Help From Heaven

Disclaimer: Nothing of this belongs to me except the plot and some characters. All the rest belongs to J. K. Rowling.

Chapter 4

Draco couldn't believe it. He was in disbelief at the moment. Here sitting in front of him was the one girl that he actually cared for and the one person that cared for him as well.

"Celine, is it really you?"

Looking into her eyes, he saw the shock in them, probably because nobody had called her that in a long time, not to mention he was the only one to call her that. Hermione was also watching this girl, wondering how Draco knew her and what relationship they might have had.

"Draco?" He couldn't remember if her saying his name always sent a shiver down his spine and sounded so good.

"Yeah. It's me," he said with a genuine smile, which caused Hermione to gasp. She had never in her six years at Hogwarts seen Draco smile, only smirk or sneer. This made her think that this girl, Celine did he call her, meant a lot to him. This caused her somewhat to feel depressed although she didn't know why.

Jacqueline stood up, which caused Draco to back up. She still seemed to look a little in disbelief, but when she looked straight into Draco's eyes, she knew. To her no one could ever have the same silver eyes as he did. Those same eyes that were filled with such warmth and intensity. She smiled.

"Draco!" she exclaimed while kissing his cheek and hugging him. This caused Draco's cheeks to turn a very light shade of pink. Her head was tucked under his neck since he was only a head taller then her. Slowly, not being able to decided if he should or not, he hugged her back while kissing the top of her head and then resting his cheek on her head. This caused her to bury her face into his chest.

Watching the scene, the four other teenagers were both giving different expressions. Hermione was just watching the scene in disbelief because she had never seen Draco show compassion for anyone. Adam had a confused expression on his face. Zack was looking back and forth between Draco and Hermione wondering if maybe Hermione knew her too, but Hermione looked like she didn't. Kathleen had a somewhat angry, hurt expression on her face because seeing how Draco was holding this girl in such a loving way like he never did for her caused her to hate this girl. She also didn't like how this girl greeted Draco either, but of course she had to remind herself that Draco wasn't hers and he never showed any affection towards her.

Finally, Draco pulled away from Jacqueline. She smelled just like she use to as a child. Like vanilla.

Jacqueline looked up at him and smiled. "I missed you, you know. It wasn't the same after I left."

"Yeah, same here. Oh! I forgot to introduce you to my friends."

Jacqueline then remembered the other teenagers that also came with Draco. She turned her attention away from Draco and looked at Hermione, Kathleen, Zack and Adam. She smiled at all of them.

"I'm so sorry! I don't think we finished our introduction."

But before Jacqueline could say her name, Draco interrupted her again.

"No, I should be the one introducing you to them and them to you since I know all of you." Before Jacqueline could argue, he started introducing each of them by pointing each one out to her. "I believe you already met Hermione. She's the one whose house I'm staying at for the rest of the summer. The guy next to her is Adam. He lives in the house between yours and Hermione's. The other guy standing next to him is Zack. His house is across from Adam's. And the girl standing next to Zack is Kathleen. Her house is across from yours and next to Zack's."

Putting his arm around Jacqueline, he said with a smile on his face, "You guys, this beautiful charming young lady is an old friend of mine, Jacqueline Lefay."

This caused Jacqueline to blush. "Draco, stop exaggerating," she said while punching him in the arm lightly.

"But I'm not and you know it!" This caused Jacqueline to blush even more.

Hermione was looking at where Draco's arm was. His arm was around Jacqueline's neck and she didn't seem to mind. It was like this happened all the time. For some reason she wished she was the one in Draco's arms right now and the one he was laughing and talking with.

Wait what am I thinking? And Draco's laughing! He's never laughed before unless it's in someone's pain. Shaking her head, Hermione then realized a question she should have asked sometime ago.

"Draco, if her name is Jacqueline, why did you call her Celine?"

Draco turned his attention away from the conversation Celine and him were having and looked at Hermione. "Oh. It's my nickname for her. I use to call her Jackie when we were little, but I wanted to give her a nickname that no one else would call her and also one that would fit her perfectly."

"What do you mean by 'would fit her perfectly'?" asked Hermione, who was really curious of what Draco thought of Jacqueline.

"Actually, he started calling me Celine because when we were little everyone else also called me Jackie after he did and he wanted to be original so he came up with a nickname that no one else was allowed to call me after he came up with it. Because if anyone else did he would get really angry and start yelling at them," stated Jacqueline before Draco could answer Hermione's question.

"That's not true!" exclaimed Draco, who was blushing. This caused Hermione to go in shock for who knows how many times that day. She remembered that Draco never showed emotion, but it was like he let down all his defenses for Jacqueline.

Tuning back into the conversation, she heard Jacqueline say, "Oh! Then what about when you yelled at Goyle for calling me that. He was so scared I swear he wet his pants." She then heard Jacqueline laughing. But thoughts were going through Hermione's mind.

Did she just say Goyle? But if she knows Goyle, then she must be… Realization just hit Hermione. Oh my god! That means Jacqueline's a witch! Looking at Draco and Jacqueline, she thought she really shouldn't be that surprised after all Draco said a long time ago that his family only associated with purebloods. But then why was he here and associating with muggles? She was lost in thought until she heard Kathleen.

"Umm…I'm sorry to break up this "happy" reunion, but I think it's time we went home. It's getting pretty late."

To Hermione, she didn't sound sorry, but as if she was saying it sarcastically.

"Yeah! It's almost 6:00 and my mother's probably almost done with dinner," said Adam. "I got to go. Bye guys. See you all tomorrow. Nice meeting you, Jacqueline."

"I got to go home too and eat dinner. I'll see you all tomorrow. And Jacqueline, it was really nice meeting you. I hope you'll hangout with us tomorrow.

"I'll try, but I'm not sure if I can," said Jacqueline with a smile on her face. "And it was nice meeting you, Adam and Zack."

"Come on Kathleen, I'll walk you home," said Zack.

"Actually I want to walk with Hermione and Draco to Hermione's house first."

"Umm…if it's okay with your mother, Hermione could I stay with Jacqueline for a while?" asked Draco almost shyly.

Hermione looked into Draco's eyes and notice that he really wanted to stay and talk with Jacqueline. Not having the heart to say no, she said, "No. My mother wouldn't mine. I'll tell her where you are for you." Kathleen was looking at her in shock, but Hermione started to walk away and down the porch. "It was nice meeting you, Jacqueline. I hope we get to become really good friends. I think we might have a lot in common"

Hermione, Zack and Adam started walking home. Hermione was then followed by Kathleen who was trying to catch up with her.

When Kathleen caught up with Hermione, she asked, "Hermione, why did you let him stay with her? I mean did you see the way he was looking at her and the way he acted around her. I mean I've only known him for three days but I've never seen him act like that. He might…"

But Hermione interrupted her. "You're right. He hasn't acted like that before. Not in the six years that I've known him. For once in his life, that I've seen him anyways, he's actually happy. So that's why I let him." Hermione that turned to face Kathleen after she said that. "But, don't worry. I'll still ask him. After all I promised, didn't I?"

Kathleen was looking at her in shock, but soon found her voice. "Umm…thanks Mione. Well, I guess I'll talk to you tomorrow. Bye."

Smiling a small smile at Hermione, Kathleen waved and walked off to her house.

While Hermione walked the rest of the way home, all these thoughts about Jacqueline came into Hermione's head. Maybe she should ask Draco more about Jacqueline.

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Adam was laying on his bed starring at the ceiling. All these thoughts were appearing in his mind. Thoughts concerning Hermione. Thoughts concerning Draco.

He knew that Hermione had changed ever since she went to her boarding school, as she so put it, and left them six years ago. Well not entirely left, but it almost seemed like it. She never talked about the school she went to or what the people were like. Only that she had two other best friends besides them and that most of the people there were great.

Although it seemed like Zack, Kathleen and him weren't really her best friends anymore. Sure they were hanging out a lot this summer, but it was different. Most of the time Hermione was lost in thought. She didn't seem like the old Hermione. She never told them her secrets anymore like who she liked or what she learned in school. She didn't even tell them that her and Draco were enemies. It was like they didn't even know her anymore. He bet that her two best friends at her school knew almost everything about her. Like the things she liked or hated. The people she liked or hated.

She didn't even come home for Christmas except the first year she went to that school. Ever since after that year, she stayed to keep her two best friends company. And since the end of her second year there, this was really the first time she stayed the whole summer with Zack, Kathleen and him. She was always on vacation with her parents or always at her best friend's house because her other best friend was also staying there. She was almost going to spend the rest of the summer there if Draco hadn't come.

Draco. At first, Adam didn't really like him. The first time Draco talked he seemed that he might be interested in Hermione. Then he was just plain rude. But, then it turned out they had a lot in common although Draco also never talked or answered questions about the school him and Mione went to.

But, the interested part was the part that got Adam really mad. He never mentioned it to anybody because he thought that maybe the feeling would go away. The feeling that he like Hermione. Not as liked her as a best friend, but more. He thought that since she wasn't always here, it would go away. But it never did. But that wasn't the part that made him think.

He always noticed Hermione's facial expressions. He notice when Hermione winced at Kathleen's question about Draco joining them at the tennis courts the first day he came. But, he got his answer when Hermione told him and Zack that they were enemies. Although they didn't act like it now. He wondered how they could act somewhat friendly towards each other if they were enemies.

Adam looked at his clock. It was 7:27. He got out of his bed and looked out his window. He noticed someone walking down the street towards Hermione's house.

Must be Draco. Wow. He spent almost an hour and thirty minutes at Jacqueline's house.

He thought back to this afternoon. He wondered if Jacqueline was the girl Draco was talking about earlier when they were at Kathleen's house. But, that wasn't the thing that was bothering him. He saw the somewhat hurt expression on Kathleen's face, but also on Hermione's face. But while Kathleen's also showed anger, Hermione's was also confused. Adam knew although Hermione didn't. She liked Draco. He knew she did. So part deep down inside her, she did. And sooner or later, she would figure it out.

Adam sighed still looking out the window toward Hermione's house. He had waited to long and now he had lost his chance.

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While Draco was walking to his room in Hermione's house after a nice short dinner that Mrs. Granger had been so nice to save for him, he was lost in thought again. When he got to his room, he decided to go sit on the balcony. There he started to think about all the things Celine had told him.

She had told him about the part of her life that he had missed out on. After her parents and her had got on the plane and were flying to France, there had been an accident. The plane had started to malfunction and had crashed. She had survived with only scratches and bruises, but her parents had not been so lucky. Both of them had died. After she said this, he had held her in a strong embrace. He couldn't imagine what it was like for her to lose both of her parents at the age of eleven with no one there to comfort her.

She then told him that she then went to live with her aunt that her parents and her were planning to live with and she had then attended Beauxbatons. Although the people there were really friendly, they hadn't help her get over the sadness of losing her parents. She then told him that her aunt had then died last month and here she was. She was to spend the rest of her summer here and then go to school for the school year. Then she would be living on her own after school was over. She told him she had felt all alone and that the world had turned it's back on her.

While she was telling him all this, Draco made a promise to himself. He would never let her feel like that or that she was never needed. Because even though she didn't know it, he needed her.

Draco was thinking so much that he didn't hear the knocks on his door or the door of his room being opened.

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It was 7:53 when Hermione looked up from her book that she was reading and at the clock on her nightstand. She wondered if Draco was back yet. She got her answer when she heard someone coming down the hall and hearing the door of Draco's room open and then close. Thinking that maybe this was the best time to go talk to him, she got off her bed and checked her appearance in her mirror. She was in her navy shorts and white tank top. After checking to make sure her appearance was okay, she exited her room and walked the short distance to Draco's room.

She knocked on Draco's door and waited, but there was no answer. She tried again, but there was still no answer. She was about to go back to her room until she remembered the promise she made to Kathleen about asking Draco. So her Gryffindor courage got the best of her, and she opened the door. Looking inside, she noticed that Draco wasn't there.

Where could he be? She looked around the room, but nothing in his room looked disturbed. She was about to leave and ask her mother, but then she noticed that the balcony door was a little ajar.

Maybe he's outside. Walking across the room to the door that lead to the balcony, she opened it a little more and slid onto the balcony. Looking up her breath was caught in her throat. There lending on the railing was Draco. The moon was shining down on him, giving him a somewhat peaceful aura. His face looked like it was lost in thought, which made him have an innocent expression on his face.

Wow! I never knew Draco could look this handsome. But then again, I never knew he could be compassionate towards anyone until today. Maybe it was because I always hung out with Harry and Ron that we never got to know each other. Or maybe it was because I'm muggle-born.

Coming back to reality, she noticed that Draco didn't noticed that she was there. He looked so lost in thought that she thought maybe she should break the silence.

"Draco, are you all right?"

Draco's face then turned to look at her and his innocent looking face was replaced by his unemotional one. "Hey Granger! What might I ask did I do to get this nightly visit from you? Or is there something that you wanted? I mean…you are in my room…late at night…alone with me," Draco said with a smirk on his face.

"You are such a prat, Draco. Not every girl that comes into your room, late at night wants to have sex with you," retorted Hermione thinking she was really going crazy to think that Draco would ever look innocent. And if he did show compassion it was obvious he only showed it to Jacqueline.

"Are you sure they don't? I mean you don't know me, so how could you possible know all the girls that I've had sex with. I mean I've done it with…"

"Okay! That's to much information and I really don't want to know!"

"Well you mentioned it," replied Draco while his ran his hand through his hair to push it out of his face. While he did this, Hermione wanted to reach up and play with his hair. She was then brought back from her thoughts by Draco.

"So what are you doing in my room?"

"Oh! I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions."

"About what?"

"Umm…things." Hermione wasn't to sure what to say. She didn't really know where to start.

"Granger, if you think that truce we called makes us friends, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but we're not. That truce was for us to get along while we were with your friends, but since Jacqueline's here I don't think you and me really need the truce anymore. I mean I could just hangout with Celine for the rest of the summer and you can hangout with your friends. Just tell them I want to catch up with Jacqueline. After all I wouldn't want Celine to get tainted blood by hangout with muggles and mudbloods," said Draco with a sneer on his face. This caused Hermione to remember the old Draco and why they were enemies.

"You're right. I don't even know why I'm here," said Hermione with her temper rising with every word. "I thought maybe that you changed seeing how you were acting with Jacqueline, but I guess I was wrong. You're still the same obnoxious, arrogant, rude, son of a deatheather Slythrin you always were! You have no heart and I bet you're just like your FATHER!" With that she walked out of the balcony and his room, slamming the door behind her.

If she had looked back, she would have noticed Draco's eyes clouding over and his face showing hurt and confusion. Hurt that she would think that. And confusion because he was thinking had he really changed to be just like his father.

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A/N: hehe. Sorry about cutting the chapter there, but I wanted another cliff hanger. I brought back the old Hermione and Draco feud. I thought I was making the characters in the story a little out of character so I brought back Draco's arrogance. But, for all of you that like his soft side, don't worry it'll be back. Now what will happen with Draco and Hermione's relationship? Hehe. Well I guess you'll have to find out by reading future chapters that will come. Well anyways tell me what you think by reviewing. Now to answer some questions.

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