When Hermoine awoke the next morning she had a felling of excitement and at the same time dread but she couldn't figure out why.
"Oh yea, I start back to school today. And I have to see Draco." 'I almost fell excited about seeing him, but I shouldn't because he doesn't like me, and even if he did it would never work out.' That was all she could think about while she got up and went into the bathroom to shower.
'Why did he have to kiss me yesterday?' "But you kissed him back" she said out loud.
"Who kissed whom back?" her mother asked as she came into Heroines room.
" Oh nothing." She said quickly as her face turned bright red.
A small smile came to her face as she pictured Harry's and Ron's expressions if they new she had kissed Draco, and actually wanted to do it again.
'But I don't really like him' she told herself. 'He doesn't even know me, but then again nobody really does, other than me. Everyone thinks I'm just a goody who doesn't need anybody to love because I have my books. Well, I'll prove them wrong. But I will have to stop thinking about Draco because he would never like me and I don't really know him and there are just so many things that just wouldn't work.'
She quickly got her stuff together and walked down stairs so they could leave for the station.
"OKEN, come get my stuff. I'm ready to leave. If you don't hurry i'm going to be late."
The house elf hurriedly gathered his young masters things and carried them down stairs to the awaiting carriage.
There was one more important thing he had to get, but he couldn't put this in his trunk. It was too important. He went over to his closest and muttered a spell under his breath, and a large shelf came into view. He reached to the very top and pulled out a small box.
It had been a going away present from his mother. She had told him to put on the necklace as soon as he was away from the Malfoy manner and to never take it off until he had to come home. She had said that when he was truly in love that the heart shaped pendent would turn from the dingy gray that is presently was, to a bright red, and when it did, to give it to the girl that he loved, and it would keep her safe.
She had said that it would even keep the girl safe from his father. He didn't yet realize how important that would be to his one true love, but his mother had a feeling, and would gladly kill her husband before he took happiness away from her son. Although she had been born into a pure blood family and put up the front that she didn't want her son hanging around with 'Mudbloods ' as her husband called them, she had once fallen in love with a muggle born in her 7th year at hog warts, but her family did not accept him, and she had been forced to marry Lucius even though the sight of him madder her sick.
Unknown to Draco, his mother had seen him with Hermoine the day before, and being quit well at Occlumency herself (unknown to her husband and the dark lord) she knew that he did actually like her. Therefore she told him not to worry about bloodlines, and he was thinking about just that as his carriage carried him to kings cross-station.
"Bye Mum! I'll miss you. Bye Dad! I'll write both of you as soon as I get a chance and tell you about everything."
She quickly hugged both of her parents goodbye, the boarded the train so she could save Harry, Ron, and Ginny a seat. She would not be with them for the greater part of the journey because she had a meeting in the H/B-H/G car, which would more than likely take most of the journey to Hog Warts. She was now glad that Alex had gotten head boy instead of Draco because she would be too distracted.
As soon as Harry and the gang came into the car, she quickly said goodbye to them all and went to her carriage. When she got there Alex wasn't there yet, but to her surprise Professor McGonagall and Draco were. She looked at them questioningly.
"Um Professor, I thought that the only people that were allowed in here were the heads?" She took a quick look at Draco and he looked quiet shocked him self.
"Well, I am extremely sorry to inform you of this news, but Alex Mathis was killed in a muggle car accident 2 days ago, and therefore will not be able to take over the head boy position, so we gave it to the runner up. Draco Malfoy."Professor McGonagall told he quickly. "So I'll leave you two to talk about the current matters at hand." She was gone with a small pop as she disaperated to out side of hog warts grounds.
"Um, well, um I guess we can um go over the schedules for hall patrol" Hermoine stuttered.
"Actually, I was thinking we needed to talk about what happened yesterday in Diagon alley." He said easily. It was taking all he had to remain cool.
"Yea, um I guess we should. We don't need to be uncomfortable around each other, after all we will be living in very close quarters, and will be spending a lot of time together."
"I didn't mean to kiss you. It just happened, and I won't let it happen again." He lied
"Oh um ok" she said hoping he wouldn't see the hurt look on her face
They sat in silence most of the journey, and finally climbed off of the train and up to the front to the H/B and H/G carriage.
After the sorting feast they were taking up to there room.
After Filch lead them to the portrait that was there's he told them to figure out a password together and then say it clearly to the door, and that would be there pass word for the year.
"Um what do you want the pass word to be" hermoine timidly asked
He thought it was adorable how she stuttered around him and he could tell that she was just as unsorry as there kiss the day before as he was.
He looked straight into her eyes, and said "Beautiful Honey"
After a second she realized what he was talking about then she blushed.
He looked at the door and said "beautiful Honey" and the portrait swung open to reveal a massive common room with 2 large over stuffed sofas and multiple large chairs in front of a huge fireplace.
At the other side of the room was large spiral staircases that lead up to two doors, one labeled Head Boy and the other Labeled Head girl. There was a door that lead off to the right from the common room and one to the left.
He looked at her with a mischievous look in his eyes and said "wana explore?"
"Sure" she replied " right or left?" she asked
"Um, Left first then right" so they walked to the left and opened the door to reveal a very large library.
Next they went to the right and walked through the door into a bathroom with two showers, a large bathtub, and two sinks.
" I think i'm going to go-ahead and take a shower," he quickly said as he sensed that she was about to say the same thing.
"UH Draco!" she said then Laughed." I was just about to say that!'
"Well how about we wear our swim suit in there and take them off to bathe, then put them back on again before we get out?"
"O.K." she agreed." I'll go change"
As soon as she left he went over to his shower and out a binding spell on the door so it wouldn't open. Then he quickly went up to his room to change. When he opened the door he was amazed at how beautiful it was, but didn't have time to worry about it. His main goal was to get into the same shower as Granger. ' You don't really care about her, your just using her.' He thought to him self. 'Or am I just saying that to make myself believe that? I'm still calling her granger so I must be ok'
Hermoine was in her room marveling at how gorgeous it was, and then she snapped back to reality when she heard Draco run up to his room. She went over to her trunk and picked out a hot pink string bikini, that before last summer she would have never worn and quickly slipped it on the went into her make up bag and put on some pink lip gloss and some happy perfume.
She wrapped a towel around herself and walked back down to the bathroom. When she got down there Draco was already in the shower that she had mentally claimed, so she walked over to the other one and tried to open the door but it was stuck.
She walked over to Dracos shower and knocked on the door.
"Um Draco? My shower door wont open, do you think that when your done I could use yours?"
"Come on in" he said as he opened the door.
She just stood there and stared at him for a minute. She never knew he had muscles like that. It mad her forget all about trying to forget him as she dropped the towel and climbed into the shower with him.
A/N- O.k. Here is where I need your advice. Do you want them to try to ignore their feelings for each other some more, or do you want them to go ahead and admit that they like each other? It can go either way, and I don't know which way would be better so I need your reviews to help me decide. Oh yea, if any of you are writing a fik tell me the story and I'll read it. And if you give me a review I'll give you one! This is my first fik so please stick with me. I am open to any and all suggestions! I need it! Thank you for reading. Now you see that little box at the bottom of this screen that says submit review, click on it then type something to me, and also check the little boxes that's says add story to favorites! Thank you and Good Night. Elvis has left the building. Oh sorry. I got a little carried away there!! Lol!!
