Flashback:

There was a sharp knock on her door. She walked to the door and opened it.

"Oh, hello Draco! What can I do for you?" asked Hermione.

"Hermione, I need to talk to you. Right now, please. I know it's late…" started Draco but was soon cut off by Hermione.

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CHAPTER 2: Shocked Silly

Hermione was a little bit suspicious. "What is it? Come in, please. You may have a seat on my bed if you'd like to sit."

Draco walked over to her bed and sat down graciously. Hermione had to admit that she was worried because he looked like he had to say something that he wanted to get out a long time ago.

"Hermione, you probably won't believe me." said Draco quietly.

"Well, you never know until you just say it and I know." replied Hermione.

Draco breathed hard and managed to get a few words out. "I…I mean…you…I just…"

"Draco, it's alright. Just tell me. Did I do something to harm you or anything? I mean, I know we've had our fights over the course of four years but it'll get better now. Everything is fine. Just tell me!"

They were in there 5th year at Hogwarts and it made both of them extremely proud to be head of their classmates.

"When I first met you, I thought you were beautiful. You were demanding and in charge and bloody brilliant, in my opinion. You never seemed to like me though. I figured it was because I was a Slytherin. So, I decided to be mean to you. I thought to myself, 'You could never get her. You're a filthy Slytherin who is meant to worship Voldemort!'  I mean, what I'm trying to say is that I like you. A lot. I don't care if you like me back. And I'm terribly sorry for treating you like living shit for the past four years. I just wanted to get that out of my system before I went insane for staring at you all night at dinner." Draco spat out as if he was in a huge hurry.

Hermione was stunned, amazed, yet confused. "But Draco…"

"Ssh…" said Draco while walking towards her. He grabbed her hand and kissed it lightly and walked out.

Hermione walked slowly over to her bed was terribly confused.

"How could the most popular boy in school like me? I'm just a stupid girl who is in love with him!" Hermione said while talking aloud. She stopped dead in her tracks, eyes wide. "Oh my gosh…I did not just say I was in love with him!"

Hermione gave a small peep and decided she should take a shower because she had been sweating up a storm from being around Draco so much.

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Hermione looked at herself in the mirror. She thought she was pathetic and didn't see why Draco liked her. She walked out of the bathroom after wrapping a big gold towel around herself, only to find that Draco had let himself back into her room.

"Draco! What are you doing here?"

"I needed to see you, again. After seeing you all day and then going without seeing you is really hard." replied Draco.

"Oh. I have something to tell you." said Hermione.

"Go on."

"I like you too." Hermione had never been so blunt about anything in her life before and it felt oddly good.

Draco stood up and walked over to her. He ran his cold, smooth fingertips over her arms. He let his right hand slide up to her neck and kissed her passionately. Hermione was surprised by this but deepened the kiss slowly. Then, they parted unwillingly because both were nervous.

"I guess I should go to bed. Goodnight, Hermione." Draco whispered.

"Goodnight, Draco." Hermione softly whispered back.

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Draco walked out of her room and shut the door quietly. As he stood outside her door, he sighed a breath of relief. He felt amazing. All those years of wanting to just even touch her skin came true that night. He walked to his bedroom which was right across from hers and smiled before entering. He walked in to find a note on his bed.

*Draco,

            Thank you for coming to me and telling me what you said. I'm glad that you did because now I feel better about myself, as I've been quite depressed the past few months. I just hope that this won't ever end.

                        Love,

                    Hermione*

"She must have sent this right after. Magic is a wonderful thing." thought Draco.

He walked silently outside of his room and entered the huge, gold rimmed bathroom which was shared by Hermione and him. He knew that she had already taken a shower so he took off his clothes and left them on the floor. He walked to the shower and turned the water on and got it. All he could think was of how amazing his kiss with Hermione had been; how soft, slow, and smooth it felt. He knew he wanted her bad but he couldn't let himself fall for a mudblood. Afterall, what would his father say? But then again, he doesn't give a damn about his father. He was just worried of what the effects would be if a lot of people found out and word slowly or even quickly got its way around to Lucius.

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Hermione lay in her bed quietly and changed her clothes with a magic spell. She pulled the covers up and said yet another spell to turn off the lights. She left the curtains open so that the moonlight could shine into her room. She loved the dark. Something about it made her feel safe and humble.

She lay there with her eyes closed recalling the kiss made earlier. Was she dreaming? It felt so real, yet so distant and unrealized.

Her body started sweating…and she felt presence in her room. The temperature inside her body rose up extremely high and she all of the sudden felt sick. She had little droplets of sweat forming on her head and her palms were sweaty. All of the sudden, those cool summer pajamas felt too hot. She ripped her covers off. "Oh no…" she thought, "It's getting closer!" Something was creeping towards her slowly. She couldn't see it but she could feel it coming. "What the hell is that?"

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(A/N) Sorry that the first two chapters have been so short! I didn't intend them to be that short. The next ones will be much longer and better. Muahaha…it'll take me a few days for the next chapter so you're going to be wondering what it is! LOL! I love you guys!

Blanche Dubois: You'll just have to wait and find out! This chapter is SUCH a cliffhanger. You gave me a brilliant idea for this story. And Thanks!

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