He moved to the back of the shower to let her get under the water so she could wet her hair. He couldn't help but notice how good she looked. She had the perfect body and was so innocent.
She noticed him staring at her and smiled. She started to walk over to him, and then she noticed him tense up.
He stood there as he watched her moving toward him. And then he decided that he couldn't let this happen. It would make to much trouble for her. His life was to complicate, and it would ruin hers.
She looked hurt, and he looked down as he tried to decide how to explain it to her.
"Look. You don't understand my life. If we were together, it would only cause problems for you. If my father found out he would hurt you and it would not be worth it."
"Well, if you fell that way, then I guess your right." she said in a hurt voice and walked out of the shower.
He looked after her and knew that this was how it had to be for her safety. He turned the water off and walked out of the shower up to his room. He sat down on his bed, and whished that there was some way he could be with Hermoine.
As Hermoine sat in her room she heard Draco slam his door. 'It wasn't meant to be' she told her self. ' We need to have a professional relationship. We are going to have to work together and we don't need to have distractions like that between us.'
She heard Draco go back downstairs, so she went down to the common room, and when she got down there she acted like everything was normal. She sat down in the chair across from him. "What nights are you free for hall patrol?"
"When ever. I don't care." He said with attitude
"LOOK.O.K. I know you don't like me and you were just trying to make me feel better, but we do have to work together weather you like it or not, so you just need to get over your self."
"Actually I do like you, and I wasn't just trying to make you fell better, but My father would kill you if he found put that we were together. I'm sorry, but I can't help it, no matter how much I want to."
They worked out the schedule for the night patrol, and then Hermoine went to bed, while Draco sat in front of the fire thinking about why every time he had a chance for happiness it had to be taken away from him.
After about 2 hours he finally went up to bed, but wasn't able to go to sleep. He kept tossing and turning and any time he closed his eyes, all he could see was the hurt look on Hermoine's face.
Hermoine was going through the same thing in her room. 'Why cant I get him out of my head? I have to make myself forget about him. Like he said, it just won't work.'
The next morning there was an owl waiting for them from professor Dumbledore.
"After you finish with you classes today, please come up to my office- which ofcourse you know where it is Hermoine! - The password is Chocolate Frog. I would like to tell you both about the new matchmaking program. Thank you very much"
Dumbledore
So, after they finished with there classes Hermoine told Harry that she would be a little late for dinner, and then started to walk towards Dumbledore's office. Up ahead she saw Draco.
"You look lost Malfoy," she yelled down the hall
He turned around and stared at her. She had paused by a window and the light from the setting sun was reflecting off of her face and hair. She looked like an angel.
"Well, you are the one that knows where it is" he replied after a couple of seconds.
"Come on. I'll show you." They walked a little farther down the hall then took two rights and at the end of the hall on the right stood the stone gargoyle.
"Chocolate Frog" she spoke up to the stone.
The gargoyle jumped aside to revel a moving spiral staircase.
"Well, come on." She said to Draco as she climbed onto the staircase.
When she reached the top she knocked on the door, and heard the professor tell them to enter.
"Ah, I have been expecting you." He said as they came into view
"I would like to tell you about our new match maker program, but please do not mention this to the other student yet for I will not be telling them for a couple more days. First, you will fill out a sheet with your like and dislikes and general information about you, then the person that has the person of the opposite sex that has the most in common with you will be selected, and you the two selected will be going on a romantic date together, but the twist is, you will not know who the person you are going out with will be until the morning after our date. You will not be able to see the face of your match and your voices will be changed, and the spell that is put on you to change your voice will not let you say anything to give away who you are. Now if you will, will you both please go to opposite sides of the room, and go ahead and fill out your forms? Oh yes, the ink on the form will turn red if you lie, so I would discourage that!"
