Chapter 7: The Truth Comes Out
"What!" Ginny yelled.
"Shh!" Hermione cautioned her with a frantic motion of her hand.
"You kissed Malfoy? He kissed you?" She asked.
"Well yes sort of." Hermione answered.
"How can it be just 'sort of'?" Ginny demanded, "You either did or didn't!"
"Well you see, me Harry and Ron were at The Three Broomsticks and they had no Butter beer on hand, so I had to go to the storeroom and get some, because the bartender was too busy," Hermione explained "Well the storeroom door close behind me and I couldn't see where I was going. Someone grabbed me and started kissing me. After a few seconds it started to feel good, it felt right, then something fell off the self and we stopped."
"What happened next?" Ginny asked her attention rapt on Hermione's story.
"Well this is where I found out that it was Malfoy. He said 'Wow, I didn't know you would kiss so well Pansy.' Then I ran off. She finished her explanation.
"Wow, what a day. Who would have thought, Draco and Hermione having an attraction to each other!" Ginny grinned slyly.
"The thing is that I think I might be actually starting to like him! I should have figured this would happen when his nasty comments started to hurt me!" She wailed over Ginny's comment.
"What can I do Ginny?" She pleaded with her friend.
You could tell him how you feel." She said simply.
"I can't do that! He'll laugh at me and he'll have more ammunition against me!" She cried out.
"Then what will you do?" Ginny enquired kindly.
"Nothing. I'll just try and muffle these feelings and get over it." She said as if she could convince herself to do just that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the Prefect common room Draco was having a similar conversation with Lyle.
"I don't get it! I liked it!" He exclaimed confusedly.
"Hate Mudbloods. No! My father hates Mudbloods!" He corrected himself.
Lyle knew about the situation with his father, he was the only one Draco had confided in.
"It felt good, it felt right!" His signature sneer had disappeared, replaced with a bewildered look. (This made him look so much more handsome).
"It was an accident. I didn't mean to kiss her, because she was suppose to be Pansy!" He yelled almost hysterically. This went against he had been taught at home, even though he had rejected his father's rules and opinions.
But if he did something about this attraction his father would not be happy.
Actually his father would probably kill any Mudblood that came within two inches of him.
"Do you like pansy then?" Lyle asked curiously.
"Hell no! I made a promise last year that I'd kiss her this year, since I didn't at the Yule Ball." He explained agitatedly.
"What should I do?" Draco asked.
"Well tell her how you feel, and to Hell with your father!" Lyle exclaimed.
"I don't know I will have to think about it." Draco said.
He started thinking about all the times he had thought of her and had noticed little things about her; such as the haughty way she would toss her hair when she was annoyed.
He'd do it, but not tonight. He would do it tomorrow night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next day seemed to drag on slowly to Hermione.
Draco was in most of her classes, but she didn't look at him, for fear of revealing how she felt through her eyes.
Through dinner Harry and Ron kept asking what was wrong, because she had been so silent since they had returned to Hogwarts.
She wanted to tell them, but she knew they would be angry.
As dinner came to an end, the students made their way to their dorms or the library.
Hermione said goodnight to Harry and Ron and parted from them to make her way to the dorm.
Hopefully Draco wasn't in there before she was. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Since his decision the day before, Draco woke in a great mood.
He had tried to catch Hermione's eye all day but she seemed to be avoiding him.
But it didn't matter he'd catch her tonight.
He knew she had to feel the same otherwise she wouldn't have responded to him like she did.
He couldn't wait to kiss and hold her. It was like an addiction that wouldn't go away.
He had planned what he was going to do. Hopefully he wouldn't fail.
After dinner he went to the library to give Hermione time to get to the dorm and out of sight of the other Prefects. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank God! He wasn't in here.
She quickly went to her room in case he was only minutes behind her.
Hermione collected a pair of her new PJ's, green silk singlet and matching boxer shorts, and walked into the bathroom.
A bath sounded good after an emotionally fraught day.
She twisted the hot and cold taps, as well as the strawberry bubble bath tap.
When it was filled to nearly the brim, she caught her hair up in a ponytail and twisted it into a bun, so it wouldn't get wet.
She discarded her school clothes on the floor and sunk into the bath that was smaller than a swimming pool but bigger than a normal bath.
She sighed with pleasure as the warmth soaked into her weary bones.
She stayed in there until the water grew tepid. She dressed in her PJ"s and walked sleepily to her room. She laid down on the large double bed and pulled the covers over her falling straight into an exhausted sleep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Draco waited awhile to make sure she had time to wash and dress before he came to her.
He walked through the bathroom to the connecting door and knocked softly. There was no answer. He knocked again, a little louder. Again no answer.
He tried the doorknob and found it unlocked.
He walked into a darkened room.
She was supposed to be awake! She was asleep. This didn't figure in his plans.
Oh well, he'd just wake her up.
He was about to shake her awake, but had a better idea.
Instead he sat down on the edge of the bed and looked down into her soft face, relaxed in sleep.
Then he lowered his lips down to hers and started to kiss her gently. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hermione was dreaming. Draco was kissing her, but this time he was gentle, making her lips tingle.
She wound her arms around his neck, tugging down his head so his lips were pressed harder against her own.
He pulled her upright, as she was lying down in a grassy field, and closed his arms around her, holding her tight against his chest.
Now his lips became more demanding and he started to kiss her cheeks, her eyes and back down to her lips.
She opened her eyes so she could look into his blue ones.
She woke suddenly to find that Draco really was kissing her and that she was responding in kind.
She struggled out of his embrace and rolled quickly to the other side of the bed.
"What do you think you're doing?" Hermione yelled at the figure on the other side of the now rumpled bed.
"I was kissing you," He said defiantly "And you liked it!"
Hermione turned away from the truthful accusation, then he relented "But so did I." Draco confessed softly.
Hermione's eyes were wide and startled as she looked at him.
"You - you did?" She stuttered "But why? You hate Mud- Mudbloods."
"I don't really," He said "My father does, so naturally I'm suppose to as well. And I acted like I did for a few years. But I stopped all pretense after I found out what my- Lucius was really like."
Hermione moved closer to hear his explanation better.
Draco told her all about what Lucius had done and what he expected of him.
"But you can't join the death eaters!" Hermione protested.
"I'm not going to," Draco replied "I've got something of his that could incriminate him, and I plan on using it when the time is right."
"Oh." Hermione was nearly speechless.
There was a silence. They both spoke at the same time.
"Hermione -," - "Draco -,"
"You first." Hermione said quickly.
"Well, I wanted to talk to you about what happened at The Three Broomsticks." He explained.
"Do you like Pansy?" Hermione cut in, she didn't want to make a fool of herself by confessing her feeling too soon.
"No way! I promised her that I'd kiss her, last year at the Yule Ball, this year sometime." Draco said and shuddered at the same time.
"So when you came into the storeroom, I was stunned, especially when the kiss was so explosive." He paused for a minute.
"I like you, very much. And I think that it could grow into something more. So I think that we should." He didn't know quite how to say it.
"Go out?" She enquired timidly.
"Yeah." He replied with a grin on his face.
"Really?" She wasn't quite sure she had heard right.
"Yep. So do you want to?" He felt anxious.
"Um - I like you a lot too, despite how you treated me. So I guess we should." She was hesitant.
"I wanted to apologize to you about how much I've probably hurt you. I'm sorry." He was sincere.
Hermione stepped a bit closer, unsure of what they should do now.
Draco took the initiative and gathered her in his arms.
Their lips clashed at the same time.
They both stood there, in the same position for a long time after.
It Must Be Kismet
Tingles down my spine Alert me to your presence, Your aura is so powerful It attracts all my senses, I catch your eyes for a Breathless minute, The awareness so strong It must be Kismet.
By Rena'e Jones © copyright 2003
Don't panic everyone there will still be a couple more chapters yet!!! I hope you've all liked it so far. If you have please send a review!!!
"What!" Ginny yelled.
"Shh!" Hermione cautioned her with a frantic motion of her hand.
"You kissed Malfoy? He kissed you?" She asked.
"Well yes sort of." Hermione answered.
"How can it be just 'sort of'?" Ginny demanded, "You either did or didn't!"
"Well you see, me Harry and Ron were at The Three Broomsticks and they had no Butter beer on hand, so I had to go to the storeroom and get some, because the bartender was too busy," Hermione explained "Well the storeroom door close behind me and I couldn't see where I was going. Someone grabbed me and started kissing me. After a few seconds it started to feel good, it felt right, then something fell off the self and we stopped."
"What happened next?" Ginny asked her attention rapt on Hermione's story.
"Well this is where I found out that it was Malfoy. He said 'Wow, I didn't know you would kiss so well Pansy.' Then I ran off. She finished her explanation.
"Wow, what a day. Who would have thought, Draco and Hermione having an attraction to each other!" Ginny grinned slyly.
"The thing is that I think I might be actually starting to like him! I should have figured this would happen when his nasty comments started to hurt me!" She wailed over Ginny's comment.
"What can I do Ginny?" She pleaded with her friend.
You could tell him how you feel." She said simply.
"I can't do that! He'll laugh at me and he'll have more ammunition against me!" She cried out.
"Then what will you do?" Ginny enquired kindly.
"Nothing. I'll just try and muffle these feelings and get over it." She said as if she could convince herself to do just that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the Prefect common room Draco was having a similar conversation with Lyle.
"I don't get it! I liked it!" He exclaimed confusedly.
"Hate Mudbloods. No! My father hates Mudbloods!" He corrected himself.
Lyle knew about the situation with his father, he was the only one Draco had confided in.
"It felt good, it felt right!" His signature sneer had disappeared, replaced with a bewildered look. (This made him look so much more handsome).
"It was an accident. I didn't mean to kiss her, because she was suppose to be Pansy!" He yelled almost hysterically. This went against he had been taught at home, even though he had rejected his father's rules and opinions.
But if he did something about this attraction his father would not be happy.
Actually his father would probably kill any Mudblood that came within two inches of him.
"Do you like pansy then?" Lyle asked curiously.
"Hell no! I made a promise last year that I'd kiss her this year, since I didn't at the Yule Ball." He explained agitatedly.
"What should I do?" Draco asked.
"Well tell her how you feel, and to Hell with your father!" Lyle exclaimed.
"I don't know I will have to think about it." Draco said.
He started thinking about all the times he had thought of her and had noticed little things about her; such as the haughty way she would toss her hair when she was annoyed.
He'd do it, but not tonight. He would do it tomorrow night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next day seemed to drag on slowly to Hermione.
Draco was in most of her classes, but she didn't look at him, for fear of revealing how she felt through her eyes.
Through dinner Harry and Ron kept asking what was wrong, because she had been so silent since they had returned to Hogwarts.
She wanted to tell them, but she knew they would be angry.
As dinner came to an end, the students made their way to their dorms or the library.
Hermione said goodnight to Harry and Ron and parted from them to make her way to the dorm.
Hopefully Draco wasn't in there before she was. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Since his decision the day before, Draco woke in a great mood.
He had tried to catch Hermione's eye all day but she seemed to be avoiding him.
But it didn't matter he'd catch her tonight.
He knew she had to feel the same otherwise she wouldn't have responded to him like she did.
He couldn't wait to kiss and hold her. It was like an addiction that wouldn't go away.
He had planned what he was going to do. Hopefully he wouldn't fail.
After dinner he went to the library to give Hermione time to get to the dorm and out of sight of the other Prefects. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank God! He wasn't in here.
She quickly went to her room in case he was only minutes behind her.
Hermione collected a pair of her new PJ's, green silk singlet and matching boxer shorts, and walked into the bathroom.
A bath sounded good after an emotionally fraught day.
She twisted the hot and cold taps, as well as the strawberry bubble bath tap.
When it was filled to nearly the brim, she caught her hair up in a ponytail and twisted it into a bun, so it wouldn't get wet.
She discarded her school clothes on the floor and sunk into the bath that was smaller than a swimming pool but bigger than a normal bath.
She sighed with pleasure as the warmth soaked into her weary bones.
She stayed in there until the water grew tepid. She dressed in her PJ"s and walked sleepily to her room. She laid down on the large double bed and pulled the covers over her falling straight into an exhausted sleep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Draco waited awhile to make sure she had time to wash and dress before he came to her.
He walked through the bathroom to the connecting door and knocked softly. There was no answer. He knocked again, a little louder. Again no answer.
He tried the doorknob and found it unlocked.
He walked into a darkened room.
She was supposed to be awake! She was asleep. This didn't figure in his plans.
Oh well, he'd just wake her up.
He was about to shake her awake, but had a better idea.
Instead he sat down on the edge of the bed and looked down into her soft face, relaxed in sleep.
Then he lowered his lips down to hers and started to kiss her gently. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hermione was dreaming. Draco was kissing her, but this time he was gentle, making her lips tingle.
She wound her arms around his neck, tugging down his head so his lips were pressed harder against her own.
He pulled her upright, as she was lying down in a grassy field, and closed his arms around her, holding her tight against his chest.
Now his lips became more demanding and he started to kiss her cheeks, her eyes and back down to her lips.
She opened her eyes so she could look into his blue ones.
She woke suddenly to find that Draco really was kissing her and that she was responding in kind.
She struggled out of his embrace and rolled quickly to the other side of the bed.
"What do you think you're doing?" Hermione yelled at the figure on the other side of the now rumpled bed.
"I was kissing you," He said defiantly "And you liked it!"
Hermione turned away from the truthful accusation, then he relented "But so did I." Draco confessed softly.
Hermione's eyes were wide and startled as she looked at him.
"You - you did?" She stuttered "But why? You hate Mud- Mudbloods."
"I don't really," He said "My father does, so naturally I'm suppose to as well. And I acted like I did for a few years. But I stopped all pretense after I found out what my- Lucius was really like."
Hermione moved closer to hear his explanation better.
Draco told her all about what Lucius had done and what he expected of him.
"But you can't join the death eaters!" Hermione protested.
"I'm not going to," Draco replied "I've got something of his that could incriminate him, and I plan on using it when the time is right."
"Oh." Hermione was nearly speechless.
There was a silence. They both spoke at the same time.
"Hermione -," - "Draco -,"
"You first." Hermione said quickly.
"Well, I wanted to talk to you about what happened at The Three Broomsticks." He explained.
"Do you like Pansy?" Hermione cut in, she didn't want to make a fool of herself by confessing her feeling too soon.
"No way! I promised her that I'd kiss her, last year at the Yule Ball, this year sometime." Draco said and shuddered at the same time.
"So when you came into the storeroom, I was stunned, especially when the kiss was so explosive." He paused for a minute.
"I like you, very much. And I think that it could grow into something more. So I think that we should." He didn't know quite how to say it.
"Go out?" She enquired timidly.
"Yeah." He replied with a grin on his face.
"Really?" She wasn't quite sure she had heard right.
"Yep. So do you want to?" He felt anxious.
"Um - I like you a lot too, despite how you treated me. So I guess we should." She was hesitant.
"I wanted to apologize to you about how much I've probably hurt you. I'm sorry." He was sincere.
Hermione stepped a bit closer, unsure of what they should do now.
Draco took the initiative and gathered her in his arms.
Their lips clashed at the same time.
They both stood there, in the same position for a long time after.
It Must Be Kismet
Tingles down my spine Alert me to your presence, Your aura is so powerful It attracts all my senses, I catch your eyes for a Breathless minute, The awareness so strong It must be Kismet.
By Rena'e Jones © copyright 2003
Don't panic everyone there will still be a couple more chapters yet!!! I hope you've all liked it so far. If you have please send a review!!!