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Draco and Hermione were lost in the kiss. This kiss was different than any other one that they had shared. For them, in this moment, this kiss was special. It meant more than just revenge and lust. This kiss was filled with real passion and longing. Too soon for both of them it was over when Hermione violently pushed Draco away.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" she demanded, staring at him. Before he could answer her she kept on talking "I mean here you are telling me about some girl you like, and then you kiss me!" she started crying now "And, I don't want to be just some snog! I-I you stay away from me!" and she turned to run away, but Draco was quicker and grabbed her arm before she could get away.

"Let me go! Draco, please, I just want to go" she pleaded with him, but he wouldn't listen "No, just let me explain-" he tried to get her to understand, but she kept saying no.

"Hermione! Just listen for a minute so I can tell you why I kissed you!" Draco practically begged her, but Hermione was pissed off now and just replied with "Do you think I'm stupid? We're two hormonal teenagers in the" she gazed around her "night, and were alone, you were just being a typical guy" she spat

Draco had had enough and he finally just shouted "Shut up you stupid mudblood!" she looked taken aback at that and remained silent "I thought that, I just, I thought that-" she tried to say but Draco had enough.

"No, Hermione! You're going to listen to me now! I've listened to you tell me how inconsiderate I've been to you and the girl I have a thing for" he laughed bitterly at that and she stared at him wide eyes. **Is Draco cracking up?** she thought to herself but pushed the thought down and then listened to him.

"Its all your fault you know" he said to her, and she had to admit that she had no idea what he was talking about "Making me behave this way. Cant get you out of my bloody head!" he continued almost paying no attention to her, as she took a seat on a nearby rock. Draco paced back and forth and several times he stopped to stare at her, and opened his mouth as if to say something, but each time, he stopped and continued pacing.

If Hermione weren't feeling so upset at that moment, she would have found it amusing to see The Great Draco Malfoy falling apart over something; she had no idea about.

"Don't you see?" he asked her as he came up and grabbed her by the shoulders and leaned in to kiss her again. She let him and she didn't know why. Much too soon he pulled back and she found herself wanting more.

"Draco, I don't know what's going on here, but its not funny" Hermione said "I thought our agreement was over-" she was cut off by his harsh laugh and he just laughed and laughed and laughed and Hermione found herself getting angry at him

"Will you stop your laughing! This isn't funny!" she exclaimed and stared at him indignantly. He stopped laughing and just stared at her. "You really don't get it?" he asked her and she shook her head 'no'

He just shook his head, in amusement. "Its right in front of your eyes, and you still can't see it!" he said to her and then laughed again. She couldn't take it anymore, so she just burst into tears "Draco Malfoy I hate you!" she screamed and made a move to run away but he yelled "wait!" she reluctantly turned back around.

He made a motion for her to sit back down and for some odd reason she complied. "I hope you're having fun" she spat at him. **Boy she is blind and stubborn too**

Draco waited a moment before he spoke again, "I was just taking your advice you know," he said to her softly. This just seemed to anger her more "No, you didn't, I told you to go for the direct approach, not to go snog some-" she was cut off by Draco yet again.

"Don't you get it Hermione. I did follow your advice! Boy, for the smartest witch in this whole bloody school you sure are damn blind. You can't see what's right in front of your eyes! Potter sees it. Pansy sees it. Everyone sees it but you!" he yelled at her, and it took a moment for her to work it out but then it all made perfect sense.

The way he was so protective of her, how Harry always gave Draco odd glances when he thought she wasn't looking.

She had a flash back to about a week ago

"And now your smitten aren't you Draco? Aren't you? Everyone sees how you act around her, and you've never treated anyone so nice! Not even me!" Pansy yelled angrily

Hermione had dismissed it at the time, believing it to be false, but everything was falling into place. How when each time they kissed, his was filled with longing, that at the time, she thought to be lust.

The way that he was so gentle with her, and then a moment ago, when he ~did~ take her advice and kissed her. That kiss had meant so much to her. She knew they weren't in love, but there was a strong feeling between them.

Draco heard her gasp and then look up at him. Understanding filled her eyes, and before she could speak he said "That's right Hermione! I'm bloody falling for you. Can't get you out of my thoughts. Every time I sleep, I see your bloody face. When I wake up you're the first person I think of, and I don't know what the hell I'm supposed to do!"

Slowly a smile grew on her face, and she started to laugh. This time it was Draco's turn to get angry "You think its funny do you?" he asked her, his eyes flashing with anger. She stopped abruptly, but couldn't help starting up again "Its just, look at us, sitting out here in the dark, arguing about this like little kids! And the expressions on your face, were just priceless" she said, her voice filled with laughter. "It is nice to know that I can make Draco Malfoy, Mr. I'm-Always-Cool, fall to pieces." She said with a grin, and he snorted "Don't tell a soul or I'll be forced to kill you"

Draco was fairly sure that she felt the same way about him, but she hadn't said anything that would indicate that she did. He looked up at her, for he was now on the ground in front of her and his eyes asked the question for her. She just smiled at him a bit of sadness too.

"I, I don't know what I feel for you exactly Draco" Hermione started. **Okay not ~exactly~ the answer I was looking for**

"But, I feel something, and It is fairly strong" she continued. "I don't want a relationship right now though" she finished.

Draco looked puzzled, and she stayed silent, just staring at him for a moment. "I c-cant have one. I just, every time we'd get together I'd get memories. My last two relationships ended the same, Draco." She said, and the thing that surprised her the most, was how Draco looked positively fine about it all. He jumped up off the ground and his face started glowing with excitement.

Draco remembered how Hermione had told him that she'd been raped twice, and things started clicking into place.

"Well, I certainly didn't expect for you to be this happy about it, but-" Draco cut her off, for about the billionth time that night "No! Hermione don't you see! Your last two relationships ended the same! Isn't it great?" he started to laugh again, and now Hermione really did begin to think he was going mad

"It wasn't great for me" she said softly, eyes watering again. It seemed that Draco had just realized what he had said and got back down on the ground and held her hands in his. "No, Hermione that's not what I meant, Its just that I've just realized something. Come on we can't talk about this here" she looked at him curiously, but got up and followed him up to the castle. She was still shivering from the snow, and Draco looked really cold too now that they weren't preoccupied with other things.

"Draco, here" she said, taking off the cloak "You're freezing. I cant take this from you" she offered it to him, but he just turned it down. Hermione wouldn't give up though, and kept offering it to him.

"Just put it on Hermione! I'm fine, I swear!" Draco tried to make her understand. Even though he was quite cold, she should have it. "No, you're positively frozen. With that, she wrapped the cloak around him and wrapped her arms around herself, in an attempt to get warm, which didn't work.

"Hermione, come over here" said Draco, and Hermione listened to him, walking over to him. He wrapped the cloak around himself and her and wrapped his arm around her then they walked back to the castle together.

Even though it was freezing outside and even though Hermione was questioning Draco's sanity, she was busy basking in the comfort that being in his arms gave her. They stayed silent on the way back, but it was a comfortable silence.

When the reached the main doors of Hogwarts, they tried to push them open, but found that the doors were locked. "Damn" Draco swore under his breath, and Hermione was too worried about their situation to get on his case about swearing.

"What are we going to do?" she asked him, and he shrugged his shoulders. The sat on the steps for a few moments and Hermione just kept wishing that Harry would come. She wasn't sure why she was thinking this, but she called out to him with her mind, in a last resort to get back inside.

Nothing happened for a few moments, but then to both of their surprise, the main door opened, and who should stand there, but Harry Potter. He had a confused expression written all over his face.

Draco and Hermione quickly rushed inside, and Harry couldn't help ask Hermione "Did you call me 'Mione?"

Draco just looked at him, disbelief plastered on his face "Potter you don't honestly think that even if Hermione called to you, you'd be able to hear her, honestly-" he was cut off by Hermione, who looked quite shocked.

"I did," she said in a low voice, but the both heard her, and Harry motioned for her to go on. "I don't know why, but for some reason, I had this urge to try and call you with my mind. Its happened before, but I just thought it was a coincidence" she explained to them, but then fell silent.

"I've heard your calls before, but this is the first time it's happened this year, and it seems different than before" Harry said

"I know! I just felt like If I called you, you would come, and I don't even know why I did it" Hermione said and then stared at Draco to see what he had to say about this.

"I've read something about this before. It has to do with some kind of blood ritual. I read it once in a library, while I was visiting relatives in France." Draco said to them. He had a thoughtful look on his face and they weren't sure what to make of it.

Then it all clicked in Hermione's head at once. "I bet that this has something to do with my big secret," said Hermione

Draco nodded in agreement "Sirius must know about it, because did you see the way he looked at you, when Dumbledore said that you were the girl. It was like he wanted to reach out and hug you" Harry said

Hermione nodded her head "Yes! Some how, this is all connected. Voldemort taking interest in me. Sirius's behavior. The mind link. I wish I knew more information." Hermione sighed in frustration. Things were getting more and more complicated.

"Things are getting more complicated" said Draco "We're going to figure this out" he said. They both nodded. Then Hermione remembered something.

"Draco, you said you realized something, after I mentioned how my last two relationships and how they ended. Does it have anything to do with this?" she asked him and Harry turned his gaze to land on Draco.

"Yes, it does, but I don't see how it all fits together" he muttered to himself

"Listen" he continued "We can't discuss this anymore right here. We'll meet here again tomorrow, at 11 AM, agreed?" Although both Harry and Hermione were curious about the information Draco had to share with them, they knew he was right. They couldn't talk about this right now. "Alright" said Hermione, then smiled at him "Agreed" said Harry who just sent an acknowledging glance at Draco before walking off with Hermione.

As Draco stood there, alone for a moment he mumbled softly "Until we meet again" then walked away to the Slytherin common rooms.

A/N: well not too much of a cliffhanger. REVIEW!!!!!!!!!! Whoo hooo make the author happy!