood looking down at her. "When you want to tell me what's going on, come and get me. Other than that, don't bother." He swiftly walked out the door.

Hermione couldn't believe it; Harry had just walked out on her A small tear fell from her cheek. Why did this have to happen now? She was just starting her last year, not that she didn't have enough to deal with as it was; now she had to deal with a love triangle!

She had to find Draco; she had to find out where he stood in all of this. Her eyes still watering, she ran out her door. She had no idea where she was going. She could try the Slytherin common room, because lucky for her, as Head girl she knew all the passwords. (Not that they were for this purpose.) She made her way down the long and dark halls to the Slytherin portrait hole. A large green snake looked at Hermione with its yellow, beady eyes, "Passssssword."

Hermione spoke the password and entered as the portrait swung open. The room was quite dark, probably because of the dark green that coated the walls and the dark wood used for the floor. It was a beautiful room; the only problem was you could smell the evil that lurked there. Her eyes scanned the room until she spotted the staircase leading to the male rooms. Upon reaching the stairs, she looked around hoping no one saw her. Even if she was head girl, she couldn't just go prancing into a boys' room, but frankly she didn't care. She was going to fix this whole mess now: it seemed perfectly simple.

As she wandered up the stairs (acting like she had done it a hundred times), she found his door, which was now simply marked Draco Malfoy. Since she knew Draco was the only guy left in his year, she had expected him to have his own room. She hoped the door wasn't locked as she slowly reached her small hand out and grabbed the doorknob. Hermione turned it; it wasn't locked. She pushed the door open to reveal a sleeping Draco. He looked so peaceful sleeping like that; you'd have never thought this was the man who had killed two of her dearest friends. She slowly crossed the room to stand next to him, and she looked on his nightstand. He had a picture of Pansy and him at the Ball from their 4th year. He had looked so young there, nothing like the boy sleeping on the bed next to her. His face hadn't changed much but he was taller and his hair wasn't slicked back anymore and his body had filled out (do to so many years of Quidditch). She heard Draco move and jumped as his eyes snapped open looking directly into hers, "Granger! What in bloody hell's name are you doing, showing up here like this?"

Hermione frowned, "Thanks to your little remark in class today, Harry won't speak to me."

Draco smiled as he sat up, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, "Well, is that really a bad thing? I wouldn't want him talking to me. If I were you, I'd count my blessings."

Hermione glared at Draco "Oh, shut up you, he's my boyfriend… well, I thought he was…" her eyes dropping to the floor.

Draco's jaw clinched, "What do you want from me?"

Hermione raised her eyes to meet his, "You started this, now I want to know one thing…" she looked into his sleepy eyes, "what are you gonna do? You kissed me. I, of course, kissed you back, but Draco, think about this, think about what we've been through," she glanced at the picture of Pansy and thought of her two lost friends, Ginny and Lavender…. She was about to continue when Draco grabbed her waist, pulling her to the bed.

Draco smiled slightly, "Hermione, things have changed in the last two years. I can't say I've change a whole lot, but I've come to my senses. You're a beautiful woman, and you've got a bright future ahead of you. Something I never saw before." His eyes seemed to look past hers, into her very soul.

Hermione's heart skipped a beat, realizing that he called her by her first name. "How do you know I'd ever want you? You killed two people I loved more than anything. And plus, people would never accept us."

Draco's eyes seem to stiffen, "I damn well know the things I've done, and you know the things your so call boyfriend did to me. So tell me, when in your life have you cared about what people thought of you?"

He was right and Hermione knew it all to well, but this was Draco Malfoy, her true enemy. She hated him…right?



A/N- I know no action but I've got to set this story up first and there's a lot of back-story to do. I'll try and get the new chap out as soon as I can, but keep in mind I've got a lot to do right now plus to other stories I'm working on so…. Bear with me please.
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