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Is it real?
We're always the same
We're almost unknown now
Today was not going to be a good day.
Hermione could already feel it in the back of her mind as she got out of bed that morning. The sky was painted in a dark gray color and a rumble of thunder could be heard in the distance.
" Hermione! Hurry up!" Ginny called from the Gryfinndor common room. Hermione groaned. She lazily got dressed and pulled up her hair in a messy bun.
The common room was empty except for Ginny impatiently tapping her foot near the portrait door. She signaled Hermione to get a move on. Hermione rolled her eyes slightly and followed Ginny out the door. She really didn't feel like facing Draco today. She could already hear him now.
" Hey girls." Harry said politely as he grabbed his goblet of juice and drank it down.
" Hey." Hermione said tiredly as she sat down between the two boys.
" You look beautiful." Ron said with a laugh, fingering her loose strands of messy hair.
" Screw you!" Hermione snapped hitting his hand away.
Ron's eyes flashed playfully and gave her a grin.
" Don't get your knickers twisted, I was just messing with you." Ron said poking at his plate of scrambled eggs.
Hermione mumbled something incoherent under her breath and reached for a goblet full of orange juice.
" Look what the cat dragged in this morning." Harry said chuckling a bit and motioned to the door. All three heads turned to see what Harry was mentioning.
Draco sauntered into the Great Hall with slightly tousled hair and his face held a deep crease of anger written across it.
" Does he look like that every morning?" Ron asked curiously.
" I don't know, I really don't notice him." Hermione lied, trying to calm her trembling speech. Ginny coughed slightly while Harry and Ron continued to acknowledge Draco and his morning appearance.
Hermione barely said a word and barely ate her breakfast; well Ron ate most of her breakfast anyway.
" Hermione, are you sick?" Ginny asked concernedly.
Hermione jumped from her seat in surprise and snapped her head in Ginny's direction.
" No! I'm absolutely fine." She croaked dusting off her robes to play off her jumpiness.
Ginny merely nodded, but arched a brow skeptically.
" I'm going to go, class starts in five minutes." Hermione said hurriedly and fumbled to reach her book bag.
" Okay, we'll meet you there." Harry said and turned to continue his conversation with Ron.
Hermione practically jumped out of her seat and ran out of the Great Hall. Once she was outside, she drew in a shaky deep breath. The door to the Great Hall opened emitting a loud creak startling Hermione once again.
" What the hell is wrong with you?" Blaise asked concernedly, placing a hand on her shoulder.
" Nothing, I'm fine!" she persisted firmly.
Blaise frowned. " I'm serious, what's wrong?"
Well I was caught in the rain Wasting my time on the ground
" It's just.I got into an argument with Malfoy last night and he just really hurt me." She lied. If she told Blaise about her little encounter with him, he would've never talked to her again. His words rang her head ' Don't trust Malfoy under any circumstances.'
" Bloody bastard. Well, what did he say?" Blaise questioned.
" He called me the usual things, but it just really hurt me this time, okay?" Hermione said giving him a signal to change the subject.
Blaise frowned. " I'm sorry, I'll go talk to him if you want."
She gave a slight grin. " No, it isn't necessary, besides you practically live in detention anyways."
Blaise smirked. " What can I say, all girls love the bad boys."
Hermione grinned. " Yeah bad boy, well class is going to start soon so I'll see you in Potions."
" What do you have right now?" he asked.
" Charms." She answered adjusting her book bag on her shoulder.
" Well, I have a free period so I meet you after class then." He said.
" Wait a minute! You don't have a free period! What are you going to do?" she questioned.
" That's for me to know and maybe you to find out." He countered with a smirk.
" You're retarded." She said with a little laugh.
" You're beautiful." He replied walking closer to her.
Hermione instinctively blushed. " What are you doing?"
She suddenly felt paralyzed as Blaise stepped forward; his lips were just a few inches away from hers.
" I don't know." He muttered as he closed the gap between their lips.
Hermione was shocked and dumbly responded with her eyes wide open in surprise. The kiss was short, but passionate and Blaise slowly pulled away.
Hermione looked at him dumbstruck while Blaise chuckled at her reaction.
" I'll meet you after class." He said with a grin and he walked away.
" Sure." She mumbled reaching up a mindless hand to touch her lips to make sure that really happened.
The clamor from inside the Great Hall seemed to get louder since class was going to start in three minutes. Again, she adjusted her book bag on her shoulder and headed down the hall when she heard a noise near the door.
Waiting the call of what you would say Can you come over? Well I was caught in the rain
Wasting my time on the ground
" Did you enjoy that?" Draco asked coldly, his uncombed hair was falling over his face.
Hermione didn't answer; she just stared at him blankly.
" Right, I'm sure you did you little whore." He growled while his eyes clouded with anger.
Hermione frowned. " You know all about being a whore Draco, why don't you tell me how I feel since you know everything." She snapped irritably.
" So are you admitting that you're a whore too Granger?" he countered angrily grabbing her by her upper arms. She pushed him away and slapped him, the loud smack echoed in the empty corridor. Malfoy staggered back a bit.
" I am not a whore Malfoy! Just because you didn't get what you wanted last night doesn't mean you have special privileges to degrade me, you don't know me at all." She said acidly.
Draco smirked. " From your reaction Granger, you wanted it too so don't blame this whole ordeal on me! Just because you're in denial doesn't mean you can use me for a fucking scapegoat."
Hermione was at loss for words. Suddenly the bell rang and students sauntered out of the Great Hall in a mass. She instantly spotted Ron, Harry and Ginny among the crowd.
" This isn't over." Draco growled and walked away.
" Hermione? Are you all right?" Harry asked.
" I don't know."
~*~
Blaise kept his word and met Hermione after Charms and they walked together to Potions. They stopped at her desk and Draco looked up to glare at them coldly. Blaise sneered back.
" Hey, are you doing anything this evening?" he asked.
She shook her head and took her seat.
" Do you want to have dinner with me at the lake? Kind of like an evening picnic or something." He asked wringing his hands together.
" Zabini, some of us are trying to hold our breakfast down, will you shut the hell up and sit down." Draco snapped.
Blaise ignored him and waited for her answer.
" I don't know Blaise, it looks like it might rain." She answered.
" You're right, it has been dark all day, but if I think of something else I'll come back to you." He said giving Draco one last cold stare and made his way towards the back to take his seat next to Pansy.
" That was disgusting. Next time, if he tries to ask you out again, just hike up your skirt a little more and unbutton your shirt, it'll suit you well." Draco snarled.
" You know, Malfoy, with all that money you have, why don't you send yourself away since you apparently hate everything about this school you first class asshole." She snapped.
" Ten points off of Gryfinndor for language, you can thank Miss Granger after class." Snape drawled as the Gryfinndors groaned.
Draco smirked in satisfaction.
" Turn in your roll of parchments on the Dragon's Eye Potion, right now before I begin." Snape drawled.
Draco's eyes widened. " We had an assignment?"
" Yes, didn't Miss Granger tell you?" Snape asked setting his gaze on Hermione.
" No." he answered flatly.
" Another ten points off of Gryfinndor for lack of responsibility. Miss Granger, meet me after class. Mr. Malfoy you can turn in your assignment tonight." Snape said taking roll.
Hermione groaned and she was right. Today wasn't going to be a good day.
~*~
Through out the rest of the day, Draco insulted Hermione every time he saw her coming down a corridor or right before class started. Ron got detention for Professor McGonagall for attempting to apply physical force on another student.
Through her perspective, Draco was having a very good day and she hated him for it.
On her way to the Great Hall for dinner, Ginny pulled her aside and led her near a staircase, offering her to sit down.
" What is this all about Ginny?" Hermione questioned curiously.
" We're always honest about things, am I correct?" Ginny asked.
Hermione smiled. " Of course we are, I mean you're practically other one of my best friends. What going on?"
" You like Draco Malfoy." She answered flatly.
Hermione's eyes widened. " What? I don't like Malfoy! That's preposterous!"
" Hermione, there's no use in lying and I know you like him." Ginny persisted.
" Okay, prove it." Hermione said getting a bit impatient.
" I've seen the way you look at him, you practically stared at him during breakfast today. Not to mention, the little flirts here and there with him. Plus, last night, you were in the hall late at night with your blouse unbuttoned and Draco came in a few minutes after you did!" Ginny spoke with an eerie calmness.
" Wait a minute! You were spying on me?" Hermione said getting up abruptly.
" No I wasn't Hermione! Hello! I'm a prefect!" Ginny screeched.
Hermione blushed. " Right, I'm sorry."
" Why can't you just admit that you like him?" Ginny asked toning her voice down.
" Because it's wrong! I can't like him. Guys like him only want one thing and I don't want that at all." Hermione said sadly.
" You know how you always say that he's heartless and that he's incapable of feeling? Maybe you can show him how to be capable and I'm thinking that maybe he does feel something for you. I mean he doesn't act like that with other girls." Ginny said assuredly.
" Flirting? He flirts with every girl! I'm probably just a conquest knowing his tactics." Hermione said.
" If you're a conquest then why does he get mad every time you're with Blaise?" Ginny asked.
" Maybe because he hates him?" Hermione said.
" He's jealous! God, you're so dense Hermione!" Ginny said with a giggle.
Hermione fumed. " Oh shut up!"
" Draco likes you and you're too busy denying your feelings for him and it's driving you insane! Admit it! Say you like Malfoy." Ginny persisted.
Hermione shook her head.
" Quit living in denial! You'll feel so much better when you say it." Ginny insisted.
Hermione looked around frantically. Her feelings were driving her insane. She thought about what Draco had said last night about being jealous and how he noticed her. God, she was dense. All this confusion was driving her up the wall.
" Just say it!"
" I like him! Okay, I bloody like him! Are you happy now!" Hermione yelled on the verge of tears.
Ginny smiled. " There, now doesn't that feel better?"
Hermione pouted. Damn. Ginny voice was at the point of irritation for Hermione that Ginny's thoughts were intercepting her own.
' I knew she liked him! I knew it! I can't believe she slept with him! That's why they're both kind of out of it.'
Hermione's head snapped up. " I did not sleep with him!"
Ginny jumped in surprise while Hermione's eyes widened in shock.
" I'm sorry Ginny, I don't know where that came from." She said sheepishly.
Ginny nodded anxiously, afraid that Hermione might have another little outburst.
" Okay, well Hermione, I'm going to go back to the Great Hall. Are you coming?" Ginny asked a bit apprehensively.
" I think I'm going to go back to the dorm soon." Hermione said tiredly. She could feel a headache coming on.
' She looks terrible. She really could use some make up right now.'
Hermione restrained herself from snapping a sarcastic thanks at Ginny and smiled wryly.
" See you soon." Ginny said walking off and leaving Hermione sitting tiredly at the edge of the ascending staircase.
Silence echoed the corridor once again as Hermione took a deep breath. Ginny was right, she was in denial. She was supposed to hate Malfoy with every fiber in her body. Since last year, she knew this, but decided to keep her feelings silenced when she was dating Seamus for that while. She hated to admit it, but even Malfoy was right about her feelings.
Hermione forced herself to get up when she saw a figure appear out of the corner of the corridor. It was Draco. This day was completely draining so she decided to just tolerate what he had to dish out.
" Hey." He said.
" Hi." Hermione said tiredly.
" We need to talk." He said with an eerie calmness.
" About what?" she questioned curiously.
" To tell you the truth, I really don't have a goddamn clue, but listen, what is going on between you and Blaise?" He asked.
Hermione scoffed. " Why is that any of your business?"
Draco smirked. " Because I want to know if I'm going to have any competition."
Hermione's eyes widened. Why the sudden drastic change? He was such a jackass today and now he acting as if nothing happened. Draco moved forward, his smirk still plastered on his face.
" Well, am I?" he asked, his face dangerously getting closer to hers.
Hermione felt her heart jump in her throat. His silver blue gaze wondered over her body sensually.
" You heard what I told you last night, Draco." She said, her breathing was getting heavier with each step he took towards her.
" So all this time Granger, I knew you wanted me." Draco said placing his hands on her hips.
Hermione could feel a blush creep up on her cheeks. " You heard?"
" You yelled so bloody loud I'm sure the whole school knows." Draco said with a grin.
Hermione felt a sharp pang in her chest. Ron and Harry. What would they think of her? Not to mention Blaise, he would surely hate her.
Draco noticed the change in tones on her features and furrowed his brow. " Don't do this now."
" What?" she said panicky, not knowing what he was talking about.
" You leave me hanging when you make me think that there's a slight chance." He said tiredly.
" No I don't!" she snapped.
" Oh yes you do!" he snapped back.
Hermione frowned when she heard voices coming from the corridor; the students were already leaving from dinner.
" We'll continue this later." She said with a sigh.
" No, we're going to continue this now." He said grabbing a hold of her wrist and led her down a flight of stairs to the courtyard outside. Some students were milling about courtyard and shot Draco and Hermione curious looks of what they were doing together.
' What she doing with him?'
' I thought Draco hated Muggle born.'
' She's probably just another one of his toys.'
Hermione whimpered as the voices began to overlap one another.
' Just calm down.' She told herself taking a deep breath. Stress will add to the increase of voices if you can't control it, she reminded herself.
Draco finally drug her out to the middle of the damp Quidditch field. Thunder rumbled in the distance as the sky casted a gray illustration above their heads. Hermione looked up at the sky and crinkled her face as the first drop of rain splashed onto her nose.
" What's wrong Malfoy? You look like your mirror just broke." She said with a light grin. He gave her a sour look.
" We're going to get sick! Why don't we just talk inside." She insisted as the light sheet of rainfall overhead threatened to become heavier.
It was you Who could get me high with whatever you say You're telling me something real
Draco looked up at the sky momentarily before setting his gaze on Hermione.
" Granger, you really have no idea what you do to me, do you?" he asked with a heavy sigh.
Hermione sighed as well. " You're just too confusing, Draco." She said softly.
What we do
It doesn't matter now
" Maybe I'm just afraid of giving you my heart and trust with the fact that you might throw it back in my face." She said sadly, tears were threatening to spill out of her eyes, but the rain was concealing that part.
Draco moved closer to her so that they were just a few inches apart, his breath lingering closely to her neck. " I'm not sure that I can."
An uneasy silence came between the two until Draco spoke up again.
" No one will have to know." He said reaching up a hand to run through her now wet hair.
Hermione snorted. " Like I was going to spread the news anyways."
Draco smirked. " See, you're giving in. Finally."
Hermione's eyes widened. " I'm n-not giving in, I'm simply opening up." She stated.
Draco laughed as the rain slowly, but steadily grew heavier. The sky remained the same and the thunder rumbled in a distance. " Are you done now? The point is that you like me and I like you, quit living in denial Hermione. Don't think, just feel."
The sound of his sexy drawl made Hermione's eyes flutter shut for a brief moment. She took a deep breath and looked directly into his eyes.
" No one must know about this, not just yet." She said a bit timidly.
" I wouldn't dream of it." He murmured leaning in for a kiss.
Hermione felt a chill run down her spine as Draco planted his lips softly on her own. She tentatively responded back as the cool rainwater continued to pour over them in a steady rhythm.
She was the first to pull away and cupped his face into her palms gently.
" I want to be with you." She said softly looking directly into those silver orbs.
' I knew it!'
Draco smirked. " I knew it." He said smugly, but in an amusing tone.
Hermione rolled her eyes and silenced him by pulling him in for another kiss, spilling all her hidden passion she held for him. At that most she decided to take a risk, to see if the dragon had a soul. Whatever it took, at that moment she didn't care.
Whatever it takes for you to stay with me
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~*~
Is it real?
We're always the same
We're almost unknown now
Today was not going to be a good day.
Hermione could already feel it in the back of her mind as she got out of bed that morning. The sky was painted in a dark gray color and a rumble of thunder could be heard in the distance.
" Hermione! Hurry up!" Ginny called from the Gryfinndor common room. Hermione groaned. She lazily got dressed and pulled up her hair in a messy bun.
The common room was empty except for Ginny impatiently tapping her foot near the portrait door. She signaled Hermione to get a move on. Hermione rolled her eyes slightly and followed Ginny out the door. She really didn't feel like facing Draco today. She could already hear him now.
" Hey girls." Harry said politely as he grabbed his goblet of juice and drank it down.
" Hey." Hermione said tiredly as she sat down between the two boys.
" You look beautiful." Ron said with a laugh, fingering her loose strands of messy hair.
" Screw you!" Hermione snapped hitting his hand away.
Ron's eyes flashed playfully and gave her a grin.
" Don't get your knickers twisted, I was just messing with you." Ron said poking at his plate of scrambled eggs.
Hermione mumbled something incoherent under her breath and reached for a goblet full of orange juice.
" Look what the cat dragged in this morning." Harry said chuckling a bit and motioned to the door. All three heads turned to see what Harry was mentioning.
Draco sauntered into the Great Hall with slightly tousled hair and his face held a deep crease of anger written across it.
" Does he look like that every morning?" Ron asked curiously.
" I don't know, I really don't notice him." Hermione lied, trying to calm her trembling speech. Ginny coughed slightly while Harry and Ron continued to acknowledge Draco and his morning appearance.
Hermione barely said a word and barely ate her breakfast; well Ron ate most of her breakfast anyway.
" Hermione, are you sick?" Ginny asked concernedly.
Hermione jumped from her seat in surprise and snapped her head in Ginny's direction.
" No! I'm absolutely fine." She croaked dusting off her robes to play off her jumpiness.
Ginny merely nodded, but arched a brow skeptically.
" I'm going to go, class starts in five minutes." Hermione said hurriedly and fumbled to reach her book bag.
" Okay, we'll meet you there." Harry said and turned to continue his conversation with Ron.
Hermione practically jumped out of her seat and ran out of the Great Hall. Once she was outside, she drew in a shaky deep breath. The door to the Great Hall opened emitting a loud creak startling Hermione once again.
" What the hell is wrong with you?" Blaise asked concernedly, placing a hand on her shoulder.
" Nothing, I'm fine!" she persisted firmly.
Blaise frowned. " I'm serious, what's wrong?"
Well I was caught in the rain Wasting my time on the ground
" It's just.I got into an argument with Malfoy last night and he just really hurt me." She lied. If she told Blaise about her little encounter with him, he would've never talked to her again. His words rang her head ' Don't trust Malfoy under any circumstances.'
" Bloody bastard. Well, what did he say?" Blaise questioned.
" He called me the usual things, but it just really hurt me this time, okay?" Hermione said giving him a signal to change the subject.
Blaise frowned. " I'm sorry, I'll go talk to him if you want."
She gave a slight grin. " No, it isn't necessary, besides you practically live in detention anyways."
Blaise smirked. " What can I say, all girls love the bad boys."
Hermione grinned. " Yeah bad boy, well class is going to start soon so I'll see you in Potions."
" What do you have right now?" he asked.
" Charms." She answered adjusting her book bag on her shoulder.
" Well, I have a free period so I meet you after class then." He said.
" Wait a minute! You don't have a free period! What are you going to do?" she questioned.
" That's for me to know and maybe you to find out." He countered with a smirk.
" You're retarded." She said with a little laugh.
" You're beautiful." He replied walking closer to her.
Hermione instinctively blushed. " What are you doing?"
She suddenly felt paralyzed as Blaise stepped forward; his lips were just a few inches away from hers.
" I don't know." He muttered as he closed the gap between their lips.
Hermione was shocked and dumbly responded with her eyes wide open in surprise. The kiss was short, but passionate and Blaise slowly pulled away.
Hermione looked at him dumbstruck while Blaise chuckled at her reaction.
" I'll meet you after class." He said with a grin and he walked away.
" Sure." She mumbled reaching up a mindless hand to touch her lips to make sure that really happened.
The clamor from inside the Great Hall seemed to get louder since class was going to start in three minutes. Again, she adjusted her book bag on her shoulder and headed down the hall when she heard a noise near the door.
Waiting the call of what you would say Can you come over? Well I was caught in the rain
Wasting my time on the ground
" Did you enjoy that?" Draco asked coldly, his uncombed hair was falling over his face.
Hermione didn't answer; she just stared at him blankly.
" Right, I'm sure you did you little whore." He growled while his eyes clouded with anger.
Hermione frowned. " You know all about being a whore Draco, why don't you tell me how I feel since you know everything." She snapped irritably.
" So are you admitting that you're a whore too Granger?" he countered angrily grabbing her by her upper arms. She pushed him away and slapped him, the loud smack echoed in the empty corridor. Malfoy staggered back a bit.
" I am not a whore Malfoy! Just because you didn't get what you wanted last night doesn't mean you have special privileges to degrade me, you don't know me at all." She said acidly.
Draco smirked. " From your reaction Granger, you wanted it too so don't blame this whole ordeal on me! Just because you're in denial doesn't mean you can use me for a fucking scapegoat."
Hermione was at loss for words. Suddenly the bell rang and students sauntered out of the Great Hall in a mass. She instantly spotted Ron, Harry and Ginny among the crowd.
" This isn't over." Draco growled and walked away.
" Hermione? Are you all right?" Harry asked.
" I don't know."
~*~
Blaise kept his word and met Hermione after Charms and they walked together to Potions. They stopped at her desk and Draco looked up to glare at them coldly. Blaise sneered back.
" Hey, are you doing anything this evening?" he asked.
She shook her head and took her seat.
" Do you want to have dinner with me at the lake? Kind of like an evening picnic or something." He asked wringing his hands together.
" Zabini, some of us are trying to hold our breakfast down, will you shut the hell up and sit down." Draco snapped.
Blaise ignored him and waited for her answer.
" I don't know Blaise, it looks like it might rain." She answered.
" You're right, it has been dark all day, but if I think of something else I'll come back to you." He said giving Draco one last cold stare and made his way towards the back to take his seat next to Pansy.
" That was disgusting. Next time, if he tries to ask you out again, just hike up your skirt a little more and unbutton your shirt, it'll suit you well." Draco snarled.
" You know, Malfoy, with all that money you have, why don't you send yourself away since you apparently hate everything about this school you first class asshole." She snapped.
" Ten points off of Gryfinndor for language, you can thank Miss Granger after class." Snape drawled as the Gryfinndors groaned.
Draco smirked in satisfaction.
" Turn in your roll of parchments on the Dragon's Eye Potion, right now before I begin." Snape drawled.
Draco's eyes widened. " We had an assignment?"
" Yes, didn't Miss Granger tell you?" Snape asked setting his gaze on Hermione.
" No." he answered flatly.
" Another ten points off of Gryfinndor for lack of responsibility. Miss Granger, meet me after class. Mr. Malfoy you can turn in your assignment tonight." Snape said taking roll.
Hermione groaned and she was right. Today wasn't going to be a good day.
~*~
Through out the rest of the day, Draco insulted Hermione every time he saw her coming down a corridor or right before class started. Ron got detention for Professor McGonagall for attempting to apply physical force on another student.
Through her perspective, Draco was having a very good day and she hated him for it.
On her way to the Great Hall for dinner, Ginny pulled her aside and led her near a staircase, offering her to sit down.
" What is this all about Ginny?" Hermione questioned curiously.
" We're always honest about things, am I correct?" Ginny asked.
Hermione smiled. " Of course we are, I mean you're practically other one of my best friends. What going on?"
" You like Draco Malfoy." She answered flatly.
Hermione's eyes widened. " What? I don't like Malfoy! That's preposterous!"
" Hermione, there's no use in lying and I know you like him." Ginny persisted.
" Okay, prove it." Hermione said getting a bit impatient.
" I've seen the way you look at him, you practically stared at him during breakfast today. Not to mention, the little flirts here and there with him. Plus, last night, you were in the hall late at night with your blouse unbuttoned and Draco came in a few minutes after you did!" Ginny spoke with an eerie calmness.
" Wait a minute! You were spying on me?" Hermione said getting up abruptly.
" No I wasn't Hermione! Hello! I'm a prefect!" Ginny screeched.
Hermione blushed. " Right, I'm sorry."
" Why can't you just admit that you like him?" Ginny asked toning her voice down.
" Because it's wrong! I can't like him. Guys like him only want one thing and I don't want that at all." Hermione said sadly.
" You know how you always say that he's heartless and that he's incapable of feeling? Maybe you can show him how to be capable and I'm thinking that maybe he does feel something for you. I mean he doesn't act like that with other girls." Ginny said assuredly.
" Flirting? He flirts with every girl! I'm probably just a conquest knowing his tactics." Hermione said.
" If you're a conquest then why does he get mad every time you're with Blaise?" Ginny asked.
" Maybe because he hates him?" Hermione said.
" He's jealous! God, you're so dense Hermione!" Ginny said with a giggle.
Hermione fumed. " Oh shut up!"
" Draco likes you and you're too busy denying your feelings for him and it's driving you insane! Admit it! Say you like Malfoy." Ginny persisted.
Hermione shook her head.
" Quit living in denial! You'll feel so much better when you say it." Ginny insisted.
Hermione looked around frantically. Her feelings were driving her insane. She thought about what Draco had said last night about being jealous and how he noticed her. God, she was dense. All this confusion was driving her up the wall.
" Just say it!"
" I like him! Okay, I bloody like him! Are you happy now!" Hermione yelled on the verge of tears.
Ginny smiled. " There, now doesn't that feel better?"
Hermione pouted. Damn. Ginny voice was at the point of irritation for Hermione that Ginny's thoughts were intercepting her own.
' I knew she liked him! I knew it! I can't believe she slept with him! That's why they're both kind of out of it.'
Hermione's head snapped up. " I did not sleep with him!"
Ginny jumped in surprise while Hermione's eyes widened in shock.
" I'm sorry Ginny, I don't know where that came from." She said sheepishly.
Ginny nodded anxiously, afraid that Hermione might have another little outburst.
" Okay, well Hermione, I'm going to go back to the Great Hall. Are you coming?" Ginny asked a bit apprehensively.
" I think I'm going to go back to the dorm soon." Hermione said tiredly. She could feel a headache coming on.
' She looks terrible. She really could use some make up right now.'
Hermione restrained herself from snapping a sarcastic thanks at Ginny and smiled wryly.
" See you soon." Ginny said walking off and leaving Hermione sitting tiredly at the edge of the ascending staircase.
Silence echoed the corridor once again as Hermione took a deep breath. Ginny was right, she was in denial. She was supposed to hate Malfoy with every fiber in her body. Since last year, she knew this, but decided to keep her feelings silenced when she was dating Seamus for that while. She hated to admit it, but even Malfoy was right about her feelings.
Hermione forced herself to get up when she saw a figure appear out of the corner of the corridor. It was Draco. This day was completely draining so she decided to just tolerate what he had to dish out.
" Hey." He said.
" Hi." Hermione said tiredly.
" We need to talk." He said with an eerie calmness.
" About what?" she questioned curiously.
" To tell you the truth, I really don't have a goddamn clue, but listen, what is going on between you and Blaise?" He asked.
Hermione scoffed. " Why is that any of your business?"
Draco smirked. " Because I want to know if I'm going to have any competition."
Hermione's eyes widened. Why the sudden drastic change? He was such a jackass today and now he acting as if nothing happened. Draco moved forward, his smirk still plastered on his face.
" Well, am I?" he asked, his face dangerously getting closer to hers.
Hermione felt her heart jump in her throat. His silver blue gaze wondered over her body sensually.
" You heard what I told you last night, Draco." She said, her breathing was getting heavier with each step he took towards her.
" So all this time Granger, I knew you wanted me." Draco said placing his hands on her hips.
Hermione could feel a blush creep up on her cheeks. " You heard?"
" You yelled so bloody loud I'm sure the whole school knows." Draco said with a grin.
Hermione felt a sharp pang in her chest. Ron and Harry. What would they think of her? Not to mention Blaise, he would surely hate her.
Draco noticed the change in tones on her features and furrowed his brow. " Don't do this now."
" What?" she said panicky, not knowing what he was talking about.
" You leave me hanging when you make me think that there's a slight chance." He said tiredly.
" No I don't!" she snapped.
" Oh yes you do!" he snapped back.
Hermione frowned when she heard voices coming from the corridor; the students were already leaving from dinner.
" We'll continue this later." She said with a sigh.
" No, we're going to continue this now." He said grabbing a hold of her wrist and led her down a flight of stairs to the courtyard outside. Some students were milling about courtyard and shot Draco and Hermione curious looks of what they were doing together.
' What she doing with him?'
' I thought Draco hated Muggle born.'
' She's probably just another one of his toys.'
Hermione whimpered as the voices began to overlap one another.
' Just calm down.' She told herself taking a deep breath. Stress will add to the increase of voices if you can't control it, she reminded herself.
Draco finally drug her out to the middle of the damp Quidditch field. Thunder rumbled in the distance as the sky casted a gray illustration above their heads. Hermione looked up at the sky and crinkled her face as the first drop of rain splashed onto her nose.
" What's wrong Malfoy? You look like your mirror just broke." She said with a light grin. He gave her a sour look.
" We're going to get sick! Why don't we just talk inside." She insisted as the light sheet of rainfall overhead threatened to become heavier.
It was you Who could get me high with whatever you say You're telling me something real
Draco looked up at the sky momentarily before setting his gaze on Hermione.
" Granger, you really have no idea what you do to me, do you?" he asked with a heavy sigh.
Hermione sighed as well. " You're just too confusing, Draco." She said softly.
What we do
It doesn't matter now
" Maybe I'm just afraid of giving you my heart and trust with the fact that you might throw it back in my face." She said sadly, tears were threatening to spill out of her eyes, but the rain was concealing that part.
Draco moved closer to her so that they were just a few inches apart, his breath lingering closely to her neck. " I'm not sure that I can."
An uneasy silence came between the two until Draco spoke up again.
" No one will have to know." He said reaching up a hand to run through her now wet hair.
Hermione snorted. " Like I was going to spread the news anyways."
Draco smirked. " See, you're giving in. Finally."
Hermione's eyes widened. " I'm n-not giving in, I'm simply opening up." She stated.
Draco laughed as the rain slowly, but steadily grew heavier. The sky remained the same and the thunder rumbled in a distance. " Are you done now? The point is that you like me and I like you, quit living in denial Hermione. Don't think, just feel."
The sound of his sexy drawl made Hermione's eyes flutter shut for a brief moment. She took a deep breath and looked directly into his eyes.
" No one must know about this, not just yet." She said a bit timidly.
" I wouldn't dream of it." He murmured leaning in for a kiss.
Hermione felt a chill run down her spine as Draco planted his lips softly on her own. She tentatively responded back as the cool rainwater continued to pour over them in a steady rhythm.
She was the first to pull away and cupped his face into her palms gently.
" I want to be with you." She said softly looking directly into those silver orbs.
' I knew it!'
Draco smirked. " I knew it." He said smugly, but in an amusing tone.
Hermione rolled her eyes and silenced him by pulling him in for another kiss, spilling all her hidden passion she held for him. At that most she decided to take a risk, to see if the dragon had a soul. Whatever it took, at that moment she didn't care.
Whatever it takes for you to stay with me
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A/N: I'm sorry if this took long for anybody but I was debating on either posting it now or on Friday because I'm still reading the new Harry Potter book. I'll probably finish it tomorrow if I can but I recommend it to everybody. P.S. thanks a lot Jules for telling me who died! This is me using my sarcastic voice. Man, I was so pissed off because I wanted to find out for myself! Anyway I'm also sad because of the person who dies. I wanted to cry! Okay, on to the point before I actually cry myself a river, thank you guys so much for your responses and your support. I'll try to have the next chapter up by Friday or Saturday and yes it's the one you've all been waiting for! I just hope I don't screw it up or anything. Again thank you guys and happy reading ' The Order of the Phoenix' if you already have a copy!
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