A/N- Happy New Years!!!! I hope ya'll had a good one! I wanted to get this out sooner than this but….you know me. Always late….but worth the wait. Well perhaps some of you think that. Ha ha. I was laying in bed thinking about the story and what I'm going to do. So I think I know what's gonna happen but you know plans change. Its hard really. I have all this stuff that I need to put in the story but its hard to sort it out. I'm not a very organized person really. Hehe….onto the story-------------------------

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Hermione swung her legs off of the bed and stretched. Draco's note seemed very mysterious. If he got her something for Christmas, then how come she had to go somewhere to get it?

'Should I trust him? After all, knowing Draco, this could be one big joke.' thought Hermione. 'Oh well, I guess I'll never know if I don't go and see.' she shrugged her shoulders, grabbed her toiletries and headed for the bathroom.

'A nice, long, warm bath would probably do me some good right now.' thought Hermione as she opened the door to the marble bathroom. But her thoughts of soaking were dashed as soon as she saw the bathtub and what was in it.

"Ever heard of knocking Granger?" asked Draco using the same line on her as she had on him. Hermione smirked as she remembered.

"Calm down Malfoy. It's not like I can see anything will all those bubbles…..you…..haven't got any bubbles!!!" shrieked Hermione as she spun around on her heel with her hands over her eyes.

"And its taken you how long to realize that?" said Draco laughing a little to himself.

"Well….just now of course!" answered Hermione indignantly. "

""Draco Malfoy, taking a bubble bath? I think not. I get in here and do my business and get out. Stay like you are. I'm getting out." he said. Hermione listened carefully for signs that it was okay for her to turn around. She heard the wet patter of his footsteps as he walked over to where his robe sat.

"Where are we going?" she asked as she put her hand down. She looked at the marble wall in front of her and up at the painted ceiling.

"It's alright to turn around now." said Draco, as he finished covering himself up. She did as she was told and looked at him. The white robe that the bathroom was always full of set off the tan he still had from that summer. She looked at his muscular chest that was peeking through his loosely tide robe. She suddenly realized what she was wearing and got embarrassed. Her black silk tank top and matching shorts did not feel very conservative. She slipped on her robe over it. She walked over to the edge of the tub and started running some of the taps. "Where are we going?" she repeated.

"That my dear," said Draco trying to act sophisticated. "Is a secret. Now don't spend too much time in the bath or I will be forced to take Pansy with me on this outing." he did a ridiculous amount of bowing as he let himself out of the bathroom shutting the door then opening it again and wiggling his eyebrows. "See you in a bit my dear." Hermione couldn't resist, she burst into a fit of giggles.

"Alright Malfoy, now leave before I drown you." she said trying and failing to splash water on him. He shut the door quickly and Hermione raised her hand to lock them. She took her bath quickly and got out. Drying off and putting on her robe she mulled over what Draco could be planning. Having only a couple minutes to get ready, she dried her hair with her wand then put it up in a bun. She slipped on a blue and silver sweater and some black pants and magicked on her makeup. She met Draco in the common room. He stood up as she entered.

"You look……nice." said Draco noting that she didn't have to do much to look that way. The outfit wasn't anything like what Pansy would wear. Pansy seems to think that the only way you can be sexy is if you show skin. Hermione wasn't showing any skin but she still looked better than Pansy ever would.

"So do you." she said looking him up and down and taking in his appearance. He had on some khaki pants and a dark blue shirt. His chiseled chest was visible through his shirt.

"So where are we going?" asked Hermione as they put on their coats.

"Well," said Draco as he walked over to the fireplace and grabbed a brown drawstring sack that was sitting on the mantel. "have you ever been to Paris?"

"Yea. With my parents." she said watching him and realizing she had never noticed the bag of floo powder that had been there all this time.

"Oh," said Draco looking a little disappointed.

"But we never did any sightseeing. All they wanted to do is visit with my relatives."

"Well that's exactly what we are doing. Sightseeing that is." he held the sack out to her. She took a handful and he did the same.

"After you," he said bowing deeply. Hermione giggled and took a handful. She threw it into the fire and took a deep breath. She stepped inside the fire and felt the flames lick at her. Remembering what she was supposed to do and she yelled "Paris." Hermione spun around and around watching the flames and soot fly around her until she came to a stop. She was thrown forward but managed to catch herself in time from falling on the cement ground. She looked around at her surroundings. The room was dark with lanterns hanging from the ceiling giving the room a orange glow. There was a door to another room where a lot of celebrating was going on. The door swung open and a rather heavy set lady came into the room.

"Why, 'ello there." said the lady in an strange accent, grabbing a rag and wiping her hands off. She smiled and Hermione was reminded of Tom from the Leaky Cauldron, she was missing one of her front teeth.

"Hello," said Hermione. "Where am I?" she said looking around for any clue.

"The Skinned Cat." said the woman simply. She started to bustle around the room which Hermione realized, was a kitchen. She prepared a tray to take out but stopped as she realized Hermione was still standing there. "Well deary, what are you waiting for?"

"Well…..my friend is supposed to be coming……"she said looking at the fireplace but only seeing a fire.

"Would you like to rest those feet of yours while you wait?" she said smiling at the girl who was obviously waiting for someone special.

"Yea. Sure." she said following the woman through the door into the pub and to an empty table. Hermione sat down and looked around her

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"If you'll be needin' anything just holler, I'll be around." she said walking quickly to give someone their food. Hermione looked around at the strange people. They were laughing and drinking from their glasses. Hermione looked over and caught the eyes of a slimy looking guy at the bar. He smiled and started to walk over to her.

"Is anybody sitting here?" he asked. Hermione looked at him. His eyes were glassy and he had a five o'clock shadow. His hair was very greasy and Hermione was vaguely reminded of Snape.

"Yes," she said hurriedly. "My….uh…boyfriend."

"Well, a pretty little lady like you shouldn't be around and about all alone." he said pulling out the chair and flopping onto it. He reeked of body odor and alcohol and Hermione couldn't help but make a face. "What's wrong?" he said.

"Nothing. But I don't want to sit with you. Get lost." she said, deciding to get to the point. She didn't like the way the guy looked her up and down.

"My my. Don't cause a fuss. I just wanna get to know you better." he said slurring most of his words. Hermione felt something sliding up her leg, she looked down and seen his unwashed hand. She felt her anger rise and raised her hand to knock him across the room. But another hand from behind stopped her just in time. She yelped in surprise and struggled against the force that was holding her back. She was just about to throw them into a wall too until she heard a voice she recognized.

"Don't touch her." said Draco. Hermione looked up at him. He had a look on his face that could've rivaled a very angry Dumbledore. The slimy guy looked at him in surprise.

"Like you've got a lot of room to be talking. Let go of my girl like that," he said swiping at Draco's arm.

"She's not your girl. Now get lost before I set her loose on you." he snarled. The guy looked from Draco to Hermione who was sitting there still struggling to get loose from Draco's grip. A smile formed on his face, showing some very yellow teeth. Hermione cringed as he started laughing and she could smell his putrid breath from across the table.

"Her? Set her loose? On me?" he said between gasps of air. Hermione stopped struggling and looked up at Draco's serious face. "You aren't serious are you?" he said doubling over in laughter.

"As a heart attack." said Draco letting go of Hermione's arm. Hermione took that as an invitation and flicked her hand. He raised up, flew a couple of feet, hit the wall and landed on the table underneath it. Hermione kept him moving, sliding him all the way down the table making him knock off plates and glasses. The whole pub turned around to see what was making all the racket. Hermione dropped her hand and turned around to see Draco holding out his wand.

"Come on," he said grabbing her arm and pulling her out the door. Hermione stopped at the guy who was just now getting up. She stepped over the broken glass and walked up to him. She reared back and punched him in the nose making him fall over onto the table again.

"Never judge a book by it's cover." she said as she let herself be pulled out by Draco.

"Why did you have your wand out? I had it under control." she stopped but he kept walking. "Draco, stop walking." she said as she ran to catch up with him. He stopped and Hermione stood beside him panting.

"I had my wand out so if anybody saw they would think it was me making him do that." he said looking to see if anybody was around.

"Why does it matter if anybody saw?" she asked puzzled by his vagueness.

"Hermione, not a lot of people have your powers." he couldn't believe Dumbledore hadn't even talked to her about it. She was probably the only one that doesn't know about something that has to do with her! And he was on Voldemort side! Why was we bothering to explain her powers to her? Why was he bothering to help her?

"So it's rare. Not big deal." she shrugged.

"No Hermione. Big deal. It's hard to explain but it's sorta like Harry speaking Parseltongue. Just trust me on this one. Not many people need to know." he said breathlessly. Hermione searched his eyes from some sort of clue but found none. "Now, enough of that. Let's go." They set off walking for a destination that Hermione didn't know of.

"Draco," she asked looking at the cobblestone path they were on and the forest next to them.

"Hmmm?" he said obviously lost in thought.

"What took you so long?" she said finally asking what had been on her mind for a while.

"What? Oh you mean to get here? I ended up in some place called Paris, Texas."

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A/N- I would've posted this chapter sooner but I wanted to post this chapter and the next at once. I really wanna start on the next chapter and read some peoples stories but it's 2:20 a.m. And I need to get in bed. Dude I came back and I had 149 reviews! When did that happen? I check my mail everyday and they send me my reviews but I had no clue I had that many! I'm gonna read people's stories soon. I promise promise!

Roseadra- Good idea! Do you mean when they get there? I think I understand. Sometimes I get a lil confused. Man you've got this whole story planned out!! Lol. Am I that predictable? The correct answer to that is no. hehe.

Clara- Have I heard from you recently? I don't think so unless this is a different Clara. But I'm glad you're a fan! No my real names not Cadence. That's just my pen name I guess. It means rhythm or beat. I think. My real name is Ana.

- I am so terribly sorry! Please forgive me! I stayed up all night to get this written! Probably all tomorrow night too for the next chapter! I promise promise that I'm going to finish this story out. No matter what anybody says!

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Lordy I love to write. And I hardly ever miss! Great New Years to you too!

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