Draco Malfoy stood mouth wide open at the sight. Lucius let go and straightened to his full height, leaving Hermione to scramble her robes up. Her face was very pink and she ran past the open-mouthed Draco as fast as she could. Draco just shook his head and gaped at his father.

Hermione ran into the Common Room. She couldn't believe what just happened. She just kissed Draco's father! FATHER! Hermione tried to run up the stairs to the Girl's Dormitories but was stopped by Harry who had came back early,

"Where were you, Hermione?"

He asked in a sharp tone and at once Hermione knew that Harry must have seen her and Lucius. Blushing madly, she tried to get past, but Harry wouldn't let her,

"Where were you, Hermione?"

He asked again in the same warning tone. Hermione muttered,

"I fancied a walk."

Harry raised his eyebrow,

"Oh really? A walk is that it?"

He had pushed her slightly to beside the fireplace. Hermione wondered if she could make a run for the Girl's Dormitories. Harry glared slightly at Hermione,

"What about Ron?"

He asked sharply, getting right to the point. Hermione sniffed,

"What about Ron?"

Harry looked like he was about to explode,

"Hm…. Let's see… YOUR GOING OUT WITH HIM AND YOU GO KISS LUCIUS MALFOY!"

Hermione was sure her face was beet red, but tried to stay dignified,

"I'm not going out with him. All we did was go to last years dance! And I didn't kiss Lucius Malfoy, he kissed me…"

She added the last part in a voice lower than a whisper, but Harry still heard. Hermione was slightly frightened. Harry never looked so angry before, never and that was saying something. His green emerald eyes looked like a live fire and his face was set in a horrible scowl,

"HE KISSED YOU! AND YOU KISSED HIM BACK, HERMIONE GRANGER! HE HATES MUDBLOODS, HE DOESN'T LIKE YOU! CAN'T YOU SEE THIS IS PROBABLY SOME TRICK AND EVEN IF IT ISN'T IT'S STILL DISGUSTING! HE'S ALMOST 3 TIMES OLDER THAN YOU!"

Hermione opened her mouth then shut it. Harry just called her a Mudblood for the first time. Her eyes began to fill up with tears,

"Harry, I…"

"DON'T HARRY ME! I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU EVER AGAIN, NOT EVEN IN CLASSES, DON'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO TALK OR LOOK AT ME OR YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF JINXED!"

With that Harry had stomped up the stairs, leaving Hermione looking quite dumbfounded. Ron walked in with Ginny, laughing at the top of his lungs,

"Then when Fred went and dunked him in the punch bowl!"

Ginny was shaking her head disapprovingly,

"He wasn't doing anything wrong. Why can't I ever have a boyfriend? Honestly I'm never going to marry because the guy will be so scared of having six older brothers breathing down his neck."

Ron gave a snort,

"Seamus Finnigan deserved it! Anyways you won't see him next year anyways! I heard he's going into the Magical Reversal Squad down in Ireland's Ministry."

Ginny pouted,

"Yes… well…. Just don't be mean to my next boyfriend!"

"Whatever! Hey, Hermione! What's with you?"

The two finally spotted Hermione, who was still pink and openmouthed. Hermione shook her head and said, tears streaming down her eyes,

"Nothing. Nothing at all!"

With that she ran up the stairs. She heard Ginny following and Ron going,

"What was that about?"

*************

Next morning, Hermione did not want to get out of bed but the prospect of missing any of her classes forced herself out. Going down the stairs, she heaved her bag onto her shoulder.

"Where are you going, Granger?"

Hermione looked up to see Draco Malfoy. Her face turned instantly bright red. Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle were nowhere to be seen. Hermione gulped and looked at Malfoy,

"To breakfast is that a crime?"

"No, but kissing my dad is."

"Oh really? What you think I seduced him or something? He kissed me!"

"Likely story, Granger. Dad would never ever kiss a Mudblo…"

"WHAT!"

Ron had come around the corner with a look of horror on his face,

"What did you say Malfoy?"

He asked in a weak voice. Malfoy smirked at looked at Ron,

"Ah, Weasley. Yes your girlfriend, here, went and…."

Hermione cut him off,

"That sure would be embarrassing…"

Malfoy whipped around to face her,

"What?"

"Oh, say if someone pure-blooded was actually seduced by a common old Muggle. That would be horrific it just proves that Muggles are higher."

Malfoy gaped like a fish out of water at her,

"I…I…I…."

Ron looked utterly confused now,

"What did you say about Hermione, Malfoy?"

"I… I said…. Uh… that… uh…. She better not go out with Goyle."

"WHAT!?!"

Hermione and Ron had both exclaimed at the same time. Malfoy smirked and walked away, waving merrily. Hermione glared and Ron said,

"What was that about? You would never go out with Goyle!"

"Oh you would be surprised."

Hermione said and the two walked to their Transfiguration class.

When they walked in, Hermione remembered the fight with Harry. Harry was sitting beside Neville and muttering things under his breath. Gulping Hermione said,

"I… I think I rather would have a seat in the back today."

Ron gazed at her like she had just said something totally insane,

"Hermione are you ok? Harry saved us seats."

He gestured towards Harry, who noticed them and looked down at his parchment scowling and poking it with his wand. Hermione shook her head,

"No. I rather sit back there."

She grimaced as she pointed to the back seats where Pavarti and Lavender were chatting away. Ron looked at her for a few moments and shrugged,

"Fine, whatever."

He trudged over to Harry and Hermione heard Ron say,

"She doesn't want to sit with us. Did I do something last night, I ought have?"

Hermione slightly looked at them as she sat beside Lavender and Pavarti, both of whom were giving her looks of unflattering disbelief. She was close enough to hear what they were saying however,

"Yep, that's it, Ron. She hates you because you dunked Seamus into the punch bowl."

"I didn't do that! That was Fred! And she wasn't even the… WOAH!"

Hermione stretched her neck to see what the two boys were yelling about. Obviously Harry had ignited the parchment with his wand.