A/N: the story from now on is going to be mainly Hermione's pov because
it's the easiest to write. Thank you reviewers!!!
Disclaimer: See chapter 1
~*~*~*~ Chapter 21: Return to Hogwarts ~*~*~*~
HERMIONE'S POV
We all arrived back at Hogwarts safe and sound.
"I need to go and see Dumbledore straight away. You will be notified soon of what is happening. For now I suggest you keep our little outing to yourselves and continue your days as per normal." Mrs Moody walked away up to Dumbledores.
"Whoa! That was quite a trip!" Ginny exclaimed.
"Tell me about it. I think I'm ready for a long and good sleep, after dinner that is of course" Ron said. That was so typical of him.
We trudged of to the Great Hall together and finished our dinner quickly. At the end of dinner Pansy came up to us.
"What do you want?" Harry snarled.
"To talk to. Hermione if that's ok with her."
"Um, yeah. Look, I'll meet you guys at our dorms." The five of them looked worryingly at me.
"Look, I'll be fine. I'm smarter than Pansy you know," I whispered to Draco. He nodded and the all walked towards their rooms. I sat back down at the table and Pansy sighed.
"Look Hermione, I hope I can call you that."
"Um, yeah."
"Well I know we haven't been the best of friends or even friends at all, but I just wanted to apologise for the um incident between me and Draco. I'm kind of glad you came when you did so we wouldn't have gone any further. And I just want you to know that the whole thing was my fault. You shouldn't blame Draco."
"Yeah I know Pansy. And I accept your apology. Sometimes people get carried away, and Draco is quite the looker!" I winked at her.
she held out her hand. "Ready to make a new start?" she asked. I looked at her hand.
"sure." I smiled at her and she smiled genuinely back at me. "Well, I guess if you want, you can join us for breakfast tomorrow morning."
"That'd be good. It would be better than sitting with the Hufflepuffs. All they do is talk about make up and which guy is hotter, all that stuff."
We got up and walked back to our dorms. Hers came first so I said goodnight and continued on. A little further I ran into Draco.
"Hey. What are you doing here?" I asked.
" I wanted to make sure you're ok." That was really sweet of him. I grabbed him and kissed him.
"What was that for? Not that I'm complaining," he smirked.
"Nothing, and Pansy just wanted to apologise for the thing that happened, and we're on good terms now. We're starting a fresh."
"Um, well, I guess that's good."
"Yes it is. Now lets go to our rooms. It's freezing here." He put his arm around my shoulders and we took our time making our way back to our rooms.
The next morning Pansy came up and sat next to me. I had told the others to be nice to her, but I knew it was going to take sometime. Hilary got on ok with her, as did Ginny, but Ron and Harry basically ignored her. We finished breakfast and then went to our classes.
At midday we met up again in the Great Hall, finished lunch and then went up to Mrs Moody's office.
"Hi Mrs Moody. Have you found out anything about the impostor at the house?" Harry asked.
"No we haven't, but it is apparent that the person knew we were there. They were forewarned. Now I need you guys to tell me exactly whom you told about our trip. You first Hermione."
"Um, I don't think I told anyone actually."
"Ok. Harry," Mrs Moody said.
"Um, I told Ernie Macmillan, but he's in Hufflepuff, I don't think he would tell anyone!"
"No Harry, we are not accusing anyone or even suspecting anyone from Hogwarts. We just need to explain to them not to tell anyone about your trip first of all, and see whom else they told. Ok then, Ginny?"
"I didn't tell anyone."
"Hilary?" Mrs Moody asked.
"I told my friend from Gryffindor Alex Sein. She wouldn't tell anyone though. She is the most loyal person."
"Ok Hilary. As I said we are not suspecting anyone. Now Draco."
"I told Goyle."
"Ok then. Now naturally, and with no offence to you or you're friend, people are naturally wary of Slytherin's. I need you to give me a list of his close friends here."
"Pansy, Montague, Dean, Seamus and Neville. I think that's it."
That was quite surprising to find out. Although I guess a lot of friendship bonds that used to be highly unlikely had formed. Such as Draco and I.
"Ok, and finally, you Ron."
"I told Dean, Seamus and Neville."
"ok then. Well, let's get on with our class. Pair up and we'll begin."
We spent the rest of the lesson having mini duels and the winners got a large slab of Honeybucks chocolate.
"A little something I picked up in Diagon Alley. I imagine it'll taste just as good as the Honeydukes one" Mrs Moody said handing one to Hilary, Harry and Draco.
Draco broke his into three and Harry broke his into two. Draco gave me and Hilary a third and Harry gave Ginny half of his. Ron had finished his in the classroom and Hilary was pissed of at him for not sharing.
"You could have asked you know!" Ron whined.
"I don't need to ask Ron. You're supposed to give me some because you feel like it. That's what boyfriends and girlfriends do for each other," Hilary snapped back.
"Hey you two. We're going to lunch. We'll see you there," I said giving them time to talk, and for us to get away from the argument.
"Hang on, if you're going to lunch, I'm coming too. I'm starving!" Ron said making his way towards us. I saw Hilary throw her hands in the air in frustration behind him.
"Look Ron you selfish bastard. You really hurt Hilary today you know. You can just be so tactless! Now you are going to go and talk to her and work it out, and I don't want to see you at dinner until you have made it up to her. Now stop being a prick and go to her!" Ginny said venomously under her breath. Ron looked flabbergasted but walked back to Hilary. We turned around and headed down the corridor. Just before we turned the corner I looked back and saw Ron hug Hilary.
It had been a couple of weeks by now. Draco and I had been getting closer and every evening seemed to be ending up in his room. It was a Friday afternoon and the next batch of holidays was about to start. We had our defence classes cancelled as a treat by Mrs Moody and were lying outside near the lake. Harry had found a nice area about ten steps into the woods. It was a little place beside the lake that appeared when you said the incantation, Yunctatem Herash Nonflare! When we stepped in through the little garden arch, the surroundings changed. It was near the lake, but there was a lot more space and a lot of flowers. We also found out that we couldn't be seen in this place.
Harry had brought the Marauders Map with us that night, but because it wasn't part of the old Hogwarts, it didn't show up. It just looked like we were in a part of the forest. Draco had asked me to meet him there tonight because he needed to talk to me. I didn't want to over dress, but I didn't want to under dress either. I decided to wear a shimmery white/ changes to orangey ruffled sleeveless top. I had on a red skirt that ended in the middle of my knees and my white strappy heels. I walked into the place and gasped.
There was a beautiful table sitting in the middle with two chairs and filled with food. There was a rose lying on a small table close to me. There was a note sitting there. I picked it up.
'Dear Hermione. I would like to enjoy your company tonight for dinner.'
I laughed and took a seat closest to me. "Ok Draco, I'm here. You might want to come out now." Silence. I looked down. There was a little box and a note on it.
'Open the box, and I will join you.' I opened the box. It was gold. On the inside there was gold cushioning, but nothing else. Suddenly I saw something fall across my face and the cold feeling of a chain. I looked at the charm. It was of a heart made out of thin ruby, and when I picked it up and turned it around there was a small picture of Draco and I smiling and hugging each other. It was beautiful.
"I take it you like it?" I looked up. Draco had sat down and I hadn't noticed.
"It's beautiful. This is all beautiful," I said motioning around.
"Glad you liked it. You can start eating whenever you want."
We began to eat and talked for ages. After what must have been about two hours, we had finished. Draco got up and offered me his hand.
"Would you like to dance?"
"Yeah, sure. There's just the problem of no music."
He muttered a spell and soft music flowed all around us. I took his hand and got up. He put his arms around my waist and drew me into him. I circled my hands around his neck and lay my head on his shoulder. His breath on my ear was relaxing. We danced for ages. I knew my feet were sore, but I didn't want to ever let him go.
"Hey, Mione," he whispered quietly.
"Mmhmm."
"My feet are a bit sore, and I'm pretty sure yours are too."
I was glad he'd suggested it. He left the music on and took me to a small corner. A beautiful garden bench sat there covered in cushions and sheets of different colours. We sat down and he put one arm around my shoulder and the other around my waist. I held him and leaned on his shoulder. I looked into his eyes for what must have been ages, but was only a matter of seconds.
He leaned into me and planted his lips on mine. I kissed him back slowly. He ran his tongue along my mouth and I moaned in that brief second. His tongue entered my mouth and started drawing circles. We went like that for about ten minutes before coming up for air.
I smiled at him and kissed him again. He pulled me into him and I held him closer.
"Hermione. You know how I had something to tell you."
"Yeah." The placidness of the moment had gone. I had a feeling I knew what he was about to say.
"Well it's about Mrs Moody."
Hang on. Did I just hear right? Wasn't it meant to be, I love you with all my heart Hermione Granger?
"Um, yeah."
"well I think I know who told the stranger about where we were going."
"Really? Who is it?"
"I think it's Pansy. She was really mad at me then, I think, and I think she suddenly started being nice to you so you wouldn't suspect her."
"Ok, but you didn't tell her did you?"
"No I didn't. Goyle did."
"Oh. Well you should go and see her as soon as you can tomorrow. she may be giving other kinds of information out."
"Yeah I think I will do that."
It was silent for a minute. I was very disappointed, and I could feel that my arms had tensed up. It was time to leave.
"I'm starting to get a bit cold. I think we should go back now. It must be incredibly late."
"I can do a warming charm if you like," he offered. I guess that was sweet. He wanted to stay here with me, but the moment was gone.
"No, I want to get up early and get some studying done."
"Ok sure." I think Draco felt that we had finished our time out here, so he wasn't pressing on. He cleaned up the table, chairs ect. with a flick of his wand and we trudged back to the castle. I held his hand just in case any teachers saw us. We reached our dorms.
"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow than. Tonight really was wonderful. I loved it," I said to him. He looked disappointed and sad.
"Ok then. See you tomorrow." he turned to go to his room.
"Draco, wait." He turned back to me. I took a step towards him. I grabbed the back of head and pulled him down to me. I gave him the best kiss I could. He was about to put his arms around me, but I broke it off.
"See you later."
"Bye Hermione."
DRACO'S POV
"So how did it go?" Harry asked. "What did she say?"
"I didn't tell her. I chickened out at the last minute and told her about my Pansy suspicions. She was pretty disappointed, I could tell."
"Ah well mate. You are kind of rushing into it you know," Ron said. "She might feel a bit uncomfortable if you suggest that."
"Yeah I know. But I've needed this for ages. That is why I almost went with Pansy! Out of frustration!"
"That's an excuse and you know it," Harry said wisely. Now hurry up and open your presents!
It was Draco's birthday today. The girls were due to come in, in about 5 mins.
"No, I have to wait for everyone" I said. Someone knocked on the door and Ron opened it.
"Happy Birthday Draco!" they all said. Ginny and Hilary came up and gave me a hug. Then Hermione came up and kissed me.
"Not here guys! Save it for later!" Ron moaned.
"Presents!" Harry shouted. We all handed him our gifts and he opened them. The first one was from Ginny and Hilary. They had got him two pairs of boxers and some chocolates. Ron and Harry then gave him a book on quidditch and a stationary set of his favourite team, the Whispering Jets. Last left was mine.
"Um, I actually haven't got yo a gift yet, because it hasn't arrived in the post. There was some kind of a mix up and it's been delayed. Here's a card though."
She gave me a green and gold card with a picture of a hippogriff on the front. Inside she had written.
'Dear Draco. I have got your present but I want to give it to you later. We'll go to the secret place at 2 in the afternoon. Have a great birthday! - Hermione.'
I looked at her and gave a slight nod. "That was a great card Mione. Now come on guys, I'm starving!"
We all went down to breakfast. We entered and looked for a table. Goyle and Pansy were sitting at one discussing something quietly. We made our way there and Draco sat next to Goyle.
"So, how are you Goyle?"
"Um good." He was starting to go red and had stopped abruptly since Draco had sat down.
"That's good."
"Yeah. Um, Happy Birthday Draco."
He gave me a gift wrapped in green paper. It was a pair of slippers with the Whispering Jets zooming around on it.
"Thanks Goyle. I need a new pair of slippers."
"No problem Draco," He grinned at me.
"Um, yeah, Happy Birthday Draco." Pansy handed me a parcel. Inside was a beautiful snow globe with a green and silver dragon twisting and swimming around.
"Wow Pansy. It's great! It'll look good in my room." I reached over and hugged her.
We finished breakfast and went out to the quidditch pitch. We were going to play a game together and then the others needed to go and write to their families that gave Mione and I some time together. We got changed into trackies and our quidditch robes. Hilary wore an old one of Katie's we found in the quidditch lost possessions closet. Harry, Hilary, Hermione and Goyle were on one team, while Ron, Ginny, Pansy and I were on the other. It was a bit confusing for a while, but soon we got the hang of it and started a long and tiring game. In the end our team won, but only because we scored more points. Harry had caught the snitch. It was a bit unfair to them anyway because they had Hilary who wasn't good at all, so that left one chaser and one beater.
We all trudged back to the change rooms. I came out in a pair of my baggy shorts and a kind of fitted black shirt. Hermione came out and she was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and a mini skirt. The others came out and went back to the castle. I took Hermione hand in mine and we went over to the garden thing. It hadn't been decorated or anything. I stood there. Hermione looked at me and then reached up and kissed me. I dug my hand through her hair and ran the other along her back. She had one hand on my chest and the other was behind my neck. Soon enough we ran out of air and she stepped back and pulled a box out of her pocket.
"This is for you."
"Thanks." I opened the box. On the inside was a silver watch. I pulled it out and looked at the face. There was a blue snitch shape on the inside made out of a thin sapphire.
"Wow. It's great." I bent down and kissed her.
"Ok, now press that little button there." There was a little sapphire on the rim. I pressed it and a picture of Hermione and I holding each other and smiling up at me was there. I looked at it for about ten seconds and then it disappeared.
"Hey, what happened?" I asked her.
"It turns of after ten seconds, like a timer."
"Oh, ok. Thanks Mione." She smiled at me. I wrapped my arms around her waist and she put hers around my neck. We held each other tight.
Suddenly a loud voice came through the speaker.
"All students must move into the Great Hall straight away. You will be notified when you reach there. Leave all belongings where they are."
I squeezed Hermione into me for a second before we dashed of hand in hand towards the castle. On the way Hermione transfigured her mini skirt into a skirt just past the knee.
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Disclaimer: See chapter 1
~*~*~*~ Chapter 21: Return to Hogwarts ~*~*~*~
HERMIONE'S POV
We all arrived back at Hogwarts safe and sound.
"I need to go and see Dumbledore straight away. You will be notified soon of what is happening. For now I suggest you keep our little outing to yourselves and continue your days as per normal." Mrs Moody walked away up to Dumbledores.
"Whoa! That was quite a trip!" Ginny exclaimed.
"Tell me about it. I think I'm ready for a long and good sleep, after dinner that is of course" Ron said. That was so typical of him.
We trudged of to the Great Hall together and finished our dinner quickly. At the end of dinner Pansy came up to us.
"What do you want?" Harry snarled.
"To talk to. Hermione if that's ok with her."
"Um, yeah. Look, I'll meet you guys at our dorms." The five of them looked worryingly at me.
"Look, I'll be fine. I'm smarter than Pansy you know," I whispered to Draco. He nodded and the all walked towards their rooms. I sat back down at the table and Pansy sighed.
"Look Hermione, I hope I can call you that."
"Um, yeah."
"Well I know we haven't been the best of friends or even friends at all, but I just wanted to apologise for the um incident between me and Draco. I'm kind of glad you came when you did so we wouldn't have gone any further. And I just want you to know that the whole thing was my fault. You shouldn't blame Draco."
"Yeah I know Pansy. And I accept your apology. Sometimes people get carried away, and Draco is quite the looker!" I winked at her.
she held out her hand. "Ready to make a new start?" she asked. I looked at her hand.
"sure." I smiled at her and she smiled genuinely back at me. "Well, I guess if you want, you can join us for breakfast tomorrow morning."
"That'd be good. It would be better than sitting with the Hufflepuffs. All they do is talk about make up and which guy is hotter, all that stuff."
We got up and walked back to our dorms. Hers came first so I said goodnight and continued on. A little further I ran into Draco.
"Hey. What are you doing here?" I asked.
" I wanted to make sure you're ok." That was really sweet of him. I grabbed him and kissed him.
"What was that for? Not that I'm complaining," he smirked.
"Nothing, and Pansy just wanted to apologise for the thing that happened, and we're on good terms now. We're starting a fresh."
"Um, well, I guess that's good."
"Yes it is. Now lets go to our rooms. It's freezing here." He put his arm around my shoulders and we took our time making our way back to our rooms.
The next morning Pansy came up and sat next to me. I had told the others to be nice to her, but I knew it was going to take sometime. Hilary got on ok with her, as did Ginny, but Ron and Harry basically ignored her. We finished breakfast and then went to our classes.
At midday we met up again in the Great Hall, finished lunch and then went up to Mrs Moody's office.
"Hi Mrs Moody. Have you found out anything about the impostor at the house?" Harry asked.
"No we haven't, but it is apparent that the person knew we were there. They were forewarned. Now I need you guys to tell me exactly whom you told about our trip. You first Hermione."
"Um, I don't think I told anyone actually."
"Ok. Harry," Mrs Moody said.
"Um, I told Ernie Macmillan, but he's in Hufflepuff, I don't think he would tell anyone!"
"No Harry, we are not accusing anyone or even suspecting anyone from Hogwarts. We just need to explain to them not to tell anyone about your trip first of all, and see whom else they told. Ok then, Ginny?"
"I didn't tell anyone."
"Hilary?" Mrs Moody asked.
"I told my friend from Gryffindor Alex Sein. She wouldn't tell anyone though. She is the most loyal person."
"Ok Hilary. As I said we are not suspecting anyone. Now Draco."
"I told Goyle."
"Ok then. Now naturally, and with no offence to you or you're friend, people are naturally wary of Slytherin's. I need you to give me a list of his close friends here."
"Pansy, Montague, Dean, Seamus and Neville. I think that's it."
That was quite surprising to find out. Although I guess a lot of friendship bonds that used to be highly unlikely had formed. Such as Draco and I.
"Ok, and finally, you Ron."
"I told Dean, Seamus and Neville."
"ok then. Well, let's get on with our class. Pair up and we'll begin."
We spent the rest of the lesson having mini duels and the winners got a large slab of Honeybucks chocolate.
"A little something I picked up in Diagon Alley. I imagine it'll taste just as good as the Honeydukes one" Mrs Moody said handing one to Hilary, Harry and Draco.
Draco broke his into three and Harry broke his into two. Draco gave me and Hilary a third and Harry gave Ginny half of his. Ron had finished his in the classroom and Hilary was pissed of at him for not sharing.
"You could have asked you know!" Ron whined.
"I don't need to ask Ron. You're supposed to give me some because you feel like it. That's what boyfriends and girlfriends do for each other," Hilary snapped back.
"Hey you two. We're going to lunch. We'll see you there," I said giving them time to talk, and for us to get away from the argument.
"Hang on, if you're going to lunch, I'm coming too. I'm starving!" Ron said making his way towards us. I saw Hilary throw her hands in the air in frustration behind him.
"Look Ron you selfish bastard. You really hurt Hilary today you know. You can just be so tactless! Now you are going to go and talk to her and work it out, and I don't want to see you at dinner until you have made it up to her. Now stop being a prick and go to her!" Ginny said venomously under her breath. Ron looked flabbergasted but walked back to Hilary. We turned around and headed down the corridor. Just before we turned the corner I looked back and saw Ron hug Hilary.
It had been a couple of weeks by now. Draco and I had been getting closer and every evening seemed to be ending up in his room. It was a Friday afternoon and the next batch of holidays was about to start. We had our defence classes cancelled as a treat by Mrs Moody and were lying outside near the lake. Harry had found a nice area about ten steps into the woods. It was a little place beside the lake that appeared when you said the incantation, Yunctatem Herash Nonflare! When we stepped in through the little garden arch, the surroundings changed. It was near the lake, but there was a lot more space and a lot of flowers. We also found out that we couldn't be seen in this place.
Harry had brought the Marauders Map with us that night, but because it wasn't part of the old Hogwarts, it didn't show up. It just looked like we were in a part of the forest. Draco had asked me to meet him there tonight because he needed to talk to me. I didn't want to over dress, but I didn't want to under dress either. I decided to wear a shimmery white/ changes to orangey ruffled sleeveless top. I had on a red skirt that ended in the middle of my knees and my white strappy heels. I walked into the place and gasped.
There was a beautiful table sitting in the middle with two chairs and filled with food. There was a rose lying on a small table close to me. There was a note sitting there. I picked it up.
'Dear Hermione. I would like to enjoy your company tonight for dinner.'
I laughed and took a seat closest to me. "Ok Draco, I'm here. You might want to come out now." Silence. I looked down. There was a little box and a note on it.
'Open the box, and I will join you.' I opened the box. It was gold. On the inside there was gold cushioning, but nothing else. Suddenly I saw something fall across my face and the cold feeling of a chain. I looked at the charm. It was of a heart made out of thin ruby, and when I picked it up and turned it around there was a small picture of Draco and I smiling and hugging each other. It was beautiful.
"I take it you like it?" I looked up. Draco had sat down and I hadn't noticed.
"It's beautiful. This is all beautiful," I said motioning around.
"Glad you liked it. You can start eating whenever you want."
We began to eat and talked for ages. After what must have been about two hours, we had finished. Draco got up and offered me his hand.
"Would you like to dance?"
"Yeah, sure. There's just the problem of no music."
He muttered a spell and soft music flowed all around us. I took his hand and got up. He put his arms around my waist and drew me into him. I circled my hands around his neck and lay my head on his shoulder. His breath on my ear was relaxing. We danced for ages. I knew my feet were sore, but I didn't want to ever let him go.
"Hey, Mione," he whispered quietly.
"Mmhmm."
"My feet are a bit sore, and I'm pretty sure yours are too."
I was glad he'd suggested it. He left the music on and took me to a small corner. A beautiful garden bench sat there covered in cushions and sheets of different colours. We sat down and he put one arm around my shoulder and the other around my waist. I held him and leaned on his shoulder. I looked into his eyes for what must have been ages, but was only a matter of seconds.
He leaned into me and planted his lips on mine. I kissed him back slowly. He ran his tongue along my mouth and I moaned in that brief second. His tongue entered my mouth and started drawing circles. We went like that for about ten minutes before coming up for air.
I smiled at him and kissed him again. He pulled me into him and I held him closer.
"Hermione. You know how I had something to tell you."
"Yeah." The placidness of the moment had gone. I had a feeling I knew what he was about to say.
"Well it's about Mrs Moody."
Hang on. Did I just hear right? Wasn't it meant to be, I love you with all my heart Hermione Granger?
"Um, yeah."
"well I think I know who told the stranger about where we were going."
"Really? Who is it?"
"I think it's Pansy. She was really mad at me then, I think, and I think she suddenly started being nice to you so you wouldn't suspect her."
"Ok, but you didn't tell her did you?"
"No I didn't. Goyle did."
"Oh. Well you should go and see her as soon as you can tomorrow. she may be giving other kinds of information out."
"Yeah I think I will do that."
It was silent for a minute. I was very disappointed, and I could feel that my arms had tensed up. It was time to leave.
"I'm starting to get a bit cold. I think we should go back now. It must be incredibly late."
"I can do a warming charm if you like," he offered. I guess that was sweet. He wanted to stay here with me, but the moment was gone.
"No, I want to get up early and get some studying done."
"Ok sure." I think Draco felt that we had finished our time out here, so he wasn't pressing on. He cleaned up the table, chairs ect. with a flick of his wand and we trudged back to the castle. I held his hand just in case any teachers saw us. We reached our dorms.
"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow than. Tonight really was wonderful. I loved it," I said to him. He looked disappointed and sad.
"Ok then. See you tomorrow." he turned to go to his room.
"Draco, wait." He turned back to me. I took a step towards him. I grabbed the back of head and pulled him down to me. I gave him the best kiss I could. He was about to put his arms around me, but I broke it off.
"See you later."
"Bye Hermione."
DRACO'S POV
"So how did it go?" Harry asked. "What did she say?"
"I didn't tell her. I chickened out at the last minute and told her about my Pansy suspicions. She was pretty disappointed, I could tell."
"Ah well mate. You are kind of rushing into it you know," Ron said. "She might feel a bit uncomfortable if you suggest that."
"Yeah I know. But I've needed this for ages. That is why I almost went with Pansy! Out of frustration!"
"That's an excuse and you know it," Harry said wisely. Now hurry up and open your presents!
It was Draco's birthday today. The girls were due to come in, in about 5 mins.
"No, I have to wait for everyone" I said. Someone knocked on the door and Ron opened it.
"Happy Birthday Draco!" they all said. Ginny and Hilary came up and gave me a hug. Then Hermione came up and kissed me.
"Not here guys! Save it for later!" Ron moaned.
"Presents!" Harry shouted. We all handed him our gifts and he opened them. The first one was from Ginny and Hilary. They had got him two pairs of boxers and some chocolates. Ron and Harry then gave him a book on quidditch and a stationary set of his favourite team, the Whispering Jets. Last left was mine.
"Um, I actually haven't got yo a gift yet, because it hasn't arrived in the post. There was some kind of a mix up and it's been delayed. Here's a card though."
She gave me a green and gold card with a picture of a hippogriff on the front. Inside she had written.
'Dear Draco. I have got your present but I want to give it to you later. We'll go to the secret place at 2 in the afternoon. Have a great birthday! - Hermione.'
I looked at her and gave a slight nod. "That was a great card Mione. Now come on guys, I'm starving!"
We all went down to breakfast. We entered and looked for a table. Goyle and Pansy were sitting at one discussing something quietly. We made our way there and Draco sat next to Goyle.
"So, how are you Goyle?"
"Um good." He was starting to go red and had stopped abruptly since Draco had sat down.
"That's good."
"Yeah. Um, Happy Birthday Draco."
He gave me a gift wrapped in green paper. It was a pair of slippers with the Whispering Jets zooming around on it.
"Thanks Goyle. I need a new pair of slippers."
"No problem Draco," He grinned at me.
"Um, yeah, Happy Birthday Draco." Pansy handed me a parcel. Inside was a beautiful snow globe with a green and silver dragon twisting and swimming around.
"Wow Pansy. It's great! It'll look good in my room." I reached over and hugged her.
We finished breakfast and went out to the quidditch pitch. We were going to play a game together and then the others needed to go and write to their families that gave Mione and I some time together. We got changed into trackies and our quidditch robes. Hilary wore an old one of Katie's we found in the quidditch lost possessions closet. Harry, Hilary, Hermione and Goyle were on one team, while Ron, Ginny, Pansy and I were on the other. It was a bit confusing for a while, but soon we got the hang of it and started a long and tiring game. In the end our team won, but only because we scored more points. Harry had caught the snitch. It was a bit unfair to them anyway because they had Hilary who wasn't good at all, so that left one chaser and one beater.
We all trudged back to the change rooms. I came out in a pair of my baggy shorts and a kind of fitted black shirt. Hermione came out and she was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and a mini skirt. The others came out and went back to the castle. I took Hermione hand in mine and we went over to the garden thing. It hadn't been decorated or anything. I stood there. Hermione looked at me and then reached up and kissed me. I dug my hand through her hair and ran the other along her back. She had one hand on my chest and the other was behind my neck. Soon enough we ran out of air and she stepped back and pulled a box out of her pocket.
"This is for you."
"Thanks." I opened the box. On the inside was a silver watch. I pulled it out and looked at the face. There was a blue snitch shape on the inside made out of a thin sapphire.
"Wow. It's great." I bent down and kissed her.
"Ok, now press that little button there." There was a little sapphire on the rim. I pressed it and a picture of Hermione and I holding each other and smiling up at me was there. I looked at it for about ten seconds and then it disappeared.
"Hey, what happened?" I asked her.
"It turns of after ten seconds, like a timer."
"Oh, ok. Thanks Mione." She smiled at me. I wrapped my arms around her waist and she put hers around my neck. We held each other tight.
Suddenly a loud voice came through the speaker.
"All students must move into the Great Hall straight away. You will be notified when you reach there. Leave all belongings where they are."
I squeezed Hermione into me for a second before we dashed of hand in hand towards the castle. On the way Hermione transfigured her mini skirt into a skirt just past the knee.
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