DISCLAIMER: WE DO NOT OWN ANYTHING RELATED TO HARRY POTTER. WE ONLY OWN THE PLOT AND PROF. CURRET.
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PREVIOUSLY:
Draco slowly pulled away, "It's getting late. We'll continue this later," he breathed on her neck. "Good night Hermione. See you tomorrow." He gave her one last kiss, got off the couch and headed to his room for the night. Hermione lay on the couch a little longer reliving the recent events. About an hour later she got up and went to bed.
That night neither of them could fall asleep, for their minds were somewhere else. Both woke up tired the next morning but neither cared.
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Chap 4- Transfiguration
Hermione woke up and stretched her arms out. She felt something on the pillow next to hers. She turned over and discovered a single chrysanthemum with a note attached. She opened the note and read:
Hermione-
I had an awesome time with you last night. You gave me a new definition of what it meant to really like somebody. Because of you, my standards for a woman are much higher. I left to go work out and have breakfast. I'll see you in transfiguration class.
-Draco
"Awww… that is so sweet," Hermione said out loud, "Why can't he be like this all the time?"
Hermione took the flower and put it into a glass of water. She took out a piece of her pink parchment and began to write a note back to Draco:
Draco,
Thank you so much for the flower and kind words. I enjoyed last night as much as you did. I never knew you had a soft side, but you proved me very wrong. I can't wait to see where our relationship soars to. We will surely have a great time in America together. See you later.
Yours truly,
HermioneAs a finishing touch, Hermione sprayed the letter with her favorite perfume, Love Spell by Victoria Secret (A/N: I'm wearing that one right now, and it smells really yummy!) Hermione went into Draco's room and set the note on his pillow, then went back to her own room and got dressed. Putting on her favorite scarlet robe, she headed down to breakfast.
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Hermione walked into the Great Hall and saw Draco talking with his usual Slytherin "friends". Hermione was too busy staring at Draco that she tripped and fell right onto Harry's lap dropping all her books with a big boom. The whole Great Hall saw Hermione fall and began to laugh. Draco was the only one who didn't; instead he was jealous, seeing Hermione in Harry's lap.
"Oh hahaha Dracky, that mudblood is so funny. Don't you think? She disgraces the whole Wizarding world!" Pansy said to Draco.
"Shut up Pansy. Don't you ever talk about Hermione that way again. Your face is more of a disgrace," Draco said as he got up to go to transfiguration early.
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Hermione saw Draco leave, and hurried off to follow him, grabbing a blueberry muffin on her way.
"Where are you going Hermione? You just got here," Ron called after her.
"Oh, I needed help with my transfiguration homework," Hermione replied running after Draco.
"Since when does Hermione need help with homework?" Ron asked Harry.
"Hmmm…." Harry replied, "I think something fishy is going on with Hermione."
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Hermione ran after Draco, and found him in the transfiguration classroom. 'Hmm… I wonder what he is doing in here; we still have 30 minutes before class starts.' Hermione thought. Draco turned around and saw her there, and smiled, 'She's like a puppy, she follows me everywhere,' he thought.
"Are you okay? I saw you trip," Draco asked Hermione.
"Oh," Hermione replied blushing, "I'm fine, thanks."
"So," Draco said as he moved closer to where she was standing, "Why are you here this early?"
"Actually, I was following you. Why are you here?"
"I was hoping you would follow," Draco replied leaning in to kiss her.
Hermione was startled by the sudden gesture, and moved away. "Not now, Professor McGonagall will be here soon."
"Shhh, we'll be fine," Draco murmured, and moved into to kiss her again.
Hermione was still worried, but she remembered how it felt to be kissed the night before, and quickly forgot about all her worries and let her body react to his. She slid her hands around his neck while his hands moved up and down her back. Draco pushed her up against the wall, and any space between them was obliterated. Draco pressed his mouth against her lips harder, and used his tongue to part her lips. She reacted quickly and thrust her tongue into his mouth; surprised, Draco did the same. Their tongues moved around in each other's mouth, trying to discover every part of the others mouth. Hermione finally pulled away, and began to play with the buttons on Draco's robe as Draco began playfully licked her ear. Draco heard footsteps coming down the hall and quickly pulled away, much to his dismay.
"Oh my gosh. People are coming!" Hermione said as she frantically tried to fix her hair.
"Act like nothing was happing, okay?" Draco said as he hurriedly got out his book and pretended to be deep in thought.
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The bell rang, and the students and Professor McGonagall walked in.
"Good morning class," McGonagall said. "Today we will take a break from our normal lessons and discuss the upcoming trip to America with Professor Curret. I understand that only six of you will be able to go, but for the rest of you, you will still have a very interesting Muggle Studies lesson. I was talking to Professor Curret, and he told me that during your trip to America you will have to act like normal muggles, which means you would also take muggle jobs. As you can see on my desk, there is a crystal ball," McGonagall pointed to a crystal ball that looked like a gigantic marble, "One by one, you will come up and ask the crystal what job category would be best for you. The crystal will either tell you that you should be in one of the following fields: Medicine, law or fashion. After you are placed, you will separate into categories depending on which field you will work in. I will then hand you a booklet that will tell you the jobs that you can chose from, and a spell that will make you professional at that job. Does anybody have any questions?"
The only person who raised their hand was Neville.
"Mr. Longbottom, I had a feeling you would raise your hand. Don't worry I will help you so you don't mess it up." McGonagall told Neville. "Now," she said, talking to the rest of the class, "We will have the crystal chose our jobs. Well, why don't we start with the Head Boy and Girl? Hermione dear, you go first."
Hermione slowly walked to the front of the classroom and put her hand on the crystal. Draco watched as her hips swayed when she walked. 'Mmmm, she truly is one in a million,' he thought. Suddenly, the crystal shouted out, "Medicine!". Hermione and the rest of the class looked very surprised; everybody knew that Hermione was squeamish around blood.
"Draco, your next," McGonagall said.
Draco walked up to her desk more confidently than Hermione did. He put his hand on the crystal and kept thinking, 'Medicine, please say medicine.' "Medicine you say? I was thinking law, but if you insist. Medicine!" the crystal said to Draco.
Eventually everybody in the class had been assigned a job.
"Professor, I was wondering, for those who do not go to America, what will they do with their job?" Lavender asked.
"Good question, Lavender. Those of you staying behind will be with me during your normal Muggle Studies class. We will be going into the auditorium, and will have many stations set up. You will go to your particular one, and do what it tells you to do. For instance, if you were chosen to be in fashion, and decided to be a makeup artist, you might go to one station and have to give someone a makeover. Do you all understand?" McGonagall answered.
The class replied by all nodding their heads.
"Good. Now I want everybody in fashion to go in the right corner, if you are in law go to the middle of the room, and if you are in medicine please proceed to the left side of the room. I will hand out your booklets shortly."
Draco walked over to the left and took a seat next to Hermione. He slowly reached over and gently took her hand. She shivered remembering their kiss. Professor McGonagall walked over and handed them each a booklet on medicine.
"Hmm… I wonder what I should be. I don't fancy the idea of cutting somebody open, so maybe I could be a… ummm… oh, I know! A pharmacist!" Hermione said to know one in particular.
"You'd be good at that because you have the brains," Draco told her. "What do you think I should be?"
"Hmm… well, you don't squirm very easily at the sight of blood. Why don't you look into being a surgeon?"
"I think I will. I trust your opinion," Draco replied.
"Thanks, Draco."
"Class, once you have decided what your job will be, please check it with me. Make sure you do not perform the spell yet, though," McGonagall said.
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Draco decided to go back to his room and freshen up before his next class, so he told Hermione that he would meet her in potions, their next class. When I got to his room he saw a piece of pink parchment on his pillow. 'Hmm… who is it from?' he thought. He opened and read the letter Hermione had written him, quoting some of the things she had said like: 'I never knew you had a soft side, but you proved me very wrong.' Or ' I can't wait to see where our relationship soars to.' 'Hermione, Hermione, Hermione. You are so good with your words, but do you truly mean them? After six years of the way I have treated you? Well, I will have to find out, if you mean what you say.' Draco thought. He folded the piece of paper back up, and went to meet her in potions
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A/N: Hey everybody! Jenn here. Hope you liked this chapter, it's the longest yet, and I'm pretty proud of myself because it took a long time to type, especially that kissing scene, (I'm not good at writing that type of stuff, as you can tell!) I love authors notes, there so much fun to write. Well, we got a lot of reviews for chapter 3 and 2, so we're both feeling A LOT better knowing that writing this story isn't a waste of time. We also hope we're getting the chaps up quick enough… we alternate writing chapters, so it's hard to review each others before we post them. (We should have the next chapter posted tomorrow, hopefully!!!) We want to thank the following for all you reviews: Slytherin Princess, Disturb the Fairies, The-Taj-Mahal, Sam, Stupid.Girl and Guinevere! Thanks so much you guys!
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